Scarlet Knowledge
It all fit together...
The answer Song Chushi gave left Han Su silent for a long time.
The tall, thin woman had mentioned the truth behind some failed investigation, the so-called Qinggang Silent Plan, and the way the monsters' attitudes toward the children in the Ancient Castle had changed day by day.
Had the Kidnapping Case at the Ancient Castle really needed only seven days to complete all of this?
He was silent for a moment before asking quietly, "Did you ever find out why they failed?"
"No!"
Song Chushi walked along, raising a hand to set down Cipher Arrays in the shadows beside him. He let them disappear into the darkness, then turned and looked deeply at Han Su.
"Not only did I fail to find out, they never figured it out themselves."
"That's why the Seven-Day Divine Descent became a ten-year Divine Descent. They still haven't declared it a failure, even today, but they don't know how to fix it either."
"Back then, I started working at the Research Institute and began to learn the truth about this world. I guessed that my Younger Sister and the other children hadn't disappeared for the simple reasons it appeared."
"I saw that some force in Qinggang, one I couldn't resist, was preventing me from learning the truth. So I left Qinggang and went elsewhere to look for clues."
"Perhaps I was lucky. I found traces of research into the power of Gods and realized that the monsters you described in that interview really existed. I also found out about the Abyss Studio and the so-called Seven-Day Divine Descent, but as for the details—"
He shook his head. "It was too difficult. I had no way to get access, and no way to break through the deadlock. I could