Colorful lightning flashed across the sky from time to time, yet not a single rumble of thunder could be heard.
Amid a profusion of exotic flowers and grasses, rare birds, and strange beasts, a huge black sphere suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Not even light could be refracted from its surface, making it impossible to tell whether it was smooth or rough.
Without warning, a strangely shaped spear suddenly thrust out of the sphere. It shot away like lightning, while a shrill scream echoed across the sky.
A huge hand caught the spear, its surprised gaze studying it curiously from top to bottom.
"A Sacred Spirit from a future timeline. Thank you for the little gift you brought. I like it very much!"
The huge hand made a grasping motion over the spear, and the wisp of red mist that seemed about to dissipate completely instantly thickened at a visible speed.
"...Thank you very much... Master..."
The red mist stopped screaming, and its halting voice gradually became more coherent and clear.
Inside the enormous cavern stood rows of thick and thin crystal tubes. Strange creatures of all kinds floated up and down in transparent liquid within them, occasionally releasing strings of bubbles. Pipes densely covered the area around the crystal tubes, crossing and tangling with one another, alongside many devices whose names were unknown. Countless unprecedented new life-forms were being nurtured here.
The huge hand pushed the recovered red mist toward the cavern ceiling. A great mass of restless red mist gathered there, with red wisps of various sizes occasionally merging into it or flying out. They did not fly around randomly inside the cavern, but charged straight toward the countless rings embedded in the walls, vanishing into the shimmering light of one of the rings.
These rings had