In the River of Time, ancient cities stood one after another, rooted within time.
Defying the past remained an enduring topic.
Though no one had ever defied the past, preventing it was still a must in this era. The difference from the previous era was that humanity now led the effort to stop anyone from doing so. Every ancient city had experts from Human Civilization stationed there.
On this day, a figure swam against the current, passing through one ancient city after another before arriving at the last ancient city openly known to exist in the previous era.
"Greetings, Six Luminaries of Luck." Someone stepped out and immediately bowed upon seeing the visitor.
One living being after another came out and hurriedly paid their respects as well.
The visitor was Xiang Siyu.
She waved for them to leave, then turned her gaze to a corner of the ancient city. It was here, wasn't it?
Beneath the mottled traces of time in the corner lay a corpse, buried under dust and tucked against the wall. It was Lu Yin's corpse. They had planned to destroy it back then, but had left it here to prevent Human Civilization from fabricating a new Lu Yin.
Now, the corpse was gone.
Xiang Siyu stared at the empty hollow beneath the dust in the corner, her expression grave.
The corpse had actually vanished.
"Guards."
"Greetings, Six Luminaries."
"Who has been here?"
"All six Luminaries have."
"Who else?"
"Many others. The living beings of the six Luminaries take turns guarding this place."
"Give me the list."
"Yes."
What had happened in the previous era had become a lesson for this one. As a result, every living being who entered an ancient city had to be recorded, no matter which city it was.
Xiang Siyu soon received