Time rushed by, carrying everything forward in its wake.
At dusk, the energy towers of New Star Valley lit up on schedule. The writing of the Code on the stone monument in the center of the plaza had grown blurry from years of wind and rain. Only the cracks between the bricks, stained with Lie Zhao's blood, had never been cleaned; the color had sunk ever deeper into a dark red.
It was a scar in the hearts of the Rongling Race that had never healed.
Thirty-five years was a long, harrowing stretch of time for an individual.
But for the Rongling civilization, lying low in humiliation, it was only a brief pause before history turned its page.
Their chance for revenge came when the Bonecrack Race erupted into all-out war with a powerful civilization called the Windwall Race.
The Windwall Race was an elemental civilization dwelling in the "Howling Lands."
Their forms were unstable, made of swirling cyclones and pure Wind Element energy. At their cores were elemental crystals known as "wind cores," and their very existence resonated with the currents of wind in the world.
Their borders were not defined by walls, but by bands of ceaseless energy storms that served as barriers.
Their territory held abundant rare resources.
Among them was the "blood crystal ore" coveted by the Bonecrack Race, a special resource capable of accelerating the evolution of their bloodline.
Furthermore, during the prewar assessment, the Rongling Race submitted a resource evaluation report.
It concluded that the elemental cores within the Windwall Race could be used to forge new Weapon Equipment and even improve transportation efficiency.
This meant that if the Bonecrack civilization won the war, it would undergo a collective evolution.
The war broke out without a hint of suspense.
But this time, the Bonecrack