Ten years later.
The Storm Continent conference was held as scheduled.
Unlike the routine conferences of the past, almost every parliamentary civilization on the Storm Continent sent its most important figures to attend this one.
Even several of the legendary powerhouses appeared in person.
They had come not merely to resolve the various races' day-to-day disputes or hear their opinions, nor because of the newly joined civilization known as the Academic World.
There was only one reason they had all shown up.
The Black Book!
The Oracle Sorcerers had betrayed the Storm Continent after accidentally obtaining the Black Book. Some said it was the key to the Superhumans becoming a star civilization; others suspected it was a special technique that would allow the Superhumans to advance to Level Six lifeforms. Still others claimed it was connected to an ancient treasure somewhere in the Star Curtain World.
In short,
the Black Book was a calamity left behind by the Superhumans, but it was also an opportunity—the chance to take that final step.
The Storm Continent Council was usually held in the Central Civilization.
The reason was simple.
The Immortals were too mysterious, and the Ancient Civilization had too few people. Only the Central Civilization was suited to hosting such a large conference, and it was gradually becoming the political center of the Storm Continent.
Whoosh.
The Academic World civilization, represented by Reilo, had brought four large spacetime war platforms, a massive force numbering over ten thousand, nearly a hundred War King giants, and countless lower-level war machines.
The reason Reilo had brought such a large force was that every civilization on the Storm Continent Council kept an elite corps stationed in the Central Civilization. The corps could respond to sudden events threatening the continent, or serve as hostages to deter any