Whispers Echoing Across the World

Zoe loved reading the least out of everyone present, yet despite having the weakest scientific literacy, she had just listened with rapt attention.

And after listening, Zoe instinctively compared it with what she had previously seen in textbooks. Thinking carefully... there seemed to be nothing wrong with it?

Whether it was universal gravitation or all sorts of basic knowledge, setting aside those bizarre stories, everything matched up.

Zoe even felt a vague sense of familiarity. Only later did she recall that Nini's newspaper seemed to have the same style.

Everyone in the cabin was stunned. They looked at one another, each seeming to have something to say but holding back. In the end, they still nodded.

"It seems... that really is the case."

"Don't say it, but purely in terms of knowledge, there really isn't any major problem..."

"Then this really is a genuine evil god. Knowledge comes with Pollution—teaching knowledge means spreading Pollution, not to mention that this knowledge isn't even correct."

"It's not that serious. The conclusions derived from those stories are all correct. If the process is wrong, it won't cause Cognitive Interference..."

"You'd better not let the technical priests in charge of assessments hear you say that, or you're guaranteed to fail your next evaluation!"

The cabin immediately descended into chaos again as Castel's group began arguing, each clinging to their own opinion.

Meanwhile, Beatrice, who was still lying in the steam engine's firebox, shifted into a more comfortable position and fell into thought.

Honestly, she had initially suspected that this was some sort of blasphemous, twisted speech. Especially that voice that had begun speaking—it sounded terrifying, low and eerie.

When Theus had first spoken through the connection, he had frightened the believers away. Beatrice had wanted to run too, but where could she run? All