834. Chapter 834: Bewilderment

That day, Rock City was destroyed.

"Rock Cataclysm" became a new textbook term, appearing in books and classrooms across the nations.

The Church and other factions launched intensive investigations into it, and every supernatural being firmly remembered the Evil God known as "Primordial Fire."

The balance between order and chaos in the entire world inevitably tilted further toward evil.

Not long afterward, Jenny Black founded the secret organization—Steam Light. She began taking in ordinary people as Saints and expanding her influence.

Several years passed, and she set out aboard a steamship bound for the Eastern Continent.

By the time she returned, she had advanced to the sixth tier, obtained the Holy Mark of the "Steam Demon Spider Empress," and begun preaching as the false god "Daughter of Steam."

Free City-State Alliance.

In the blink of an eye, winter arrived, and flakes of white, crystalline snow drifted down from the sky.

Inside a villa in Louis City.

The gas lamps shone brightly.

A hot pot sat before Sulu, filled with steaming meat and vegetables.

Ding-dong!

The doorbell suddenly rang.

"Come in."

He fished out a piece of beef and spoke indifferently.

The door creaked open, and Warren entered alone.

He looked haggard, with heavy dark circles beneath his eyes. Fetch, his longtime partner, was nowhere by his side.

"You finally came... only many years too late."

Sulu sighed.

"You mean Rock City? That was the likeliest place for us to meet..."

Warren gave Sulu a long look, then sat across from him and began eating heartily.

"Life is like a stream. It can only flow forward, never backward, and it contains many forks and choices..."

Sulu smiled at him. "Last time, you chose not to come see me, and so you lost many opportunities."

"Is that so?"

Warren raised his