"Ah!"
After imprisoning [Mother Tree of Flesh] with the 'Power of Secret Source,' Aaron's eyes turned crimson.
The veins on his forehead bulged, and his entire body underwent bizarre changes.
At times he swelled like a mountain range; at others, he shrank to the size of dust...
Around the area where Aaron had mutated, a terrifying aura spilled forth, frightening even the maddest mythological creatures into fleeing. None dared approach this forbidden ground in the slightest.
All living beings who wandered into it were strangely corrupted, transformed into lumps of flesh that knew only how to copulate...
Mortal World.
Shelter.
Ayi Fa and Inid walked out of the basement, then suddenly froze.
The once gray, overcast sky had abruptly gained a glimmer of light.
Warm sunlight tore through the dark clouds and poured down upon the earth!
And across the land, the ruptured space was mended. The mythological creatures running rampant temporarily regained their reason and returned to the Spirit Realm.
The wormholes connecting to the Spirit Realm were vanishing as well, ceasing their erosion of the Mortal World!
The two worlds were separated once more!
"This is..."
Inid looked toward her teacher in delighted surprise, only to find that tears were already streaming down Ayi Fa's face. "'Rancher' is dead... the symbol of the apocalypse has vanished... the apocalypse—has been ended!"
"Is it... finally over?"
Thinking of all the suffering she had endured, Inid realized that tears had long since covered her cheeks.
"All right, pull yourself together."
After crying, Ayi Fa smiled and patted her student on the head. "Move the people underground back to the surface, find suitable places to rebuild civilization... We still have a great many things to do!"
On that day, every survivor wept bitterly, then celebrated until they were dead drunk, beginning