Dan Heng shook his head.
"Most likely, it's something deep within this Great Tomb. The details... are still unclear for now."
"But no wonder these facilities reacted. This book—it is a [key] in itself."
"But Cyrene couldn't possibly have known the full truth about the Scepter. Where did she get this book...?"
"An Emanator or an Aeon gave it to her?" Yan Huan guessed.
"Back then, As I Wrote It and Mimi were both given to me by Oloronis."
"And Fuli looked at me then."
"So I'm more inclined to believe it has something to do with an Aeon."
"Mm, I think so too." Dan Heng nodded in agreement.
"The role this Aeon played in Amphoreus remains unknown."
"But if Cyrene accidentally set foot upon the Path of [Remembrance], then her [sacrifice] was not merely for resetting the cycle. It had some other meaning as well..."
At the same time, the Scepter system broadcast again:
"＞＞＞Key encapsulation complete."
Dan Heng looked toward the newly appeared passage, dark and unknown. "Let's keep moving."
"If we're not mistaken, what we just saw—will keep happening again and again."
The two swiftly passed the device and entered the passage beyond it.
Scattered Jellyfish Memory Spirits began appearing along both sides of the corridor, silently floating in the air with faint dark-red glimmers.
"Careful, Evernight's eyes are everywhere." Dan Heng immediately became vigilant, his sharp gaze sweeping over the creatures.
"Tch, cheap tricks." With his hands in his pockets, Yan Huan walked forward without a care and casually kicked away the nearest Jellyfish Memory Spirit drifting toward him.
The jellyfish let out a faint buzz and crashed into a distant wall.
The moment one jellyfish was kicked away, the others' tentacles instantly turned, their glowing red eyes locking onto Yan Huan in unison.
Dan Heng: