Weight of Nothingness

Further inward lay the second layer. It imprisoned the rebels from the middle of the First Epoch, and its seal was a hundred times stronger than the outer layer.

Further inward lay the third layer. It imprisoned the elite forces from the later First Epoch, and its seal was ten thousand times stronger than the outer layer.

At the very core was the fourth layer—the [Final Battle Grounds].

There slept the core members of the First Epoch's strongest Resistance Alliance, along with—

"The true origin of the [Key of Contradiction Unification]," Lin Ye softly finished.

Xuxi nodded.

"According to the fragmented memories, in the final moment, the leader of the First Epoch's Resistance Alliance merged the obsessions and power of all 370 million civilizations in the Alliance into a key. That key could open the deepest loophole in the rules of the 'Blueprint,' giving erased civilizations a sliver of a chance to return."

"But the moment the key took shape, the Archivist's ultimate erasure protocol descended as well. The entire Resistance Alliance was wiped out, and the key was shattered into countless fragments scattered throughout the battlefield. The most crucial fragment lies dormant on the fourth layer, personally suppressed by a projection of the 'Blueprint.'"

Lin Ye fell silent.

Three seconds later, he smiled.

"The obsessions of 370 million civilizations were scattered into countless fragments and suppressed in the deepest reaches of a four-layer battlefield."

He said softly, "It sounds like an impossible task."

Behind him, 370 million streams of light lit up at once!

Their radiance was fiercer, more resolute, and more desperate than ever before!

With their actions, they told Lin Ye—

Impossible?

We, 370 million civilizations, waited through endless epochs for someone willing to bear our burden.

Was there anything more impossible than that?

Lin Ye's smile