Further inward lay the second layer. It imprisoned rebels from the middle of the First Era, and its seal was a hundred times stronger than the outer layer.
Further inward lay the third layer. It imprisoned the elites of the late First Era, and its seal was ten thousand times stronger than the outer layer.
At the very core was the fourth layer—the [End Times Final Battlefield].
There slept the core members of the First Era's strongest Rebel Alliance, as well as—
"The true origin of the [Contradiction Integration Key]," Lin Ye quietly finished.
Order's Dawn nodded.
"According to the fragmented memories, at the final moment, the leader of the First Era's Rebel Alliance fused the obsessions and power of all 370 million civilizations in the Alliance into a key. That key could open the deepest loophole in the Blueprint's Rules, giving erased civilizations a slim chance to return."
"But as the key took shape, the Archivist's ultimate Erasure Protocol descended as well. The Rebel Alliance was utterly annihilated, and the key was shattered into countless fragments scattered throughout the battlefield. The most crucial fragment sleeps 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 shattered into countless fragments and suppressed in the deepest reaches of a four-layer battlefield."
He said softly, "That sounds like an impossible task."
Behind him, 370 million streams of light flared up at once!
Their radiance was fiercer, more resolute, and more reckless than ever before!
They answered Lin Ye through their actions—
Impossible?
We, 370 million civilizations, waited through endless eras for someone willing to bear us on his shoulders.
Is there anything more impossible than that?
Lin Ye's smile deepened.
He turned and faced