As the Mechanical Bible was placed into the recess in the altar, the entire Floating City began to tremble, as though cheering for its return.
The Sun God Furnace atop the tower also resumed full-power operation, filling every reserve energy chamber in an instant. This forced Olmos to order his mechanical assistants to urgently launch dozens of high-energy-consuming experimental projects, barely maintaining the "balance" and preventing the furnace from exploding.
Meanwhile, Eleanor increased the intensity of the "sun lamps" in the botanical garden by several levels. Using the abilities of the Sealed Artifact fused with her body, she continuously produced and stockpiled energy-rich "honey juice" while shortening the growth cycles of various plants—though this placed a heavy burden on her.
At the same time, the Gear Book unexpectedly opened by itself, skipping past the formula pages from Sequence 9 to Sequence 3 and turning to the final three pages Abner had believed to be "blank."
Immediately afterward, a vast amount of information appeared before Abner's eyes and was effortlessly absorbed by his Information Extraction ability.
"So that's how it was!
"The first of the final three pages in the Gear Book actually contained power from the All-Seeing Eye!
"It was the All-Seeing Eye's 'Creation' ability. When Morning Star City fell to the ground and shattered apart, it 'created' an identical Floating City once more within Afternoon Town's Nightmare, allowing the residents here to gain a sliver of hope for survival in such a harsh environment.
"Precisely because the Floating City was created by it, and because the people who believed in the Mechanical Emperor had also been sent into the Nightmare by it, the Mechanical Bible itself did not enter Afternoon Town within the Nightmare. Instead, it remained among the Floating City's ruins in reality.
"Hmm, this kind of 'Creation'