[Slo Temple]
Type: Calamity
Description: A resting place that wandered the depths of space. A Civilization Universe from a universe cluster encountered it and struck it down. Fortunately, through the sacrifice of lives, it had recovered to nearly its peak strength.
Functions:
① It carried an extreme corruption from deep space that could invisibly contaminate nearby life.
② Everyone who entered the temple would be turned into a puppet doll.
③ ...Unable to investigate
④ ...Unable to investigate
"Calamity? A resting place wandering deep space... a ship..."
Yu Yuan murmured softly.
He remembered the words he had heard at the Spaceship Ruins.
—N78 Exploration Ship... discovered unknown universe cluster... investigation triggered... defenses... Calamity... emergency landing...
Yu Yuan understood at once.
"So that's what happened."
Slo Temple had never originated in New World. The Civilization Universe that the exploration ship came from had brought it there.
Everything Yu Yuan knew about Slo Temple came together in his mind, the pieces finally fitting into place.
The truth gradually took shape.
Every part of it traced back to that ship.
"By rights, Slo Temple already had enough power to break out of the abyss when the real universe was destroyed. After all, the Blood Sovereign was controlled with ease, and later, the Flame City Lord and the other three Mythic Grade beings nearly fell as well. That's proof enough that it could have destroyed New World."
Thought flickered in Yu Yuan's eyes.
"But all these years, it stayed quietly beneath that abyss. Not because it didn't want to move, but because it was lying low, hiding, wary of something..."
"It was wary of the Spaceship Ruins." Realization struck Yu Yuan.
Why had Slo Temple erupted the moment he left the Spaceship Ruins?
Why had Slo Temple posed no threat at first, only to