Images flashed past in a blur.
Xu Yuan saw two people fall in love, marry, have a child, and then live an ordinary life as a family of three.
The child gradually grew up.
His parents died of old age and returned to Yanmen, supplying all kinds of data from the world to guide Yanmen's updates.
Then, at last, the child returned too.
He had never been meant to belong to Yanmen, but he had achieved great things in the world and made outstanding contributions to civilization.
So Yanmen granted him special permission to return and become one of its members.
Everything was normal.
Until one day.
For no apparent reason, the child began hiding everything about himself.
No one knew why.
Nor had he come into contact with anyone.
—He vanished during that ancient war.
So many people had gone missing or died that no one noticed him.
Everything remained quiet.
As though nothing had happened. As though he had never existed.
Until—
By accident, Xu Yuan used Cycle Field, a power of the Third Crown, the Faceless Lord, and drew information about this person from Parrot.
Now.
Xu Yuan silently examined everything about him.
But he found nothing new.
"...Flawless."
Xu Yuan murmured under his breath.
The other party's methods were astonishingly subtle.
Without making contact at all, they had brought this person into being. Every choice had followed naturally from the last.
He had lain hidden for countless epochs.
Like a hunter of the highest caliber, he possessed boundless patience and a mind of absolute calm.
—Until the Ancient God and the Universe destroyed each other.
So what was Xu Yuan supposed to do?
As Xu Yuan pondered, he suddenly looked up.
The brain stood in its powered armor on an endless plain. It had been performing