On the Sky Screen, the sinister, mysterious underground laboratory was laid bare before everyone.
When the billions of people in the Shinobi World saw those rows of exquisitely precise ancient scientific instruments, with their intricate structures and shimmering lights, the entire world fell dead silent. Then an overwhelming uproar of astonished cries erupted!
Everyone stared in utter disbelief, their heads buzzing. The sight brutally shattered their understanding of the world and rebuilt it from scratch!
"Holy crap! This is insane! Absolutely insane!"
"Technology in ancient times was actually this advanced?!"
"These instruments, devices, experimental vessels, and energy transmission systems have to be several times more advanced than anything in our Shinobi World today!"
The people of the Shinobi World were dumbfounded. They felt that ancient technology truly had surpassed theirs by a vast margin.
"But that makes sense. Don't forget the Celestial Dragons!"
"Right! The Celestial Dragons' Black Ship uses people as ammunition to fire up. With that kind of power, it's far more advanced than anything in our Shinobi World today."
"Maybe the Black Ship inherited technology from this era."
Everyone offered their own guesses.
Meanwhile, Orochimaru, who had spent years researching technology, modifying human bodies, and studying Forbidden Techniques, stared fixedly at the Sky Screen. His whole body trembled, his pupils contracted sharply, and the fervor in his eyes all but burned.
He had spent half his life studying human experimentation, bloodline modification, and the mysteries of life, believing he had reached the pinnacle of scientific research in the Shinobi World.
Yet compared with this ancient underground laboratory, his life's work was nothing more than child's play-naive, laughable, and not worth mentioning!
Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi stood frozen, their faces etched with disbelief, weariness, and helplessness.
"Then... our Shinobi World hasn't made the slightest progress in thousands