The truth about Sand Sea Planet was revealed at that moment.
Sand Sea Planet was divided into the Surface World and the Inner World.
The Surface World, covered in sand and stone, was the real Sand Sea Planet.
The Inner World Chu Mu had entered later, with its towering trees, had all been created by the Stellaron.
That was a certain Historical Node in Sand Sea Planet's history, empty and devoid of humans.
There were countless other Historical Nodes like it.
Most people, however, had chosen to live within the same one.
Having lost their memories, these people had already forgotten their past.
Only a handful still remembered, such as the Red Sun Priest.
After receiving the so-called red sun divine revelation, the old man had taken his followers back to the Surface World to rebuild the desolate Sand Sea Planet.
His goal was to sacrifice vast numbers of people to please the Red Sun.
But people like him, born from embers, had no value as sacrifices.
After all, surely one couldn't feed a god reprocessed waste.
The old man had agonized over the sacrifices until he met a visitor from beyond the heavens who was willing to help.
The visitor had said, "Go con the Denizens of Abundance! I'll help spread the word on the company network."
The isolated Sand Sea people had no idea what the Denizens of Abundance were.
With nothing to lose, he had agreed to cooperate.
He couldn't leave Sand Sea Planet anyway, so he had let the visitor handle it.
A rumor had spread on the company network, claiming that a Sand Sea Planet lay along a remote shipping route, where a group of mystical, rambling Ascetics could rid people of Abundance's blessing.
And it had actually lured people in.
Expeditions had arrived one