As Herta's astonished voice faded, the geniuses' private discussion fell briefly silent.
Taking advantage of the pause, Ms. Herta checked on Stelle's situation again. She could see that Stelle had now successfully cleared the first part of that historical segment and was working hard to advance through the timeline in which the insect tide was at its height.
But her experience was clearly nowhere near as smooth as Jiang Yu's. The endlessly multiplying Swarm was everywhere, forcing Stelle to be more careful even when searching for containers such as treasure chests and jars.
At the slightest misstep, those insects would react and fly over like swarms of locusts.
Still, though the process was rather arduous and she had suffered some injuries, Little Grey Hair could still hold on and had not entered a particularly dangerous state.
After that brief glance, Herta quickly withdrew her gaze. Faced with the contrast, she could not help addressing Screwllum again in a tone of disbelief and shock:
"While the person I'm monitoring is still struggling, you're telling me that brat is already getting ready to join Aha in a war of Aeons?!"
Screwllum's eyes flickered twice before he nodded. "Affirmative."
"So, did you record that information?" Herta quickly put the brutal contrast between the two sides' progress in the Simulated Universe out of her mind and asked about what concerned her more.
Being present at the war of Aeons and observing that slice of history up close would clearly be extremely useful to their research.
By rights, even Screwllum, however calm his constantly working steel brain might be, should have shared Herta's anticipation.
And yet... after hearing Herta's words, Screwllum fell silent for a moment before saying, "I do not believe... no, I am skeptical as to whether Mr. Jiang Yu's experiences in the