"Erased...? Enough. Stop looking."
Ye Qiyan stopped the Echo of Belief from continuing to search for that information.
"I'm sorry."
"There's nothing to apologize for. We'll find out someday."
Ye Qiyan put the little bell back into the Safety Box, then turned his gaze to the final compartment.
"The last one."
He touched it and retrieved its contents.
What landed in his hand was actually a mass of glittering golden energy.
[Golden Spirit] [Level: None] [Can be used on any item. After use, grants it the additional attribute of [Pride], one of the Golden Race's Seven Virtues. Seven Virtues: Courage, Confidence, Strength, Pride, Glory, Art, and Wisdom.] [Recommended target: Astral Sacred Crest!]
"What is this?"
"The Golden Race's Governor was once on good terms with the Director of our Gene Research Institute. This was one of the virtues extracted for research into the Seven Virtues, and it is the only trace of the Golden Race we could preserve.
"That great and mighty race, now... reduced to this... How sorrowful."
The Echo of Belief seemed to be reaching the end of its mission.
After Ye Qiyan opened the fifth compartment, it could no longer hold on and began to crumble and dissipate.
"There is still one final... question..."
Its belief was about to burn out, like a candle guttering in the wind, ready to vanish at any moment.
Ye Qiyan opened his mouth, but instead of asking a question immediately, he said:
"Actually, this isn't the only trace left of the Golden Race."
[Astral Sacred Crest!]
"!!?"
Like a campfire fed fresh wood, its nearly dissipated form instantly became a little more solid.
"They're still... here? Could you be...?"
"I'm human, but I have saved one or two members of the Golden Race. One of them was