Time accelerated, and the once-small town of Tonggu rapidly changed as well.
Research institutions and military facilities sprang up around Tonggu Mine, replacing the original residential areas. The town's residents were forcibly relocated from their homes to the Tonggu New District, far from the mine.
Martin saw all of these changes.
"Why did that kind of mineral appear?"
"What was it?"
"Why hadn't it appeared before?"
Could it be that the mineral only appeared after all twenty people escaped that force? Was it a reward for achieving a Perfect Ending?
Martin felt that his idea was absurd, but that mineral had indeed appeared only after he successfully saved everyone.
"It must have fulfilled some kind of condition."
If that force made even one person disappear, those minerals would not appear. Conversely, when that force did not touch any humans, it would form minerals...
The course of events had also exceeded Martin's control.
He had never expected that clearing the "Perfect Ending" would lead to such consequences.
It seemed that this world had gained the qualification to transcend itself by completing the trial.
The mineral was more like a gift bestowed upon humanity, granting the humans who had escaped the dark forest the right to advance to the next level.
"Humanity cannot resist this temptation." Martin immediately reached that conclusion.
Humanity would certainly make full use of it.
Just as Martin had expected, the humans of this world began researching this brand-new fireseed. Like the earliest ancient humans who discovered fire, they began tossing all kinds of things into the flames.
The minerals were shaped into all manner of forms, and humanity curiously toyed with the invisible fire.
Humans were very intelligent, and they quickly discovered how to use the fire.
There were many things in this world that could be