As he spoke, the man named Luke walked behind Dina and directly opened up her head.
Only then did Daigo realize that Dina was a bio-electronic human.
Luke replaced a device inside Dina, and only then did she regain consciousness.
"What was that?"
"Gijera essence."
"You injected Gijera into your bodies?"
"Sooner or later, you'll discover it too. Gijera has two effects. One is what you've already seen: it lets people enter beautiful dreams. The other is its essence, which can keep brain cells permanently active."
After explaining it to Daigo, Luke looked at Dina again.
"Dina, it's time for us to go."
"Dad, can't we stay here a little longer?"
"How could we? If we stay here, we'll be destroyed."
"Who would destroy us humans?"
Daigo questioned him excitedly.
"The ones destroying humanity are humans themselves. Compared to humans thirty million years ago, modern humans haven't improved in the slightest."
At that moment, Gijera's main body appeared on the Victory Team's display.
Gijera's main body was enormous—a plant monster whose flower bud was slowly blooming.
"Once its flower blooms, all humanity will believe this place is heaven, and the Giant of Light will lose its purpose."
"Was that why the Giants of Light thirty million years ago left Earth?"
"That's right. For humans immersed in happy dreams, with their minds already fractured, there is no longer any need for Giants of Light. In the end, the darkness that descends will destroy everything."
By then, dusk had arrived, and plants became less active at night.
"Why not take advantage of Gijera weakening at night and have humanity work together to pull it out by the roots?"
Daigo felt that he had come up with a way to save humanity, but Luke immediately poured cold water over him.
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