Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 992 - 985

Chapter 992: 985

Manoylis’s gaze was directed towards Luo’er, and an inadvertent glance from him caused Luo’er to break out in a cold sweat.

Manoylis’s words were clearly meant for everyone present. After he finished speaking, the entire space began to dim. The first to slowly become transparent were the bodies of Manoylis and Atosan, followed by the slow disappearance of the surrounding scenery.

In a short while, there was nothing left before their eyes, and the silver-white light was also slowly dissipating, revealing the original color of the room. The glow retreated along the patterns it had come by, like the ebbing tide, until it shrank back to the range of the Magic Array. When the light finally disappeared, it revealed a small metal plate at the center of the Magic Array.

At this moment, everyone was still standing there, dumbstruck, and it took a while to recover their composure. Fulajie’er looked worriedly at everyone and then flew to Tangmo’s face, fluttering her hand.

Tangmo paused for a moment, being the first to snap out of it. He hurriedly rushed to the center of the Magic Array, plucked out the metal plate, and held it cautiously in his hand.

"This must be the Ancestors’ information storage tool, kind of like a USB flash drive," Tangmo said, looking at the metal plate with joy on his face.

"So that means..." Luo’er widened his eyes, took a deep breath to calm his emotions, and said, "most of our previous speculations about the Elf Race and about Tana were right. The Elf Race was indeed artificially created as a species for gene improvement. Tana also truly exists and is the artificial intelligence guiding the Elf Race to accept the intelligence of other species!"

"There’s also Xiapei Kam, she totally exists, and she can indeed restrain Tana," Cheng Ziang said calmly.

"This is, a bit explosive, let me sort through it," Luo’er raised his hand, bowing his head and closing his eyes as he spoke.

"I’ve already sorted it out roughly," Baiyue said, after pondering for a long time, and then she took the initiative to speak.

"Let’s hear your thoughts," Cheng Ziang turned his head, looking at her approvingly, and asked.

Baiyue nodded, then walked in front of everyone, cleared her throat, took a deep breath, and with a serious face said to everyone, "Based on just now’s play, we can gather the following pieces of information. First, the civilization of the Ancestors was destroyed due to the conflict of the Gods, and the so-called ’Gods’ refers to humans turned divine. Mortals are selfish and greedy; if they acquire, they take excessively, if they cannot, they rebel violently. Everyone considered the World’s Source as their own power reserve, not willing to share with others, which resulted in the Twilight of the Gods."

"From what we know, the World’s Source, which they consistently referred to as the Source, seems to be referring to magic. During the era of the Ancestors, because of the constant conflicts among the Gods, the magic in the atmosphere became increasingly depleted until it was completely dried up. And if a God is without magic, they have no power to bind their souls, already severed from their bodies, which would then lead to their souls scattering, causing the so-called Twilight of the Gods."

"The Gods’ conflict directly led to severe destruction of the natural environment. In the play, Fuxia was covered in snow, and December had the scorching sun overhead; this is the confusion of seasons caused by the excessive use of magic."

After a lengthy speech, Baiyue took another deep breath and then continued, "That’s the first point. The second point, according to the dialogue between the two, we can get a very clear answer, which is that the Aels Continent, or the Otherworld, is actually a giant prison. The Ancestors looked up to the sky, not seeing the universe, but only a ceiling adorned with starlight, the ceiling of a prison."

"What do you mean?" Cheng Ziang asked with a puzzled look.

"Have you ever seen ’The Truman Show’? Truman took a boat to the sea only to touch the light blue boundary. That’s when he realized that he had been living inside a giant studio all along. It is the same with the Otherworld. According to my speculation, if we were to take an airboat and fly straight up, we would not leave this planet and enter the vast universe. Instead, we might stop at a certain height because the airboat has been blocked by some sort of barrier," Baiyue explained.

"So, in other words, the whole Otherworld is actually a giant prison. No matter how it develops, its people can never leave this planet. Even though this planet possesses magic, a miraculous substance, the fact that they cannot leave this world means there is a ceiling to their development. When the next Twilight of the Gods arrives, the entire world will reset, toppling everything to start anew," Cheng Ziang said, dumbfounded.

His words made everyone present sigh with emotion. Axia and Talis, although they didn’t quite understand, still felt an overwhelming sense of despair.

Unlike Earthlings, the people of the Otherworld can only live in the Otherworld until its magic slowly withers away and then resets, and with the depletion of magic, their civilization will also perish. They cannot go to other worlds to live because those worlds lack magic, and they cannot endure an environment devoid of magic.

Therefore, the people of the Otherworld are doomed to be trapped in this world life after life, unable to go anywhere else.

Earthlings may not be able to enjoy the gift of magic, but they have the vast expanse of space and a bright future ahead of them. This yearning for the unknown represents hope.

For the people of the Otherworld, from the moment of their birth, their fate was sealed. When the next Twilight of the Gods comes, they will be destroyed along with the world. This feeling of being trapped in a predicament with no way out, represents despair.

The Ancestors left behind a vast legacy for the people of this era, under the pretense that the descendants have the right to enjoy the conveniences brought about by our civilization’s progress. But the Ancestors could never change their fate; they created what is known as the Haromino Pass to Heaven, now referred to as the Otherworld Gate, but could not settle in any world, and might even be attacked by the natives of these worlds.

Over thirty years ago, the opening of the Otherworld Gate led to ceaseless strife between Earthlings and the people of the Otherworld. To the Ancestors, this was actually a very common occurrence. From the opening of the Door of Annihilation a year ago, it can be seen that the Ancestors faced much more serious dilemmas than we do now.

"Don’t be so discouraged, everyone. The Ancestors have already shown the way forward for the people of this era." Seeing the sorrow on everyone’s faces, Baiyue paused before continuing.

"How so?" Luo’er lifted his head, looking at her excitedly and asked.

"We can find some clues from the conversation between the two," Baiyue replied, "The Ancestors had predicted the development of this era. People from other worlds might be able to change the fate of this world..."

As she spoke, Baiyue pointed to Luo’er and then fell silent. Luo’er looked at her, then at himself, and for a moment didn’t understand her meaning.

"You, and you, and you, and you..." Baiyue pointed at all the members of the Advance Team present, then pointed to herself and said, "And myself... We are the hope mentioned by the Ancestors."

"Do you mean!" Cheng Ziang seemed to have understood Baiyue’s words, his eyes wide with astonishment as he asked.

"That’s right, the best way to change the fate of this world is to leave before it is about to be destroyed and relocate to another world to live. The people of the Otherworld have great difficulty surviving in an environment without magic, so the best solution to this dilemma is hybrid beings. The mixed race from two worlds, who can live in an environment without magic like Earth as well as thrive in an environment filled with magic like the Otherworld, is the only way for the people of the Otherworld to escape this enormous prison," Baiyue explained.

"So, what the Ancestors actually hoped for was the integration of the Elf Race with outsiders, the merging of Earthlings with the people of the Otherworld, ultimately allowing the mixed race to freely travel between Earth and the Otherworld and thus break free from the confines of this giant prison of the Otherworld," Luo’er said as if a light bulb had turned on.

"Exactly. The people of the Otherworld cannot touch the stars because they have no universe. If they want to expand outward, they must rely on civilizations from other worlds. Among the known civilized worlds, only the development level of Earthlings is the most advanced, and they are the most qualified to lead the people of the Otherworld to the stars. This fulfills what the Ancestors have longed for over thousands of years," Baiyue said, nodding in affirmation.