Even the initial mystery of why the military's photos only captured Serenity Peak as a single mountain, which later expanded into a vast continent, now had an explanation.
It was because the lowering of realms had just begun; the two worlds had only partially merged at that time.
Now, three months later, the integration had deepened, causing the landscape to change accordingly.
The elder continued, "I risked my injured body to gather the most concentrated part of the corpse toxin, but as for what had already spread, there was little I could do."
Hearing this, Elijah and Charlotte understood and expressed their gratitude, bowing respectfully.
Despite the elder being one of the "culprits" responsible for the devastation in their world, they couldn't bring themselves to resent him.
The fact that the mere aftermath of a single corpse core's self-destruction could decimate an entire world's life was unimaginable.
