However, before Roland could further experience this perception that had expanded tens of thousands of times, new changes arose outside the Bottomless Land.
Through the perception ability that suddenly expanded tens of thousands of times, he immediately "saw" a cylindrical object with rounded ends rising from the seabed, rapidly ascending towards the sea surface.
Soon, the object crossed the thousand-meter-deep seawater layer and emerged on the sea. Its size was comparable to dozens of islands, and its length was even more astonishing. Due to its immense volume, its emergence caused seawater to surge back, forming a vortex with a radius of hundreds of kilometers north of the Bottomless Land.
And its movement did not stop there.
Almost as if weightless, the cylindrical object's ascent from the sea surface to the air showed no lag. It maintained a constant acceleration, flying faster and faster, and soon surpassed the height of Eleanor's floating island. Everyone on the island noticed this incredible scene—there was no fire around the towering cylinder, nor the rumbling sound of thrusters. Its ascent was almost silent, but the silence at this moment highlighted its extraordinary nature.
Roland realized that it was the core body of the Guardian.
A few minutes later, the cylindrical object came into contact with the barrier of the Cradle. Roland witnessed its entire process of leaving the planet from multiple angles—it was neither a collision, nor did the barrier open an exit for it to pass through. Instead, the latter covered the cylindrical object like a soft membrane, and extended upwards as it rose, perfectly filling every gap.
When the two separated, the barrier returned to its original state.
After entering space, the cylindrical object slightly adjusted its direction and suddenly accelerated to a rapid speed—for a moment, its body seemed to stretch a lot, like a slender ribbon of light. The next moment, it had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.
Roland couldn't help but shake his head.
Not even a goodbye, is this the style of a pure logical entity?
Not long ago, it insisted on restarting the entire world. Now that it has made a decision, it rushes towards the Rift without any hesitation. Based on this decisiveness and action alone, few living beings can compare.
The most severe crisis that humanity has encountered so far has finally been resolved.
But this does not mean that he can relax. There are still many problems that need to be solved urgently—such as the promise to Tilly, and the agreement reached with the devils, and so on.
The things he needs to consider at this moment have not decreased, but have become more.
After all, he only needed to care about the gains and losses of humans before, but now, he has to consider the future of the only remaining life in the universe.
While adapting to this new "body", Roland started several search processes, separately used to investigate the regulations related to the Gods' Will War, the ripple records of the Consciousness World, and the overview of the existing species in the Cradle.
The first thing he had to do was naturally to disable the function of the Inheritance Fragment.
In this way, the Gods' Will War can be truly declared over.
As for the devils, Roland plans to separate a continent as their habitat if resources permit—the distance between the two places will not be too far, nor too close, similar to the binary star system like Earth and the Moon may be a good idea.
While searching the Cradle, Roland also had an unexpected discovery: a mutated creature similar to the Nest Mother had escaped the Guardian's orders, and was cowering in the mud on the seabed, with only a few eyes peering around. Soon, he traced back through historical events and found that the creature was the monster that had visited the Western Region of Graycastle.
It seems that even life created entirely according to one's own wishes will, in the long course of time, head in a completely unpredictable direction due to small changes. He thought for a while, and finally left it behind—once the devils leave, humans will live in a stable and peaceful world for a long time. But he didn't want to turn the Cradle into a complete greenhouse. Some competition might not be a bad thing.
The Guardian has proven that purely relying on the bloody killing of life and death struggles is not effective in allowing civilization to grow. The path he has to take next must be carefully planned.
In addition, he also needs to review the past events of civilization in the memory banks. Whether it is to increase knowledge or draw inspiration, it should be of great help.
The Consciousness World also needs to be adjusted to maintain the balance between witch growth and the dream world. Fortunately, the core can free up a lot of space after the abolition of the Gods' Will War, so he does not have to face this tricky problem now.
Just as Roland was overwhelmed with a large amount of information, a scene instantly stopped him from what he was doing.
It was a picture from an internal probe.
In the outer aisle of the Cradle's core, two women and a devil seemed to be waiting expectantly for something.
Roland suddenly felt an unspeakable warmth surge in his heart. He zoomed in on the picture and slowly "reached out" to wipe the faces of the two women.
...So they sent themselves here.
From the first day he came to this world, he had forged an indissoluble bond with the two women. The long-term relationship had made him accustomed to their existence. When he merged his consciousness and became the Cradle, he always felt that something was missing. It was not until he saw this scene that Roland realized what he was missing.
Indeed, in the next hundreds of millions of years, he probably wouldn't be able to leave the Cradle. Perhaps, as the Guardian said, it would be a long and desperate time, but he was not afraid in his heart.
The biggest difference between him and the Guardian is that no matter how long the years to come, he will not spend them alone.
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Five years later.
Graycastle, Neverwinter City, Shallow Water Port.
As the heart of the human kingdom, this is undoubtedly the busiest port in the world, with tens of thousands of people entering and leaving every day. In order to ensure that the harbor is not blocked, in addition to continuing to expand along the coastline, the Administrative Hall has also established a large-scale public transportation system.
Tang En was one of them.
He used to be a merchant in Eternal Night City, and helped the First Army deal with the Moia Allied Forces. Unexpectedly, the Administrative Hall recorded this achievement and found him after the war. After learning that he could get a set of housing in the Graycastle capital, he ran over with his wife and children. Everyone knows that Neverwinter City is good, but the cost of settling down is too high, so how could he miss such an opportunity?
As for the small business that could only earn a little fur before, Tang En was too lazy to manage it, and instead accepted the employment training of the Administrative Hall and became a taxi driver.
That's right, although he had dealt with the Neverwinter people early on, he still didn't expect them to be so advanced—taxis are essentially similar to carriage, but only the wealthy nobles can afford the latter. In the capital, taxis are part of public transportation, public transportation!
In other words, as long as you pay, anyone can experience this grand and luxurious enjoyment.
Of course, there are also much cheaper large buses that can hold nearly a hundred people at a time, but compared to the taxis that leave as soon as you get on, the buses that depart at fixed points and don't even have a seat seem a bit shabby.
After the taxi waiting in front finished boarding, it was finally Tang En's turn—in addition to his fixed salary, his income also included a large amount of rewards for taking passengers, so it was always a good thing to wait for customers as soon as possible.
"Click." The car door was skillfully opened, and a tall woman first threw her luggage into the back seat, and then bent over and got into the car.
Tang En looked in the rearview mirror and saw that the other party was wearing a trendy jacket and canvas pants, and also wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, obviously a loyal customer of Rainbow Stone. However, what was a little strange was that he didn't find the Rainbow Stone logo on the other party's clothing.
"Where are you going? There is a city map and route price in the bag in the back seat."
"The Neverwinter King's Castle... I don't think it's been demolished yet? If it's still there, I'll go there," the woman replied in a capable and brisk voice.