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The current world was shattered by the Source God Platform!!!

After hearing this shocking news, Leon couldn't help but recall the information he heard from the mouth of Gemini Director during his first departure from the Origin Mud Plate.

According to Gemini Director's observations, the former current world seemed to be more vast than the current one, where reality and the Realm of the Dead overlapped, and Heaven and the Abyss stood side by side in that once complete world.

Supported beneath the current world by the star realm, the four shattered realms formed the 'Spirit' plane, floating above it. The Dream World served as the projection of the spirit within, and the Holy Spirit Realm, as the sublimation of will, was suspended outside.

Including the Tidal Realm and other three small planes driven out by the ten descendants of the grand court, the moon occupied by the Moonfolk, the Beast Garden wafting beyond the current world, all were once parts of the ancient current world.

In this "ancient current world", which was more than ten times larger than the present, nearly all planes had "fragments" once connected to other planes, except the Source God Platform, which might be the only "outsider" among the fourteen planes.

And the observations obtained by Gemini Director deep into the Source God Platform, paired perfectly with the situation just described by the mermaid beauty, and the previously vast and complete "ancient current world" was shattered due to the arrival of the Source God Platform... but it seemed somewhat inconsistent.

"Wait a minute!"

Raising a hand to signal a pause, Leon absorbed the secret shared by the mermaid beauty while skeptically questioning:

"You mean... our human ancestors escaped from the Old Soil to the current world, and then came after the Source God Platform had struck out, turning the complete major plane into a group of multiple secondary planes? If that's the case, why doesn't our bureau have corresponding records?"

"Because there's a temporal discrepancy~"

Seemingly already expecting this question from Leon, the mermaid beauty smiled and said:

"Did you forget? Time on Old Soil is primarily chaotic, so human ancestors and the Source God Platform that emerged from Old Soil didn't leave in normal temporal order.

Although temporally it appears you fled Old Soil first, and then the Source God Platform followed, due to Old Soil's chaotic time, the sequence was reversed; your ancestors acted first but arrived later, hence failing to observe the world being shattered."

"..."

"To simplify, before you humans fled Old Soil, the Source God Platform had already 'pursued' out, then shattered the originally complete current world, creating an environment suitable for human survival, and only after you fled here did you settle... You understand?"

"..."

What the hell can I understand from that!

Feeling dizzy from the mermaid beauty's overly abstract explanation, Leon hesitated before barely summarizing:

"You mean the temporal sequence... is it similar to an Ouroboros structure? Because our ancestors fled and settled in the current world, the Source God Platform and the origin followed, shattering the complete current world.

And precisely because the current world was shattered from its chaotic state, becoming a material plane suitable for human survival, our human ancestors ultimately chose to settle here?"

"That's close to the meaning~"

The mermaid beauty smiled and praised Leon:

"You've never truly visited Old Soil or witnessed the convoluted intertwining of countless chaotic timelines; I thought you'd be completely confused, but you actually understood."

"..."

Well, you knew I might not understand, couldn't you simplify the explanation a bit... nevermind, as long as that's approximately the meaning...

Trying to remember this information in a way he could comprehend, Leon furrowed his brow and asked:

"So is there a possibility for the shattered current world to be repaired and restored to its original form?"

"Almost impossible."

The mermaid beauty shook her head:

"Destruction is easy, repair is difficult. To shatter a complete bowl only requires enough force, but to piece together the shattered bowl, it needs not only large strength and dexterity but also a thorough understanding of the placement and characteristics of all fragments.

Transposing the bowl to the current world, one would need to traverse fourteen planes and have deep familiarity with the rules and conditions of each plane, even become the corresponding 'dominator' to possibly achieve it."

Having profound knowledge...

After the mermaid beauty's words, Leon seemed to realize something and glanced at the slightly flickering [Materialism] badge on his badge panel.

[Materialist Soul (Crimson): As a firm believer... matter is the objective foundation... incomprehensible phenomena origin from one's inaccurate and shallow understanding of the world...]

[Badge Effect: ...]

[Advanced Path: Reached... cannot continue advancement]

[Hidden Trait: Each time your understanding of a world's core rules reaches a certain level, you gain the ability to perform a corresponding degree of modification.

Current Analysis Progression (ranked by comprehension depth): Abyssal Realm (63.9%), Realm of the Dead (49.9%), Abyss (44.5%), Heavenly Mountain (41.1%), Current World (33.6%), Dream World (18.2%), Tidal Realm (11.3)... Old Soil (1.1%) Star Realm (0.1%)]

How deep is it? Like the Realm of the Dead at 49.9%?