Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 4)

Vol 4/ Chapter 96: A 10,000-Year-Old Map

"April 18th, Year 26 of the Ouil Era. Early this morning, shocking news arrived from the southern regions where alpha energy had long been rampant. The high concentrations there had undergone bizarre, inexplicable changes, as if they had suddenly gained life of their own. the central city immediately dispatched numerous researchers to monitor and confirm the situation. But matters only worsened from there..."

"Oh come on, it's missing the critical part!"

There were several torn-out pages in the middle of the diary, clearly ripped away, though not very cleanly - leaving behind partial phrases about "Type 1" and "Type 2" that only piqued one's curiosity further without providing enough context.

"Let's see what comes after, shall we?" Adrian suggested calmly.

"Alright..." I could only turn the page. The timeline had advanced over a month, with a significant gap in the missing content.

"June 25th, Year 26 of the Ouil Era. The threat from Beluto grows increasingly severe. It's said that during a routine inspection in the central city, the Saint Angel Cyra suddenly collapsed, throwing the entire True Church into a state of emergency. Even the priests here received the news and displayed utter panic for several days, fervently praying to their god without eating a single meal. 'It's a good thing we're not religious, or we might end up like them!' Karina mocked, yet she secretly tore pages from my diary and ate them - that's how I discovered her abnormal condition! Paper isn't food, it's not a biscuit. How could she have turned into this state? Could it be the ravages of the encroaching alpha energy? But it's only been a few days..."

"June 27th, Year 26 of the Ouil Era. Karina's condition keeps worsening. Many in the village have successively shown symptoms of 'alpha energy syndrome,' and even I can clearly feel my thinking becoming sluggish. Rumor has it that after Cyra suddenly announced her defection to Beluto's side and proclaimed her intention to marry it, Beluto's intelligence soared by several levels, and the spread of alpha energy rapidly accelerated. I can no longer wait - I've decided to leave this place with Karina tomorrow!"

"June 28th, Year 26 of the Ouil Era. Early this morning, as I was writing these words, dazzlingly bright 'clouds' suddenly drifted across the sky again. This phenomenon had occurred several times over the past few days, but they always dissipated after a while. I don't know what these things are..."

The diary ends there, with no further entries. Those "dazzlingly bright clouds" described seemed to refer to the sky being obscured by radiant light - not actual clouds, but merely the brilliance emitted by a massive concentration of light elements.

"So we really have returned to the world of 10,000 years ago?" After perusing the full contents, Adrian pondered for a while before arriving at this conclusion.

Of course, I knew there was an underlying implication to his words. To put it more accurately:

Due to the near-infinite resets, although 10,000 years had passed in the outside world, this region warped by the dual distortions of time and space remained frozen at that ancient era. This explained why the diary, village, and other objects appeared intact and undamaged.

From an ordinary human's perspective, this diary recorded the origins of the light god's birth. Although much was unclear, if proven accurate, it would undoubtedly serve as an excellent historical record.

"But the advanced civilization 10,000 years ago used the common continental language - it hasn't changed at all over such a vast timespan?"

I still harbored doubts. The biggest issue was being able to comprehend writing from 10,000 years ago! Languages evolve rapidly; just look at Earth's civilizations spanning thousands of years, where written scripts underwent multiple transformations. Ancient texts would likely be incomprehensible to most today after over a millennium.