Chapter 895: Purpose! The Breakthrough Tower!

"You don't need to flatter me—what happened before is past, and I won't hold it against you." Xu Jingming smiled.

He had figured it out: Meng Ke had a lively personality, the type who could adapt and was naturally sociable.

As for yesterday's incident, it wasn't a big deal—he wasn't going to nitpick over a few arrogant words.

"Thank you, Elder Xu, for forgiving me!" Meng Ke's face lit up, and he quickly paid another compliment.

Seeing this, Meng Yu beside him also exhaled in relief.

They now represented the Ember Temple.

If Xu Jingming still held resentment toward Meng Ke, the upcoming recruitment efforts would become a serious headache.

"Elder Xu, let's sit down and talk."

Seeing the atmosphere ease, Meng Yu's fair, delicate face bloomed with a bright smile.

"I already know you come from the Ember Project of the Second Civilization Era.

This doesn't need further explanation—I only want to know your next plan.

And why you're challenging the prodigies of our Third Civilization Era."

After sitting down, Xu Jingming got straight to the point and asked.

Upon hearing this, Meng Yu and the others felt no surprise.

The high-level psychics of Blue Star already knew their origins.

As Blue Star's top prodigy, it was natural for Xu Jingming to know some internal information.

"Our goal is simple: to draw the attention of Blue Star's psychics and lure you into our Ember World," Meng Yu replied softly.

Her voice was pleasant—clear and melodious.

"Ember World? That space you're in?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"That's right."

Meng Yu nodded. "In our Ember World, there is a Breakthrough Tower. Entering it for trials grants many benefits.

Including various combat techniques, rare treasures, and even opportunities for psychic evolution and transcendence.

Once your strong ones enter the Ember World, the Breakthrough Tower will open for you as well.

"So you're making such a huge show just to lure us into your world to seize your own opportunities?"

Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow.

Do the leaders of the Ember World have no brains?

Why keep such valuable things for themselves instead of opening them to others?

"It's not that we want to—it's that we have no choice."

Green, who had been silent until now, shook his head and interjected:

"The Breakthrough Tower has thirteen levels. We can access the first six, but beyond level six, there's a personnel requirement.

Our numbers are insufficient—we've been unable to enter the higher levels to this day."

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes. "Aren't you the ones who built the Breakthrough Tower? How could it have a personnel requirement?"

"No."

Green shook his head. "The Breakthrough Tower was brought back by the Grand Priest from the spatial chaos.

We don't know its origin—perhaps the answer lies at the tower's highest level."

The origin of the Breakthrough Tower was, in fact, a top-secret matter of the Ember Temple.

But since Master Boke had instructed them, telling Xu Jingming was acceptable.

He paused, then added: "To enter level seven of the Breakthrough Tower, you need at least twenty thousand sixth-rank psychics or higher."

"Twenty thousand sixth-rank?" Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

The entire Great Xia had only slightly more than ten thousand sixth-rank or higher psychics.

As a remnant of the Second Civilization Era, it was normal for the Ember World to lack such numbers.

And for the Ember World to attract so many strong ones in such a short time, such a bold move was indeed necessary.

"How many sixth-rank or higher psychics are there in your Ember World? And what's your total population?"

Xu Jingming was curious.

"Total population: 120 million. Sixth-rank or higher psychics: roughly five thousand."

After a moment's thought, Green replied.

This was also a secret of their Ember World.

But to show sincerity, they didn't conceal it.

"That many?" Xu Jingming was startled.

Great Xia had two billion people and only ten thousand sixth-rank or higher psychics.

By ratio, the probability of producing strong ones in the Ember World was ten times higher than theirs!

"Those selected for the Ember Project originally were elites from every field.

Their descendants naturally have a much higher chance of becoming strong ones.

Green explained simply.

"S-class, ask them right away—what exactly happened after the Hope Ship crashed? And how did their Ember World develop?"

At that moment, Eva's voice, brimming with curiosity, echoed in his mind.

She herself came from the Second Civilization Era and had always been curious about what had happened before.

Xu Jingming himself wanted to know this too, so he asked:

"Can you tell me how you survived the world-ending threat of the Molten Beast after the Hope Ship crashed?"

"Yes."

After a moment's hesitation, Meng Yu nodded and began to recount slowly:

"After the Hope Ship was destroyed, facing the Molten Beast's threat, we..."

Through Meng Yu's account and Eva's additions, Xu Jingming finally learned the fate of the previous civilization.

When the Hope spaceship crashed, Jin Nation still had four Supreme Beings left.

Originally, seven Supreme Beings had been powerless against the Molten Beast—how much less so with only four?

In the following time, the Molten Beast continued its slaughter.

Of the four Supreme Beings, only one survived—the one with the strongest escape ability, the SS-rank space psychic known as Kong Shen.

With Kong Shen's power, she could have hidden within the void and escaped the Molten Beast's world-ending threat.

But she didn't. Instead, she sacrificed her life to create an independent space.

Using the SSR-rank technique "Spatial Freeze," she froze the entire space.

She then severed its connection to Blue Star and cast the entire space into the spatial chaos.

Thanks to Kong Shen's sacrifice, the Ember Project succeeded, allowing twenty million humans to survive.

Kong Shen was truly a worthy and admirable strong one.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly after hearing the full account.

Most strong ones only care about their own interests.

They won't help others, let alone sacrifice their lives to save people who are, to them, no more than ants.

"Because of Kong Shen's act, the entire space became trapped in unknown spatial chaos.

It evaded the Molten Beast's perception, allowing our two thousand humans to survive.

Only over a hundred years ago did the effect of Spatial Freeze fade, allowing the space to awaken once more.

Though humanity awoke again, new problems arose.

The entire space remained lost in unknown spatial chaos—we couldn't return to the Blue Star world."

After a pause, Meng Yu's fair face grew increasingly fervent:

"For decades after, the entire space survived in the dangerous crevices of spatial chaos.

Until that person appeared—only then did our fate change..."