"Antarctica... What kind of place could it be?"
The mont the Hero's fingertips touched the page, the light in the captain's cabin suddenly dimd without a sound.
The girl paused her actions and looked up helplessly.
Shadows in various corners of the room had unbeknownst to them begun a silent writhing, and a faint sound of pages turning subtly echoed like background noise.
"I didn't say I wouldn't upload it; let finish reading first, okay?"
With the girl's complaint, the Knowledge Hunters attracted by her retreated silently, the room returned to tranquility, and the light beca steady again as if nothing had happened.
"Really..." Even though she was long familiar with the habits of her "compatriots," the girl still shook her head with amusent.
For the Knowledge Hunters, traversing the ocean to explore unknown lands was not impossible, but the Hunters themselves do not create knowledge; they only transcribe, organize, and decipher existing records.
In extre terms, if a civilization truly existed and was completely destroyed, human scholars might still make guesses and hypotheses from the ruins, but in the eyes of Knowledge Hunters, it equates to nothingness; they cannot gain anything from re ruins.
Therefore, this record assembled by the Ghost Ship, left by the sole known survivor of Antarctic civilization, holds imasurable value to them.
The Hero's gaze fell back on the page.
'X month X day, []'
[Weather (The higher the more extre, 100 is a disaster. Extre Failure 30, this bonus disappears after determining disaster type)]
D100 30=(67)=97
'The weather is still terrible, and the blizzard seems never-ending, yet today remains a day worth commorating.
'After all, since that day, the doors of the shelter have not been opened for [].'
[Ti (Even numbers polar day, odd numbers polar night)]
D100 30=(83) 30=113
'But these near-hundred years of lockdown were not in vain. Over a hundred years have passed since the launch of the epic voyage plan; the Ark that will carry us away from this endless night is finally completed.'
The Hero's fingers hesitated as he turned the page.
'What a long stretch of ti...
'At first, no one paid attention to this disaster. Eternal Night? It was rely a natural phenonon that had always existed and had beco accustod to.
'In re months, the long night would pass, and dawn would arrive once more. Everyone thought so.
'—Even though we were never promised such.'
Although the letters transcribed from the Ghost Ship's data used the Hero's own handwriting, this standard yet elegant calligraphy couldn't reflect the writer's emotions, yet the girl could still sense the author's self-deprecation and gravity from this record.
'Three months, half a year... It was only in the first year of the descent of darkness that people began to notice sothing was different.
'In the second year of darkness, [] issued a warning: dawn might never co again. But no one wanted to believe it.'
[Central chanism (affect system and terrain)]
1.5. Stargazing Tower (Tribal System)
2.6. Dragon Cave Castle (Monarchy)
3.7. Chengbing Hall (Parliantary System)
4.8. Minghan Palace (Divine Right System)
9. Wanshan Hall (Election System)
10. Great Success/Great Failure
D10=5
♛: Stargazing Tower
'On this cold land, different tribes watch and help each other, although there have been conflicts and struggles. To us, the priests of Stargazing Tower symbolized divinity, for they alone could reconcile tribal disputes.
'Yet even they couldn't convince people of the dawn's disappearance.
'But such arrogant refusal did not change the cruel reality.
'In the fifth year after Eternal Night began, we finally had to accept the fact that this long night would not end.
'Not in months or years, not even in decades or centuries.
'We, will never again see the blessing of the sun.
'This is tantamount to declaring humankind's extinction.'
"What are these Antarctic people talking about, that humankind is extinct just like that?" Another self couldn't help but mutter upon reading this.
"Since we've never heard of the Antarctic continent, to them, the Vast Nine Continents may equally be unknown," the Hero responded, "So in their view, their extinction ans humankind's extinction..."
'That's true, but honestly, even though they can make Ghost Ships, they don't seem very advanced. Primitive systems aside, encountering such a strange disaster, they didn't look for the cause and just chose to run for their lives?' The Depraved Hero comnted, 'Maybe it's just a Sli causing trouble, and getting rid of it would solve everything.'
"Although the form of tribal society is indeed primitive, perhaps it's just suitable for them." The Hero disagreed with their alternate self's speculation.
"And being able to build Ghost Ships shows their technology isn't bad, so the culprit shouldn't be a Sli…"
Just like the Ancient thod of Forging and modern Arcane Engineering, looking at the popularity, ancient thods are far inferior to Arcane Engineering, not even in the sa dinsion. Yet the Ancient thod of Forging possesses various magical aspects that modern Arcane Engineering cannot match.
In the Ancient Era, when Great Demons ran rampant, humankind had limited living space and no conditions to develop large-scale systems. But they still forged many powerful pieces of Equipnt, mastered extraordinary Strength, and gradually opened up the world as we know it today.
And the polar region seems like a harsh environnt. Those living there may not need to establish a vast Kingdom, but like the Moon People, everyone might have a special skill in order to Survive in the icy world.
"As for the cause of the disaster, don't worry, there's more content coming. We should find out soon." The Hero turned to the next page.
The reason for the Eternal Night is——(Critical Success)
1.5. The Dinsional Dark Side
2.6. Eternal Night Elf
3.7. Inverted Netherworld
4.8. Star Covering Storm
9. Nuclear Prison Tower
10. Great Success/Great Failure
D10=3
♛: Inverted Netherworld
→☆→☆→☆→✧←★←★←★←
'After the Eternal Night descends, unless necessary, do not venture out.
'This is the ancestral instruction passed down through generations.
'During the early stages of the Eternal Night, it's fine, but after a month, the Icefield will be overrun by many terrifying Magic Creatures that are usually unseen.
'To be more precise, they are creatures born after the Eternal Night.
'What they possess is not just re strength, but also various enigmatic capabilities. And without exception, they harbor deep malice towards humankind and life, so to distinguish them from ordinary Magic Creatures, we've nad them "demonic creatures."
'Yet in this endless dark night, we have no choice but to take risks, sending out our tribe's Elite warriors and Wizards to investigate.
'In fact, although the prophecy from the Stargazing Tower was not universally accepted until the fifth year, with all tribes acknowledging it, the Exploration of the Eternal Night began as early as the second year.
'Our warriors traversed the pitch-black snowy terrain, reaching the edges of the continent during the long nights. This journey that used to take less than three months took them four years round trip this ti, with more than half of the personnel lost.
'While lack of preparation was partly to bla, it was mainly because the closer one gets to the continent's edge, the more nurous and stronger the demonic creatures beco… which is entirely different from past Eternal Nights.
'In the past, the duration of the Eternal Night increased as one moved deeper into the continent, and the intensity of the demonic creatures rose accordingly. This ti, however, the opposite happened.
'Even though reaching the margin of the continent was relatively smooth, on their way back, they were obstructed by increasingly powerful demonic creatures, sacrificing greatly to carve a bloody path out.
'But at the cost of lives, they brought back valuable intelligence.
'They said that the darkness surges up from afar... no, from "beneath the continent."
'At a cliff edge at the continent's margin, they clearly saw the rock layers split into two levels as if they were cut, with the upper layer being normal rock and the lower layer turning ominous black.
'Moreover, the blackness was rising at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
'They also ntioned seeing the reflection of another world on the sea surface.
'After several months of analysis with the Demon Core they brought back, the Stargazing Tower finally reached a conclusion.
'Our continent is intertwined with another plane in the operations of Ti and Space.
'Throughout humankind's history, there seems to be no record of such an event, yet it indeed occurred.
'Perhaps, thousands of years ago, that world was already attracted by the Eternal Night, gradually approaching our holand.'
'And judging from the reflection, it is a world devoid of Vitality, a land of deathly silence. But precisely because of this, gravity erged between life and death, causing a fusion of void.
'Ultimately, that desolate sub-plane will rge with our world.
'However, the weight of the world is imasurable. Although, on a macro level, our world seems to swallow it; from our "micro" perspective, this continent will be consud by the Netherworld.
'Like a rising giant bubble nearing the water's surface, only to be blocked by floating debris, the negative pressure caused by the bursting bubble will instantly overturn the debris.
'This unending long night is just the shadow of the bubble erging before breaking the surface.
'When the world fusion occurs, the surface we are on will be overturned, while the Inverted Netherworld will replace it.'
[Ti remaining until the Inverted Netherworld—]
D100=54
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