The timeline shifts to the day before the "Silver Ring Elegy Day," at the headquarters of the Knights of Twilight City, in the King's Chamber.

"Your Majesty, the person you are looking for is already waiting outside the door."

The servant's reminder made Todd look up from the mountain of documents: "Please let him in."

A scholar from the South, dressed in the robes of the Muxi Academy, walked in. He had a white cloth wrapped around his head, took small steps, looked at the floor, and gripped his sleeves with both hands, appearing somewhat uneasy or nervous.

"Abu Ben Kendi, it's been a long time since we last met, hasn't it?" The king's voice sent a shiver down the spine of the Southern scholar.

The latter lowered his head even further: "That's right, Your Majesty."

Todd picked up a handbook and said to Kendi, "I heard that you told your students at the academy that the duration of the Father's existence does not represent the entirety of history?"

Kendi nodded as beads of sweat slowly seeped from his forehead.

Todd flipped through the manual, quite interested, and said, "You claim that the history of this world is far longer than people realize. The Heavenly Father ruins discovered in the Eastern Holy City are estimated to have been built six thousand years ago; the fossils discovered in the North Island ruins are estimated to be about twelve thousand years old; and the ice cave ruins discovered in the Northern Shadow Kingdom are older than the former two?"

Kendi quickly defended himself, saying, "I do not doubt the existence of the Father, nor do I oppose the doctrines of the church."

Todd knew what this Southern scholar feared, and he smiled as he continued, "Tell me, is there any evidence to support your findings?"

Kendi glanced furtively at the King and, seeing no sign of anger, mustered his courage to explain, "This is thanks to Your Majesty's invention of the electron microscope, and the assistance of those with supernatural abilities. First, in the laboratory, I heated a small piece of fossil to 1200 degrees Celsius, which released some strange gases containing powerful electrical energy and radiation. After filtering out impurities, the resulting product was processed using supernatural abilities such as 'focusing light' and 'magnetic energy flow,' allowing us to calculate the values ​​of electrical energy and radiation."

When discussing his academic expertise, Kendi showed no fear, but instead became animated and eloquent: "Next, we went to find some antiques whose age was already known as references. For example, Terence had a volcanic rock specimen from the early Taylor period, which is two thousand years old. After a series of processes such as heating, filtering, collecting, and calculation, we can calculate the comparison coefficient of electrical energy and radiation, and through multiple experiments, we can finally obtain the approximate age of the fossil we just saw."

As Todd listened to Kendi's explanation, he recalled a technique used in his previous life to determine the age of objects—'40K-40R,' also known as 'argon series isotope decay detection method.' Simply put, it involves using a molten sample to detect the argon atoms hidden within, and using their charge count and decay process as the basis for determining the age of the substance.

This technology is also often used to determine the age of microorganisms and the specific course of biological evolution.

Todd's silence was misinterpreted by Kendi as suspicion.

The scholar from the South approached the king and said earnestly, “Your Majesty! Don’t you understand what this means? This discovery could completely change the history of religion! Think about it, six thousand years ago, the world was a world of the Bible, where ‘Genesis’ and ‘The Great Flood’ truly existed, and God created mankind and all things; more than ten thousand years ago, it was the age of the gods, where Asgard existed on the earth, and the golden tree nourished all living beings; and before that, there were even more ages of gods, buried in the earth and sea.”

Kendi stopped and muttered to himself, "The key question is, why did these mythological eras appear, and why did they disappear? From a temporal perspective, the emergence and disappearance of gods seem to follow a pattern and cycle."

Todd sighed. His conversation with "Crystal Inn" in the North Island Ruins was still etched in his mind. What did this strange character, the so-called "Space Agent," represent?

“Kendy, I’ve called you here for two reasons. First, because of your history lectures. After all, Twilight City is now a holy land blessed by the Father, and your courses for the students… are not appropriate, so they should all be stopped.” Todd stared into the scholar’s ​​eyes until the scholar finally agreed under pressure, and then added, “Second, I want to learn about the history of this world from my own perspective.”

Kendi looked at the King with some confusion.

Todd shook his head helplessly and said, "Most of the books in the Muxi Library come from churches and monasteries, and those books that introduce history have either been burned or altered. You come from the Abbasid Empire in the south, and I think your country should still have some restoration and preservation of the history of this world."

Kendi nodded and said, "Your Majesty, which period of history would you like to learn about, and what aspect would you like to focus on?"

"Let's start from the early days of ancient Talo and mainly introduce some well-known historical events and figures."

After thinking for a while, the scholar from the south began to give a general overview of this period of history.

From the introduction of city-state immigrants to tribal unions, from the introduction of Tauro communes to cultural integration, then to the Tauro Republic, the Allied Wars, the Principate, and finally to the division of the empire.

Todd listened and took notes, comparing these historical events and figures with the history of ancient Rome from his previous life. He found that most of the elements were surprisingly similar, but there were differences in some minor details.

After the introduction was finished, Todd suddenly remembered a famous hypothesis from his past life: "If the world were to flow backwards to the beginning, and everything were to start over, would history repeat itself along the original path?"

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