They retrieved those creations with distinctive art styles, and the scholars in the settlement roughly deduced the writing systems of certain worlds based on the images on some of the relics, and then studied the contents recorded on these relics.

Perospero's humanity has reached a pessimistic conclusion: their world is hopeless.

In other worlds, there is a sun in the sky that shines its warm light upon the earth.

Without the need to migrate or hide from wild beasts lurking in the shadows, humans can live safely in one place for a very long time.

This was something Peross would never have dared to imagine, and according to some of the relics, those worlds had already been destroyed because cracks appeared in the sky, and darkness from Peross flowed into those worlds.

Therefore, the idea of ​​seeking refuge in other worlds through the rift was also ruled out.

Then they discovered something even more despairing.

The year 129 of the Eternal Night Calendar is a unified timeline compiled after multiple human settlements came into contact, with a day defined by the illumination time of a small fingernail-sized fluorescent stone.

An exploration team discovered an abandoned settlement with similar record-keeping rules, but based on some surviving books, the records date back more than a thousand years.

Their past was a pre-civilization, which was almost completely wiped out for unknown reasons. The current human settlements are remnants of that past civilization. Their writing system has been preserved, but almost all their knowledge has been lost, and we can only rely on archaeology.

Through the exploratory team's extensive search, the current Peros people have roughly determined that there were eight destroyed civilizations before them, and they are the ninth.

Without a doubt, Peros was a hopeless world for humanity, and no one knew when their Ninth Age would end.

Perhaps they had just finished a meal with their family, put the children to sleep, and were about to close their eyes when death befell them.

"Is this knowledge really being told to everyone so clearly, without any concealment?"

Evan Kyle had roughly memorized this information, but he still had some doubts about the fact that the settlement was making these desperate facts public.

Although he was still a child, he understood one thing: when despair reaches a certain level, it can cause a person to lose the will to resist.

Are you just telling everyone so directly that we might all die tomorrow? Aren't you afraid that many people will have a mental breakdown and just lie down and wait to die?

"That's not how it is, little Evan. You're still too young. Many things are not what you think."

Evan's father, Rock Kyle, appeared beside him at some point, picked him up, and carried him out of the room.

What did you see?

Evan saw that the empty settlement was bustling with people. Many were rushing to do farm work, some were repairing the surrounding buildings, and others were carrying pickaxes, preparing to go to the nearby mining area to look for new fluorescent stones.

"People's hearts are not as fragile as you think. Although we don't know whether death or tomorrow will come first, we will try our best to live each day well before death comes."

Moreover, in the face of despair, there will also be equal hope. For their homes and their families, more people will join the effort to explore the outside world and protect their settlements.

Everyone speculated that the destruction of those previous civilizations was unlikely to be caused by monsters in the dark; there must have been a mastermind behind it all.

If we had enough power, could we capture that guy and end this cycle of despair?

"Father……"

Evan Kyle's father, Rock Kyle, is a member of the Settlement Homeguards.

Evan seemed to see a special radiance in him.