"So, what are you investigating these apocalypses for?"

After following Charlotte to see the end of two foreign lands, Lu Ban couldn't help but ask.

One of the foreign lands has already glimpsed the secrets of the Old Ones and even discovered how to delay the awakening of those great beings. They created some grand sacrificial ceremonies and even the entire civilization devoted itself to them. However, the strong desire to survive of some sacrifices led to the failure of a certain sacrifice. The Old Ones awakened and the planet turned into cosmic dust within seconds. The sacrifices who wanted to survive could not escape their fate.

Another alien land was in a highly developed civilization. They conquered the land, the ocean and the sky, and even developed sub-light speed navigation technology, embarking on the road of exploring the universe. Unfortunately, the awakening of the Old Ones caused the sudden destruction of the mother planet of this civilization, and all humans who witnessed all this turned into monsters. Afterwards, the survivors embarked on a long escape, but eventually died alone in the cold and silent starry sky.

Almost all the records Charlotte looked at were about foreign lands that were destroyed due to the awakening of the Old Ones.

What Lu Ban found amazing was that the Glorious Realm’s records of these things were so detailed.

The development process of each foreign land, the crises encountered, and even every word and action of each person were faithfully recorded.

Lu Ban was not curious about what methods the Glorious Realm used to store and observe these things. As a civilization that could compete with the Old Ones, it was almost certain that the Glorious Realm possessed such extraordinary power.

He found it amazing the role that people in the Brilliant Realm played in these foreign lands.

Those observers have been observing the sealed Old Ones day in and day out for millions, tens of millions, and billions of years. If they were trying to prevent those great beings from waking up, then why didn't they lend a helping hand when the local civilization was struggling to survive?

They are like calm scholars, faithfully recording the origin, development, prosperity, decline and destruction of foreign civilizations.

It's like... doing some experiment.

"Just as you thought."

Charlotte's hand dropped gently. For some reason, Lu Ban seemed to feel a little tiredness and disappointment from her subtle movement.

"This is the doomsday record of the Glorious Realm. They have sealed countless Old Ones. Because of this, they know very well that the Old Ones can never be destroyed."

Charlotte's cold tone contrasted with the desperate content.

"It took the Glorious Realm hundreds of millions of years just to learn this fact. Afterwards, they began experiments and observed all known Old Ones. These observations were long-term, so long that even years cannot be imagined."

"What do they want?"

Lu Ban asked.

He already had some vague guesses, but to turn them into answers, he still needed the confirmation of a true Old One like Charlotte.

“They want an answer.”

Charlotte looked at Lu Ban, her eyes had turned crimson at some point, a glow that was brighter than blood and darker than dusk.

“Where is the way out of life, and what is the meaning of this world?”

Her voice was as light as an old ballad, but in those clear words, a kind of desperate madness spread and grew.

"You mean, they used those foreign lands as laboratories."

Lu Ban said in a deep voice.

"That's right."

Charlotte nodded, raised her hand and gently touched the mottled and rough wall.

"They want to know what kind of efforts and sacrifices a civilization must make to survive the resurrection of the Old Ones. They want to know what the meaning of life is in this world where those crazy, desperate, and indescribable gods exist."

Therefore, the Glorious Realm observes all known alien realms.

They spent a long time faithfully recording everything without interfering with the development of those alien civilizations.

Even if the world is facing destruction and can be saved with just a thought from the Brilliant Realm, they will not intervene.

They just want to know the answer.

"It seems they were destroyed without getting an answer."

Lu Ban sighed.

"No, on the contrary, they got the answer."

Charlotte shook her head.

"Life is just a mistake."

"Life is nothing but a mistake in this foreign land that is gradually becoming chaotic, dark, and cold. Those lives that were born from a little pollution are just running towards death all their lives. Under the dominance of those great wills, all the efforts, struggles, and struggles of life are insignificant. Even if the people in the Brilliant Realm can use the power higher than those three pillars, even the existence whose names and details I cannot describe, to seal those Old Ones, they will not be able to escape the final fate."

After hearing Charlotte's words, Lu Ban did not answer, but looked at the fluorescent screen.

How despairing it would be if after billions of years of observation and surveillance in a foreign land, we only got such an answer in the end.

Or, what a despairing thing it is.

"They have always believed that the universe has a purpose, and that is why they believe they can continue to exist and control the world."

Charlotte chuckled, but Lu Ban couldn't hear the emotion in it.

"But in fact, the universe itself has no purpose. Those who are willing to think about these questions are just small waves that are occasionally stirred up in the long process of extinction."

"Everything is but a fantastic dream of the Great Will, without beginning and without end."

After hearing Charlotte's words, Lu Ban didn't know how to respond.

"I still need to investigate some things. You stay here and watch whatever you want."

Seeing this, Charlotte sent Lu Ban away and went into another room to look up some information.

Lu Ban looked at the huge library, and through the window, saw the countless crawling weathered corpses.

He didn't know what happened after Huihuangjing learned the answer.

But there were still some things he wanted to check.

Lu Ban let out a breath, he came to a room, stretched out his hand, and countless lights emerged from the wall. Although Lu Ban could not understand the words, fortunately the information here was presented in the form of knowledge. Even if Lu Ban did not understand, he could still understand the general idea.

He searched through several rooms and quickly figured out some of the operations there. It should be said that the more developed a civilization is, the simpler and easier to understand its operations will be.

Lu Ban put his hand on the wall, and then input a word with his own will, wanting to see how this thing was made and used.

Not long after, a colorful, yet dark and deep flame appeared in front of Lu Ban's eyes.

Pure fire.