The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

It was created by the "prophet" at the end of the previous civilization to help humanity survive the great flood.

So how did the "Ark Core" become the central core of the Merfolk ruins?

He recalled the extra reward the "prophet" had mentioned to the mermaid queen of that era, which must have been this "Ark Core" plus a legacy ruin.

Without this historical relic, the merfolk would not have had so many empresses throughout history.

It would not have been possible for it to have such a long and glorious history.

Ensuring the continuation of the mermaid race's glory is the reward the "prophet" gave them for protecting the sea eye, and it is also a practical necessity for that protection.

I just don't know why, as it was passed down, it turned out like this.

The merfolk have fallen into decline and forgotten their clan's mission.

Even the little conch's grandmother believed that for the ruins to function better, the blood of the mermaids must be used as a sacrifice.

However, in reality, due to the "Ark Core," the blood of both merfolk and other races can be used as energy for operation.

Instead of the little conch's grandmother believing that it only absorbed the blood of the mermaids—he guessed that this might be related to the fact that the mermaids had strictly protected the ruins in the past, only using blood to sacrifice their own kind, so they did not know that the ruins could also absorb the life energy of other species.

No wonder he felt a strange sense of contradiction at that time.

The feeling was as if a virgin had been thrown into the river as a sacrifice to pray for the river god's protection; it was full of evil and didn't seem like something the merfolk ancestors would prepare for their descendants.

Merfolk are a race that values ​​the continuation of their lineage; their ancestors are unlikely to set up traps for their descendants, who would then continue to use those traps.

This is actually due to the lack and errors in the transmission of information over thousands of years, which led the merfolk to go further and further down the wrong path.

However, clarifying the affairs of the merfolk was an unexpected bonus; Gu Ran was more concerned about the "prophet".

Are the "General Regency" and the "Prophet" the same person?

Is the "Chief Executive" the same person as him?

Although the memories related to the "General Regency" did not give him a sense of experience, it cannot be concluded that the "General Regency" does not exist, nor can it be concluded that it was a figment of his imagination after being hallucinated by "Deep Water" and "Mass Consciousness".

Because he wasn't hallucinating at the time.

These memories of the "general leader" are truly transmitted from the "deep waters" and the "mass consciousness".

In other words, the "deep water" and "mass consciousness" may have "witnessed" these events in the past.

But in which period was he the "General Manager"?

The events that happened to the "General Regent" are completely inconsistent with the current civilization built on starstones.

Could it be an event that occurred before the previous civilization was destroyed by the Great Flood?

However, there are still many discrepancies.

It couldn't possibly be an event from the civilization before that, could it?

Why do events from the civilization before that still resonate so much with the current civilization? You have the Human Alliance, and I have the Human Alliance; you have the General Ruler, and I have the General Ruler.

However, it's quite interesting that this "Chief Executive" shares the same name as me.

I don't know why I can't see the "General Manager's" face clearly; it's like it's been blurred out.

Am I myself the "chief executive"?

It can't possibly go around in circles, it's a cycle, right?

Gu Ran, still deep in the sea, couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

He was well aware that the position of "General Administrator" of the Human Alliance was merely a nominal, empty title.

Even if he becomes the "chief executive officer," he probably won't have as much power or enjoy as Xue Yingsong, the president of Lanxin University.

He loves freedom and actually doesn't really want to take over Xue Yingsong's job.

Presidential Governor?

Not even a dog!

Whoever loves it can be it.

This was Gu Ran's true thought at the moment, so he couldn't put himself in the shoes of the "Chief Executive" who shared the same name as him but had his face blurred out.

In Gu Ran's perception, the existence of "deep water" and "mass consciousness" is becoming weaker and weaker, and more and more blurred.

Soon, he could no longer sense the other person.

Gu Ran remained silent.

"Deepwater" and "mass consciousness" thought he had become the new "mass consciousness," but in reality, he was still a human being who won the game by cheating, and his life essence had not changed at all.

Therefore, this wave of "deep water" and "mass consciousness" has been a futile self-sacrifice.

However, Gu Ran would not sympathize with it. Without the "Ark Core", it would have been successfully transformed into a new "deep water" "mass consciousness".

Gu Ran was very interested in the "study materials" that filled three "external hard drives," but now was not the time to study these "study materials."

He extended his mental power, aiming for the deeper parts of the sea eye.

He was very curious about what the bottom of the sea eye, or rather, the underground world connected to the "deep water," was like.

To Gu Ran's surprise, even though he extended all his mental power and stretched it into a thread to extend its length as much as possible, it still failed to work.

However, he still did not reach the bottom of the sea eye.

If he wants to explore the bottom of the sea eye, he will have to dive deeper.

He had no idea what he might encounter while diving deep into the ocean.

After thinking it over, Gu Ran decided to go back and study the "study materials" on these three "portable hard drives" first, hoping to find some relevant information.

With three "Ark Core" level "portable hard drives," Gu Ran felt that he might now be the most knowledgeable human being in the world.

Although he didn't become a "deep water" or a "mass consciousness," after this ordeal, his suitability for "deep water" is much stronger than before.

Gu Ran quickly ascended and used his telekinesis to locate Ariel.

He concentrated his mental energy and compressed it into a solid "stick," knocking her unconscious as she was preparing to escape the sea eye ruins with her mother.

During her previous battle with him, her strength was already depleted, and then she forcibly opened the portal, which even injured her body.

After his encounters with "Deep Water" and "Mass Consciousness," he not only didn't deplete his power, but actually became stronger.

Especially after his telekinesis could merge with "deep water," it was like having a powerful buff in such a region rich in "deep water."

And importantly, he can use the stick he conjures with his mind to launch mental attacks, a change he has just discovered in his mind.

It may be related to the fact that telekinesis itself is the manifestation of his will.

However, achieving the feat of knocking Ariel unconscious with a single blow was still somewhat beyond his expectations.

Ariel's mother, looking exhausted, was startled to see Ariel faint.

But then, something even more shocking and infuriating happened.

Her daughter began to rise rapidly, moving away from her.

She quickly followed suit and floated to the surface.

However, Ariel's ascent was too fast. Before Ariel's mother had even risen halfway up, she discovered that her daughter had "disappeared."

Then the gap in the ruins that she could originally sense began to slowly disappear.

This made her even more terrified, and she swam upwards desperately, trying to escape this "prison".

However, she was still too slow, and soon she discovered in despair that the gap in the ruins had completely "healed".

She could no longer feel the gap.

But she was still unwilling to give up and continued to rise.

Using all her strength, she swam to the surface of the "deep water," looked up at the "dome" of the ruins, and finally saw it clearly.

The ruins have indeed closed up again.

Remembering what her daughter had told her before, she quickly guessed that the "suspect" was the human she hated so much.

"Gu Ran! It's you, isn't it!"

"Ah! Gu Ran! If you have the guts, kill me!"

"Kill me!"

In fact, Ariel's mother was not afraid of death.

She was even more afraid of living such a dark and hopeless life forever, as it would be a huge torment for her.

But the good news Ariel brought from time to time made her reluctant to die.

She had to live on, to continue hearing the good news Ariel brought.

She also had to prevent that human from undermining the merfolk's hopes for revival, and she needed to constantly instill "correct ideas" in Ariel.

She had already given up hope of leaving this place and was even prepared to die in these ruins.

But unexpectedly, Ariel came in to save her today.

If it weren't for the fact that her body was so weak, and she looked like she was about to die, requiring Ariel to spend some time helping her recover, she would have already been rescued by now.

But unexpectedly, after finally recovering her health, she was just a little short of being able to leave this place, this place she hated.

But then this unexpected thing happened.