Sky Curtain: The Darwin Incident at the outset, the Declaration of the People's League

Mark may not bring back a lot of things on each trip, but he always brings back the fewest casualties, no deductions from his contribution, and the safest trip!

Furthermore, he was approachable and did not treat the common people with the same condescending attitude as other upper-class people, nor did he insult them casually simply because they were common people.

If they could, they would choose Mark as the city lord!

Some people are happy that someone is worried.

Not everyone on the lighthouse is a Mark.

In a corner of the Light and Shadow Society, several members stood silently in the shadows, their expressions somber. A complex mix of emotions and resentment flickered in their eyes, yet they dared not voice their objections in public.

Mark's reputation in the lighthouse was deeply ingrained; though they harbored resentment, they dared not contradict the voices of the crowd.

Charles raised an eyebrow.

"What are you thinking about?"

“You must remember that Mark received the blessing of the Lord of Light and Shadow.”

"It was all arranged by the Lord of Light and Shadow!"

Although he didn't particularly like Mark, he wasn't stupid.

Mark's power is too great; he doesn't want to antagonize the Wilderness Hunters.

It's fine to talk about it privately and think about it.

It won't work if it's just displayed.

The sky curtain is perfect for helping him prove that Mark is the master of light and shadow, which is also good.

At this moment, looking across the entire Lighthouse, from the high-ranking managers to the struggling subjects, from the hunters fighting side by side to the city defense troops who strictly maintain order... this one doesn't seem to be entirely convinced either, and often clashes with the hunters.

But nobody cared.

In short, Mark received rave reviews.

But Mark himself wasn't so happy.

He frowned, focusing on the words on the screen.

"Slaughtering the Wasteland Hunters... still at the lighthouse?"

He's never heard of it.

………………

The timeline of this world is quite long, spanning a full 2.5 million years.

Therefore, we need to look at it separately.

First, there are three key timelines.

[In 2036, Grey's wife is murdered.]

[A cataclysmic event that will affect the world after 2049]

[The Lighthouse's 51st Year: The Beginning of the Story We Know]

"The lighthouse is 51 years old? This year?"

The people on the lighthouse were taken aback.

This point in time corresponds exactly to the present.

This year marks the 51st anniversary of the lighthouse!

In other words, something big is about to happen?!

Having seen so much of the world, even the most foolish among them would know that once the "plot" on the celestial screen begins, their past lives will be gone forever.

But for the people on the lighthouse... it doesn't matter anymore.

When the old city lord Morgan, who had been silent for a long time, heard those familiar names, his breathing quickened.

The rest of the plot was deduced from these three key points.

[Dates for 2048 and 2049 appeared in the lighthouse log.]

The former is the last prisoner census information recorded at the lighthouse.

The latter is the coordinate record from the last time.

We generally believe that the pivotal "catastrophe" that will fundamentally alter the world order and plunge humanity into an apocalyptic era will occur after 2049.

[Before the Great Cataclysm, use the Gregorian calendar]

After the Great Cataclysm, the Lighthouse Calendar will be used on the Lighthouse, and the calculation will restart from Lighthouse Year One.

The starting point of the Ling Cage world's storyline, as we generally believe it, is the time recorded in Penny's diary.

[She started writing about Downey in January of Lighthouse year 51 and ended in June, therefore we can deduce that the main story of "Ling Cage" takes place in Lighthouse year 1.]

On the lighthouse, Penny, suddenly mentioned, looked completely bewildered.

What are you doing?

Is writing a diary a cardinal sin?

Why is it being brought up in public?

Why should the time when I write in my diary be the start time of the story?

After a brief moment of stunned silence, I was met with various gazes drifting over from the side.

Especially Donnie's.

Penny coughed twice, trying to appear calm.

"It's just writing a diary. Haven't you ever done that?"

Who keeps a diary if they're a decent person?

The person next to him silently turned their head away and continued watching the content on the sky screen.

Another important timeline is the point in time when Gray's wife was murdered in the prequel to the Ling Cage world, The Legend of Yue Kui.

This is an important case, set ten years before the main storyline takes place. There's a timestamp in the video archive showing the date as July 23, 2036.

Therefore, we can deduce that the prequel story takes place around 2046.

This matches the timeline of 2019 on the lighthouse.

Now, let's officially begin the Ling Cage Chronicle.

With the sky now in this place, regardless of other worlds, all the survivors in the Ling Cage world perked up.

Even old fogies like Bai Yuekui, who was a survivor back then, are no exception.

Those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly. She didn't have God's perspective on what happened back then, and she lacked information. Even after reviewing the events, there are still many confusing aspects that she doesn't understand.

She existed 2.5 million years ago.

A person appeared in the sky.

Should I be considered a person?

However, her body was so enormous that, compared to the stairs and other facilities around her, even though only her head was shown, it was clear that she was a giant.

Her skin was not normal human skin at all. At first glance, it looked like it was made of some special material, with glowing dots that gave it a starry sky feel.

what is this?

Those in the know remain silent, while those who are unaware are confused.

But there are also some people who know half of it and half of it.

Dr. Carrie looked at the giant in the sky and took a breath.

The size of that giant's head... that half of the brain in the Clotho system...

It's aligned!

This is where my feelings originated!

Although she was in charge of researching this thing, she was only responsible for research and knew nothing about its origins.

This is the prehistoric giant that first appeared in the introductory section, later known as the "Mana Primordial Form".

[Indications suggest that multiple mass extinction events are related to it.]

A clear, ethereal voice echoed through the sky; it was someone speaking from within the sky, not a narrator, but someone beside the giant.

"In the samples extracted from her body, we also found fossils of ground vines from several mass extinction events."

This also indicates that gravity-based technology already existed during the Permian period.

All you need to know is that this is an incredibly powerful suit of armor.

A test image was displayed on the sky screen.

Those who stand on the edge of the abyss

[I. Based on multiple radiometric dating analyses, it is inferred that the appearance of *Linyuanzhe* may have occurred close to or even earlier than the Permian period.]

II. Experiments show that when a patient with the "Scented Blood Syndrome" enters the Abyss Warrior, the internal pressure of the armor changes drastically, leading to the patient's instantaneous death. Based on this, it is speculated that the Abyss Warrior may have an internal protective mechanism that automatically triggers a cleanup procedure to eliminate potential threats when it detects abnormal neural activity in the pilot caused by the "Scented Blood Syndrome."

[III. Atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy analysis showed that the microstructure of the "Abyss" exhibited a high degree of similarity to the external structure of the fourth experimental body after the Mark mutation in terms of molecular arrangement and chemical bonding characteristics.]

mark:"?"

What do you mean by "I am the fourth experimental subject after the mutation"?

I've mutated?

The person involved was very puzzled.

The others didn't pay much attention.

The images on the screen were displayed too quickly; not many people could see them clearly, and even those who did couldn't understand them.

[Hundreds of years before the events of Ling Cage, human desires gave rise to the Mana ecosystem, which would one day threaten the survival of human civilization.]

By the mid-21st century, a coastal alliance comprised of four major powers had emerged in the world.

Firstly, the Hela Empire.

The creators of the alliance, with leading comprehensive national strength globally, were the first to master controlled nuclear fusion technology and have monopolized this revolutionary technology.