Team villains except me

Chapter 548 Grape Grains

Becky was sorting out her words.

Her silence made the whistling of the wind even more shrill, and Becky grew impatient. She drew the curtains behind her and brought the communicator closer to her face.

Becky is very sensitive to noise.

When she raised her eyes again, the dark green had become even darker.

"As everyone knows, the Abyss was used as a prison after the War of Gods, throwing many prisoners into it. Those prisoners mutated into strange beasts, and the northern continent was invaded by the strange beasts. This led to the formation of an army and the control of the northern continent.

The army wanted to investigate the cause of the strange beasts, so they sent three teams down. After the three teams disappeared, the strange beast riots also stopped. The army set up a magic circle at the entrance of the abyss, and no one could come out.

But twenty years after the formation of the magic circle, a baby was thrown out of the abyss. A baby without any vital signs, a dead object. That was Carolejie. She was fortunate to be found in time by a group of young people and raised safely. She then discovered more babies thrown out of the abyss and coined the term 'Abyssal Tribe'.

The Abyssal Tribe was officially recognized thanks to a dying old man. He claimed his name was Mickley, and that he had been one of the three teams dispatched by the army. He claimed that those three teams had annihilated the alien beasts, but most of the members had died in battle, and those who survived could not find a way out. He claimed that all the infants emerging from the Abyss were innocent, descendants of heroes. He died after making these remarks. From then on, the army began to recognize the legitimacy of the Abyssal Tribe.

Becky's expression was something like sarcasm. She lowered her voice and continued.

"What I just said is the general version of the Abyss's existence. Now I'm going to say something the military won't like to hear.

We can now confirm that there are other worlds in the abyss. In other words, there are many spaces existing simultaneously in the abyss.

So, conversely, are the alien beasts truly the transformed form of the prisoners thrown into the abyss after the war of gods? Is it possible that the alien beasts existed from the very beginning, in a separate dimension that somehow connected to our world, thus appearing on the northern continent?

The army relied on the alien beasts to control the northern continent. The three teams they sent out weren't elite. Did the army truly want to completely eliminate the alien beasts? Those three teams entering the abyss were doomed to die. They were victims of the military's showmanship. But somehow, after they vanished into the abyss, the alien beasts did indeed vanish.

The army had vanquished the beasts, the army had achieved great success, the army was the savior—ha! Even without the beasts, the army had relied on the sacrifices of those three teams to gain control of the northern continent. The first thing they did after taking control of the northern continent was to, at all costs, place a divinely-powered array at the entrance to the abyss. Whether this was to stop the beasts, or to prevent the inhabitants of those three teams from emerging to exact their lives, only they knew.

Now the strange beast appears again. Did the magic circle block the strange beast?

You know that there is no such thing. So, the complexity of theology lies in the fact that people lie.

Were there no babies thrown from the abyss before Caroline? If the abyss contains many dimensions and worlds, then the flow of time within it must not be uniform. The war of gods threw so many prisoners down there, wouldn't they have children after they bonded in the abyss?

Caroline Jie wouldn't be the first one; she was just lucky enough to be picked up by a group of kind but impulsive young people. Her luck was the result of all the links connected together:

First, the strange beast disappeared for twenty years, and the army's management of the abyss became loose, so she was not discovered immediately when she appeared, nor was she wiped out.

Secondly, long ago, life expectancy in the northern continent was very short. When Carollejie appeared, the first members of the army had already begun to die, and power transitions were underway within the Abyss. As a result, the army was in disarray, and Carollejie's appearance was not taken seriously.

Third, the military personnel who found Caroline were all recent college graduates, kindhearted, innocent, and full of life. Because the military was in disarray, their applications were not processed promptly, leading them to raise Caroline for three years.

If you're not from the Northern Continent, you might not know we have a saying here called the "Golden Three Years." Because life expectancy is shorter, most graduates from the Northern Continent choose to work hard within the first three years of joining the workforce, determining their life direction and making all the major decisions. After those three years, their lives are set and unlikely to change.

Three years was enough for those newly graduated young people to settle down around the abyss and take deep roots in that land. By the time the military had completed the power transition, established a complete system, and completed the evolution process, it would be too late for them to execute Caroline.

Caroline was truly remarkable. She not only wanted to survive herself, she wanted all the lives that emerged from the abyss to survive. She couldn't do this herself, but she was still lucky. While she was still alive, another dying old man appeared. That was the one I mentioned earlier, the one who called himself Mickley, a member of the three groups thrown into the abyss by the army.

Becky's mouth was dry as she spoke, so she picked up the cup and took a sip of water.

Nolvia had been following Becky's train of thought and she already knew what Becky was going to say.

The old man who "claimed" to be Mickley was definitely not Mickley. If he was not a member of the three teams sent by the army to the abyss, then who could he be?

Becky put down her glass and spoke again.

"Historical research is very important in theology. Many theologians only innovate in theory, but facts speak louder than words, and it is not feasible to talk about theory without considering reality.

The old man who called himself 'Mickley' was almost naked when he was vomited out of the abyss. The cloth on his body quickly rotted and fell to the ground.

There are areas around the abyss where planting is prohibited. The place where the old man who claimed to be Mickley appeared that year was one of those prohibited areas.

What Yuteng Academy lacked the most was wood magicians. Some wood magicians could detect seeds that had appeared in the soil within the past twenty years, some could find seeds that were fifty years old, and some could find seeds that were left over from a hundred years ago.

From the death of the old man who called himself Mickley to now, I calculated the time and found the corresponding wood magicians. I asked them to promote the growth of all the seeds that could be detected in that area.

Then, they gave birth to a clump of plants that had long since become extinct around the time of the War of Gods.

Do you understand what this means?"

Norvia understood.

The Spider can stimulate all seeds and sense their age. The Spider is the embodiment of the Black Forest, a natural-born top-tier wood mage. However, some wood mages can only sense seeds that have been in the soil for more than twenty years.

Then the seeds that fell a hundred years ago cannot be activated by such a magician.

Imagine that "Mickley" died a hundred years ago. Becky found a wood magician who could sense seeds that had existed in the soil between a hundred years ago and today. Becky asked the magician to make the seeds grow, but instead discovered a plant that only existed a thousand years ago. This plant had long been extinct in this world.

In other words, these seeds, which have a history of at least a thousand years, only fell into this soil in the last hundred years.

"It seems you've guessed it. Indeed, after cross-comparison, this plant only grows in this area around the abyss. Over the past few hundred years, the seeds brought by birds have been limited to a few fixed species. I've examined every possibility. Finally, I've come to the conclusion that the plant originated from the clothes of the old man who calls himself 'Mickley.'

That old man isn't Mikri. I think he was a prisoner thrown into the Abyss during the period after the War of Gods. That's why he helped Caroline. He knew there were many babies who were descendants of prisoners like him, so he said that all the children thrown from the Abyss were innocent.

Nolvia stared at Becky.

"Is this speculation?"

Becky turned her head awkwardly and covered her ears.

"That's what theology is all about. It's about making wild guesses."

"You didn't answer my question directly."

"You wait a moment."

Becky lowered her head and sent something using another communicator, and the next second, on Norvia's side, Kabra pushed the door open and walked in.

Cabra looked at Becky in the enlarged image and his expression softened a little.

"Becky, what's going on?"

Becky was a little surprised. She stood up and called Kabra.

"Dean! I just sent you a message. Did you see it?"

"I saw it."

Cabra glanced at Nolvia and nodded at Becky.

Kabra didn't explain, she just walked into the classroom abruptly and left as if nothing had happened.

Norvia felt that Dean Kabra seemed to have a lot of opinions about her.

Did Kabra discover the lie in her words?

At this time, Kabra should have just finished her meeting with Dooku. If Kabra found out from Dooku's performance that she was not a threat, she would be very happy.

"...Dean Kabra is very kind. Her attitude towards you is probably because you are similar to her in some ways. She is not targeting you. You said before that you care about your family the most, and Dean Kabra is the same. She cares about her people and she has a great goal."

Becky explained that she didn't want someone she respected to be disliked by others, even though she knew Cabras's behavior was not polite.

Norvia didn't care.

"That's all right. Now, Ms. Cock, can I hear the truth?"

Becky nodded.

"The dean said yes, so I can tell you. Carol Laijie has a diary that cannot be seen by the public. Only the direct relatives of the Abyss Clan leader can read it.

The old man who called himself "Mickley" was actually named Michel. He was thrown into the abyss for stealing silver from a noble. He was only twenty years old when he was thrown into the abyss, but that was hundreds of years ago. It was Caroline who first discovered Michel. The area around the abyss was controlled by Caroline's parents, and they notified Caroline after they discovered Michel.

Caroline and Michelle negotiated a deal. Caroline asked Michelle to disguise herself as Mickley and negotiate with the army. The army, feeling guilty about the sacrifices of the three teams, agreed to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Abyssal Tribe, but they demanded that Mickley be killed.

Michelle died as Mickley.

Sounds pretty random, right? Michelle looks like a poor idiot who's been fooled. But I guess that's part of Caroline's luck.

Because Michel was Mickley's ancestor. Michel had stolen the silverware because his wife was pregnant. Michel and Mickley looked very similar; it must be said that genes are truly powerful. In short, out of a desire to make amends for his descendants and out of anger towards the military, Michel agreed to help Caroline.

This is a significant matter. The crucial point is that Michel, an ordinary human, claims to have spent eighty years in the Abyss. Yet, outside the Abyss, centuries have passed. Furthermore, Michel claims he hasn't seen anyone enter the Abyss since. In his living space, he's only ever seen the prisoners who were thrown into the Abyss with him.

The abyss is like a bunch of grapes. Our world is the root of the grapes, and those unknown dimensions with different time speeds are the grapes on the root. Those who jump into the abyss will randomly enter different grapes.

The problem is, even if I can prove that there are multiple independent spaces in the abyss, the problem of the Abyss Clan cannot be solved. The northern continent's hatred of the Abyss Clan stems from the strange beasts. People believe that the strange beasts were transformed by the prisoners who were thrown into the abyss.

I believe the alien beasts originated from a special grape. Inside that grape, the alien beasts were the masters of their world. They stumbled upon a crack in their world, escaped through it, and discovered another world: our own. Following inertia, they sought to dominate our world, but they underestimated us.

Why did they disappear? I don't think it was because they were afraid or because they were sacrificing the three teams. I think it was simply time. The Abyss didn't collapse. The Abyss itself is a world, and its lack of collapse suggests it has a fixed cycle, like two children playing with a ball: you play for half an hour, I play for half an hour.

So, those grapes are flowing. In other words, those spaces with different flow rates are connecting to our world according to certain rules. Right now, the grape that's connected to our world is the one with the strange beast.

Becky's voice was a little hoarse by the end of her speech. She sighed silently.

"Dean Kabra couldn't accept this theory, and the military refused to acknowledge it either. I studied Abyssal Science to help Dean Kabra achieve her goals. But I discovered these horrifying things.

I cannot prove to the people of the northern continent that the Abyss Clan is innocent. Once proven, I will have to explain the composition of the Abyss, but the evidence I currently have is not public.

So, everything I'm saying now, I know is true, but I can't explain it to the public."

Becky felt like there was a bitter lump in her throat. She often suffered because she knew the truth, because she watched clearly as things got worse, but she was powerless to do anything. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, it was that no one believed her.

"Ms. Cocker, I believe you."

Becky suddenly looked up, her heart beating faster as she looked at Nolvia Riley, whose expression remained unchanged.

"Are you saying that because you know something I don't?"