The mayor said, "At the beginning of the Azure Epoch, humans were divided into three parts. One part of Earth's people chose space migration to find new suitable planets to live on."
"Some stayed on Earth to continue living, just like those people you've seen on the surface."
"And a part, us, chose to live underground! We hope to find those so-called ancestors who migrated into the underground on one hand, and on the other hand, we bear the responsibility of preserving the human civilization that was left behind."
"Thirty years ago, we received information from the space forces that humanity would face an unprecedented disaster."
"And our only chance is to gather the five Heaven Crystals and use the power of those mighty gods to resist the invasion of the eight alien races."
Raine asked in confusion, "Since you got the information, why didn't you tell others, and why didn't you go looking for the Heaven Crystals yourself? Didn't you say that the video about the Fire Heaven Crystal was left by you, indicating that you had found the Fire Heaven Crystal before?"
The mayor shook his head and sighed softly, "After living underground for hundreds of years, the people on the surface have long forgotten the civilization we once had, no one would believe us even if we told them. And after four hundred years of evolution, we are no longer suited to survive outside. Without the protection of the underground, we would be helpless."
"As for the Fire Heaven Crystal, it was underground, so we could find it, but we are helpless about the other Heaven Crystals."
"We are clear that we will eventually be unable to collect all five Heaven Crystals. The ultimate responsibility of collecting the Heaven Crystals can only be handed over to the people outside!"
Raine thought for a moment. Among the four Heaven Crystals he had obtained, only the Fire Heaven Crystal was stored in a box with a high level of technological sophistication. Even in high temperatures, the projection equipment inside the box could still function normally.
Only the underground city would have such technological capabilities.
As for the other three, they were not underground, and according to the mayor, they couldn't obtain them. They were scattered around, sealed by the Scaly Dragon Clan, swallowed by the Dragon King God, and merged with the World Tree...
Thinking of this, Raine suddenly realized a serious problem.
"Wait, then, do you know the whereabouts of the Water Heaven Crystal?"
The mayor gave a slight smile and pressed the remote control again.
A video appeared on the screen.
An underwater mutant was diving into the deep sea. Although she had already mutated, she seemed to be a woman.
At this moment, she was continuously diving into the seabed. After diving for an unknown number of meters, she arrived at the bottom of the sea!
The seabed of this entire sea area had countless underwater fountains continuously gushing out water columns.
Perhaps out of curiosity, she was freely navigating between thousands of fountain eyes.
Finally, she was attracted to the largest underwater fountain.
This fountain could no longer be described as an "eye". It was like a huge abyss, with endless streams of water gushing out tirelessly!
Deep in this endless abyss, there was a faint glow of blue light, which appeared and disappeared intermittently.
"Water Heaven Crystal?!" Raine stood up in shock from the couch!
That blue light could very likely be emitted by the Water Heaven Crystal!
The mayor paused the image and said, "Correct, that's the Water Heaven Crystal! It's the real reason for the formation of the Azure Epoch!"
"According to our calculations, even if the ice caps of the North and South Poles melt, they could not submerge the entire world in such a short time."
"So, we believe it is the continuous gushing of water from the Water Heaven Crystal that caused the Earth to be submerged by the entire ocean in just a few years!"
Raine widened his eyes, trying his best to digest the information provided by the mayor.
"So where exactly is the Water Heaven Crystal? The abyss in the picture... why does it look familiar to me?"
"That's the Satan Abyss," said the mayor. "But the Water Heaven Crystal is no longer there. If you want to find the Water Heaven Crystal, you need to keep watching."
Seeing Raine calm down, the mayor pressed the remote control again and the picture continued to play.
The woman looked for a moment and perhaps deemed it too dangerous to enter the abyss rashly. But just as she was preparing to leave, the direction of the water flow behind her suddenly changed.
The gushing spring water suddenly turned into a massive vortex!
Sensing the danger by her side, the woman quickly triggered a power-up mutation, which, from its shape, could possibly be the Dragon Triple Transformation.
However, even though she had pushed her mutation to the extreme, she still couldn't escape the pull of the vortex. As she struggled, she was gradually drawn into the vortex.
An unknown amount of time passed before the seabed finally calmed down, the underwater vortex had dispersed, and the seabed stopped gushing out water.
Only the body of a woman was slowly rising, rising, continuously floating up from within the abyss...
"Where is the Water Heaven Crystal?!" Raine eagerly searched in the picture, but the faint blue light was nowhere to be seen.
The mayor took a deep breath, "Young man, look at the woman's body, do you notice anything?"
Raine quickly looked at the woman.
At this time, it seemed like her underwater mutation had faded, and she had returned to her human form.
After looking closely for a while, Raine said, "This woman's body...is very...full..."
Linda, who had been quiet on the side, nearly burst out laughing.
The mayor also chuckled, "A young man full of vitality, very normal. Besides being full, do you see anything else? What's different compared to before?"
Raine observed again, "Just now she triggered a marine life mutation, but now it's gone. And... around her body, isn't there a faint blue glow?" Raine wasn't too sure.
"Correct!" said the mayor, "We later investigated this woman, and she indeed had the Azure Dragon mutation, but after this drowning incident, she never used the Azure Dragon Triple Transformation again. Her mutation changed!"
Raine furrowed his brows.
He and White could change their mutation types, that's because they had a system. A deity-level being like the Sea God could plunder other people's abilities, but it's unheard of for him to be able to change his existing abilities.
Apart from him and White, there should be no one else who could change their own mutation situation, right? Not to mention this woman didn't seem to be a Child of the Sea God, just an ordinary human, how could her mutation change? And that faint blue glow on her, what is that!
The answer seemed to be only one.
"Could it be, the Water Heaven Crystal?!" Raine said incredulously.
"We have reason to believe that the Water Heaven Crystal changed her mutation, and after this incident, the Water Heaven Crystal disappeared without a trace, we suspect that she merged with the Water Heaven Crystal. Or rather, the Water Heaven Crystal merged with her!"
Raine was speechless for a while, this matter was too unbelievable.
However, no matter how bizarre the situation, Raine couldn't help but ask, "Who is that woman? Where is she now?"
"This video was recorded by us a long time ago, at that time our bodies hadn't undergone major changes, so some people could operate underwater. However, this was over three hundred years ago. That woman is already dead."
"What?!" Raine was suddenly struck by lightning, standing still in shock.
Dead? So is the Water Heaven Crystal... also dead?
The mayor said, "At the beginning of the Azure Epoch, humans were divided into three parts. One part of Earth's people chose space migration to find new suitable planets to live on."
"Some stayed on Earth to continue living, just like those people you've seen on the surface."
"And a part, us, chose to live underground! We hope to find those so-called ancestors who migrated into the underground on one hand, and on the other hand, we bear the responsibility of preserving the human civilization that was left behind."
"Thirty years ago, we received information from the space forces that humanity would face an unprecedented disaster."
"And our only chance is to gather the five Heaven Crystals and use the power of those mighty gods to resist the invasion of the eight alien races."
Raine asked in confusion, "Since you got the information, why didn't you tell others, and why didn't you go looking for the Heaven Crystals yourself? Didn't you say that the video about the Fire Heaven Crystal was left by you, indicating that you had found the Fire Heaven Crystal before?"
The mayor shook his head and sighed softly, "After living underground for hundreds of years, the people on the surface have long forgotten the civilization we once had, no one would believe us even if we told them. And after four hundred years of evolution, we are no longer suited to survive outside. Without the protection of the underground, we would be helpless."
"As for the Fire Heaven Crystal, it was underground, so we could find it, but we are helpless about the other Heaven Crystals."
"We are clear that we will eventually be unable to collect all five Heaven Crystals. The ultimate responsibility of collecting the Heaven Crystals can only be handed over to the people outside!"
Raine thought for a moment. Among the four Heaven Crystals he had obtained, only the Fire Heaven Crystal was stored in a box with a high level of technological sophistication. Even in high temperatures, the projection equipment inside the box could still function normally.
Only the underground city would have such technological capabilities.
As for the other three, they were not underground, and according to the mayor, they couldn't obtain them. They were scattered around, sealed by the Scaly Dragon Clan, swallowed by the Dragon King God, and merged with the World Tree...
Thinking of this, Raine suddenly realized a serious problem.
"Wait, then, do you know the whereabouts of the Water Heaven Crystal?"
The mayor gave a slight smile and pressed the remote control again.
A video appeared on the screen.
An underwater mutant was diving into the deep sea. Although she had already mutated, she seemed to be a woman.
At this moment, she was continuously diving into the seabed. After diving for an unknown number of meters, she arrived at the bottom of the sea!
The seabed of this entire sea area had countless underwater fountains continuously gushing out water columns.
Perhaps out of curiosity, she was freely navigating between thousands of fountain eyes.
Finally, she was attracted to the largest underwater fountain.
This fountain could no longer be described as an "eye". It was like a huge abyss, with endless streams of water gushing out tirelessly!
Deep in this endless abyss, there was a faint glow of blue light, which appeared and disappeared intermittently.
"Water Heaven Crystal?!" Raine stood up in shock from the couch!
That blue light could very likely be emitted by the Water Heaven Crystal!
The mayor paused the image and said, "Correct, that's the Water Heaven Crystal! It's the real reason for the formation of the Azure Epoch!"
"According to our calculations, even if the ice caps of the North and South Poles melt, they could not submerge the entire world in such a short time."
"So, we believe it is the continuous gushing of water from the Water Heaven Crystal that caused the Earth to be submerged by the entire ocean in just a few years!"
Raine widened his eyes, trying his best to digest the information provided by the mayor.
"So where exactly is the Water Heaven Crystal? The abyss in the picture... why does it look familiar to me?"
"That's the Satan Abyss," said the mayor. "But the Water Heaven Crystal is no longer there. If you want to find the Water Heaven Crystal, you need to keep watching."
Seeing Raine calm down, the mayor pressed the remote control again and the picture continued to play.
The woman looked for a moment and perhaps deemed it too dangerous to enter the abyss rashly. But just as she was preparing to leave, the direction of the water flow behind her suddenly changed.
The gushing spring water suddenly turned into a massive vortex!
Sensing the danger by her side, the woman quickly triggered a power-up mutation, which, from its shape, could possibly be the Dragon Triple Transformation.
However, even though she had pushed her mutation to the extreme, she still couldn't escape the pull of the vortex. As she struggled, she was gradually drawn into the vortex.
An unknown amount of time passed before the seabed finally calmed down, the underwater vortex had dispersed, and the seabed stopped gushing out water.
Only the body of a woman was slowly rising, rising, continuously floating up from within the abyss...
"Where is the Water Heaven Crystal?!" Raine eagerly searched in the picture, but the faint blue light was nowhere to be seen.
The mayor took a deep breath, "Young man, look at the woman's body, do you notice anything?"
Raine quickly looked at the woman.
At this time, it seemed like her underwater mutation had faded, and she had returned to her human form.
After looking closely for a while, Raine said, "This woman's body...is very...full..."
Linda, who had been quiet on the side, nearly burst out laughing.
The mayor also chuckled, "A young man full of vitality, very normal. Besides being full, do you see anything else? What's different compared to before?"
Raine observed again, "Just now she triggered a marine life mutation, but now it's gone. And... around her body, isn't there a faint blue glow?" Raine wasn't too sure.
"Correct!" said the mayor, "We later investigated this woman, and she indeed had the Azure Dragon mutation, but after this drowning incident, she never used the Azure Dragon Triple Transformation again. Her mutation changed!"
Raine furrowed his brows.
He and White could change their mutation types, that's because they had a system. A deity-level being like the Sea God could plunder other people's abilities, but it's unheard of for him to be able to change his existing abilities.
Apart from him and White, there should be no one else who could change their own mutation situation, right? Not to mention this woman didn't seem to be a Child of the Sea God, just an ordinary human, how could her mutation change? And that faint blue glow on her, what is that!
The answer seemed to be only one.
"Could it be, the Water Heaven Crystal?!" Raine said incredulously.
"We have reason to believe that the Water Heaven Crystal changed her mutation, and after this incident, the Water Heaven Crystal disappeared without a trace, we suspect that she merged with the Water Heaven Crystal. Or rather, the Water Heaven Crystal merged with her!"
Raine was speechless for a while, this matter was too unbelievable.
However, no matter how bizarre the situation, Raine couldn't help but ask, "Who is that woman? Where is she now?"
"This video was recorded by us a long time ago, at that time our bodies hadn't undergone major changes, so some people could operate underwater. However, this was over three hundred years ago. That woman is already dead."
"What?!" Raine was suddenly struck by lightning, standing still in shock.
Dead? So is the Water Heaven Crystal... also dead?
