Terror
The librarian and historian stood speechless, trembling. Their eyes were filled with profound terror—terror of this otherworldly space, terror of those who had captured them, and perhaps terror of what might happen next.
I gently placed my hand on their shoulders. “Calm down. First, let's escape this place.”
Silence lingered. Eventually, the historian spoke in a trembling voice. “Those beings... Atlantis... no, the shadow of Atlantis... that's more accurate... they manipulate time... they know... the past... the future... everything...”
His words were fragmented and difficult to grasp. Yet, the keywords—the Atlantis civilization and time manipulation—were undoubtedly the key to unlocking the mystery of this strange space.
The Librarian drew a slow breath and spoke. “They were watching us... our research... the ‘Words of Genesis’... and... the blueprints for the ‘Time Transfer Device’...”
His words sent shockwaves through me. “Blueprints...?” I should already possess the blueprints for the Time Transfer Device. But if, as the Librarian said, they had been monitoring my research... it was possible they held a duplicate copy.
“Why did they imprison us here?” I demanded.
The historian answered in a faint voice. “‘Time axis distortion’... To correct it... They need our knowledge... And... The power of the ‘Words of Creation’...”
From their words, I understood this alternate space was created by a distortion in the time axis. Those who imprisoned them sought to use their knowledge and the power of the ‘Words of Creation’ to correct that distortion. And that ‘distortion in the timeline’ is deeply connected to the Atlantis civilization.
The journey to escape this alternate space, and to unravel the shadow of the Atlantis civilization and the mystery of the ‘Words of Creation,’ has only just begun.
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