I created the Anomaly Control Bureau

Chapter 998, Section 993: The Last Hope
Divine Eye explained:
"The great enemy will slaughter all civilizations that it can perceive, and it possesses unique senses that surpass ours. Unlike us, it has sensory organs at the level of consciousness and cognition."

"Moreover, this sensory organ is bidirectional for it; in fact, cognition and consciousness are like a kind of tactile sensory system to it."

"So when we touch it consciously, it will also notice our presence."

"Moreover, according to our speculation, when we realized that a civilization was being slaughtered, it was already aware of our existence, which is why more and more people were later controlled by it."

"But this is also an unsolvable problem, because if you recognize it, you will attract this terrible power that is almost like the end of the world, and if you cannot recognize it, you will not be able to stop the apostles who are controlled by it in the dark."

"This is why this apocalypse keeps recurring, and why the universe is so desolate."

"Because as long as we continue to look up at the stars, they will always find us again, and a civilization that realizes its end is near will likely create some kind of device that can erase its memories."

"But even if we have historically succeeded in preventing a great enemy from coming to our world, the price may be that we will completely lose the ability to stop it."

"For example, the once glorious civilization of Gulamar was deeply corrupted by the Great Enemy and his minions. Even their culture and magic were completely implanted with the Great Enemy's information. Therefore, they ultimately had to destroy their own civilization in order to stop the Great Enemy from destroying the entire world."

"And you may already know that there is a cultivation world on the other side of this planet. They are hiding behind us, probably because of the existence of a great enemy. Although we do not know the specific details or fully understand all the actions of these guys, there must be a reason why they are unwilling to show themselves."

"Besides, many more similar civilizations have completely disappeared from our memory. The fact that we still exist in this world today means that those civilizations ultimately sacrificed themselves, or someone else sacrificed them."

"And now, it is once again our turn to face this inevitable doomsday."

Marx and Engels also realized a very serious problem:

"So now that I'm aware of its existence, could it lead to this apocalypse happening again?"

Divine Eye shook his head:

"No, firstly, you are not the only one in the world who knows about its existence, but you don't need to worry about the power of the great enemy descending on our world again in the short term."

"Because at this point in time, we have already completed the initial interception of it, and Eternity will pay the price with its life, but it has ultimately succeeded in distorting the time phenomena around us."

"Eternity has created a vast layer of time that can cover us and parts of its tentacles. Although the principle is not as simple as I put it, you can understand it as our planet altering the flow of time."

"This not only severed the body of the great enemy that entered our world from its main body, but also gave us ample time to take countermeasures, but things did not become simple as a result."

"Because the great enemy still has a part of its body in our world, it can not only corrupt many traitors, but also cause us great destruction."

"I said it resembles some kind of natural disaster, but it's definitely not the kind of disaster we're familiar with. In fact, you've already seen something similar, like the monsters that Shenxiao is currently fighting against."

"Those monsters that emerged from the earth's crust lack true intelligence, yet they don't appear any different from the intelligent beings we know. But for the earth's crust, that's merely a kind of immune mechanism. "And that piece of earth's crust is actually the body left behind by our great enemy countless years ago. To this day, we don't know how the past civilizations did it, but they successfully severed this body and perfectly isolated it from our great enemy, making it what it is today."

"So conversely, you should not have difficulty imagining in what form the power of our great enemy will act on us. Even if we cannot perceive its complex intelligence, it is definitely not some inanimate object."

Marne said:

"So you eventually decided to create something similar to stop it."

Divine Eye replied:
"That's right, but we must first cut and remove the tentacles that have already entered here. Fortunately, you don't need to worry about such problems, because we will successfully deal with the limbs that have reached into our world."

"Although this hasn't happened to me yet, if we ultimately fail, you probably won't be able to accept this memory, so for you, we've definitely succeeded."

"But this was undoubtedly a bloody battle. The entire civilization was severely damaged, countless lives and races were lost, and we will or have already lost many members, including the Dreamers and Eternity. This has left us extremely weak and led to very bad results..."

"We have indeed prepared a similar plan to block the enemy after destroying the invading body, and I would even say that it is probably the most ingenious and sustainable plan ever."

"Unfortunately, we don't have enough time to fully complete the plan, and there will be countless terrible sacrifices to come. Moreover, we probably won't be able to carry out the plan safely after dealing with the enemy's body."

"What I am certain of is that all sorts of unexpected events, betrayals, and counterattacks will follow one after another."

"Although I can't be sure exactly how things turned out in the end, the result is already obvious—we implemented the partition plan, which was still incomplete, and that's what created your world right now."

Mar and Eng frowned and asked:

So we're now dying a slow death?

Divine Eye nodded:

"That's right, and Eternity is dead in your current timeframe. The timeline he created can probably only last for a few more years before the great enemy will soon reinvest its power in our world."

“You must resolve this issue before then, and you don’t have that much time. You also see that Heaven is currently advancing its prophecies, and the Cherubim’s purpose is not to immediately summon the destined returnees.”

"Therefore, she doesn't need that many resources; in fact, she's already extremely close to her goal."

"You must capture the Cherubim before her plan is realized, but not to stop her, but so that we can continue what we failed to do and fully launch the closed plan."

"We must hide our existence in this universe; you are our last hope."