"A matter?"
Seeing Shen Potian's solemn expression, Ye Feng couldn't help but frown.
"Ye Feng, that old ghost, or rather Joseph, his origin is definitely not simple!"
"The mysterious black mist five rings that can resurrect Wang Batian from the dead are treasures lost by the Ghoul race for thousands of years. Let alone Wang Batian, even his father Wang Ge wouldn't have the ability to obtain them!"
"Someone must have given it to him, to win him over, and to launch the previous attack..."
"When I saw Sphinx before, I thought the person who gave him the Black Mist Five Rings was from Brad Base, but now it seems that's not necessarily the case!"
"That mysterious appearance, possessing the Demon Dagger, and the incredibly strong Joseph, is probably the one who gave the Black Mist Five Rings to Wang Batian..."
"From their performance in the previous battles, both Sphinx and Wang Batian showed some awe towards Joseph..."
As Ye Feng and Shen Yun Yao watched, Shen Potian spoke slowly.
"This... Joseph, when he summoned the Hell Three-Headed Dog, mentioned the Dark Holy Cult... It seems he's from the Dark Holy Cult..."
Ye Feng recalled slightly and continued, "The Dark Holy Cult?"
Hearing the name, Shen Potian's brows furrowed deeply. "This organization again... Since the Great Cataclysm began, it seems this organization has been everywhere..."
"Ye Feng, let's put that aside for now!"
Suddenly, Shen Potian changed the subject. "Ye Feng, do you know why Joseph subdued me back then but didn't kill me?"
Ye Feng immediately shook his head.
"It's because he wanted to know something from me, the secrets of Starfall City from that year!"
"Although his lips moved back then, and he didn't make a sound, I know very clearly that he said the words 'Starfall City'!"
Shen Potian closed his eyes, sensed the surroundings for a moment, and then spoke to Ye Feng with a serious expression.
"The secrets of Starfall City? You know about Starfall City?"
Shen Potian's words surprised Ye Feng greatly.
He first heard of this place name when he was in the City of Desperation, from Bing.
It was said that twenty years ago, Starfall City's technological strength was incredibly powerful, possessing various formidable mechs and even building interstellar warships...
During the Great Cataclysm, when almost everyone was struggling to survive, Starfall City already boasted of unifying the entire continent...
However, for some unknown reason later... Starfall City was almost annihilated overnight... Its defense, which was said to be able to withstand nuclear bombs, was split in half with a single blow...
"Mm... but it's not just knowing..."
Speaking to this point, Shen Potian and Shen Yun Yao's expressions became somewhat sad.
"Ye Feng, the world believes that after Starfall City was destroyed, many forces explored the ruins... and began to obtain the mechs developed by Starfall City... leading to the development of various mech forces..."
"And our Mech City was fortunate, obtaining something good from the ruins of Starfall City, developing extremely rapidly from a mere exploration team of a dozen people into one of the seven major powers on the entire continent..."
Shen Potian sighed, "Actually, it's not like that. We weren't an exploration team that went to explore the ruins of Starfall City..."
"We were originally from Starfall City... After that upheaval... we might be the only survivors of Starfall City..."
Saying this, Shen Potian reached out, lit a cigarette for himself, and took several deep puffs to calm his emotions slightly.
"This..."
Shen Potian's words shocked Ye Feng. Shen Potian and Shen Yun Yao were actually from Starfall City?!
"Elder Shen... Elder Shen, did Starfall City really build interstellar warships back then?"
After a pause, Ye Feng asked the question that was on his mind.
"Hoo!"
"Mmm!"
Shen Potian let out a long breath, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and nodded.
The smoke did not remain in the small wooden house; as if drawn by some force, it quickly dissipated outside the door, not choking Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, or Shen Yun Yao.
"Then... then how did a power of this magnitude... get annihilated overnight?"
Ye Feng found it hard to believe that a super power capable of building interstellar warships could be wiped out overnight by anything.
"Hoo!~"
"Hoo!~"
Shen Potian took several deep breaths again, lowered his head, and did not answer.
The scene fell silent, and the atmosphere became oppressive.
"Then... Grandpa, what were the secrets of Starfall City that Joseph wanted to get from you back then?"
At this moment, Shen Yun Yao spoke, easing the slightly awkward and oppressive atmosphere.
"Hoo!~"
Shen Potian let out a soft breath, looked at Ye Feng, and said, "Ye Feng, do you know what humanity saw when they first reached the edge of the solar system?"
"No idea!"
Ye Feng shook his head decisively.
Shen Yun Yao and Xiao Xiao both looked at Shen Potian with curiosity and inquiry.
"A carriage walking in the void..."
Shen Potian uttered the words almost one by one.
"A... carriage?"
Ye Feng and Shen Yun Yao exchanged glances, seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.
"Mmm!"
Shen Potian nodded. "In everyone's understanding, to travel between planets, one needs the help of things like interstellar warships..."
"At that time, Starfall City created the first interstellar warship and reached the edge of the solar system for the first time... The sight they saw completely overturned their previous understanding... a carriage that could travel in outer space..."
"And that carriage wasn't a carriage in the ordinary sense either; its speed was no less than that of an interstellar warship..."
"...This was just the beginning... what surpassed their understanding even more was that there was someone on the carriage... a person who could exist in space without needing to wear a spacesuit or any protective gear..."
As Shen Potian finished speaking, the entire small wooden house became eerily quiet, as if even the sound of their heartbeats could be heard.
"Grand... Grandpa... is... is that really a person...?"
"A person... entering outer space without a spacesuit would instantly have their body explode and shatter to death..."
Shen Yun Yao swallowed and whispered.
"I don't know either..."
Shen Potian shook his head slightly, a bitter smile on his face.
"Not long after, a large number of ruffians and various powerful, unknown monsters appeared in this world..."
"These people or monsters seemed to have a common goal: to become legendary immortals..."
"Coupled with the fact that it was also the most turbulent period of the Great Cataclysm, unlike now, where it's much more stable... the entire world became even more chaotic..."
At this point, Shen Potian paused. "Actually, at that time, the one with the most powerful mechs and the largest number of mechs wasn't our Mech City, but Brad Base!"
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yun Yao was extremely surprised. "Grandpa, besides Starfall City, there was a force with more and stronger mechs than our Mech City?"
"Isn't Brad Base full of vampires and all sorts of modified monsters? They have very few mechs, except for Sphinx!"
Shen Yun Yao looked at Shen Potian with a look of astonishment.
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