Chapter 1

In the primordial era, when the universe was just beginning to take shape, Pangu cleaved the heavens and the earth, thus creating the cosmos. Afterward, Nüwa created humans, and the human race came into being. After several years, a rift in the sky opened, and countless monsters, beasts, and demons poured out, causing chaos and suffering among the people. Nüwa, in an attempt to mend the sky, went to the divine realm to seek the Five-Colored Spirit Stone but never returned. The human race, in order to survive, rose up in battle, a struggle that has continued for tens of thousands of years and continues to this day!

— From "The Chapter of Hongmeng" in "Liezi"

In 221 BCE, the First Emperor built the Great Wall to protect the people from the disaster of the sky rift!

— From "The Records of the Grand Historian, Volume 6: The Biography of the First Emperor"

In 1421, the magnificent fleet of the Divine Continent sailed north along the chain of islands, crossed the Bering Strait, and reached the new continent. The expedition team discovered a "Valley of Light" where the river flowed into a bottomless abyss, and the sun rose from there. The famous eunuch Ma, who led the fleet, named this land "Light Continent," meaning the continent of the rising sun.

This global voyage of the Divine Continent fleet marked the beginning of the Age of Exploration. Over the following centuries, as nations faced spatial invasions, they also began to compete for colonies, ushering in an era of great powers on Earth.

— From Gavin Menzies' "1421: The Year China Discovered the World"

In 1895, a terrifying spatial invasion struck the British Isles, causing unprecedented disaster for all of Europe. This S-level spatial invasion turned the British Isles into a hunting ground for monsters. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was completely erased from history within half a year of the invasion, and the British Isles became a dead zone of monsters.

After the fall of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Western and Eastern powers quickly divided the overseas colonies of the British Empire.

— From "A Brief History of Modern Europe"

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Europe produced a large number of brilliant physicists who elevated human understanding of the universe to new heights. Atomic energy entered the realm of scientific inquiry...

The fall of Britain during the spatial invasion shocked the entire European continent. European nations realized that only by uniting could they resist the disaster that threatened all of humanity. It was under this backdrop that the Eden Project began.

Through the tireless efforts of a group of genius scientists, after more than a decade of research, the Eden Project succeeded. As seen by future generations, yes, by the end of 1944, through the joint efforts of all of Europe, we manufactured atomic bombs and rockets in German factories. The atomic bomb was the most powerful weapon of its time, and the rocket could deliver it thousands of kilometers away. We mounted the atomic bombs on rockets and named this weapon Adam.

The core of the Eden Project was to use new, more powerful atomic weapons to defend Europe and resist the spatial invasion. At the time, we did not realize that we were opening Pandora's box.

On March 17, 1945, after meticulous planning, the European nations involved in the Eden Project unanimously agreed to launch six Adams at the British Isles. One minute before the Adams were launched, we informed the United Nations, and all nations were shocked.

We thought that the Adams landing on the British Isles would end the spatial invasion and bring a new dawn to humanity, allowing us to rebuild our Eden on this planet.

From the observation post on the Normandy coast, we saw the mushroom clouds and the intense light, hotter than the sun, rising from the other side of the channel. Adam did not disappoint us; the six Adams landed where they were supposed to, in London, Birmingham, Manchester... These places were already devoid of human life, teeming with the most numerous monsters, the nests of the spatial invaders, and the powder kegs threatening the entire European continent.

Adam destroyed those nests and the bodies of the monsters, detonating those powder kegs, but the final result was an even greater disaster...

Adam stripped the monsters of their bodies, but under the power of atomic weapons, they became undead monsters and spirits. They lost their bodies but no longer feared bullets, fire, or any form of physical attack. More and more spirits crossed the channel, entered the European continent, and spread globally, bringing catastrophe to Europe and the world.

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With the help of a group of summoners, we captured a spirit and studied it. We determined that the material form of the spirit's body was not any known form of matter. This material form resembled the components that make up ghosts in legends, and we named this state of matter "Bose-Einstein Condensate."

The power of atomic weapons transformed the bodies of the spatial invaders.

The only thing that could destroy "Bose-Einstein Condensate" spirits was summoners.

Adam did not replace summoners but made summoners the last hope for humanity!

— From "How the Box Was Opened: The Secrets of the Eden Project"

The key to becoming a summoner is the Boundary Pearl, which can be obtained from the spatial invaders. By killing these invaders, we can potentially obtain the Boundary Pearl. The greatest obstacle to fusing with the Boundary Pearl is the "Mystery of the Boundary," which is similar to the "Mystery of Rebirth" in legends, where one forgets everything from the previous life upon rebirth. The "Mystery of the Boundary" of the Boundary Pearl can make one forget everything that happens after fusing with it.

To this day, we still do not know why some fusions succeed and others fail.

However, no matter how difficult or dangerous it is to become a summoner, as long as the threat of spatial invasion exists, our efforts to become summoners will not cease, nor will our struggle for survival!

— Excerpt from the best-selling book of the 20th century, "How to Become a Summoner"

On June 18, 1996, a team of 268 elite summoners, scientists, biologists, environmentalists, and soldiers from the Huaxia Nation and the Great Yan Republic made the first passage through the spatial invasion channel into the other world.

This was a small step for the 268 people, but a giant leap for humanity...

— From "The United Nations Charter, Chapter 20: The Status of Summoners in Global Anti-Spatial Invasion Security Collaboration"