Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty!

Just like that, he quietly finished watching the memories stored within the "Memory Butterfly."

The "illusion" before Qiu Tu's eyes began to dissolve like bubbles disappearing into thin air.

What replaced it was Qiu Tu's familiar Councilman's Resting Room, the large bed, and Rain Butterfly, who was bent over, putting on clothes.

Perhaps because the memory felt like it lasted for hours, Qiu Tu inexplicably had a sensation of witnessing great changes over the passage of time.

What surprised him even more was... when he glanced up, he saw that the clock on the wall had barely advanced by half an hour.

Qiu Tu couldn't help but look at Rain Butterfly and asked, "This Memory Butterfly is really that amazing? It can adjust the flow of time?"

At that moment, Rain Butterfly had just finished putting on her underwear.

She didn't immediately respond to Qiu Tu's question. Instead, she pointed at Qiu Tu's wardrobe and said, "My clothes were torn to shreds by you last night. Mind lending me a couple of pieces to wear?"

Qiu Tu gestured with his hand, "Help yourself."

Rain Butterfly smiled faintly and then opened Qiu Tu's wardrobe.

She didn't immediately start picking clothes, though. Her gaze swept around the wardrobe, and when she noticed there weren't any women's clothes stored inside, the smile on her face grew even brighter.

Standing on her tiptoes, she selected a shirt and slipped it onto her body.

The oversized shirt made her already delicate figure and tall, slender build appear even more alluring.

With the faintly visible curves beneath the shirt...

If Qiu Tu hadn't already known that there was important business to handle today, he might have been unable to resist diving into a deeper "discussion" with her about the future development of Dongye State...

After putting on her clothes, Rain Butterfly finally turned around and said, "It's not that magical."

"If the Memory Butterfly could actually affect time, do you think it would ever fall into humanity's hands, let alone be cultivated for transmitting vital intelligence?"

At this point, Rain Butterfly paused, then explained, "The Memory Butterfly actually influences the rate of 'memory' or 'dreams.'"

"You've probably experienced feeling like you've slept for a long time, but when you open your eyes, you find that only five minutes have passed, right?"

"Or perhaps… you feel like you've only been asleep for five minutes, but when you wake up, you realize hours have gone by."

Qiu Tu nodded slightly.

Rain Butterfly said, "That's the difference in dream speed."

"To put it simply, the Memory Butterfly puts you into a sleep-like state, projecting memories directly into your dreams."

"It's like a living reel of tape; the faster your thought processes, the faster it can play the memories."

"You feel like you've experienced those memories at normal speed, but in reality… you were watching them at five times the usual speed."

"This is only because, within the dream, you're fully immersed, with no external time reference."

Hearing this, Qiu Tu's face immediately showed a look of realization.

If that's the case, then the Memory Butterfly's value indeed seemed significantly diminished.

Previously, he had thought that its acceleration effect worked on everyone, making it a potential tool to dramatically shorten the learning curve for many abilities and technologies, thereby improving learning efficiency.

But Rain Butterfly's explanation revealed to Qiu Tu that the reason the effect seemed so astounding was because of his own strength—his mind processing speed was already incredibly fast.

If someone weaker used it, the time flow ratio would presumably remain a standard 1:1.

And beyond that...

After the memory session ended, Qiu Tu noticed that the "Memory Butterfly" had seemingly died.

This indicated… the Memory Butterfly's ability was a one-time use.

Thus, it resembled more of an advanced encrypted communication tool.

It would likely only be deployed for conveying some crucial information.

Putting aside thoughts about the Memory Butterfly for now, Qiu Tu began to recall the information he had obtained earlier from Rao Shou's memories.

First, what surprised Qiu Tu the most was... Rao Shou's perspective on the "Era of Disaster" and the "Cataclysm Path" differed so greatly from the "official" narrative?

An extensive selection process for officials by the World Origin?

Stages 1-4 were merely an assessment phase? Starting from Fifth Order and Sixth Tier, one began earning gradual recognition from the World Origin?

And the ultimate limit of ordinary beings should be the Peak of Fourth Order?

So advancing to the Fifth Order required acknowledgment from the World Origin, tying the territory under one's control to one's destiny, transforming the region into a False Frame to forcefully break through to the Fifth Order Realm?

Truth be told, when he heard Rao Shou's account, Qiu Tu was entirely dumbstruck.

So, the Cataclysm was truly an opportunity gifted to all beings by two worlds?

And by that logic… his decision to not hold back in a head-on confrontation with a Fifth Order Evil God during a recent encounter was actually the right call?

For a moment, Qiu Tu wasn't even sure how to describe his current emotions.

Although Rao Shou's speculation was somewhat exaggerated, it carried a certain logic.

Take "World Origin," for instance.

Over the past year or so, every time Qiu Tu had advanced in rank, he would notice that he could receive information from the "World Origin."

This had made him question more than once what kind of existence the "World Origin" truly was.

And why did Cataclysmics automatically receive information from it upon advancing?

Looking at it now, if the Era of Disaster itself was a massive "selection process," then the "World Origin" containing such information didn't seem all that surprising.

After all… the World Will needed to guide living beings to evolve step by step in order to "select" the talent it "required."

Of course… Qiu Tu wasn't suggesting that the "World Consciousness" or the "World Origin" had a sentient mind.

He agreed with Rao Shou's view: this kind of "selection" was most likely an unconscious act by the World Origin.

Still, regardless of whether this speculation was true, the only path laid out before Qiu Tu was to continue advancing.