Fahe Country, one of the thirty-four nations of the Human Federation.
Three minutes after the earthquake began, a data collection team dispatched by the government arrived at the epicenter.
But just as they were about to approach the Earth Vein Pillar to collect data, a large group of people suddenly emerged from the surroundings. They were dressed in black clothes and black hats, almost blending into the darkness.
There were sixty or seventy of them, and they surrounded the government's data collection team of fewer than ten people. Without a word, they blocked the collectors' path to the Earth Vein Pillar.
The sudden situation caught the entire collection team by surprise. The team's captain spoke up, asking, "Who are you people? What are you doing?"
The people in black remained silent, except for one who spoke in a solemn, almost chanting tone, "A divine relic of a god must not be desecrated."
"A god? A divine relic?"
