To put it more accurately, they were all psychic clones that were separated from their human bodies and existed solely in a psychic state. They weren't complete life forms. Instead, they were more like entities that had been replicated through Digital Life technology.

Before Adam had a chance to ponder the situation, the tree swayed slightly, and around a dozen balls of light flew off the branches before hurtling toward him.

They were moving far too fast for Adam to react, reaching him in the blink of an eye before shattering, to release the human bodies inside, which then instantly transformed into anomalies of different descriptions.

Among them was a familiar face, namely Herman Glenn, and with his powerful time manipulation abilities, he was able to virtually...