In the end, Daniel still made his decision.
He not only planned to let Alice remain in this era but also intended to initiate the second phase of Project Hope—this time selecting a portion of the awakeners from among humankind.
After the first Project Hope, humanity's awakeners had already come to understand its significance and the benefits it brought.
So when this new plan was announced, it immediately stirred an overwhelming wave of applications.
This time, Daniel was extremely generous—he directly offered ten billion slots.
Yet even so, the number of applicants far exceeded his expectations.
To say that only one in ten thousand would be chosen wasn't an exaggeration—it was an understatement.
Ten billion demigod-rank awakeners descending upon this world might not be the most formidable army imaginable, but it was undeniably a force to be reckoned with.
