In truth, after learning from humanity how the Dream Lyra had been built, the Four-Dimensional Lifeform had already come to admire humans a little, because he had never imagined that insects could actually build such a powerful warship.
Besides, in his eyes, that warship was just like an Individual Lifeform.
Likewise, in order to preserve his pride as a Child of the Universe—or perhaps the last shred of dignity he had left in words—the Four-Dimensional Lifeform, when conversing with humans, especially the Dream Lyra, still referred to it as the Lyra.
To keep his own thoughts from producing nauseating ideas about these human insects, the Four-Dimensional Lifeform had even completed a bit of self-hypnosis in his mind. He told himself: the Dream Lyra was actually no different from an Individual Civilization. Its outer appearance bore the traits of an Individual Civilization, while the humans inside were merely the various organs of the creature known as the Dream Lyra, along with symbiotic microorganisms and probiotics.
Since that was what he believed, what else could humanity say? They could only let him be.
In any case, as long as the result was good, that was enough. The Four-Dimensional Lifeform rekindled his hope of survival, and through a series of contacts with the Starry Sky Defenders, he also found himself a new goal.
He wanted to restore the might of the Child of the Universe.
And the first step to restoring that might was to raise himself to god-level—that was, to break through the current limit of wisdom and grasp the secret of one or more Cosmic Safes.
Yes, breaking through the limit of wisdom.
This was one of the prerequisites for becoming a God-Level Civilization.
Originally, humans, Daya, Silver Heart, and the Awakeners had not known this, but after the Four-Dimensional Lifeform