What Is an Awakener

Hearing the words of the Awakeners, the human elites were caught in a variety of emotions.

They marveled at the power of the Awakeners, who could travel three million light-years directly, while also feeling despair at the so-called limits of intelligence.

Imagine that even such a powerful civilization is searching for this path and has not yet succeeded; you can imagine how difficult it is.

However, there's no use in humans thinking about it now, since the Awakeners also said that this thing should only be discovered when it reaches Level Six Civilization.

Humanity is still very far from reaching Level Six Civilization, and it's even uncertain whether we can reach that level at all.

Of course, setting aside the limits of intelligence, humanity can still glean a great deal of useful information from the Awakeners's brief words.

For example, the statement that "only Level Six Civilization can know the limits of intelligence" contains a lot of information. First, a Level Six Civilization, due to the emergence of a certain technology or scientific theory, can discover the so-called limits of intelligence and then embark on a journey to find a way to break through them, just like Awakeners.

Secondly, beyond the Level Six Civilization, there are even more advanced civilizations.

Third, once Level Six Civilization is reached, the various civilizations will exist in a different form of relationship. If the limits of intelligence are universally present in every Sentient Life species, then finding ways to break through them will inevitably be the main theme of Level Six Civilization.

Therefore, the so-called Dark Cosmic Forest certainly does not exist, or rather, it does not exist at the level of advanced civilizations.

As for what level of advanced civilization this is, some sociologists have analyzed it before, and they believe it should be the speed of light.

Travel speed exceeds the speed of light; communication speed exceeds the speed of light.

If these two conditions are met, communication between civilizations will not be as delayed as it has been with previous civilizations.

Suddenly remembering the Dark Forest, Yue Yuan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately couldn't resist asking, "Great Awakeners, have you heard of the Technology Explosion Theory?"

"I know what you want to ask. I can only tell you that technological explosions do exist, but only within the same level of civilization. Explosions that cross civilizational levels will not only not occur, but will instead become barriers." The individual life representing the Awakeners slowly said, "In my long lifespan of over 80,000 years, I have witnessed countless civilizations perish under the Technology Barrier. Some of those civilizations perished because they lacked talent, some succumbed to despair, and some went down the dead end of scientific theory."

The phrase "over 80,000 years" doesn't refer to the Awakener Civilization, but rather to the Sentient Life itself.

Yue Yuan felt that every word Awakeners could bring countless pieces of information to humanity. Even a casual reply from that creature could point out which path to take was feasible and which was not.

This statement alone makes it clear to humanity that Sentient Life can live to over 80,000 years old, and perhaps even longer. This means that research into lifespan is feasible, and the future of Life Elixir is bright.

Just as Yue Yuan was sighing, he heard the Awakeners continue, "But I think you little guys have quite a bit of talent."

"Racial Talent? What Racial Talent? How come we don't know anything about it? And what does 'fallen' mean?" Yue Yuan's eyelids twitched wildly. What Racial Talent? As a human, he didn't even know anything about Racial Talent. This Awakeners seemed to have done nothing, so how did he know that humans had so-called Racial Talent?

Could it be that they're using humans for research? Thinking this, Yue Yuan's heart sank, and his face darkened.

Although he knew that the opponent was incredibly powerful and that humanity had no chance of resisting, and that humanity was completely unaware of what the opponent had done to them, Yue Yuan still felt extremely distressed at the thought of being used for research.

Having been influenced by xenophobic sentiments for many years, Yue Yuan felt no psychological burden when he ordered the research on the Kuntai People, but the thought of humans being studied made him inexplicably uncomfortable, which is quite a double standard.

The Awakeners was unable to know what Yue Yuan was thinking, but seemed to have guessed something from Yue Yuan's rhetorical questions.

The Awakeners first chuckled in a human-like voice, then said, "Let's leave Racial Talent aside for now; it's pointless to talk about them at your current level. Just remember, if you ever encounter the Interstellar Market, under no Interstellar Market should you trade your scientists there. Oh no, not a single one of them, otherwise... well, never mind, maybe things are a little different in the Milky Way Galaxy."

???

Interstellar Market? Trading scientist?

Yue Yuan understood that what the Awakeners was saying was probably about the situation in their Triangulum Galaxy, but in his words, he also revealed a great cosmic secret to humanity, at least to humanity.

Another point Yue Yuan noticed was that the Awakeners said, "If we encounter the Interstellar Market in the future," which means that the Awakeners really has no malicious intent.

Could it be that they just arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy and then encountered us, and their current actions were simply a matter of chance?

At this moment, Yue Yuan also began to believe the Awakeners's words.

The Awakeners seemed to read his mind and continued, "Don't worry, I have no ill intentions, nor have I studied you. You can understand knowing about your Racial Talent as our Characteristic Technology. But then again, if we had encountered you when we were Level 5 Civilization, we might have actually taken you in for research."

"As for the Fall. Do you know why we are called Awakeners?" The Awakeners did not answer directly, but instead asked a question first.

"Why?" Yue Yuan asked cooperatively.

"Because of the decline, or rather, the Fallen Civilization, the Awakeners is not the original name of our civilization. It's just that we have awakened so many Fallen Civilization that we have naturally become the Awakeners."

Awakening Fallen Civilization?

"What is Fallen Civilization?" Yue Yuan asked immediately, a thought flashing through his mind.

This Awakeners seems easy to talk to; I'll ask as many questions as I can. After all, if what the Awakeners says is true, encountering humans is just a coincidence, and they might leave at any time. Once this opportunity is gone, it's gone forever.

"Technology has stagnated, theories have ceased to innovate, and civilization as a whole has stopped pursuing progress." The Awakeners's words were succinct.

Yue Yuan hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Fallen Civilization. What level of civilization does it belong to?"

However, this time the Awakeners did not answer directly, but said, "They do not belong to any level of civilization, and may be any civilization below level six."

"That"

Yue Yuan was about to say something when he was interrupted by the Dao Awakeners.

"Alright, you little guys are really long-winded. Many things will become clear when your scientific theories advance and you reach the corresponding level. It's useless to say more now."

Moreover, many things we say might actually become stumbling blocks to your scientific development. The universe is so vast, and the unknowns so many; the development of civilization has countless possibilities, and we, the Awakeners, are more willing to see even more possibilities."