"...Do you think the other side has already awakened?"
Hearing Little Demon's question, Bai Zhi could not help but frown.
"We cannot rule out that possibility. The answer lies within that patch of deep space."
Adjusting his glasses, Little Demon wore a grave expression.
"Send a few more Eternals over. The situation there will likely exceed our expectations. We need more intelligence."
"If things are really as you say, then sending people over now is probably already too late."
Rising from behind the desk, Bai Zhi remained noncommittal.
"The Shipbuilding Plan cannot be halted. While I'm gone, I'll leave things here to you."
"I told you, didn't I? Anyone else can go, but you absolutely cannot."
Rather unusually, Little Demon frowned.
"You are the core of everything. If even you lose control, the situation will deteriorate to an unimaginable extent. You can't—"
"Don't worry. I left myself a trump card."
After glancing at him, Bai Zhi turned to look out the window.
"Some things can't be avoided... I never thought this Shipbuilding Plan would proceed so smoothly anyway."
In the end, Bai Zhi still did not take Little Demon's advice.
If what was happening over there truly involved The End, then even sending every eternal over would not solve the problem.
—He had to make the trip himself.
Bai Zhi had originally planned to settle matters on the frontline before setting out, but a sudden anomaly forced him to change his plans.
...Someone beside him had vanished.
This kind of vanishing was not a disappearance in the conventional sense.
"...Dead Zero? You mean Ling Si Zhe, right?"
Looking at the person before him, Zhuge Yun seemed rather helpless.
"Come on, I've been busy as hell lately. I thought you came to see me over something important, but it's this? If