Three hours later.
Virtual Meeting Room.
Lin Fan sat across from Cartero.
"So, have you confirmed my identity?"
"Of course. For a peak seventh-level Black Hole Civilization, even if a Chaos Lifeform is not the emperor, they must still be an important figure."
"You actually know about that?"
"Of course. After all, our alliance has Chaos Lifeforms as well."
"That's impossible!"
Upon hearing this, Cartero immediately shouted.
What kind of joke was this? A fifth-level Black Hole Civilization claimed to possess Chaos Lifeforms.
What did they take Chaos Lifeforms for?
Cartero directly interpreted Lin Fan's words as him toying with him.
Yet if he had known that Lin Fan had originally intended to say that the alliance had four Chaos Lifeforms, but withheld it out of fear of frightening him, he probably would have gone berserk.
"Have you calmed down? If so, then we should get to the point!"
"Emperor of the Xilbeila Empire, why exactly did you come here?"
Silence. Endless silence.
A full three minutes passed.
"How much do you know about the First Holy War?"
"The First Holy War—do you mean the war between you and the Great Xia Federation that lasted thirty billion years?"
"That's right!"
"Although I did not take part in it personally, I know roughly everything I should know."
"Good. That makes it much easier to explain."
Cartero nodded as he spoke.
"Since you already know this much, then you should also know that all Purgees were under the interference of the Black Hole Cavity Consciousness. Their free will was distorted, and they became like puppets on strings."
"Perhaps you think this was an inescapable fate, but in truth, it was not."
"After the Great Xia Federation was destroyed, there were no longer any mutated universes in the Black Hole Cavity. The Black