Within Death Academy.
Looking at the location coordinates displayed on the Great Clock, Death God Karl immediately frowned.
The coordinates shown on the Great Clock lay at the very edge of the Known Universe, practically infinitely close to the Unknown Universe.
Carl could not understand why the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization's coordinates had appeared there.
In Carl's view, there were only two possible locations where the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization could ultimately be found!
The first possibility was that it was within the Unknown Universe—or simply hidden within the Void!
Only the Unknown Universe and the Void possessed enough resources to build those powerful warships!
The second possibility was that the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization was located at the center of the Known Universe, but had used some special technology to completely conceal itself!
Likewise, only the center of the Known Universe possessed enough resources to construct powerful warships!
But the problem was that the result displayed by the Great Clock was completely different from what Carl had expected!
The Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization was actually at the edge of the Known Universe!
Could it be that the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization had been developing and exploring the Unknown Universe all along?
That couldn't be right!
Even if it had been developing and exploring the Unknown Universe, it could not possibly have been so close to the edge of the Known Universe!
Carl's brows were tightly furrowed as she continued to ponder.
Yet in the end, no matter how she tried to imagine it, she simply could not figure out why the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization had appeared at the edge of the Known Universe!
After failing to come up with an answer, Carl simply stopped thinking about it and began operating the Great Clock again.
She needed to use the Great Clock to send the coordinates she had obtained to the major civilizations of the Super God Universe, making those civilizations her advance troops and having them scout the way for her!
Earth, Demon Castle.
At that moment, Morgana was in the control room, organizing the supplies the Demons had gathered.
She needed to arrange those supplies properly!
After all, she wanted to rise on the Ranking System!
But just as Morgana was busily occupied, Carl's message through the Great Clock completely interrupted her.
Looking at the coordinates Carl had sent and listening to the voice message she had left behind, Morgana, standing in the control room, deeply furrowed her brows.
Carl's message was very straightforward. She wanted to invite the Demon Civilization to travel together to the location indicated by the coordinates and probe the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization's true strength.
If another civilization had proposed this, Morgana would certainly not have frowned. She would have agreed without hesitation.
Because Morgana was also deeply interested in the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization's strength!
However, the one proposing this was Carl!
So Morgana had to consider it carefully!
In Morgana's words, Carl was simply full of dirty tricks!
Plotting with her meant that a single careless mistake could get you sold out!
Carl might even actively "offer" her so-called allies to the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization in order to achieve her own goals!
Thinking of this, Morgana could no longer worry about the supplies. She hurriedly opened a communication channel with Carl and began speaking with her.
"Carl! Don't think I don't know what you're up to!"
"Are you trying to make my Demon Legion serve as your cannon fodder?"
The moment the channel connected, Morgana fired question after question at Carl.
As long as the chief gods of the major civilizations were not idiots, they could easily see through Carl's little scheme.
Facing Morgana's questioning, Carl, who was in Death Academy, calmly replied, "No."
"Actually, this time, you only need to send over one relatively powerful fighter."
"The real cannon fodder will be those weaker civilizations hoping to make a name for themselves by attacking the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization."
"As long as we major civilizations put on a bit of a show and dispatch some powerful fighters, those weaker civilizations will eagerly follow in our footsteps."
"Once they truly encounter the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization, those weaker civilizations will surely take the initiative to become enemies with it for the sake of so-called 'fame.'"
"At that point, the powerful fighters we send will only need to watch from the sidelines!"
"If the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization is not particularly strong, the powerful fighters we send can deal with the weaker civilizations' armies, make the vanished Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization take the blame, and accept the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization's 'inheritance'!"
"If the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization is extremely powerful, the powerful fighters we send can establish diplomatic relations with it. If the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization refuses, our powerful fighters can withdraw at any time."
"Heh!" Hearing Carl lay out her entire plan, Morgana sneered twice. "You really are vicious, Carl."
"I think you should be the one ruling my Demons!"
"Enough, I won't waste any more breath on this."
"One last question. How can you be sure the other advanced civilizations will cooperate with you?"
"No one is stupid. There's no way your little trick can fool everyone."
Hearing that, Carl, seated in her chair, smiled faintly and answered Morgana, "Actually, the answer is very simple."
"To the entire Known Universe, the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization is simply far too mysterious, far too unknown!"
"And the unknown represents fear! It represents insecurity!"
"So under these circumstances, the more advanced a civilization is, the more it will want to turn the unknown into the known!"
"Because only then can they gain even a pitiful sense of 'security'!"
"And for that tiny, pitiful sense of 'security,' those so-called advanced civilizations will absolutely join my plan."
As Carl clarified the essence of the matter, Morgana, standing in the control room, nodded.
Carl's move was truly an open scheme!
The unknown represented uncertainty!
And uncertainty brought insecurity!
For the development and continuation of their civilizations, those advanced civilizations would ultimately join Carl's plan!
Thinking this, Morgana continued, "In that case, my Demon Civilization can participate."
"And I can send Ato to the location indicated by the coordinates with your Styx personnel."
"But let me make this clear in advance: my Demon Civilization only has Ato who is worth anything. If you dare sell him out, don't blame me for turning against you!"
"Rest assured." Carl slowly rose from her seat. "This time, I will have Snow travel to the location indicated by the coordinates. If anything goes wrong, I will promptly have Snow use a portion of the Void's power to safely bring them both back."
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