Time was a strange thing. Sometimes, it felt as if it passed very quickly; in the blink of an eye, several years might have gone by.
But at other times, it felt as if it moved incredibly slowly, as though only a few seconds had passed after a very, very long time.
Like right now!
The major civilizations across the entire Super God Universe stared without blinking at the dimmed Ranking System.
To them, the period before the rankings were revealed felt like every second was an eternity—endlessly long!
Fortunately, although the Ranking System had dimmed, its comment function was still available.
With comments to pass the time, the people of the various civilizations were not quite so bored.
[Lord God of Yiren Civilization: "By the way, how did your last search for the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization go? Did you find anything?"]
[Prince of Deep Sea Civilization: "Yeah! Ever since last time, there hasn't been any news. Could it be that you defeated the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization and are all quietly getting rich at home?"]
[Dileina: "Huh? When did you go looking for the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization? How come I didn't know anything about it? What happened?"]
[Snow: "This is a private matter of our Nether River Civilization, so please don't ask too much. Everyone will learn the details sooner or later."]
The reason Snow said this was naturally because he wanted to conceal the fact that they had failed to find the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization.
After all, the one who had led the search for the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization this time was Death God Karl, the Lord God of their Styx Galaxy! Death God Karl's greatest reputation in the universe was tied to his knowledge!
In other words, Death God Karl had once been revered as the Wise One by the entire Super God Universe. Even Keisha could not surpass Death God Karl in terms of wisdom!
So, once news of their failure to find the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization was exposed, Death God Karl, who had been revered as the Wise One, would undoubtedly suffer a tremendous blow to his reputation.
The reason Carl had compensated them with so many resources before was partly because of this as well. He wanted to use resources to keep their mouths shut and stop them from spreading the news.
However, neither Death God Karl nor Snow could have imagined that the first person to stab them in the back would actually be their ally, the Demon Civilization!
[Morgana: "Stop bragging! Last time, under Death God Karl's lead, we ended up getting nothing. If Carl hadn't offered up resources, nearly the entire universe would have known about our failure on the very day the operation failed!"]
[Morgana: "Later, Death God Karl told us that the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization possessed a technology capable of concealing their entire civilization, which was why we failed to discover them."]
Looking at the comment she had posted on the Ranking System, Morgana stood in Demon Castle and nodded in satisfaction.
Exposing what had happened last time was a decision she had made only after careful consideration.
Although she and Death God Karl had always maintained an alliance, Morgana clearly understood that they were merely using each other!
Carl wanted to take advantage of the conflict between her and Keisha to eliminate Keisha!
Morgana, in order to eliminate Keisha, willingly allowed herself to be used by Carl!
But Morgana was no fool. The reason Carl wanted to eliminate Keisha was because Keisha's Order of Justice would obstruct Death God Karl from welcoming the Void!
And when the age of the Void arrived, it would be the moment when ancient gods like Morgana were eliminated!
Therefore, Morgana had to prepare in advance and buy herself as much time as possible before the age of the Void arrived!
Only then could Morgana find the "capital" she needed to avoid being cast aside by the times during the age of the Void!
That was precisely why, after careful consideration, Morgana had decided to expose the matter!
There were two major benefits to exposing this matter. The first was:
Morgana could use the Ranking System to damage Carl's reputation and even his influence, forcing him to slow down his plans to welcome the age of the Void!
The second benefit was:
Morgana could use the Ranking System to inform the Heavenly Venerate of the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization about Carl's search for them!
That way, the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization would become hostile toward Death God Karl!
Once the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization became hostile toward Death God Karl, conflict would inevitably arise between them!
If the two sides came into conflict, Morgana could develop in secret and find the "capital" that would allow her Demon Civilization to continue surviving after the age of the Void arrived!
When the snipe and clam fought, the fisherman profited. Nothing could be more fitting!
What Morgana did not know was that the Cyber Heavenly Court Civilization was no helpless little lamb, but a great tiger!
Heavenly Court Starfield, Lingxiao Palace.
Seeing Morgana's comments on the Ranking System, Su Mu, seated upon the throne, smiled faintly.
With his insight, he naturally saw through Morgana's intentions at a glance.
"Nether River Civilization, Death God Karl?"
"Judging from the people appearing on the Ranking System, this should be the early stage of the plot."
Based on the various comments on the Ranking System, Su Mu quickly analyzed the current point in time.
After all, Liu Chuang and Ge Xiaolun had often called Lena Big Sis on the Ranking System before, while Angel Leng was still as proud as ever.
Therefore, Su Mu could easily deduce that the current timeline was in the early stage, before Keisha had died.
"Since that's the case, I'll start with the Taotie Legion."
At that thought, a cold glint flashed through Su Mu's eyes. Since Death God Karl wanted to spy on his Heavenly Court, he had to be prepared to bear the corresponding losses!
Having made his decision, Su Mu opened a communication channel with Yang Jian and instructed him, "Yang Jian, start searching for a place called Earth Star. It should currently be in the Earth Star of the Chi Wu Star System!"
"Once you find it, send me a message. I'll have Giant Spirit God deliver the Building Acceleration Card we obtained last time to you."
"Then lead your squad and begin constructing a stargate, the South Heaven Gate, across Earth Star."
"Yes, Heavenly Venerate!" Upon receiving Su Mu's order, Yang Jian answered respectfully.
Just as Su Mu was giving Yang Jian his instructions, the previously dim Ranking System finally began to shine once more.
As pale blue ripples swept across the countless planets of the universe, the second ranking review officially began!
[Cosmic Civilization Power Ranking—Civilization Legion Edition!]
Seeing the golden words appear on the Ranking System, every civilization in the Super God Universe became excited and waited expectantly for the rankings to be announced!
The Ranking System moved quickly. It did not take long before it revealed the civilization in third place.
[Civilization Legion Ranking, Third Place: Demon Civilization!]
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