After the wills of the Ancient Machine Elder and the Primordial Guardian had been withdrawn one after another, all the operation's members had assembled under the organization of its primary and secondary leaders.
Leader of the Level Four Ascended Civilization, Gao Gong, Yuan, and Yuan Shu
Leader of the Level Five Ascended Civilization, the Stasis Venerable of the Stasis Protocol Civilization, the Ironblood Emperor of the Stellar Collective
Leader of the Level Six Ascended Civilization, the Dark Matter Architect, and the Heat Death Regulation Core
According to the Ancient Machine Elder, there was a simple reason why the "civilization leaders" had to participate personally. First, only species that had mastered the Mechanical Revolution could resist the "Ancient Mechanical Imprint." Second, only those who wielded the power of civilization could suppress the imprint.
Thus, aside from having the civilization leaders personally take action, there was no particularly good alternative.
"Since no one objects, let's go."
The Ancient Machine Elder lightly tapped the seemingly ordinary yet secretly profound metal cane in his hand. The instant its tip touched the void, it was as though he had poked the most fragile "membrane" of the bubble universe.
There was no earth-shaking boom or blinding burst of energy. Only a pure, deep "point" quietly surfaced, as if it could devour all light and information.
That "point" rapidly stretched and expanded, transforming into a circle with subtly distorted edges. Within it was a heart-stirring darkness of chaos.
The seven civilization leaders entered that darkness one after another. Their figures were instantly swallowed without stirring even a ripple, as though they had stepped into a realm governed by entirely different cosmic laws.
Gao Gong's gaze remained fixed on the "black hole," while his senses and mental strength were pushed to their limits.
What he "saw" far surpassed