This wasn't the first time the system had gone offline.
Basically, whenever something related to a level-nine civilization or certain deep-universe organizations came up—such as the Completion Organization, the Smugglers, or even the Space-Time Administration—the system would malfunction.
Especially during their previous communication, Du Zhaodi had already confirmed with him that the one who had evolved a hundred Ascended civilizations and besieged them was most likely connected to the Completion Organization.
What slightly reassured Gao Gong was that before Du Zhaodi disappeared, the "Great Blackout" had fluctuated once.
Gao Gong had already experimented with it. The evolution of this "Mechanical Great Revolution" had a "time-stop effect" on species below the ninth tier, even civilization leaders.
Even if Du Zhaodi couldn't defeat her opponent, escaping during that window wouldn't be a problem.
So perhaps the reason the system's screen had gone black was related to the Completion Organization. But there was another possibility: it might have had something to do with the "Immortal Ball" Du Zhaodi had joined.
Just as Gao Gong was pondering this, the Ancient Machinery Elder appeared, fuming.
It was obvious that his attempt at persuasion had failed and that he had suffered another setback.
Given the old man's consistently nasty character and his habit of bullying the weak when he couldn't bully the strong, Gao Gong obediently kept his eyes lowered, held his tongue, and pretended to be an ostrich.
Even so, the irritated Ancient Machinery Elder gave him a thorough scolding.
"You think your days will be easy if things really go according to that fellow 'Architecture's' plan? Once the mechanical uprising begins, a mechanical civilization leader like you, who possesses the 'Great Revolution Evolution,' will definitely become the target of everyone's attacks. By then, all the advanced civilization leaders will probably be shouting for your