At this moment, Bing Xin lay before Saine, behaving exceptionally meek and gentle. None of the aloofness and detachment expected of a top expert of the Water Mirror Civilization remained. Even the icy crystal aura around her whole body had softened considerably, and the rules defenses she normally kept taut at all times had quietly relaxed by more than half.
This rare docility was not deliberate fawning, but a natural expression born from multiple factors layered together.
The most fundamental reason was that in the years since the Water Mirror Civilization had defected to the Mechanical Civilization, the civilization as a whole had developed steadily and prosperously. It had even fared somewhat better than when it had occupied the Light Universe Time-Space.
Back when the Water Mirror Civilization had decided to leave the Light Universe Time-Space and join the Mechanical Civilization, they had worried that they would suffer the oppression of a powerful authority and be stripped of resources and living space. After all, in the dimensional struggles of the Multiverse, weak civilizations that attached themselves to powerful ones often had to pay a painful price.
Yet the Mechanical Civilization ruled by Mechanical God Emperor Saine had not broken its promises.
Saine had not only designated an exclusive stellar region in Gear Time-Space for the Water Mirror Civilization, providing stable energy supply channels and safe territory for development, allowing the Water Mirror Civilization to firmly establish itself in this unfamiliar Dimensional Time-Space, but had also tacitly permitted them to retain their own Civilization Inheritance and Rule System without forcibly assimilating their civilization.
Moreover, when the Water Mirror Civilization had withdrawn from the Light Universe Time-Space, they had deliberately taken away a great quantity of core resources accumulated over many years. After joining the Mechanical Civilization, they had opened up new