As Evil Tide Civilization welcomed the moment when the Darkness Demon Ancestor advanced to Level-12, Decayed Civilization deep within the Gray Nebula of the Dead Silent Dimension was also quietly recovering.
Yet compared with Evil Tide Civilization's rather obvious momentum of expansion, Decayed Civilization's changes were far slower.
Even from the outside, this civilization still seemed steeped in a heavy air of decline.
The Gray Nebula remained barren.
Large numbers of Decayed Civilization fleets still had to rely on resource supplies from Mechanical Civilization to sustain long-distance exploration.
Many ancient War Temples had yet to fully recover from the hardships of the past five hundred thousand years.
But to Decayed Civilization itself, these days were already vastly better than before.
After Emperor Chenlun advanced to level 11, Decayed Civilization finally possessed a relatively stable high-level pillar.
In the past, although Emperor Chenlun could lead his people in their difficult struggle for survival within the Dead Silent Dimension, Level-10 Peak and level 11 were ultimately separated by an immensely important threshold.
Now that he had crossed this step, the Gray Nebula's overall defense system had become much more stable.
Mechanical Civilization and Evil Tide Civilization, in their explorations of the Dead Silent Dimension, were therefore more willing to entrust some key guide missions to Decayed Civilization.
This was not mere charity.
It was because Decayed Civilization truly possessed the corresponding value.
They had eked out an existence in this Dead Silent Dimension for five hundred thousand years.
They were familiar with many decayed landforms that Mechanical Civilization had been unable to comprehend when it first entered.
They also knew which ruins appeared safe but actually concealed dangerous installations left behind from the end stage of the Dimension War.
When it came to exploring the Dead Silent Dimension, Decayed Civilization was still