Genoa Domain

Independent Spacetime--Universe--Deep Regions--Genoa Domain.

Within this empty dimension.

There was only a golden supergiant metal cube, its surface covered in various red patterns, rotating without pause.

Within it was a vast Alternate Dimension Space constructed through spatial technology. Even a colossal three-dimensional universe would be like a drop of seawater before an ocean in its presence.

At this moment.

Special lifeforms with no physical bodies whatsoever, using only Mind Energy as their medium, were conducting a secret exchange within.

"What an incomparably wondrous power. It can make us feel intensely uncomfortable, yet it has never caused us any substantial harm. No matter what we do, we cannot isolate ourselves from it. Even hiding within the most powerful sanctuaries of our race has no effect on its ability to operate smoothly. It is as though it has completely locked onto us..."

After one of them finished speaking with a sigh of emotion, another immediately followed up, expressing its own view of the matter.

There was no unnecessary chatter.

The other directly proposed an opinion similar to Makala's:

"Based on the information I obtained from the other Transcenders, the one hiding behind the scenes has shown no intention of appearing to this day, nor has it revealed its thoughts or goals in any way. Perhaps... it intends to kill a chicken to frighten the monkeys before showing itself. After all, only then can the effect be maximized..."

As a powerful race that had already achieved Mind Ascension, their species had abandoned their fragile fleshly bodies—bodies vulnerable to aging, illness, and death—several hundred billion years ago. Instead, they had transformed their existence into completely activated Mind Energy.

From that moment onward.

Their civilization, having broken free from fleshly bodies, entered its golden age.

Faced with the explosive growth of their individual overall abilities.