Lu Yin thought of the Technology Fishing Civilization. The greatest advantage of a Technology Civilization was its freedom from karmic restraints, but the difficulty of its advancement was itself comparable to a karmic restraint.
"Are there any powerful Technology Fishing Civilizations around us?"
"None nearby. There are some farther away. I know where, but I don't want to deal with them. They're all beings made of light, without bones. I can't grant them Bone Language, and even if I dealt with them, there'd be nothing in it for me."
"Senior, do you know how to use Great Dream Thousand Autumns?"
"Of course not." Thousand Machine Strange Performance looked at Lu Yin with some exasperation. "That's an innate power of theirs. It's difficult to teach. Otherwise, I'd have learned it long ago."
Lu Yin sighed. "True. Otherwise, every civilization in the Cubic Distance would be coveting Great Dream Thousand Autumns."
"Those raggedy birds aren't easy to deal with. The Nine Fortresses once wanted to wipe them out, but they ended up being destroyed themselves. Your Human Civilization was weak when it came into being, yet its potential was boundless. That's what interests me most about you."
"There are many human skeletons in the Death Universe, aren't there?"
"None as interesting as you."
Lu Yin looked at Thousand Machine Strange Performance. Interesting? After the Nine Fortresses had fallen, his loved ones had perished, and his own flesh had been torn apart by White Bone creatures. Even if he'd retained his original consciousness, he'd still changed. How could he be interesting?
Those human skeletons and he were entirely different.
"Do you know why I like listening to your stories?"
Lu Yin was curious. "Because they let me express myself?"
Thousand Machine Strange Performance smiled. "Your stories are scattered, but they yearn for the