From the moment Tongtian entered Dawn's mainframe to the point when every system had rebooted several times, only a few instants had passed.
After confirming that the civilization's data could not be transmitted out, the council within Dawn immediately chose to surrender.
As the lights atop the glass jars flickered, faint force fields formed membranes. With the lights' flickering and slight vibrations, they produced sounds in the air akin to normal human speech.
[Esteemed powerhouse, the three hundred and twenty-four current members of the Dawn Council greet you. May we ask what you require?]
"So that was it. Everything you did was for this."
Tongtian placed his hand against the outer wall of the glass jar containing the heart. Sensing within it the civilization aura of an entire world continuously settling, he understood the thoughts of most living beings in this world.
"To preserve a pile of data, you sacrificed every individual. Was it worth it?"
``` [According to the results of over thirty-six million five hundred and forty thousand joint calculations by the thirty-two super deduction instruments within Dawn's mainframe, this apocalypse will return to nothingness under the influence of the Four Pillar Gods. Even if we exhaust everything, there is only a 37.25 percent chance of preserving chips that record our civilization. It is impossible for living beings such as ourselves to survive this apocalypse. Thus, the Dawn Council was established. Its purpose has always been to do everything within our power to pass down our civilization.]
[Even now, a portion of Dawn's mainframe energy is being used to calculate the chances of our survival. According to the ultimate objective established at the Dawn Council's founding, should we discover a future possibility that allows living beings to be passed on—even if it is only half as