Augustus's words echoed like thunder through Concept Space. The Void Ark's core consciousness-the weary old man-grew even more insubstantial, as though he might dissolve at any moment in his creator's radiance.
Lin Ye felt a shock unlike anything he had ever experienced. The multiple Constellation Marks within him began resonating violently, each responding to the primordial conceptual power emanating from Augustus.
"Father..." the Void Ark's core consciousness said weakly. "I only wanted to fulfill the mission you gave me..."
Augustus slowly approached his creation, his long golden hair whipping through the Concept Storm. Every step sent ripples through the surrounding spacetime. "I know, my child. But you misunderstood what protection meant."
He stopped before the old man and reached out to gently touch the shoulder of the Void Ark's core consciousness. The touch temporarily stabilized the old man's form.
"Let me tell you the true history." Augustus turned to Lin Ye and his two companions, and ancient recordings began appearing in the surrounding space.
The images revealed a radically different universe. Across countless planets, civilizations' intellectual innovations blazed like fireworks. Some built cities from pure mathematical concepts, others powered starships with emotional energy, and some even used philosophical logic to reshape the physical structure of entire galaxies.
"That was the Concept Big Bang Era," Augustus said, his voice filled with nostalgia. "The creativity of intelligent life reached its peak. Revolutionary ideas were born every day."
But the images soon revealed the chaos beneath it all. One civilization's concept of "absolute truth" collided with another's idea of "relative reality," collapsing the logical structure of an entire star sector. An artistic civilization pursuing "perfect beauty" transformed twelve neighboring galaxies into gigantic sculptures, utterly disregarding the survival needs of other species.
"Innovation brought prosperity, but it also brought disaster." Augustus pointed at the