"You are hope," Augustus affirmed. "Every Constellation Mark within you represents the highest wisdom of a cosmic cycle. Sagittarius's free will, Scorpio's insight, Pisces's empathy... these are all pure thoughts that the Concept Parasites cannot understand or infect."
But just then, the controlled Scobio let out a mocking laugh. Through Concept Conduction, his voice reached clearly into the Void Ark:
"You still don't understand." Scobio's voice no longer belonged to him at all, but to the collective consciousness of the Concept Parasites. "We knew about Lin Ye long ago. We knew about the Multiverse's plan to save itself."
"Did you think we chose Scobio as our host at random? No. We chose him precisely because of Scorpio's insight. Through him, we have already seen through all of Lin Ye's secrets."
A chill swept through Lin Ye.
"More interestingly," the parasites continued, "we discovered a fatal flaw in the Concept Marks within Lin Ye."
Augustus's expression changed sharply. "What flaw?"
"These conceptual powers from different universes have never truly fused." The parasites' voice brimmed with malice. "They merely coexist temporarily in the same vessel. Under enough pressure, they will clash and cancel one another out."
"Lin Ye, have you felt it? That tearing pain when you try to use several Constellation Marks at once?"
Lin Ye had indeed felt it. Whenever he tried to fully activate the conceptual powers within him, the thought patterns of different universes clashed, nearly shattering his consciousness.
"That is our opportunity," the parasites declared. "We don't need to infect Lin Ye directly. We only need to create enough pressure for the conceptual powers within him to tear one another apart."
"And when these cross-universe conceptual powers shatter from their conflict, the resulting conceptual chaos will be richer than the collapse of any single universe. It will