Intelligence revealed that, when the Minus-One Universe faced extinction from rising concept entropy, its civilization had made an agonizing choice: fuse the consciousnesses of all living beings into a single Transdimensional Entity and survive by parasitizing other universes.
"They're victims too." Through Libra's Balance Perception, Astria understood the truth. "This isn't a war of aggression. It's a struggle for survival."
But the most important discovery was the entity's true weakness.
"They cannot withstand 'understanding' and 'compassion,'" the information relayed by the rebirth concept revealed. "Over their long existence as a parasite, the Transdimensional Entity gradually lost the ability to empathize with other living beings. If we can let them experience the feeling of being understood again..."
"They might stop attacking and seek another solution," Lin Ye concluded.
Within mere minutes, the concepts of all thirteen universes were reborn. These concepts, now endowed with immunity, formed a powerful counterattack network and began striking back at the Transdimensional Entity.
But this counterattack was meant not to destroy, but to understand and communicate.
"Prepare to establish a compassion link," Lin Ye ordered all the Guardians through the network. "Our goal isn't to defeat an enemy, but to save a civilization that has lost its way."
Just as the Alliance prepared to launch its counterattack using the rebirth concepts, an ancient conceptual fluctuation suddenly emanated from the deepest reaches of the Multiverse.
This fluctuation was unlike any known conceptual signal. It carried the weight of ages, painful memories, and a spark of hope that had never gone out.
"What is that?" Astria's Libra mark sensed an intense imbalance. "This conceptual frequency... I've never encountered it before."
Scobio's insight was the first to pinpoint the source of the fluctuation. "It's coming from inside the Transdimensional Entity. Something is breaking out from within."
The Transdimensional Entity