"Eliminate fear," Astria finished his thought. "Give it a sense of security. Prove that even through the heat death of the Multiverse, some things can still exist forever."
Salak nodded. "That is precisely the message we want to convey. The Transdimensional Entity can be redeemed, and the consciousness of the Negative-One Universe Civilization can be freed."
"But how?" Leo asked. "How do we restore a sense of security to a being that has suffered through countless cosmic cycles?"
"Through true eternity." Salak's answer carried profound meaning. "Not the false eternity gained through absorption and conquest, but the true eternity gained through creation and giving."
He displayed the crucial information the Zero Universe Guardians had observed from within. "What the Transdimensional Entity fears most is not death itself, but being forgotten. It fears that when it disappears, all the wisdom and experience of the Negative-One Universe Civilization will disappear with it."
"Then we'll help it preserve those memories." Lin Ye's Sagittarius Mark began to glow. "We'll carry on the true spirit of the Negative-One Universe Civilization, rather than this twisted way of surviving."
Scobio suddenly realized something crucial. "If we could create a permanent memory space for the Negative-One Universe Civilization in the Concept Gene Bank..."
"It would no longer need to destroy other universes to prove its existence," Astria said excitedly.
Salak smiled for the first time in more than seventeen hundred cosmic cycles. "You've found the right direction. This isn't a war. It's a redemption."
"The resistance base inside the Transdimensional Entity is ready to support your actions at any time," he continued. "We've waited far too long for this opportunity."
The truth Salak brought left the Alliance deep in thought, but an even greater shock lay ahead.
Augustus had been silently observing from the edge of the council