Aleph-1's Philosophy

Whoosh—

As the black mech before them slowly moved toward the Tunneler, its components fitted more securely against its chassis with every step.

This was the result of Aleph-1 using void matter to fine-tune it.

There was no telling whether the wreckage of this black Tunneler had possessed a consciousness of its own before Aleph-1 recovered it.

But now, without a doubt, the mech assembled from that wreckage carried Aleph-1's will.

"Civilization. Meaningless. Devour."

In the vacuum of space, where sound could not travel, a voice abruptly rang out in the minds of Mo Bai and of Rover and Aemeath inside the Tunneler.

The voice was detached and utterly emotionless, sounding no different from a simple synthesized electronic voice.

But Rover and the others could clearly tell who it belonged to.

Aleph-1.

Still, if it could speak, did that mean communication was possible?

It was a bold idea.

Since the three of them could perceive this Threnodian's voice in their minds, then logically, their voices should also be able to reach it.

"Why devour civilization? With so many imaginative, creative people, how could any of this be meaningless?!"

Aemeath could understand the meaning behind Aleph-1's fragmented words.

Of the three, she had spent the longest at the Star Torch Academy, and she herself had once been swallowed by the Void Matter Space and become a Digital Ghost.

She had witnessed Lahai Luo's changes and progress over the years, as well as the final expressions of those who, like her before them, had been swallowed by void matter.

Back then, as a Digital Ghost, she could remember their expressions.

Struggle, defiance, anger, helplessness...

But in the instant before void matter swallowed them completely, nothing remained on their faces or in their minds but emptiness.

Because they knew their fate could not