"Then..."
Lü Yongchang had already risen from his chair.
His brow furrowed deeply as he asked urgently, "Then what exactly are the Cleaners trying to do?"
The Silicon Ray sounded distinctly amused.
[Before that, I'm rather curious how that two-dimensional lifeform called Hua described the Gardener Faction.]
Lü Yongchang froze for a moment, then answered the Silicon Ray with Hua's exact words. "For the safety of this universe, they are trying to stop the Cleaners Civilization's dangerous actions..."
Before he could finish, the Silicon Ray's mouthparts snapped open, and even its enormous body began to twitch slightly.
Clearly, it was roaring with laughter.
[You believed that?]
"No... of course not. It's just..."
[Good. You have some brains.]
[Those old fossils in the Gardener Faction actually had the nerve to say that... pah!]
Lü Yongchang could hear the profound disdain in the Silicon Ray's voice all too clearly.
What... was going on here?
For a moment, Lü Yongchang's curiosity reached its peak.
After venting its resentment, the Silicon Ray calmed down and began explaining the situation to the "Enroget Civilization" in detail.
[It's true that the Cleaners Civilization is building the Universe-Ring Particle Accelerator, but its purpose isn't to destroy this universe.]
[They are trying to raise particles' energy levels to briefly recreate the universe's evolution at the instant of the Big Bang.]
[That would allow them to become a level nine civilization.]
[Of course, before that, the Cleaners Civilization needs a "basic" understanding of dimensions. This is also what all level eight civilizations are working on.]
[Which brings us to the question.]
[How do you quickly gain an understanding of those elusive dimensions?]
[The answer, naturally, is the Gardener Faction's dimensional beings.]
[So the two sides have fought more than one war on an enormous scale. Calling them mortal enemies...