" Yun San and Rock Star are the prime suspects. There's an old saying in our civilization: the less a match seems, the more likely it is. However, this is merely my personal suspicion, without any basis. Please don't reveal this without sufficient evidence, to avoid causing displeasure."
"Should I subtly inquire about it? I know them very well; they won't suspect anything."
"Not for now, but you should be careful."
"Don't worry, our base has been secretly moved, and no one knows its exact location now."
In a small space far from the base, Academician Xiao and his team were studying several giant worms. This time, however, there was no bloody dissection, but rather research at the level of consciousness. They were mainly using various instruments and equipment to capture the faint Consciousness Field. No matter how strong the Consciousness Field was, it was still weak in front of the equipment and extremely difficult to capture.
Just as Academician Xiao was carefully studying the Consciousness Field of the insect people, a faint curve appeared on the instrument. This curve was even fainter than the second curve of the insect people and was close to the bottom of the display area. If you didn't look closely, you might think that this was the boundary line of the display area. However, the observant Academician Xiao still noticed it.
"Hmm? Could it be like that?" Academician Xiao muttered to himself.
"Academician, have you discovered anything?" Number One asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. Let's go see the general."
Academician Xiao took off his protective suit, left the laboratory, and boarded a small spaceship with several short men, speeding towards the main base. Academician Xiao's research was extremely dangerous; if something like Consciousness Field attack went wrong, he would be the first to lose consciousness. For the safety of the public, he had been conducting his research secretly far from the base.
"General, I have some hunches that may reveal the truth behind the whole mystery."
"Really!!" Everyone turned their attention to Academician Xiao.
"If I'm not mistaken, that should be the case. Please wait a moment, our evidence will be presented soon."
Just as everyone was still wondering what Academician Xiao was waiting for, an old man reappeared in the seat next to Hu Yu, and everyone's attention turned to the old man again.
" Mr. Daozi." Everyone greeted him respectfully, except for Wen Zhonghua said, "You old bastard, you appear and disappear like a ghost, vanishing at the crucial moment and making me spit out my good wine and food."
"Ahem, ahem, young man, don't be so impetuous. Hurry up and bring out the wine and dishes. Remember to order plenty of my favorite fatty chicken. I'm extremely busy; I have a long journey to take later."
"You old bastard, trying to sneak away again? You want food and drinks? No way!" Wen Zhonghua said, gesturing for the logistics staff to prepare immediately.
"Sir, what brings you here today?"
"Eat first, eat first, we'll talk after we've eaten. This old man hasn't tasted anything delicious for tens of thousands of years."
" Mr. Daozi, perhaps I should address you as Mr. Black Hole," Academician Xiao said, stepping forward with a hint of confidence.
The old man was stunned. The gourd he was holding stopped mid-air. He stared intently at Academician Xiao. This was the first time anyone had seen the old man so serious. But then, the old man smiled.
You guessed it?
"It's not speculation, it's evidence."
"What?! The old guy is a black hole?"
" Mr. Daozi is a black hole!!!"
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When this bombshell was dropped, everyone was stunned and at a loss for words. Even the shock of the impending destruction of the Milky Way paled in comparison to the moment before.
"To be precise, Mr. Daozi is the consciousness of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Mr. Daozi, am I right in guessing?"
"Young man, present your evidence."
"It's very simple. I just detected a Consciousness Field Consciousness Field that I can detect anywhere in the Milky Way. However, in the Secondary Universe, I can only detect it when you are present. The only thing that could have such a powerful Consciousness Field covering the entire galaxy is a black hole. Although I don't quite believe that black holes can generate consciousness, considering everything we've seen so far, this is the only reasonable explanation."
"Alright, it's time for you to know some things. You've all grown up, juniors. I'm very pleased and happy. I've been waiting for you to guess my identity. Originally, I estimated that you should have known by the early stages of the Large Star Region, but you're not bad now. You may be a little slow, but you're passable."
"Really!"
" Mr. Daozi, are you really a black hole?"
"Absolutely incredible."
"Old man, don't try to be mysterious. How could a black hole have consciousness? If that's the case, does that mean every celestial body has consciousness? What would become of the universe then?" Wen Zhonghua handed the old man a fat chicken leg, his words sharp and sarcastic.
"Why can't black holes generate consciousness? Tell me, how did your consciousness arise? Aren't you just a combination of basic particles? In terms of complexity, black holes are ten thousand times more complex than you, and the number of dimensions they influence is beyond your imagination. It's not surprising at all that such a complex celestial body could generate consciousness."
"And what about you?"
"Let me explain in detail; you are now qualified to know." The old man took a bite of a fatty chicken leg and gulped down several mouthfuls of wine.
Over ten billion years ago, the Milky Way began to form, and consciousness arose in the black hole at Milky Way center. However, at that time, the Galactic Consciousness was hazy, like a newborn infant, possessing only instincts and no capacity for thought. The Galactic Consciousness originally disdained the creatures and civilizations within the galaxy, because no matter how advanced a civilization became, the Galactic Consciousness could easily control their life and death and deprive them of their Consciousness Field.
Moreover, when the various galaxies collided, it wasn't just the Milky Way that developed consciousness; many nearby galaxies also developed consciousness. They were more concerned with the direct confrontation between their consciousnesses. For example, if the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy were to merge in the future, only one of these two Consciousness Field could survive. Therefore, they needed to find a way to win the consciousness confrontation.
However, consciousness is ultimately just consciousness. This kind of consciousness cannot collide with matter. In other words, the Galactic Consciousness cannot stop or promote any changes in the Milky Way. This is the tragedy of all Galaxy Consciousness. Apart from depriving the beings in their own galaxy of consciousness, they even find it very difficult to change the direction of a particle's movement. However, this was the initial Galaxy Consciousness. The current Galaxy Consciousness has improved a lot after billions of years of development.