"Our three-dimensional universe belongs to a low-dimensional world. There may be many such low-dimensional worlds. We have already confirmed this when we used Space Banishment. For example, if there are thirty low-dimensional universes in a wider universe, we occupy three of them, and the other nine universes occupy the other 27. However, we all belong to the low-dimensional universe," Academician Gao explained.
"That's right. Our fourth dimension belongs to a higher dimension. There are also higher dimensions like the fifth and sixth dimensions. Even within the fourth dimension, there might be more than one. I suspect this vast world is somewhat like a pyramid structure, with each brick representing a world or a dimension. There might be more than one low-dimensional world like ours; perhaps there are countless ones."
"Academician, I think I understand now. For example, the Alpha Universe where the Mechanical Civilization resides, right?"
"No, I've researched the origins of Mechanical Civilization. The Alpha Universe should be in the same dimension as ours, but this dimension should be dominated by our universe, while other universes are immature. Mechanical Civilization were relatively lucky; their universe's rules were relatively complete, which allowed civilization to arise. In some universes, the rules are extremely chaotic, making it impossible for civilization to arise."
"Wait, Academician, I'm a little dizzy. What's with all this talk about the universe and dimensions? It's too complicated." Li Zhixiong scratched his head.
"Our universe is less than 100 billion light-years long. A single-dimensional world could be trillions, quadrillions, or even hundreds of trillions of light-years in size, and our universe is only a small part of it. Other three-dimensional worlds may be the same as the three-dimensional world to which our universe belongs."
"Two academicians, just tell me directly, where did this fleet come from?"
"It's obvious they came from another dimension. There are two reasons for this. First, if they were from the same dimension as us, such as Mechanical Civilization, none of what just happened would have occurred. Their outer layer clearly possessed enormous energy, yet there was no leakage. This suggests they were either consuming energy with the rules of our universe, undergoing internal rule changes, or trying to resist the rules of our dimension. If they were Mechanical Civilization, coming from the same dimension as us, although the rules are different, there shouldn't have been such a large backlash. This can be determined from everything that happened after the Mechanical Civilization fleet arrived in our universe. Second, if they were from the same dimension as us, traversing between two universes within the same dimension would consume an energy that even Galactic-Level Civilization would find difficult to withstand. Breaking down the barrier between two dimensional worlds would likely be relatively simpler, at least providing sufficient energy support."
"An unfamiliar signal has been detected." This is the fleet's intelligent alert.
"Sever all information storage at the physical level, leaving only the communication equipment, and then bring the signal in." Li Zhixiong made the arrangements cautiously. The opponent's strength was unclear. Since they came from another dimension, they couldn't use the experience of this world to judge their strength.
"Hello, dear friends." A creature resembling a lump of mud appeared in everyone's sight. This lump of mud kept changing shape, and soon a colorful humanoid creature appeared. Although it tried its best to imitate a human, it still looked very strange.
Who are you, and where do you come from?
" The Black Stone Civilization —as for where we came from, we don't know either. I believe you don't even know what your universe is called, right?"
Upon hearing this, the academicians confirmed their conjecture; they were indeed a civilization belonging to another dimension.
Why did you come here?
"Your Excellency, I have discovered remnants of the Shadow Civilization here. Some of them must have also used the Star Eye to get here." Just as the other party was about to continue their conversation with Li Zhixiong, his subordinate suddenly reported this.
Are you sure?
"Confirmed, Your Excellency. These entities are definitely born from traces left by the Shadow Civilization. They must be here. I'm certain of it. This scent is all too familiar to me."
"Indeed, I'm quite familiar with it too. It is indeed the Shadow Civilization. I didn't expect that some of them had been here before. This is getting interesting; we actually encountered our opponents in another dimension."
"I'm asking you, why did you come here?" Li Zhixiong asked seriously.
"We're sorry, we've come here to find an old friend. We don't know how many years ago they also came into this world."
"Old friends? This is all local civilization; there are no old friends here as you call them."
"No, no, I sensed their message here. They must have been here before. It could be a consciousness or a physical entity. This is their warship form. Dear friends, please take a look and see if you've seen this before."
After Xi Ni finished speaking, he sent over several pictures. One was a white shadow, which should be a consciousness entity; another was a physical entity, but it was also emitting light; and the last one was a warship that didn't look like a warship.
Upon seeing the white shadow, Li Zhixiong immediately thought of the Dark Shadow controlling the Yun San Civilization, the Nebula Consciousness Entity. Although one was white and the other black, they were essentially the same. If the Nebula Consciousness Entity was related to this Black Stone Civilization, then this battle would be unavoidable.
While quickly relaying the information to Hu Yu, Li Zhixiong continued to engage with the Black Stone Civilization, stalling for time and awaiting Hu Yu's instructions.
"Sorry, we haven't seen these before."
"Hehe, friend, to tell you the truth, we're not actually looking for old friends. These sentient beings are our mortal enemies. We were forced here by them. We did find traces of their existence just now, but don't worry, they should only be a small part of them."
" Academician Zeng, it seems like the other party can sense what I'm thinking, but not completely. It's strange, it doesn't make sense." Li Zhixiong was also a shrewd person, and the other party's change of words made him immediately realize that something was wrong.
"There's nothing that doesn't make sense. Although our Expeller can shield the Consciousness Field, it's not 100% effective. The other side may have caught your thoughts from the leaked bits and pieces. Just tell them directly now and see what they really want, whether they're friend or foe. This white shadow is definitely related to the Nebula Consciousness Entity."
"Good."
"Dear friends, have you really not seen them? If you have, please tell us. These consciousness entities are no joke. I don't know much about your universe. In our universe, these consciousness entities are the enemies of every civilization, and everyone has the right to kill them."