Daozi opened his eyes and looked at the weakening Black Hole Consciousness before him. Daozi's body, which had just begun to materialize, had to weaken again and input his energy into the Black Hole Consciousness. However, this energy from the Black Stone Civilization was not a destructive force, but rather, like a virus, it continuously devoured the black hole's energy to strengthen itself.
Having completed their attack, the Black Stone Fleet burst out of the black hole once more. Upon exiting, it split into hundreds of squads and scattered in all directions. At the same time, it notified the Fish Horse Star Civilization that the plan was complete and instructed them to send false consciousnesses into the black hole to seize the opportunity to take their place.
The Fish Horse Star Civilization fleet also arrived near the event horizon of the black hole. The false consciousness was successfully launched. Inside the black hole, the three clusters of consciousness energy began to entangle. The false consciousness created by the Fish Horse Star Civilization gradually gained the upper hand, and Daozi's figure became more and more illusory, and his expression became more and more solemn.
"Youngsters, I'm nearing my end. Please be prepared. I apologize."
"No, we can't give up like this." Hu Yu's eyes widened.
"Does it require consciousness energy? I will lead the way, sacrifice myself, Zhonghua, and broadcast this message to all of humanity, to all civilizations in the galaxy. Sacrifice civilized beings to support the Black Hole Consciousness."
"No, junior, it's useless. The Black Stone Civilization's Consciousness Field attack is not just a simple consciousness shock. No amount of consciousness energy will help. Even if all the consciousness energy of all the civilizations in the galaxy were combined, it would only last for a few more minutes."
"Elder Chief, is there any other way?" Hu Yu asked his ancestor.
"Sigh, if there were a way, would I have waited until now?"
"General, I'm here." Just as Hu Yu was getting anxious, Ninety-Seven appeared outside the ship.
" Ninety-Seven, what brings you here?"
Anxious and nervous, Hu Yu didn't realize how Ninety-Seven managed to transmit his consciousness message into the Expeller. The Expeller used Virtual Reversed State as a consciousness shield, so even the Insect Emperor couldn't transmit consciousness attacks inside. Yet Ninety-Seven had managed to do it.
"General, if there's a chance, I'll come back and explain to you. If there isn't, I want to say that meeting you, General, has been the happiest and most worthwhile thing in my life. General, please send a message to the Black Hole Consciousness; I need to enter the black hole directly."
After saying this, Ninety-Seven's enormous tree-shaped body entered the fourth dimension and headed straight for the black hole.
" Ninety-Seven," Hu Yu called out, but Ninety-Seven could no longer hear him.
Watching Ninety-Seven's departing figure, everyone fell silent. The Tree Race, this great race, always sacrificed themselves at crucial moments to save others, especially humanity time and again.
"Immediately send a message to the Black Hole Consciousness to open the fourth-dimensional portal," Hu Yu shouted.
"No, General, the Black Hole Consciousness is completely unresponsive. Don't the Tree Race know how to teleport? Ninety-Seven, have you forgotten?" Gao Jianchuan reminded him.
" General Gao, I am no longer a member of the Tree Race. The Tree Race no longer exists." Ninety-Seven gave a bleak smile.
"Immediately find a way to broadcast to the galaxy that Ninety-Seven must be sent into the black hole."
"We have a way to bring Ninety-Seven back to three-dimensional space." After sending the message, Hu Yu immediately received a reply from the Demon Scorpion Civilization.
Ninety-Seven's enormous body reappeared in the three-dimensional space of the galaxy. The hundreds of thousands of warships remaining from the Demon Scorpion Civilization had already assembled, and the fleet surrounded Ninety-Seven at the center. As energy surged, space began to deform, and the deformation of space facing the black hole was particularly severe.
Suddenly, the deformed space expanded violently like a spring that had been compressed to its limit, Ninety-Seven rushed into the black hole along the deformed space. When Ninety-Seven returned to normal, it was already inside the black hole.
Upon entering the black hole, Ninety-Seven immediately located the point of existence of the Black Hole Consciousness field. Ninety-Seven's entire body rushed directly into the black hole's Closed Spacetime Curve and began to contend with the false consciousness of the Fish Horse Star Civilization.
Soon, Ninety-Seven gained the upper hand. The Tree Race's consciousness was already powerful, and now Ninety-Seven seemed to be composed entirely of consciousness energy. The false consciousness of the Fish Horse Star Civilization was no match for Ninety-Seven and Yun San after a few rounds. However, the energy emitted by the Black Stone Civilization became active again after seeing Ninety-Seven.
Ninety-Seven desperately fought against this energy, constantly consuming himself to corrode this strange energy, but the effect was not obvious.
"Keep going, sir." Even in this critical moment, Ninety-Seven maintained his smile.
"You brat, there's nothing I can do either. This ball of consciousness energy doesn't belong to our universe."
"What can we do now? I could have escaped unscathed; my consciousness no longer needed to rely on the Black Hole Consciousness field. I didn't expect you to be so useless, old man. Tch."
"Sigh." A soft sigh echoed in their minds.
"It's you!" Daozi exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, it's me."
"I've been searching for you for countless years, I never expected you'd dare to come!"
"I didn't want to come; you've always been hostile towards me, but you're wrong."
A ball of white energy appeared in the black hole, transforming into a humanoid shape. This humanoid energy waved its hand, and the consciousness energy of the Black Stone Civilization vanished without a trace.
" Ninety-Seven, quick, replace the Black Hole Consciousness, it's about to dissipate." Daozi didn't have time to pay attention to the white consciousness that had just appeared.
"Me? Why aren't you going?"
"You brat, stop talking nonsense. I no longer have the ability to reassemble this energy. Once it dissipates, all civilizations in the galaxy will perish."
"Okay, fine."
Ninety-Seven had no choice but to regroup the Black Hole Consciousness energy and gather it into his own body. In those few short seconds, all the civilized creatures in the galaxy seemed to have fallen seriously ill, becoming extremely weak and exhausted. Some of them even fainted from weakness.
"It feels pretty good."
"You brat, you're acting all innocent after getting the benefit. From now on, I'll have to watch my step. The Black Hole Consciousness that all civilizations are going crazy for, and you've managed to get it."
"Sir, I didn't want to."
"I know that the Galactic Consciousness is dominated by your Tree Race, which is not bad. By the way, what exactly are you?" Daozi suddenly asked, pointing at the white humanoid figure.
"Let's talk outside. If we stay here, you'll have to be wary of me."
"Alright, kid, give this old man some energy."
"No need to waste it. It just went through a great battle and then the initial fusion. Every bit of its energy is extremely precious. This is the energy of the Black Stone Civilization. I have no use for it. It has already been converted. Here, take it." After the white figure finished speaking, a ball of energy rushed straight towards Daozi, giving Daozi no chance to resist.