With the injection of consciousness energy, Daozi returned to his peak state from a near-transparent state. Daozi checked himself and found nothing wrong, and he was even several times better than his peak state. However, Daozi did not give up his hostility and continued to stare at the white figure.
The white figure appeared directly outside the black hole, with Daozi following closely behind.
"Wait a moment, I'll be right back," the white-clad figure said.
"Yes, me too."
The two figures vanished instantly, and soon they reunited. This time, however, they went to Hu Yu's side. Daozi personally replenished the consciousness energy of the unconscious people inside the ship. Although Hu Yu and the others had not yet fainted, the human Consciousness Field was among the lowest in all civilizations. Coupled with the special relationship between human consciousness and Black Hole Consciousness, Hu Yu was almost entirely relying on his strong willpower to sustain himself.
With Daozi's arrival, Hu Yu immediately recovered. Seeing Daozi in high spirits, Hu Yu knew that Ninety-Seven had succeeded. A huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders, and Hu Yu finally breathed a long sigh of relief. However, what was that white figure in front of him? Hu Yu was still full of questions.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Yun An, and I am a creature of the Shadow Civilization, from another dimension. We accidentally entered the Star Eye while trying to escape the pursuit of the Black Stone Civilization, which is how we ended up in this dimension."
"So the Shadow Civilization is you?" Li Zhixiong said, having already learned the name Shadow Civilization from his previous dealings with the Black Stone Civilization.
"Oh? You know us? But we're no longer suitable. In this dimensional world, there's only me. Our civilization doesn't have many beings, unlike your ordinary beings who number in the tens of thousands. In this universe, billions of years ago, I was attacked by the Black Stone Civilization. On the verge of death, I discovered a Star Eye. So, with the mind of certain death, I entered the Star Eye, but unexpectedly, I escaped death and entered this dimensional world."
"What is Star Eye?" Hu Yu asked.
"General Hu Yu, right? I've been observing you. You're very capable. The Star Eye is a cosmic wonder that occasionally appears in our universe. A void will inexplicably appear in space, and various energies and matter will erupt from within it. Countless civilizations have tried to penetrate into the Star Eye, but none have been able to return. For our dimensional world, the Star Eye is a dead end."
"After arriving in this dimensional world, I discovered that the Star Eye might be the connection point between two dimensional worlds. A super energy burst in one dimensional world might break through the isolation between two dimensional worlds, for example, the annihilation activity between the antimatter star and the matter star you created."
"The space collapsed; it turns out that matter and energy went to another dimension, including space itself." Academician Zeng realized.
"Yes, billions of years ago, I came here from the Eagle Nebula. At that time, I was extremely weak, my body was being eroded by the Star Eye, and my consciousness energy was dissipating. Just then, Zhou Dao was born, extremely powerful. I was afraid that Zhou Dao would attack me and cause me the same trouble as in the original universe, so I quietly left the Milky Way. It wasn't until the swarm of insects descended that I returned here."
"You don't know, consciousness is very powerful in your universe, but in our world, consciousness is a feast, a feast pursued by countless civilizations. Fortunately, our Shadow Civilization is powerful, otherwise we would have been divided and devoured by those civilizations long ago. This Black Stone Civilization is one of those capable of being our enemy. Staying in our native land is relatively safe, but we can't stay in our native land forever. So, during one of my outings, I was attacked by the Black Stone Civilization."
"We previously destroyed a Nebula Consciousness Entity. What does that have to do with you?" Hu Yu asked.
"That was the consciousness energy I discarded. It contained my own energy, as well as the energy left in my body when the Black Stone Civilization attacked me. I couldn't reverse this energy after the attack, so I had to discard it. I never expected that billions of years later, this consciousness energy would actually develop its own self."
"Did you help them get out of this predicament?"
"No, he doesn't need anyone's help. His consciousness is extremely powerful, far stronger than those of the second-generation consciousness entities. He can leave the nebula with just his consciousness energy. He is primarily based on the consciousness energy of the Black Stone Civilization, which has naturally changed through the rules of this universe, becoming a consciousness entity in this universe. He discarded my original consciousness energy, and you know what happened next." Hu Yu nodded; this explanation was exactly the same as Number One's deduction.
"After the swarm descended, I returned here. At first, I thought a civilization from our world had come through the Star Eye, but I didn't expect that to be the case after arriving in the galaxy. I didn't want to see this beautiful galaxy destroyed by the swarm. However, I found that Zhou Dao still hadn't forgotten me. Because I had wandered around here a few times after arriving in the galaxy, Zhou Dao must have sensed something, so he was extremely wary of me. Even if I came forward to explain, I wouldn't gain his trust, because I could replace the Black Hole Consciousness at any time when it was weakened."
"Then why don't you do it?" Mr. Daozi asked with some disdain.
"Why would I do that? Don't use your fixed mindset to speculate about me. I have no intention of replacing the Black Hole Consciousness. In our civilization, any consciousness that has grown to a certain age is more powerful than your Black Hole Consciousness. Replacing the Black Hole Consciousness would be impossible unless I'm stupid."
"Hmph." Daozi still couldn't bring himself to admit it.
"After returning to the Milky Way, I discovered that the Milky Way's forces were completely inadequate against the insectoids, and were utterly disorganized. So, while Zhou Dao was on his way to Sextans A, I disguised myself as an ordinary Galactic-Level Civilization and coordinated with several Great Star Region Advanced Civilization to resist the insectoid swarm. I even considered killing the Insect Emperor myself, but killing the Insect Emperor would inevitably consume a large amount of my consciousness energy. Furthermore, if the Insect Emperor died too quickly, they would send even more advanced forces. Therefore, I had no choice but to let you handle it yourselves. This way, you can both gain experience and avoid attracting their attention."
"The ones you're talking about, are they the forces from the Abyss?"
"That's right. Our consciousness is also connected to the Abyss and can sense some information about Abyss, but it's very fragmented. In that higher-dimensional universe, the Insect Emperor is just a small branch of the Insect Race. In a few million years, killing him won't matter much, and the Insect Race might not even notice. But if he's killed as soon as he's deployed, it will definitely attract their attention. You still can't let your guard down, because the Insect Race's true high-end forces could descend at any time."