But how long is the history of the current human empire and Federation? Only three thousand years.
This cognitive filter has been discovered and studied by the Boundary-Breaking Empire for tens of thousands of years without being cracked. And this is only the time since they were discovered; its true existence must have been even longer.
The technology inherent in the barrier from its inception far surpasses the level of a second-tier civilization.
The Mastermind... is the 'god-level civilization' that the Boundary-Breaking Empire, the Star Alliance, and many other cosmic civilizations without extraordinary powers have been desperately searching for!
The truth is not that humans created the Mastermind, but rather that the Mastermind created the current human society.
"No, it should be said that it's not just the Mastermind." A stream of thoughts came from the Analysis Personality.
Human civilization has split into two factions: in the Federation, the Mastermind controls all social activities, while in the Empire, there is an alien noble family that has already revealed its hand.
The reason why the Empire's aliens were confirmed to be one of the Type III civilizations was because Wen Jing figured out a strange phenomenon of the ' Door Handle ' Wilderness Weapon.
The spatial range of Door Handle is defined by the territory of a civilized power.
When Wen Jing was first exiled in the universe, he used it to find the first civilization, the Light Language Civilization.
Later, when she encountered the Star Alliance and other civilizations, the Door Handle functioned normally without any issues.
It wasn't until the confrontation with the Boundary-Breaking Empire's regional distortion field that Wen Jing first used the Door Handle to transfer to the Phase Creation Civilization and discovered that he could directly transfer to the distant territory of the Boundary-Breaking Empire.
The Boundary-Breaking Empire and the Phase Creation Civilization were originally two factions that split from the Changheng Civilization. They were separated for hundreds of thousands of years and established different civilizations. However, in the judgment of the Wilderness Weapon, they are still considered as one civilization.
However, in human civilization, the range of movement of Door Handle was limited.
When used in the Federation, it cannot directly enter the Imperial territory, and the same applies within the Empire.
She initially thought the Door Handle was identified as belonging to 'civilized forces,' but now she understands...
Because the human Federation and empires were not recognized as civilizations by the Door Handle; the civilizations recognized by the Wilderness Weapon were actually the Mastermind and alien nobles who controlled human society.
And since they set up barriers and maintained human society, there must be a reason for doing so.
The irreplaceable value that humanity possesses—of course, belongs only to the Awakened can enter the Ancient Wilderness and gain extraordinary power.
During his time in exile in the universe, Wen Jing witnessed numerous civilizations and races, but none of them possessed extraordinary power.
A Level 3 civilization likely doesn't exist either.
However, the difference is that they may have discovered humans in an earlier period of exploration.
Because of the unique nature of humanity's ability to produce Awakened, they did not choose to ignore or eliminate them as they would when encountering lower-level civilizations.
The pursuit of knowledge is an instinct inherent in the development of a civilization.
Faced with mysterious Ancient Wilderness and extraordinary power, no normal civilization would turn a blind eye.
Xie Ming's voice from the Ancient Wilderness Fundamentals class echoed in Wen Jing's mind once more:
"Another important attribute of the Ancient Wilderness is that it is 'unrecordable'... No matter what medium it is, whether it's the Mastermind, Ancient Wilderness materials, or paper... it cannot be recorded."
If a Level 3 civilization cannot enter the Ancient Wilderness and master extraordinary powers, but still wants to obtain its information and resources, it will naturally have to adopt other strategies.
So they used technology to overwhelm and deceive everyone, constructing the human society we see today, which resembles a space opera.
Humanity has always been domesticated by a truly godlike civilization...
Chapter 213
After realizing the truth hidden beneath the surface of human civilization, many of Wen Jing's past problems were easily solved.
Why, even in the interstellar age, is humanity's footprint still limited to two adjacent star systems?
Why do two human civilizations choose to fight each other instead of exploring the vast expanse of space?
Why are the political environments of the Federation and the Empire getting worse and worse?
It's not because of a low level of vision, but because of the comprehensive technological, economic, and cultural blockade imposed by two third-level civilizations.
"On a societal level, there's direct technological superiority, and regarding control over those with extraordinary abilities... will Awakened truly experience Genetic Collapse?"
This can be understood by considering Wen Jing's sudden Genetic Collapse and the imperial nobles' claim of 'mental guidance' that could prevent Genetic Collapse in Awakened.
The Mastermind's 'black technology,' the containment missions of the three awakened academies, the fact that the C-grade Empowerment Stone awarded in the Freshman League contained no superpowers, and the Prophet's assassins... all these can be connected into a single line.
The other party already possesses the ability to extract the Superpower Core and bestow it upon others... or more accurately, clones.
So when Wen Jing and Dean Bai met Bai Ling, who looked unfamiliar, outside the Out-of-Control Zone, the assassins she saw through her Tactical Glasses had no social attributes other than their superpowers.
Because they have no social connections.
Was the reason the Mastermind suddenly attacked her because it feared her potential for growth?
Wen Jing's discovery and awakening to the truth about human domestication happened in an instant within the Mind Palace, lasting only a second.
And just a second later, the Clone, which had just crossed the cognitive barrier and hadn't had time to explore further, sensed extreme danger—
It's locked.
It should be noted that under the [ Myriad Transformation Furnace ] and [ Advanced Invisibility ], even a level-two peak civilization would need to Analysis the most advanced instruments to barely determine Wen Jing's location by eliminating 'nothingness'.
But at that moment, the other party had locked onto her with unparalleled precision.
Even at the instant the target is locked on, the attack occurs simultaneously.
It wasn't an electromagnetic wave, a gravitational wave, or a neutrino beam... Wen Jing's basic senses didn't detect anything unusual; only his information senses perceived the trajectory of a strange beam.
Following this trail of information, she traced the source of the attack—
It was an unremarkable rocky planet about three light-years away, devoid of any technological equipment.
Wen Jing 'stared' over there.
Energy and mental strength are being consumed rapidly. Under the information field of vision, more and more specific information unfolds layer by layer like a tree diagram.
Then she saw it.
Beneath the planet's surface lies not the Earth's core, not the lithosphere, not even a hidden research base, but a consciousness.
The entire planet is merely its outer garment; the mountains are its skeletal folds; the groundwater is its blood circulation; and all the seemingly natural planetary matter is not its original substance, but rather a simulation created by a highly advanced bioengineering material.
This material is His 'flesh and blood'.
That entire planet was merely a single member of a Type III civilization.
The name of its civilization, after being translated, was understood by Wen Jing to be... the Alaya Civilization.
Given enough time and close enough proximity, she could explore even more entries and obtain more information.
But there wasn't enough time.
While Wen Jing was 'observing' the other party through information, the attack had already begun.
"Buzz..."
What comes is not any harm from the outside, but a 'change' that occurs from within.
The particles that make up Wen Jing's body—exoskeleton, muscle fibers, nerve bundles—are having their biological frequencies forcibly altered to resonate with the pulse of the planet she perceives, or rather, the pulse of the Alaya Race members.
She is being assimilated by the other party, transformed into the same special material.
The pain in the body arrives half a second late, then explodes with a hundred times the intensity.
But what's even more terrifying is that she felt a warm emotion on a conscious level.
The whisper came from the depths of my consciousness, as if from the very heart...
return.
Be us.
The changes are not limited to the physical level, but also extend to the level of consciousness.
"Bang!"
However, the next moment, Wen Jing's Clone exploded and shattered into countless tiny fragments.
The largest piece disappeared directly into the material universe.
This 'piece' of Wen Jing vanished into the Ancient Wilderness, appearing beside his Strongest Clone, and began to recover rapidly.
The remaining bodily matter tumbled in space, drawn by an invisible force, drifting towards the planet of flesh and blood.
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"Level Three Civilization... Alaya Race..."
Within the Mind Palace, the Dominant Will Analysis the latest intelligence gathered.
If Wen Jing had immediately entered the Ancient Wilderness the moment he was targeted by the attack, he could have 'dodged' the blow.
However, this meant missing the opportunity to obtain intelligence about the other side.
She urgently needs all the information about the civilization form, combat power Threshold, and technological level of a Level 3 civilization.
More importantly, to infiltrate a civilization using the abilities of the Xu Yuan, one must possess information about that civilization that Wen Jing already knows.
Her original plan was to have Xu Yuan obtain a past Federation identity and infiltrate back, but now that she has discovered that humanity is not even considered a civilization, she naturally has to change her plan.
Instead, they directly infiltrated two level-three civilizations.
However, Wen Jing had no Information Perception in the past and had never seen the true form of the Mastermind. Even now that he had deduced that there was a civilization behind the other party, he could not provide an anchor point for Xu Yuan to infiltrate the ' Mastermind Civilization '.
Therefore, the information about civilizations we obtain now is of paramount importance.
Whether the Alaya Civilization is the Mastermind or the civilization behind the alien empire, it is a channel.
In comparison, losing a Reconnaissance Clone with low attribute points is perfectly acceptable.
However, recalling that attack now, Wen Jing also felt lingering fear and a sense of unease.
"To truly change the rules of the universe, to manipulate information... that must be the unifying force of the Star Alliance theory."
According to the Star Alliance's projections, the hallmark of a Type III civilization is achieving the ultimate goal of physics—the Grand Unified Theory.
There are four fundamental forces that interact between microscopic particles: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force.