The region of the black hole at the center of Andromeda.

Inside one of the white dwarf fortresses, [9436] and his companion [9435] were intently staring at the light screen in front of them.

On the light screen, a wide-area tachyon broadcast message from the mother civilization is being displayed.

【9436】The tentacles on both sides of its body swayed slowly and unconsciously, and its slightly whitish body color fully revealed its inner horror.

"They've gone mad... Has the mother civilization gone mad?!"

"Didn't they just ban clashes with neutral parties a while ago?"

"Why now..."

[In this mission, all divisions will prioritize defending against any potential attacks by the Pastoral Party against the Ring Universe Accelerator components.]

[During the mission, any unusual actions by the neutral faction will be considered a provocation, and unlimited counterattacks are permitted.]

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"Is the mother civilization... ready to completely tear up the agreement?"

"This...isn't the mother civilization afraid of the neutral faction and the pastoral faction uniting together?"

It couldn't believe what it was seeing and couldn't figure out why.

Like [9436], even its superior, the head of the Andromeda branch of the Cleaners, was completely bewildered at this moment.

What exactly happened to the mother civilization that suddenly became so "tough"?

The image on the light screen changed again.

Upon seeing the information, [9436] and the rest of the Andromeda branch members instinctively held their breath.

...

Beyond the Andromeda Galaxy, in the sparsely populated region between galaxies.

Accompanied by a powerful spacetime fluctuation, a spherical, distorted spacetime structure appeared in this desolate area.

Immediately afterwards, a long, seemingly endless thin thread emerged from it.

In this almost entirely dark starfield, this thin thread, which had neither length nor width, appeared extremely well hidden.

Following closely behind is a spherical structure that is constantly twisting.

It was like a gray shadow, constantly twisting in this dark universe.

The wormhole slowly dissipated, and spacetime returned to calm.

Tachyon signals propagate rapidly in this silent space.

Were we the only two there at that time?

The silk threads swayed slowly and coalesced into a complex, clump-like structure.

Of course not.

The gray shadows rippled: [The Andromeda branch of the Cleaners is nothing like the Milky Way.]

The membrane wouldn't send us to our deaths; He must have other plans.

As the tachyon fluctuations gradually dissipated, this part of the universe returned to its original silence.

The tangled threads and the shadows returned to calm, as if waiting for something.

[Silk, get ready, they're coming!]

Suddenly, the spherical shadow twisted again and emitted a tachyon signal.

The message had just been sent, and before [Silk] could respond, dozens of powerful spacetime fluctuations suddenly appeared in this star field.

Every fluctuation in spacetime signifies a wormhole structure!

Under the watchful eyes of [Silk] and [Time], dimensional creatures from distant stars emerged from within.

One-dimensional creatures resembling threads, similar to silk; four-dimensional creatures resembling shadows, similar to time...

And, paper-like two-dimensional creatures that resemble paintings!

The long-standing silence of this deserted place was shattered at this moment!

Looking at their people who had come from afar, [Silk] and [Time] were also filled with emotion.

Dimensional beings are relatively rare; therefore, under normal circumstances, there are usually only a few dimensional beings in a vast star field.

The scene of dozens of dimensional beings gathered together like this has been something that [Silk] and [Time] haven't seen in a long time!

...

Earth's calendar years.

In the outer region of the Andromeda Galaxy, within a star system whose main star is a blue giant.

【Kuafu】, escorted by hundreds of starships, hovered quietly beside the blue giant.

Within the microcosm, the research on dark matter theory led by Lü Yongchang has reached its final stage.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of academicians, he slowly lowered his right hand.

Lu Yongchang took a small step back and carefully examined the holographic projection in front of him.

Among them are densely packed and incredibly complex formulas and derivations.

At that moment, a faint, emerald-green light flashed in his eyes, almost imperceptible to others.

In the next instant, his consciousness uncontrollably entered the technology tree space.

A dramatic change is taking place in the Tech Tree space!

The fog that had been shrouding the top of the Level 6 technology tree quickly dissipated, and the dim cursor symbolizing the foundational technology of Level 7 civilization shone brightly like a supernova exploding at an extremely fast speed!

It illuminated the entire tech tree space!

As the technology tree slowly moved upwards, one by one, brand-new, dim cursors appeared before Lü Yongchang's eyes.

With this, human civilization has successfully advanced to Level VII!

Although he had anticipated this scene, Lü Yongchang still felt a faint sense of joy when he actually saw it.

His gaze passed over the gleaming white branches of the tech tree and looked toward the background behind it—as the tech tree itself changed, the mottled background of the tech tree space also changed somewhat!

It revealed more details to Lü Yongchang!

The increasingly clear mottled spots made him frown again.

"Why does this look so familiar..."

Lu Yongchang's consciousness muttered to itself.

Before he could figure out the mystery, his consciousness was kicked out of the technology tree space!

In the next instant, an energy of unknown origin erupted from his mind, sweeping across his body like a tsunami.

Under the control of the technology tree system, the vast amount of pure energy had no effect on the surrounding objects!

Even Fang Xu, who was standing next to Lü Yongchang, did not notice his abnormality!

This energy comes quickly and goes quickly.

In a short moment, after "sweeping" around, it returned to the depths of Lü Yongchang's brain.

P.S.: Thank you to Tenth Art for the king of gifts!

Thank you Haoyuezhidong for the expert certification!

That's awesome!

Ahem, I didn't have time to write last night, so I'll take a day off today. This will be the only update.