"Isn't that the homeland, prosperous and teeming with life?"

When the old man set foot again on this land that haunted his dreams, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide, staring blankly at the starlit sky.

"Beyond the world, is the homeland across the shore."

He gazed distantly, as if looking at the most untouchable happiness from the depths of his memory.

With radiant star seas, misty rain over green mountains, splendid and beautiful oceans, and the wind howling over the loess plateaus...

He couldn't help but tear up again, "What are these images?"

"Why are you crying?" Black Star couldn't help asking, sensing the intense trembling of the other's soul wave.

Both of them were in a harmonization state, not knowing where the real self of the other was, but it did not prevent them from communicating in a specific encrypted information channel.

"I don't remember, just some images flashed by." Wales thought: "I just felt my heart was comforted, something I've longed for."

"How could you not remember your homeland?" Black Star was curious.

"Little one, let me tell you something!"

The old man laughed softly,

"The years are long, but memory is short."

"In the end, my true self is just a pitiable mortal, unlike you eternal extraordinary beings who never forget. Much has long withered and been forgotten by time."

"Can a thirty-year-old mortal remember, at the age of three, the warm whispers held in their mother's arms?"

"No, they wouldn't." Black Star said.

The memories of mortals are weathered and forgotten, for the life level is too low to never forget.

"A mortal who has lived for billions of years would remember even less of the distant youth."

Professor Wales chuckled softly, revealing some of the loneliness of an old man:

"Even sitting in the cockpit of a Divine Level mecha, in the eternal zone where time stands still, life is ultimately too low for us mortals. The finite capacity of a mortal mind has a self-protection mechanism, constantly overwriting memories, like updating storage in a memory stick."

"And now I can shed tears..."

The old man softly recited: "It's something stirring that has awakened the deepest longing, like a mortal after years, suddenly passing by a store and hearing a song they loved in their youthful years. Even if they can't remember the song's name, the familiar melody still brings tears to their eyes."

He almost no longer remembers his past years, lovers, friends, the excitement of the earliest days, the most painful shouts, all long weathered with time, dissipating in the misty rain of the era.

Now there is only that inexplicable touch of long-awaited reunion.

"You are truly tragic." Black Star shook his head.

"Each has their strengths." The old man sighed, "For you individually powerful advanced beings, remembering too much may not be a good thing... Although I did leave a life journal, full of past things forgotten by time, I have never read the prehistoric archives."

The old man looked calm.

So-called heartfelt connection is the best means to draw closer relationships.

And his recent genuine emotional expression was true, without the slightest falsehood, a wanderer returning home, overwhelmed by emotions.

Kata!

The two landed in this most primitive Star Domain of the Black Star Empire.

They became invisible, walking in this technological city, looking at the skyscrapers of steel jungles, bustling streets, and creative fashionably dressed mortals.

The rich all looked garish and vulgar, with large ears, big noses, and bald heads, while the poor stood with universally fair, egg-shaped faces in simple clothing.

"Is this your birthplace?" The old man pushed his glasses.

"Did you figure it out?"

"Yes." The old man nodded.

This aesthetic seems to be molded from the same template as Black Star.

"By the way." Black Star suddenly said, "Although I can't feel where you are, how did you enter this city? There's no room for your Super Mecha, right? Shouldn't you be like a giant, overlooking this small city?"

"I was able to come in; it's a higher realm." The old man said, "God-level, divided into how many realms, do you want to know? You're now only at the lowest level."

Ah??

Black Star blinked, his heart skipped a beat!

This guy is indeed not an ordinary Divine Level, over the long years, he might have already deduced and entered the next realm.

This mysterious old man, just lacking material, is a thin dragon imprisoned by chains. Once he encounters the Main Universe, with infinite matter, when he's well-fed and satisfied, that's when his truly terrifying fangs would reveal.

And this old man piqued his curiosity, but suddenly stopped talking, clearly wanting me to ask him about the realm divisions.

Even if he's naive, he knows that the other party wants to use that trick again.

If he asks, the old man will definitely say, but that would mean owing him a favor again.

"Hmph, then I won't ask anymore."

Black Star snorted coldly. He's a proud person, and even if he's a bit straightforward, how could he be tricked a second time?

"So, what's your plan next? Are you going to gather intelligence here and make some preparations before entering the Crystal Series universe above?"

Black Star even thought about when to ambush this old man and give him some medicine.

Once the old man takes the medicine, he wouldn't be able to play mind games and would spill all the secrets he's been holding onto.

Before, Black Star had used the Life Struggle Pill as a truth serum.

"No rush."

The old man adjusted his glasses, seemingly unaware of Black Star's little scheme, and said with a smile:

"Let's observe the situation first. I've waited countless years, I don't mind waiting a few more to gather information. These few years are actually the most crucial period, which could affect the sweet victory I've waited for billions of years, winning or losing."

"This Divine Level could be divided from First Ring to Ten Thousand Rings in your context. The realm of Ancient God Level is even more terrifying, worlds apart."

The old man nodded slightly, his eyes shimmering, and looked up with a face full of longing, sighing:

"Even as powerful as I am, if truly categorized, I'm only of a mid-tier Ancient God Level. If I really enter such an advanced Extraordinary World, if luck is not on my side, I might encounter some unfathomable ancient and mighty beings, who would slaughter and defeat me!"

He truly believed there were great horrors in this advanced Crystal Series World.

But of course, whether he believes it or not, when faced with the unknown, he must be extremely cautious. He cannot be complacent, thinking there are more terrifying enemies to guard against, he would never be wrong.

Moreover, he is terrified of those creators with powers of creation existing in the unknown!

"So what then?" Black Star, someone with a restless nature, thought it very impressive that he has held back to reach his full potential.

"No rush, let's find a pioneer to explore first." With that, the old man directly took out his subspace.

"What are you doing now?" Black Star was puzzled.

Inside this subspace was a massive space city filled with residents from the Primordial Era civilization.

"Find a scapegoat to explore for us." The old man smirked coldly, "You don't really think it's just the two of us, with no Divine Upper level lurking here, do you?"

Black Star got angry.

So it might be true that other Divine Upper entities exist, possibly lurking around the Primordial civilization, spying in the shadows?

But it makes sense too.

This old man had been fishing for an unknown amount of time, with information coordinates so obvious. After billions of years, even with a low probability, some fish would have passed by and taken the bait.

"Since you know they might exist, why bring such a large subspace? Bringing all the residents?" Black Star felt it was incomprehensible.

Without the subspace, the two of them could travel lightly. How could anyone shadow them?

It's absolutely impossible for them to follow.

"I did it on purpose."

The old man said, "But I intentionally left a flaw, bringing along this super-large subspace so they can have a chance for their mecha to hide inside. I brought this subspace here."

"They might guess I plan to trick them, lure them inside, but they can only hide inside. Would they give up such an opportunity?"

"And now."

The old man looked eagerly at this subspace, with a trace of a smile, "Now, if I just blast this subspace apart, they will reveal their true selves. How many do you think there are? None? No one ever secretly observed me, or are there ten or eight?"

Black Star was speechless.

Is he treating this like a blind box?

Even Black Star, as dumb as he is, realized that this old man wanted to see how many invisible entities might be monitoring him in the shadows.

"Hmph, you're going to blow up this subspace's residents?" Black Star immediately said, "You're going to sacrifice all the people to force a few out? I won't let you do this."

With a clatter.

"I'm not planning to," the old man said, pointing to the open sky, to Black Star, "You say, on the other side of the space, is a Crystal Wall World connected?"

"Yes, upon entering, there's a Crystal Wall World called Thorn Six-pronged Kingdom." Black Star nodded, remembering how he was tortured back then when he entered.

"Very good."

The old man said with a playful smile, "What do you think will happen if I shake all the Primordial Era residents in my subspace into that kingdom?"

Black Star immediately answered, "It's just a small world. Even beings of the Divine Level can live inside. Once they're in, they can surely survive, but according to the Crystal Series' rules, beings of the Divine Upper level cannot enter the Crystal Wall World. They will be expelled into the chaos beyond the world!"

With that, Black Star trembled all over.

He instantly understood the old man's malicious intent!

Those Primordial Era residents could enter the "Thorn Six-pronged Kingdom" with no side effects, but once Divine Upper entities appeared, they would undoubtedly be revealed due to the world's rules, for Ancient Gods are not allowed within the Crystal Wall World. They would be forced to reveal themselves, being used as scouts for this exploratory mission into the Crystal Series universe!

"This person is so sinister!" Black Star drew in a sharp breath, feeling the man's schemes interconnected layer by layer, "You're tossing them in to force them to explore, encountering those Ancient Gods!"

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