"Messenger?"
Ding Ling Dong chewed on the unexpected term, not daring to lower her guard at all. "Whose messenger? The Flood?"
This time, it was Wei Qingqing's turn to be confused.
"What's the Flood?"
She asked in return.
Ding Ling Dong was slightly stunned, but it did make sense. The so-called 'Flood' was just a name that the carbon-based intelligent life in the Pangu universe gave to the superhuman civilizations. It would be strange if Wei Qingqing knew that.
She thought for a moment and said, "Then, is it a superhuman civilization, or … the 'Primeval Civilization'?"
Everyone stared at Wei Qingqing nervously.
Her answer would change the future of the entire Pangu universe.
"Superhuman civilization and … the Primeval Civilization?"
Wei Qingqing said. "If I'm not mistaken, are you referring to the two quasi god-level civilizations that originated from 'primeval Earth' billions of years ago and eventually swept across the entire Multiverse? I didn't expect that you already knew so much. In that case, it would be very convenient for us to communicate. I can sort of count as a messenger of the 'Primeval Civilization'. However, strictly speaking, the Primeval Civilization as a whole has been destroyed, leaving only some survivors and fugitives who are scattered in the depths of the sea of stars, such as the Pangu universe, and they continue to resist stubbornly. For now, I'll just count as a messenger of the Coalition of Resisters! "
Everyone was more or less relieved after hearing Wei Qingqing's words.
It would be fine as long as she was not a messenger of the 'Flood — the superhuman civilization'.
Even so, everyone's heart, which had been hanging in the air, still could not be at ease.
Firstly, Wei Qingqing might not be telling the truth. Even the one in front of everybody might not be the real Wei Qingqing. It was possible that a certain mysterious being beyond the comprehension of human beings had 'created' a vivid impostor that even she did not know about after swallowing Wei Qingqing's soul. It was not impossible.
Secondly, even if she was indeed Wei Qingqing and was telling the truth, it did not mean that everyone was absolutely safe. If the survivors and fugitives of the Primitive Civilization could find the Pangu Universe, would the Flood be far away from them?
Didn't Wei Qingqing's theory corroborate with the information in the Tower of Babel, confirming that the Primitive Civilization was truly destroyed and that the Multiverse now belonged to the Supercivilizations of the Flood?
"What is going on here?"
Ding Ling Dong's eyes were sharp as she said in a deep voice, "Can you tell us about it, Sister Qingqing?"
"Of course."
Wei Qingqing smiled. "I returned to the Federation to seek the help of the entire civilization of mankind in order to accomplish my mission. I thought that the civilization of mankind was still divided and hostile to each other, and it would take me a lot of effort to unite everybody. But I didn't expect that I would sense the information of thousands of unparalleled lives in the sky of the Heaven's Origin Sector. There were even intelligent lives other than human beings. It seems that the Xing Yao Federation and the entire universe have undergone drastic changes in the past ten years. Everybody has realized the threat and is united in advance! In such a case, it will be easier for you to understand my mission.
"However, in order to save time, I wonder if you can explain the latest changes of the situation among the Federation, the Imperium, and the Holy League to me before I tell my story. How did you manage to do all this in ten years? How did you manage to gather so many supreme experts from so many different forces and even different races? It was — it was almost impossible!
"Right. Where is Li Yao? In such a place where so many experts are gathered, he shouldn't be hiding, should he?"
"Li Yao …"
Ding Ling Dong took a deep breath and said gloomily, "He has perished."
"What!"
Wei Qingqing was slightly dazed. Her smile was like a withered flower. She sighed gloomily and said, "We Cultivators are not scared of life and death. The little brother that I met on the train on the Grand Desolate Plateau more than a hundred years ago has finally embarked on the same path!"
"We can talk about Li Yao later."
Ding Ling Dong tried to calm herself down. "First of all, how can we believe that you are the real Wei Qingqing and that you have come here with good intentions? I'm sorry. I respect Sister Qingqing as much as Li Yao does, but it is exactly because of my respect for you that I have to figure out that you are the real you. "
"I understand what you mean. If we want to prevent what happened to Mo Xuan and Lu Qingchen from happening again, we should indeed be a hundred times more cautious. However, there is no answer to the question. Even I often ask myself when I look at my brand-new body, am I the real Wei Qingqing, or am I a monster that possesses Wei Qingqing's memories without knowing it?"
Wei Qingqing opened her hands and said frankly, "However, on second thought, it is unnecessary to dwell on the answer to the question. I did not encounter the remnants of the starships of the Alliance of Resistance after I crossed the black wall; I ran into them in the space of the Pangu universe inside the black wall. In other words, they already knew the general direction of the Pangu universe. If they could send one starship, they could've sent a second or a million.
"As for the issue of intelligence leakage, I don't want to know any top secrets but only the public news that is known by the media and the people on the Nexus. Even if you don't tell me, I can collect it myself slowly. What's the difference?
"Of course, I still hope that you can trust me and seize every second to accomplish the mission. That is the only way to save our civilization."
Ding Ling Dong and all the top experts fell silent.
Wei Qingqing was right.
Since she could appear on Kunlun without a sound, she could certainly disappear without a sound. Nobody could've stopped her.
If she did have malicious intentions, she could've collected enough intelligence through the Nexus and the public media. Why would she show up in front of everybody and attract their attention?
Ding Ling Dong and the leadership of the three forces exchanged a thoughtful look. After receiving everybody's permission, she summarized the changes of the Federation and the entire Pangu universe in the ten years after she left the Federation for Wei Qingqing.
She did not hide the primeval relics and the Supreme Tower at all, either. Of course, it was just a brief description and did not exceed the scope of the announcement in the Future Meeting. It would not cause a leak.
Wei Qingqing listened attentively.
"So, that's how it is!"
In the end, admiration appeared on her face as she exclaimed, "I knew that Li Yao was a man who kept creating miracles, but I didn't expect that the miracle he created in the end would be far beyond the limits of my imagination. Such a soul-stirring and magnificent legend would be an out-and-out legend even at the center of the Multiverse Sea!"
"Then …"
Ding Ling Dong looked at Wei Qingqing's eyes and said, "Sister Qingqing, what is your legend like?"
"Me? I'm not a legend at all. I'm just an ordinary little green bird that received a request for help from the depths of the Multiverse Sea by chance. It's impossible for me to accomplish such an enormous mission on my own. I can only return to my hometown and ask for the help of my compatriots. "
Wei Qingqing said, "Of course, I'm willing to tell you everything that I know exactly, but please pay attention to two points.
"Firstly, what I encountered in the peripheral space zone of the Pangu universe was the debris of a starship of the Resistance. The starship that stored the request for help seemed to have gone through millions of space jumps in only a moment and was already broken and almost obliterated. I only received a tiny part of its information, which is literally 'a drop in the ocean'. It might not be enough to describe the whole picture of the whole incident.
"Secondly, including myself, the civilization of mankind in the Pangu universe is far from the 'quasi god-level civilizations' such as the primeval civilizations and the supercivilizations. With our wisdom and way of thinking, it is impossible for us to figure out the life form and social structure of the quasi god-level civilizations, including their methods and purposes. Chances are that the more I say, the more mistakes I will make, and I will lead you to the wrong path.
"For another example, we are like fish that do not even have eyes in the depths of the ocean. We imagine the form and purpose of the civilization of mankind on the continent based on the garbage that has fallen from the surface of the ocean. How can we imagine it?
"Therefore, what I said is just a reference. The final answer will still depend on everybody to find it together."
"I understand. Aren't we wandering in the dark night right now, stumbling in search of the groundless answers?"
Ding Ling Dong said, "Even if Sister Qingqing can only provide us with a feeble torch, it can at least illuminate the path within several meters nearby so that we will know which direction we should take the first step. That will be enough. Please begin, Sister Qingqing."
"Alright."
Pondering for a moment, Wei Qingqing said, "Where should I begin? Let me put it this way. Everybody already knows that the earliest civilization of mankind was born on a planet named 'Earth' billions of years ago. Then, with the arrival of the meteoroids, the civilization of mankind was divided into two different branches that walked out of Earth and into the universe one after another. Eventually, they evolved into the supercivilizations and the primeval civilizations, the two dominators of the universe. A vast, long, and cruel war broke out between them. In the end, the primeval civilizations were defeated.
"However, the defeat does not mean that they were completely wiped out. The supercivilizations and the primeval civilizations were both quasi god-level civilizations of unimaginable scale. Their tentacles had already spread to billions of stars. Even though the protracted war lasted for a hundred million years, it is impossible to say that all the primeval civilizations were wiped out. It is like we are the descendants of the fugitives of one of the primeval civilizations.
"The situation is somewhat similar to the struggle for survival between Neanderthals and homo sapiens in the early days of Earth. Their 'war' lasted for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, with the Neanderthals in one place being completely wiped out by homo sapiens while the Neanderthals in another place continued to prosper, even developing a myriad of civilizations.
"There's no helping it. The Multiverse is simply too vast, and space and time have lost meaning in many places. Even if Superhuman civilizations were as powerful as the Flood that blanketed the world, they would not be able to engulf every planet in a few billion years.
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