"The Empire of Swallowing …"
The surging tides in Theresa's head congregated into a giant question mark.
The truth of the Flood had not been unlocked yet, and the so-called 'Empire of Swallowing' had popped up. It sounded even more brutal than the Flood!
Of course, it was possible that Black Jack was bragging.
But it was also true that he had turned into a monster that was even more powerful than Master Kuba.
How was he going to escape from the battle between the two monsters?
Theresa was burning with anxiety. She also glanced at Princess Summer next to her.
She discovered that Princess Summer had been attracted by Black Jack's tentacles. A moment later, she was showing signs of withering.
Theresa was so anxious that she couldn't help but grip her saber.
Master Kuba's face was as gloomy as water. As if he was stalling for time, he continued asking, "So, you knew about the existence of the Crimson Palace a long time ago?"
"Yes. Although I didn't know the truth of the Crimson Palace, I could've inferred a lot of clues."
Black Jack was not afraid that he was stalling for time. He said casually, "When I just arrived on the Emerald Continent, I felt that the civilization of this magic world was very weird. All the signs indicated that neither human beings nor devils were natives of this place. They had migrated here from a distant planet in the distant past.
"After they migrated here, they experienced more than one civilization fault and technology loss, which led to the rotten medieval swamp that they are today.
"On the path of migration and conquest of countless universal civilizations, such civilization faults and technology losses in a small area are commonplace.
"I don't have the patience to wait for your pitiful civilization to revive again. It will take at least ten thousand years to develop from the medieval magic world to a super magic civilization that can explore its own galaxy and even the entire galaxy. Although I can wait, it will be too boring.
"Since your ancestors migrated here from another galaxy, there must've been an enormous immigrant starship, or even an entire immigrant fleet, that carried them here. As long as we can find the immigrant starship, we will be able to accelerate the process of civilization revival.
"Therefore, many years ago, I secretly launched a search for the immigrant starship, but I found nothing after traveling all over the Emerald Continent. Then, I accidentally discovered something when I came to the Bloody Battle Demon Sector."
Great Lord Kuba was greatly enlightened. "So, you came to the Bloody Battle Devil Sector last time to look for … an immigrant starship?"
"Yes. At that time, I had already discovered the truth. The so-called 'Bloody Battle Devils' was in fact a gargantuan immigrant starship. Judging from the scale, your ancestors had developed to a rather high civilization level, enough to support the Devouring Imperium and upgrade it to the 'level-three form'. Then, they slowly expanded to the various timelines in all the universes. Maybe one day, I will become a new-generation 'Ancient Devourer' too."
Black Jack said something that no one could understand with a smile. He continued, "However, when I came to the Bloody Battle Demon Sector last time, the control core of this immigrant starship, the Crimson Palace, had not been fully exposed, and I was too weak to find too many followers. So, I only did some reconnaissance and returned to the Emerald Continent.
"I spent quite a few years on the Emerald Continent to collect the female warriors who were barely strong. With their love, admiration, dedication, and sacrifice for me, I kept improving my abilities. Finally, I was qualified to control the entire Bloody Battle Demon Sector.
"Of course, I still have to thank you for the tremendous preparatory work. It seems that I still need to go through a lot of procedures in order to gain full control of this super starship. I even have to change my body into a weird appearance. Hehe. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid that I would've wasted even more time here. "
"You …"
Great Lord Kuba narrowed his eyes. The flames bursting out of his eyes were even incomparable to the devilish fire spurting out of the power furnace in the deepest part of the Bloody Battle Demon Sector.
He looked at the channel leading to the core area of the bridge, unwilling to give up. It was not until this moment that he realized that everything that he had calculated with all his might had been for someone else's benefit in the end.
"There's no need to cover your fear with your anger. I don't necessarily want to kill you, especially when you look … like this."
Black Jack's evil eyes moved around Great Lord Kuba's body. He extended his hand that was wrapped in tentacles toward Great Lord Kuba. "Surrender. Surrender to me. Surrender to the greatest ruler of all the worlds in the universe, the Empire of Swallowing!"
"What did you say?" Great Lord Kuba's expression changed greatly.
"You don't understand the vastness of the universe and the horror of time at all. You mock the other demons as frogs at the bottom of a well, but you don't know that you've only jumped slightly higher than them. You're still far away from jumping out of the infinitely long, deep, and dark well."
Black Jack sighed. "Do you think that you'll be invincible and dominate the universe after completely activating the Bloody Battle Demon Sector and restoring this super starship to its strongest form in the past? How hilarious!
"It doesn't matter if I tell you. When I explored deep inside the Bloody Battle Demon Sector, I discovered enormous cracks on the super starship, which seemed to be caused by an external force. In other words, it was once attacked brutally by a terrifying enemy and had to perform a space jump while it was heavily wounded. As a result, the starship was seriously torn apart internally. Perhaps it suffered tremendous losses and lost tremendous technology and files, making it impossible for it to set sail again.
"With the technology of the magical civilization in the middle ages, it is impossible for you to completely repair the super starship.
"Even if you were lucky enough to repair it, so what? Have you never considered this question? In the distant past, what kind of terrifying enemy could force your ancestor to flee in such a sorry state?
"I assume that you've found the answer in the 'heritage test' just now, haven't you?
"Yes. I heard the interesting name in the 'heritage test', too. The name that was generated from your ancestor's panicked brainwaves — 'Flood'.
"Interesting. I didn't know that such a powerful integrated mind as' Flood 'had already appeared in this timeline. Its strength is about equal to the level-five Empire of Swallowing, isn't it? No wonder he could beat your ancestors to a pulp.
"There's no need for me to lie to you. With the efforts of the natives like you, it is impossible to defeat the Flood in another ten thousand years. One second you take off on a super starship, the next second you will be discovered and devoured by the Flood.
"Human beings cannot defeat the Flood.
"But I can. As long as the Empire of Swallowing can be rebuilt.
"It is better to surrender to the great Empire of Swallowing than to be swallowed by the Flood.
"At the very least, the Flood will obliterate your feelings and personalities, but the Empire of Swallowing absolutely respects the feelings and free will of all the intelligent lives under its command, because your intense feelings are the greatest impetus for the Empire of Swallowing to march forward unstoppably."
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