Chapter 87: Qu Insect Nest Evaluation Interrupted

Mirror Knight held the sparkling package in his hand with a pure, innocent look, his eyes full of confusion.

"What are you talking about? I just went back to my hometown."

He even enthusiastically shook the thing in his hand.

"Look, I even brought you a specialty from our hometown, Mirror Star."

The entire Ultimate Sai Luo Guard Team turned to stone on the spot.

Sai Luo had just charged his power to ninety-nine percent, ready to fire an ultimate light ray to send away the remaining half of the Singer civilization's planet, but his hand froze midair.

Zhan Bo Te's leg, which wanted to step forward, froze in midair.

A few wisps of blue smoke rose from Zhan Na's armor joints.

The flame on the Crimson Lotus Flame Head's head puffed and shrank by half.

What the heck, we were getting all heated and furious here, almost coming to blows, and you kid just went back to the village and brought back some local produce?

Sai Luo's chest heaved violently; he almost couldn't catch his breath. He withdrew the light ray and instead pointed his finger at Mirror Knight, his fingertips trembling.

"You... you were hit by the Two-Dimensional Foil, and... you just went home?"

Mirror Knight scratched his crystal head, becoming even more bewildered.

"Two-Dimensional Foil? Oh, you mean that little piece of paper? It shattered when it touched me, useless. I thought someone was just littering."

The whole place fell silent.

Sai Wen silently put away his ice axe, glanced at the Singer Elder who was completely paralyzed, his thought fluctuations almost flatlining, then glanced at Mirror Knight holding the local produce.

In the end, he just let out a heavy sigh and patted his son's shoulder.

"Let's go, head home."

Since their most important companion was unharmed and the humans of this universe hadn't really been flattened into two dimensions, continuing to argue would only make them look like the Land of Light bullying others with their power.

Sai Luo and his companions turned into streams of light and vanished into this shattered star field.

Only the survivors of the Singer civilization remained, amidst the ruins of half their homeworld, pondering the package of Mirror Star's specialty in deep philosophical thought.

Across all realms, every viewer was left dumbfounded by this godlike twist.

And on the celestial screen, the evaluation of the Singer civilization finally reached its final verdict.

【The Singer civilization represents the medium-level civilizations in the universe; the Two-Dimensional Foil can turn the vast majority of ant civilizations into a two-dimensional state, but it is utterly useless against high-level civilizations.】

Finally, came the final rating.

【Celestial Screen Rating: Singer Civilization, Ordinary-level Civilization】

"Ordinary-level?"

Inside the Three-Body Fleet Command Center, the Leader's thought body shuddered violently, nearly causing a logical breakdown on the spot.

"A civilization possessing the Two-Dimensional Foil, this kind of rule-based weapon... is merely ordinary-level?"

A Three-Body scientist's thought fluctuations were filled with despair.

"It's over! The Singer civilization is ordinary-level; what about us, the Three-Body civilization? We don't even understand the principle of the Two-Dimensional Foil! We... we couldn't really be ants, could we?!"

"By the Divine Civilization above! It turns out we're barely qualified to serve the Divine Civilization as servants?"

The entire Three-Body Fleet, which had just been ignited with fervor by the might of the Divine Civilization, was instantly doused with a bucket of ice water, chilling them to the core. Their pride, the Sophon and the Water Drop, looked utterly ridiculous in the face of the "ordinary-level" rating.

Stellar Human Federation.

Grand Marshal Sidney Bockléir's fingertips lightly tapped the armrest of the command chair.

"Ordinary-level civilization? Then, speaking of which, our Human Federation's rating should be a bit higher than theirs."

Her analysis was calm and objective, but the slight upturn of the corner of her mouth still revealed a hint of her inner satisfaction.

Resetters Civilization.

In a certain corner of the universe, the Resetters, who were striving for the grand goal of "restarting the universe," also noticed the celestial screen.

But they had no reaction to it.

"Ordinary-level, divine-level... does it even mean anything?"

"Before the law of cosmic rebirth, all are but illusions."

"Even if that Ultraman civilization came to block us, it would only be formatted by the might of the Resetters."

In their thought fluctuations lay an ultimate indifference toward everything.

Just as the myriad realms were thinking differently due to the Singer civilization's "ordinary-level" rating on the celestial screen, the gray text on the screen gradually faded away.

A new evaluation began.

【Top Ten Civilizations Evaluation — Top8: Qu Insect Nest】

New subtitles appeared on the celestial screen, instantly piquing the curiosity of all civilizations.

Land of Light.

Sai Wen, who had just brought his son back, looked at the new title on the celestial screen and stroked his chin.

"The last evaluation showed the Singer civilization hostile to humanity; this time, the Qu civilization should be fond of humans, right?"

Sai Wen didn't have high expectations for the civilizations' strength,

he only cared whether these civilizations were good or evil, and whether they posed a threat to humanity.

Earth, within the manor.

Luo Ji's face was extremely grave. From Ultraman to Singer, the celestial screen had already revealed two civilizations beyond humanity's match.

Now, a third one is coming.

This civilization called Qu—will it bring humanity hope, or deeper despair?

Three-Body Homeworld.

Yun Tianming watched the text on the celestial screen via the Three-Body World's broadcast.

His brain was preserved in a life-support device, but his thoughts drifted toward distant Earth.

"Cheng Xin, if you saw a civilization like Ultraman in the universe, you'd surely be happy."

"I hope you can always see hope."

"However, just as all civilizations thought the Heavenly Curtain was about to begin introducing the 'glorious deeds' of the Qu insect nest,"

"The Heavenly Curtain's picture suddenly changed, and the font style also changed."

【Before the tally of Qu, an intermission: a side story of the Ultraman civilization.】

【That is the history of the future and the unknown, running through the entire Ultraman timespace's history.】

【Spark War!】

All of tomorrow's universe.

Qu's massive insect-nest thought body instantly erupted with a wave of anger.

"Ultraman? Again, Ultraman!"

"How dare they interrupt our civilization's tally! This is an excellent opportunity to show the myriad worlds our Qu's aesthetic and power!"

Qu is very angry, the consequences are very serious.

In their view, the Heavenly Curtain's tally is the best platform for spreading their 'reform art', and they might even find a few like-minded 'artists'.

Now, this opportunity was ruthlessly interrupted by Ultraman.

Qu's hatred of Ultraman deepened another layer.

Their thoughts collectively turned toward the light gate before them, which was shifting from virtual to real, emitting ripples of spacetime.

"Wait for the spacetime gate to stabilize, then depart immediately."

"Go to the Land of Light and bring back a few specimens alive."

"Their bodies should be able to bear our most perfect art."

Above the Heavenly Curtain,

The subtitles about the Spark War have begun to roll.

【In the future of infinite spacetime, there exists an immensely powerful being named Yinhe Lujie'er.】

【It is like a deity, controlling the birth and death of all things and the flow of time.】

【However, one day in the future, this supreme god split into two utterly different personalities.】

【One is called Galaxy Ultraman; the other is called Heian Lujie'er.】

【After the two personalities were born, due to mastering different powers and concepts, a serious divergence arose, leading to an incredibly brutal spark war in future spacetime.】

【Galaxy Ultraman believes that the value of life lies in dynamic infinite possibilities, in motion and change, and in an everlasting future.】

【Heian Lujie'er believes that the meaning of life lies in eternal stillness, because the motion of life brings dispute and conflict, ultimately leading to extinction. Therefore, only by halting life at its most beautiful moment can true tranquility and peace be obtained.】