Chapter 835: Threat from the Eternal King?

General Assad's proposal actually made Li Yu fall into deep thought.

Based on the principle that the enemy of an enemy is a Friend.

He didn't get along with the Eternal Civilization, so borrowing the strength of Civilization Zero was the best choice.

The reverse was also true, so there was absolutely no need to consider a third-party civilization.

It was just that his situation was somewhat special, resulting in his inability to borrow strength from either of these two civilizations.

Then the Iron-Blood Civilization was indeed a choice worth considering.

According to the relevant data in Hashar's Data Core, the Iron-Blood Civilization was a highly militarized civilization, and internally, the civilization exceptionally revered martial force.

When the location of their civilization was first discovered, they consecutively overturned more than a dozen powerful civilizations, and only restrained their arrogance after being jointly warned by the Eternal and other civilizations.

Their Path of Evolution was through continuously strengthening their bodies in order to break through the limits of lifeforms.

However, he knew that his current position must have been discovered by the Ultimate Intelligence, so he had better try not to delay here for too long.

He thought for a moment and said: "I can consider your proposal, but not now."

"To avoid some unexpected situations, I require you to leave with me now. Are there any problems?"

General Assad looked at the pitch-black cannon muzzles extending from the massive Mechanical Body in front of him, muttering inwardly—

Do I dare to have any problems?

"No problems..." He shook his head and said. He knew the other party was afraid that letting him leave would needlessly add another enemy.

So until he felt at ease, he wouldn't let him leak the news.

The Eternal Machine God disassembled, and three Super Primal King Kongs had already surrounded General Assad.

To show his sincerity, he also didn't put up any resistance, allowing the other party to restrict him, while simultaneously speaking:

"An accident happened to 'Present'. The other two kings will definitely ask the Iron-Blood Civilization about my situation. Please let me explain it to them in advance; I won't leak the slightest bit of information."

Li Yu thought about it and agreed to his request, then stroked his chin and pondered secretly.

"Since the Ultimate Intelligence has locked onto this place, they should be sending someone over very soon. However, this place is very close to Civilization Zero, so they shouldn't dare to make a big fanfare either."

Soon, the relevant traces of the battlefield were quickly cleaned up, ensuring that no methods could reproduce the scene during the battle.

Only then did he leave here together with General Assad.

And just a few days after they left, two streaks of Flowing Light rapidly approached here, like sharp blades tearing through the canopy of the sky. It was exactly "Past" and "Future."

Their figures hovered here because what lay ahead was no longer a normal Starry Sky domain.

A surging Void Storm carried a massive amount of spatial fragments, forming a land of Chaos. This was obviously a "Void ruin" that would only be left behind after a large-scale battle.

"As expected, something went wrong..."

"Past's" face was solemn. On their way here, they had tried to contact "Present," but received absolutely no response.

They had initially thought that "Present" was temporarily unable to extricate himself.

But after arriving here, they found that the battle had obviously long since ended. If "Present" had already won, it was impossible for him not to contact them.

"It has been strictly cleaned up; no remaining traces can be found..."

"Future" stretched out his tender little hand, rubbing out a few streaks of Flowing Light at his fingertips, which then dissipated in the Void.

"'Heng's' Strength couldn't possibly be 'Present's' match."

"Past" said in a deep voice: "Contact the Iron-Blood Civilization and ask what happened to General Assad."

"Future" nodded, took out the Smart Terminal he carried with him, and began to contact the Iron-Blood Civilization.

After waiting for about ten minutes, "Future" frowned and said: "General Assad didn't encounter any accidents and has already explained to them the situation that an incident might have occurred here."

"But they told me that General Assad is safe and sound, and it is inconvenient to disclose his current specific itinerary."

"Safe and sound..."

"Past's" aged face became even gloomier. If the plan had proceeded according to their steps.

The Iron-Blood Civilization couldn't possibly give them an "inconvenient to disclose" reply.

Some kind of accident must have occurred!

An accident they didn't want to see.

Just as this thought surfaced, the expressions of the two suddenly changed, looking into the distance with shock and uncertainty.

A streak of Flowing Light rapidly approached here, and its speed seemed to be a bit faster than theirs.

According to their estimation, the other party seemed to have arrived here long ago, just without revealing their figure.

As the other party approached, a heavy Mechanical Lifeform appeared before them, its entire body covered in pitch-black Armor, giving off an extremely chilling feeling.

"Mechanical Lord — Catell?"

"Past" recognized the guy in front of him. The other party was a Mechanical Lord of the Eternal Civilization with an extraordinary reputation.

This place was already close to Civilization Zero, how could they appear here?

The two were inwardly vigilant, staring at Catell.

"Three Kings?" Catell popped an oxygen bubble and looked at the two of them. Relevant information and data had already appeared in his field of vision.

His voice was muffled, transmitting out through layers of Armor.

"It's us."

"Past" nodded, relaxing slightly inwardly. Seeing the other party's attitude, it seemed he wasn't here to look for trouble.

"I have something to ask you." Catell spoke very unceremoniously: "What happened here 53 hours ago?"

"53 hours ago?"

"Past's" expression flickered. Wasn't that exactly when the plan started?

He pondered for a moment and asked in return: "Can you tell us why you are here? And what is the purpose of asking this question?"

Catell remained silent. His Mechanical Body couldn't show any emotional reaction.

"Past" continued: "It is highly likely we came here for the same matter. Since you want to know some information, you must be a bit more frank."

Although the Eternal Civilization was far stronger than the "Three Kings" Civilization, hard Strength was only useful during a frontal war.

What happened here was obviously very important to the other party as well, and since this place wasn't far from Civilization Zero, it wasn't good for him to be too high-profile either...

Catell's mechanical pupils lit up slightly, saying: "We are hunting down an enemy of the Eternal Civilization. The Ultimate Intelligence locked onto him not long ago, and the target is right here."

"Your enemy?"

"Past's" expression sank. Someone who could be regarded as an enemy by the Eternal Civilization was obviously not simple.

More and more evidence proved that something really had happened to "Present."

"We were also carrying out a plan to hunt down an enemy here, but an accident occurred..."

"Past" then said: "In addition, General Assad of the Iron-Blood Civilization was also present, but the other party intentionally concealed things from us."

"General Assad..." Catell thought for a moment and said: "Synchronize the relevant data of your plan to me."

"Your Excellency speaks too much as a matter of course, doesn't he?"

"Future" said with some dissatisfaction.

"It's fine..."

"Past" shook his head, and instead proactively synchronized the information and data over.

These materials were definitely top secret before the plan started, but now they had no idea what kind of unforeseen event had happened to the plan.

These materials had already turned into a piece of waste paper.

They were extremely clear about their own plan and knew it was impossible for a third party to appear.

Then that enemy of the "Eternal Civilization" was obviously the Eternal King's reinforcement.

Having the Eternal Civilization help investigate the truth was much easier and saved more trouble than them busying themselves.

And just as Catell was reviewing the relevant data, they suddenly received an urgent message again—

"The Anti-King Organization launched a surprise attack on the Capital, and the Ternary Fusion Device was snatched!"

...

[Primal Matter Crystal: A substance left behind after the death of a powerful lifeform. It contains three streaks of Source Matter and requires special methods to extract.]

"Primal Matter Crystal..." Li Yu muttered. It was dug out from the [Symbiotic Colonization Armor] again, feeling icy cold in his hand.

In essence, these three streaks of Source Matter had already been devoured by "Present," theoretically forming a whole, which was why it presented this form.

"According to the information obtained during the battle just now, devouring three streaks of Source Matter seems to be a threshold." Li Yu looked at General Assad beside him and asked: "Do you know about this?"

They were inside the body of a Transformer. Besides glancing around, General Assad was still very Simple-minded.

"The Primal Matter Evolution Path?" General Assad nodded: "Source Matter, as the cosmic-level energy that major civilizations came into contact with first, most Dominator-Tier Beings have also tried to use it for Evolution."

"After devouring three streaks of Source Matter, one will enter the first Metamorphosis. The second Metamorphosis requires six streaks of Source Matter, and the third Metamorphosis requires nine streaks of Source Matter."

"Oh?" Li Yu became interested. He hadn't obtained this part of the information from the Ultimate Intelligence, so he pressed: "And then?"

"There is no 'then'..." General Assad shook his head and said: "The Primal Matter Evolution Path has been verified to be unable to break through the Evolutionary Barrier. It is a broken Path of Evolution."

"A broken Path of Evolution?" Li Yu frowned slightly. This was something he hadn't expected.

"Eighteen streaks of Source Matter, this is already the limit that a Dominator-Tier Being can accommodate. Any more, and they will be assimilated by the Universe." General Assad added:

"But eighteen streaks of Source Matter still cannot break through the Evolutionary Barrier, so it is broken."

Li Yu blanked out for a moment, only then understanding what "accommodate more Source Matter" meant in the [Store Up to Release] status bar.

If eighteen streaks of Source Matter weren't enough, then just add a bit more!

General Assad sighed: "However, the third Metamorphosis of the Primal Matter Evolution Path is already the pinnacle among pinnacles. They can be counted on one's fingers throughout the entire history of the Universe, looking down on the Major Civilizations, powerful enough."

"As for breaking through the Evolutionary Barrier, it is also out of reach for Dominator-Tier Beings."

This General Assad looked aloof on the surface, but when he spoke, he chattered endlessly, perhaps also because he wanted to rope in Li Yu.

"However, the path of Devouring Information State Evolution has been quite popular recently. It is said that the High Priest of the Star Spirit Civilization has advanced a bit further."

"As early as five thousand four hundred years ago, he was stronger than a Dominator-Tier Being of the third Metamorphosis in the Primal Matter Evolution Path."

Because there was no unified path, it resulted in every Super Lifeform having their own ideas, and every civilization having their own measurement standards, making it quite chaotic.

However, as far as Li Yu was concerned, he had already set his mind on the Path of Evolution through Source Matter, and didn't care much about the rest.

"The Eternal Civilization has probably already set their sights on the Three Kings Civilization. Getting the Ternary Fusion Device will have to wait."

"First extract the Source Matter from this thing."

"However, I originally planned to use 'Present's' corpse to charge the [Equipment Upgrade Scroll], but now it's gone..."

Li Yu pondered for a moment and frowned again; he suddenly remembered a troublesome matter.

Although he possessed the Supreme Forge, which could extract Source Matter.

But without the acceleration of the Jade Void Palace now, it would take at least decades to extract it.

To him, this was somewhat long.

Moreover, even if the Ternary Fusion Device could accelerate the fusion of Source Matter, exactly how much it could accelerate was an unknown.

Time was a troublesome problem.

Thinking of this, he cast his gaze towards General Assad and smiled: "General Assad, may I ask if the Iron-Blood Civilization has anything that can extract Source Matter?"

"We do." General Assad nodded, not particularly surprised by this question.

"Present" wasn't the first Source Matter evolved entity to die. He also knew about that Crystal thing.

"About how long would it take to extract?" Li Yu weighed the Primal Matter Crystal and asked.

"Three streaks of Source Matter, it would probably take about one hundred and fifty years." General Assad estimated.

"That long? Don't you have any time acceleration equipment?" Li Yu was somewhat surprised.

"Long?" General Assad instead looked at him strangely: "Is this little bit of time considered long?"

"The time I estimated is already under the influence of time acceleration."

Li Yu: "..."

Under the influence of time acceleration, it still required this much time.

Looking at it this way, the extraction speed of the Supreme Forge was at least two to three times that of the Iron-Blood Civilization.

The Titan Civilization really had some good stuff.

As for the Temporal Indifference, it would be difficult for Li Yu to change this mindset In a short while.

After all, his lifespan was right there; he was not even a hundred years old yet. How could this make him indifferent to over a hundred years of time?

If General Assad knew Li Yu's age, who knows how shocked he would be.

And just as Li Yu was trying hard to convince himself that this little bit of time really wasn't much.

His Smart Terminal suddenly received a message. What was surprising was that the sender of the message was the Eternal King—

"Your Excellency Dragon Lord, regarding some unpleasant things that happened during the plan, I sincerely apologize to you..."

"For this reason, I specially fetched the Ternary Fusion Device, so you won't have to waste time in the Three Kings Civilization."

"However, I also have a small request. I would like to ask you to capture 'Past' and 'Future'. With your Strength, it shouldn't be too difficult."