I can find treasures in my dreams.

Just as the People's Federation's buffet dinner began.

Yang Fan, accompanied by the newly appointed second-in-command Zhao Xiaoying, quietly left the central auditorium of the Heart of the Blue Ocean and entered the seventh palace of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Palace—the Palace of Summer Solstice.

This palace was specifically used for handling diplomatic affairs.

The "diplomatic affairs" mentioned here do not refer to exchanges between different administrative regions, but rather to affairs between the Azure Civilization and other civilized worlds.

Representatives from the twenty-eight civilizations of this world group then descended upon the Lixia Palace.

Each palace in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Palace has an interior scene that corresponds to the corresponding solar term.

According to the interpretation of ancient Xia dynasty texts, when the Big Dipper points southeast, it marks the beginning of summer, when all things grow to their fullest, hence the name "Beginning of Summer".

"The lush green trees provide ample shade on long summer days"—this is how the ancient people of the Xia Dynasty described the beginning of summer. The Lixia Palace replicates this scene.

The moment you step through the palace gates, the space transforms.

Representatives from various civilizations suddenly appeared atop a lush, low hill, where the sunlight seemed exceptionally bright.

The low hills are surrounded by endless farmland, where many retro-style robotic farmers are working in the fields.

At first glance, it seems unremarkable.

But when the delegates turned around and looked around, they all showed expressions of surprise.

Standing inside the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Palace, the Lixia Palace doesn't look very big; it's only about a hundred meters wide and no more than fifty meters high.

Standing atop the low hill, the palace grounds cover at least 2000 square kilometers, which is no small number.

Most importantly, the Solar Terms Palace was originally an independent spatial island, which is equivalent to opening up another space within a space.

In short—this is a very high-level spatial technique.

This is naturally a way of showing off skills.

Because dialogue between civilizations has always been based on their respective strengths.

The strong naturally hold the power of discourse, while the weak have no right to bargain.

Unbeknownst to them, the way the representatives of various civilizations looked at Yang Fan and Zhao Xiaoying had changed.

Zhao Xiaoying smiled slightly and spoke first: "What are your thoughts on the suddenly appearing Sunken Abyss Secret Realm within the Black Sand Sea of ​​Death?"

The so-called "Sinking Abyss Secret Realm" is actually a warning sent by the top civilization in this world, the Celestial Civilization, to many civilized worlds through the communication method of "mass messaging".

The Heavenly Realm Civilization explicitly stated in its message that the Sunken Abyss Secret Realm is an extremely dangerous existence, and all civilizations in this world domain connected to the Black Sand Sea will inevitably be affected by it.

Even without establishing a world gate to the Black Sand Sea, one cannot escape the influence of the secret realm.

Beyond that, the Celestial Civilization did not provide any further information.

A few seconds passed.

The knight sent by the Ironfist Civilization, who was also another knight who had been promoted two years ago, Dimosha, spoke up: "Respected lady, our Ironfist Civilization lacks sufficient understanding of the Fallen Sand Abyss Secret Realm and is unable to make an accurate judgment."

This sentence immediately opened the floodgates, and the other representatives chimed in with their own opinions.

"I don't think the actions of the Sky Realm Civilization are an act of goodwill; they are most likely concealing a conspiracy."

“I think so too. The purpose of the Heavenly Realm Civilization is mostly to get other civilizations to explore the secret realm on their own initiative. In this way, the Heavenly Realm Civilization can find out the basic situation in the secret realm at the lowest cost.” “Rashly exploring an unknown and dangerous area will definitely result in many deaths. I suggest that you all wait and see.”

"I agree! It's best not to enter the Black Sand Sea lightly during this period. We should decide on the next step after we have more intelligence."

None of the representatives were fools; their opinions were highly unified, and they all believed that the Heavenly Realm Civilization had ill intentions.

At this time.

Yang Fan finally spoke, and his first words shattered everyone's illusions: "Everyone, things are not as simple as you think. The Heavenly Realm Civilization went to such great lengths to send messages to more than 20,000 civilizations throughout the Ancient Heaven World Domain, precisely to achieve a certain purpose."

Dimosha earnestly asked, "Mr. Raven, please give us more guidance."

All the representatives' eyes instantly locked onto Yang Fan.

Everyone present knew that this Mr. Spirit Raven's strength was unfathomable, and he had most likely reached the level of a high-ranking knight.

Furthermore, the Canglan Civilization has close ties with a top-tier civilization that boasts eight Venerables, which is why everyone was willing to gather here and adopt an attitude of "following the lead of the Canglan Civilization".

Yang Fan did not disappoint the representatives' expectations and directly exposed the conspiracy of the Heavenly Realm Civilization: "As far as I know, all the civilized worlds that have received the information have established some kind of connection with the Sunken Abyss Secret Realm in a special way."

"You can think of it this way: every civilized world in the Ancient Heaven World Domain is being watched by the Secret Realm. As time goes by, all the civilizations in this world domain will gradually drift toward the Secret Realm."

"Everyone's guesses are completely correct. The Heavenly Realm Civilization did indeed have ill intentions. Originally, the Secret Realm was going to target the most powerful civilizations first, because they were the most conspicuous. The Heavenly Realm Civilization was originally going to be the first batch of prey."

"The fact that the Heavenly Realm Civilization sent messages to the World Domain was equivalent to diverting the attention of the Secret Realm. As a result, the risks faced by the Heavenly Realm Civilization itself were greatly reduced."

He paused for a moment, then said, "So no matter what the various civilizations do, the Heavenly Realm Civilization has already achieved its goal."

The representatives were all dumbfounded.

No one expected that the Heavenly Realm Civilization would resort to such astonishing methods.

On the other hand, judging from the information revealed in these words, the secret realm seems to everyone to be a living, breathing entity, rather than a simple primordial danger zone.

This is especially unsettling.

Yang Fan's next sentence was even more terrifying: "Before long, people from various civilized worlds will continue to mysteriously disappear. Most of them will be ordinary people, but there will also be people with superpowers and warriors."

"These people will mysteriously appear in the Secret Realm of the Sunken Sand Abyss. As time goes by, more and more people will go missing. Be prepared."

Given the level of danger in the secret realm, the probability of the missing surviving is infinitely close to zero.

One representative couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Spirit Raven, is there any way to bypass the lock-on of the Sunken Abyss Secret Realm?"

Yang Fan nodded and said, "The only way is to carry out world migration. As long as the power of the world's will is raised to level five, and most of the world's power is consumed, we can migrate away from this world group. Then, by continuously repeating the migration process, we can leave the Ancient Heaven World Domain."

Everyone was silent.

It would take at least 150 years of accumulation for the world's will to rise to level 5. Even if this world had that strength, a migration would take at least two or three years, and at most four or five years.

It would take at least a decade to leave the Ancient Heaven World Domain.

Most importantly, each migration consumes too much of the civilized world's resources, greatly reducing its defensive capabilities and making it extremely vulnerable to invasion by external enemies.

Therefore, even powerful civilized worlds will not migrate unless absolutely necessary. (End of Chapter)