A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 280 The Supreme Being's Feelings Were Too Complex

"16% of the progress has been completed."

Within the swarm network, a mediator reports the progress of expansion to the mastermind responsible for local strategic deployment.

Immediately afterwards, another medium creature reported to the mainframe, "New development: a psionic civilization in this universe has been discovered, secretly harboring a vast number of cosmic bubbles."

The mastermind paused, then asked warily, "Are they preparing for a mass exodus?"

The medium replied, "It shouldn't be. There don't seem to be many psionic beings who know about these microcosms. They seem to be secretly created by high-level psionic beings within those universes."

Another medium-sized being speculated, "Perhaps those high-level psionic beings in that universe planned to escape into the cosmic ocean through these microcosms when defeat was inevitable."

One of the bees in the swarm network wondered, "Wasn't it too late to escape then?"

From a swarm strategy perspective, if they only flee after realizing the situation is unfavorable, it's simply too late. The battle, from start to finish, will end in a very short time.

The best time to escape is before the strategy even begins.

Based on its observations of psionic beings in the universe over this period, the medium that had previously speculated on concluded, "Perhaps they feel it's not too late."

The mastermind complained, "Don't add so many 'maybes.' It's too much subjective thinking and has no reference value."

After careful consideration, the mainframe said, "In any case, this discovery is valuable. If we hadn't discovered this, there might have been some who slipped through the net."

The hive and the medium creatures asked in surprise, "Really? Once the strategy enters the execution phase, the targets won't even be able to react."

"That's why I said 'possibly'," the mastermind said.

……

Beyond the heavens, beyond the buildings, there are countless more.

Louwailou is the largest building in the Outer Heaven, and it is the place where every cultivator who comes to the Outer Heaven must stay. Even in peacetime, merchants traveling between the major star realms via Stonehenge stay there in an endless stream.

The building is not a sphere, but an irregular body rigidly pieced together like buildings of various styles. The gravity inside the building is created by the practitioners who live inside and outside the building by distorting spacetime to create a one-way gravity.

Therefore, even if it is an irregular shape, walking anywhere inside or outside the building is just like walking on the ground.

Among them, there are towering and magnificent buildings in Louwailou, which are the palaces of Supreme Realm cultivators. Their power naturally grants them certain privileges in Louwailou.

At this moment, outside the palace of a certain Supreme Realm cultivator, a sentient being resembling a combination of a bird and a shellfish was waiting anxiously.

This creature has three legs and a pair of shell-like wings, beneath which are a pair of very small hands and a long, sharp beak like that of a red-crowned crane.

Inside the palace, a similarly intelligent being lay lazily on a couch, looking at the scroll he held.

"Elder Hai, have the people outside the hall not left yet?"

Resembling a floating balloon, suspended in mid-air, the creature known as "Eibō" respectfully replied, "Yes, Your Excellency, the people outside the hall are still awaiting your reply."

The venerable one, reclining on his bed, absentmindedly perused the scroll, asking, "Should we find out who told her that?"

"She said...she said..." Hai Lao stammered.

After glancing at the stammering Elder Hai, the Venerable One put down the scroll and said, "Elder Hai, please speak freely about what the people outside the hall said."

Having received approval, Elder Hai respectfully explained to the Venerable One, "She said that as long as you meet her, she will tell you everything."

Upon hearing this, the Venerable One flew into a rage. "Hmph! You want to negotiate with me? Do you think I'm someone you can just see whenever you want?"

A dangerous glint flashed in the Venerable One's eyes.

Elder Hai asked hesitantly, "Then, according to your opinion, Venerable One?"

The Venerable One said with an unfriendly expression, "If she doesn't want to talk now, then she'll never have to. The dead are the best silencers."

After saying that, the Venerable One added to Elder Hai: "Remember to be clean when you make a move, don't let me lose face in front of the other Supreme Beings."

"Yes, I will take my leave now!" Elder Hai replied respectfully.

Just as Hai Lao was about to float away, he suddenly remembered something, took out a piece of ancient jade from his pocket with his thread-like tentacles, and handed it to the Venerable One.

"This is something the person outside the hall asked me to give to Your Excellency."

The Venerable One took the ancient jade, examined it briefly, and then his gaze fell in astonishment on the few lines of text on the jade, which he could not look away from for a long time.

"return!"

A voice called out to Hai Lao, who was leaving the palace. The Venerable One, having changed his previous sinister attitude, instructed Hai Lao: "Summon the person outside the palace to come and see me."

"Uh...yes, I'll take care of it right away!" The Venerable One's reaction was somewhat unexpected for Elder Hai, who had served him for so many years.

But Hai Lao, not daring to disobey orders, did as instructed.

……

"you……"

Elder Hai brought the person from outside the palace in. The Venerable One wanted to say something, but when he saw the person's appearance, he was speechless for a long time, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

The visitor looked at the Venerable One seated on the throne in the palace and asked, "Your Majesty, do you still remember Su Yue by the lake at Half-Moon Pavilion?"

"Who are you to Su Yue?" the Venerable One asked.

The visitor replied, "Su Yue is my mother. She sent me here to seek my father's protection."

"You are her child? She was pregnant back then, and she kept it from me!" At this moment, the Venerable One felt a complex mix of joy and dissatisfaction.

The visitor replied, "Mother just didn't want to be a stumbling block to Father's cultivation. If Father had had any attachments back then, he would never have been able to step out of the Void Profound Star Realm, nor would he have been able to achieve his current supreme position."

Upon hearing this, the Venerable One's dissatisfaction immediately transformed into deep emotion and resentment, making his feelings even more complex, though his anger did not diminish much.

He was drawn to the woman's ruthlessness, which is why they got together.

Upon seeing his daughter, whom he had never met, the Venerable One abandoned his previous stern demeanor and asked in a gentle tone, "What is your name?"

"My daughter's name is Su Nian."

The Venerable One nodded, then asked a question he was particularly concerned about: "Nian'er, have you told anyone else about the matter in the Lesser Mystic Realm?"

"No," Su Nian replied.

The Venerable One breathed a sigh of relief; it was a good thing that the news from the Lesser Mystic Realm hadn't spread.

Right now, the most important thing is to unite as one. If the matter of the Lesser Mystic Realm spreads, and even further leads to the discovery of other Lesser Mystic Realms created by Supreme Beings, affecting the great unity of the world of all beings, he might become the target of everyone's criticism.

At that time, even the most esteemed Supreme Realm cultivators might not necessarily have a good outcome.

The Venerable One admonished his daughter, "That's good. Nian'er, you must remember that although the Little Mystic Realm is a small world that your father created, its capacity is limited. You must not tell more people about this."

"If the situation develops to its worst point, the Little Mystic Realm can at most protect the lives of a small group of people."

Having just reunited with her father, Su Nian replied earnestly, "Yes, Nian'er remembers."

(End of this chapter)