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"I understand," Chen Miao nodded, his face seemingly calm, but in reality, his heart had already begun to churn like turbulent waters. The intel brought to him by this so-called mole was too shocking, reshaping his entire worldview.
Great Qin, civilization downgrade, the expansion speed of the universe, cages... these terms made up the universe as observed by their naked eyes.
"If..."
He paused for a moment before whispering, "If this universe is truly a cage, one constructed by civilizations outside of it to imprison civilizations within, even if we truly break out of the universe in the end,"
"So what?"
"Could we really oppose the civilization beyond the universe?"
"The day of escape would be the day of annihilation."
"If that's the case, why not pretend to know nothing, to just survive as is? We're at least all still alive, and living isn't so bad, is it?"
"..."
