It's all due to overly narrow information.

But there's nothing that can be done.

How can latecomers surpass those who came before? This is a fundamentally unsolvable problem.

It's like a racetrack with no end in sight, everyone is running. I'm strong enough to overtake someone who started a few minutes before me, but what about those who started decades or even centuries before me?

There are tons of Civilizations in the Milky Way, or rather, the Local Group. Some might be as ancient as the Petrochemical Civilization, having existed over a hundred million years ago.

The 230,000-year history of Human Civilization is but a fleeting moment for them, incredibly short.

“Third question, the Civilizations within the Galaxy Core are actually far more advanced than others of the same level. I believe, as a not-weak Civilization, you have also discovered this.”

“They are also competing, and currently, they are only temporarily united. After the Dimension War ends, only one top Civilization in the entire Milky Way will be allowed to enter the 3rd level. This is an unchangeable outcome.”

“All Civilizations are too close to the 3rd level. As long as another top Civilization exists, it can also seize the opportunity to enter the 3rd level. At that time, the number of 3rd level Civilizations in the entire Milky Way might become unimaginably large.”

“This is something no Civilization wants to see.”

“Of course, only the current top Civilizations.”

The Petrochemical Civilization diplomat’s words carried a hidden meaning.

If there were multiple 3rd level Civilizations in the entire Milky Way, and they were mutually restrained, then at that point, eliminating weaker Civilizations would be meaningless. This would provide an opportunity for weaker Civilizations to survive in the cracks.

This was another important piece of information, though it was unknown if Human Civilization would ever have a chance to use it.

“Fourth question, how much impact will the Dimension War period have on the Milky Way disk? I can only say, it will be greater than you imagine.”

“Actually, in the initial Dimension War plan, the Civilizations within the Milky Way invited Extraterrestrial Civilizations. Of course, they never had good intentions; they just wanted to leave a retreat for themselves.”

“When we Extraterrestrial Civilizations participate in the Milky Way Dimension War and are destroyed by the powerful Milky Way Civilizations, our original Star systems will become vacant.”

“Whether it’s what your Human Civilization calls the Magellanic Clouds or the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy currently occupied by the Light Civilization, they are all enormous, sufficient to provide energy for a 3rd level Civilization.”

“More than that is not something your question can uncover. From these words, you should have realized that the Milky Way disk will definitely be affected, because not all Civilizations will participate in the war. Some Civilizations want to extend the key to victory or defeat beyond the Dimension War.”

Yan Xia’s fourth question essentially aimed to understand why Dimension Channels existed on the Milky Way disk.

Because most of the top Civilizations should have been gathered in the Galaxy Core.

The Galaxy Core was also the main battlefield.

Once the main battlefield concluded, the Milky Way disk would be easily controlled.

And the Petrochemical Civilization directly answered this question.

The Dimension War itself was very complex.

The other party’s answer also provided the reason why they knew so much information.

This increased the credibility of their previous answers.

Overall, the Petrochemical Civilization was relatively trustworthy, which might be related to their Civilization’s form.

“Fifth question, dimension crossing will certainly have a serious impact on non-3rd level Civilizations. I guess what you want to know is whether Unknown Civilizations will attack you.”

“You don’t have to worry about this at all. They don’t have such a need. Even if you are attacked, it’s only because you happened to be in their way.”

This had always been Yan Xia’s concern.

He feared that powerful Civilizations from other dimensions would directly target Human Civilization.

But the Petrochemical Civilization revealed the truth with a single sentence.

This was merely a self-centered thought.

It was like someone who had just done something, for example, getting a haircut, and feeling ugly, walking down the street and constantly feeling that everyone was staring at them, thinking, “Why is that guy’s hairstyle like that!”

In reality, no one would care.

Just as you yourself walk down the street and never pay attention to anyone around you.

Other Civilizations, or rather, powerful Civilizations, would have no interest in Human Civilization whatsoever.

It could also be summarized by the classic phrase, “To destroy you, what concern is it of yours?”

Few people notice that they might have unknowingly stepped on thousands of ants in their lifetime, and those are creatures one can see by looking down. As for those unseen, there are even more.

“Sixth question, this is very broad. You want to know about The Universe. Actually, these are not things you should know. In fact, even we shouldn’t know these.”

“Are you sure you want to ask these questions? I won’t remind you that I don’t know the answers to some questions. Only when I answer will I tell you, and then you will have wasted that question.”

This was a transaction.

The Petrochemical Civilization would not extend any goodwill to Human Civilization.

The Petrochemical Civilization simply disdained to play tricks in this transaction.

This was the feeling Yan Xia got from the other party.

This feeling was truly infuriating… and helpless.

“Yes, I want to know.”

“Then I will answer your question. The number of 3rd level Civilizations in the Local Group is unknown.”

“However, it can be inferred that the number must be extremely small.”

“3rd level Civilizations transcend dimensions, so they don’t need to calculate how many dimensions or how many resources.”

“In your Human judgment standards, a 3rd level Civilization, based on your Mother Star, would require at least 10 billion Stars as large as your Mother Star to provide energy.”

“But 3rd level Civilizations have long since abandoned such primitive energy utilization methods. They can utilize more advanced means, such as quantum migration, graviton annihilation, wormhole expansion and contraction, and so on, to obtain energy.”

“Although matter is conserved, The Universe, as an open space, does not require worrying about these things in local areas. Whether it’s a 2nd level Civilization, a 3rd level Civilization, or even a 4th level Civilization, the resources of the entire Universe are inexhaustible.”

“Therefore, in our evaluation criteria, resources will include these possibilities. There are fewer than three 3rd level Civilizations in the entire Local Group.”

This was the answer given by the ancient Petrochemical Civilization.

Fewer than three.

Perhaps only two, or perhaps only one, or even none at all.

“I understand. This answer is very important to us. Thank you for your reply.”

It seemed like just an ambiguous answer.

In reality, it contained a lot of information.

The first was that the Petrochemical Civilization and the Extraterrestrial Civilizations known to the Petrochemical Civilization had not encountered any 3rd level Civilizations.

Human Civilization, in this region, was indeed considered an Unknown Civilization.

If Human Civilization truly failed later, there were other options.

The second was what the Dimension War itself would determine. If there were no 3rd level Civilizations in the entire Local Group, then this Dimension War would actually be even less necessary to be a fight to the death.

According to the mass of the Local Group, 6 trillion Solar masses, it would be enough for 600 3rd level Civilizations to exist.

Of course, the actual number would certainly be much smaller, perhaps only dozens, but for other top Civilizations, it was already sufficient.

When corroborated with previous information, this led to the conclusion that the danger level of the Dimension War was not as high as Human Civilization had previously thought.

Although some top Civilizations would still fall, it would certainly not be all of them.

There was also a lot of other information.

“Then I will answer the seventh question. Is the entire Local Group connected? The answer is undoubtedly yes.”

“Some unique Civilizations have developed powerful singular technologies that allow them to travel through the distant Universe. I think you have already encountered one or two.”

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