Cutting-edge Technology: I Provide the Brains, the State Provides Everything

258: The commanders of the planet-devouring entities were in a panic; they had provoked something they shouldn’t have!Sagittarius A*, the ”Quiet Zone” on the periphery of the gravitational singularity inside the event horizon.

This was the edge where the laws of physics failed and the true throne of the Star Devourer civilization.

Inside a black palace constructed from the core of a collapsed star, the supreme commander of the Star Devourers—”Dominator Zero”—was staring intently at the distorted quantum projection before it.

It had no fixed form, appearing like a mass of continuously shifting mercury suspended in an anti-gravity field.

But at this moment, this mass of ”mercury” was trembling violently, its frequency so fast it seemed as if it were boiling.

”Impossible! This violates cardinal logic!”

Zero’s voice did not travel through the air but exploded directly within the mental network, carrying intense panic and astonishment.

”That was a ’Two-Dimensional Foil’! It was the ultimate weapon we dug out from the ruins of a Level 5 civilization! How could it possibly be caught by a net?!”

In its understanding, once a Two-Dimensional Foil was unleashed, it meant total clearance.

Unless the opponent could escape beyond the speed of light or hide within a black hole’s event horizon like they did, death was inevitable.

Yet, that human fleet not only didn’t run, but instead pulled out an even more advanced ”membrane” and sealed the Two-Dimensional Foil away as if it were packing up trash?!

This was like someone holding a nuclear bomb button watching in horror as a primitive human dismantled the nuke with their bare hands and casually turned it into fireworks!

This technological generation gap made Zero feel an unprecedented chill.

”Report, Dominator! The frontline soldier ant swarm has been completely wiped out.”

A faint mental wave transmitted tremblingly, ”The enemy’s firepower density exceeds our calculation limits, and… and they seem to be able to predict our movements.

Just as we execute our evasive maneuvers, their cannon fire is already waiting at the landing point!”

”Prediction?”

Zero’s ”body” suddenly contracted into a perfect sphere, the luster on its surface dimming.

”Are you saying, Causality?”

Once these two words were spoken, the entire mental network fell into a deathly silence.

Causality weapons were a prerogative that only civilizations that had touched the ”Realm of Gods” were worthy of possessing.

Modifying reality, reversing cause and effect—that was a forbidden technology that even the Star-Devouring Hive Mother was still struggling to grasp!

”What on earth is the background of this group of carbon-based monkeys that crawled out of the Orion Arm?!”

Zero roared in anger, and the surrounding space developed pitch-black cracks due to its emotional fluctuations.

”Investigate! Investigate their civilization files for me! I do not believe a 0.73-level civilization can master such technology! There must be the shadow of ’Higher Dimensions’ behind them!”

Just then, a piercing alarm sound, without any warning, pierced through the barrier of the black hole event horizon and sounded directly inside Zero’s palace.

【Alarm! Highest level alarm!】

【External forced intrusion signal detected! Firewall collapsed!】

【The opponent has taken over the first-sequence communication channel!】

”What?!”

Before Zero could react, the massive quantum projection screen in front of it suddenly flickered.

The image that had been displaying battle damage data disappeared, replaced by a young, clean human face with a demonic smile hanging at the corners of its mouth.

Lu Chen.

He was sitting nonchalantly on the captain’s chair, holding a cup of steaming liquid in his hand, looking at Zero with a smile from across a distance of 26,000 light-years and through the barrier of the event horizon.

That gaze was as if he were looking at a rare insect trapped in a glass bottle.

”Yo, found you.”

Lu Chen’s voice echoed clearly within the palace, carrying a hint of mockery.

”You look quite unique, like a glob of uncleaned mercury?”

”Presumptuous!!!”

Zero was instantly enraged. As one of the overlords of the Milky Way Galaxy, when had it ever suffered such humiliation?

Countless mental spikes instantly condensed, attempting to travel back along the communication channel to pierce the brain of this arrogant human!

”You humble insect! How dare you look directly at the face of a god!”

However, its mental attack was like a clay ox entering the sea, not even stirring up a ripple.