454 Aspect of Existence Part 1 (1/2)

In the vast expanse of uncharted space that lay beyond the government's territory, was a planet called Triune. This planet was once rich of crystal veins, but the aggressive mining had turned it into a barren rock thousands of years ago. With no worth left for the cultivators, this planet was abandoned, and left to follow its original trajectory that brought it outside of the government's territory, where it would float alone, never to be visited again.. Or at least, until now.

Now, this planet was populated by thousands of people, all there for the same reason.

Dozens of spaceships were stationed right on one side of the planet's orbit, while on the other, on one of its moons, was erected a building which contained numerous cultivators. Both parties ready to intervene at any moment.

These two groups were observing the planet's surface, above which, inside one of the planet's ancient yet still strong buildings, three parties were sitting at a table, discussing the terms of an armistice. These three parties were the universal government, the intergalactic coalitions, and finally, Daniel's group.

To represent the intergalactic coalition were two generals of the Kruga race fully dressed in their spatial suits, and the scientist that Daniel had kidnapped, and released back to its faction the moment the group agreed to have a conversation. On the government's side were the commander, also known as the military strategist, one of the senators, and finally, an appointed representative of the many factions, a child of Iewah called whom Daniel had met before, Romah the Teacher.

Sitting behind their respective representatives, were nine alien soldiers clad in spatial armors, six cultivators, and three of the Teacher's students.

This meeting had been imposed by Daniel in order to find common ground between the two warring civilizations before their conflict would ultimately bring the destruction of their universe.. But unfortunately, it was too early for that. The misconception that each faction had of the other would cause the two sides to start a fight before any good points could be made.

”How can we know that you are telling the truth?! For all we know, you have summoned that monster as a desperate measure after we turned your armies into nothing!” Said one of the alien generals through a speaker that translated his odd sounding voice into the human language, and vice versa. An object that, along with the return of the scientist, had been granted to the aliens by Daniel's group.

In response to these words, the senator, who had only heard about the war and was not personally himself, sprung up on his feet, and said, ”How dare you accuse of something the stupidity of your civilization caused!”

Both sides were clearly too angry at one another, but fortunately, in each side, was at least a member willing to listen. The two who had already talked to Daniel, the alien scientist, and Romah the Teacher. The two of them were the only reason why the escorts of the two factions didn't start another battle right then. That, and the immense pressure that they were feeling from Daniel, who observed their exchanges in silence.

”We have been using this technology for hundreds of years, and nothing ever happened. Are you implying that it is only a coincidence that that thing appeared once we were on the verge of wiping your armies?” Retorted the alien general with a tone that matched the anger and volume of the senator.

This exchange went on for awhile, until finally, Daniel, unable to wait for a moment to intervene any longer, slammed his fist on the large wooden table, turning it into sawdust, and barked, ”ENOUGH!”

Shocked by Daniel's outburst, the alien soldiers immediately pressed the buttons on their gauntlets and prepared to extract their generals from the buildings. The same did the cultivators, who unsheathe their weapons, and prepared to fight. Their actions were interrupted the moment Daniel continued by saying, ”This is more important than any battle for the territory or silly contest. Your actions are destroying the universe, and with it, every being that lives in it. It has to stop! This is not a discussion.”

Thanks to the information obtained by the scientist, the aliens were aware of the enmity between Daniel and the government, and that was the only reason why they would listen to his words. That, and the fact that he had saved the lives of the generals present by banishing the dimensional destroyer.

”How do we know that you are telling the truth? How could you possibly know what would have happened if you were unable to cast that creature away?” Asked one of the alien generals in a more accommodating tone.

Daniel knew that there was no way for him to convince the aliens to give up their technology out of good faith, so he had already prepared a demonstration.

”That is a good point.” Said Daniel before turning to look at Edmund and Nova, who sat at his left. He then said, ”Pick any of your soldiers to go with my two companions, They will show them.”

The members of the government looked at Daniel with interest. They already knew that Daniel's companions were able to freely open portals that lead to the void, but they did not understand how that could be possible. After all, not even the humans who lived in the void had ever found a way to come and go as it pleased them. They would simply use their comprehension of shattered space to predict the formation of the rifts, and use them to travel to the stable space.

The generals noticed the interested expressions of the cultivators. ”Where would you take them?” Asked one of them.

”You may not know, but our universe is but one of an uncountable number of dimensions. From some of them come our powers, while many others are liveable universes. Apparently, the universes live on a countdown. When a dimensional destroyer is able to mature, they will bring the destructive power of space, which in time will propagate through the whole universe, making it unliveable.” Said Nova, the spatial elemental.

”We can take one of your soldiers to visit the void, one of the dimensions that have been already destroyed. You will understand once you see it with your own eyes.” Added Edmund with a plain and unbothered tone.

As soon as Edmund finished speaking, the commander of the government's army turned to look at him, and said, ”Why didn't the Void Dwellers ever reveal to us the nature of these.. 'Destroyers'? Why are you the only ones aware of what they do?”

”I can answer that.” Said Nove before leaning over his chair. He then started to explain, ”I was formed in the void, and have lived in contact with the dwellers for all of my life. None of those who dared to venture close to one of those monsters have ever been able to come back. Me, him, and a servant of the Tamer are the only exceptions.”