Jiang Yu and the others immediately became vigilant, questioning whether the Big Tree, even if it were the origin of three-dimensional life, should be included in the Dark Forest.
After several seconds of nerve-racking tension, Big Tree added, "I sense that you have captured one of my sentinels."
Jiang Yu quickly realized, "We did capture a Second Era Life Form, should we release it?"
Then he asked, "May I inquire, what is the relationship between you and the Second Era Life Form we captured?"
Big Tree replied, "They were the first batch of life forms in the Three-dimensional Universe besides myself, what you refer to as the Second Era Life Forms.
"One thing you've misunderstood, the First Epoch Life Forms and the Second Era Life Forms basically emerged in the same time period."
Jiang Yu suddenly remembered the previous exchange with Venus, "What is the driving force behind life's evolution?"
Big Tree exemplified the principle of 'answer every question', though it might also have been a mood of 'an old man telling stories to his great-grandchildren', "The power of life comes from its origin.
"The force of the origin can be traced back to me, regardless of the structure of life or the way it reproduces, as long as I do not die, the power of the origin persists!
"As I mentioned before, life is closely related to the universe, which provides the environment for life to exist.
"The origin and the universe are the driving forces of life."
Jiang Yu asked further, "Are you providing the power to life, are you the force of the origin?"
Big Tree clarified, "You are mistaken in your understanding, I merely 'instructed' you in the way to share the power of the origin.
"The source of this power comes from the changes in the universe, yes, you have related concepts, it comes from the universe's microscopic reactions and changes."
Big Tree added, "Please return my sentinel, the war here has long been completely over, and it is time for me to leave."
Jiang Yu immediately ordered, "Release the... cough, let the 'Curtain' go!"
Then he asked Big Tree, "Did you also take part in the war that once occurred here?"
Song Xingrui immediately dispatched a detector, taking the 'Curtain' to the Dwarf Planet.
As for the cut-off tentacle, Big Tree didn't ask for it, and Wallfacer didn't mention it, so it was naturally forgotten.
Big Tree answered, "You could say I participated, after all, I ended this round of interstellar war with my own hands."
Jiang Yu hurriedly inquired, "Could you elaborate on the process of the war?"
Big Tree explained, "There were three, hmm, by your standards, three High-level Middle-level Civilizations involved in the war."
To facilitate communication, the material that Jiang Yu sent Big Tree was comprehensive, including many concepts commonly used in the human world.
Big Tree continued, "Hmm, the Singer civilization mentioned in the material you gave me was one of the parties.
"According to the names they gave each other, the other two were the Edge World and the Expedition civilization.
"The Edge World is a civilization that originated at the edge of the Milky Way, while the Expedition civilization is another High-level Middle-level Civilization on the other side of the Milky Way.
"At the beginning of the war, the Singer civilization had the advantage, but they failed to completely exterminate the Edge World several times, resulting in the survival pressure making the Edge World rapidly advance.
"Gradually, the Singer civilization lost their advantage, and just at this time, the Expedition civilization observed their conflict and immediately joined the battle, all three leaving behind this immense battleground.
"The Singer civilization gradually could not withstand the pressure, and it was then they stumbled upon clues about me. They retracted their Cleaners and searched for me for a long time, finally locating me.
"Then they quietly brought me... oh, the reason I know so much about these events is because later I dealt a heavy blow to the Singer civilization and obtained this information from them."
"They thought they were being sneaky, but I knew everything all along. I was just really curious to see where they would take me, so I didn't act out."
"The Singer civilization had no idea what I was, they just knew I was formidable. So they teleported me to the battlefield quietly, hoping that as a new combatant, I could throw the situation into greater chaos and enable them to escape."
"What the Singer civilization didn't expect was that as soon as I made a move, I wiped out all their armed forces."
Xiao Qi and the others gasped in shock. Three high-level middle-level civilizations wiped out just like that?
Their first reaction was: Is this guy bullshitting?
Then they felt a bit scared. Luckily, the current leader of the Wallfacers was Jiang Zero One. If it had been someone else, humanity would certainly be facing an existential crisis right now.
Jiang Yu was also surprised, "You wiped out the Singer civilization?"
Big Tree: "Not completely, some of them managed to escape."
He paused before adding, "In your terms of direction, they fled towards the direction of the Cygnus constellation on the battlefield. I couldn't be bothered to chase them."
Jiang Yu thought to himself, "Fuck," never expecting the Singer civilization to be such cowards!
They wanted to create chaos on the battlefield to fish in troubled waters, but instead they invited a killing god.
Big Tree likely baffled the Singer civilization when it went berserk.
Jiang Yu was very curious, "Could you tell us what technology you used to win this war?"
Big Tree sounded like he was at Versailles, "I didn't make a move. Inside this planet where I reside, it's almost hollow, filled with many creatures you call Second Era Life Forms and Third Era Organisms."
"They are the ones who won the war. If you'd like, you can come and see for yourself."
Jiang Yu eagerly said, "It would be our honor."
Even just getting a glimpse of the enemy's weapons or technology would be a huge gain for humanity.
So far, Big Tree had been friendly towards humanity, but remembering how the Singer civilization was thrashed, Jiang Yu and the others still felt a bit uneasy.
It wasn't long after Jiang Yu started conversing with Big Tree that more and more Wallfacers began paying attention to the matter; by then, all the Wallfacers had joined the channel.
In their minds, they were thinking: Could it be that after getting humans to admire and feed its vanity, Big Tree was preparing to bare its fangs?
Still, however you look at it, Big Tree was an anomaly in the Dark Forest, at least seemingly kind and elder-like for now.
But everyone secretly doubted whether this was Big Tree's strategy to achieve a certain goal?
The sad truth was that even if it were a strategy, humanity could only be led by the nose.
A leaf fell from Big Tree, landing directly on the detector, sticking to it.
Big Tree explained, "This way, I can keep in contact with you at all times."
Suddenly, a shallow pit appeared right beneath the detector. The light from the detector revealed tree roots encircling the pit, and something seemed to be moving at the bottom.
Jiang Yu personally gave the "enter" command to the detector, which passed through a membrane-like barrier.
This barrier was invisible from the outside and could only be felt when passed through, offering resistance.
Inside the membrane was an environment with oxygen, moisture, and constant temperature!