Zhang Ze, "Restoration?"

Li, "Yes, although there's no life on it, that planet has reappeared."

The image of the council chamber vanished, and Zhang Ze found himself in that familiar yet unfamiliar stretch of starry skies.

"It's not just your home planet; everything in the universe, which should have been destroyed by Earth Sea, has been restored to its original state."

Two Star Maps appeared before Zhang Ze.

One was the cosmic landscape recorded by Li and his team during their first visit.

The second was the result of the scan after the jump.

The two maps were almost identical.

"Aside from being reset, Earth Sea's erosion and elevation are much less than imagined, within our tolerance.

"So, this time we didn't immediately leave but chose to stop and conduct a detailed scan and investigation of this restored universe."

"The result surprised everyone. According to the scan and research results, your universe didn't just experience one cosmic tide of Earth Sea."

"It has been destroyed several times, but each time it has been restored."

Zhang Ze, "..."

Seeing Zhang Ze's confusion, Li's bathtub explanation method came online again.

Li transformed into a beach, pointing to a bathtub on the sand.

"Let's put it this way, before Earth Sea's elevation, other universes were dry land, but your home is a bathtub filled with water.

"So, when other universes first gave birth to civilization, your home had nothing because it was soaking in Earth Sea.

"But when Earth Sea began to rise, ready to drown us all, your bathtub floated up instead."

"No matter how deep the outside water is, the water in your bathtub remains the same amount.

"Even if occasionally a large wave crashes, it merely splashes some water into the bathtub, causing ripples.

"After the ripples, it returns to calm."

"In theory, such a place shouldn't give birth to life, but life itself is a miracle, and you appeared.

"On that blue planet.

"You, born in this lonely universe's civilization, innately possess resistance to Earth Sea, to a certain extent immune to its effects.

"Those ripples deadly to us, you wouldn't even feel a bit.

"Including the material of your universe, it must also possess a certain degree of resistance."

Li again used his family's not-so-invincible Raman alloy as an example.

"In an environment affected by Earth Sea, our invincible metal is not even as good as your roadside dogtail grass."

"In fact, if Earth Sea has never risen, merely existing as a phenomenon restricted to your universe.

"Then, once you master inter-universal jumping technology, your mere appearance, doing nothing, would let the space-jump ripples effortlessly destroy civilizations in other universes."

Zhang Ze, "So powerful? Then why did we end up destroyed?"

Li, "Because there is a limit to resistance; that time the water level of Earth Sea's tide, although it didn't drown you, it drowned your universe's home planet.

"When your home planet exploded, naturally, you also exploded."

Zhang Ze, "So, you mean to say, if our home planet had been a bit stronger back then, we could have resisted the tide?"

He seemed to have already guessed what the Exile Fleet had done in its final moments and the origins of the Four Continents.

Li also nodded.

"Yes, so we gave up jumping to the next universe in exile.

"Instead, we mobilized all remaining resources, including ourselves, to initiate a plan called New Beginnings."

"The embers of the old era will extinguish here, and the seeds of hope will regain new life in this barren universe."

Li pinched his waist with a look that said, "I'm the supreme commander of multiple universes, hurry up and praise me."

Zhang Ze gave a thumbs up and then changed his tone.

"Awesome, but has this New Beginnings plan gone a bit haywire?"

Zhang Ze recalled Four Continents' history, thinking this new beginning seemed a bit overly new.

The things that shouldn't be forgotten are all forgotten. The pitfalls that shouldn't be stepped into have all been stepped into.

Li sighed at these words and said.

"Yes, there have been problems."