Humans, the creatures at the very top of the food chain on this planet, were now being treated as livestock by the Devourers, who used the entire planet as a farm. They even deliberately left humans time to grow?

This feeling made Li Chenzhou very uncomfortable! But judging from Li Yingning's attitude, the Devourers were indeed terrifying. At least, humans now were definitely not their opponents, so he had to hold back even if he felt displeased.

"Instructor, do you know where the Devourers' lair is?"

Li Chenzhou asked.

"Even the Controllers don't know, so how would I know?"

Li Yingning shook her head with a wry smile and said, "I did search for a long time, but unfortunately... I had no clue! They are very cautious, and I couldn't even find their first farm!"

"Controllers?"

Li Chenzhou heard a new term again: "What are the Controllers?"

"They are... the existences who control this universe. We used to regard them as enemies!"

Li Yingning said, "At that time, the Devourers were still using space battleships to find prey, and we defeated them. At that time, we thought we had defeated the Devourer race. Then, we discovered traces of the Controllers, so we began to pursue the Controllers and regard them as enemies.

"Later, under the leadership of 'Madman,' we successfully found the Controllers, and found what they used to control this universe. In fact, at that time, 'Madman' could have become a Controller, but 'Madman' felt that this universe did not need anyone to control it!

"Every planet in the universe, and every species on the planet, has its own inevitability of existence. Even if no one controls it, the universe can still operate normally.

"So, 'Madman' chose to destroy that thing. Then, we watched the universe being destroyed and rebuilt before our eyes. Trillions of years passed in an instant. We witnessed the universe from birth to prosperity!

"After that, we all left and looked for our own lives. We originally thought that without the Controllers and Devourers, the universe would operate according to its own laws, and the intelligent life on each life planet could live and inherit according to their own habits!

"Later, I encountered an accident. After waking up, I found that the planet I was on, which was originally a barren planet, had become a life planet, and humans had been born on it. Even the language was something I could understand.

"After that, I discovered the Devourers again. I thought it was a cycle of the universe, but later I realized that it wasn't. The appearance of the Devourers was not because of reincarnation, but because what we had killed at that time was just a branch of them!

"As for the Controllers, their original intention was not to control the entire universe. They wanted to unite all the intelligent life in the universe to jointly resist the Devourers!

"It's just that, because their abilities became stronger, their attitude began to change, turning the original intention of uniting other intelligent life into controlling other intelligent life, and making these intelligent life fight against the Devourers according to their will!

"It can only be said that absolute power made them start to become corrupt. That's why 'Madman' regarded them as enemies. If... if they hadn't been fighting us with all their strength at that time, but had explained their original intention and the power of the Devourers, perhaps the ending would have been very different!"

"Instructor! You said... the universe was completely destroyed and then rebuilt? Then... shouldn't the Devourers have been completely wiped out too?"

Li Chenzhou asked with some puzzlement, "Could it be... that the Devourers were reborn again when the universe was rebuilt later?"

"No! They were not destroyed along with the universe!"

Li Yingning shook her head and said, "I don't know the specific reason, but according to a Controller I met later, the Devourers are not in the universe. Their lair should be in a unique space!

"Originally, the Devourers should not exist, because their way of life is completely hostile to any life, and even destroys life. With them, all other creatures in the universe will eventually become extinct.

"That Controller said that according to their speculation, the Devourers must be rejected by the universe, but they don't know why they can still find a place to survive and eventually pose a threat to the universe."

"Their lair is not in our universe?"

Li Chenzhou's eyes widened. Was this a joke? His enemies were not creatures of this universe? Damn it, the universe is so big, and it's not even known if it has edges. Did they want him to rush out of the universe?

It seems... according to the technology of his planet, even rushing out of the solar system is very problematic, let alone rushing out of the universe... well! Even if there really is a battleship that can rush out of the universe, whether he can live that long is a problem!

Li Chenzhou subconsciously looked at the space gate, and suddenly thought of something, so he looked at Li Yingning and asked, "Instructor, when did the Devourers master the rules of space?"

"You guessed it?"

Li Yingning shook her head and smiled bitterly: "It was after we created the universe. Perhaps, the destruction and rebirth of the universe was witnessed by the Devourers, and we were all immersed in the process of the universe's formation, while they comprehended the rules of space from it! Alas..."

"In other words... you destroyed them once, but not completely, and later indirectly made them stronger?"

Li Chenzhou's mouth twitched.

"Yes! That's right. So, you have to become stronger to have a chance to kill them. Also, this time you have to find a way to find their lair and completely destroy them!"

Li Yingning said, "Because we don't know where they are, so for so many eras, although humans have defeated the Devourers, it's just that... they have only won a little time similar to a 'fishing ban.' It won't be long before the Devourers appear again!

"Humans in every era will encounter the situation your planet is facing. The apocalypse descends, and then humans struggle hard, making themselves stronger in the killing. Originally, they thought that after becoming stronger, they would have the hope of destroying the zombies and regaining control of their planet.

"But in the end, everything people do is just to make themselves more 'delicious,' waiting for the Devourers to come and harvest! Just like the pigs in the pigsty, desperately grabbing food, but they don't know that the fatter the pig, the easier it is to be slaughtered!"

"..."

Hearing Li Yingning's words, Li Chenzhou fell silent, striving to become stronger, destroy the zombies, and regain his planet... There were many people around him with such thoughts...