That was right.

Both the Wizard World and the Crimson World...

...were actually two worlds the True Game had only managed to lock onto by using the rules of its alliance to "hack" the Giant Demon Tobien Empire’s database.

Of these two worlds, the Wizard World had been designated as "black-level restricted" content by the Giant Demon Tobien Empire.

As for the Crimson World, it was classified as "red alert" content.

In short, both were worlds the Giant Demon Empire had discovered by "scanning" the Star Sea using the power of some kind of Divine Tower.

And after being discovered, these two worlds were immediately classified as highly sensitive, sealed-off content by the Giant Demon Empire.

Therefore, the ability to "discover" two worlds in a mere sixty years wasn’t the True Game’s own achievement at all.

It was the result of "stealing" the Giant Demon Empire’s accomplishments.

This meant that, under normal circumstances, discovering a new civilization in the Star Sea was actually very difficult.

Unless both sides were actively searching for each other, the time frame was definitely measured in centuries, if not millennia.

This also explained why the Giant Demon Empire had been attacking that Low Demon World at all costs, despite the heavy losses they had suffered.

As for the Giant Demon Empire itself, its power was beyond question.

Fortunately, they were currently in an alliance, so there was no need to worry about betrayal.

Regarding Lince’s own situation...

After Lince ascended to the station of an Ancient Deity, the direct feedback from the True Game indicated his current status.

Lince’s current strength was just barely enough to clash with an Upper-Rank Species Main God Level being that was not an Ancient Life form.

Of course, given the unique nature of his Space and Fiery Sun rules, he could also contend with the Dominators of some weaker worlds.

Ultimately, however, there was still a significant gap between him and the Dominators of worlds above the mid-tier Demon level—the Star Gods (Deities who were in complete symbiosis with the Mana Will, or even controlled it).

Therefore, facing the Crimson World still carried risks. Significant ones, in fact.

But he couldn’t just do nothing about this world.

After all, risk and opportunity went hand in hand.

To accelerate his own growth, and even the development of the Star Empire, sometimes he had to be more aggressive.

Besides, Lince had his own advantages.

Namely, the worldly power of his Player base was saturated and formidable.

Thus, option two became Lince’s first choice.

As for option three, a direct Star Realm war?

’Even setting aside the question of whether I can open a Star Gate, and assuming I could, that would be far too aggressive. I’m not so reckless as to gamble with my own life.’

’One hundred and twenty years it is, then.’

’It’s just the length of a nap for me, anyway.’

’I’ll scout out the situation in the Crimson World first. Even if I can’t win, it’s not a bad idea to just leave it on the back burner as a future option, right?’

However, the one point about option two that gave Lince a bit of a headache had also emerged.

This time, the Rule Erosion Level of 0.01% was completely insufficient to allow Players to directly "possess" the bodies of natives.

So, even if the "drilling" was successful, only the Players’ existing physical bodies could cross over.

There was one small silver lining, though.

Fortunately, the Crimson World had a large human population.

With the True Game’s language assistance system, the Players or Star Empire personnel sent over shouldn’t face the risk of being killed right at the start.

According to the details of plan two...

...sending people from the Star Empire—and only Low Tier humans at that—seemed to be of little use.

But that wasn’t actually the case.

This was because the rules of the Divine Realm had to be mentioned here.

Indeed.

Sending people over to gather information was only one part of the plan.

The second, and most important, function was actually to spread their faith.

As long as enough native lifeforms in the Crimson World came to believe in the Deities of the Star Empire...

...then the difficulty for the True Game to erode that world’s rules would drop dramatically.

One must not forget that the Mana Will itself was a collective consciousness formed from a world’s entire ecosystem.

When enough people, or even lifeforms, in the Crimson World were influenced by the people of the Star Empire...

...the True Game would then be able to covertly steal the Authority and rules of the other world.

The first step is always the hardest.

Once an opening was made and the True Game’s Rule Erosion Level continued to rise, it would create the conditions for subsequent Player deployments and even a large-scale entry by the Star Empire.

Therefore, this matter could not be rushed.

Moreover, the current situation in the Crimson World actually presented an opportunity for the Star Empire.

According to the intelligence gathered by the True Game...

...it seemed the Human Race and the Blood Race were currently at war on the planet they primarily inhabited within the Crimson World.

’In a world where the Blood Race is supreme, the humans actually want to resist them?’

’The situation in this world is truly bizarre, to say the least.’

’What gives the Human Race the right to fight against the Blood Race?’

’Even by the standards of a traditional fantasy setting...’

’...in a world where only the Blood Race reigns supreme, shouldn’t humans be relegated to the role of mere blood-cattle?’

A very interesting situation indeed.

And this was the fundamental reason Lince intended to interfere in this world.

Since the Human Race still had the strength to struggle against the Blood Race...

...then sending some personnel over to spread their faith seemed like a perfectly natural course of action.

After all, the Star Empire was coming with the "grand and noble wish for the peaceful coexistence of all civilized races."

Right.

Even Lince couldn’t help but want to laugh when he thought of such a high-sounding pretext.

As for what came next...

Lince simply observed the development of the Star Empire for a while, gave some instructions to the six current Players, and then entered Meditation once more, or rather, a deep slumber.