Published: February 13, 2025
Zizikaba understood Ye Zhongming's meaning.
It was not an easy task for the Library Palace to emerge.
After obtaining the antidote and breaking the vicious curse, was it really over?
No, to some extent, it was only just the beginning.
The shackles placed on the book keepers were imposed by the All Races of the Universe; once they stepped out, the All Races could not remain indifferent.
To gain the recognition of these cosmic races was not something that could be achieved through negotiation or pleas but required the Library Palace itself to demonstrate its strength, the kind that implied, "If you want to move against me, you also cannot act."
Only then could they claim to have completely freed themselves from the tragic fate accumulated over so many cosmic years.
Could they rely solely on the book keepers?
There was no denying that their strength was indeed impressive. If we were to average it out, no super race could compete with the Library Palace's members when it came to the fuleira.
However, compared to other super races, or even major races, the number of book keepers was far too few. Among them, a portion were purely research-oriented book keepers, and the number who could actually fight was likely less than that of a medium-sized race.
Faced with major races boasting hundreds of thousands of warriors and super races with millions, this number was evidently insufficient.
For them to be feared, there were two aspects that needed to be solid.
One aspect was top-tier combat power; this was not a significant worry. The Old Dean's strength remained unknown to anyone, but it was certain that he was among the strongest individuals in the All Races of the Universe, likely on par with the Gu Rui Imperial Clan, Tarros Red Dwarf, Lena People, and Hall People.
There were also extremely powerful existences among the other book keepers, and their numbers were quite considerable.
The other aspect was overall strength.
As mentioned before, the number of book keepers was too few, and this was something neither Zizikaba nor Ye Zhongming could resolve at the moment.
How many did they have when counting their personnel?
Five thousand or ten thousand?
With this number, combined with the book keepers from the Library Palace, to be honest, a major race could easily overwhelm them with sheer numbers.
Such a Library Palace was not qualified to step out, let alone engage in dialogue with the entire All Races of the Universe; they didn't even have the qualification to challenge any super race.
Despite the current good relationship between Ye Zhongming and the Su Clan musk ke people, when it came to matters concerning the Library Palace, they would likely not stand on his side, and being able to remain neutral would be a huge favor.
It wasn't that they didn't want to help, but rather that helping would be futile if one did not possess the strength; they could not blame others for that.
This issue was something Ye Zhongming had considered, and Zizikaba had naturally thought about it as well.
However, since breaking the curse was the priority, they had not invested much energy into this area. Both the Library Palace and Zizikaba believed that it wouldn't be too late to develop their strength once the curse was nearly resolved, or even after it was completely lifted.
But Ye Zhongming's appearance made this problem increasingly urgent.
Because, as of now, Ye Zhongming had found the vast majority of the antidotes, and the remaining few were extremely difficult to locate. Although time could no longer be guaranteed, it was indeed imperative to start expanding their strength.
Yet, Zizikaba and the Library Palace had no particularly good solutions for this.
Training warriors would take ten years or even decades; reaching a number that could instill fear in other races was an extremely lengthy process.
Zizikaba was, in fact, already working on this, but throughout these years, finding loyal and reliable evolvers to train had proven very difficult. The high costs also prevented him from expanding the scale of his operations, so the forces he currently commanded, aside from forming an intelligence network, consisted of only a pitiful few dozen who were genuinely responsible for combat.