"31 Worlds should be more than enough. With how impatient the Universe is, I’d say it would directly target those worlds before we hit the 10th world." Amaya nodded. "Exactly." Aeliana nodded as well. Then, the Vampire continued, "And it is not just about dealing with those Middle-Level Worlds. This method has quite a few other benefits as well." "What do you mean?" Vyriana questioned. "Think of this as an experiment." Aeliana answered. The rest of the women, except Amaya, frowned in confusion, and the Vampire started. "We need to understand how the Universe works. What we are up against is the Universe, an entity with absolute power but limited intelligence. We need to understand how far it is willing to go to get what it wants. We need to test its boundaries. We need to see how it would retaliate against our actions." As the women listened intently, Amaya took over. "What we are trying to understand is how many ’passes’ we have. Our journey against the Universe is a long one. We cannot just sit back and let everything stay the same. What we are trying to do is treat those five beings we select as if they are five of us. We are connecting those five beings to the Anomaly, and once the Universe finds that out and tries to devour them, we are ’protecting’ those beings from the Universe’s retaliation. It is similar to how, back then, Nux protected Felberta and then Mother." Amaya explained, and Felberta finally got the gist of it. "So you two are trying to find out how many ’chances’ or ’passes’ we have before the Universe targets Yrniel?" "Exactly." Aeliana nodded. "As Amaya said, this is going to be a long journey. We cannot deny the possibility of there being a time when any one of us is connected to the Anomaly and the Universe tries to attack us. The last thing we want is for the Universe to target Yrniel because of that. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶 Of course, we will do everything in our power to make sure that this doesn’t happen, but I still think it would be better to have a number in our mind." The Vampire explained. "But won’t the number change according to the circumstances? Especially in Yrniel’s case, since it already has a connection with the Anomaly? Not to mention, the Universe will be much more sensitive to this after it devours five Middle-Level Worlds and still gets nothing out of it." Astaria questioned with a frown. "It will change, of course." Aeliana nodded. "But it would still be better to have a rough idea." Amaya completed the sentence. "And we can always weaken Yrniel’s connection with the Anomaly by strengthening the Anomaly’s connection to other worlds." Aeliana added, and Amaya nodded at her words. Honestly, the rest of the women who were seeing these two working together… weren’t liking it at all. They honestly pitied their future enemies. Just one Amaya was more than enough… but to add someone like Aeliana into the equation… the poor bastards wouldn’t even know what hit them. Take those Middle-Level Worlds, for example. Imagine silently enjoying your day, in your world, without bothering anyone or anything, and then suddenly, the Universe attacks your world, reducing it to dust, ending your life without giving you a single chance to resist… How pitiful was that? The women shook their heads, praying for the poor souls who would stand against them in the future. Nux, who saw their reaction, chuckled. He could tell what his lovely wives were thinking. Then, he turned towards Aeliana and Amaya, who were looking at him with bright eyes as if waiting for him to compliment them. Of course, Amaya’s expression was much more open and shameless. The Vampire was still not very open yet, but even she was looking forward to Nux’s praise. Your next journey awaits at freewebnovel But then, "We cannot do that." Nux shook his head. "What? Why?" Amaya frowned. It wasn’t just her; Aeliana and the rest of the women frowned as well. They had just understood the plan and couldn’t help but like it more and more, but for Nux to disagree… "While what you are thinking is good, it would attract a lot of attention to Yrniel." Nux answered. "Don’t forget, these Middle-Level Worlds are in the same Sector as Yrniel, and even if it is weak, they still have some sort of connection to Yrniel because of the foxes. Not to mention, the first ’victim’ of the Anomaly came from Yrniel. Just like Felberta said, it is already set in stone that the Anomaly has connections with Yrniel. If any incident—especially one that angers the Universe to the point where it decides to devour the Worlds—occurs, it might target Yrniel too." "It should not." Aeliana shook her head. Obviously, she had considered all this before. "Their connection to Yrniel is very weak. They were only targeting Yrniel using the Low-Level Worlds because they were scared of Father. The only connection they have with Yrniel is the fact that they share the same Sector." "And that is more than enough." Nux answered. "As I said, the Universe wouldn’t hesitate to burn itself if it meant it could get rid of the Anomaly. While it might not devour the entire Sector, a world that had a connection with the Anomaly… How likely do you think it is that the Universe would target such a world?" Nux questioned, and in an instant, both Aeliana and Amaya turned silent. They tried to think of ways around it, forming connections between other worlds of this Sector with the Anomaly by allowing Nux to devour entities from those worlds, but the more they thought about it… The worse the idea felt. After all, this would only attract more attention to this Sector. It would become too dangerous. "Then what were you planning to do when you said you were going to use our enemy to our advantage? Were you not talking about the Universe?" Felberta questioned directly, and at that question, Nux’s smile widened. "Oh, I was talking about the Universe, alright." He nodded. "Just that my way is much more direct."