Jalama's shadow: "Actually, from the moment civilization entered the wandering stage, our population wasn't large, but we still had a few thousand people.
"Azik said he enjoys wandering in the Star Realm's crevices, but he was lying. Perhaps he likes the adventure, but such wandering has no future.
"The ecological balls we created can stay in Chaotic Space, but maintaining them requires tremendous effort.
"Over the course of tens of thousands of years of wandering, our population has dwindled from a few thousand to a few hundred, and eventually to just a few dozen..."
Lu Heng asked curiously, "Since the wandering lifestyle can't last, why not settle in a world? With your capabilities, conquering a lower civilization should have been easy when you still had a few thousand people."
Jalama nodded: "Yes, the leader of the wandering era initially aimed to find a habitable world to start anew. But..."
He paused at this point.
From that "but", Lu Heng could hear many implications.
