"We understand your pain, Annihilation Supreme God is willing to accept devout believers."
Konstantin said,
"But becoming a narrative-level citizen is a difficult matter. You need to go through layers of examination and swear never to betray our Grand Narrative. Unless there's a task, you are not allowed to leave our Inherent Time Domain. To integrate with us, your current bloodline will become a burden. We need to change you..."
– This was pure lip service.
Li Aozi was too familiar with these people's tactics.
The actual population of narrative-level civilizations was not many, generally around two trillion. The Empire of Heralds had a bit more but never exceeded five trillion.
But anyone who belonged to a narrative-level civilization was an elite of the Starry Abyss. They had poured the bone and blood of narrative-level civilizations into themselves. They wouldn't easily let people join.