My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1166 The Correct Way to Use the Time Reversal Grenade

"inherited?"

Wen Rui's voice was unwavering: "True inheritance is not about clinging to old methods, but about responding to the needs of all beings. My technology for helping people has been recognized by the Heavenly Dao. This 'inheritance' is closer to the 'Dao' than your thousand-year-old Buddhist teachings!"

He suddenly activated all his accumulated merits, and the technological Buddha phantom burst forth with dazzling light, forcefully tearing apart the entanglement of causal threads.

At the same time, he quietly took out a "time reversal grenade" with his left hand and threw it again—this time, the grenade did not revert to its own state, but instead reverted the phantom of the Buddhist scripture at the top of the mandala to a state that was not yet fully formed!
"Not good!" Saint Zhunti exclaimed, trying to reassemble the Buddhist scriptures, but he saw that the Creator Heavenly Venerable had already closed in, forming the "Delusion-Breaking Seal" with his hands, and directly attacking the two saints' sea of ​​consciousness.

The moment the "Demon-Breaking Seal" touched the consciousness of the two saints, the Buddha suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of golden blood.

This Buddha's blood was no ordinary essence; it contained the world's laws of "rebirth of flesh and blood, the six realms of reincarnation, and the cycle of cause and effect." The moment it landed, it transformed into countless blood-red Sanskrit characters, intertwining with the illusory images of Buddhist scriptures at the top of the mandala, and actually constructing a "Great Array of Cause and Effect Reincarnation" in the void. Within the array, illusory images of beings from the three realms appeared: the toil of mortals farming, the dedication of cultivators practicing, and the piety of Buddhist disciples spreading the Dharma. Each illusory image was connected to a thread of cause and effect, tightly wrapped around the limbs and bones of the Creator Heavenly Venerable.

"You say that inheritance should conform to the needs of all people, but have you seen clearly?"

The guide's voice was bloodshot, but still firm: "Many beings in this world are afraid of difficulties and fond of ease. If no one guides them with Buddhist teachings, relying solely on the power of technology, they will eventually fall into the cycle of 'greed'! We have built the Great Array of Cause and Effect not to bind you, but to let you see the flaws in 'technology saving people'!"

Before he finished speaking, the Sage Zhunti had already wielded the Seven Treasures Tree, pouring all his own power into the great formation. The illusory figures within the formation suddenly shifted. Mortals, emboldened by the convenience of technology, became lazy, while cultivators, emboldened by their power, attacked each other. Those beings who had once escaped hunger and cold through technology lost their true nature in their comfort, and ultimately, the world turned into wasteland amidst rising mushroom clouds.

—This is the “technological drawback” outlined by the two saints using “future projection”, attempting to shake Wenrui’s beliefs with the power of cause and effect.

Upon witnessing this scene, Wen Rui was secretly alarmed. The ability of the Western religions to postpone events, including the ability to understand the nature of past lives and destiny, was indeed extraordinary. They had even deduced the risk of civilization's demise due to a future nuclear war.

Wen Rui's body was marked with deep bloodstains by the causal threads, but the determination in his eyes remained undiminished.

He suddenly looked up, and the golden light of Heavenly Merit around him surged, merging the illusory image of "Technological Buddha" with himself, transforming into a "Heavenly Merit Dharma Body" that was ten thousand feet tall. The Dharma Body held a "Painting of Peace and Happiness for All Beings" in its left hand. In the painting, mortals were each fulfilling their duties and getting what they deserved, without hunger, cold, or strife.

Holding the "rules of justice" in his right hand, with "technological progress" and "moral constraints" on either side, he is perfectly balanced.

"What you call a 'flaw' is nothing more than viewing all living beings as 'lambs that need to be guided'!"

Wen Rui's voice thundered throughout the entire mandala: "I spread technology not only to teach people how to fish, but also to teach them the principles of fishing—to let mortals understand why they work, and to let cultivators understand why they exercise restraint. The chaos in this causal array is not the fault of technology, but the result of your obsession with underestimating sentient beings!"

"I formally warn you that you should not underestimate the wisdom of the working people, as you often refer to sentient beings as foolish and ignorant!"

He raised his hand and struck the Great Array of Cause and Effect. Suddenly, the phantom in the "Painting of Peace and Happiness for All Beings" came to life, and the thoughts of countless mortals turned into golden streams of light, merging into the Dharma Body of Merit.

These thoughts contain no greed, only the perseverance to "survive by oneself"; no laziness, only the enthusiasm to "explore the unknown"—this is the "belief in all beings" condensed by the Creator Heavenly Venerable through years of practicing "universal salvation through science and technology," which is closer to the origin of the Heavenly Way than the "vow power" of the two saints.

"Boom!" The palm of the Merit Dharma Body collided with the Karma Array, and the space within the mandala shattered instantly, with countless fragments of rules falling like a meteor shower.

The causal threads between the two saints began to break inch by inch, and the "chaotic phantoms" in the formation were gradually replaced by the scene of "peace and happiness" under the impact of "the beliefs of all beings".

The Buddha and the Sage Zhunti simultaneously coughed up a mouthful of blood, staggered backward, their faces filled with disbelief—they had never imagined that the beliefs of sentient beings could be so powerful as to shake the great array of cause and effect constructed by countless cycles of reincarnation and Buddhist affinity.

"impossible!"

Sage Zhunti roared fiercely, and the Seven Treasures Tree emitted its last ray of intense light, attempting to forcibly reinforce the great formation at the cost of his own "foundation of the Dao": "All sentient beings need the Buddha's teachings to guide them, how can you have such a firm belief? You must have used evil magic!"

Evil magic?

Wen Rui sneered, and his Merit Dharma Body raised his hand to take out the "Phase Space Locker," but no longer for imprisonment. Instead, he merged it with the "Rule Balance" and released the "Balance Rule"—within the mandala, the "inevitable success" rule, which was originally controlled by the two saints, began to loosen, and was replaced by the fair law of "self-responsibility for cause and effect."

"You two have forcibly interfered with cause and effect using your Dao foundations, which has already violated the original meaning of 'Fate'!"

Wen Rui's voice seemed to carry a trace of the majesty of the Heavenly Dao: "Today I will show you clearly that true 'fate' is never 'defined by the strong,' but 'chosen by all living beings'!"

The mandala of consciousness suddenly blurred, and the scene of the conference room reappeared. The tablet was still playing footage of children from Chaos City attending class, and the comments section was full of expectations for peace.

It was as if a save file had been loaded; the timeline had jumped back to before the two saints launched their attack.

The principle is actually very simple: Wen Rui planted a time-reversal grenade in the negotiation meeting room, or more precisely, a time-reversal time bomb.

As cunning as Wen Rui is, how could he not save before triggering the key plot? The way to save is to secretly plant a time-rewind grenade with a pre-set explosion time. Once the negotiation situation turns bad, he will secretly start the grenade's countdown to explosion.

Whether this negotiation succeeds or not, the time bomb will explode.

Even if you fail and are killed by the enemy, the grenade explosion will return you to the timeline before the enemy made their move.

But if the other party readily accepts the terms, it doesn't matter if the grenade explodes. Since they've already accepted each other's terms in the previous timeline, they can just awkwardly laugh it off in a new timeline and sign a new contract.

The two sages were far more advanced than Yun Zhongzi. After the time reversal, they still retained the memories of another timeline. They were only stunned for a moment before they immediately realized that Wen Rui had activated the great supernatural power of the Time Law that he had used in the Mandala of the Sea of ​​Consciousness.

(End of this chapter)