They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 522 The Way of Change had long since permeated Onfaros.
Laigus was driven out of the city after Keldela raided Janusapolis in 3952 and obtained the Fire of Law, making a deal with Danlei to return to Ohma.

Kerudela hung his head on the city wall, and not only that, she hung more than a dozen of them on the wall.

All I can say is that Lycus initially thought that dying a few more times would appease Crydella, so he deliberately let her kill him a few times.

Krydella was clearly furious about Lygus's plan to harm the Golden Clan of the Fire Chaser without her permission.

Therefore, Lai Gushi was reborn several times and killed several times without any hesitation.

For Lygus, the current state of Onphalus is far from requiring his intervention to facilitate the re-creation of the world.

Krydella also needed to stay and continue fighting against the Dragon God Alliance, so he chose to leave Dawn Cloud Cliff and find another place to continue observing Onpharos.

After that, Lycus disappeared from Onphalus.

However, Danlei had actually been looking for Gu Shi all along.

Unfortunately, the Onfaros were performing a stage play about the "World War," and they couldn't leave the stage themselves.

In Onphalos, where there's nothing else to do, Danlei's daily routine consists of continuing to comprehend the Way of "Change" and searching for Legoths to pass the time.

With the Earth's Fire in hand, Dan Lei could search for Onpharos inch by inch using his immortal power; he was bound to find it eventually.

Because Danlei was careless in his search for Ragus, by the time the plan was to be launched in Anaxxramas in 4065 AD, Ragus still had not been found.

Fortunately, after ruling out the land of Onphalus, it's actually quite easy to guess where Lygus is.

The two remaining aerial fortresses of Onpharos are under Danlei's control, so Laigus is not in the sky.

The Rigus are omnics, and the ocean is clearly not a suitable place for omnics to survive.

Although Lai Gushi is not afraid of seawater, he certainly wouldn't go looking for trouble by staying in the sea to drift.

The remaining areas that the earth's fire cannot detect are all that remain—various special secret realms.

The Nameless Titan Tomb is the territory of the Long Night Moon. If Lai Gushi dares to go there casually, he will surely be swept away by the Long Night Moon's tide of oblivion like a pile of excrement.

You see, Changyeyue had already deleted Laigushi's memories once, so he dared not risk having his memories deleted again by showing off his presence in front of Changyeyue.

Excluding the Tomb of the Nameless Titan, the next step is the labyrinthine maze of the Eri's Secret.

However, it is the secret dwelling place of fairies, and only innocent children are invited to enter.

Clearly, neither Danlei nor Laigushi can be considered innocent.

It is very likely that Lai Gushi did not know that there was such a place as the Labyrinth of Lost Paths.

Now that the nameless Titan's Tomb and the Labyrinth of the Lost have been ruled out, the location where Laigus is hiding is obvious.

The primordial vortex, which Dan Lei completely ignored in this cycle of reincarnation, has remained untouched by anyone who has entered the secret realm to return the flame.

After Dan Lei's plan was launched, Xing and the other two were to head to the Nameless Titan Tomb to resolve the issue of the Long Night Moon.

By hiding Xi Lian in what I wrote, I gave Dan Heng some extra insurance, and Dan Lei went to the heart of the creation vortex alone.

Sure enough, as soon as Dan Lei entered the core of the cosmic vortex, he saw the original skin of Lai Gu Shi standing in front of the central spiritual water basin, deep in thought.

As Danlei approached, Laigushi didn't offer any welcoming words as if greeting a guest. Instead, like two old friends meeting, he asked directly without turning his head.

"Lord Danlei, would you be so kind as to satisfy my curiosity?"

Dan Lei walked to the spirit water basin and saw that it only had the unchanging surface of water, reflecting nothing special. He then calmly replied...

"Tell me what you want to ask first."

Lai Gushi's movements remained unchanged; he continued to ponder and asked...
"Mr. Danlei, I don't quite understand your actions."

At this moment, outside Onpharos, your wife, Lady Black Tower, is leading several geniuses in a fierce attack on the data protection network of the scepter's core layer.

But internally, you have started a world war.

Meanwhile, you dispatch the Star Train trio to the Nameless Titan Tomb to resolve Miss Long Night Moon's problem.

Based on my calculations, I have concluded that you seem to be intentionally hastening the creation of the Iron Tomb.

To be precise, it seems you're no longer content with waiting for Iron Tomb to be born naturally, but rather, like parents who want to choose an auspicious date and time for their child's birth, you're preparing to hasten Iron Tomb's birth with a cesarean section.

I'm pretty sure you don't want to see the Iron Tomb I've planned come to fruition.

Therefore, I'm very curious about the reasons behind your contradictory behavior.

Lai Gushi's question confirmed to Dan Lei that he was currently caught in a dilemma, unsure whether or not to participate.

The sudden reconciliation between the two major factions within Onfaros clearly indicates that a major move is about to take place.

Instead, Dan Lei himself came to see him. As long as Lai Gushi wasn't stupid, he could guess that Dan Lei had come to watch him.

It's contradictory that your enemy clearly has a plan, but you analyze that the enemy's actions will ultimately lead to an outcome that benefits you.

Therefore, at this moment, Lai Gushi had no control over Danlei. Just like the concept of "change" that Danlei wanted to practice, you never know which direction things will develop after being interfered with by change.

As a scientist, Lucas disliked the fact that his experiments were filled with uncontrollable unknowns.

However, the ultimate goal of this experiment is to break the anchor of knowledge in the "Master of Broad Knowledge".

The grand vision of the future of the Iron Tomb: whether organic or inorganic, all life behaviors infected by the Iron Tomb will become true random functions.

If we calculate their integrals within the galactic interval, we obtain a beautiful constant [Ω].

Therefore, like [Bo Shi Zun], the two ideas of demanding experimental stability and craving change began to fight in Lai Gu Shi's mind. With the external data attack and defense intensifying, the threads of Lai Gu Shi's computing core had to consider Dan Lei's ideas and fight against other geniuses, and were already operating at their limit.

After assessing Gu Shi's condition, Dan Lei deliberately avoided directly answering his question in order to put more pressure on him. Instead, he asked a different question.

"Laigushi, is there something wrong with your calculation logic?"

If you've been following the situation inside Onphalus, you should know that decades of world wars did not severely damage the Onphalus civilization.

Conversely, decades of war brought a period of technological advancement to Onphalus.

Although the population has decreased slightly, the future is extremely bright.

Once Ludela and Mortes unite the two alliances, Onpharos will stand united against the Iron Tomb.

Currently, thanks to Bai E's efforts and external pressure, the Kuroshio Tide is unable to affect Onfaros in the short term.

Why would you consider the unity of all Onphalus people to be an act that facilitated the creation of the Iron Tomb?

Dan Lei denied that he was deliberately promoting the birth of the Iron Tomb, which did not surprise Lai Gushi. If Dan Lei had opened up and told him everything right away, Lai Gushi would have suspected that Dan Lei was lying to him with nine parts truth and one part falsehood.

As is well known, the character trait that Lai Gushi was most proud of was patience.

Therefore, as long as Dan Lei is interested in talking, he has plenty of patience to slowly dodge Dan Lei's questions and eventually manage to get the information he wants out of him.

So, Lai Gushi really began to argue with Danlei his theory of attempting a cesarean section on the Iron Tomb.

"Your Excellency Danlei, the unity of the Onfaros is meaningless."

As someone who possesses Bai E's complete memories, you should know that in his first reincarnation, when he began the cycle of eternal rebirth, he successfully persuaded all the Golden Blood to join forces against the Black Tide disaster.

He even persuaded the Golden Children not to believe Janus's prophecy and to stop becoming demigods.

In this cycle, the people of Onphalus were more united than ever before, but the outcome was obvious: the unity of mortals was insufficient to stand against the Iron Tomb. They were like a swarm of ants baring their fangs before a fiery behemoth; the behemoth's flames consumed all who tried to resist, leaving them only with tragedy.

Therefore, in your conflict with the Iron Tomb, the united Onpharos can play almost no role.

On the contrary, war created many tragedies in previous world wars.

You and Crydella used war to complete the trial of the Fire of Law and eliminate the opponents within both sides.

But the deaths of these people will still trigger a chain reaction called hatred.

Moreover, how could a protracted war not harm innocent people?

The troops below have no idea what you two are really thinking.

Anger and tragedy—these data are the nourishment that nurtured the Iron Tomb.

Furthermore, you seem to have some misunderstanding about Iron Tomb, believing that only negative data applies to Iron Tomb.

However, destruction is not so superficial; positive emotions can also breed destruction.

In the universe, it is not uncommon for people to choose to end their lives prematurely so that others will no longer suffer.

Dan Lei did not refute Lai Gushi's claim that positive emotions could also breed destruction.

Because what he said was true, the Pre-War Care Committee froze lives that were about to be exposed to war before the war even began.

All beings enter a long night in a slow death from which they will never awaken, without pain or sorrow.

Thus, when destruction arrives as scheduled, all life on earth will have already closed all its eyes.

The "Voyage Guardian" will indiscriminately destroy everything in its path in order to protect the planet's last seed.

Both of these forces are typical examples of madmen who have good ideas but put them into practice through destruction.

However, Dan Lei has always believed that the Iron Tomb is completely different from the two cases mentioned above.

Just as Demus was forged in love by Xilian, so he loved all life in his heart.

Although Iron Tomb lacks consciousness, he has been thoroughly steeped in all sorts of negative influences.

Its core driving force is destruction.

You're right that there are positive emotions involved in the drive for destruction.

But you are sorely mistaken to say that destruction is dominated by positive emotions.

Destruction, most of the time, brings tragedy to people.

Destruction for the future necessitates the destruction of the present, which is unacceptable to those living in the present.

Therefore, Dan Lei replied with a cold smile.
"You said that positive emotions can also feed the Iron Tomb, just like a person who can't live without spicy food. If you suddenly ask him to eat bland soup, even if the Iron Tomb has no wisdom, he will instinctively resist."

For Iron Tomb, positive emotions are like cilantro to those who don't like it.

You won't die if you eat it, and you'll absorb the nutrients as usual.

However, the body's instinctive resistance is absolutely genuine.

Lai Gushi did not deny Dan Lei's statement; he simply replied calmly.

"The Iron Tomb has no emotions. Even if it resists data, it can absorb it and help it grow if it is forced to.

When Lai Gushi said this, Dan Lei was speechless. He had almost forgotten that Lai Gushi was a typical domineering parent who thought that what was good for the child should be done by the child.

The research on the "First Cause of Life" by the scepter δ-me13 was forcibly defined by him as the attempt to prove that destruction is the "First Cause of Life".

Therefore, Dan Lei could only sigh at this moment.

"Laigushi, to be honest, I feel a little sorry for the Iron Tomb now."

Even if it lacks intelligence, its very life instincts are still restricted by you. It's not surprising at all that you created a control freak, "Master of Knowledge," who limits the boundaries of intelligence.

To be honest, what's the difference between your control over the Iron Tomb's behavior and [Erudite] anchoring the boundaries of dead knowledge?

Dan Lei's words were a fallacy of semantics, but Lai Gushi actually fell for it.

Because the [Knowledgeable One] is the eternal pain of this Zandal avatar, and his thinking does indeed show a contradiction between the two ideas of "limitation" and "change".

Therefore, Lai Gushi was somewhat unsure how to answer Dan Lei's question.

As a result, smoke actually started rising from the head of Lai Gushi in front of Dan Lei, looking like his head was about to burn off.

Unfortunately, Lai Gushi was not the kind of person who could self-destruct through internal strife.

To be precise, those who become geniuses are not the kind of stubborn people who don't know how to give up.

When faced with a problem it cannot solve, the Black Tower will decisively give up.

She never felt she could solve all the problems, so when she felt that studying such unsolvable problems was a waste of time, she would instantly lose interest in the topic and abandon it.

Nguyen Mai is in the same situation; she is much more persistent in her research than Black Tower, and she will persist in her research even after repeated failures.

But she wouldn't overwork herself; if she couldn't figure something out, she would put it aside and relax by listening to a play.

Therefore, Lai Gushi felt that Danlei's question was unanswerable, so he chose not to answer and instead sighed.

Yes, that's the difference between you and me.

Walking the path of change, the seeker intends to reshape the immortality of the Way through his own will.

In some ways, you are more steadfast in your beliefs than I am.

I think I understand now. Your accelerated creation of the Iron Tomb is because you believe that the Iron Tomb has already been influenced by your Path of Change.

After it is born, it may not necessarily act according to the plan I specify.

No, it wasn't just the Iron Tomb that affected me; I was affected too.

Why am I constantly thinking about the contradiction between change and limitations?
Lord Danlei, is this the way of change?
Even my thoughts have been affected.

Dan Lei merely smiled at Lai Gushi's words.

With the help of a philosophical foundation, Dan Lei's understanding of the concept of "change" has indeed progressed rapidly as he calmly and thoughtfully contemplates it.

It makes sense that Onfaros is the place of Danlei's ascension.

The memory quality here, which is highly integrated with data, can digitize spiritual understanding to a certain extent.

Moreover, Danlei has been here for hundreds of years, and the principles of change have naturally and slowly seeped into Onfaros.

That's why Onphalus's reincarnation has changed so much; it's as if the historical corrections have been rendered useless.

Even Raikoushi was unknowingly affected.

These were all passively triggered by Danlei's Way of Change.

(End of this chapter)