Taibusi (official in charge of divination).

This is one of the most mysterious and core organizations in the entire Immortal Boat Alliance. It does not control military force, nor does it concern itself with internal affairs. Instead, it uses a vast Jade Omen Calculation Array to deduce all causes and effects of the past, present, and future.

When Luo Chen and his group stepped into this area shrouded in a rich purple-blue holographic projection, not even a wisp of wind could be heard in the air, only the faint hum of the jade mechanism turning.

"My benefactors, the key point of the Qiong Guan Formation is just ahead."

Tingyun stopped in her tracks, her fluffy fox ears slightly tucked back, seemingly instinctively uncomfortable with this space filled with deductions and calculations. As the infiltrator of the Great Lord of Annihilation, she detested nothing more than this kind of array that attempted to see through everything.

She turned around, covering half her face with a folding fan, and bowed her head respectfully.

"The Grand Diviner is waiting ahead. I am of humble status and will not go in to disturb you."

"Go."

Luo Chen waved his hand casually, as if dismissing an insignificant servant:

"Don't go too far. Once things are settled here, I'll need you to lead the way to that crooked 'tree' again."

"Yes, my benefactor."

Tingyun gritted her teeth, smiled, and retreated into the shadows. The moment she turned around, a fierce resentment and fear flashed in her fox-like eyes.

That man just mentioned "trees"... The mutation of the Jianmu tree is still in its incubation period, how could he know?!

Luo Chen ignored the fox that had escaped and led Xing, Sanyueqi, and Danheng straight toward the huge magic array that was floating in the void.

A thorough observation of the formation.

It resembles a giant mechanical eyeball, composed of countless interlocking jade slips and runes that emit a faint glow.

In the very center of the formation stood a petite pink-haired girl who exuded an undeniable air of authority.

The head of the Grand Diviner was Fu Xuan.

At this moment, Fu Xuan stood with her hands behind her back, the Dharma Eye between her brows, which resembled a third eye, faintly gleaming with purple light. Her delicate and pretty face was filled with seriousness and displeasure, and her gaze was fixed directly on Luo Chen and his group as they approached.

"Too slow."

Fu Xuan's voice was clear and crisp, yet it carried an air of mature and authoritative authority:

"From the Shence Palace to the Imperial Apothecary, you should have arrived half an hour ago at your pace. I have been waiting here for quite some time. Nameless guests, do you consider this celestial vessel a tourist market?"

"Wow, the Diviner is so tiny..."

March 7th couldn't help but mutter something under his breath, but he immediately shrank back when Fu Xuan glared at him with sharp eyes.

"Shut up, pink-haired girl. My divine eye can hear your innermost thoughts."

Fu Xuan snorted coldly, then looked past the three people on the train and landed on Luo Chen.

In just a moment, Fu Xuan's eyes, which had been full of confidence, suddenly narrowed.

As the diviner of the Luofu Immortal Ship, her eyes can see through cause and effect and analyze destiny.

But when she looked at the man in black, her "divine eye" returned an extremely strange response—[nothing].

There was no past, no future, no trace of destiny. It was as if this man was an insulator that had fallen from outside the universe, carving out a human-shaped void in this space.

"You... are the 'variable' that Jing Yuan mentioned in his message?"

Fu Xuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stinging pain emanating from his Dharma Eye:

"Indeed unfathomable. But even so, this is the Taibu Si, and everything is within the deductions of the Qiong Guan Zhen. Since you are the people Jing Yuan allowed to pass, then I will get straight to the point."

Fu Xuan turned to the side, avoiding the view behind him.

Within the pillar of light at the core of the Qiong Guan Array, a woman was suspended in mid-air by several thick golden magical chains.

She wore a burgundy trench coat, her long, purplish-red hair was somewhat disheveled, and even her signature sunglasses were nowhere to be seen. But even as a prisoner, a calm, even slightly mocking smile still lingered on her lips.

Star Core Hunter, Kafka.

"Kafka!"

Xing and March 7 gripped their weapons tightly at the same time, and Dan Heng's eyes turned cold as his Cloud-Striking Spear emitted a low hum.

"Don't be nervous, everyone on the Star Train."

Kafka tilted her head slightly, looking down at the crowd, her voice still languid and magnetic:

"I'm a prisoner now, bound hand and foot. Even if I wanted to do something to you, I'm powerless to do so."

Her gaze swept past the stars and landed directly on Luo Chen:

"You actually came. It seems you're quite satisfied with your 'tour guide' job on this trip?"

"Is this your plan, Star Core Hunters?"

Luo Chen, with his hands in his trench coat pockets, walked to Fu Xuan's side, looked up at Kafka in mid-air, and his eyes revealed a hint of boredom:

"You used yourself as bait to get into the prison on the Immortal Ship, and then you calculated that I would come to see you with the train crew. What? Did Elio's script also include the part where I would mercifully release you?"

"Your name isn't in Elio's script."

Kafka's smile vanished, and a rare hint of seriousness flashed in her wine-red eyes:

"You are an absolute 'blind spot.' From the moment you appeared on the Black Tower Space Station, the threads of the future have become a complete tangled mess."

"but……"

Kafka looked at the star, her gaze softening considerably:

"As long as 'she' is still on this track, certain predetermined milestones will not change. I'm here simply to tell you a fact."

"A Star Core Hunter who spouts nonsense."

Fu Xuan interrupted her coldly, and with a wave of her small hand, the Qiong Guan Formation suddenly accelerated its operation, and the golden chains tightened sharply:

"Do you think the Taibu Temple is a stage for you to give speeches? I have already activated the deep analysis of the Qiongguan Formation. No matter what you are hiding, once you enter this formation, all the information in your mind will be meticulously extracted!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Kafka seemed to sense the pain; her brow furrowed slightly, but the smile on her lips deepened.

"My lord, your formation is indeed exquisite. But have you ever considered... what if the 'truth' I want you to see is itself part of my plan?"

"What does this mean?!" Alarm bells rang in Fu Xuan's mind.

"What she means is that the star core on Luofu was not brought in by the star core hunters at all."

Luo Chen's calm voice rang out from the control panel.

Everyone was stunned.

Fu Xuan suddenly turned to look at Luo Chen: "What did you just say?"

"What, is it hard to understand?"

Luo Chen shrugged, his crimson-gold vertical pupils filled with sarcasm:

"The Immortal Ship Alliance has been patrolling the universe for thousands of years, and the outer Jade Realm Gate's defenses are impregnable. While the Star Core Hunters are somewhat capable, to try and secretly slip such a high-risk item as a Star Core into the interior of Luofu... aren't you overestimating them, or underestimating your own security system?"

Luo Chen extended a finger and pointed at Kafka:

"These guys who like wearing trench coats are just here to 'ride the wave.' The real mole has already planted the Star Core in the most fatal spot in Luofu."

"For example... that 'Jianmu' tree, which is known as taboo."

"Jianmu?!"

Dan Heng and Fu Xuan exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

A flicker of shock crossed Kafka's eyes as she looked at Luo Chen, her composure finally crumbling.

"How...how did you know? Is this also one of your 'powers'?"

The future that Elio foresaw was spoken out casually by this man as if he were reading a script!

How I know it is not important.

Luo Chen turned around and looked at the pink-haired diviner who was too shocked to speak:

"Master Diviner, weren't you very confident in your 'Exhaustive Observation Formation'? Didn't you claim to be able to foresee the past and future?"

A chillingly arrogant smile curled at the corner of Luo Chen's lips:

"Then why don't you calculate for yourself whether what I just said is true?"

"I...I will now perform the calculation!"

Fu Xuan was enraged by Luo Chen's attitude. Her greatest pride in the Qiong Guan Array was her ability to calculate, and she would never allow anyone to question the authority of the Taibu Si.

She abruptly closed her eyes, the light from the Dharma Eye between her brows blazing brightly, and her hands formed a mudra:

"—Jade Omen Array, full activation! Information retrieval, target: Luofu Jianmu!"

**Buzzing sound—! ! !**

The Qiong Guan Formation emitted an unprecedentedly violent roar, and countless data streams intertwined in mid-air like a blue waterfall.

However, only three seconds passed.

"Hmm!"

Fu Xuan's face turned deathly pale instantly. She opened her eyes abruptly and involuntarily took two steps back. If Qing Que hadn't caught her in time, she probably would have fallen to the ground.

"I can't see clearly... The roots of the Jianmu tree are obscured by some kind of extremely terrifying destructive magic! There... there really is a reaction from the star core! And it has already taken root and sprouted!"

Fu Xuan looked at Luo Chen in disbelief:

"You...you're telling the truth. But how is that possible? Why didn't Qiong Guan notice anything unusual before?!"

"Because the person who concealed that aura has far more sophisticated methods than you."

Luo Chen crossed his arms and looked up at the star trails formed by jade symbols above him:

"Your formation is indeed quite good. But it can only calculate 'known' variables."

"If we encounter the 'unknown' that transcends the norms of this universe..."

Luo Chen suddenly stretched out his right hand and pointed to the very core of the Qiong Guan Formation:

"It will be like a blind person, unable to see anything."

"Arrogant!"

Although she was already seven-tenths convinced, Fu Xuan's stubborn nature still compelled her to retort when an outsider so blatantly belittled the Grand Diviner's most precious treasure.

"The Qiong Guan Array is the pinnacle of the Immortal Ship Alliance's wisdom! Even the trajectory of a Star God, given sufficient data, can be deduced through a clue! There is absolutely no information in this world that the Qiong Guan Array cannot contain!"

"Yeah?"

Luo Chen's smile faded.

In the depths of his eyes, the purplish-gold nebula belonging to the "Three-Digit Little Garden" began to slowly rotate.

"Since the Grand Diviner is so confident..."

"Then why don't you... tell my fortune?"

"Fine, fine! I'd like to see just who you are!"

Fu Xuan was also provoked. She broke free from Qing Que's support, formed hand seals again, and the purple light from her brow eye locked onto Luo Chen like a laser.

"My lord! Don't act rashly!"

Dan Heng sensed the faint aura emanating from Luo Chen, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly tried to stop him.

But it was too late.

"—Activate the Dharma Eye! Connect the information, target: Luo Chen!"

Fu Xuan shouted sharply, concentrating all the computing power of the entire Qiong Guan Formation onto Luo Chen in that instant.

[System notification: A low-dimensional cosmic computational array has been detected attempting to analyze the host's spirit origin.]

[Warning: The host's current rank is 'Two-Digit Box Garden (Full Authority Domain)', accompanied by 'Simulated Star Chart - Star Truth - Avalon'.]

Should we grant it permission to connect to other data systems?

"One in a million is open."

Luo Chen silently issued the command in his mind.

boom--------!!!!

The moment Fu Xuan's consciousness connected with Luo Chen's existence.

This diviner from the Immortal Ship felt as if he wasn't analyzing a person.

Instead, it crashed headfirst into a massive universe that was undergoing a massive explosion!

There are no boundaries.

There is no end.

There is no concept of up, down, left, or right.

Within her "vision," a colossal crimson dragon appeared, obscuring billions of galaxies. With a single breath, the dragon caused surrounding star systems to shatter and regenerate. Above the dragon's head floated a vast star map radiating boundless light of truth; the laws recorded upon it, even a single line of code, were enough to instantly wither the Imaginary Tree of the entire Starry Sky Iron Railway Universe!

"What...what is this...?"

Fu Xuan's eyes instantly lost focus, and blood gushed out wildly from the corners of her eyes, nose, and mouth!

Behind her was the enormous Qiongguan Formation.

Click...click click click—!!

The Jade Core at the center of the formation emitted a desperate, lamenting cry, overwhelmed by the immense burden.

Those crystals, crafted with the most advanced technology and runes of the Immortal Ship, were trying to contain Luo Chen's "one in a million" amount of information, just like trying to stuff an entire Pacific Ocean into a glass!

Bang! ! !

A series of violent explosions rang out in mid-air!

The hundreds of jade slips surrounding the Qiong Guan Formation shattered into dust, the central pillar of light went out instantly, and the entire Taibu Si Hall was plunged into darkness and chaos.

The golden chains binding Kafka also disappeared due to the collapse of the formation. The Star Core Hunter landed steadily on the ground, looking at the immortal ship treasure that was still emitting thick smoke, and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"Monster..." she murmured.

"Lord Taibu!!!"

Qingque rushed forward in terror and caught Fu Xuan as he fell straight backward.

At this moment, Fu Xuan had completely lost consciousness. Her delicate face was ashen white, her body was still convulsing involuntarily, and the Dharma Eye between her brows was completely closed, even seeping out a trace of golden blood.

If Luo Chen hadn't severed the connection at the last moment, the pink-haired taecchio's brain would probably have been burned to a pulp in an instant.

"I already reminded you."

Luo Chen slowly walked to the unconscious Fu Xuan, looking at the Qiong Guan Formation, which was completely destroyed and emitting black smoke, his tone calm and without a trace of emotion:

"Trying to analyze the truth of the universe with such an abacus-like toy is like courting death."

He turned his head and looked at the Star Core Hunter Kafka, who was standing to the side, completely stunned.

"Alright, the farce by these bystanders is over."

Luo Chen walked up to Kafka, his crimson-gold vertical pupils appearing particularly intimidating in the darkness:

"Now that the formation is broken, no one can eavesdrop on our conversation anymore."

"Kafka, go back and tell Elio."

"His script is now completely obsolete."

"The star core in Jianmu, and that Jue Mie Da Jun (Huan Long) who tried to cause trouble on the Immortal Ship."

A haughty sneer curled at the corner of Luo Chen's lips:

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