Ironclad Group Chat: Red and Black Lists Engraved with Heroic Epics

[Tibo: This is the core of the cosmic vortex? How did it become so dilapidated?]

The once magnificent and towering stone pillars have now collapsed and shattered into countless pieces, but strange blue lines outline their normal shape, making them several times more translucent than crystal.

Only the central pool of water and the huge wheel behind it, which was lit with flames, remained intact.

[Silver Wolf: Why does this place look like it was entirely made using EtherEdit?]

[Firefly: Ether editing? Doesn't that mean...?]

[Wan Di: Lai Gu Shi, what is he talking about? What experimental field? I've said it before, the Senate is completely useless. According to the rules of Suspended Peak, bring all the senators out for a duel, and whoever is left last will be in charge!]

[That Summer: The Senate? Ha, you overestimate them, or rather, you underestimate Gu Shi. He's incredibly capable; the Senate isn't even worthy to be his pawn!]

……

Beyond mythology.

Lai Gushi chuckled and sighed softly, "So, you're just going to make it public like this, without any regard for appearances?"

Unexpectedly, despite the carefully chosen location and meticulously crafted security protocols, his plan was exposed in this way.

There is almost no one in this world with enough wisdom to reverse the Iron Tomb, but there is someone who can blow up the entire scepter!

"Unexpected disaster, an unforeseen complication." Lai Gushi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Fortunately, the location and security protocols were not compromised, so even if the plan was exposed, his victory would not be fundamentally affected.

……

Bai E and Xi Lian stared silently at Lai Gu Shi.

They never imagined that, as the fire was about to be returned, they would see a burning sky and a utterly devastated world.

The normally harmless "celebration audience" now stood before them with an air of superiority.

Bai E took a deep breath, heartbroken: "We gave everything to return the twelve sparks and recreate the world, and this is the result we got..."

He gritted his teeth, forcing out the words: "So, at the ends of the earth, we become offerings to it?"

Lygus shrugged, showing no remorse in the face of Bai'er's resentment. Like a sincere lecturer, he explained his actions: "That's right. The Titans are the Golden Blood of the past, and the Golden Blood are the Titans of the future—"

"Anarchos's deduction of the re-creation is largely accurate. As a model of reason, he reached an unprecedented level."

[Saifei: Is that so? Does that mean I can peacefully enjoy the offerings from believers in my next life? That's too boring. It's much more interesting to take things out of the believers' pockets myself. However, changing the Hand of Zagreb into a cat's paw or something would be quite interesting.]

[Crydella: Heh, if I, as a demigod of law, were to ascend to the rank of a Titan of law, the expressions on the faces of those traitors would be quite something. And, the Titan's size shouldn't be a problem, right?]

[At that moment, Xia said: Don't be so happy yet. Let him finish speaking first. Soon, everyone will stop laughing. Hmm... Hearing his full name from this guy's mouth feels like a kind of irony.]

At this point, Lai Gushi couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "However, from the perspective of the characters in the play, he was ultimately unable to uncover the final layer of truth."

"The process known as the 'Hero's Journey' has been cyclical to this day, neither for the sake of a 'New World' nor for the creation of a perfect hero or god—"

He revealed the truth in the most straightforward and easily understandable way: "It is a [deep learning] project dedicated to the Black Tide."

[Tian: What nonsense is he talking about?!]

Lai Gushi's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the ears of the Golden Descendants.

The truth, like a sharp knife, pierced everyone's heart.

Bai E stared in disbelief, dumbfounded, at his own hands. "The Black Tide isn't a stone to sharpen heroes' blades, but the other way around? We're the stepping stones?"

"Outrageous!" Cerrudra slammed her hand on the table and stood up. "How dare they use my people as bait to feed the Black Tide! Lukuergos, you deserve to die! Sword-Banner Lord, bring him back!"

"Yes." Heather replied without hesitation, drawing her sword and departing to carry out the order.

But by the time she reached Dawn Cloud Cliff, Lai Gushi had already vanished without a trace.

[Star: What's this? Playing a game to the very end, only to find out you're the boss? And the people you killed before were just villagers?]

[Black Tower: It's not that heartwarming. Don't forget, we've already seen the true source of the Black Tide!]

[Sunday: The Kuroshio Current is the antimatter legion. So, Nanuk's true intention in coming there was actually...]

[Jing Yuan: That's right, Onpharos is actually a petri dish for destruction. The arrival of the Annihilation Ancestor and the Burning Wind wasn't for the purpose of destroying that place; to be precise, it was an inspection. It was an urging for the progress of the experiment.]

Everyone in the chat group who saw these messages gasped in shock.

What kind of hellish place would it be if the antimatter legion wantonly manipulated and ravaged it?

You should know that the Legion has the technology to turn people into phantom soldiers!

No wonder, no wonder Bai E was so crazy before, what exactly happened to him?

In the video, Bai Er declared righteously, "But this time, your conspiracy will fail. I have taken over the flame of Cephale, and when the dawn of the new world rises, the flame will burn away all the darkness."

[Bai E: Right! If he can complete the re-creation, then he'll be out of the running, won't he?]

Lai Gushi said with a hint of helplessness, "Was my explanation not clear enough? The Golden Blood and the Titans were merely byproducts of the experiment. You have already witnessed the evolution of this world, how the Black Tide was born, grew, and ultimately swept across and destroyed everything—"

"Heroes, gods, and worlds of all generations are born to be destroyed by it."

He said coldly, "This is the end of Onpharos's calculations, a perfect equation of destruction."

[Bai'er: Equations? Calculations? What does this have to do with anything? Does this have anything to do with re-creation?]

[Star: To be honest, I've never understood either. What exactly is this re-creation? And how is this cycle of reincarnation achieved?]

【That Moment Xia: Sigh... Let me explain. To put it more simply, Onpharos is like a game within a stone tablet, a world entirely simulated on a data terminal. It's just that its formulas are extremely sophisticated, and its computing power is astonishingly vast. Therefore, we cannot perceive any fundamental difference between it and the beings from beyond the heavens. Based on this, re-creation, reincarnation, the Golden Blood, and the Black Tide are all programs that can be easily debugged with just a few lines of code. And all of this, Lycurgus, is your doing!】

People from beyond the heavens, am I right? This is the true nature of Onpharos!

[Black Tower: I never imagined that the calculated life form would possess such wisdom? Indeed, this is the answer I received in exchange for the Herrscher Core.]

[Star: Oh my god... that means Nanook got punched through the internet cable?!]

[March 7th: You! Is that even important?]