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

[Bai Er: Finally, some good news.]

Although this information may seem small and its impact unclear, many people around the world are overwhelmed with joy and tears streaming down their faces!

How many times has this happened? Any piece of information about Laikushi that has been exposed is a bombshell that sends chills down your spine.

And this time...

"Finally, we've found his hole!"

"It's a flaw! A flaw! Detective, did your head get squeezed by the refrigerator door to that extent?"

……

Inside the space station.

Black Tower picked up a cup of coffee, exhaled a long sigh of frustration, and took a sip with satisfaction.

"Was it truly a mistake, or... is it just your curiosity acting up again, senior?"

"However, it doesn't really matter which one you choose."

Either outcome is a breakthrough.

However, if it is indeed the latter... it would be quite unlucky for the club if the genius ancestor who made intellect his destiny were to perish because of something like this.

Oh no, he's already paying the price for being overly curious.

That's alright then. Whatever problems the club has, we'll just have to accept them.

……

The chat group was filled with jubilation, and hope rekindled in the eyes of most people.

[Qingque: Thank goodness for the Emperor's Bow, at least let me live long enough to use up all the annual leave I've saved up for decades!]

[Su Chang: Finally, I saw him miscalculate. This is so difficult...]

[Fireworks: Sigh... That day, people finally forgot the fear of being dominated by the First Genius. This caused the universe to boil, and what did Lycurgus do to the Milky Way?]

[Star: If you keep talking nonsense, I'll turn your butt into a drum set, you believe me? And with a flamethrower!]

[Hanabi: Ugh~ How heartless.]

The two geniuses continued their exploration, and after a series of complicated decryption and repair work, they unexpectedly captured a strange signal behind an inconspicuous door in a corridor.

Black Tower's expression changed drastically.

Unexpected events often indicate progress!

"Hiss, an unprecedented repulsive force... Is this it?"

Screw Gum nodded: "That's right. Judging from its defensive nature, this is the entrance to [Beyond Mythology]."

Black Tower was quite excited: "This is an unexpected bonus. Who would have thought that someone would actually build a laboratory in a data wasteland?"

"That's true—[Never doubt the resolve of a dead person]—How is the deceased now?"

[Fireworks: The grave is in good condition, perhaps.]

[Star: That's such a shame. Seriously, what kind of taste does Zandal have? I've heard of mountain view apartments and ocean view apartments, but this is the first time I've seen one with his precious grave view! And this place still has the destructive radiation left by the star core explosion. If this were a real estate project, wouldn't it sell for 10 credits per square meter? The developer would be so angry he'd vomit blood on the spot if he saw this project plan.]

[Sangbo: It's not that expensive. But on the bright side, doesn't this save on air conditioning costs in the summer?]

[March 7: You live in Belleburg, and you're worried about the air conditioning?]

[Jingyuan: Undoubtedly, although this seems somewhat absurd, it is indeed good news on another level. Given that Demogue has been confirmed alive, the more attention the Laigushi pays to this place, the more advantageous it will be for us.]

Screwgoom glanced at Lygus's current situation: "He severed some of his neural circuits and escaped Lord Anacharsagoras's imprisonment..."

"But it also triggered the circuit breaker mechanism I had set up. Conclusion: [Zandar] has lost its combat capabilities and is no longer able to move."

Black Tower raised an eyebrow and said with interest, "So, he has become a true 'spectator'."

[Star: It still comes down to letting omnics deal with omnics. What a pity, if only we had discovered Onpharos 30 million cycles earlier. Maybe we could have nipped the Iron Tomb in the bud, leaving them with nothing but pacifiers.]

Black Tower's expression changed.

Now, faced with irrefutable evidence, it's necessary to get to the bottom of this. Let's see how he tries to deny it now.

"Screw, can you make a way? Just in case, I need to check it out with my own eyes—and while I'm at it, I'll meet him in real life."

Screw Gumm nodded: "Logic: Scanning its inspirational loops will help track down Demuse's whereabouts."

Black Tower: "Yes. His head is the crime scene; I don't believe there isn't a single trace inside."

ScrewGumm solemnly warned, "This could also be a trap."

Black Tower tilted his head slightly and laughed, "Isn't there you? Two against one, when have we ever lost?"

[Saifei: Oh, a righteous brawl? That's my style.]

Screw Gum raised his hand and flipped over a machine that looked like an anchor point: "I'm honored. The engraving anchor is in place, please."

With a flash of light, the two geniuses appeared in another space in the blink of an eye.

They stepped onto thick, complex pipelines, but their eyes could not find the empty-chested android.

Their hearts sank. Further searching revealed that even the scepter's retrieval system had no trace of him.

He vanished into thin air, slipping out of our control!

The log shows: "[Lükuergos] has revoked his administrator privileges."

[Qingque: No way? It can still run?]

[That Summer: Tsk, what a troublesome guy, he really knows how to bring "surprises" everywhere!]

[Silver Wolf: A complete package deal of database deletion and escape? That certainly has the flair of a top-tier hacker, though top-tier hackers usually don't use physical methods.]

[Star: Isn't this the time to be lamenting this? What if he has some hidden trump card, like a super evolution or ultimate evolution for Iron Tomb? That would be troublesome!]

People around the world were amused by the situation. How could Lai Gushi be so troublesome?

Suddenly, the voice from the light screen gave them another jolt.

Screw Gum kept searching through the scepter's log and eventually found a line of code comments that were specially marked.

"To my esteemed successors: The testimonies are complete. Find me at the foot of this tombstone."

Black Tower spat lightly, "Tsk, pretentious!"

Screw Gum said, "He knew we were coming, and after learning of the existence of the Great Tomb, he was also searching for Demogue."

"He wants to settle things with us." Black Tower immediately understood the other party's intentions and was ignited with fighting spirit: "Fine, let's do as he wishes and let the Omnic Brother dig his own grave."

The tracking anchor and the mistletoe spacecraft started up separately, and the coordinates of the "tombstone" arrived in the blink of an eye.

Black Tower's high heels clicked crisply on the still-intact floor.

They looked around but couldn't find the figure. Until their peripheral vision was stung by a tiny red light.

The two looked at each other and simultaneously lowered their heads at an angle of more than 60 degrees.

Lai Gushi's head was tilted not far from the tip of Black Tower's shoe.

"Ah~~" Lai Gu Shi seemed to be greeting someone, but his voice sounded creepy no matter how you looked at it.

[Star: Wait, what kind of look is this?]