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

[March 7th: Oh~~ So, the Venerable One is actually doing something similar to the Last King? His anchoring of time is to guide the world towards more "robust" directions? Only, he prefers theory and is rather impersonal?]

[Black Tower: That's how it seems for now. The machine head may be ruthless, but theoretically, it's doing good. It's just that the unavoidable moments it anchors to are all calamities, making the experience extremely unpleasant. Of course, when it needs to, it won't hesitate to use innocent people as tools.]

[Hanabi: I understand. The locomotive is the type that, in a train dilemma, will not hesitate to run over a minority.]

In the light screen, the Black Tower explained to Xi Lian in a simple and easy-to-understand way: "But if it's just like this, the branches will grow longer and longer, and the leaves will become more and more numerous. Sooner or later, the tree will be unable to bear the burden."

"Therefore, there is a biological term called lignification, which allows young branches to grow hard bark and become integrated with the trunk."

"For the universe, this is the essence of memory."

"Under Fuli's commemoration, the past is solidified into memory; and in the corners He has forgotten, even if the present happens, it will become a rootless fruit."

Xi Lian seemed to understand something: "It sounds like the exact opposite of [intellectual knowledge]... One calculates the future, the other remembers the past."

Black Tower took a deep breath, his expression growing even more solemn: "Originally, we didn't need to discuss this matter, but now, I finally understand what that chaotic substance enveloping Onpharos was..."

[Yao Guang: Does Lady Black Tower mean that the shell that makes Onfaros invisible to the world is a trap personally laid by Fu Li?]

[Star: I...! I was wondering why Fu Li's involvement in this Triple Fate Battleground was so low. So that's what he was waiting for? He's also one of the founders of this testing ground?]

No wonder, no wonder neither the Interstellar Peace Company, the Immortal Boat Alliance... nor even Polka of the Genius Club could find it.

That makes sense.

The group in the Milky Way felt that they had deduced the answer to another riddle.

[Dahlia: Oh dear, the Black Swan can still lift her veil even under these circumstances... Hmm, are you really not a flawless maiden, my dear?]

[Black Swan: If I were you, you wouldn't be living such a carefree life.]

The people of the Milky Way listened attentively to the research findings of the Black Tower displayed on the light screen, hoping that her ideas could be verified and that her exceptionally intelligent mind could provide a solution.

However, Hei Ta's gaze swept over Xi Lian, and he gave a completely different answer: "That is your memory."

"Now, your consciousness is filled with stars, allowing you to travel an extremely long distance on this path of destiny."

[Star: Huh?!]

The galaxy's inhabitants, now united with their savior and unconsciously following her every move, uttered in unison, "Huh?!"

[Star: No, back then, our partner was just a seed of memory, a small cube, right? How could she possibly be that strong...?]

Xing's tone gradually lost its confidence, because she soon realized that there was indeed a possibility that could connect both inferences.

The Black Tower was right, and so were they.

This could even explain why, after explaining what cause and effect are, the Black Tower suddenly goes on to talk about "the chaotic matter that seals Onphalus".

Because Xi Lian is Fu Li, she has become one!

She truly went downstream in time, laying the foundation for this event herself at the very beginning.

It's connected! This time it's really connected!

Everyone in the entire galaxy was so shocked that they remained speechless for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

After a long while, someone finally spoke.

[Su Chang: Isn't this a good thing? Knowing Miss Xi Lian's character, she'll definitely stand firmly on our side after she becomes a god. With a star god backing us up, the antimatter legion won't be a threat anymore, right?]

[Star: But the problem is...]

Xing gritted her teeth, inwardly grumbling. If only she were that beautiful!

You've already thought of this level, so why does figuring out the next level feel like there's a 1,800-meter-high concrete wall separating you? It's clearly as fragile as paper.

Doesn't this mean that Xi Lian is going to turn back the clock?

Other people's lives might be intersecting lines, parallel lines, or even an electrocardiogram, but this friend's... how come it's just a broken line?!

She panicked immediately. The snacks and drinks she had been enjoying just a short while ago now had no appetite at all at the sight of them.

Xing racked his brains to the fullest extent, hoping to find a flaw in the Black Tower and overturn the genius's achievement within minutes.

[Star: No, I won't accept it! By the way, I found it, didn't I?]

In a moment of inspiration, she actually discovered a minor inconsistency.

[Star: What was it said in the eighth scene? Xi Lian became a god in the name of "love," but what about now? Her companions are clearly not gods, right? Moreover, the great battle is over, the opportunity has passed, there is no great sorrow for the deaths of her companions, and there are no countless beings in the world that need to be remembered by her. Even if her companions wanted to, they wouldn't have the chance, right? She can't leave!]

[Bai E: Yeah, there's this layer too.]

[March 7th: Huh? That actually makes some sense.]

March 7th was also reluctant to see a companion disappear into the river of time, even though she was perfectly fine and had nothing to do with death.

but……

She felt extremely heartbroken watching Xing's seemingly insane state, racking her brains and trying her best to prove that she would not part with Xi Lian.

Xing panicked. Faced with unacceptable consequences, she even forgot that if Xi Lian didn't return to resolve the cause and effect, the Iron Tomb would be resurrected. Her mind was too busy to care about such things anymore.

Everyone in the Galaxy had different feelings, but they were all equally distressed.

If Xi Lian doesn't go forward in time, the Iron Tomb will be resurrected, but to advise her to go forward in time... that would be too bastard.

Isn't this just sacrificing others for your own benefit and feeling at ease?

Damn it, you've gone from being single-minded to being blocked at both ends?

The fourth moment, damn it!

Inside the train, Xing stared intently at the light screen, her eyes blazing with fury. She kept repeating to herself, "Refute her, refute her!"

Within the light screen, Xi Lian blinked in confusion: "My... [memories]?"

Black Tower nodded: "Yes. Although you live in the present, your memories exist in the past. Just like the Star God of Memory, you are only a cluster of memories."

Xi Lian was even more confused: "What does this mean? Has He... fallen?"

Black Tower shook his head: "No. Quite the opposite, it is that He has not yet been born."

"Remember? If He is to uphold the belief of 'Remembering' the universe, He will only ascend to godhood at the end of time. And at the moment of ascension, His 'memory' will transcend the past and become what people see as 'Floating Dawn'."

"That's why He was so heartless; that crystal body was just an empty shell. I don't know how Yi Ting managed to keep this a secret until now—they had a reason to—but none of that matters."