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

[Qingque: Is he going to switch from scientist to educator and give Xing a big bowl of chicken soup for the soul later?]

[Bai E: This... is she a partner, or perhaps Xi Lian? In any case, if we're talking about the variables that fundamentally changed Onpharos's cycle of reincarnation, it must be them, right? But if I could only answer one...]

Everyone in the Milky Way started racking their brains.

To be honest, the problem was simpler than they had originally thought.

If you were to ask them about the principles behind the composition of the Omphalos Scepter, the data structures and algorithms for love and hate, or the introductory and final stages of sonnet writing, they probably wouldn't even understand the question.

But now, who wouldn't want the savior to successfully answer their questions and receive some wonderful little gadget from the ancients?

They and the Savior are truly in the same boat.

Surprisingly, the Savior showed no sign of confusion or deep thought, and immediately opened his mouth to answer.

The Galaxy members felt a surge of anxiety. Xing's thought process had already been completely exposed in the chat group. Her quick thinking didn't seem like that of someone with quick wit; it looked more like she was up to something!

"My goodness, you're not going to go through with this abstract stuff at a time like this, are you?"

A super Versailles genius, a top-notch abstract performance artist... Don't let your match happen in some strange place!

Just as everyone was getting anxious and gritted their teeth, Xing in the light screen did not answer directly, but instead reached out and took out a jar that emitted a glowing blue light.

[March 7th: What is this?]

[Star: Let me see, wow! It can even display detailed item information?]

Xing, in a daze, pressed his hand on the blue jar, and several lines of text appeared before his eyes, with the first label clearly stating: Hero Variable.

[Bai'er: Hero variables, so they're actually something tangible and visible?]

[Qingque: So in the end, there is something called "Hero Variable," right?]

Xing handed it over. This was something that had been born out of nowhere after she had collected all the nymphs of Onpharos, inspired by the seemingly nonsensical but actually philosophical language of those nymphs, and combined with her own memories.

The tiny variables of the world are born from the new architecture after the re-creation.

Whenever she gazes at the star in the bottle, a flood of memories washes over her, as if a part of the Onphalus era is sealed within it.

Perhaps it can help you at some point in time when you haven't yet arrived.

Is it that only those who write legends can become heroes, or is it that one must become a hero to write a legend?

[March 7th: Is this... really useful?]

After obtaining the Shadow of the Ancients, he exclaimed, "Yes, heroes—that's what storytellers call them, but I prefer to call them free spirits, people full of infinite possibilities."

"July in Onphalus is called the Month of Freedom. It is both the month of Kephalus and the thing that every prisoner longs for most but cannot reach."

"The human spirit is immeasurable; only the gods can control everything. Just as Zandal could not articulate his own humanity, Lugurgos could not erase the path of life."

[That summer: Is it recognition from the enemy? Or is it that the "Creator" ultimately shows us a sliver of pity, a sense of shared fate? Lycurgus, in the end, you are just like us, a prisoner.]

Transcending time and space, Lai Gushi in the light screen also said: "On the question of destiny, we are nothing more than prisoners of fate..."

"But who can say for sure that we are not prisoners in a larger cave?"

The screen suddenly enlarged, and an ominous, dim red light enveloped the area once more. A huge holographic screen popped up, displaying a real-time view of the stars beyond mythology!

However, the Shadow of Laigushi did not appear on the other side of the star, like a ghost.

The whole scene looked as if it were being monitored by a higher-dimensional being.

[March 7th: Wow! Ugh... This scene is giving me goosebumps. Could it be... that even the Milky Way is some guy's testing ground? And we're all just figments of some supercomputer's imagination?]

[Su Chang: Onphalus is a microcosm of the Milky Way, could it be...?]

Everyone in the entire galaxy felt a chill run down their spine.

Is it possible that I don't even exist? Is my entire life just a negligible fluctuation in data during a calculation?

The fear that Onpharos and his companions had experienced now enveloped everyone.

"This feeling that even my own existence is a lie... is terrifying!"

"This must be just wild guessing, right? How could something like this be projected onto the galaxy? It's absurd!"

[Blue Sparrow: Wait? Look! That holographic screen is outside the mythology; it's just an atmosphere created by the ancients!]

Everyone looked up and, sure enough, they spotted the shadow of Lai Gushi and the almost indistinct figure of Xing below the light screen.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But many people still harbored doubts. Is this really just a matter of creating an atmosphere?

Does the "larger tomb" mentioned by Lycurgus really not exist?

The Shadow of the Ancients continued, "Therefore, I collected these nymphs as a small warning to myself and those who come after me: [Control] is nothing but an illusion."

"To those who walk the path of no fame, before you depart, allow me to offer you a word of advice..."

He said earnestly, "You are a fine piece of stone; do not give up on this potential—it is your greatest excellence."

"Until you decide to step out of this cave (world)..."

Just as everyone in the world had breathed a sigh of relief, they were once again suspended in mid-air.

[March 7th: I... I feel like he's implying that our world is also a testing ground, or some kind of very limited... small world?]

Although from any perspective, the Milky Way is by no means small.

[Walter: Hmm...this feels somewhat familiar.]

[Yao Guang: Judging from his words, it seems that after stepping out of this world, Xing's excellence will fade into mediocrity? Fade into mediocrity... wait! Could it be that Akivilli once stepped out of the cave and went beyond the world, thus losing his "excellence" and transforming from a god into the star we know?]

[March 7th: Huh?!]

[Black Tower: That's a pretty bold guess.]

Inside the space station, Black Tower picked up a cup of coffee and took a sip.

The logic here is quite illogical, but it's not impossible.

However, if all of this were to become known to the public, and were indeed true...

She looked up at the boundless starry sky, her gaze so distant it seemed to be meeting the eyes of those outside the cave: "So, when those inside the cave awaken, what will the observers outside think?"

"Heh..." Black Tower chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Why think about these things? Galaxy has been having headaches even after several apocalypses; this is just needless worry.

The light curtain fell silent.

[Star: Huh? No! What happened? What happened to the reward? You just praised me and that's it? Everyone knows about this superb stone, right? Tell me the method to become the galaxy's only one!]