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

Another bombshell revelation that's never been heard of before!

Those scepters made by Rupert II were actually incorporated into the body of the Venerable Sirius? And so brazenly as to become part of his divine body?

Does He trust Rupert so much? Isn't He afraid that those scepters, like USB drives carrying viruses, will infiltrate his brain with strange equations?

"No!" A thought suddenly popped into Black Tower's mind.

She quickly looked at her two other companions at the tea table.

Even with Screw Gum's composure and Nguyen Mai's tranquility, their expressions couldn't help but change.

There is another possibility, one without any real evidence. It could even be extremely malicious towards Bo Shizun, bordering on conspiracy theories, so malicious that Polka would be furious if he heard it.

Rupert launched that heinous war entirely at the behest of the erudite, and... he was even a puppet of the machine head!

"Ideas shouldn't be too far-fetched; the line between a flash of inspiration and needless worry is very thin." Screw Gum didn't need the Black Tower to speak; he already knew what she wanted to say and immediately stopped the idea from spreading.

He understood that such a thing was indeed possible. However, emotionally, he couldn't accept it, or rather, no one could accept it!

If this conjecture is true, then what is the genius club?

They're just pawns kept by the learned and virtuous! And the kind that can be discarded at any time!

Black Tower said meaningfully, "I hope not."

But the seed of doubt had already been planted in her heart. Every aspect of the machine head could be trusted, except for its "conscience."

However, even if that were true, they couldn't really do anything to the machine head, as for switching sides to Rigus's camp...

"Oh."

After all, there was one thing that Laigushi truly grasped, and that was those two words—conscience.

Even Ruan Mei, if you look at the whole club, her moral standards are actually above average. Leaving aside the process of her experiment, at least the result won't cause any trouble.

However, the fact that the ancients used the universe as a price will inevitably lead them to the opposite side.

By now, this is perhaps an unspoken understanding between the two sides.

"Laigushi, let me see what you're up to."

[Black Tower: Lai Gushi, how exactly did you know all this juicy gossip?]

Compared to him, the Genius Club seems like an outsider.

[Silver Wolf: Laigus really got a huge bargain. If the Knowledge God still follows the normal computer's operating rules, it's like Laigus has a backdoor to the Knowledge God in his hands. It's like buying a used computer from Pierpoint, only to find it's Louis Fleming's, and the account and password haven't been completely deleted. Hilarious, [Knowledge] actually got this kind of leverage.]

[Star: I doubt Lai Gu Shi would try to use this to reverse engineer Bo Shi Zun and implant some junk viruses or malware, would he?]

[March 7th: From now on, to receive a glance from the Venerable Master, will I have to watch him die for 120 seconds first?]

[Fireworks: Has no one ever said you guys are suited for Pleasure? Playing Outlaws is such a waste of your talents.]

The light curtain ripples and flows.

Lycus's voice was devoid of joy or sorrow: "But it is regrettable that in the end, [Intelligence] abandoned them. Everyone knows this."

[Star: Now everyone knows.]

"But what is unknown to others is that these forgotten beings are still tirelessly seeking the answer to that question posed by the gods. That problem that has defied the test of countless geniuses—including the two mechanical emperors—through endless wars and catastrophes..."

The painting behind him changed again: on a mechanical throne sat the emperor of the omnics.

"Hehe, now you're finally about to uncover the truth about [Onfaros]."

[Star: That cunning frog keeps touching your belly!]

[March 7th: What are you mumbling about?]

[Nake Xia: Shut up, you two!]

"If..." Regus emphasized, "I mean, if a scepter could provide the answer to the First Cause of Life..."

"If at the end of that empty, cold, and lonely calculation, the loser marked by the Star God of Wisdom, through an extremely long period of time, personally completed the proof..."

"The question is: what will the outcome be? The answer might be surprisingly simple."

The painting changes again, with a headless mechanical monster taking the stage amidst Raycus's cheering movements.

"It rose from a dying neuron to become true life. And what granted it this new life was the glimpse of another star god."

"...This is an anecdote that happened long ago, unknown to anyone, not even to the geniuses among you."

[Star: Why does Nanook always like to pick up other people's things?]

[Fu Xuan: The part of the neurons that the Learned One denied independently completed the proof... What should this be called? Defying fate? And since the scepter belongs to the Learned One, what should this be called? Left and right brain infighting?]

[Black Tower: I have a slight feeling about it. But what difference would it make if we reversed this result and passed it back to the machine head? What strange things could the First Cause of Life possibly hold?]

"At this point, please allow me to set aside the story of that scepter for now."

Lai Gushi said calmly, "Let's return to the initial topic: what exactly is the so-called 'First Cause of Life'?"

"In fact, you are already very familiar with that answer. It has been right beside you, accompanying you through this long journey."

"It's right there ahead, waiting for you..."

"In the beautiful new world after the end of creation."

The screen went dark, and the light curtain returned to its initial state.

[Star: Huh? In the end, we have to guess ourselves?]

[Dan Heng: No, the conclusion is already quite clear. Everyone already knows exactly what re-creation is, and the result of the so-called First Cause of Life can probably be described in just two words...]

[White Calamity: Destruction!]

[March 7th: What?! You mean, the fundamental reason that has driven life to its current state is destruction? It's the inevitable death? Is that right?]

[Gold Sand: Perhaps it's not entirely wrong. After all, the fear of death is indeed a fundamental instinct. So what if they are messengers? So what if they are star gods? Don't they still have to compete relentlessly for the right to live? This "struggle" might explain something.]

[Robin: But if the meaning of life is merely to constantly escape death, wouldn't such a life be too pathetic?]

[Potio: He's a bastard, what a devil!]

The chat group was thrown into chaos. Lai Gushi's casual words had almost overturned everyone's worldview. More importantly, the message also contained an unspoken "universal law," leaving everyone feeling uneasy.

It was only right that these weak and defenseless people were destroyed.