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

Inside the space station, the three geniuses looked at each other in bewilderment.

Lai Gushi's words were not without reason; in fact, to a certain extent, they really struck a chord with them!

Do you think they don't know what the Venerable Master is?

If the methods adopted by Lai Gushi had not been so brutal, they might have been happy to secretly give him a push.

Unfortunately, Riguru's approach was destined to be unacceptable. The path he chose would inevitably place him at odds with everyone else.

—【Beep! Next up is As I Wrote - The Scepter Dialogue Log.】

The light curtain surged.

A screen resembling a computer interface appeared before everyone's eyes.

In the upper left corner, a Möbius strip-shaped logo contains clearly visible lettering beyond the mythology.

On the desktop, files such as Onpharos Hero Chronicles.exe and Administrator Comments.wav are displayed.

Moreover, the interface seemed to be operated by someone; the cursor of the file named δ-me13.exe lit up, and a new interface appeared on the screen.

A progress bar runs horizontally across the middle of the interface. Above it is the menu bar. Below it are the details of various documents.

[Bai'er: Is this the true nature of Onphalus?]

[Aglaia: Seeing my home, the place I depend on for survival, being accessed at will like a slate of files, is a strange and unsettling feeling.]

[Star: So this is how the Scepter's operating system works? It's not much different from the computer in my room.]

[Silver Wolf: It even supports .exe programs? So, this thing can play games too? The graphics and frame rate must be ridiculously high!]

[Kafka: Little wolf, no matter how strong your hardware is, you can't win if your skills aren't up to par.]

[Black Tower: It seems this scepter is called δ-me13? Indeed, another genius's research manuscript; this isn't something you see under normal circumstances.]

With a flash of the cursor, information about the scepter δ-me13 was displayed.

"Scepter δ-me13, stellar computer. The simulated world [Onpharos] operates on this platform and continuously cycles."

"Unlike other scepters, ██████ once existed as a celestial neuron of the [Wisdom] Enlightened One. Later abandoned, it was glanced upon by [Destruction] during a long period of calculation, and elevated to the status of the Annihilation Lord [Iron Tomb]."

[Star: We know most of this information. But what about that erased black patch?]

[Black Tower: It's clear that this scepter has a far more unusual origin.]

[March 7th: What else could be unusual? Aren't they all creations of the Second Emperor? What could be special about them? Is it capable of shrinking its size? Or is it equipped with some kind of tactical nuclear graphics card?]

[Silver Wolf: That's a ridiculous bashing. That scepter is way more powerful than a tactical GPU.]

[Screw Gum: Perhaps the technology used by Emperor II to create the scepter also has a dubious origin?]

As the cursor moves, an explanation of the next term pops up.

"Legus: who identifies himself as a [divine audience], ████, the administrator and primary instigator of the experiment [Onpharos]. He walks the path of [intellectual] destiny, yet intends to create [destruction]."

Beneath the minimalist description, there are two access records.

"Historical data detected, synchronizing... Synchronization successful."

"Club ID recognition complete. Scepter system access granted. Welcome, ████"

[Star: Isn't that right? It got wiped out again? If nothing happened here, we could just open Laikushi's box and then cyberbully him... no, I mean, punish him for his crimes!]

[Hanabi: Oh wow, this guy is really cunning. Nobody would even consider the possibility of being exposed by a sudden flash of light, yet he's so secretive about me. Not bad at keeping things under wraps.]

[Laigu Shi: It's only natural.]

Black Tower Space Station.

Black Tower raised an eyebrow slightly: "Absolutely flawless..."

Looking back now, although Ragushi seemed talkative, he remained tight-lipped about the first hurdle that anyone could cross to interfere with him—his position.

What is revealed is either the outcome of his plan or his philosophical ideas.

This not only did not harm the Laigushi, but actually made them anxious and uneasy.

She had a strong urge to run into the screen and use the mouse to reveal the obscured information.

"It wasn't entirely fruitless," Screws said, staring at the few lines of text. "Judging from the access records, Laigus did indeed wield the scepter a long time ago, and then regained control of it again a long time later."

"Hmm... perhaps it shouldn't be called seizure."

He looked at the perfectly normal words "Welcome, ████" in the system log. Clearly, Lai Gushi hadn't even used any hacking techniques.

It's as if he is the true owner of this scepter.

Screws could even picture Riggs sitting there, turning on the computer, and entering his account and password.

Then, it became its administrator without any pretense.

"But this seems to make his identity even more mysterious." Black Tower frowned.

A person with authority almost equal to that of its creator, Emperor II. To go even further, it's possible that Lycus was involved in the creation of the scepter, perhaps even playing a pivotal role!

Does such a person really exist? There's no trace of him in any of the documents the company confiscated after taking away his power!

From which crack in the rock did Lai Gushi spring out?

……

The cursor jumped again, and information about the Iron Tomb appeared.

"Embarking on [Destruction] through a long process of calculation, ascending to the status of the Annihilation Lord through the scepter δ-me13."

"The Iron Tomb in the galaxy is not a single entity, but rather copies of the [Destruction] Equation scattered across the scepter."

"The codename 'Iron Tomb' was proposed by the Interstellar Peace Corporation and later adopted by the Legus."

[Star: Hmm? Iron Tomb once displayed its power, and was even observed? Even the name was chosen by the company first?]

[Gold Placer: Is that even possible?]

[March 7th: Didn't you know?]

[Gold Sand: I'm not from the security department. The company has so many departments, and the area under its jurisdiction is so vast. There are uprisings every day... and quite a few places that rebel. As someone in charge of investments, how could I possibly know so much about everything?]

The cursor then scrolled over the terms "First Cause" and "Twelve Factors." The information contained nothing particularly special.

Finally, the cursor landed on "Conversation Log".

Lycus recorded his thoughts at various points in time during his experiments in writing. The content of this record is obviously very ancient, even before the prototype of Onphalus was fully developed.

"Your existence proves one of my conjectures. Why does taking the 'first cause of life' as the calculation target produce a result that contradicts the anti-organic equation? The answer is simple: the two are not contradictory. Knowing why life is born, we can also deduce why life ends."

"But you know that's not the point. Why? I'm going to ask again why the killing weapon created by the Emperor is running the study of the Learned One? Was it the farce at the Learned Society that allowed Him to successfully connect to the system? But after that, the entire scepter system was paralyzed, which is clearly a contradiction in time."

[Star: Could it be... that the anti-organic equation is actually what Master Boshizun meant?]

[March 7th: Is the Imperial War, like the Universal Locust Plague, actually a war orchestrated by the Star God?!]

[Potio: The Learned One... he treasures his leg, I knew He wasn't a good person either.]

[Black Tower: Finally realized it? However, to say it's a war guided by the Star God would be an oversimplification. Of course, I'm not trying to whitewash the Learned One, but in His view, this might simply be the less successful of countless experiments with only a sliver of hope. He didn't pay much attention to it.]

[Lagurus: That arrogant star god is always like that. In contrast, Taizyuros at least has a clear objective; He knows He is conquering territory.]

Continue scrolling down the conversation log.

Command: Perform a full scan. Conclusion: No logical contradictions were detected.

"Rupert II believed that free will did not exist, yet he failed to realize that he too was one of many puppets. Rewriting the anti-organic equation, creating the scepter, and even restarting the Imperial Wars were all, from beginning to end, practices of the ideas of the erudite sage. From the moment of His birth, the world's geniuses became prisoners of [intellect]."

"The so-called anti-organic equation is just a sub-topic of the 'first cause of life'."

After reading this, almost everyone in the chat group felt a chill run down their spines.

The Venerable Master Boshi was ruthless and indiscriminate, even towards friend and foe!