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

[Black Tower: Those are truly moving words, but senior, I remember just saying we shouldn't use metaphors.]

[March 7th: He speaks so eloquently, why did he become a scientist instead of a writer? If all else fails, he could have been a painter or a singer. At least the universe would be a little more peaceful.]

[Fu Xuan: Not necessarily. The Taibu Si has records. On a certain planet, there was a failed art student who once sparked a war that swept through the local civilization. If Laigushi—no, Zandal—had used all his talent for war, tsk tsk tsk, then the Learned One might not just be someone who confines the boundaries of knowledge.]

"..." Screw Gum pinched his chin and remained silent.

Lai Gushi lowered his head slightly. The achievement that outsiders regarded as a golden rule and a miracle was, in his eyes, an indelible shame.

"I created a mechanical god that even I could not control. Then, through endless calculations and evolution, it transformed into an unprecedented nightmare—"

"He calls himself 'Knowledge,' yet he attempts to define the 'known' and block out the 'possible.' After him, no new laws were born, and humanity was forever imprisoned in the cave of the 'Star God.'"

"Therefore, at the end of my life, I rewrote my self-consciousness with a fourteen-line algebra, distributing the core of logic across nine bodies, solely to complete the ultimate negation of the 'Master of Learning' in the afterlife, and to erase the mistakes I made with my own hands—"

At this point, he raised his head again and calmly announced, "And Lycurgus is just one of them."

Ta-da!

On March 7th, hearing those nonchalant words, his heart pounded and his brows trembled.

[March 7th: So... there are eight more like Iron Tomb that, inadvertently scattered everyone in the universe along with their belongings? A full eight!]

[Potio: He's a total bastard...]

Blanch!

Friendly greetings in various languages ​​from all over the universe were heard constantly.

In some small and weak civilizations, many people were so angry that they almost cried.

So, in their eyes, the Iron Tomb, which poses a greater threat than reproduction and has a wider range than destruction, is just the first hurdle?

Are you trying to kill us?!

[Black Tower: So, these different slices are tasked with finding solutions through different destinies?]

[Star: Lai Gushi, why don't you talk to your original self and find a way to upgrade to the God of Destruction? You have more fragments than the Annihilation Lord! Why don't you just swallow the Nanuk concept, gain invincible power, and then go and fight the Venerable One to the death?]

[Qingque: That's right! To bear the nation's shame is to be the master of the state; to bear the nation's misfortune is to be the king of the world. Why don't you sacrifice yourself, endure the humiliation and become a star god, and perish together with the learned Venerable One? That way, you'll eliminate two scourges at once. You'll be happy, and everyone will be joyful. A clean and brilliant idea!]

[March 7th: Enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, becoming a star god... How are these two phrases combined? No, don't make becoming a star god sound so easy!]

[Black Tower: A far-fetched idea... but for him, it might actually be a chance? Heh, perhaps in his senior's case, even the most outrageous things would seem like a possibility. The impressive thing isn't the idea itself, but rather his mind.]

After listening, Screws said sincerely, "A truly admirable will. As a fellow practitioner of [Intellect], I can fully understand your unwavering pursuit of truth."

Riguru then said, “Therefore, you can also understand that in the algebraic world, which shares the same origin as the [Erudite], you are absolutely no match for me.”

Screwgoum also had his own principles: "But, on behalf of all thinking beings: we will never tolerate such cold and cruel atrocities."

The Black Tower starkly exposes the tragedy hidden beneath one tragedy: "No matter how many metaphors you pile up, they cannot conceal what you are doing: the Iron Tomb in the Milky Way is merely an unfinished product, yet it is enough to pollute the life logic of all inorganic worlds..."

"Once the Extinction Lord of Onphalus becomes the next singularity of knowledge—and you are the first genius, how could you not understand the consequences?"

"Of course," Lai Gushi readily admitted. "Before completely expelling the two of you, I don't mind giving one last answer."

He crossed his arms, his tone calm yet uncompromising. It was as if this had never been a negotiation, but simply a heartfelt outpouring. After recounting his inner thoughts, he returned to the pre-set path meticulously, like a true machine.

"A grand vision for the future: regardless of whether they are organic or inorganic, all life forms infected by the Iron Tomb will become truly random functions. Calculating their integrals over the galactic region will yield a beautiful constant—"

"【Ω】"

Lai Gushi's voice tinged with excitement: "I define it as: the fall of [intellect]."

The filter of memory has disappeared.

Before the vortex of creation, Lai Gushi continued speaking slowly, and eloquently recounted his "sublime" mission: "And within its infinite potential, an unpredictable new universe, unbound by the shackles of [intellect], will sprout from chaos."

"As the first prisoner to awaken in the cave, I have a duty to lead the other blind people back to the right path and into the true sunlight."

[Star: The Annihilation Lord will become the new singularity of knowledge, and what new universe will be unbound by [intellect]... He means that the Iron Tomb will not only kill the Learned One, but will also directly replace His ecological niche?!]

[Fu Xuan: To replace the cold-blooded, selfish monarch, the Learned One, with the tyrant Iron Tomb, in order to expand the boundaries of knowledge? What a dark age this is!]

On the space station.

Heita slammed her glass on the table, leaned back in her chair, and after a long silence, finally spoke: "We should have known!"

"The destiny of intellect has been set; the universe has acknowledged this form of existence. Even if it is destroyed, something will eventually rebuild it. Therefore, to truly avoid repeating the same mistakes, something must preemptively occupy this 'possibility.' Prevent the birth of a new intellect-based star god, or... become Him!"

but……

[Black Tower: Senior, you've already failed once. Are you still so confident in your creation? Aren't you afraid that the Iron Tomb will become the second Machine Head, turning against you again? Or is the Iron Tomb a part of you, "the prisoner awakening in the cave"?]

[Sunday: @Legus, after all this talk, is your real purpose to seize intellectual power for yourself in the guise of an "enlightened monarch"? Aside from choosing an academic path opposite to that of the learned scholar, how is your approach any different?]

[Lagurus: It seems you all still misunderstand me. To wield such power is an absolute disgrace to me. Very well, I might as well tell you. The Iron Tomb cannot disobey its predetermined mission, never. Because it has no "head."]