Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

"This is... the 'simulated universe'?"

Jiang Ning rested his chin on his hand, his curious gaze sweeping over the planet made of data. Unable to contain his excitement, he began to analyze its structure.

Black Tower nodded slightly, then gently tapped the planet projection with his finger.

The next moment, the once stable planet seemed to be affected by an invisible force, and slowly stopped rotating.

The surface then gradually turned red, cracked, and collapsed, eventually shattering into pieces of celestial fragments in an explosion.

Jiang Ning frowned as he looked at the extremely futuristic scene before him.

"What... does this mean?"

"Ms. Black Tower, your 'planetary fireworks' are quite beautiful... but what does that have to do with you calling me back?"

Daheita curled his lip and rolled his eyes at Jiang Ning.

Don't use your ignorance to speculate about this genius.

This is a simulation of the destruction process of a specific planet in a "simulated universe".

What makes this planet special is that it was the beginning of "destruction."

Jiang Ning was slightly taken aback, and a guess popped into his mind.

"You mean... this planet is..."

The Great Black Tower nodded and slowly spoke.

"That's right, 'Destroy' the homeland of the star god Nanuk."

I wanted to recreate the moment of His ascension to God, but due to the incompleteness of the known information, I was unable to reproduce it perfectly.

"What does this have to do with me? I don't even know how He became a god."

Jiang Ning scratched his head, feeling completely bewildered.

"You've completely forgotten what you said before..."

Daheita's face darkened, and he strode towards Jiang Ning, waving his hand to summon an electronic contract which he then threw directly at Jiang Ning's face.

"When you first built your 'Zea,' you promised to use it as the core processor for the 'simulated universe.'"

So you didn't even leave any access permissions, and just went off to play on other planets with the Star Train?

"Um... what is it..."

After all, Black Tower was one of Zeya's original shareholders. Jiang Ning's achievements today would certainly not have been possible without the support of Black Tower's space station.

Giving them access permissions wouldn't be a problem.

Jiang Ning immediately took out the Zero One Driver from the space in his glove and fastened it to his waist. At the same time, he connected his consciousness with "Zea" and added the Black Tower's identity information to the access whitelist.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes, and the blue data stream flashed past his pupils.

He smiled slightly and gave the black tower an "OK" sign.

"Done~"

This way, you can freely utilize Zea's computing power to maintain your "simulated universe."

The black tower gazed indifferently toward the core of the "simulated universe."

With the support of Zea's massive computing power, the originally illusory planetary projection became solid, and even some of its surface features became clearly visible.

Upon seeing this, a faint smile appeared on Black Tower's expressionless face.

"Good job. I don't need to talk to you about anything else."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning nodded and prepared to turn and leave.

"etc."

Black Tower suddenly spoke.

Jiang Ning abruptly stopped, turned around in a daze, and saw Hei Ta staring at him speechlessly with a sullen face.

"Why are you always so impulsive? I haven't even finished speaking yet."

I really didn't contact you for no reason, but someone else did...

No sooner had he finished speaking than the door to Black Tower's office opened without warning.

"I'm the one who contacted you."

A clear, cold female voice came from the doorway. The tone was indifferent yet familiar, and Jiang Ning suddenly turned around.

"...Miss Ruan Mei? You were looking for me?"

"Hmm, you haven't forgotten the pauses in the names, very good."

It was clearly praise from every angle, but for some reason, looking at Ruan Mei's icy face gave Jiang Ning a bad feeling.

"Uh, what is it...?"

Just as Nguyen Mai was about to speak, Black Tower interrupted first.

"I've brought him back to you. Go and resolve your own issues outside. Don't disturb my research."

By the way, consider the favor from last time paid off, so don't try to use that against me again.

The two were pushed out of the office by the research-obsessed Black Tower.

As it turns out, regardless of the relationship, no one can disturb Black Tower if she wants to do scientific research.

The two stared at each other in front of the office door until Nguyen Mai broke the awkward silence.

"Let's go somewhere else."

"The Black Tower has reserved a private lab for me on the space station, let's talk there."

The passageway of the space station was so quiet it was almost deathly still, with only the occasional faint hum of the suspended holographic instruments making the surroundings even quieter.

Ruan Mei walked half a step ahead, her posture upright, her cheongsam clean and neat, her long hair falling over her shoulders, her profile cool and gentle, yet carrying a unique researcher's calmness that understood all things.

Jiang Ning followed silently behind, his doubts growing stronger.

I understand why Black Tower called me back to grant her authorization; after all, the "Simulated Universe" is Black Tower's greatest achievement and the apple of her eye.

The connection between "Zea" and the "Simulated Universe" makes it easier for Zea to better learn about the worldview and various destinies of the Star Iron Universe through this technology, which is also very beneficial to him, making it a win-win situation.

But Nguyen Mai is looking for herself...?

Their skills and her research topics should be completely unrelated, right?

Wait…?

No...that's not right!?

Jiang Ning abruptly stopped, a very ominous thought flooding his mind.

Not far ahead, Nguyen Mai also stopped at almost the same time, turned around and swiped her access card on the laboratory door.

With a "beep," the doors swung open rapidly to both sides, and Ruan Mei stepped inside.

After a while, Ruan Mei poked her head out of the laboratory, looked at Jiang Ning who was motionless in the corridor, and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong? Why that expression all of a sudden?"

Jiang Ning was at a loss for words. He might not be sure what his expression was like, but it was definitely quite something.

The last time I had this same feeling was when I had just lost my ability to transform into Rider Build.

"Ms. Ruan Mei...would it be convenient for you to clear up my doubts?"

"you say."

Jiang Ning paused, took a deep breath, and voiced his conjecture.

"You're looking for me...it's not related to the Eberlt gene you extracted from me before, is it?"

Jiang Ning asked the question with almost a 99% chance that something bad would happen, but he still hoped that Ruan Mei could give him that 1% answer.

"Yes, that's right."

The answer was concise and straightforward, without any unnecessary embellishment.

Looking at Ruan Mei's calm and expressionless face, Jiang Ning felt as if he had something stuck in his throat and couldn't say it.

After a long pause, he finally managed to utter a sentence.

"You...brought him back to life?"

Jiang Ning's heart was nearly broken; his expression grew increasingly grim. (You know what I mean.)

"No, it hasn't come to that point yet."

However, his genetic situation is somewhat special, and I need your help to confirm some of my guesses.

After all, you know a lot about the races of "Blood," don't you?

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