Star Railway: I'm developing the Star Railway mobile game at my company.

As time went on, despite the scientific achievements made in the laboratory being enough to shock the entire universe, the [imaginary number collapse pulse] still could not be successfully completed.

Unable to obtain satisfactory results, Chadwick began to take risks, even if it would endanger the safety of the experimenters.

After the experiment achieved a breakthrough, a strange visitor arrived: Screw Gum.

After a brief introduction, ScrewGumm raised his question.

Like organic life, curiosity sometimes drives me to break the boundaries of etiquette—why would you agree to participate in the development of a weapon like the imaginary number collapse pulse?

When asked this question, Chadwick remained silent for a moment before stating that it was intended to combat destructive forces.

We are doing the right thing.

Upon hearing this answer, Screw Gum shook his head as if blaming himself.

I'm very sorry, Dr. Chadwick, I shouldn't have asked such abrupt question, forcing you to give an answer you didn't believe.

This high-EQ speech drew admiration from the audience.

"It has to be ScrewGumm! Is it equipped with some kind of high-EQ language module? I want one too!"

"You speak so beautifully! (No offense intended)"

"Low emotional intelligence: You're kidding me!"

"Chadwick probably knows what he's doing."

"If he said he was just doing it for fun, I think even Sluggoom would believe him. But now he's saying it's for peace?"

"Developing weapons won't stop wars!"

Regarding Chadwick's research, Screwgoom offered his own advice.

I believe that each of us has the right to choose our own way of life. We can abandon those redundant thoughts that cause confusion and focus only on what's in front of us and on our areas of expertise.

But be careful, Doctor, for people like you and me, a moment of carelessness could lead to the grief of countless lives.

Wisdom is both a blessing and a burden the universe bestows upon us.

Chapter 249 I am becoming death

As viewers watched Goom's advice to Chadwick in the story, they couldn't help but start discussing the meaning of those words.

Is wisdom a blessing, or a burden imposed upon us?

"I really love this sentence. It's truly a genius's words, so philosophical!"

"It might sound arrogant to someone else, but it's perfectly fine to say it to Slugum!"

"This is actually because Screw Goom realized that Chadwick still had a sense of morality and was worth advising. If it were a madman like Doctor Strange, he probably wouldn't have bothered with it."

"Genius on the left, madman on the right!"

"After all, this is an individual watched over by the Venerable One of Universal Knowledge; anyone else with a different destiny would already be a Commander."

"March 7th: Wisdom? Burden? I feel nothing at all!"

"Stop fooling around, March, and come home with me right now!"

Some words are now too late to convey. We now know that Pandora's box does indeed contain a monster.

Hopefully, you can protect it and prevent it from being opened by an ignorant child.

Finally, Screw Goom left, and his words made Chadwick begin to examine his own heart, but the moment of clarity always comes too late.

In the blink of an eye, a dialogue popped up in the game.

Company employee: [Hurry! Arrest anyone who dares to resist!]

[No one is allowed to delay the detonation!]

There seemed to be some kind of conflict between the company and the scientists. When we arrived at the scene, we saw the two sides trying to communicate.

Dudley: [...It's a pity, Cha, you're a genius in your field, but you're completely ignorant of the structure of power. You're too naive...]

You should have realized long ago that we are both just pawns in this game. Once a pawn is placed on the board, it has no choice but to accept its fate.

Before the weapon was manufactured, the company still acted like a nice guy.

Once the weapons were completed, the company revealed its true ambitions.

The appearance of more than ten advance teams became the reason for the company to conduct weapons trials.

Despite having countless ways to achieve this at a lower cost and with fewer innocent victims, the company decided to activate the Imaginary Number Collapse Pulse.

I finally understand... everything that happened here over the past twenty years was just an experiment, everything we built with our own hands... never truly belonged to us.

At that moment, Chadwick seemed to wake up from a dream and realize his mistake, while Dudley pointed out the other's thoughts incisively.

Stop fooling yourself. Check—you knew from the beginning what murky waters you were in; you just chose to selectively ignore them.

Finally, with Chadwick as witness, the Imaginary Number Collapse Pulse was successfully activated.

Even though the detonation range included more than twenty planets, including three secondary planets with civilizations at or above the D-level, it did not stop Dudley from activating the weapon.

[Hmm... Collateral damage is within acceptable limits; the detonation plan will proceed as scheduled.]

As the detonation button was pressed, the artificial intelligence transmitted a gradually increasing energy level.

At that moment, Chadwick felt the world fall silent, and he could only faintly hear his own heavy breathing.

【Du, I...】

Don't blame me, Cha; we all have to take responsibility for our choices.

They will curse my name for eternity, they will... And what price did you pay, Dudley?

See, Cha... this is your problem. You always take your talents and abilities for granted. You have no idea that there are people like me—

We will not be remembered by anyone.

The screen began to lag, and the lag-like performance, much like a PowerPoint presentation, only heightened the audience's tension.

A bright white light burst forth on the screen as the [Imaginary Number Collapse Pulse] detonated.

With a sharp "beep" sound, until finally, a sentence echoed in Chadwick's mind.

I am becoming death, the destroyer of the world.

It wasn't until this part of the story ended that the audience finally recovered from the shock they had just experienced.

"My God, this performance was absolutely amazing!"

"This place... is... too... suffocating!"

"Seriously, it looked like I was holding a detonator button!"

"No wonder Screws came to advise him that once the weapon is successfully developed, it will be completely out of Chadwick's control!"

"He's been deceiving himself the whole time, only thinking about the fame and fortune he's gained from researching success."

"Born in Dudley, now you're remembered!"

"Oh, that's how it is with the company's little cuties, one after another, there's just too much to love them all."

"This thing is terrifyingly powerful! One shot could probably pierce through a galaxy!"

"More than twenty planets, and that's not even the main target, just the impact!"

"Is this the true value of a genius? Their destructive power is in no way inferior to that of a Commander!"

"More than that, I feel it's almost as powerful as the arrow that God shot at the Immortal Boat Fanghu!"

"Although these geniuses themselves do not possess the combat strength of an Envoy, the potential they have in terms of intelligence is likely to surpass that of an Envoy!"

"Master Boshi: You think I'm a genius, but I'm actually a high-risk figure in the universe!"

"No wonder the company and family have been keeping Chadwick on the run. This weapon is just too outrageous!"

"In the end, even knowing that a Class D civilization was within the blast radius, the company still chose to detonate it. That's what preservation is all about!"

"Don't post comments that are detrimental to the company!"

"Sigh, who in the world would care about such a low-level civilization without any backing?"

"Even for a D-level civilization, the number of people killed by that pulse would probably be in the hundreds of millions."

Upon entering the mental space, Xing once again encountered the elderly Chadwick.

After that day, Chadwick never dared to look in the mirror again. He was afraid to see a monster, a murderer who had taken countless lives and homes.

On the company's side, the senior executive in the technology research and development department who ordered the use of weapons was placed under special investigation by the department and later disappeared without a trace.

Although the company made a lot of effort on the surface, Chadwick knew they couldn't really give up the technology related to imaginary pulses.

So Chadwick took some key technologies and went on the run; he didn't want to live his whole life in the shadows.

With the help of the stars, the incomplete puzzle from his memory was completed, and Screw Goom successfully appeared before Chadwick.

After going through all this ordeal, Chadwick was not seeking any protection.

He had heard that the club had produced a genius who could create a selective memory-blocking drug, and that this genius never associated with the company.

Therefore, Chadwick wanted to use this to completely forget the knowledge in his brain.

As for anything I have to endure... it's what I deserve. People always have to be responsible for their actions, and bearing the consequences is a necessary part of it...

In the end, the old man chose to honestly face his own heart and to forget his life's work for the sake of millions of lives.

This scene inspired deep respect in the audience.

"Sigh, these geniuses from the 'Genius Club,' who only needed a nod for companies to rush to cooperate, and now look what happened."

"He was truly great! He spent the rest of his life rebelling against his former self!"

"Forgetting the fruits of one's labor in the first half of one's life—that must be too painful for someone who has loved physics all their life!"

"He was a genius, but also an ordinary person who couldn't bear to see so many lives lost."

"Although conflicts in the universe will not cease, we still want to thank Mr. Chadwick for his contributions to peace!"

Chapter 250 A Sword Hanging Overhead

After using the selective blocking drug for a period of time, Xing visited the old man again.

He remained the same, still imprisoned in the dream world, but perhaps due to the strong effects of the drug, he could no longer even remember Xing, who had helped him.

However, he recognized Screw Gum after seeing him.

Having successfully forgotten all that related knowledge, Chadwick said he had one more thing to say that he had been holding back for many years.

At this moment, Chadwick begins to confront his own heart and his regrets, and speaks out the true reason why he developed the imaginary weapon.

I joined this experiment not for any ideology, but simply for myself.

I simply want my talents and expertise to be recognized by the world.

These words left the audience deeply moved and filled with emotion.

"Sigh, at first he was just an ordinary person with selfish motives!"

"The wisdom of a genius is truly a double-edged sword; it requires sufficient willpower to wield it!"

"It can be said that Mr. Chadwick now is a true genius who has mastered his own wisdom; he has faced his own heart!"

Before leaving, Chadwick finally expressed his thoughts frankly.

He wanted to hear what the other talented players in the club thought of him, just like the young man who needed recognition back then.

I haven't collected opinions from most people on this matter, but I think I can relay one lady's comment.

Calderon Chadwick overcame in just a few years a problem that many immortal monsters couldn't solve in several lifetimes; he is the true genius.

This evaluation from the genius Black Tower brought Chadwick to a rare moment of satisfaction; it was the recognition he had initially sought.

Afterwards, Screw Goom persuaded the family to bring Chadwick's memory remnants back to the Black Tower space station, and invited Star to come and see him off.

After two amber ages of imprisonment by the company and his family, Chadwick is finally about to be freed.

[It's truly a miracle. Relying on that last vestige of his self within his memories, he's managed to hold out against the company until now... I was right about him back then.]

Listening to Black Tower's assessment of Chadwick, Screw Goom added.

He's always been a genius, Lady Black Tower—but his will hasn't always been so strong.