I write obituaries for the gods

Perhaps after tomorrow, once the data in the stone tablet is successfully decoded, we will be able to learn more information.

But regardless, Lin Chen could clearly recognize one fact:

The real storm is not over yet.

Even if the Bureau of Investigation confirmed the existence of the superweapon WHALE and used public opinion to defeat the Foundation, it would not solve the threat.

Euclid speaking to the "ghost of history" in Byakuchi's memory means that he understands that Byakuchi will be eliminated sooner or later.

His statement, "I'll be back for you soon," implies that as long as Hyakudochi dies...

Euclid will take the main stage and confront the Bureau of Investigation head-on!

An Alpha-level demigod possesses the power to cut through space, capable of instantly reaching any location...

The Bureau of Investigation currently has no idea what his weaknesses are.

If he were to fight Euclid without any preparation... Lin Chen found it hard to imagine how he could win.

"Boom..."

Amidst the rumbling thunder, Lin Chen opened his eyes and turned to look at the faint light of dawn outside the window.

"From now on, let's shift our focus to dealing with Euclid," Lin Chen said softly.

The true culprit behind the Iron Cape Bridge incident... an Alpha-level demigod from the Foundation...

For the first time, Lin Chen had a real sense of confronting the gods.

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Chapter 116 The Abyss (Third Update)

After the operation ended, everyone in Section One had two days off. Except for Jiang Zhengge, everyone else stayed home and rested for two days.

Two days later, Lin Chen, having rested and recuperated, pushed open the door to Professor Jürgen's laboratory.

"You're finally here," Jiang Zhengge said, a slight smile playing on his lips as he saw Lin Chen beside the lab bench. "How have you been resting these past few days?"

“Not bad,” Lin Chen said. “Subspace travel does put a considerable strain on the mind.”

"It's alright, this is your first trip," Li Zhanyi yawned beside her, "You're in better shape than this old guy, you're a real iron man..."

"Has the log of Ideal State been successfully decoded?" Lin Chen asked Professor Jürgen.

He noticed that Professor Jürgen looked very serious.

“The decoding was successful,” Professor Jürgen sighed softly, “but there’s more bad news than good.”

“Then tell us a brief overview,” Jiang Zhengge clapped his hands. “Let’s go back to the meeting!”

The group took the elevator back to the First Division office and stopped in front of the clue board.

“Let’s get straight to the point,” Professor Jürgen picked up the chalk and walked to the blackboard. “First, you need to understand what WHALE is.”

He wrote an English name on the blackboard.

"Wave Harnessing Array for Latent Emotions, abbreviated as WHALE, or 'Whale'."

"Its official name is 'Latent Emotional Wave Control Array,' and I believe you can guess the function of this superweapon just from the name."

Lin Chen nodded and took the initiative to speak:

"Manipulating emotions deposited in the subspace to trigger erosion?"

“That’s right,” Professor Jürgen nodded. “From now on, we’ll just call it the ‘W weapon’.”

"The W weapon can contain emotions deposited in the subspace, and categorize and collect them."

"When in use, the W weapon first analyzes the target, matches the corresponding emotion required, and then releases these emotions in the form of waves to detonate with the emotions in the target area."

"To use a school incident as an example, the W weapon would select some emotions that students would have in the warp, such as anxiety about exams or fear of school bullying. It would collect these emotions that already exist in the warp and launch them towards the school. Instantly, the emotional accumulation in that area would exceed the standard, attracting a warp hurricane and thus causing the school to be eroded."

"Human history is so long that similar emotions have accumulated in the subspace countless times. Therefore, in theory, the W weapon can launch matching emotional waves at any location and pull it into erosion."

After these words were spoken, everyone in the department immediately looked worried.

"Does this mean that, theoretically, the Bureau of Investigation headquarters could also be a target of W weapons?" Lucy asked.

“That’s right,” Professor Jürgen nodded, “but the good news is that such a thing shouldn’t happen anytime soon.”

"Tell me about it," Jiang Zhengge said.

"Because the W weapon requires a very large launch platform, the power and energy consumption would be far beyond what is imagined if it were to cause erosion over a large area."

"According to my calculations, if the W weapon is activated at full power, there will be varying degrees of erosion throughout the entire Rain City area, which will definitely give us advance notice."

"In the log, 'Utopia' is more like a garbage dump. Inside it is a small W-weapon array, which is not very powerful and can only carry out some low-intensity erosion."

“For example, schools and bunkers,” Li Zhanyi said.

“Yes, the bunker is the limit of erosion that ‘Utopia’ can trigger,” Professor Jürgen nodded slightly. “More often than not, ‘Utopia’ actually functions as a research station. It devours a large number of ruins, collects parameters from their interiors, and calculates the characteristics of ruins at different depths.”

"Therefore, the 'ideal state' was not the source of the Ironhorn Bridge disaster," Jiang Zhengge said.

“Absolutely not,” Professor Jürgen shook his head. “The W weapon must have a more powerful platform.”

"Is there any intelligence in the logbook of Ideal Country?" Li Zhanyi asked.

“The logs are huge; the search isn't finished yet, it'll probably take another 1-2 days,” Jürgen shook his head. “If we had keywords…”

“Search for Whale Nest,” Lin Chen said.

All eyes were on Lin Chen, and then Lin Chen saw Lucy's eyebrows rise once again.

"My amazing little brother has obtained amazing information again..." the little senior murmured.

Professor Jürgen took out his notebook and entered the keywords into it.

A few seconds later, a log line appeared:

"...The link with 'Whale Nest' has been disconnected, and independent operation has begun..."

“Yes, there is,” Professor Jürgen nodded, “but there is no more information.”

“The foundation is cautious,” Jiang Zhengge chuckled, “but not cautious enough. At least we’ve found our direction.”

Whale Nest, the source of the Ironhorn Bridge disaster, is the Foundation's ultimate weapon.

It appears to be incomplete; otherwise, the Foundation would have used it against the Bureau of Investigation long ago.

Based on the attitudes of these demigods, Lin Chen felt that the Whale Nest might be nearing completion.

What will the world be like once it's completed?

"Professor, is there any other information worth noting?" Jiang Zhengge asked.

“There is one.”

Jürgen frowned, staring at the lines of characters in his notebook.

"The journal of the Republic records an experiment of 'going to the depths of the subspace'."

"The principle is very simple. Don't they use the 'ideal country' to open a door to achieve teleportation? This kind of teleportation is essentially using similar emotional waves to connect reality with a certain ruin in the ideal country, forming a channel."

Lin Chen had seen this scene before: in the school incident, the door that Zuo Xia opened was connected to the Ideal Country through a long corridor.

“Objects in the real world will completely disintegrate once they enter the depths of the subspace, since the physical rules there are completely different from those in the three-dimensional world,” Jürgen murmured. “However, some ruins deposited in the depths of the subspace still come from the three-dimensional world.”

"Objects in the real world cannot enter the depths of the warp, but they can enter the ruins of the depths of the warp."

"The hypothesis proposed in this experiment is that by using high-powered emotional waves, the ruins deep in the subspace can be directly connected to reality, tearing out a channel that allows for normal descent."

"This is very likely one of the Foundation's next directions... They want to conquer the abyss of the warp."

When Professor Jürgen looked up, Lin Chen saw a glimmer of light in his eyes.

He certainly understood why: the source of Litty's insomnia lay deep within the subspace.

This log entry suggests that the depths of the warp can potentially be conquered.

A hand was placed on Professor Jürgen's shoulder, and he looked up to meet Jiang Zhengge's smile.

“Then let’s go talk to them,” Jiang Zhengge said with a slight smile. “As long as we can get the principle right, we can also conduct this experiment.”

"After all... Director Hua Molan is quite wealthy."

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Chapter 117 Inevitable (Fourth Update)

After leaving Professor Jürgen's laboratory, everyone returned to the department office to continue the meeting.

"Everyone, do you have any ideas?" Jiang Zhengge circled the table. "What will be the next direction of the investigation?"

Lin Chen raised his hand:

"Before the investigation, I felt there was one question we could no longer avoid."

"Go ahead," Jiang Zhengge said, extending his hand.

“Euclid,” Lin Chen said, “we can’t avoid him from now on.”

For a moment, silence fell around the conference table.

Jiang Zhengge nodded thoughtfully and said:

"That's exactly the case. The foundation is now completely in a media storm. If we have to push them further, they'll probably really have to fight like cornered beasts."

“If the F Council gets involved, things will indeed be very difficult,” Louis said. “The Alpha-level demigods who have performed well in the past are not ones that we can handle.”

"Are there any cases?" Lin Chen asked Louis.

"of course."

Louis typed on his laptop for a while, then turned the screen toward Lin Chen.

The screen displays a news article from ten years ago:

The crisis involving the Beta-class multi-eyed Siren has been averted! The Alpha-class demigod "Triton" has slain it!

"Triton," this was the first time Lin Chen had seen this name.

"Ten years ago, an anomalous entity called the 'Multi-Eyed Sirens' invaded reality and wreaked havoc on the seas. It was the 'Triton' that killed it."

Louis explained to Lin Chen.

"Our generation probably doesn't remember much, since members of the F Council are generally very low-key, but the older generation should remember."

The older generation... Lin Chen looked at Jiang Zhengge, who immediately gave him a look of disgust:

"Don't you have manners? How am I considered an old-fashioned person?"

"Old man, do you remember?" Li Zhanyi nudged Jiang Zhengge with his elbow.

"Be serious, this is an office."

"Section Chief Jiang, do you remember me?" Li Zhanyi elbowed him a second time.

Jiang Zhengge sighed softly, looking helpless.

He glanced at the name on the laptop, his gaze becoming somewhat inscrutable.

“At that time, it rained heavily for two consecutive months,” he said. “That rain prompted the city government to allocate funds to make major changes to the drainage system. You can imagine what kind of rain it was.”

"At the time, it was speculated that the multi-eyed siren might return to the warp after a period of time, but that was not the case. It kept getting closer to Rain City and was almost about to land."

"At this point, the F Council intervened, and Triton took action, eliminating the multi-eyed sirens."

"That battle...it's hard to describe in words. I was on duty at the time and witnessed it firsthand."

"What's going on?" Li Zhanyi urged for more updates.

“A tsunami taller than half the sky,” Jiang Zhengge said softly, “rushed toward the coastline as if it were getting dark.”

“Almost everyone was running away, but everyone knew that running away was pointless—the tsunami would destroy everything, and the entire city would not be spared.”

Then, Triton arrived.

Jiang Zhengge recalled the scene from that day.

He saw a figure leap into the sky, blocking the tsunami from directly in front of it.

He saw the wall of water split in two, from the sky to the earth, and the waves bypassed the demigod, rising towards the sky.

He saw the demigod riding the wind and waves, and the seawater in the sky freezing into ice, transforming into a giant trident.

He saw the trident pierce the fleshy wall on the sea, and the multi-eyed siren sank into the sea with a mournful cry.