[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer-":3,"chapter-chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-5":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Chat Group: The Envoy of Wisdom Seeks to Conquer the Myriad Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2331364,4559,"Chapter 5: The Genius","chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>Elijah Sarath, No. 56 of the Genius Club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy is also a legend—he invented the Synesthesia Beacon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After inventing it, he casually tossed it aside, and only after the Academy of Knowledge spent countless Amber Eons did they barely manage to replicate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the replica still differs from the original crafted by this genius in ways that remain irreproducible and unresolved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also invented the Genius Club invitation card, later adopted by the Academy of Knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every member who joins the Genius Club receives one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding-ding-ding—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the vibrating invitation message from the Genius Club invitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinked, linked his imaginary energy, and instantly knew who had sent the invitation through the card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Hermes began injecting imaginary energy at a specific frequency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, after a flash of light, a teleportation wave appeared in his perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And swiftly, this teleportation wave formed a door before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he needed to do was gently push it open, and beyond lay the gathering place of the Genius Club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed the door open and stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the teleportation methods of the Expansion Faction, the Knowledge Faction’s teleportation seemed to have many distinct differences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he finally stood firmly on solid ground, Hermes saw before him a council table standing beneath a starry sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Data streams flashed rapidly through his eyes as he began to discern the underlying logic of this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not seem to exist within the conventional universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it existed within the Quantum Sea or relied on dimensional technology remained unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, several figures had already arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Tower, dressed in Lolita attire, wearing a large magical hat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Mei, radiating Eastern charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screwgum, with a small mechanical head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boy whose appearance seemed somewhat awkward—Stephen Lloyd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! Hermes, No. 84! I thought Itachi weren’t coming this time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Tower, seeing the newcomer, sounded genuinely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having grown accustomed to the eccentricities of Genius Club members, having two so normal here at once felt like winning the lottery!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was just wrapping up an experiment, that’s all—delayed me a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermes replied coolly: “I’d been lingering on the edge of Ix’s avatar. Even for me, caution was necessary—otherwise, I might have been dragged into the abyss of self-annihilation, which would’ve been troublesome.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ix’s avatar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed a troublesome matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The geniuses present all nodded slightly at this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Hermes’s words sounded arrogant within the universe,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for self-annihilators have always been a grave affliction across the cosmos, drifting ever further into nothingness until they became hopelessly lost in self-destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As geniuses standing at the apex of the universe, they naturally possessed means to anchor their own existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For them, as long as they didn’t sink deep into the vortex of self-annihilation, they still had ways to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Introduction: My name is Screwgum.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Genius Club #76.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pleased to see Itachi here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distinctive mechanical voice of the omnimachine emerged from Screwgum’s vocal organ.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Screwgum appeared cold and rigid, typical of an omnimachine,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermes could distinctly perceive a gentlemanly elegance emanating from this machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, I am Hermes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without unnecessary pleasantries, Hermes replied succinctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All present were geniuses—no small talk was needed; a few brief words sufficed for mutual understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they required no excessive formalities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After mutual introductions, they quickly turned to the matter at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, everyone began briefly describing their research directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Research direction?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stephen Lloyd scratched the back of his head, troubled: “Actually, I just skimmed the mainstream sciences of the universe and made a few toys out of interest…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After briefly introducing his small inventions, Stephen asked puzzled: “So how did the Academy of Knowledge just appear and send me an invitation…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t these things easy to accomplish? Why go through the trouble of inviting me specifically?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Stephen spoke lightly, if this remark spread, it could directly kill many renowned universal scientists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, in truth, the geniuses present found it perfectly reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though many brilliant scholars pursued and longed for an invitation to the Genius Club,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the truth was precisely the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not that receiving the Genius Club’s invitation made one a genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, because they were geniuses, the Genius Club came to invite them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether or not they joined the Genius Club changed nothing about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not the Genius Club that granted them glory—it was their presence that continuously elevated the Genius Club’s prestige!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To us, the Genius Club is simply this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Hermes, under his innate talent【heaven rewards diligence】, had become a genuine genius, he had once been a nameless wanderer and understood this deeply: “In my youth, I yearned for the stars, so I boarded the Starry Express and gazed upon the endless vistas of the universe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermes spoke with deep emotion of his past journey: “That was an era I still cherish. I once believed I would walk ever farther along the path of Expansion—but then, when I reached the threshold of an Envoy, Archivili’s fall took me utterly by surprise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The path of Expansion fell silent. Coinciding with an accident in my homeland, I returned and spent considerable time developing a suitable planetary restoration technique for my home—thus truly stepping onto the path of Knowledge!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Until ten years ago, during my travels among the stars, I happened upon a civilization planet consumed by nothingness. Moved by it, I began dedicated research.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ultimately, today, I naturally uncovered a glimpse of the essence of imaginary and quantum phenomena, and claimed my own unique Envoy Authority.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Hermes’s journey, the geniuses present were deeply intrigued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First walking the path of Expansion, nearly reaching its Envoy threshold, then switching to Knowledge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder it took Hermes so long to be invited into the Genius Club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paths between each other are separated by barriers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the universe, very few could walk multiple paths simultaneously, let alone reach the apex of more than one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stephen Lloyd truly deserved his title as a genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hermes was no less worthy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1005,"2026-06-20T20:31:23.534Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2055888b22e6ba2622e72a5dbcbd641ce97bc00e4eda53c37d219262b181a9a2","chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-6","chat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--chapter-4",514,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchat-group-the-envoy-of-wisdom-seeks-to-conquer--cover.jpg"]