Chapter 1212: and translation of title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities

"Not necessarily." Jiu Lao stretched out a finger and lightly tapped the tabletop. "Chi Nian, humanity isn't as united as you imagine, nor as isolated. From my understanding of these geniuses, even if they mastered technology capable of propelling human technology forward by leaps and bounds, they might not be willing to share it with humanity."

Chi Nian looked puzzled: "Huh? Why?"

"For humanity, monsters may be foreigners. But could it be that when a genius with intellect far surpassing the ordinary is born, the gap between him and humanity is far greater than that between humanity and monsters? That genius is humanity's greatest 'foreigner'."

Chi Nian furrowed his brows: "Humans actually still have this kind of thought..."

Geniuses are often solitary. Even if a genius like Black Tower intended to share her achievements, no one on Earth would understand the 'answer' she gives. Moreover, these geniuses are all busy; don't expect them to stop and popularize what they consider 'basic knowledge' for ordinary people.

Jiu Lao sighed, gazing into the distance: "Besides, even if human technology advances by leaps and bounds, internal waste and suspicion will never cease. Interestingly, with powerful weapons, they often turn the barrels on their own kind—history has told us more than once that humanity's greatest enemy is often humanity itself."

So, Chi Nian, you can set aside your worries; as long as the assembly hall remains, and as long as strong ones like Ne Zha and Wuxian are still around, the sky won't fall.

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A Black Tower figurine suddenly appeared.

"Could Black Tower be the legendary super-super-super-super-super genius!"

Another Black Tower figurine echoed: "No need to say? Look at these achievements—the solitary wave algorithm problem, the Spark model conjecture, the Sigma baryon transformation method, the Black Tower sequence..."

A string of formulas rained down from the sky, densely packed.

"Eh… there are so many problems, but life is so short…"

"Oh, and there's rejuvenation." The Black Tower figurine placed a doctoral cap on its companion's head.

The Black Tower figurine examined its "companion" with a magnifying glass: "You wouldn't be…"

Black Tower stood proudly, hands on hips: "Hmph, not done yet! I also discovered the imaginary overflow phenomenon, captured and sealed the stellar core from beyond."

"Who knows, maybe one day we'll see the stellar core existing inside a living body!"

Black Tower, wearing a mechanical brain, pointed at herself proudly: "Besides, I want to see a machine head… I'll see it if I want to!"

"Wow!"

"So we have to run. Run with your doll body!"

"A doll?"

"Exactly, this way 'Black Tower' can run faster——"

Black Tower held the doll's hand and kept running forward on a huge gear.

"Fast?"

"Quick quick!"

"Quick——"

"Quick quick quick quick——!"

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Spirit Cage

"You say, if Ms. Black Tower, so smart, could help us transform Earth's mana ecosystem, that'd be great. Of course, we won't let her work for free—we can help with testing the simulated universe and such… lend a hand." Shan Da muttered, his voice growing softer.

"Does helping with the simulated universe require you to do it?" Xu Tong instantly burst into laughter, clutching his stomach and laughing till he gasped, "Black Tower only needs to shout casually in her space station, and top-tier researchers will flock to serve her—do we really need you? Don't think those people in the station look ordinary; pick any one and they're among the best on their planet, geniuses capable of changing the world."

"How does that saying go? Oh right… 'Geniuses are merely the threshold to see me.' This saying fits Ms. Black Tower perfectly."

"Actually, if we want to transform the mana ecosystem, the people of Interstellar Peace Company could probably do it, but…" Bai Yueqi paused, then continued: "First, we can't even contact them; second, even if the company is willing to provide technology to help us transform the mana ecosystem, the result would likely be like Beiluoboge—with someone similar to Tuopa acting as the front, forcing all surviving humans on Earth to become company employees."

No, you're wrong.

Mark's voice low and hoarse, he paused, his gaze sweeping past Bai Yueqi toward the vast, illusory starry sky: "How many humans remain on Earth now? How much cost would it take to transform Earth's mana ecosystem? The human resources situation on Earth is nothing like Beiluoboge's—unless there's some rare mineral worth their investment, otherwise…"

Mark shook his head with a heavy expression.

"Indeed! I also think self-rescue shouldn't rely on others. Do you still remember Yigeer? He was the Beiluoboge who participated in the martial demonstration ceremony a few hundred years ago." Recalling Yigeer's situation at Interstellar Peace Company, Xia Dou couldn't help but feel wistful: "For the whole universe, our predicament is truly insignificant; the matters worthy of Ms. Black Tower's full effort… are probably just saving the universe, resisting 【Destruction】 and such major affairs."

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""Time" and "space"—the two major obstacles hindering humanity's progress…"

Ms. Black Tower gazed at her countless reflections in the picture frames, a faint smile curling her lips.

The picture frame before her seemed like a mirror unable to bear the weight, instantly shattering into countless shards. Countless "Black Tower" figures burst forth from the splendid light—

In this dazzling yet magnificent light, the true Black Tower stood still. She lowered her gaze slightly, her eyes sweeping over the continually sparkling shards… finally, she let out a soft sigh.

"Oh dear… how did I so easily cross this boundary?"

"Hmph, but it's still far from enough."

Countless various "Black Tower" figures fell from the sky, turning into chess pieces, the Ever-Changing Die of Myriad Phenomena rolling "clatter-clatter" on the board, as if stirring the ripples of spacetime.

And Black Tower, looking down from above, silently overlooked all this—she seemed both the player directing the game and the cold-eyed outsider watching from the sidelines.

"Let's overlook from a higher world, then—I cast a die in a cosmic calculation…"

Black Tower extended her hand, gently turning the Ever-Changing Die of Myriad Phenomena; the world's scenery flowed with her turn, and finally the die acquired a colored coating in her hand, dropping into her teacup.

The gleaming irregular eight-sided die, its faces not uniform, Black Tower lightly brushed over its shining faces, intriguedly examining the countless worlds reflected upon them.