Chapter 1382: Ong Falos 3.5 (412)

"Hmm… Star, do we have to rely on that treasure of yours?"

Star nodded: "Make a wish to the star core, eliminate Laigushi…"

"This… isn't it a bit of overkill? Dan Heng entrusted me that you must not use that power. Please don't take the risk." Xilian said seriously, correcting, "What they meant was 'Recognition Anchor'. Didn't our mechanical friend say, 'When needed, it can become a bridge for internal and external communication'? Aolixie is a small village wrapped by 'Time'. Here, we might be able to contact the outside world."

"Anyway, let's try it first, okay? At least we need to bring the good news of your safety to the friends beyond the heavens."

Xilian led Star to the courtyard where she had once lived; it was empty, full of the marks of time.

"It's so quiet here that sound can't get in or out," Xilian said. "In Xilian's memory, she treated this room as a secret base. No one discovered her practicing the Olorinis Prayer in secret here, or trying to converse with the gods."

"But today is different, right? Who we're contacting isn't a distant god, but real humans from another world," Xilian said, smiling gently. "They're already ready to witness a miracle, Star."

Star lowered his head to look at the girl whose smile blossomed like a flower, and couldn't help to mutter inwardly.

(Xilian, the tone of her speech really sounds dreamy…)

(There are too many confusions; I'm also concerned about Dan Heng and San Yue Qi's situation. I hope the Recognition Anchor works properly; I need answers…)

Star activated the Recognition Anchor, and soon intermittent sounds came from within.

"Signal strength… 14.8%… dialogue window… 16 minutes 22 seconds… premise: no external interference…"

The projections of Black Tower and Screw Goom appeared before the two of them.

"We're relieved to learn you're safe, Ms. Star."

Seeing Black Tower herself, Star was quite surprised: "Black Tower, you're here too?"

"I'm not only here, I also casually saved you four times—while you didn't know," Black Tower shrugged. "But now isn't a time for joy; two geniuses standing here means you've run into big trouble."

——

Was seeking an encounter in the dungeon a mistake?

Wei Er Fu had just a moment ago wanted to cheer for Black Tower's help to Star, but the next instant her latter half of the sentence doused him with cold water, and his expression instantly turned serious.

Indeed, forcing the two geniuses to cooperate, even with the aid of Screw Goom, the mechanical genius, still couldn't fully breach the firewall of the world of Ong Falos, which already says a lot about the issue.

Laigushi… is powerful; even setting aside its role as a scepter operator, it's most likely a top-tier genius not inferior to Black Tower.

But counterintuitively, since Laigushi is so formidable, why was there no news about it in the universe before?

"Was Laigushi really a genius born after Emperor II?" Wei Er Fu frowned, "It just feels so out of place…"

"I think Laigushi's birth might be earlier," Lili Luka lifted the hot tea on the table and took a small sip. "The experimental report we saw earlier actually hid a detail—that it knows Bo Er Ka Ka Mu's abilities well and understands how to evade her observations. But the problem is, unless you actively clash with her, you can't learn her methods."

All of Bell's group have a deep impression of this; before Black Tower fought her in the simulated universe, Bo Er Ka Ka Mu was like a ghost drifting through space, and no one knew where the blade she wielded, forged from the law of causality, would cut.

Had it not been for the earlier alliance of Ruan Mei, Screw Goom, Stephen, and three other geniuses, Black Tower might not have escaped unscathed.

When you mention Bo Er Ka Ka Mu's name in the cosmos, her gaze already traverses countless star systems to lock onto you—each time Bell thinks of this, a chill runs down his neck.

"Laigushi has clashed with Bo Er Ka Ka Mu and survived," Lili Luka's expression grew solemn. "…Just this alone is enough to prove Laigushi's strength has already surpassed two generations of 'Emperors',"

——

"Listen up, kid. 'Destruction's gaze is upon this place. I'm not talking about a machine head, I mean Na Nu Ke," Black Tower emphasized seriously.

"Time is short; I'll explain with concepts you know: the world called Ong Falos is actually an experimental arena where the extinction great lord 'Tie Mu' self‑calculates and evolves," Screw Goom added. "In this unknown star region, it repeatedly runs the 'Recreation of the World' process, seeking a way to destroy 'Intellect.'"

"For certain reasons, this experiment once fell into a prolonged stagnation. But now the process has restarted. If we cannot intervene effectively, the prediction is: after fourteen system cycles, Tie Mu will complete self‑coronation and launch a destruction plan against the destiny of 'Intellect.'"

"How will it destroy 'Intellect'?" Star still didn't quite understand.

"There are too many possibilities. Disrupt interstellar communications, sabotage synesthetic beacons, plunge the stars back into a dark age, even spark a third anti‑organic war, bringing a cataclysm to the galaxy," Black Tower explained. "In short, turn all science and technology toward 'Destruction'—since Na Nu Ke is looking here, it shows He is serious."

"But hasn't 'Tie Mu' existed for a long time already?"

"Based on intel from the company, Tie Mu is likely not a great lord elevated from humans like Xing Xiao or Fen Feng, but an algorithmic sequence. As long as there's a computational substrate, it's everywhere. The Tie Mu lurking in Ong Falos is the 'source code'—this scepter is its cultivation dish."

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Ren Ya.

"Fen Feng… that guy was actually once human?!"

The shock this news gave De Chuan was comparable to the earlier revelation that Fan Ma Yong Ji Lang had forcibly kissed Japan's female prime minister.

Humans, could they really reach such a level?

…The purity is too high!

"And that woman Xing Xiao, she was also once human. What did she and Fen Feng do originally to catch Na Nu Ke's eye and then be elevated to an extinction great lord?" Lie Hai Wang was eager to know.

"What, Lie, you also want to become an extinction great lord?" Fan Ma Ren Ya chuckled. "It's hard for ordinary people to become a fate‑walker, let alone a herald. Only a handful of beings in the whole galaxy are qualified for Na Nu Ke's promotion."

"No," Lie Hai Wang shook his head honestly. "I know I'm far from 'Destruction,' but as a warrior I want to know how far they forged themselves before becoming extinction great lords. If an extinction great lord's power is 100 points, how many points did they have while still human?"