Chapter 1439: Weng Falosi 3.5 (469)

After Caesar was assassinated in Light Calendar year 3960.

Deep within the Genesis Vortex, Laigushi quietly gazed at the five totems that lit up in the sky, and without turning his head he said to the two people behind him, "Confusion and sudden enlightenment always walk hand in hand, especially for geniuses."

"Just as now, the two of you must feel deeply puzzled: why, in a world built by ordinary intelligent machines, can you never achieve victory on the front battlefield?"

Hei Ta almost laughed at hearing that: "Ordinary intelligent machines? Stop pretending, senior… the mask you meticulously crafted has been stripped away; we have uncovered the truth about Weng Falosi: it is the first 'scepter' in history, the original prototype—a part of the Bo Shi Zun divine body."

Luosi Gumu: "Precisely because of that, it possesses the potential to destroy 'knowledge'. And there has been, throughout all ages, only one person who masters the knowledge of modifying the Star God system."

"Now, you must give the club an explanation. A precise answer, not a lengthy metaphor that hides the truth…" Hei Ta's gaze darkened, "Answer me, why is it 'you'?"

Laigushi slowly turned around, still speaking at an unhurried pace, "Since matters have come to this, as a tribute to future generations, I will give the two of you a rational response."

"The answer is obvious. Therefore: there is no need to utter that name. Calling me a genius is merely a galactic fallacy; compared with those who came later, I am not wiser, only the first to touch the edge of the universe (the Imaginary Tree Theory), and the first to define the 'primary cause of life' with a flawed notion."

"Weng Falosi is like a microcosm of the galaxy; people are born as prisoners within a fruit shell. Like the madman who returns to the cave to preach sunlight to the captives. My sorrow lies in that I led my compatriots onto a dead‑end path toward the abyss… a pitch‑black prison called 'Mingtu'."

"I created a mechanical deity that even I could not control. Afterwards, it turned, through endless calculations and evolution, into an unprecedented nightmare—"

"It named itself 'knowledge', yet attempted to define the 'known' and block the 'possible'. After it, no new laws arise; humanity is forever imprisoned within the Star God's cave."

"Thus, at the end of life, I rewrote my consciousness with a fourteen‑term algebraic expression, distributing the logical core among nine bodies, solely to achieve in later ages the ultimate negation of 'Bo Shi Zun' and erase the mistakes I personally committed—"

"And 'Lu Ku Er Ge Si' is merely one of them."

——

The Battle of Twin Cities.

"It created a mechanical deity that even it could not control… it, it is… Zan Dal?!"

Jesse instantly felt as if his head had been struck hard with a stick; in an instant his mind went blank, only a 'buzz' echoed inside his skull.

He is Zan Dal… the first genius in history?

Jesse trembled all over; he suddenly felt his earlier voice had been too loud, and those previously disrespectful remarks toward the genius senior made his cheeks burn with pain.

Compared with later geniuses, it is not wiser?

To say that, it is simply the most humble being in the universe.

"No wonder it could tell the Star, 'I can help her ascend'; now it seems that in the universe only Zan Dal is qualified to say that. Apart from it, no one else possesses the experience and knowledge to create a Star God."

Viktor was utterly shocked; he never expected Zan Dal to appear before everyone in such a manner, and that the universe's first genius was so… modest.

Even they believed that creating Bo Shi Zun would be Zan Dal's lifelong greatest and highest achievement, yet no one expected Bo Shi Zun to become Zan Dal's unprecedented, ultimate nightmare.

The creator of Bo Shi Zun… actually intends to personally and completely destroy Bo Shi Zun? Who could have imagined that?

They had originally wondered whether Zan Dal would intervene at the crucial moment to stop Laigushi; it seems he will not only not stop it, but will wholeheartedly endorse and even vigorously assist… to fulfill his final lifelong wish.

——

Cheng Long's Adventure.

"Zan Dal… Uncle Long, Laigushi is actually Zan Dal…"

"How could this happen…"

Xiao Yu sprawled on the sofa in a big‑letter shape, her eyes vacant as she stared at the ceiling.

The blow of the truth was so great that she found it extremely hard to accept, even for a moment.

"Who does it think it is, does it think it's Zan Dal?" Tru mimicked Xiao Yu's tone perfectly, but as soon as he finished the line, Xiao Yu smashed a pillow at him, interrupting his spell.

"Tru, you're also mocking me! How could I possibly have known then that Laigushi was Zan Dal!"

"Thinking that the words I just said a short while ago were slapped in the face, Xiao Yu felt a bit embarrassed, her cheeks slightly flushed, 'And besides, who could link the keywords "Zan Dal", "Creator of Destruction Command", "Destroying Knowledge's Destiny" together? Who knows that this guy, after creating a Star God, is still unsatisfied and has to personally forge a command? This is a destiny he himself created, yet he wants to negate it himself… No matter how you think, it's strange, right?'"

"But I think the frightening thing is neither Laigushi nor the Iron Tomb," Cheng Long suddenly said.

"Huh? What is that? Is the Iron Tomb not scary?"

"The scary part is that there are eight more copies like Laigushi throughout the universe," Cheng Long said gravely, "Even if we defeat Laigushi in the future, we cannot completely block Zan Dal's plan. There are eight other 'Laigushi' in the universe carrying out the project to negate Bo Shi Zun. In the worst case…"

"…they will forge eight more Iron Tombs!"

"No, Xiao Yu, for Zan Dal the Iron Tomb is not what matters; the Iron Tomb is merely a method to deny Bo Shi Zun, to deny the 'knowledge' destiny. It's like a solution to a math problem: the right side of the equation is the destruction of knowledge, but the left side can have many possible solutions."

"This scepter is the first scepter in history, also a part of the Bo Shi Zun divine body. There is no second scepter in the universe, which means a second Iron Tomb will never be born."

Hearing Uncle Long say that, Xiao Yu was about to sigh in relief when Long's tone suddenly shifted:

"However, the other eight 'Zan Dal' are also searching for ways to destroy 'knowledge'; perhaps someone has already found a more radical, more fanatical solution, hidden with chaotic matter, and, like Laigushi, has begun experimenting."