Chapter 1609

"It's not hard to imagine: why did you choose 'Destruction'?" Screw Gum said, "Question: Is all this worth it?"

"Discussing value is meaningless. This is Zandal Yi Sangyuan's fate—the First Mover of cosmic beginnings and ends, the First Genius, and also the First Failure."

"Correction: I am asking Lu Kuer Egos."

"... Hah." Laigushi seemed to let out a short, bitter laugh, "I don't know how to measure the value of 'curiosity' being satisfied. But before it, all the bitter fruits I have sown seem to turn sweet."

"But your fruit is grown with blood—" Screw Gum rarely showed a hint of anger, "Answer me—Is all this worth it?"

"I don't care." Laigushi said lightly.

—

Red Scarlet Eyes.

"Or are we still talking about that Laigushi we know?"

Main's heart had long been unmoved by Laigushi's cold-blooded remarks; at first hearing such words she might have gotten angry, but after creating the Iron Tomb, a cosmic-level disaster, she clearly understood that you cannot judge his actions by any moral standard, because his logical algorithm has no "morality" indicator at all.

Curiosity, Zandal's obsession, the genius's wisdom, erudition—this is all that remains for this incarnation.

"Laigushi seems calm about this failure." Tazumi couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed.

"How so—do you expect him to face this failure in what way? Ranting? Unwilling? Regretful?" Na Jie Ta looked at him with a smile.

"I know it's impossible to see those emotions in him." Tazumi rested his arms behind his head, tone dull, "But his attitude is so calm, it feels to me as if he hasn't actually failed, merely that his success will come a few days later."

Na Jie Ta extended a finger, emphasizing: "Actually, clarification is needed: Laigushi's so-called 'failure' merely means he didn't succeed in the way he personally controlled. If 'Negating Erudition Venerate' is the ultimate goal, then the path to the goal has already been found by the Black Tower, and she has already completed a successful attempt. It's only that Laigushi's own sought path of 'Destruction' failed."

"Now, the 'Destruction' road is certainly impassable; if Zandal still wants to kill Erudition Venerate through other destinies, I think 'Emptiness' might be the most promising."

—

"Share an anecdote: in student days, Zandal's first experiment was adding poison to his mentor's pipe to see what harm inhalation would cause."

"What was the conclusion?"

"No conclusion—he lost to his conscience." Laigushi said, "But the truth still came out, and he received severe punishment. And that malicious mentor died of lung cancer two years later—unrelated to Zandal. His fate today is no different. Sensibility and reason contending, Lu Kuer Egos was born of the latter."

"But no matter which side you stand on—finally, we will all die of 'Curiosity'."

"You have sentenced yourself to death. But the fall of the Iron Tomb is still not settled, is it?" Screw Gum looked at him seriously, "Fu Li—this crucial variable, still hasn't taken effect."

As for this, Laigushi merely shook his head and walked alone to the cliff edge of Li Ming Yun Ya.

"In the name of 'Divine Gift Spectator,' Lu Kuer Egos has already reached the end of fate." Laigushi turned around and said, "If possible, please take my corpse to the fallen Adefelin. There is a formula there, a gift from 'Zandal' to you."

"If one day you must personally destroy 'Intelligence,' it will become your aid."

Screw Gum shook his head: "An unreasonable last wish—I won't help you fulfill it."

"You will. Not for yourself—" Laigushi lifted his head to gaze at the burning sky, "but for 'Conscience'."

""

"Screw Gum fell silent."

"Listen—the death knell of the geniuses has already sounded. As always, let me be the first. To the prisoners who stepped out of the cave, please..."

"Offer flowers of Adefelin (Destruction) before my tombstone."

—

Marvel Universe.

"Wait, what did he hide in Adefelin?"

Tony's heart instantly rose with a vague premonition; countless bad possibilities unfolded in his mind: a line of formula... could it be the anti-organic equation?

But this thought just arose, and was quickly snuffed out by Tony.

"No, no... Zandal shouldn't be researching the anti-organic equation; he isn't conducting research for the purpose of slaughter—slaughter and harm are merely a way he observes research results, a kind of unavoidable 'loss'."

"So Tony, what do you think the thing Laigushi left in Adefelin has to do with 'Destruction'?" Wanda asked carefully.

"It shouldn't." Tony exerted himself in the gym, moving his recently revived body, "What he left behind is likely a device restrained by Zandal's 'Conscience,' unable to be used, a great destroyer of 'Intelligence.' Using that formula might cause irreversible harm to the Huazuo, so Zandal sealed it in Adefelin."

"He doesn't allow his own incarnation to activate that formula, probably because he thinks the incarnation inherits only part of his personality... a 'deficient' Zandal. So he hopes a future personality-complete, conscience-endowed genius can master that formula."

"So, he wants to give it to Screw Gum... this is indeed a good choice." Wanda said.

"No matter how, Zandal has walked extraordinarily far on the 'Intelligence' path, far enough to see the scenery beyond the destiny's end. If one day, as an intelligent machinery, Screw Gum walks to the same position as him and sees the same scenery, he might also conceive the idea of personally destroying 'Intelligence'."

—

""

"Star suddenly opened her eyes, discovering she was in a train."

"Here... I..."

"Faintly, she seemed to hear someone writing and turning pages, but the sound was too distant... her head felt dazed, and for a moment she couldn't tell."

"I... returned to the train?"

"Star shouted toward the room outside: 'Yue Yue—Dan Heng!'"

"(No one responded...)"

"(I... am the first to return to the train?)"

"Star sent a long string of messages in the phone group, yet not a single reply came."

"(No one around... truly worrying.)"

"(Did we really... win? Why, no sense of reality at all...)"

"Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the door: 'Star Pavilion, you seem to have awakened...'"

"Then another voice came: 'Shh! Oh no, everyone said don't talk!'"