Chapter 281

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

Dog Emperor! Dog Emperor!

Wrong!

It's the damn Abundance!

Hei Ta stood at Xuan Ge's right side in a purple-gold ceremonial dress, her face a picture of cold composure, but in her heart she had already greeted Xuan Ge's constitution inside and out for a full round.

Xuan Ge nearly had her bore through him.

She forced herself to maintain her usual cold cute face, yet her knees trembled uncontrollably beneath her skirt hem.

Dignity must not be lost.

But before that——she had to clamp down tight, absolutely must not let those flow out.

Xuan Ge was receiving the contestants.

The matches had all ended; he hadn't let Fen Feng and Huang Quan take the field.

If those two went up, what would the others even play? Might as well just initiate a surrender.

Only a dozen or so people stood before him now, all contestants who met the standards and had passed the Sky General's assessment.

Xuan Ge swept a circle with his gaze.

Some he didn't recognize, yet they had left an impression on him.

Some he recognized——and right now he very much wanted to punch them.

Jing Yuan perceived Xuan Ge's gaze sweep over, immediately whistled, eyes drifting elsewhere, feet shuffling back a step, his whole person retreating behind Bu Si Tu.

The meaning was self-evident: Bu Si Tu was the source of all chaos.

"Cough cough." Bu Si Tu raised a hand to his mouth and coughed lightly, then stepped back, precisely dodging behind Luka.

Luka, who had been smiling cheerfully, suddenly felt Xuan Huang's gaze press over, froze for a moment, and scratched his head.

He discreetly scanned his surroundings, then silently retreated a step, moving himself behind Mr. Lai Gu Shi, who had been gentle and refined from start to finish.

Lai Gu Shi: "..."

Polka beside Lai Gu Shi voluntarily withdrew from the formation.

She walked to Hei Ta's side, smiled, raised a hand and placed it on Hei Ta's shoulder with some force, "Hard work, little witch."

Hei Ta didn't speak, only glared at her.

Just now that one press nearly made the thing she was holding back burst out.

"Hmph——treacherous minister."

Xuan Ge watched Jing Yuan laughing and joking with Bu Si Tu in the back, didn't make a sound, only cursed a sentence with his mouth shape.

He withdrew his gaze, a thread of doubt rising in his heart.

The Astral Express people should be here.

Xing and March 7th couldn't make it past the promotion matches, but by the guarantee rule, the Astral Express ought to have a representative present.

After all, Ji Zi is the Imperial Consort, and the Astral Express is also a Xianzhou force.

"Your Majesty, Welt went to see Luo Cha."

Ji Zi stepped forward one pace from the concubines' ranks, walked to Xuan Ge's side, voice pressed very low, "The Astral Express's matters, we can discuss in private."

As for the Stellaron Hunters' side, Ren and Silver Wolf were called away by Kafka right after finishing their matches.

"Mm." Xuan Ge nodded.

He didn't understand why Welt had such a deep obsession with Luo Cha.

Couldn't be that Welt also hates the blondie, right.

He continued on according to procedure.

The contestants each had their own requests: those whose hometowns needed aid, the Shen Wu Corps would go;

those with wishes, he would fulfill;

those wanting him to solve problems, if they truly encountered a question that could stump him, he would personally make a trip to the Erudition's place to ask for clarity.

"Hah~hu~~" Hei Ta panted slightly at the side, listening to Xuan Ge talk nonsense with those people, her legs already nearly unable to hold her up.

Xuan Ge of course knew Hei Ta was forcing herself to hold on.

He quickly sent off a few contestants in urgent need of help, then the Shen Wu Corps immediately cut off all signal broadcasts and took all the reporters away.

The Shen Wu Xian Zhou was about to set out on a campaign; what His Majesty and those important figures had to discuss next were all secrets; before official disclosure, not a single word was allowed to leak out.

"Let's go, us two, I got the data from the Sky-Faring Commission." Jing Yuan draped an arm over Bu Si Tu's shoulder, laughing as he dragged the man away.

The crowd dispersed, only three people remained here.

Xuan Ge, Lai Gu Shi, and Polka who had been staring at Lai Gu Shi, ready to strike at any moment.

Xuan Ge looked at Lai Gu Shi: "The Zandal wander the stars, yet geniuses——cannot even catch up to a single footprint."

"Hehe." Lai Gu Shi laughed once, Xuan Ge directly pointing out his identity.

He performed a salute, tone calm and solemn, "For the first time since birth, I realized——this body of mine is merely a vessel that carries the First Genius's obsession's avatar."

"The steel seal engraved in the machine core hub only permits me to pursue a single target"

"Destruction."

Lai Gu Shi glanced at Polka.

Polka was twirling a scalpel between her fingers, he did not fear in the slightest, and continued speaking.

"I miss the era before the Erudition's birth beyond compare. The boundaries of knowledge were like the starry sky, making one's heart yearn and leap with joy."

Damn it, I'm getting a bit sleepy, what to do.

Xuan Ge listened silently to Lai Gu Shi's speech, his eyelids already starting to droop.

He naturally knew Lai Gu Shi was talking about the Knowledge Circle, but this old thing's phrasing was really too much like a scripture-reciting teacher in a classroom.

He was like a student sitting below the lectern, watching the passionate and animated teacher on the platform — one listen and he got sleepy.

Lai Gu Shi remained oblivious, his tone rising another half-degree.

"But now, that arrogant Star God, born from humanity's drive to seek knowledge, has personally sealed off the path for mortals to seek knowledge."

"I implore Your Majesty — please, for the sentient beings of the universe's wisdom, open a window. Let the universe once again bask in the radiance of knowledge."

"Lai Gu Shi, you are too arrogant." Polka stepped forward a pace.

Xuan Ge reached out and pulled her into his embrace.

"Xuan Ge, you really intend to do this?" Polka turned her head to look at him, her brows furrowing.

"You know better than me — if the Erudition is truly gone, if the Erudition Star God is truly gone, you know the consequences."

"What are you saying? I read the Spring and Autumn Annals." Xuan Ge perfunctorily brushed it off with a sentence that had neither head nor tail.

He wasn't planning to kill the Erudition Star God.

His Crown Prince was still tied to the Erudition Path; how could he possibly have designs on the Erudition?

"Xuan Ge, you've traversed the causal lines so many times, stirred up so much messy karma — which time wasn't me wiping your ass for you?"

Fearing he'd actually agree to Lai Gu Shi, Polka's voice carried a trace of softness that had never been there before, like a plea, yet also like a complaint.

"I know, I know. Alright." Xuan Ge raised his hand and lightly stroked her back, "I'm just an ordinary Xianzhou Emperor. Killing a god — I still can't do that."

Order Star God: Lookatme! (Look at me! I've become the Hunt's feed!)

If Lai Gu Shi could frown, he would certainly be furrowing his brows with great force right now.

He was rapidly searching — in other Zhan Da Er's slices, were there any females.....

Forget it.

"Your Majesty, Tie Mu is a very good limiter."

Lai Gu Shi still chose the playstyle with the most bullet comments.

"Nor do you wish — for Consort Hui and Consort Zhi to be unable to break through the Knowledge Circle, unable to bring great change to the Xianzhou, resulting in defeat in the Divine War, right?"

"Lai Gu Shi." Xuan Ge narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze pinning that expressionless mechanical face of his.

Has he always been this brave?

He doesn't know, that I can locate all of Zhan Da Er's slices at a glance?

"Your Majesty, I have a sentence I must spit out."

Lai Gu Shi ignored that meaningful gaze.

"Although the universe would be without the Erudition Star God — there's still me. I can completely replace the Erudition and walk the path of Erudition."

"Heh." Polka let out a cold laugh, "Put that way, the audience should thank you. Thank you for your self-restraint?"

"If not for the Xuan Emperor, if you suddenly lost control of your so-called self-restraint — just you alone creating Tie Mu, would everyone in the entire universe die out?"

Xuan Ge silently watched the two people before him.

One wants to drain the Erudition dry, one wants to protect the Erudition.

He thought, once Tie Mu is in hand, should he let the two of them fight it out.

But he definitely wouldn't let the machine head really die — at minimum he needed a weapon capable of killing Him in hand.

And Tie Mu, is that weapon.