Ironclad, but the dungeon is in Hell difficulty.

As she spoke, Black Tower half-closed her pale purple eyes, elegantly raised her hand, and flicked Yu Tianyi's forehead.

"Alright, that's about all the answers. You can stay here for a while longer. Would you like to take a look around, or go back now?"

You have encountered 'Puppet Black Tower (Imaginary)', one of the ten puppet capsules created by Black Tower for combat, whose true whereabouts are unknown.

“How can there be two completely identical portraits in the world? I am completely different from who I was yesterday; this is who I am today.” — “The Birth of “Me”” by Heita.

Should we try to take action against her? Perhaps we could seize the space station for ourselves.

Ignoring the last sentence of the prompt, the information in it was no different from what Yu Tianyi already knew, and it even added some details, such as that this puppet was a combat-specialized type.

"Thank you, Ms. Black Tower. I would like to have a tour."

Upon hearing that he could stay here, Yu Tianyi naturally chose the former without hesitation. After all, this was not the space station that Estella had funded and built in his memory. Apart from the similar appearance, the details inside were probably no longer the same.

"This is an access card. You can freely enter and exit most areas by carrying it with you. There is a countdown timer on it. Once it finishes, you will automatically leave."

Have a pleasant visit, farewell.

Black Tower was not surprised. He spread his five fingers and tossed over a black card with a green ring pattern on it. The moment Yu Tianyi got it, a touch of red appeared on it.

When he looked up, the black tower had disappeared, leaving Yu Tianyi sitting alone in the empty staff area.

"Based on the speed of the red spread, I should be able to stay for twenty-four standard hours, which is one day."

After carefully putting the black card away, Yu Tianyi stood up and began to tour the place, which was similar to, yet not quite the same as, what he remembered.

The entire space station seemed to be devoid of any staff, or perhaps his strength was too low to detect it; in any case, it looked extremely deserted.

Looking out the main control module's window, all that could be seen was a pitch-black, chaotic color, not the starry sky scene that Yu Tianyi remembered.

However, this is quite normal, since the location where the Black Tower space station appeared before didn't seem to be in space at all.

"This is....."

Suddenly, Yu Tianyi's attention was drawn to a device resembling a laptop sitting on a chair. It was flashing with light, suggesting that its owner had just left.

Even with permission to visit the Black Tower, he had no intention of doing anything reckless there. However, not touching it did not mean he couldn't see what was already on display.

[Logical chain: ■■■ (a string of symbols that Yu Tianyi cannot understand) Experimental objective: to cultivate 'Empress of Destiny'.

Experimental environment: A four-dimensional universe nurtured using the cosmic information she was born into.

Experimental method: Extract the information from her remains and fuse it with the original body.

Experimental materials: the Empress's original body, which experienced the same spacetime chain, and the power left behind by the 'Empress'.

Other ingredients: Heart of the World, Simulated Fate...

"The Empress of Heavenly Mandate? Who is that?"

Yu Tianyi saw a familiar prefix, but he couldn't recall anyone who could be called an empress. It seemed to be someone born from some unknown possibility.

"A person who single-handedly founded the Church of Destiny has been missing for a long time, according to the logic."

A gentle female voice came from behind him. With the crisp sound of high heels, she walked to the chair and closed her laptop.

"I still prefer using this kind of instrument for recording; it reminds me of the past. Sorry, I just had an idea on the spur of the moment, so I went to collect some material."

The woman turned around, her black hair swaying in the breeze, her pale blue eyes looking at Yu Tianyi. She didn't seem surprised by his presence, as if she already knew he was coming.

"Nguyen Mai?"

"Yes, it's a very old name. You can call me that."

Ruan Mei turned the notebook in her hand into light and disappeared. Only then did Yu Tianyi see her full appearance, which was almost indistinguishable from her appearance in his memories before he transmigrated.

Her outfit changed to a pure white long dress and matching high heels.

"Don't be shy, you're a guest here, please feel free to relax."

Her voice was gentle and warm, giving people a sense of tranquility and peace, which also put Yu Tianyi's slightly tense heart at ease.

"Ms. Ruan Mei, what is the logical chain you mentioned?"

"I didn't expect you to care about this. Simply put, once you reach a certain level of strength, whether it's an individual or a civilization, you can break through the barriers of space and time, so the original calculation of time becomes meaningless."

Long ago, a powerful civilization redefined the meaning of time, using itself as a benchmark. However, when it disappeared, the system it created naturally ceased to exist as well.

As Ruan Mei spoke, she gently brushed her fingers together, and a 'river' appeared before her.

"Imagine this is the moment I was born, if I were born from here..."

She pointed downstream, then back to the beginning of the river.

"Since I've come here, in terms of pure time, I would have existed before I was born. Therefore, to describe the order in which these two things happen, we need to use logical chains."

Logically speaking, I first traveled through time and space, and then appeared in the time before my birth, so that the order of events can be distinguished.

Because of this effect, logical chains have replaced four-dimensional calendars in many intermediate and advanced civilizations.

"I see, I understand now, thank you for explaining."

At the same time, Yu Tianyi was shocked by these terrifying beings who regarded the insurmountable space-time as nothing.

"These are just common sense things that you can learn once you reach a certain level; there's nothing special about them."

As she spoke, she spread her hands and clicked a few times in the air, and Yu Tianyi saw a black and white pig... piggy bank fall in front of him.

"Consider it a small gift when you meet her; as for its effects, you'll have to figure that out for yourself."

Ruan Mei put her index finger to her lips, smiled gently, and then vanished in a cloud of mist, as if the encounter had been nothing more than a dream.

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PS:

Thanks to the salty fish who finally came back to the beginning!

Chapter 126 Returning to the Locust Plague

Hmm—plop, plop.

The piggy bank in Yu Tianyi's arms opened its mouth and made a cute purring sound. It was only the size of two palms, and even seemed smaller than Toppa's piggy bank. The difference in size between it and a regular piggy bank was obvious.

It seemed quite satisfied with its new master, Tianyi. With a single push of its four short legs, it disappeared into the dimension, and the next second it felt its head sink.

"...May I have your name."

He pulled it off its head and placed it in front of him. Yu Tianyi felt that it must be quite intelligent, possibly even smarter than him.

"Snoring, snoring."

"Okay, it seems you don't have telepathic abilities. We'll have to wait until we get back and test it with the synesthetic beacon before asking again."

As he released the piggy bank from his hand, its body inflated, floating in mid-air like a balloon, prompting Yu Tianyi to poke it twice.

They then continued to wander around the space station.

When he arrived at the structure that resembled an elevator, he saw that the original button locations had been replaced by an input screen, which seemed to allow him to reach any floor regardless of what number he entered.

"If you don't know which floor to go to, 124582, 52, 57263 are all good places."

Just as Yu Tianyi was struggling with his decision, the voice of the Black Tower came from the air.

As the numbers were entered, the hatch reopened a few seconds later, and the scene that appeared before Tianyi's eyes made his pupils shrink.

after one day.

"Phew, it feels like a dream."

As the red light on the card fully filled the area, Yu Tianyi suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had been instantly teleported back to his original location.

At the same time, the description of his Jianmu clone has also changed slightly.

【......

3. Blessing: Consumes imaginary energy and abundant destiny to create abundant miracles.

4. Star God (Fragment): As the master of abundant destinies, one can freely control all destinies and imaginary energies within them, thereby erasing reality and creating worlds.

The preceding text remains unchanged, but the bountiful miracles that ability three can create no longer have the suffix "remnant," and a new ability has been added.

As for the "crippled" aspect of ability four, Yu Tianyi understood the problem after trying it out. Although he had been promoted to the Abundant Star God in the Locust Plague Apocalypse timeline, his current fate was extremely pitiful under the pressure of reproduction.

Not to mention comparing him to the pharmacist in Chapter One, he's far inferior even to the one in his own reality; he feels like he's only at the level of a bountiful envoy.

"No wonder the Star Gods of this time and space can't defeat the Locust Ancestor. Even if they have previous foundations, they are probably only slightly better than my Jianmu clone."

From this perspective, the Immortal Dragon Ancestor's strength is indeed ridiculously powerful, capable of achieving direct suppression. However, the Locust Calamity Ancestor probably wasn't as terrifying back then.

Yu Tianyi quickly realized that since this Taizyuros had already merged several surrounding universes, including the infinite possibilities derived from them, even if the escapees were able to escape through the torn barrier, they would probably only fall into deeper despair.

While encouraging the abundant destiny of his Jianmu clone, he assigned authority to the stunned Qingque, directly promoting her to the Abundance Envoy, and pondered his next move.

To be honest, after leaving the Black Tower Space Station, Yu Tianyi only resolved some doubts he had encountered before; his current situation has not improved in any particular way.

After all, knowing Taizyuros's strength, he still wanted to try to solve the problem; the essence of the issue remained unchanged.

"So, it seems that Omniscient Heavenly Lord probably knew I would encounter the Black Tower Space Station under these circumstances, which is why He gave that kind of warning."

Judging from the casual attitude with which the Black Tower addressed the Venerable Master after their meeting, it is clear that their relationship was no longer that of an Envoy and a Star God, but rather that of equals or even one of superiority.

In other words, the erudite one cannot use his intellectual destiny, which transforms the laws of the universe into certainties, in such matters.

"He must have spoken to the Black Tower, so whenever I encounter the Black Tower space station, it confirms what He said."

However, this caused the original prestige of the King of Ten Thousand Machines, the Learned and Knowledgeable, to suddenly drop several levels in Yu Tianyi's eyes.

After sorting out his thoughts and clearing away the jumbled ideas in his mind, Yu Tianyi went to Fu Xuan's door, knocked on the door, and planned to discuss the next steps with her.

"Please come in."

A few seconds later, Fu Xuan's voice came from inside the room, and then the door lock unlocked automatically.

Upon entering, Yu Tianyi saw that the entire room was enveloped by the Great Evolution Array set up by Fu Xuan, with Fu Xuan, who had just finished his deduction, at the center of the array.

At this moment, she slowly opened her eyes, and when she looked at Yu Tianyi, her expression changed. She blinked and wondered if she had mistaken him for someone else.