Anime Crossover: Unparalleled Comprehension, Shocking the Star God

The answer given by the learned scholar was perfectly appropriate, but Su Mo found it quite amusing.

"Meaning? Isn't that something only those with a joyful destiny would care about?"

Truth knows no destiny.

Bo Shizun spoke calmly, then lowered his head, his blind eyes looking at Fanlou.

"Doubt is a shadow of nothingness. You once stepped into your destined slumber, but you did not truly reach IX... What changed you?"

This time, it was actually the learned scholar who asked Fanlou a question.

152 Shocking Star God, Star Cup and Lord of the Universe

Without any contact, based solely on the most superficial observation, Bo Shizun discovered that Fanlou had a history of self-destruction.

Based on her essence, it is not difficult for the learned scholar to deduce the truth.

He wasn't surprised that Fanlou had fallen into nothingness; he was only concerned about how Fanlou had managed to escape.

Her essence is too close to the nature of cognition, and the closer it is, the more dangerous it becomes.

Faced with Bo Shizun's question, Fanlou subconsciously looked up at Su Mo.

"The answer is: It was the Supreme God who saved Fanlou."

"Lord God?"

The blind old man shook his head.

“Su Mo is your supreme god, but you already know that he is not your creator.”

"If you are someone who questions everything, then you should have already realized that he cannot give you any meaning."

With remarkably calm language, he exposed Fanlou's ostrich mentality and his imprinting behavior like a fledgling.

Fanlou's dependence on Su Mo has always been based on viewing him as a creator god or a parent.

As the Creator, we naturally bear the responsibility of bestowing missions upon our creations.

In that case, Fanlou no longer needs to worry about how to determine the existence of the world. The meaning of her and the world is determined by Su Mo, who has become the bridge connecting her and the existence of the world.

Because of this relationship, she was almost completely obedient to Su Mo. No matter what Su Mo did to her, she would accept it as if it were a divine mandate.

However, the reality is that Su Mo is not her creator, nor are "773" her parents.

Although there is still a master-servant relationship, Su Mo has no obligation to give her any meaning.

With Fanlou's wisdom, they actually knew this from the very beginning.

This is exactly what the learned person cares about.

Mingfanlou knew that her ostrich mentality was not based on a solid foundation. Her reliance on isolating herself from nothingness was not only not strong, but could even be described as thin as paper, easily broken.

In this situation, how was she able to step out of the void and even get to where she is now?

"【Negation】, the Lord, the God, belongs to Fanlou... the God is Fanlou's God! The God can give Fanlou all meaning!"

The roles were reversed, and this time it was Fanlou's turn to be drenched in sweat.

Her previously blank expression turned into one of extreme tension. After her mistaken perception was exposed, she showed no sign of distancing herself. Instead, she gripped Su Mo's palm tightly, as if afraid that Su Mo would suddenly leave.

Even his tone of voice became incoherent, and in the end, he almost became a red-faced, forceful argument.

After saying that, she looked up at Su Mo with extreme nervousness, afraid that he would take back his previous promise.

Seeing Fanlou's overly emotional outburst, the blind old man calmly shook his head.

"There's no point in making excuses. You should understand by now that your claims contradict the facts."

"【Deniment】, Fanlou will never admit to that!"

The young goddess Ming, with tears welling up in her eyes, made another declaration, seemingly genuinely desperate.

Before she could say anything more, Su Mo interrupted her argument.

"Fanlou, calm down. Can you feel your own emotions now?"

The sudden question startled the young goddess Ming slightly.

She subconsciously followed Su Mo's line of thought and nodded.

"【Detection】Fanlou currently has 30% anger, 40% fear, and 30% confused and incomprehensible emotions."

Despite being somewhat unable to control herself, with tears still glistening in the corners of her eyes, she obediently answered the question.

Su Mo commented on this answer.

“Your fear stems from the facts. There is nothing wrong with what the Venerable Master said. Your subjective perception of me as the Creator does not match the objective reality. Your perception is wrong.”

Upon hearing this, and hearing Su Mo agree with Bo Shizun's words, Fan Lou's pupils shrank sharply, and panic instantly filled his eyes.

"【negative】--!"

Having finally gained a creator and finally found meaning, the combination of these two joyful things should have been a dreamlike and wonderful time. How could she be willing to be abandoned by Su Mo and continue to be alone?

Just when she was doing everything she could, desperately trying to keep the person in front of her, she was about to give up.

Su Mo's hand covered her head again, and the familiar warmth made her pause slightly, subconsciously relaxing a little.

At this moment, Su Mo finally spoke.

"Do you remember the second question you asked me when we first met?"

"The second question?"

Fanlou pondered Su Mo's question again and immediately recalled it.

"【Retrieval successful】, Fanlou's second question is what is the heart? The main god explained it before, but Fanlou failed to understand it."

The conversation with Su Mo was all in the highest priority memory, so the search speed was naturally extremely fast.

"Now, I'll give you another answer."

Su Mo spoke slowly.

"Remember how you feel right now."

"It is wishful thinking, full of contradictions, errors, prejudices, and willfulness; it blinds your vision, weakens your emotions, and makes you ignore the facts..."

"And this contradiction and willfulness are unique to your heart."

Several days later, he answered the question again.

And this time——

"This is... the heart of Fanlou?"

The young goddess pressed her hand to her chest, feeling the sourness and heat resonating in her chest cavity. She seemed to understand something, yet she also seemed even more confused.

Seeing her dazed look, Su Mo took her hand again and then looked at Bo Shizun.

"Do you understand now? That's why she was able to stay away from the reliance on nothingness."

He also provided an answer to the question posed by the Venerable Master Boshi.

"..."

Master Boshi paused for a moment before speaking.

"She is not unaware that you are not her creator, but she spontaneously wants to regard you as her creator."

"She is someone who questions everything and craves every answer. Therefore, your identity and even the answer itself are not important; what matters is that you are willing to answer this question."

"Without a doubt, this is still a behavior that is inconsistent between the subjective and objective, still a cognitive misalignment, and still a disregard for reality..."

"But if this mistake is the reason the heart was born, then your conclusion is correct: the choice of personal will is enough to resist the erosion of nothingness."

Without needing much explanation from Su Mo, his extensive knowledge allowed him to quickly understand Su Mo's meaning.

In fact, from the very beginning, he did not believe that Fanlou's reliance was false. False reliance was not enough to resist the erosion of nothingness, let alone a god like Fanlou who was associated with nothingness.

He simply couldn't understand how Fanlou could build such strong resistance based on such flawed perceptions.

And now, he understood.

She doesn't need Su Mo to be the creator; all she needs to do is want Su Mo to be the creator, and that's enough.

Hearing their conversation, Fanlou belatedly realized what was happening and cautiously looked up at Su Mo.

"【Question】Does the Supreme God mean that the Supreme God, or the owner of the Sail Tower, is willing to answer the Sail Tower's question?"

"Of course, that's part of the contract, and I won't go back on my word."

Su Mo nodded and activated the contract within Fanlou's body, allowing her to feel the connection between the two of them more deeply.

"Even just now, I was merely demonstrating the meaning of the heart to you."

"【Analysis】The Supreme God is right!"

After a moment of surprise, Fanlou immediately and unconditionally accepted Su Mo's words, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

They seemed even more at ease than before.

As Boshizun analyzed, Fanlou was born with nothingness in his life, so he was particularly afraid of loneliness.

The reason she submitted to Su Mo so quickly was simply because she wanted to find someone willing to answer her questions, even if it meant being a pet.

Now that she could feel her own heart and was able to regard Su Mo as her creator according to her own will, she no longer needed to secretly worry about the relationship between the two of them.

Doubt and belief are two sides of the same coin. After questioning everything in the world, Fanlou finally learned what belief is, and finally understood what the heart is...

And this is precisely her greatest reliance in distancing herself from nihilism.

"The free will is enough to resist the erosion of nothingness, and so is civilization."

Having received an answer from the learned scholar, Su Mo continued speaking.

"You should already know about my previous discussions with Black Tower and the others, so I won't repeat them here."

"In short, setting aside the inherent flaws of epistemology, the star gods that can prevent you from calculating the answers to the universe, besides the destruction and mystery they mentioned, also include the most mysterious star god that they have overlooked—nothingness."