Bengtie: A Genius's Out-of-the-Domain Idea

The chaotic waves of the ocean of memories seemed to have found their rhythm.

A series of crisp, clanging sounds came from somewhere.

A special crystal icon rises from the Sea of ​​Memories.

Then came another one, another, and another...

They rise into the sky like bright stars.

If you stare at them intently despite the glaring light, you'll discover that they are icons representing different destinies.

"Preservation", "Order", "Harmony", "Exploration", "Joy", "Gluttony", "Knowledge", "Mystery", "Balance".

Chapter 288 Progressive Prayer

After the icons rose one by one, Manas began to chant prayers.

But before reciting the prayer, Mana first shouted: "Everyone, let us attack together with the prayer! Witness the miracle that is about to come!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Even the sword of the infinitely long-range general paused, but the music continued unabated.

Mana exclaimed: "He is an insatiable abyss, devouring stars only to fill his bottomless thirst. Insects to birds; hares to wolves; stardust to black holes; all realms to gluttony!"

Yu Qingtu poured out several bottles of special blends, each with different effects.

He threw out that cup of poison.

The Black Tower threw out the "Shattered Star Bait".

The icon for "gluttony" shines brightly—

Manasao says: "He is the cold and precise scales of the universe, maintaining the subtle yet absolute balance between the rise and fall of all things. The zero-sum game of opposites and unity! The scales are restored to their original state, unshaken by the weights of worldly affairs."

Yu Qingtu said naturally, "He has dissolved his will into the logic of the universe's movement. Balance is everywhere, so there is no need to add any weight here."

"Or perhaps—if we take a step forward, we will both be in balance!"

Or perhaps, as Yu Qingtu said, the people fighting against the Star-Shattering King Worm have already become, invisibly, the weights on the scales of "balance".

The icon of "balance" shines brightly—

Manas sings: "He is the strict weaver of the web of destiny, demanding that all things follow their insurmountable predetermined course. Like the eternal sun! He ensures that those who disturb the world shall not survive; that the greedy and immoral shall not live! The cunning and ever-changing chaos—will ultimately become the filth and dust of the universe!"

Robin: "I don't know where this power comes from, but if it can be used to end a calamity, its origin doesn't matter."

As the Sea of ​​Memories rippled, figures composed of numerous Memories appeared. One by one, poets in a choir, knights guarding order, they sang in unison the greatness of the Creator of the One.

The icon of "order" shines brightly—

Mana exclaims: "He is the magnificent symphony that encompasses all things, allowing billions of voices to merge into the same harmonious cosmic hymn. In that equal family, all spirits share the common paradise!"

Guided by the robin, the entire harmonium ensemble sings the hymn of harmony in unison:

"Universal harmony, a constellation of stars shining brightly... a vast and boundless home, without limit or boundary."

The Infinite Chieftain swung his final sword. Then, the hundreds of billions of intelligent insects that guided the harmonious strings dispersed and returned to their respective places, far away from this battlefield about to descend into chaos.

After unleashing his final rainbow strike, "Infinite Chief" Ailenev's body disintegrated like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, drifting towards a corner of the sky.

The robin gracefully descends, pieces of the puzzle swirling around her body and merging into her ethereal wings, making her appear even more sacred.

The icon of "harmony" shines brightly—

Mona exclaimed: "He is the adventurer who ignites the unknown spark, connects all realms, roams the sea of ​​stars, and crosses the barriers of imaginary numbers—carving the mark of 'possibility' in the boundless void with trains and star tracks!"

"Woooooo~"

The distinctive whistle of the Star Train rang out, accompanied by Pam's voice.

"The train is about to depart, no need to stand firm or hold on! There's a speed bump ahead!"

Himeko: "As Akivilli said—we can endure the unknown, but we will never succumb to the unknowable!"

March 7th: May exploration never end!

Stars and Sky said in unison: "We've wanted to do this for ages!" x2

Danheng: "So the reason I was pulled over is that when a train hits someone, not a single person on the train can be missing?"

Danheng's voice sounded rather...helpless?

Walter Young: "It's so passionate, it's exhilarating!"

Pam: "Ahem~ Anyway—the pioneering spirit never ends!"

As the train passed by, it knocked the revived Star-Shattering King Insect away and was repeatedly crushed by carriage after carriage.

The "Exploration" icon shines brightly—

Mana exclaims: "He is the madman of emotional outpouring, who regards absurdity and pleasure as the ultimate truth, and whose laughter is a mockery of fate. He climbs the high branches of existence and bestows laughter upon all."

Zhu Xing took a deep breath and put on Aha's mask: "Although Aha is very unreliable! Although Aha often plays pranks, please believe—"

"He will never give up on you, never discourage you, never abandon you, never make you cry, never say goodbye to you, and never hurt you with lies."

Chasing the Stars first praised Him with the usual hymns of tavern fools, songs of praise to the god of joy, then suddenly shouted: "All of that is fake! He's just a god of fun! A god of fun who even tears up children's homework!!!"

A crimson halo spread from the mask, and Shan Jiantian's laughter, of unknown origin, ripped apart, accompanied by a utterance—

"Aha, you're really impressive!"

The icon for "joy" shines brightly—

Manas sings: "He is the ultimate library that observes the universe in stillness, exhausting all wisdom to unravel all mysteries! To know is to know all—when that core is in motion, it is absolute truth!"

Although it's unknown whether knowledge and mythology were involved in that divine war over reproduction, it doesn't matter—the more the merrier.

Ruan Mei: "Life is the most chaotic equation, and even now I have only glimpsed a corner of it. You, born by accident... are my most outstanding work—but unfortunately, it is still the wrong path."

Lin Yi: "This isn't our home turf, so let's not try to steal the spotlight. But with so many geniuses here—let's just show our skills, the intelligence is undeniable!"

The geniuses did nothing, they just stood there, and that was enough—wasn't it?

The icon for "intelligence" shines brightly—

Mana towered high: "He is an invisible shadow hidden behind layers of mystery; the truth itself is merely another smokescreen of questions He has laid. His tentacles extend, elusive and unfathomable. The universe is inexhaustible! Truth is also an illusion!"

Ruan Mei calmly raised her hand: "I dissected my childhood self. This slice directly confronted that indescribable horror. Before she even had a chance to develop her intellect... she was already shrouded in a fog of delusion."

Black Tower: "You..."

Ruan Mei shook her head: "It's alright."

A tiny Ruan Mei appeared and then vanished at an extremely fast speed.

It turned into wisps of mist, scattered like stars.

The "mysterious" icon shines brightly.

At this moment, everyone was extremely solemn.

Because everyone understands that the last star is also the most important—"preservation"!

It is about to be lit up, and it will soon be revealed whether Mona can recall a corner of her memory.

Mona: "Star God—what a magnificent being! His every move is a miracle to mortals."

Mona suddenly stopped the ceremony and raised the crystal ritual sword.

"I am but a tide, a wave, that rests on memory."

"How could one possibly accomplish the miracle of moving the entire ocean?"

Chapter 289 Amber King's Memory Shakes the Two Hammers of "Reproduction"

Mona paused, turning the ritual sword that was hanging in front of him, its not-so-sharp blade pointed at himself: "However... when a memory envoy falls! It will be like a book being torn up in a library, and the librarian will have to come and check it and fill in a new book."

"The attention of the Star God of Memory is the true cornerstone that will unlock the past—the foundation for recreating a corner of the divine war of the 'Universal Locust Plague'!"

Mana exclaims: "He is the unchanging amber mountain, the wall builder from light-years away! The embodiment of the will of change! Sealing all that is cherished within an indestructible barrier."

The "Storage Protection" icon shines brightly—

Xiao Shi was suddenly startled; only then did she realize what Mona was about to do!

Shi: "Manas wait! There's another way, no need for—"

Mona's crystal ritual sword pierced herself.

"Descend—"

Mana's form dissipated even faster than she had anticipated; she couldn't even utter her final prayer, leaving only a phantom face, unable to make a sound.

But—He came!

Countless fragments of memories floated in the void, layer upon layer, piecing together a crystal-like figure, which was gazed upon by the invisible emperor for a long time.

"All that has memory is preserved for me, like a divine image, a dream, a willow tree, a promise, a watchful watch, a covenant made over a thousand centuries ago, day after day without ceasing. I grant you freedom, for all past principles follow my own heart."

His voice was not a sound, but echoed directly in the depths of the consciousness of all things, as if long-buried memories were suddenly awakened.

Fu Li vanished, just as He came silently and left without a trace, merely observing, still observing...

Perhaps He is still watching this place. But He does nothing, merely watching as always. Being the observer who never interferes.

And Mona... a smile appeared on her lips.

After the "Memory Star God" o Fu Li disappeared, the Sea of ​​Memory rose.

The elements of the ancient divine war, gathered from the eightfold ritual, fell into the Sea of ​​Memories, stimulating the memory bubble that had already sunk within it.

"When~~~"

A sound like the hammer striking the Heavenly Wisdom Star Wall, resounded, but the sound was somewhat ethereal and unreal.

Moreover, the sound of striking it is not as ethereal as that of the Heavenly Wisdom Star Wall.

A "Guardian Star God" composed of memory matter appeared in the Heaven of Good Vision.

Lin Yi had seen the real Guardian Star God. This one was almost as majestic as the real one, but it was slightly fake and lacked divine majesty.

The Star-Shattering King Insect seemed to sense an instinctive fear and suddenly shrank back, ceasing its attack on the spatial barrier that Lin Yi had used to trap it so as not to disturb Mona.

Lin Yi was stunned by Mona's actions. She didn't need to do this at all. It felt like someone who was tired of living deliberately sought death and chose a glamorous, sacrificial, heroic exit.

In that brief moment, Mona's crystal ritual sword flew toward Lin Yi, who instinctively caught it.

"Your 'spoils' are back to you."

"And—I just want to 'resign'."

"You may need to retrieve your protective divine body yourself."

The remaining memory material completed these tasks according to Manas's prior preparations.

Lin Yi suddenly realized that there seemed to be a truly incurable disease in this world—the disease of immortality!

However, the current environment did not allow Lin Yizhe any time to think, because the Amber King of memories raised His giant hammer and smashed it down.

The Star-Shattering King Insect's body exploded, but the hammer didn't actually hit its body. Instead, it hit "Reproduction."

The already fragile system of "breeding" is now in jeopardy.

Before the Star-Shattering King Worm could be reborn, Kripper, a figure from the Cosmic Locust Plague War, struck again with his hammer.

"Reproduction" is once again in jeopardy.

Human perspectives are too narrow to perceive the invisible collisions.

But a mournful chirping sound seemed to be begging for mercy.

This confirmed the effectiveness of the attack.

Perhaps preservation is not true preservation, but "breeding" is only a fragment of "breeding".

Everyone knows that ancient history, and they are waiting for the Guardian Star God to strike with the third blow that may end the fate of the Shattered Star King Insect.

But 'He' did not.

His movements came to an abrupt halt, his form vanished instantly, and everything returned to the Sea of ​​Memories.

Black Tower suddenly realized: "It was that first hammer blow!"