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

A flying machine from afar delivered drinks and snacks, demonstrating the utmost hospitality.

"While it may not suit your taste, this is the best dessert on this planet."

The young man said in a somewhat apologetic voice.

Zhili spoke first, asking, "You seem to respect us a lot? No, more accurately, you're cautious and prudent."

"The Great Curtain Tower contains Ms. Zhili's information, which is a very old document."

A light screen appeared out of thin air in front of Zhili, containing records related to Zhili.

De Kala responded to Weaver's question with action.

"I cannot leave the throne, and as a result, I have developed the habit of reading. I have mastered most of the information in the Great Curtain Tower."

"Besides—" the young man gave a self-deprecating smile.

"As you can see, the Great Curtain Tower is me, and I am the Great Curtain Tower. We are already one. Even if I don't know it, the information in the Great Curtain Tower is also part of my memory."

The young man then turned his gaze to Lin Yi.

"This sage (genius) is very good at hiding, but as I just said, this Great Curtain Tower is part of my body."

"So the moment you stepped into the tower, I noticed your presence, and I also heard your entire conversation and knew the purpose of your long journey."

"The mental pollution I experienced earlier was passively emitted from the tower itself, and I was unable to shut it off. Please forgive me."

The young man once again humbly expressed his apology, leaving no room for misunderstanding.

“I am aware of your purpose in coming here. I am willing to tell you everything I know about the truth regarding ‘Alterac’, the planet we stand on now, and the ‘Great Curtain Tower’.”

"I only hope to receive your help. At the very least, please take some of the people of 'Alteran' with you, so that 'Alteran' can survive."

The young man, his face filled with sorrow, uttered his plea.

"It seems this trip has really been quite interesting."

Lin Yi smiled and gave his promise.

"You can rest assured, I enjoy listening to stories and am happy to be a listener, and I'm also willing to pay the price for a story. In the name of genius."

“I believe you, or rather, I can only believe you. I have been trapped on this throne for far too long.”

The young man stood up, but was hindered by the pipes behind him, the intricate network of pipes creaking and groaning.

"Finally, I'm free today!"

The young man ignored the voices behind him, stood up resolutely, and straightened his chest.

"I! Dekkar! The new king of Alterac! The solitary king of Alterac, the proud king! I hereby declare that a change has begun!"

A loud roar resounded throughout the hall and spread outwards through the Great Curtain Tower.

(Apologies to readers who haven't read this far yet. The Deckardar plot is a bit drawn out and lacks exciting moments; the setup is too lengthy. It gets better after that. This part will be a bit painful; I didn't consider that much when writing it because there was so much text to research.)

I'll revise this part of the plot when I have time, and then I'll delete this section. Right now, I'll focus on writing more.

Anyway, thank you everyone.

Chapter 35 The Out-of-Control Deckala

"My subjects, I am weary. The king shall go forth to fulfill his duties, to carry on the will of the former kings, and to uphold the mandate of the wise."

"If we succeed, we will completely eliminate the hidden dangers; if we fail, then we shall flee, flee as far as possible. But I believe that a new king will be born in times of crisis, to rebuild the people, and to preserve the civilization of Alterac."

"The energy reactions of the first and bottom layers of Ponbo's destiny energy have disappeared. Were those energy reactions actually your dispersed destiny energy? It seems what you said is true; this black tower is you."

Lin Yi admired the destiny energy of Dekalla Napongpo, for he had already traveled far enough on the path of destiny.

Lin Yi then began to analyze the composition of the enormous destiny energy of Dekalla.

"Preservation, order, balance, and wisdom—four forces intertwined within you?"

"No, there is also destruction, a destructive power that emerges constantly, but it is quickly transformed into the four life-bound energies of 'order,' 'balance,' and 'intelligence.' Incredible!"

"Most of it was converted into preservation and balance? Is this power from the star's core? Are you sitting on the throne accumulating power?"

"The power of balance was quickly applied to 'balance' and 'coordinate' the chaotic life energies within the body—a clever design, but aside from preservation, none of the other powers truly belonged to you."

Lin Yi had activated the "Omniscient Lens" to receive the "Laplace's Demon" system; the single-core Laplace's Demon was ultimately insufficient.

"Such a powerful will! You actually managed to control the power of the star core solely through willpower. Your power is now almost on par with an Envoy, but it seems your essence is being lost?"

"The essence of life can perhaps be described as your 'existence' is slipping away, your time is running out. You could completely 'lose' your 'existence' at any moment."

"What will happen to you then? I honestly have no idea. Will you fall into nothingness? Would you mind if I just watched?"

The young man gave a bitter smile and said, "My strength is only temporary. The Great Curtain Tower is the masterpiece of my clan's sages. After leaving the throne, my time is running out; I have about three days left. I don't know what will happen then; I only know that I can only maintain this state for three days."

Zhi Li grasped the key point in De Kala's words.

Zhili: "A sage? Considering your previous greeting, may I interpret 'sage' as a title you use for geniuses?"

"And what you just said about 'the sages of our race,' do you mean that your civilization has produced geniuses from a 'club of geniuses'?"

Before Dekala could even respond, Lin Yi had already refuted what I, Zhi Li, had said.

"Impossible. While detailed information about geniuses is scarce outside the public eye, that's only from an external perspective."

"The club maintains a database of information on each genius, compiled and organized by Eleazarus during his lifetime."

"After that genius died, the Black Tower took over the task. I've never heard of any genius having any connection with Alterac or Grammer."

Clearly, the information about geniuses is comprehensive; although the records cannot be complete, this basic information is unlikely to be wrong.

While the outside world was unaware of the secrets within these "genius clubs," Lin Yi was well aware of them.

Even fictional historians would have absolutely no chance to tamper with these historical materials. If they were to succeed in doing so without anyone noticing, they would be completely unaware of the situation.

Then the Genius Club can just disband on the spot.

However, Dekala said something that Lin Yi did not expect.

"But our clan does indeed have a genius from the 'Genius Club'."

"Oh? I admit, my interest is growing. Why don't you tell me his name and number? What's his genius ranking?"

Unexpectedly, Dekala, who was perfectly fine just a moment ago, suddenly changed his expression.

"I don't know... I don't know! Ah!!!"

The young man's expression was extremely distorted; he supported himself with one hand on the ground while frantically pounding his head with the other, seemingly in great pain.

The four orderly and independent energies of destiny began to collide with each other, and the chaotic and disordered energies fueled the growth of destructive power.

The experience that time had brought allowed Zhili to instantly perceive that something was wrong with Dekala and warn him: "Be careful, the power he absorbed from the star core has gone out of control. Such a resilient soul, why did it go out of control so suddenly, without any warning!"

The tower began to tremble and tilt, arcs of electricity flashed from the broken pipes, and purplish-black energy spread out, infecting everything around it.

His unwavering will allowed De Kala to regain a moment of clarity.

Dekala's hesitant yet slightly delirious words echoed again: "Why? What is it? How strange! A split world! Why are my eyes seeing two completely different worlds, and my memories are showing entirely contradictory images?"

Then he was overwhelmed by greater chaos and distortion, and completely lost his mind.

"Tsk, so in the end it's still a boss battle? Qi Qing, don't waste the speakers and background music, bring them out and play them."

Even now, Lin Yi is still in the mood to joke.

"Hold your hand back, don't hurt him! Wait, something's not right, we don't think we can beat him... oh dear, let's run!"

Lin Yi suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Lin Yi looked at the ordinary-looking Dongfang Qiqing.

Memoir weaver, who has some skill and experience.

And the body in which his consciousness resides.

Then look at the increasingly violent life force energy on the other side, and the fact that they are trading their brains for muscle.

He was already close to becoming a Commander, and now, having lost his mind and no longer suppressing the power belonging to the Star Core, on paper, his opponent is now truly a Commander.

Of course, this only applies to strength, and even then, it's only the weakest tier, since someone without reason is never difficult to deal with.

The person opposite him was a fake Commander, while he was just a genius, not a Commander of Knowledge. Not every genius is a Commander of Knowledge, and the Learned Venerable wasn't as generous as Lan.

Even if the real entity were to arrive, it would probably be unable to defeat the opponent in a head-on confrontation; at best, it could only bully the opponent's mindless dog.

The carefully prepared ultimate move was wasted when dealing with Light Arrow. Even if it hadn't been wasted, it wouldn't have been useful. If the opponent had been killed, wouldn't all the truth have been buried in the dust of history?

The strategic goals were misaligned from the start. Lin Yi's goal was to control De Kala and make him reveal what was in his mind, not to kill De Kala.

If you really unleash your ultimate skill, then you've wasted your time. You might as well just go home and wait for the opponent to completely lose their essence and perish.

Chapter 36 Searching for the Robin

In that brief moment of contemplation, several beams of light, symbolizing destruction, shot forth.

The balancing force that maintained equilibrium within the light suddenly vanished, and the remaining life force contained within the light clashed violently with destruction.

A violent explosion and a massive repulsive force swept in, leveling all the surrounding buildings.

The aftershocks continued and were heading in that direction.

Fortunately, the scene had already been predicted by "Laplace's Demon" and rehearsed in the "Omniscient Lens".

"Careful, crouch down, then quickly back away."

Ah! Oh~

Dongfang Qiqing crouched down to defend herself, covering her head. In her haste, she tripped and even rolled backward.

Lin Yi then used a spatial barrier that reflected the opposite direction to block the aftershocks sweeping towards Dongfang Qiqing.

After regaining her footing, Dongfang Qiqing looked at the solid spatial barrier behind her and the same aftershocks emanating from it.

She glanced at Lin Yi, who was trying not to laugh, and realized she had been tricked again. She pouted like a hamster.

"What kind of time is this to be joking?"

He cursed a thousand times in his heart, but dared not say it out loud, like a punching bag.

After taking a moment to play a little joke on Dongfang Qiqing, Lin Yi frowned as he looked at the boss-like Diekala in the distance.

"Headache, headache, headache! Let's retreat first. I'll create recursive space to trap him for a while."

As Lin Yi constructed the recursive space, he frowned even more deeply, thinking of the brute force that Dekalla possessed.

"Don't get your hopes up too high. They may not be smart, but they have fists."

"I need to think carefully about how to withstand his powerful attacks and bring him back to his senses. Yi Zhe, do you have any good ideas?"

As expected, the space was directly pierced. Deckara broke through one layer and Lin Yi reconstructed another. Although Deckara was temporarily trapped, Lin Yi's mind was also largely distracted.

After a brief silence, Zhili proposed a highly risky plan: "I can try to access his memories and find anything unusual."

"But his current situation is too strange; it might not work, and the risks are too great."

Zhili transformed into a streak of light, passing over the chaotic attacks launched by Dekalla, and flew into Dekalla's body.

However, the next moment Zhili reappeared, covered in cold sweat and trembling with anxiety.

Lin Yi heard Zhi Li's scream, which was invisible to others and spread throughout the spiritual world.

"Distorted, utterly distorted. He has two sets of memories, completely different memories. The same person, the same time and space, yet exhibiting two different behaviors simultaneously—an unbelievable phenomenon."

Zhi Li's face was pale, but she still forced herself to provide Lin Yi with crucial information.

"I'm somewhat powerless to help him with his situation, but this internal, distorted harmony should have a remarkable effect."

Lin Yi devoted himself wholeheartedly to constructing a recursive space, destroying one layer and rebuilding two, and finally managed to control Deckala.

However, this completely distracted him, leaving him no time to pay attention to anything else.

"Where can we find a harmonious tuner to tune it now? Do you expect to find one in this godforsaken place? Besides, given his situation, even an average harmonious tuner probably couldn't do it."

After a long tug-of-war, taking advantage of the fact that the Dekalar was not used to the power, Lin Yi finally had time to respond to Zhili after constructing hundreds of recursive spaces that repeated cycles and could iterate on their own.

Zhili also fell silent. Could a fellow traveler born in the chaotic battlefield of warlordism in Kaspelin Yate VIII be born?

Or perhaps some fellow travelers with similar fates will come here because they can't think straight?

Zhili sighed.