Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 402 Black Tower: You want to play a simulated universe?

With just a few words, Yun Zhi decided the future of Onfaros. Even before arriving there, he had already determined that Onfaros would be the territory of the Immortal Boat Alliance.

Frankly speaking, this kind of land grabbing behavior is quite...shameless in this day and age.

At least openly, they usually don't do it so blatantly; they mostly infiltrate covertly.

but……

that's not important.

They assigned Luofu a task, instructing them to wait at the entrance of Onpharos with the Emperor's Bow and Light Arrow, ready to unleash a fierce attack at any moment.

Ultimately, it's just an insurance policy. After all, it's a scepter that has been in operation for countless Amber Ages, and the madness within it is unimaginable.

Oh, poor Onpharos!

Yun Zhi sighed insincerely to himself and left the Shence Mansion happily.

The martial arts ceremony is still underway, and Chang Le Tian is bustling with people from all directions, who come to visit and eat.

Giving Shence a month to clear out the area shouldn't be a problem, right?

Yunzhi thought with some uncertainty.

After all, with the celestial ship embarking on a "hunting" mission, many trade transactions during its anchorage period would have to be suspended.

...It doesn't matter, as long as Lan and he are there, there are plenty of people willing to cause trouble for the alliance.

"Should we go back to the Competition Ship?"

Lan hadn't said anything until now, but she asked about the next steps.

Yun thought for a moment.

"No, I need to go find the Black Tower."

He had always been reluctant to meet with those scholars; the way they looked at him made him quite uncomfortable.

But when he needs them, these geniuses and scholars are really too useful!

"I'll borrow her simulated universe."

Having just visited the Venerable Master Boshi not long ago and upset Him, Yunzhi was too ashamed to bother Him again so soon.

Aren't there many simulated star gods in the Black Tower's simulated universe? Go there and ask the simulated erudite about His death date.

"That's right, the main body will go and ask Fu Li."

Lan thought about the big things that were about to happen.

It was utter chaos.

Besides the learned Venerable One, only Fuli knows most of the secrets of the universe.

"Indeed, but the way Lord Liuguang speaks is really making people anxious."

Not only is it lacking in punctuation, but it's also quite... chaotic.

The point is, He might not even speak properly.

"It's nothing, Fu Li's language function has just deteriorated from living so long."

Or should I ask someone else?

Hipper? Cripper? Aha?

One is a player who plays games with others all day long, ignoring the fact that his messenger was taken away by Nanook. The other is obsessed with building walls, and if nothing unexpected happens, once old man Cripper mentions this matter, and Cripper determines that the birth of the Iron Tomb will threaten the [Preservation], He will immediately pick up his hammer and smash Onpharos.

Needless to say, Ahab will happily incubate eggs for the Iron Tomb as long as they are within His control.

At times like these, I really miss the One of Order. At least with Him around, there's nothing to worry about.

"But it's all good. Since Fu Li has already secured a position in that area, he might know something. Perhaps the Venerable Bo Shi foresaw his own death and asked him to go?"

In a world where three destinies intertwine, [Intelligence] conducts an experiment that attracts the gaze of [Destruction]. And what is [Memory] involved in all of this?

Did they really go to reserve a good spot?

"Onfaros is such a wonderful place."

He couldn't help but feel envious.

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Genius Club #83, Black Tower.

An exceptionally talented scholar, she was very proud, and her achievements and abilities were worthy of her pride.

Her current major project, "Simulated Universe," is based on one of her achievements, the "Lone Wave Algorithm."

...used to spy on the Star God's underwear.

(Black Tower Bird: Wow, pink~)

Yunzhi had tried simulating the universe once.

That one time, Aha was utterly humiliated.

Ah-na-ge spread rumors, and Lan actually believed them.

I wasted my childhood education.

Black Tower Space Station —

Xing is a regular here. She likes to simulate the universe and also likes the sparkling little stones that the Black Tower gave her.

This time, Black Tower is going to upgrade the simulated universe.

"Let's resurrect Rupert II."

Black Tower was quite straightforward.

This was the sentence Yun heard when he entered the Black Tower office.

In this office, besides the Black Tower doll, there is another person.

—Screw Gum.

He's here again.

"Oh ho ho, what a rare guest!"

The commotion caused by Yunzhi's entry attracted Black Tower's attention, and her eyes turned to Yunzhi:

"The last time you came was when Nguyen Mai was a guest, wasn't it?"

Black Tower couldn't help but sound a bit sarcastic.

It's not her fault. Last time Yunzhi came to the space station, she borrowed all of Ruan Mei's equipment and made some cute things, which attracted a lot of star gods to come and watch.

Black Tower couldn't come at the time because of something else, and only heard about it from Estella later.

According to Xingzai—she heard it from Aistar—Heita apparently cried in the office.

...Is it really necessary? Aren't the star gods in the simulated universe enough for her to study?

"It's a pleasure to meet you again, True Lord."

Screwgoom is more polite than Black Tower.

Yun nodded and said:

"I think I just heard you say something about... wasting resources?"

Who does the Black Tower want to resurrect?

Upon hearing this, Black Tower instantly became incredibly energetic:

"That's right."

She skipped and hopped to the entrance of the simulated universe, raised her arms, and her expression was radiant:

"By simulating the universe, I want to solve a problem that has been troubling me."

"...There's still a problem troubling you?"

Yun raised an eyebrow.

Screw Gum calmly replied, "Problems always seem to keep piling up."

"So your specific purpose is—"

Do you know what the singularity of knowledge is?

At this point, Black Tower became increasingly excited.

Yun nodded: "You want to enter the Unknowable Realm?"

There is a boundary between the "known" and the "unknown," and this boundary is the singularity of knowledge.

Simply put, the area inside the circle of knowledge is the known domain, and the area outside is the unknown domain. If we cross their boundary, the universe will experience a knowledge explosion.

But this singularity is the most difficult to overcome.

For example, the Black Tower.

When she was thinking about how to solve a problem, she would occasionally have a flash of inspiration, but all sorts of unexpected events would interrupt her from seizing that spark of inspiration.

Sometimes it's a lab explosion, sometimes it's someone shouting at her... whatever the reason, they just don't let her continue thinking.

Black Tower cried and made a scene because of this... cough cough, I'm getting off topic.

And now, Black Tower says it wants to use a simulated universe to try to cross the singularity of knowledge?

"Initially, the plan was simply to repair the voids that appeared inside the simulated universe."

Black Tower shrugged: "When I went to repair that unknowable domain, I discovered some... interesting things."

"But a small problem arose."

Hei Ta stood with his hands on his hips, looking displeased.

Screwgoom explains: "Logic: simulates a huge void in the universe that cannot be observed or interfered with, yet it continues to operate normally."

"Ms. Black Tower volunteered to go and repair it, but lost contact with her."

Black Tower's thirst for knowledge was at its peak, and he paid no attention to Screws Gum outside, who was frantically trying to get his head spinning.

It wasn't until Black Tower finally remembered that there was a colleague waiting outside that he slowly crawled out.

Her discovery was indeed somewhat surprising.

"This should have been a history of the school wars that followed the Second Imperial War. Logically, the Candlelight School should have recorded it completely."

Black Tower snorted coldly: "But when I compared the data with the history of the unknowable domain, I found that it was full of flaws and fabrications."

The Candlelight School is a school of thought that records history, and they always claim that they will faithfully record history.

...It would be better to find Liuguang Yiting.

But given the nature of those people at the Bo Shi Society, how could they possibly allow fictional historians to arbitrarily modify things?

Therefore, Black Tower believes that the Erudite Society did this intentionally, using the hand of "mystery" to hide information that should not exist.

A war between schools of thought? An ugly struggle for power.

"As you all know, I am not one to be complacent. I have always wanted to break through the shackles of existing knowledge, find new breakthroughs, and cause the total amount of knowledge in the universe to leap forward once again..."

"Therefore, I plan to introduce a fifth genius into the simulated universe."

Black Tower proudly announced.

Clouds gaze toward the entrance to the simulated universe:

"Trying to use Rupert II to lure the Lord of Silence here? Don't play with fire and get burned."

"So what? Pushing boundaries is an adventure in itself."

The Black Tower remained restless: "School wars, my starting point... Ha, even though you're not a genius, don't tell me you're not curious."

...I am a little curious.

Even someone like Yunzhi, who is completely out of touch with academia, has heard of the solitary wave algorithm.

Is the future of the universe predetermined or chaotic? That is the question.

Anyway, ScrewGumm said he was very curious.

"So... First Envoy, will you be my assistant?"

Hei Ta gave a particularly cute smile: "Xing used to help me, it's rare to meet you... We can talk about the reward."

The doll stared intently at Yunzhi.

What else can I say?

"Great—perfect, I also have some questions I need to look into the history of those scepters."

Of course we have to agree. That was his original goal, wasn't it?

"It's a deal then! Gather as much data as you can on the scepter, and I guarantee you'll see some really exciting things."

"Before that."

Yun raised his hand, interrupting Black Tower's incessant chatter:

"I'd like to ask, is there any record of the 'Imperial Scepter' in your simulated universe?"