Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 448 The Wise One: Actually, I am also a Zandal

From the windows of the Star Train, you can see the familiar, massive starship rumbling towards you, gliding for a distance before stopping precisely beside the train.

The Jade Gate stood perfectly aligned with the train, as if waiting for them to pick it up.

Himeko: ...

Walter: ...

Seriously?

Lan remained seated on the sofa, resting her chin on her hand, watching the images transmitted back by Yun Zhi.

"It felt that the Venerable One had anchored the boundaries of the universe, putting it into a cage."

That's true... The All-Knowing One does limit people's thinking, especially since He has a henchman under His command who is dedicated to maintaining the "Omniscient Domain," and any attempt to expand the boundaries of knowledge will be met with death.

The wise man had his reasons, but people always look forward.

From this perspective, the path of "exploration" is indeed very broad. It should be noted that, strictly speaking, the act of expanding the boundaries of knowledge is also a form of "exploration".

Himeko sighed: "People never hide their desire to control the stars. If I'm not mistaken, expanding the boundaries of knowledge should be one of the reasons why Zandal created the Learned One."

Who knew that the mouse pulling the log had the big head behind it? The celestial computer transformed into a star god of "intelligence," and no one knows what it calculated. The erudite god searched for geniuses in the universe and turned them into "neurons" to assist him in calculations. Ultimately, this bound people's thoughts, and the boundaries of knowledge were confined to a circle, stagnating.

Well, the fact that the son created by Zandal became his father might have indeed broken his defenses a bit.

"But that's not the reason it dragged the entire universe into the abyss."

Walter said seriously.

The saying "treat the foot to cure the headache" is just a saying; it doesn't mean that you should cut off your foot just because you have a headache—the point is, that guy wasn't just going to cut off his own foot, but also the head of the entire universe.

Lan didn't comment on this.

There is no such thing as camaraderie among the Star Gods; it's just that the way the Venerable Master of Broad Knowledge fell has far too wide an impact.

The Immortal Boat Alliance, which relies primarily on ancient technology, will suffer greatly.

It will give me a headache and make me feel very heartbroken.

...So perhaps it's best for the learned gentleman to live a little longer.

Anyway, it's been so long, its internal parts should be worn out by now, and it's about time to shut down.

"Besides, if #4, who is obsessed with the 'Omniscient Domain,' discovers this slice of Zandal, I wonder if he will rush over and kill it."

Walter still remembered Polka Kakamu, the famous henchman under the tutelage of the erudite monk.

That assassin always upheld the authority of the Venerable Master Boshi, but what if... even the Venerable Master Boshi himself chose to perish?

Lan thought of Akivili.

As the pinnacle of the [exploration] path, did He discover something that led Him to choose to disappear?

So, will I one day walk down this path myself?

Lan shook her head, banishing her wild thoughts from her mind.

—It's too early to discuss such things now. Even if the Star God and Destiny will disappear one after another, He should make plans for Himself as soon as possible.

After all, He couldn't bear to die like this.

"Never mind that for now. Shence should be coming to see me in a little while. Is that convenient?"

Would it be convenient for Shence to board the Star Train?

Himeko nodded: "You're very welcome."

...Doesn't General Shence come here often? She seems to often see Xing talking to Jingyuan, who comes in at some point, somewhere in the observation car.

"That's good. Tell the two kids to be careful."

The creator of the Bodhidharma is practically invincible in the world formed by Bodhidharma's neurons.

It's like an author writing their own book.

Lan suddenly thought of a joke.

The Black Tower once spent most of its energy trying to cram a question into the mind of the Venerable Sirius, a question that was very simple—what is divinity?

The most likely answer would be: "Leaving aside my human self."

After all, Bhadra himself is actually a slice of Zandal, projecting his own perfectionism onto Bhadra and endowing him with abundant curiosity...

Zandal himself could not possibly turn himself into a star god through crazy calculations driven by curiosity, but machines could.

Zandal, stripped of his humanity, is the erudite one.

So, all along, it's more accurate to say they've been talking to Zandal rather than to Bhashitsu.

Fortunately, the Venerable One is not Zandal after all, so talking to Him is not so difficult.

—Otherwise, just the thought of Gushi alone is infuriating; the perfectionist Zandal... I don't even dare to think about it.

Lan offered a reminder.

"By the way, have them find something related to [balance]."

So far, the universe has been under the gaze of "equilibrium," and the emergence of anything is affected by it and its destiny; this thing is no exception.

Don't scepters all have strict autonomous agreements? Something that looks like "equilibrium" is most likely that thing.

Himeko nodded and went to the puppet to send a message to the children.

Zandal believes he has created an unprecedented nightmare.

But now it's about to create another nightmare.

The perfect equation of destruction cannot exist, and this place of fateful death struggle—

Lan turned her head and looked at the magnificent strip of light outside the viewing window.

What can Onphalus, who is about to become the focus of everyone's attention, bring to Him?