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[Ilu:? ]

[Yilu: Have I actually died? ]

Seeing the message from the Black Tower, Yilu was a little shocked. She just felt that she had taken a nap after the battle, and when she woke up, she was lying in the space station.

It turns out that she had won a resurrection match without realizing it? !

[Black Tower: Your body has been eroded by nothingness for countless Amber Ages. You now rely on "memories" to maintain your existence. Do you still think you are a normal person? ]

[Black Tower: Believe it or not, if you dare to use up all your "memories" in one breath, you will be reduced to ashes on the spot? ]

[Ilu: …]

[Yilu: Okay, I believe this. ]

[Black Tower: In addition, I also discovered something about the Ember Sun King Bug. I, Screw Gumu, and Ruan Mei will have a meeting later. You can come to my office with her.]

【Ilu: OK】

"It was a message from Heita. She asked us to go to her office."

Yi Lu put down her phone and told Ruan Mei that Black Tower had invited her to participate in the meeting.

"Well...it's time for the group meeting."

Hearing this, Ruan Mei picked up her phone and checked the time. Realizing that the meeting was about to begin, she sent a few messages to Editor Xing.

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Meanwhile, the real world.

With the release of "Thousand Star Journey PV: "Ilu": When the Stars Go Out", community forums at home and abroad were all in an uproar, and the official then released Ilu's portrait, pushing the topic to its peak.

For a time, hot searches related to Star Iron almost dominated the list, and the popularity continued for several days, until version 1.6 was officially released. A large number of new players who heard the news poured into the game - and then became Ilu's solo pusher at the speed of light.

[Oh my god! The next version has black and white fur on the belly, I love it]

[She is the one I love the most among all the ones I meet. In front of Yilu, other paper wives are just substitutes! ]

[Is the strength of Ice Patrol good enough? I feel a bit stuck in the fictional narrative. It only has some advantages over Firefly.]

[I can’t stay in this 1.6 version any longer, please let me jump into 1.7! ]

Riding on the popularity brought by this wave of heat, Jiahun's live broadcast room has become more and more popular. Her previous live broadcast segments are watched by thousands of people every moment, and have become a must-see teaching video for newcomers, just to trigger Ilu's favor option in the game.

"My family, my abilities are limited. Ruan Mei, I will stop after taking two lives."

As for Jiahun, she is currently live streaming the development of version 1.6. Before advancing the plot, she has to draw a card first as per convention.

Originally, she was going to just draw a zero-life and leave, but many netizens said that Ruan Mei would be very strong with the support of Yilu, and this is also a general support, so Jiahun chose to draw Ruan Mei with two lives.

When the time comes and she cooperates with Ilu at full level, she will be invincible!

"Let's go see Ruan Mei."

After meeting with Heita in the main control module, Jiahun controlled the Pioneer to go to the platform in the support module and met the woman, Ruan Mei, who had made her eat Ruan's food several times in the simulated universe.

"Hey, she's so nice. She even gave us some cakes."

Seeing Ruan Mei taking the initiative to share the pastries in her hand with them, Jia Hun's favorability towards this talented female scientist increased significantly.

Although it is a bit strange to touch someone's face when you just meet, she doesn't seem that difficult to approach.

Who always says that Ms. Ruan Mei is unkind? Isn’t she quite good at interpersonal communication?

"Eh? Don't eat it... What's wrong? Are there computer parts in the pastry?"

Just when Jia Hun was about to take the plum cake, she suddenly noticed that all the comments were telling her not to eat it. She couldn't help but blink in confusion, but in the end she still chose to eat the plum cake.

Then, the camera turned to the silver-haired girl standing next to her——

"Ilu: Xing, there's some pastry stains on your mouth."

"Xing: Ah...really?"

"Ilu: I'll help you wipe it off."

"Ilu: (licks) Mmm, it tastes pretty good."

"star:!!!"

Jia Hun was caught off guard by Yi Lu's teasing. Just like the gray-haired girl on the screen, her face instantly turned red to her neck, and she quickly covered her face with her hands.

You're really worthy of being like this, Ilu, as you did something that only lovers would do without realizing it.

【Why is the host's face red? 】

“Refreshed!”

【Why is it yellow again? 】

"Wax for cold protection."

Jia Hun answered the tricky questions in the barrage fluently. She was enjoying the plot while chatting and laughing with her fans. Even though she was tricked by Ruan Mei with the anti-emetic, she didn't care.

In her heart, this plum cake is worth eating.

Following the clues given by Ruan Mei, Jia Hun found the staff of the Secret Scroll Department, and from their hints he learned the method to lure out Ruan Mei's creations. He successfully lured the cats and cakes out and sent them back to the containment chamber.

At this moment, she suddenly received a message from Ruan Mei:

[Ruan Mei: You have done a good job in recovering the life forms, but it is not yet complete; there are more than one, and some are stored in a closed compartment.]

[Ruan Mei: That place was originally used by the Black Tower to receive visitors from all over the galaxy or members of the Genius Club, but due to the invasion of the Legion, it is no longer open to the public.]

[Ruan Mei: Yilu and I are going to the Black Tower Office to attend a meeting. During this time, you can use my command card to enter the confined compartment, but remember not to go to the deepest part. My big trouble is now stored there.]

【Xing: Big. Trouble?】

[Ruan Mei: Well, after the meeting, Yilu will go over and deal with it]

[Ruan Mei: Before that, please be sure to pay attention to safety. If you encounter any trouble that you cannot solve, give me a signal and I will come forward to handle it.]

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Following Ruan Mei into the simulated universe, Yilu saw Black Tower and Screw Gum waiting at the conference table.

"Hi! Ruan Mei, I've been waiting for you for a long time... and Yi Lu, it seems like you two are getting along quite well."

Heita waved and greeted them, then motioned for Yilu to sit next to her:

"Although you are not a member of the Genius Club, due to special circumstances, I will make an exception and allow you to participate in the meeting of geniuses."

"It's nice to meet you, Ms. Ilu. Your participation is indeed needed in this meeting."

The mechanical gentleman beside him bowed slightly and performed a simple etiquette: "Logic: Your arrival will make our speculation closer to the truth."

Grumm, Genius Club #76, ruler of Grumm (Omnic Planet IX).

Even the usually sharp-tongued Heita spoke highly of him, calling him "a truly good man, a gentleman, and possessed of an outstanding mechanical mind."

Although Yilu was not familiar with him, she had more or less heard of his name.

"Where's Stephen?"

Sitting in her seat, Ruan Mei looked at Heita: "Did you kick him out?"

"No, how could that be? Stephen doesn't want to get involved in this, so there are only three of us in this meeting... oh, now it's four."

His eyes swept across everyone's faces, and Heita took out a deep blue memory crystal, and said in a serious tone:

"Okay, now that everyone is here, I'll get straight to the point. The theme of today's meeting is to solve the mystery of the Sun King Bug."

"Hasn't it been solved?"

Yilu asked with some doubt: "A breeding envoy who came back from the dead."

"How can it be that simple?"

Hearing this, Heita couldn't help but rolled his eyes at her:

"It has no fewer secrets than you do. According to my deductions in the simulated universe, the Sun King Worm was born after the death of "Breeding". Think about it, what does it mean that a fate without a Star God would have a Commander?"

"I have seen the deduction process of the locust plague in the world, and I can infer two conclusions from the known facts."

ScrewGum crossed his hands and said, "First, the Star God of "breeding" is still alive, so "breeding" can give birth to new emissaries. This conclusion is less likely."

"Second, the Star God of Breeding foresaw his own death. Before being besieged by the gods, he buried his eggs in a star. After his death, the eggs hatched and gave birth to the Sun King Worm. This conclusion is more likely."

"This……"

After hearing ScrewGum's analysis, Yilu also realized the seriousness of the problem.

Since the Cinder Sun Lord is the backup plan for "breeding" the Star God Taizyuroth, what exactly does He want to do with this backup plan?

"In addition, the Sun King Bug appears in the form of a star. This is very important information."

ScrewGum analyzed: "The light of "Order" disappeared with Taiyi's disappearance. Several worlds not protected by Klippo have records that their sun once disappeared, and a sculpture entangled in the shape of twins appeared in the sky."

"That is 'balance.'" said Black Tower.

"Well, this is indeed the work of the "Balance". It preserved the sun without the protection of God after Taiyi disappeared."

ScrewGum nodded and continued, "After Taiziyuros fell and the insect tide faded, the sun was gently returned."

"Among the stars returned by the Balance, there may be the Sun King Worm. Taiziyuros cleverly avoided the sight of the gods through this method, allowing his descendants to survive."

Yilu: “…”

Indeed, she recalled.

After passing through the wormhole, she saw a strange galaxy with dim stars and on the verge of extinction, which was obviously impossible at the time point after the fall of "Breeding".

If it is true as ScrewGum said, then the birth of the Cinder Sun King was a conspiracy planned by Taizyuros long ago. The King of Insects wanted to secretly fight the resurrection match without the knowledge of the Star Gods, but his actions were observed by "memory", so what happened later happened.

As expected of a genius on the path of "intellect", he was able to send chills down one's spine with just a few words. The problem was that the more she thought about it, the more it made sense to her.

Chapter 96 Picked up a cat cake (4k)

"When did He acquire the ability to use "balance" to achieve the purpose of survival through "breeding"? "

Hearing ScrewGum's speculation, Heita raised his eyebrows slightly and muttered softly.

"Balance" Hu, one of the oldest known star gods.

He splits himself into two, cuts through concepts, and divides everything into two elements that can transform into each other, thus blending the positive and negative in the universe into a balanced whole.

The chain of cause and effect that mortals hang on their lips and teeth is just a rough summary of the complex topology behind the situation.

"Hu" dissolves its own will into the context of the logic of the universe's movement, eternally maintaining the balance and stability of all things in the world. How could it be possible that He could not see through Taizyuros's tricks?

Black Tower doesn't believe that there is no "interaction" at all. If there is something more or less in this world out of thin air, He must know it.

By means of "mutuality", He should have created an existence that is of the same origin as the Cinder Sun Lord but is opposite to it, just like the opposing concepts of beauty and ugliness, joy and sorrow, good and evil, love and hate.

So, is there someone in this world who was also born into the destiny of "breeding", but went to the completely opposite extreme of the Ember Lord, and is burdened with the mission of killing it and has abilities that rival those of the Order?

Well, it seems there is one person who meets the requirements...

The answer to this question emerged in her mind, and Heita turned her head to look at the silver-haired girl sitting next to her, and her eyes became extremely strange.

The Grammer Iron Cavalry born from "breeding", the Self-Destructor with "nothingness" edited in its basic form, and the anti-Oboe weapon gifted by "memory", the three destinies converged together and formed a perfect "balance" in the body of this girl.

Wow, all the tags match, the only thing left is naming the names!

"?"

Noticing the gaze from Heita, Yilu couldn't help but blink in confusion: "What's wrong, Ms. Heita?"

"I was wondering, how many star gods are you related to..."

Gazing at the girl's eyes that were as beautiful as fireflies, Heita took a deep breath and told Yilu her guess in front of Ruan Mei and Screw Gum.

"...In summary, I guess your birth was arranged by "Balance", and "Memory" was the driving force of the plan. As for whether other Star Gods were involved, this question is still unknown."

"Ms. Black Tower's answer is very close to my guess. Conclusion: In order to balance the disaster brought by the Ember King Worm, the "Balance" will inevitably create an existence that can check and balance it."

ScrewGum nodded in agreement. He also looked towards Ilu and said slowly:

"Mortals don't have many opportunities to interact with Star Gods, but Miss Yilu, your situation is quite special. Just as Ms. Black Tower said, with the wisdom of the Star Gods, they should have noticed you a long time ago."

"Wait a minute, my mind is a little confused now, let me sort it out first..."

Feeling a little dizzy from the continuous speculation, Yilu held his forehead with one hand, indicating that he needed time to slowly accept the information.