"...Before Herta returns, let's talk about our plan first."
As Herta's close friend, Ruan Mei nonchalantly changed the subject, serving as a way to cover up Herta's dark history.
Seeing Ruan Mei speak, everyone tacitly skipped the topic of Herta.
"Cyrene, now you can tell us about your plan."
Originally, with the support of her own Heavenly Principle, Hermes, Ruan Mei's plan had almost reached its final stage.
But at this critical moment, this whole situation cropped up. This is truly... quite interesting!
"If I'm not mistaken, Tiamat's goal is to create her own 'children' across the entire universe."
Cyrene first began to review the goals of Ruan Mei's trio. "Buyer created the technical framework for the [virtual universe], intending to use this technology to integrate her dreams, memories, wisdom, the World Tree... everything, to undergo a transformation."
"And Ruan Mei, you are attempting to smelt and integrate the three Paths you've mastered—Life, Consciousness, and Evolution—to create an ultimate life form unique to yourself, pushing for a leap in your own life's level."
"...I think I understand."
Stephen Lloyd mused, "I see. This directly forms a closed loop. A trinity?"
This member of the Genius Society, #85, truly lived up to his title as a genius among geniuses; he had already seen through the plan of Ruan Mei's trio.
"Tiamat's Path is the purest, being simple Life; it serves as the foundation."
Screwllum was also calculating the possibilities: "Buyer's virtual universe pushes the possibilities of life to the extreme. Conversely, through a virtual universe that spans the Great Universe, Tiamat's children can be spread to every corner of the cosmos, fulfilling Tiamat's long-held wish."
"Ultimately, Ruan Mei can also grasp the true essence of life and consciousness through a virtual universe that encompasses the entire Great Universe, evolving the virtual universe itself into an alternative ultimate life form."
"Everything forms a perfect closed loop!"
"Indeed!"
Chadwick murmured, "Tiamat is the purest. When her wish is fulfilled, it will be the moment she ascends to the throne of an Aeon."
"And because Ruan Mei evolves into an ultimate life form, it will in turn drive the final, perfect sublimation of Buyer's 'Dao Fruit'—the virtual universe."
"What a perfect plan..."
The plan of Ruan Mei's trio shocked everyone present.
Though Cyrene made it sound simple, everyone knew in their hearts just how terrifying the technical reserves required to truly realize such a grand vision would be.
A plan may be perfect, but in the Great Universe, what kind of grand vision hasn't been proposed before?
What is truly rare is how to take a proposed vision, overcome all obstacles, solve all technical problems, and turn the impossible into reality.
Without a doubt, Ruan Mei's trio had already solved all the technical hurdles, pushing their plan to the final stage, with only the last step left to be physically completed.
Had they not been disturbed by Cyrene's news, they would likely have already begun finalizing their plan.
"Is this what a genius is?"
Welt was profoundly shocked after hearing the plan.
Although he had long understood how unreasonable geniuses could be, he couldn't help but tremble slightly from the shock of this grand plan.
"..."
Black Swan was speechless. She finally understood why everyone present had no interest in her proposal.
Compared to such a monumental event, what did a mere split within the Remembrance factions matter?
Once the plan is successfully completed, never mind a mere portion of the Garden of Recollection's power—what would the entire Garden even amount to?
Nothing more than ants.
"I think this plan is already perfect. Cyrene, is there anything else you need to add?"
Even with all her wisdom, Buyer couldn't think of anything else that could be changed.
"Amphoreus is a very special virtual world; it is illusory, yet also real."
Cyrene introduced softly, "It was formed by the intersection of the three Paths of Erudition, Remembrance, and Destruction, and has now undergone thirty million cycles of reincarnation."
"Although initially the lives within Amphoreus were just pure virtual data, under these unique circumstances, they have become quite different now. Data? Life? They are no longer distinguishable from one another."
"Thirty million cycles of reincarnation—how terrifying is the accumulated information and data?"
"To mortals, information is just information. But at our level of cognition, information is no different from energy or matter."
Listening to Cyrene's explanation, the geniuses were all deep in thought, faintly guessing her intentions.
"However, if you want to include Amphoreus in our plan and realize your idea, have you considered the resources required?"
Ruan Mei frowned slightly. Setting aside other factors, just thinking about the technology required made even her scalp tingle.
Even Screwllum and the others frowned at the mere thought of the engineering involved.
"No need to worry, our technical reserves are sufficient!"
Cyrene said confidently, "Hermes has already opened his technical reserves to me: Reality Gamification, dimensional technology, mental technology, digital technology... I have even extracted the Meta-Field Space Technology of Siskar, Genius Society #29, from the memories of the Great Universe."
Ruan Mei and the others understood, and a hint of envy flickered in their hearts.
That fellow Hermes really dotes on her, providing such massive support... However, if that's the case, then this plan is indeed worth a try. Even if only for access to Hermes' technical vault, it would be worth their participation.
"In that case, shall we suppress Lygus first?"
Screwllum made no secret of his malice toward Lygus.
Once the Iron Tomb is born, the first to suffer would likely be the Automaton race, which is something Screwllum absolutely cannot accept.
"That's simple."
Cyrene nodded slightly. Xandar, as an Envoy of Intellect, was indeed difficult to deal with.
But he's out of luck now. Amphoreus is not only his home turf; it is hers as well.
During this time, she has finally brought the memories of all Amphoreus under her control. Lygus can no longer escape!
Cyrene casually manifested a memory mirror in the Parlor Car.
Within the memory mirror, Lygus's figure appeared before everyone.
Cyrene looked at the figure indifferently, raised a finger, and crushed down directly toward Lygus inside the memory mirror!
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