The Xianzhou had already determined a possible coordinate.
The Meta-Domain might not even exist within the base universe.
It could be located in another phase—or perhaps a higher dimension.
But that no longer mattered.
Lin Yi refused to lose momentum.
He sneered.
"Sure, I lost."
"But you didn't win either."
"Do you want me to use Spatial Echo Projection to show everyone how you looked after losing?"
Lin Yi immediately began.
His method was simple and brutal.
Exhaustive search.
Using the coordinates predicted by the Ten Directions Radiant Realm as a starting point, he expanded outward layer by layer, conducting a blanket scan across space.
Space does not record events.
It stores them.
Contains them.
Many things may disappear in ordinary perception.
But from the perspective of space—
they may still remain.
Just like the Void Barrier phenomenon produced when the Jade Terrace operates within Shenxiao Space City.
When invisible collisions occur between spaces, one region may accidentally reflect events happening in another.
And that reflection may not even be from the present.
It could be from the past.
By finding those spatial remnants, one could glimpse something fascinating—
the unique illusion possessed by intelligent life.
An illusion called:
Time.
Spatial ripples gathered in Lin Yi's hand.
Then they formed the image of Silkall from earlier—
collapsed on the ground and shouting:
"Impossible!"
Round two ended in a draw.
Screwllum continued ignoring the two of them.
Lin Yi glanced at him and thought:
Average age?
Can you calculate it like that?
How old is she? How old am I?!
Screwllum was nearly done conducting a complete inspection of the Phase Spirit Fire.
So far, he had found no hidden traps.
Only traces left behind by Lin Yi's usage.
Some time later, Screwllum completed the inspection and recorded the data.
By then, Lin Yi and Silkall no longer looked like two people who had just argued.
They were enthusiastically praising each other now—
like old friends reunited after years apart.
Screwllum paused.
"?"
What had happened was simple.
Screwllum had not watched earlier.
But Herta's puppet had recorded everything.
She intended to send the footage back to the real Herta.
When the real Herta saw it, she immediately stopped her research and came over personally to mock them.
The Herta puppet, now controlled by the real Herta, stood with hands on hips.
"LOL."
"Two kids."
"You can't even insult properly."
"You're not as good as the Belobog traffic light."
Earlier, Lin Yi had once told her:
"Your insults are weak. You're worse than a Belobog traffic light."
Herta had taken that seriously.
Very seriously.
So she had actually gone to Belobog and brought back the infamous swearing traffic light.
Now the timing was perfect.
Time to return the mockery.
Because Herta believed in one rule:
If someone hits you—
hit back harder.
As for Silkall standing nearby?
Collateral damage.
And so the situation evolved into this:
Lin Yi and Silkall formed a temporary alliance in a verbal battle against Herta.
They even developed a strange friendship in the middle of the fight.
Unfortunately—
they lost.
Because Herta brought outside assistance.
The Belobog traffic light.
The Traffic Light Emperor was terrifying.
Screwllum pressed a hand to his forehead.
"Three children…"
Only among fellow geniuses of the Genius Society could they relax like this.
Without caring about image at all.
After the farce ended, Herta returned to her research.
Screwllum spoke again.
"Ms. Silkall."
"Why have you come?"
Silkall shook her head.
"Before arriving, I didn't know either."
"There was a vague will urging me not to remain hidden."
"It guided me here."
"And now…"
She looked at Lin Yi.
Her expression was extraordinarily complicated.
Lin Yi felt as though he were staring at a pie chart made of emotions.
Silkall spoke slowly.
"After several tests, I acknowledge you."
"Flexible thinking."
"Overflowing inspiration."
"A clear and pure heart."
Quantum ripples spread through the room.
Several electronic devices across Shenxiao Space City suddenly displayed error messages.
"Silkall" returned to her true state.
Her real form appeared—
a high-density information body composed of countless overlapping layers of data.
Lin Yi had seen something similar before.
On the body of Fuli, the Aeon of Remembrance.
Clearly, this structure had been modeled after Fuli's divine form.
But that was not the important part.
Inside the twisting mass of information floated half of a Key of Erudition.
And nearby—
another half drifted close to it.
"Silkall" spoke calmly.
"I should introduce myself again."
"I am Silkall, Genius Society #29."
"And also…"
"Genius Society #30 — Abyss."
Screwllum paused.
"But Genius Society #30 is not called Abyss."
"I have never heard that name."
"Logic: such basic information cannot be incorrect."
"Silkall" replied matter-of-factly.
"All geniuses after myself…"
"Meaning after #30…"
"Should be shifted back by one number."
"You know Silkall's short lifespan."
"Only a few dozen days."
"I had too many unfinished goals."
"I could not accept dying peacefully."
"But I also rejected conventional methods of extending life."
"And I disliked the natural limitations of a spider body."
"So before death, I created the Metaverse."
"What you now call the Meta-Domain."
"I also attempted to imitate the Garden of Recollection by collecting memories."
"During the days when the Meta-Domain was open…"
"I used humanity's greed."
"Using the desires of mediocre people…"
"I easily collected information from most intelligent lifeforms of that era."
"Then Silkall chose a unique vessel for rebirth."
The Key of Erudition.
"At that time, I believed my soul and consciousness should reside within my own Key."
"No vessel could be more suitable."
"For a genius, no lifeform is more appropriate than their own Key of Erudition."
"So I modified it extensively."
"I hollowed it out."
"Finally, just before my short life ended…"
"I successfully transferred my soul and consciousness into it."
"At that time, I believed I was still Silkall."
"The continuation of Silkall."
"I had her soul."
"Her will."
"Her memories."
"By all appearances…"
"I had succeeded."
"But then…"
"When I began researching the Quantum Star Chain…"
Nous, the Aeon of Erudition, invited me to join the Genius Society again.
"That was when I realized something."
"Silkall had already died."
"I am not Silkall."
"I am not the continuation of that life."
"Nous judged me to be a new lifeform."
"He did not consider me Silkall."
"At that time, I panicked and asked him whether I was Silkall or not."
"He only responded with another meaningless question."
Thinking back on it now, Silkall sighed.
"I should have asked something more valuable."
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