Bai Luan, who was just about to exit the simulated universe, trembled upon hearing Bo Shizun's reply:
"I'm testing you... you really knew the fourth wall existed..."
The Venerable Master of Learning never gives direct answers; he only answers with questions that contain the answer.
There are only two possible answers to the question posed by the Venerable Master Bodhidharma: important or unimportant. But regardless of the answer, it only reveals the Venerable Master Bodhidharma's attitude.
In other words, He knew about the existence of the fourth wall.
Can you break the fourth wall?
"..."
"Are you there?"
"..."
In the simulated universe, silence returned.
Seeing that Master Boshizun had no intention of continuing to answer, Bai Luan muttered to himself:
"Dead mechanical head..."
He then exited the simulated universe.
After exiting the simulated universe, Bai Luan noticed that the three of them were all looking at him, which seemed odd, so he asked:
Why are you all staring at me?
"Reason: You were just glanced at by the Venerable Master."
"Huh?"
Bai Luan glanced at Ruan Mei and Luo Sigumu, realizing they weren't joking, and then let out an even louder, more incredulous voice:
"Eh—!?"
For a fleeting moment.
It was just a very brief moment.
Bai Luan felt a slight sense of satisfaction at the result, a feeling of being recognized.
But what followed was...
That is fear.
I am filled with boundless fear of an epic increase in the intensity of my future work.
Because his genius has been officially confirmed! And right in front of three geniuses!
No! I'm just a mortal, why are you staring at me like that?!
You actually believed me when I pretended?!
How could you fall for that?!
Big! Mechanical! Head!
"Why don't you just answer me in the simulated universe?!"
So what if I looked!
And they watched it in front of three geniuses?!
Even if you just peek at it secretly, why not?! Watch it in private!
How am I supposed to explain this?! How am I supposed to deny this?! There are still so many DLCs for the simulated universe that haven't been made yet!
Do you know how many overtime hours I'll have to work?! How can you be so selfish! Ugh!!!
Now the developers of the simulated universe DLC will definitely want to include me!
You...you...you...
Bai Luan's chest heaved violently, flushed red like never before.
You stupid god!!!
Ahha let out bursts of wild laughter.
He laughed at the Learned One for pretending to know the exact answer to the fourth wall when he clearly did not.
They also laughed at Bai Luan's vulnerable expression.
So much fun! So much fun!
It was totally worth it!!!
'This God of Pleasure...'
The system's tone was tinged with helplessness.
"Invincible"
Chapter 82 Genius Club, Seat 85
Bai Luan was immersed in disbelief.
Although to other geniuses, this was just the excited look on someone's face after a long period of hard work, finally being noticed by the Venerable Master.
"We had expected this result, but we didn't expect it to happen in this setting."
Screws said in a gentle tone:
"Congratulations, Bai Luan, you have officially become the 85th member of the Genius Club."
Even Nguyen Mai nodded and said:
Congratulations.
"You...you...please stop congratulating me..."
After hearing their words of comfort, Bai Luan felt even more upset.
With this official certification, wouldn't I be dealing with projects at their level every day?
Bai Luan's eyes were red, and he asked in a trembling voice:
"In the future... when new projects are developed in the simulated universe... will there still be a place for me?"
Question: Please allow me to express a bit of curiosity, why do you hold this view?
Screw Gum looked on with a hint of doubt.
"Even if the Venerable One does not cast His gaze upon you, we will still preserve your place in the simulated universe."
Reason: Your wisdom and dedication have been permanently etched into the core data of the project, becoming an indispensable part.
Upon hearing what Screw Gum said, Bai Luan was immediately "moved" to tears.
"Waaaaah..."
Venerable Master Bo Shi…you…you wait…
When I'm capable, I'll definitely implant a high-dimensional panda burning incense virus in you and give you a good time...
"Actually, it's mainly Ahab's fault. He forcibly turned the gaze of the Wise One in reality around, and then the Wise One noticed your unusual behavior. Originally, he didn't even intend to pay attention to you."
The system calmly revealed the culprit hidden behind the scenes.
And you... Ah...
A naturally joyful god of pleasure...
I'll do it myself right now...
I'll do it now...
I have absolutely no way to deal with this god of pleasure!
Thinking about this made Bai Luan even more upset.
Seeing Bai Luan so excited and "tears of gratitude" for entering the Genius Club, Da Heita couldn't help but speak up:
Does this alone move you that much?
"I...I..."
Bai Luan wanted to confess that these weren't tears of joy, but found that speaking up wouldn't make a difference.
How could anyone have a mental breakdown just because they were glanced at by the Venerable Master? This is a good thing!
So Bai Luan had to find a reason for his loss of composure.
"I just...feel..."
He took a deep breath, as if using all his strength, and squeezed out a few words.
"Finally caught up with you..."
The voice was soft, yet it carried a heavy weight, and a hint of relief.
Bai Luan said those words, and considering Bai Luan's current appearance.
It completely silenced the geniuses.
The geniuses present suddenly realized that being an assistant to a genius was a very stressful job.
He was constantly chasing after those favored by the stars, bearing unimaginable pressure as he silently trekked on.
He performed so well that everyone mistakenly believed that it was just as easy for him as it was for them.
turn out to be...
This isn't easy for you.
A sense of understanding, accompanied by a faint, indescribable bittersweet feeling, spread through the hearts of the group.
No wonder...
At this moment, you would be this excited.
The three geniuses present at this moment all misunderstood and thought they understood Bai Luan's emotions.
Daheita reached out and stroked Bai Luan's cheek, wiping away her tears. Then he stared into Bai Luan's eyes for a few seconds.
Then Daheita revealed a smile, pinched Bai Luan's cheek, and said:
"You really do have a pair of beautiful eyes. I know you've worked very hard, so I'll let you stay by my side forever."
"?"
Bai Luan was a little stunned and embarrassed by Da Heita's praise.
Bai Luan's cheeks flushed slightly. She turned her head away, avoiding Da Heita's gaze, and raised her hand to push Da Heita's hand away, thus blocking her view.
"Um... I'm a little... embarrassed... could you please stop looking at me like that?"
The pure emotion he revealed in that instant contrasted sharply with his usual calm and composed demeanor.
"Oh dear."
Daheita's interest was completely piqued. Her assistant's unknown side was even more interesting than she had expected.
Daheita wanted to tease her a little more, but Bai Luan wiped her face and forcibly hid this side of herself. Apart from a slight redness at the corner of her eyes, she looked almost the same as usual.
"Ahem, alright, I got a little agitated just now. But thinking about it carefully, it's not a big deal. Everyone here was glanced at, so it's nothing serious."
Looking at the tense Bai Luan, Daheita suddenly felt an urge to forcefully break through his defenses and bring out that unseen side of him.
This process is sure to be very interesting.
However, this is not the right occasion.
Let's wait until later to explore this less-seen side of myself as an assistant.
A pleased smile appeared on the big black tower's lips.
But then, the Great Black Tower quickly hid this slight pleasure from himself.
She changed to her usual demeanor, looked at Bai Luan, and asked:
"What exactly did you ask the Venerable Master Boshi?"
"I asked Him if He knew that the fourth wall actually existed."
First Chapter Previous Chapter 86/306 Next Chapter Last Chapter Table of ContentsThe Great Black Tower was immediately disappointed.
"That's it? How did such a nihilistic question even get the attention of that mechanical head?"
Such a question certainly wouldn't attract the attention of the Wise One; the reason He glanced at Him was definitely for something else.
But Ahab forced the Venerable Bodhidharma to look at him, and the Venerable Bodhidharma actually became interested in him for eternity after that one glance. Who would believe such a reality!
Even if these three geniuses believe him, how can he explain the source of the information?
A prophet?
However, his own reaction from the simulated universe proved that he had not anticipated this event either.
It's all that damn Aha's fault...
That's outrageous!
The first two times, Aha did nothing! They managed to shift the blame onto Aha!
But this time Aha really did it, and since I was in the simulated universe the whole time, I couldn't know what Aha was doing, so I couldn't blame Him!
Damn it!
This Ahha is truly a man of few words, but when he does speak, he's astounding!
"It could also be a coincidence. The real reason He glanced at this place was because the simulated universe was created, and He happened to glance at me and answer my question."
Bai Luan found a reason for Bo Shizun.
The Great Black Tower reluctantly accepted this reason and commented:
"It really is a neuron that's burned out."
At this moment, Nguyen Mai spoke:
What was the Venerable Master's answer?
He said, 'Does that matter?'
"Ha, that's just like His usual style. He either pretends not to hear or doesn't answer, or he always goes around in circles."
The Great Black Tower made a sarcastic remark about the Scholar's style, then asked Bai Luan:
"So, what's your answer?"
Why doesn't Lady Black Tower solve it herself?
"My answer is my answer, and I want to hear yours today. What, you don't want to?"
Bai Luan shook his head.
"That's not the case."
Without hesitation, Bai Luan gave his answer:
"I don't think it's important."
Screw Gumu looked at Bai Luan and asked:
Question: If the answer to a question is directly related to our fundamental understanding of the world we live in, why would it be considered unimportant?
Hearing Screw Gum's question, Bai Luan smiled and said:
"Perhaps the fourth wall really exists. Outside the wall, there is a group of life forms that observe our lives through different mediums."
To those outside the Great Firewall, we might be a piece of text, a video, a string of game data… something they can create at will.
Upon hearing this, the Great Black Tower spoke:
"Isn't that just like Screw said, the answer is about whether our perception of ourselves is real?"
"No, the answer isn't important; what matters is how the person being asked the question sees it."
Bai Luan slowly spoke, explaining his perspective:
"This is a meaningless question."
To people outside the Great Firewall, we are words and data, but they can still glean genuine emotions from the stories we create.
For those of us inside the wall, whether those outside choose to believe we truly exist or insist we're just a fabricated story, we... exist here.
Bai Luan looked at the large black tower in front of him and said with a smile:
"So even if someone claims that our world is a fake stage, so what?"
At least to me—right now, standing before me, you are absolutely real.
"Oh."
Upon hearing this, Daheita smiled, put his hands on his hips, looked at Bai Luan, and said with a hint of teasing:
Why is my assistant being so mushy today?
Bai Luan usually handles these kinds of teasing very easily.
But Bai Luan was acting very strangely today. When he met the eyes of the big black tower, he even stammered when he spoke.
In the end, he could only scratch his cheek, offering no defense, and simply grinning sheepishly.
"hey-hey."
Chapter 83 Brother, I'm Incredibly Handsome
After Bai Luan left the Black Tower office, he received an invitation to the Genius Club.
As Bai Luan walked out the door, it appeared out of thin air in a completely illogical way and then hovered in front of him.
Knowing how happy she would be developing a simulated universe in the future, Bai Luan wasn't exactly thrilled about this new identity.
However, Bai Luan still opened the envelope, knowing that if he didn't, the envelope would keep coming.
Bai Luan glanced at it.
"congratulations..."
OK, I've read it.
Bai Luan crumpled the letter into a ball without a care, then fixed his gaze on a trash can in the Black Tower Space Station.
His eyes immediately sharpened as he calculated, predicted, and confirmed the route before launching a fadeaway jump shot.
And so, after ascending from the erudite to the star god, spanning countless Amber Ages, he sent out only 85 invitations, which turned into crumpled pieces of paper, traced a perfect parabola, and landed precisely in the trash can.
"Oh yeah!"
Bro, I'm incredibly handsome, really.
"What kind of idiot are you... hahaha"
The system's tense tone came through.
"You...you've really made Aha laugh."
Aha: Hahaha, I'd give you full marks for that shot, you're really something.
Why does this Pleasure Star God keep spying on me from here all the time?
Given that Aha and Boshizun had just used a combined attack that had severely damaged him, Bai Luan now had a very bad impression of these two Star Gods.
Especially for Aha, the whole Bo Shi Zun may still have a promising future. In the future, he may be able to give Him the whole virus plugin, the strange object, the real Him.
But Ah, a god of pure joy, He can find joy in everything He does.
Even if you say something out of the blue, and even if you really hurt Ahha, the God of Fun will just laugh and say, "Well done, kid."
Faced with such a star god, one really feels quite at a loss.
No! We can't just let it go like that!
We must find a way to make Aha suffer a defeat...
But what should we do...?
Bai Luan started a brainstorming session.
Hey!
Ah, this God loves to see me come here to have fun, so does that mean that my death would be the least fun for Him?
In other words, even if you want to do something, this "God of Fun" might just step in and cover for you?
No, I'm not sick, why would I act up?
It must have been a moment of encountering a huge, unexpected crisis, such as...
The black swan has made its move.
Test it, you can't spray this, you really have to guard against it.
Thinking about it this way, although Ah Ha tricked me, it seems to have unintentionally become a super strong insurance policy for me.
After all, a member of a genius club is pulling your leg...
It doesn't seem so hard to accept anymore.
Ah, if you still want to see me have fun, then you can really consider me your lifelong trump card.
Bai Luan accepted this calmly.
At least he convinced himself.
The simulated universe has just been completed, and all the geniuses are focusing their attention on it.
Bai Luan excused himself by saying he was too excited to calm down and left temporarily.
Perhaps the Great Black Tower, Screw Gum, and Ruan Mei haven't had enough of the simulated universe, but for Bai Luan, he's almost reached the point of being addicted to it.
Bai Luan couldn't wait to get as far away from that device as possible.
Although he wasn't the smartest one in the project team, he definitely had the clearest understanding of the simulated universe.
After all, when creating the simulated universe, Bai Luan was like a universal spare part, ready to be moved wherever needed.
The three geniuses each had their own roles and responsibilities, and Bai Luan assisted them.
Over time, he became familiar with every module, and he would often take them apart to take a look in the dark room.
If Bai Luan were given the same resources, he could probably create a simulated universe by tinkering with it himself.
But this is not because Bai Luan is a genius, after all, he only replicated, rather than created, the simulated universe.
Maybe one day when I have some free time, I'll create a mini simulated universe.
Then, I'll put a copy of Bo Shi Zun into it and use it to practice data Gu every day. When the Gu is ready, I'll ask Aha to lead me to ambush Bo Shi Zun and put the Gu on him.
Um...
It seems like there's potential...
It requires a supercomputer, and you also have to consider the possibility of being restricted by the system.
Can't we just throw the Gu to Aha and let Aha cast it himself?
Poisoning the wise and knowledgeable Star God, the Venerable One of Wisdom, is bound to be entertaining, isn't it?
Just as Bai Luan was lost in thought, he heard a gasp:
"Wow—Bo Bo is so cute!"
Um?
Why does that sound so familiar?
Driven by curiosity, Bai Luan walked toward the source of the sound, where she saw a girl dressed as a reporter looking at Uncle Wuwu with shining eyes.
A camera was floating next to the girl, pointing its lens at Wuwubo.
The girl clearly wanted to touch it.
A clerk was smiling as he introduced Uncle Wuwu to her. Bai Luan remembered this clerk; his name seemed to be Rong Cangzhong.
He had a deep impression of the clerk who died at the hands of the legion.
However, thanks to the existence of the white elm, which provides a large number of rare items, all the staff members have no shortage of research subjects.
Furthermore, Bai Luan had already improved the atmosphere of the space station more than nine hundred years ago, so Rong Cangzhong's current mental state is much better than in the original story.
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