“Hehehe, so that’s okay?”

“Sora, if you do this, won’t you hurt the hearts of those who desperately want to remember you?”

“Maybe, but Eula, it’s not every time I travel through time that I can meet… a companion who can keep a normal mind while missing me.”

In fact, Eula and Holhaiya were quite paranoid when dealing with him, but Kong just didn’t want to say it out loud.

“Once a connection is established, one must be responsible for it, whether it is emotional or physical… So I will never take the initiative to enter the heart of someone of the opposite sex, unless it is useless to refuse them repeatedly, or if they are…”

At this point, Kong stole a glance at Holhaiya, as if blaming her for her twisted behavior.

The feathered serpent was not ashamed of this but proudly slapped its tail twice, feeling so happy.

“I just want to say… I can definitely control myself, and it’s usually others who can’t control themselves.”

…This is a lie.

The BUFF that Ah Ha gave to Kong was quite weird. He had no idea why a seasoned veteran like him could be like a pure little boy… It was really suspenseful.

He was just trying to excuse himself in advance so that if something really happened, at least the two girls would be able to clearly identify the priority of the conflict and would not kill him.

“Heh, I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing that kind of… uncontrollable scene.”

Eula’s eyelids twitched, admitting that what Kong said was true.

“But you are also wrong. If you had refused more thoroughly, you wouldn’t have gotten into so much trouble.”

If I had that kind of ability, would I still be a man?

Traveling through time only smoothed out my edges, but it didn’t smooth out my Binzhou!

Before Kong Xin finished complaining, Holhayya followed up again:

“Oh, hearing this… Doctor, it reminds me of that lovely elf. How did you and her become? Did you make any progress while I was on the mission?”

Are you talking about Muir Seth? Progress? Yes, of course, not to mention progress, it has all entered.

Sora didn’t answer Quetzalcoatl’s life-threatening question, but stopped and said, “We’re here.”

During this period when there is a severe shortage of staff, there are still more than four defense officers stationed in front of the Black Tower’s office, and they can be seen at a glance.

He could understand that Ester wanted to express her respect for the Black Tower’s private territory, but it was somewhat unnecessary to give such a face-saving project to an envoy who didn’t care about the opinions of outsiders… These four people assigned to the support cabin to do odd jobs can effectively relieve the work pressure of the medical department.

“Hello, is this Dr. Kong? These three… don’t seem to be on the invitation list—”

“They are all here to participate in the experiment. You can confirm with the Black Tower.”

Facing the security guard who came towards him, Kong behaved quite politely. He would not make things difficult for ordinary people. This was also a way for him to maintain his original intention.

“…Confirmed. This way please.”

The way to enter the Black Tower office is not through a traditional door, but through authentication and transmission. It is nothing new, but it ensures basic security.

The office in the Black Tower is completely enclosed. Apart from a projection table in the middle and “celebrity signs” on both sides that look like those displayed at an exhibition, there is no sense of human life in this place.

I’m afraid only puppets that can go online and offline at any time can stay in there for a long time.

“Dr. Sora.”

Next to the black tower, on both sides of the round table, a tall “robot” and the shadow of a lady enjoying dessert have been waiting for a long time.

Black Tower had obviously calmed down. The light cone she got could not be “cashed in” immediately because the manpower and material resources required would be an astronomical figure when converted into an investment. And after reading it carefully, she found that the universe in her memory was not the same as the material universe she lived in. Slight differences in the rules meant that this memory could only be used as a reference and not copied.

Of course, this cone of light alone was not enough for her to pull Sora and the three “irrelevant people” into her office – the fact that Sora was being watched silently by another being was the reason why she called on her friends to welcome Sora here.

“Did you know in advance that I invited you to participate in the discussion of simulating the universe? You even brought testers with you… Compared to you, some so-called geniuses are so inferior that they are unwilling to debug the code in advance.”

It is difficult to change one’s nature, and his attitude towards Kong has improved a lot, but Heita’s attitude towards others is still the same.

“Black Tower, Stephen needs to watch the store.” The gentleman’s shadow that looked like a robot spoke.

“He says that every time.” Heita continued to complain.

“I’m sorry to make you laugh. I’m ScrewGum, a partner in the simulated universe project. Mr. Kong, Ms. Lawrence, Ms. Holhayya, Ms. Paimon, good evening. I hope I didn’t bother you.”

Unlike some geniuses who were arrogant, this robot gentleman greeted Kong’s “followers” earnestly, which gave Kong a basically good impression of him.

“Since it’s a foregone conclusion that Stephen can’t come, let’s get straight to the point. Dr. Kong, I’m Ruan Mei, nice to meet you.”

The shadow of the woman who had been enjoying the pastries with her eyes closed raised her chin slightly and turned her face towards Sora, but Sora was not even sure if she was really looking at him:

“The invitation sent to you by Master Boshi was not accurately conveyed, so he commissioned us to send you a formal invitation to join the ‘Genius Club’.”

“what?”

Kong was stunned for a moment, then muttered to the system in his heart: “Have we received an invitation from ‘Intelligence’?”

[It should be that the signal was intercepted. His body is a huge stellar computer. The signal it sends does not contain much power of destiny. It is possible that it was intercepted. Only after you officially become His messenger will He send down more power. I think Aha is a suspect, but I don’t know why He did this. 】

“Oh, it was Aha who did it. That makes sense. Ahaha would do anything for fun.”

[Strictly speaking, there is only a 30% chance that it is due to Aha’s influence——]

“Don’t be too strict, just treat it as something he did. I will keep a record of him from now on. Every time he does something stupid, I will give him a sum. When I regain my strength, I will pay him back a hundredfold.”

【…】

The system didn’t know how to comfort Kong’s somewhat unreasonable internal storm, but as the saying goes, one should not advise others to be good without experiencing their suffering, so the system did not refute it.

“I’m sorry… I’ve already boarded the Starry Sky Train. I should be considered to be under the protection of the ‘pioneer’ believers. Ji Zi has been very nice to me – how could I betray you on the first day of boarding the train?”

Although he gave Aha a severe lesson, Kong did not neglect the occasion and decisively rejected Ruan Mei’s invitation.

His task is just to build good relationships with the geniuses, not to become one of them.

“Look, I told you he definitely doesn’t care about the reputation of this crappy club—”

As if she had found a soulmate, Heita didn’t know why she was showing off, as if she thought Kong was a genius of the same type as her.

“Please don’t rush to refuse. We know that you have a good relationship with the train crew and have no intention of breaking up this relationship. Pioneering and knowledge are not in conflict. We all yearn for ‘knowledge theory’. Therefore, even if you become the envoy of the Lord of Knowledge, it will not affect your participation in the adventure on the train.”

ScrewGum actually gave some advice.

“Since Master Boshi knows so much… then He should also know that there are two conflicting star god powers lurking in my body, right?” Kong asked tentatively.

“Of course I know. I think this is one of the reasons why He wants you to join.”

Ruan Mei said softly.

From the deviations in the persuasion of Luoshi Gumu and Ruan Mei, Kong Du understood that they were ready to have a classical debate with him and would do whatever it took to drag him onto the “pirate ship”.

20. It’s true!

“I will eventually leave this world, so is it okay?”

“Dr. Kong, you can think of it this way… just think of joining the club as a short-term academic exchange. The club does not necessarily mean responsibilities and obligations, but it is still very helpful in sharing knowledge.”

Ruan Mei’s voice was calm and gentle: “When you leave this world, the power of destiny will inevitably weaken, but the knowledge you have gained will follow you for the rest of your life.”

“We’re not the Society of Knowledge, sharing knowledge or anything like that… Uh, okay, I shouldn’t say anything.”

Just as Heita was about to complain, Ruan Mei turned around and looked at her, the leader of the party. Even though she didn’t open her eyes, the faint intimidation still made Heita curl his lips and do what he was supposed to do honestly:

“…Are you interested in the simulated universe? It is our masterpiece. After you join the club, we can perfect it together—”

“Black Tower, this is not a necessary condition for persuasion.” Screw Gumm was trying to sabotage again.

Honestly, it’s quite interesting to watch the arrogant Black Tower suffer a series of setbacks.

It wasn’t just Sora who was secretly happy. Eula and Holhaiya, who had been prepared not to get involved in anything except the experiment, also showed subtle smiles.

The communication between geniuses can also be very warm… Perhaps Heita is the exception. She is a person who has been changed by the “environment” composed of other geniuses… I’m afraid she was even more selfish before than she is now.

“He was obviously very interested in it, and even predicted that I would invite him to take the test.” The golden-haired man had roughly figured out Black Tower’s personality, but the puppet was still quibbling.

“Yes, I have no interest in the club itself, but I am quite interested in the simulated universe. If the prerequisite for my participation in this project is to join the club, then I am willing to join.”

Kong thought to himself that he had to encounter this project first before completing the daily task anyway, and this project was not decided by Heita alone – since the system said that he could sew it with the blessing of Boshizun, he could just symbolically reject their invitation. It would not do him any good if he annoyed these people.

But this statement sounded like giving face to Black Tower.

“Listen! This is what we call foresight! Dr. Sora, even if you don’t join the club, I will open the simulated universe to you—”

“Ahem… Please don’t take Black Tower’s words to heart… We really need someone we can trust to test the simulated universe. Since you’ve given us this ‘opportunity’, we won’t hesitate.”

ScrewGum was quite eloquent. He immediately picked up a beautifully wrapped gift box with both hands, walked around the round table, and handed it to Sora.

Although his figure was a phantom, it was obvious that holography or some other full-body scanning technology was used. But when the seemingly virtual box fell into Sora’s hand, it became real and very heavy.

“these are?”

Kong Kan opened the lid and took out the exquisite ticket with glittering paint.

“Ultra-distance remote sensing and club vouchers.”

ScrewGum pointed at the earphone-like accessory in the box and explained:

“Unlike ordinary long-distance remote sensing, this one has a physical body and can directly contact online club members. You can also publish papers or academic assistance invitations on the intranet built by Boshizun. As for club coupons…”

Heita quickly interrupted and poured cold water on Kong: “No one uses that crappy ticket. It’s just a symbol. There are only a few living people in this haunted club, and less than five of them are active there for a long time. It’s too difficult to just get together.”

“Black Tower…”

There was helplessness in ScrewGum’s tone.

“I’m just being honest. When have we ever used club vouchers when we got together?”

“That’s because you always manipulate puppets to attend meetings. It’s no different from Stephen being lazy.”

Ruan Mei also followed suit and made trouble.

“If I accept these, I will be a member of the club?”

Although the conversation between these three people revealed the unreliable side of the club, Kong was interested in other things and simply pinned the headset on his earlobe.

“The last step… is to confirm your code name and number… You are the 85th seat in the Genius Club… The code name given by Master Boshi is… ‘Traveler’. Do you have any objection?”

“No, just call it whatever you want, hurry up, I can’t wait to start the test!”

Sora rubbed his hands impatiently.

“Welcome, Mr. Kong.”

Grumm spread his arms, happy about Sora’s “open-mindedness” and “sociability”.

“We sincerely invite you to sign your name in the simulated universe project. Ah, but there is a small problem. When the first issue of the paper comes out, there are only four signature positions. I will put your name on the second issue—”