“And the second objective is naturally—”

“I hope to eliminate all Prison watches, so that the survival of all players will no longer have the pressure of ‘time’ on the watch.”

These two objectives, to put it simply, are essentially equivalent to—

He wanted to eliminate Prison watches and mechanical eyeballs.

In his view, without mechanical eyeballs, there would be no permissions;

Without Prison watches, there would be no life countdown.

However, it’s quite obvious that he hasn’t achieved either of these two objectives.

Among players of later generations, there are still individual Permission Players.

And the vast majority of players still face the pressure of “time.”

Players in the Novice Apartment are pressured by the time of the Novice Apartment;

Players in the Doomsday Apartment are pressured by the time of the Doomsday Apartment.

It’s as if the combined effect of all Prison watches in this era has been concentrated onto that single [Moon Phase Clock].

Actually, from a more macro perspective, Li Ku’s two objectives are almost like trying to completely eliminate the sun and the moon.

And the facts prove that he obviously cannot do it.

However, in later generations, there have indeed been some changes regarding these two objectives of his.

At this moment, these players also basically recognize his two objectives.

After all, none of them want to be bound by permissions, bound by time, and live with their hands and feet tied.

Li Ku is quite democratic. After stating his thoughts, he looks at the group again, seeking opinions:

“Do any of you have anything else to add?”

The people on Lin Jing’s side had received warnings from Lin Jing, so naturally, they didn’t dare to speak more.

Moreover, they have personally experienced what the “future” looks like.

So, whether to add anything or not doesn’t seem to hold much significance for them.

As for the people on Lin Dong’s side, one or two of them seemed a bit restless, eager to speak.

But in the end, it was Lin Dong who took the initiative to express his stance:

“Actually, with these two bottom lines and two objectives, it’s almost enough.”

“If we really need to add anything, it would be better to wait until we truly achieve the great cause of unification, and then add it.”

“For example, Qin Shi Huang didn’t think about standardizing cart tracks and writing scripts before unification either.”

Li Ku also agreed with this: “Indeed, before truly achieving the great cause, any further additions are just empty words.”

“Now that we have defined the ‘unification’ we all recognize in our hearts, shall we continue along my previous line of thinking and discuss how to achieve it?”

After he finished speaking, Lin Dong immediately raised a question:

“In your previous concept, we could use the [Curse of Despair] to eliminate the hair of Sun People players, thereby stripping them of their permissions…”

“But the two cases of [Curse of Despair] just now are clearly not quite the same as we envisioned…”

Lin Dong didn’t say it explicitly, but the meaning was obvious—

The Curse of Despair is probably not as simple as just losing hair and changing appearance.

Chen Cang and He Yuliang practically seem like two completely different people!

If the cost of eliminating Sun People players is introducing new enemies…

Then what’s the difference compared to inviting Dong Zhuo into the capital during the Three Kingdoms period?

So…

Li Ku also directly stated his position: “Then this idea of eliminating Sun People players’ hair will be shelved for now.”

“We can focus on considering the idea of stripping Sun People players of their eyeballs.”

“I previously mentioned a vague idea related to the moon infant.”

“But as for how to specifically utilize the moon infant, I haven’t thought of a clear direction yet.”

“However, the situation just now gave me a completely new idea.”

“And this idea… listen and see if it’s more feasible?”

“What I currently know is—”

“During the process of the moon infant’s birth, the mechanical eyeballs within a certain range around it will inexplicably lose control and sink into the ground…”

“So, if we can stage a grand, spectacular ‘Birth of the Moon Infant’ across an extremely vast area within Qiankun Land…”

“Is it possible that we could make all Sun People players’ eyeballs sink into the ground?!”

“Moreover, I previously heard He Yuliang narrate his past life and obtained a key piece of information—”

“In his past life, I had, before the maximum phase of the 「solar eclipse」, devised countless schemes to trap He Yuliang in the ‘Confusion state’…”

“When I heard his description before, I wasn’t sure what specific impact his Confusion state could have on the great cause in my heart.”

“But just now, I formed a relatively clear guess.”

Having spoken to this extent, he thought someone would pick up the conversation and directly voice his “guess.”

After all, this guess of his isn’t hard to guess.

However, Li Ku quickly realized that Lin Dong and the others didn’t seem to know about He Yuliang’s miraculous skill that involves a Confusion state.

Du Yuheng knew, but unfortunately, this kid is too quiet; even if he guessed it, he wouldn’t speak up.

So, Li Ku took the initiative to explain again:

“He Yuliang has a skill called [Paradox Protection]. This skill is equivalent to having an invisible progress bar.”

“When the progress bar reaches 50%, he falls into a Confusion state;”

“When the progress bar reaches 100%, he falls into a Rebirth state.”

Having spoken to this point, Lin Dong instantly understood and guessed Li Ku’s so-called guess:

“You mean…”

“In He Yuliang’s past life, you utilized He Yuliang’s ‘Rebirth state’ to create a grand, spectacular ‘Birth of the Moon Infant’ process…”

“And then made almost all Sun People players’ mechanical eyeballs sink into the ground in an instant?”

If it were truly possible for all Sun People players’ mechanical eyeballs to simultaneously sink into the ground…

Then in that instant, all Sun People players would be like lambs for the slaughter!

So…

Lin Dong’s eyes suddenly lit up brightly: “Perhaps this line of thinking… could really work?”

A grand, spectacular Birth of the Moon Infant…

Compared to other messy ideas, it seems more likely to be achievable?

And…

Lin Dong quickly speculated further:

“Perhaps it doesn’t necessarily require a real Birth of the Moon Infant.”

“But rather, as long as we find a way to figure out why those mechanical eyeballs sink into the ground during the moon infant’s birth process…”

“With a clear principle, we would have a greater probability of making Sun People players’ eyeballs sink into the ground!”

“And I guess this principle… could it be related to the World Tree roots deep underground?”

Whether it’s related or not.

At least at this moment, Li Ku’s plan for the “great cause” can be considered to have a preliminary embryonic form!

Only…

“He Yuliang’s current situation probably won’t be as easy to manipulate as in his past life.”

“And the situations of He Yuliang and Chen Cang also indirectly indicate—trying to rely on luck to randomly obtain the ‘Rebirth state’ from the [Salvation Domain] skill is probably extremely, extremely difficult.”

“That is to say, the relatively clear path we have left now might be to utilize the method within [Salvation Domain] that can definitively obtain the ‘Rebirth state’…”

“Which is, gathering 10,000 instances of betrayal.”

Regarding the skill description of [Salvation Domain], Du Yuheng has shown it, and Li Ku has also shown it.

The players present naturally all know it.

“According to the skill description, 10,000 instances of betrayal not only can achieve the ‘Rebirth state’ but also grant a title of ‘Enemy of the Whole World’…”

“Perhaps this title could also play a certain role in eliminating Sun People players?”

These are all just guesses.

As for actual action…

10,000 instances of betrayal would correspond to 10,000 instances of being betrayed.

That is, 10,000 instances of the Curse of Despair.

If these 10,000 instances are distributed among ten thousand players…

Then it would be equivalent to sacrificing ten thousand players.

If concentrated on the same player…

Lin Dong’s expression shook, and he couldn’t help but mutter:

“By the way, if the same player accumulates ten thousand instances of the Curse of Despair? What would be the outcome?”

Naturally, Li Ku couldn’t answer this question either.

He directly looked at Li Si and said, “The Sun and Moon People who were hit by the Curse of Despair before didn’t seem to exhibit any particularly bizarre phenomena?”

Li Si nodded.

Li Ku then continued, addressing Lin Dong: “If we need to conduct large-scale experiments using Sun and Moon People… then, the ‘Adolescent Personality Reconstruction School’ we are in might be an excellent venue.”

This is because, under Zhou Qiming’s instructions, Lin Dong also sought instructions from the Boss in 「Dreamland」.

Early the next morning, the academy massacre began.

So, the Adolescent Personality Reconstruction School has already, according to plan, introduced a large batch of robots, which are now referred to as Sun and Moon People.

Although Zhou Qiming is still unconscious in the Grand Auditorium.

So they aren’t sure what Zhou Qiming intends to do with the robots…

But in his continued unconscious state, uncertain when he will wake up…

Perhaps they could also directly use those robots for experiments.

At worst, after Zhou Qiming wakes up, they can introduce new robots according to his requirements?

In short, Lin Dong has no objections to using the robots in their school for experiments.

But the current problem is…

“We are temporarily trapped in this Blood Pool space, how do we return to the school?”

This problem, for Li Ku and Li Si, wasn’t a problem at all.

Li Ku said straightforwardly: “Simple. Conducting experiments doesn’t necessarily require being in the laboratory.”

“We can also… conduct experiments remotely.”

As he spoke, Li Ku looked at Li Si.

Li Si’s eyes were still wrapped in black cloth, but it clearly didn’t affect his vision.

He received Li Ku’s hint, snapped his fingers, and a dark purple crystal chip appeared at his fingertip.

That was unmistakably… the Target Anchor crystal chip!

With this kind of chip, one can remotely use skills on players and conduct experiments.

Li Si directly took out two Target Anchor crystal chips and used the [Salvation Domain] skill on them.

Thus, even though they were in the Blood Pool space, they could still let the outside world spontaneously unfold experiments with [Salvation Domain].

Only, they couldn’t see the process of the experiments from here.

Lin Dong mentally simulated it briefly and quickly concluded:

“Each time [Salvation Domain] is used, the player who chooses betrayal to obtain the skill will not remain near death for the full 100 minutes…”

“So this player can directly use their newly obtained [Salvation Domain] skill on a new player.”

“This way, as long as there are enough players, the [Salvation Domain] skill can spread like a virus!”

“Only…”

“To gather 10,000 instances of betrayal on the same player, that same player would need to experience [Salvation Domain] multiple times.”

“This situation would slightly affect the transmission of this skill among players.”

“And…”

Lin Dong’s gaze swept over everyone present, meaningful as he said:

“Then the player who is going to gather 10,000 instances of betrayal probably shouldn’t be a mere lab rat, right?”

Yes, the candidate for the player who gathers 10,000 instances of betrayal, who will definitely obtain the “Rebirth state” and even the “Enemy of the Whole World” title, obviously needs careful consideration.

Li Ku also said: “For now, let this skill spread widely like a virus, to facilitate its use later.”

“As for finally deciding who will achieve that ‘Rebirth state,’ we still need to prepare carefully.”

Indeed, the plan has an embryonic form.

But when it comes to specific implementation, it still needs fine-tuning.

In his heart, Li Ku pondered whether there were any details he had overlooked and considered the candidate for that “Enemy of the Whole World” player…

The other players also fell silent for a moment.

But then, Li Si’s expression suddenly changed.

Above his eyes covered by the black cloth, his brows furrowed tightly: “There’s an abnormal situation at your school…!”

His voice was somewhat tense, instantly attracting the attention of all players present.

Li Ku was still refining his plan and frowned upon hearing this: “What situation? Could it be… Zhou Qiming woke up?”

“No.” In Li Si’s eyes covered by the black cloth, a dark purple glow similar to the Target Anchor crystal chip faintly shimmered.

He seemed to have seen something or received some information through the Target Anchor object.

After a moment of silence, he said gravely: “Zhou Qiming in the auditorium has not awakened.”

“But…”

“Those Sun and Moon People players who obtained [Salvation Domain], whether they received a mysterious instruction or something, have inexplicably all run to the Grand Auditorium!”

Sun and Moon People players went to the Grand Auditorium…

This news instantly made Li Ku think of something.

The “eyes” that were only left with abyssal cracks seemed to widen for a moment like actual eyes.

He almost blurted out:

“Those Sun and Moon People…”

“They couldn’t have shattered, and then their eyeballs sank into the fish eyes of the auditorium reliefs?!”

“Yes.” Li Si’s tone was grave, “And those fish eyes, after merging with the mechanical eyeballs, changed from white to black…”

And this scene he described was not unfamiliar to Li Ku.

Li Ku fell silent.

Lin Dong was dazed for a moment before suddenly realizing:

“That Zhou Qiming, telling us to recruit a large number of robots to the school…”

“Could it be that he wanted to use a large number of robots’ eyeballs to light up… no, accurately speaking, to ‘darken’ those fish eyes?”

He instinctively wanted to analyze if there was any way to stop it.

But soon, his expression suddenly stiffened, and he said in a low voice:

“No matter what that Zhou Qiming’s plan is… we probably can’t interfere.”

“Because that was… personally approved by the Boss.”

After saying this, Lin Dong’s tone was complex: “So, should we continue with these remote experiments?”

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