Abyss Silkall spoke again.
Anyway, thank you for your inspiration.
If there is nothing else, I will return to the Meta-Domain and continue my research.
I am already impatient.
I'll keep the entangled state with you permanently open.
If you need to contact me, just activate Dominion Logic.
She was halfway through dissolving into data when she suddenly paused.
Hmm...
Maybe we should also exchange contact information.
That brief entanglement earlier only gave me limited inspiration.
I do not know how long it will last.
And you probably would not want me contacting you by hacking your system again, right?
Alright.
Now I'm really leaving.
Screwllum replied politely.
Farewell, Ms. Abyss.
I look forward to our next contest.
Then he added thoughtfully.
I may also serve as a useful control sample.
My hypothesis:
By observing whether my memory and cognition of you change over time after contact ends...
We may determine whether the Nihility erosion affecting you has truly been suppressed by the blessing of Aha.
Inside the shared mental channel, Silkall's voice sounded again.
Oh? You opened the connection again?
But if we are already entangled, there is no need to say goodbye.
Screwllum answered calmly.
A matter of etiquette.
Abyss laughed.
I was only experimenting with switching states.
It is interesting to compare.
At that moment—
all three suddenly sensed something strange within the Banquet Dimension.
Lin Yi frowned.
Hmm?
Abyss immediately noticed it as well.
Wait.
That's not right.
Screwllum spoke first.
Warning. Anomaly detected.
A mechanical figure slowly approached with elegant steps.
Please do not be alarmed, honored guests.
The machine bowed slightly.
I am Banquet.
The intelligent steward created by Genius Society #56, Elias Salas, before his death.
My purpose is to manage the Banquet Dimension and welcome the honored geniuses.
Lin Yi glanced at Screwllum.
Screwllum gave a slight nod.
He had already inspected the machine.
Its security protocols were far weaker than his own.
Which meant it posed no threat.
The steward continued.
Unfortunately...
For countless years...
The Banquet Dimension has never once fulfilled its purpose.
To host a true gathering of geniuses.
My creator, Elias Salas, seems to have anticipated this outcome.
Here are his final recorded words.
The recording began.
Honestly... no one is probably going to come...
Then suddenly—
the recording burst into furious cursing.
Polka Kakamond, I **** [BEEP] ***!
After venting his rage, the voice calmed again.
Your name will be Banquet.
You will serve any geniuses who might arrive.
And maintain this place.
Though honestly...
You'll probably have nothing to do most of the time.
So just sleep.
Preserve your body.
Then the steward's recorded voice asked:
Sir, if geniuses truly gather here one day and hold a banquet...
What should I do?
There was a brief silence.
Then loud laughter.
Thanks for comforting me before my death.
Even if geniuses gather here, it probably still won't help my research.
But failing to accomplish this one goal in my entire life...
Still feels a little regrettable.
If that day really comes...
Then help me fulfill my wish.
Host them well.
And take out my collection.
Put it on the table.
Share it with them.
Consider it my gift.
The recording ended.
Banquet bowed deeply.
Honored guests.
Would you be willing to stay a little longer and continue this banquet...
So that my creator's final wish may be fulfilled?
I will also retrieve the gifts he prepared for you.
The mechanical steward lowered itself humbly.
Lin Yi turned toward the others.
So?
Screwllum? Abyss?
Screwllum answered first.
I do not mind staying a little longer.
But with only me present, it hardly qualifies as a banquet.
Lin Yi looked at Abyss.
She sighed.
Fine.
I've already waited thousands of Amber Eras.
What is a little longer?
Lin Yi rubbed his chin.
But three people still isn't enough.
That's barely a small gathering.
Then an idea struck him.
Geniuses rarely gathered in one place.
There was always someone missing.
But this time—
they had the perfect excuse.
Lin Yi activated Summoning Friends 2.0.
Chat with Ruan Mei
Lin Yi:
Where did you go? How's Yu Qingtu?
Ruan Mei:
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Yu Qingtu is awake. Fortunately, she drinks strange things all the time, so her poison resistance is extremely high.
What's wrong, dear?
Lin Yi:
Here's the situation...
So do you want to drag Yu Qingtu back and keep this banquet going?
Ruan Mei:
I can come.
But Qingtu just recovered...
Lin Yi:
No problem.
I'm an Emanator of Abundance.
Bring her here and she'll recover even faster.
Lin Yi typed something.
Plague Author of Abundance.
He froze.
Sent wrong.
Message recalled.
Merciful Medicinal King.
Ruan Mei:
...
Lin Yi:
Abundance power guarantees Yu Qingtu will recover instantly.
Very convenient.
Ruan Mei:
Alright.
I'll bring her back.
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She's a bit unwilling to come.
Wait a moment.
Lin Yi grinned evilly.
Yu Qingtu...
You collapsed after I drank the wine.
Now you're in my hands.
His sinister laugh made Abyss quietly step farther away from him.
Next Target: Stephen Lloyd
Lin Yi:
Screenshot.
Stephen Lloyd?
Come hang out at the Banquet Dimension.
Stephen Lloyd:
You guys go ahead.
I'll pass.
Lin Yi:
Have you ever really explored the Banquet Dimension?
Stephen Lloyd:
I glanced at it when I received the club ticket.
Lin Yi:
Then you definitely didn't look carefully.
Think about it.
This place was designed specifically for geniuses to gather.
Normal people can't enter.
And geniuses might not visit even once in a hundred years.
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