Asking the Heavenly Palace
Chapter 559 Asking the Heavenly Palace
Word count: 1877 · Updated: October 13, 2025
Chapter 559: Asking the Palace in Heaven
After watching the group chat for a few minutes, Claire put away his phone and prepared to go to sleep.
"Speaking of which, what was the starting price for the P35 that Shajin promised me?"
Crane lay in bed, his right arm resting under his head, thinking about this matter as his brain, which was always particularly active before going to bed, turned.
"According to Shajin himself, he is P45."
"P35...how much is it?"
"If I were to become P35 upon joining the company, that wouldn't be much higher, right?"
...
"I ask the palace in heaven, when will we meet again? I am so eager to return home that I would fly over mountains and leap for you..."
The cell phone rang, Scott took it out of his pocket and looked at the unfamiliar caller number.
"Who is this?" He looked at the screen of his mobile phone, not knowing who was calling him.
After coming to this world, he had tried to contact the company, but every time he called, he was unsuccessful. It seemed that the signal from the different universes could not be connected.
Without giving it much thought, Scott tapped the answer button and put the call to his ear.
"Hello, who is this?"
From the other end of the phone came Sha Jin's voice, which was smiling and a little lazy.
"I am gold dust."
"Ah!" Scott was startled. "It's... Mr. Gold Dust of the Stoneheart Ten?"
His brain raced, wondering why Sha Jin would call him and how Sha Jin could contact him.
Although he didn't know how Sha Jin was able to contact him, nor did he know why Sha Jin would look for him.
but...
Gold dust equals P45 level, equals company executive, equals promotion and salary increase, equals oneself is about to rise to prominence.
A logical chain quickly took shape.
Before Scott could say anything, the voice on the other end of the phone continued.
"Well, let me think, you are..."
"Oh, never mind."
"Anyway, I have a mission for you now."
Scott's expression stiffened for a moment, then quickly changed to a flattering tone.
"Hey, Director Gold Dust, please tell me."
"Just commit suicide." Sha Jin's voice was very crisp.
"Eh? Wha...what?" Scott felt he didn't hear clearly. "What do you mean? Let me form an alliance with you and fake my death..."
"I mean to withdraw you from this Holy Grail War."
Gold dust interrupted Scott's guess.
"This...what you said might be a little inappropriate..."
"Look, I've been transferred to this barren land and endured several months of hardship. Now, with just one word, you want to reduce all my points to zero. I'm afraid this is... inappropriate, isn't it?"
Scott's expression suddenly turned very ugly.
"Director Shajin, no matter how far-reaching the Strategic Investment Department is, I'm afraid it can't reach our Market Development Department, right?"
Gold Dust still didn't care what Scott said.
From the other end of the line came the sound of wine being poured into a glass.
"I'll help you top up your points, and you can be promoted directly to P27 when you return."
Scott's expression suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny.
"Hey, Director Shajin, look at what you're saying. It's just a small matter, why do you need to call me in person? I will definitely handle this matter quickly and beautifully. Okay, I'll do it now, and I promise I won't let you down."
There was a brief silence on the other end of the line.
A few seconds later.
First there was the sound of a cup being gently placed on the table, followed by the still lazy voice of Sha Jin.
"very good."
beep---
The call was immediately hung up by the person on the other end, leaving Scott no chance to flatter.
As the call was hung up, Scott's expression turned ugly again.
He stared at the phone interface for several seconds, then picked up his service gun.
The moment the pistol was pressed against his head, Scott hesitated.
If he quit like this, it would mean that he had completely given up the chance to fight for the Holy Grail and the Universal Wishing Machine.
but...
Does he really have the credentials to compete with Governor Gold Dust and Esther? And that terrifying Ancient Sun God...
P27...
But he is a little afraid of pain...
By the way, it seems that if the Lord of Protection dies, then I will also withdraw from the Holy Grail, and the effect of the war will be the same.
Scott hesitated for a moment and looked at John who was eating not far away.
He gritted his teeth and opened his mouth to shout.
"John, use the Command Spell to order me to commit suicide!"
A few seconds later.
Bang!
Loser, out.
...
170 Townsend, Queens, Cline Room.
Crane suddenly felt something.
A gold coin appeared in his hand and he threw it upwards with a flick of his finger.
The gold coin rolled up and down, and soon fell into his hand again, where he grabbed it.
Without looking at the front and back of the gold coin, the corresponding content had already appeared in Crane's mind.
Another group of servants has left the stage...
Countless thoughts raced through his mind.
A few seconds later, he tossed the coin back into Sefirah Castle and made a decision.
Without paying any further attention to the Servant's exit, Crane used meditation techniques to quickly put himself into a dream.
He had a premonition that this would be his last time entering the simulated universe.
At the same time, he also had a premonition that the Goddess of Night might have something to entrust to him, and he needed to get himself into the best condition before going to see the Goddess of Night on Wednesday.
As Crane's mind calmed down, he was able to notice that his consciousness first fell silent, entered a dream, and then quickly emerged from the dream.
The surrounding environment changed and collapsed in an instant.
The bed was broken, the room disappeared, and it seemed that the whole world was distorted.
Crane felt his body sinking rapidly.
Crane didn't open his eyes, but quickly assessed the situation.
This was his first time entering a simulation while fully awake, and it felt strange.
Is this what it feels like to enter a simulation? But...
The spirit insects within Crane's body attempted to analyze.
But when he reopened his eyes, he was already inside the simulated universe.
It's a pity that I still don't understand the structure of the simulated universe.
Crane shook his head and began to look around, trying to find relevant information about this area from its "history".
Soon, he understood everything.
Now he was on an unknown planet covered with metal, in a ruin shrouded by the smoldering sun.
Crane raised his head and looked straight ahead.
In front of Crane, a sophisticated mechanical giant was slowly walking towards Perfecting the Anti-Despair Equation
Chapter 560 Perfecting the Anti-Despair Equation
Word count: 2067 · Updated: 2025-10-13
Chapter 560: Perfecting the Anti-Despair Equation
It picked up the scattered parts on the ground and methodically installed them on its huge, fortress-like body.
The pistons rose and fell, the densely packed levers pulling the gears to rotate, emitting a dull roar. Those parts repaired the damaged body of the machine in the distance.
Then came the sound of footsteps.
Crane looked back and saw an old man with half of his arm hanging down coming in front of him.
The old man seemed to have lived here for a long time and was already accustomed to the strange scenes and ancient intelligent machines before him.
He stared at Crane, the uninvited guest, with the only remaining piece of his visual lens and nodded with satisfaction.
"How does it feel? Shocking?" the old man suddenly asked.
Crane turned his head to look at the huge machine, his pupils turned dark, and he opened his clairvoyance to examine the machine.
After acquiring the status of Sequence Zero, his vision also changed.
It seems that he indeed possesses some of the symbols of the "Lord of Time and Space" and the "Beacon of Destiny", and can easily see through the past, future and fate of a low-level object.
Feeling the inexplicable heaviness and spirituality unique to life from the layer above, Clayne nodded.
"It is indeed a remarkable machine... no, an omnic."
"Hehehe." The old man laughed. "You are very polite, little kid. You know to call him an omnic, not a robot."
"Because we have omnics there too." Crane nodded gently in response.
"Really? That's good." The old man looked at Crane, patted his back, and then turned his gaze back to the huge machine.
"I miss you so much! Once upon a time, there was an organism like you standing here, astonished by the life created by the Emperor himself."
Emperor.
Crane knew the name.
In previous simulations, he had occasionally heard about the First and Second Anti-Organic Wars in the universe.
He was slightly alert in his heart, but remained calm on the surface.
"So what happened next?" Crane asked politely.
"How could I remember?" The old omnic shook his head. A string of bitten cables fell out, along with several oxidized chips engraved with the emblem of the Rupert Empire. "They all said I was broken, just like this child."
Only then did Crane notice that this old man was also an omnic.
Just now, he was clearly a human being...
Strange... Why did I think it was an ordinary human just now?
A warning surged within Crane's soul, but he quickly suppressed it.
As the best faceless man and clown currently alive on Earth, Crane's face did not show any abnormality.
The old man didn't seem to notice anything unusual. In just a few seconds, he changed from a wrinkled old man into a steel machine.
The terrifying steel fortress stopped behind the old man, and its gears kept meshing, making strange noises, as if responding to the old man's orders.
"The Emperor's legacy is not open only to inorganic beings. If you can abandon your current shackles... it will guide you in the right direction." A scarlet light flashed in the machine's eyes, and his words were like a magic spell, resonating in Crane's consciousness.
Crane suddenly felt a little confused.
Who is he? He is Klein...
Is he human or an omnic?
he...
For a moment, Crane couldn't tell whether he was a human or an intelligent machine.
Maybe he's just a machine with flesh...
The spirit worms within Crane's body became chaotic, cable-like lines appeared within his body, and a metallic sheen appeared on the surface of his skin.
But soon, Crane regained consciousness.
But he still pretended to be controlled, using the abilities of the Faceless Man and the Strange Doctor to keep his body semi-mechanical.
Under the old man's encouraging gaze, he raised his hand and touched this "legacy of the empire".
There was no death in the simulation, so he could be reckless, but if he didn't try, he would likely miss out on a resource he could use.
A large amount of data and information poured into Crane's brain and body, seemingly trying to rewrite his will and reconstruct his flesh.
The feeling of confusion that had just occurred reappeared, but this time he was prepared and was able to adapt quickly, constantly regenerating new spirit worms in his body to resist the erosion.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Ten seconds, thirty seconds, one minute, ten minutes...
Crane continued to fight against the flow of information, as if he had grasped something from it.
But on the surface, Cline was unaffected.
Half an hour later, the old omnic sighed.
In his opinion, this huge metal structure did not respond to his "expectations".
But it doesn't matter, he is not anxious.
One day, the empire's successor will arrive before it.
The old man didn't give any instructions, but the huge machine started moving again.
The old man walked into a door that opened on the surface of the machine, and then the machine slowly rose in front of Crane like a huge mobile fortress.
The old man didn't look at Crane again.
He didn't care about Crane at all, and he didn't care about this "half-modified machine" at all.
He was just "abandoned" here.
The "pollution" produced by the giant intelligent machine no longer converged but burst out, making the entire surrounding area appear mechanized.
The shattered mobile fortress passed over Crane's head, and a huge torrent of information completely poured into Crane's body, almost making his heart stop.
A large amount of complex information flooded into Crane's brain in an instant, causing Crane's spirit to stagnate for a moment.
This was like an attack from the Knowledge Emperor of the Voyeur Path, Sequence 2.
But Crane held on and quickly recovered.
[Inverse organic equation].
This was the last word that came into Crane's mind.
Crane remained standing there, motionless, looking stunned by the huge flood of information.
But in fact, only he himself knew that countless spirit insects were scrambling to try to analyze that part of the information.
On the surface of Crane's body, translucent worms appeared.
They twisted and squirmed, moving in and out of Crane's body, constantly dismantling the complex information.
But this was not within Klein's area of expertise, so he found it quite difficult to understand. Most of the time, he could only helplessly watch the precious knowledge slip away.
When he came to his senses, the old omnic had already walked away with the giant omnic.
Only the footprints were left on the ground.
It seemed to be the mark left on the ground by the wind pressure when the huge machine flew over.
However, Crane didn't mind and was very satisfied.
Because today he successfully perfected his [Anti-Despair Equation