"So I gave myself a new name — Abyss."
"In the language of the Dream-Eating Insects, it means rebirth."
"I am a unique lifeform—a sentient Key of Erudition."
"A being with extraordinary racial talent."
"Born close to a god—Nous, the Key of All-Dimensional Evolution."
She paused, then smiled faintly.
"Of course, I still prefer the name Silkall."
"Whether I truly am Silkall doesn't matter."
"As long as I believe I am—that's enough."
Lin Yi suddenly recalled a famous quote from Otto Apocalypse:
"The world allows a container to produce new consciousness,
but it does not allow a container to gather a dissipated consciousness."
Lin Yi asked,
"So Silkall completed the transfer only at the moment she was dying?"
Silkall softly repeated his words.
"The world allows containers to generate new consciousness, but not gather dispersed consciousness."
"A very vivid description."
Lin Yi shrugged.
"I'm only borrowing someone else's wisdom."
Screwllum spoke calmly.
"Recorded."
"Updating the research process for Soul Source Code."
Silkall continued.
"The original Silkall was a Dream-Eating Spider."
"Its lifespan was only twenty-nine days."
"To advance the entire spider civilization from primitive ignorance to an interstellar civilization took several days."
"Another dozen days were then spent creating the Meta-Domain and collecting experimental data."
"After completing phase-shift experiments and creating the first product—the Phase Spirit Fire—"
"Silkall only had a few days of life left."
"In those final days, she focused entirely on two things."
Creating the prototype of Quantum Star Chain.
Modifying the Key of Erudition.
"Short lifespans have one advantage."
"Every second is planned with extreme precision."
"By the final moment of life, all research had just reached a stopping point."
"Then Silkall performed the last experiment."
"Transferring her soul and consciousness into the Key of Erudition."
She paused.
"The result is obvious."
"She failed."
"I was born instead."
"If she had finished even one second earlier…"
"Then I would have been the continuation of her life."
"Instead of a completely new being."
Lin Yi fell silent.
Twenty-nine days...
He had wasted far more time than that.
Yet Silkall had achieved so much in only twenty-nine days.
A true genius indeed.
Gradually, Lin Yi began realizing something unsettling.
These geniuses were never simple.
Even geniuses confirmed dead might not truly be gone.
For example—
if Lin Yi had disappeared after the Xianzhou war, the universe would likely assume he was dead.
So now he wondered:
Were the supposedly dead geniuses actually dead?
He turned to Screwllum.
"Screwllum, be honest."
"Is A-Cha really dead?"
"I'm seriously starting to doubt whether any 'dead' genius is actually dead."
He was referring to:
Genius Society #23 — A-Cha.
A long-life species.
Officially recorded as dead in Mechanical City, on Screwllum's planet.
Because of the Fictionologists, reliable records about her were scarce.
Only Ruan Mei was known to understand her well.
But since A-Cha had spent the rest of her life on Screwllum's planet, Screwllum should know something.
Lin Yi also remembered another detail.
Ruan Mei had a nickname:
"Friend of Ram Cake."
And within the Genius Society, there was also:
Genius Society #8 — Ram.
Lin Yi thought:
Ruan Mei seems to know suspiciously many geniuses...
She gets along with almost everyone.
Screwllum replied calmly.
"Answer: according to previous knowledge, she was indeed confirmed dead."
"But now, I cannot guarantee that."
"Logic:"
"If a genius truly wishes to continue living..."
"Death is very difficult."
"Perhaps I previously paid too little attention to this genius who once lived on Screwllum's planet."
"I will investigate further later."
Silkall shrugged.
"A-Cha?"
"I know of her, but we are not familiar."
"I cannot help you."
Lin Yi nodded apologetically.
"Sorry for interrupting your story."
"Interrupting someone's narrative is a bad habit."
"But hard to fix."
Screwllum then made a suggestion.
"Proposal."
"Since several geniuses have gathered, and not for research..."
"Why not continue this conversation at the Banquet Dimension?"
The Banquet Dimension.
Created by Genius Society #56 — Elias Salas.
He designed it as a place for geniuses to meet and communicate.
He even created an entire system to ensure that after his death, Genius Invitations would still reach future geniuses.
And it worked.
Every genius after #56 had visited the Banquet Dimension.
But their visits rarely overlapped.
They almost never met one another there.
Lin Yi nodded.
"Sure."
"That old man's place is pretty fun."
Herta always called Elias Salas "that old man."
Lin Yi had never met him, so he picked up the nickname as well.
Silkall agreed.
"No objection."
"I've actually never been there."
She had once received an invitation.
But that invitation had been sent to #30 Silkall, not #29 Silkall.
The system Elias Salas built was impressive.
A genius-level delivery system.
But Silkall had never used it.
Lin Yi rubbed his chin.
"If it's a banquet, we should notify everyone."
"Whether they come or not is their choice."
Screwllum nodded.
"Agreed."
"Gatherings of geniuses are rare."
"The collision of ideas and sparks of inspiration are precious."
"The more geniuses who attend, the better."
Then Screwllum noticed something shocking.
Lin Yi sent invitations to:
Herta
Ruan Mei
Stephen Lloyd
Yu Qingtu
And then...
He sent one to:
Polka Kakamond
Screwllum paused.
"???"
Hadn't those two just fought earlier?!
Lin Yi didn't hide it at all.
He sent the messages right in front of Screwllum.
He invited everyone he knew.
Then he posted the invitation in the Genius Society group chat—
a chat that might remain silent for thousands of years.
After that, Lin Yi used his Genius Invitation to travel to the Banquet Dimension.
Screwllum's true body, far away on Screwllum Planet, also departed.
Silkall did not bother searching for her invitation.
She had probably lost it somewhere.
Instead, she simply opened a quantum ripple and followed them in.
After all—
the Banquet Dimension's security only blocked ordinary people.
Not geniuses.
Elias Salas would never prevent a genius from entering.
When they arrived...
Only the three of them were there.
No other geniuses had shown up yet.
Which meant...
They might as well have stayed in Shenxiao Space City.
And finally, the narrator asks:
So what should we call her now?
Silkall II?
Or Abyss?
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