Lin Yi said,
"I need your help. When it comes to memoria, Memory Keepers are the undisputed experts."
Zhili frowned slightly.
"You already have a plan? What exactly can I do?"
Given the current situation, she genuinely couldn't see what role she could play.
Lin Yi replied,
"I need you to cooperate with me and use memoria to weave a false world for him."
"After all, the only thing we need to do is buy time."
Lin Yi paused for a moment.
Thinking about the typical behavior of Memory Keepers, he decided it was better to issue a warning beforehand.
"I know how attractive memories are to Memory Keepers."
"But remember—our goal is to stall for time."
"Do not use this opportunity to probe his memories."
"If he recovers, we'll have plenty of time later."
"But if he doesn't recover, those fragmented memories will be useless anyway."
Lin Yi repeated firmly,
"I'll say it again."
"Do not attempt to investigate his memories during this."
"If you cause any uncontrollable consequences…"
"…I will really throw you into the Simulated Universe."
His tone carried unmistakable menace.
Lin Yi had developed a strong stereotype about Memory Keepers.
They were the type who would risk their lives for memories.
And he truly didn't trust them.
Zhili responded calmly,
"I understand the importance of restraint."
"And besides…"
"If one wishes to obtain precious memories, one must pay an equivalent price."
"That price is time."
Facing Lin Yi's suspicion, she expressed the philosophy she had formed through her long life.
It was the guiding principle behind her actions.
"This is something I realized over the course of my long existence."
"Only those Memory Keepers who have just received our lord's blessing and begun pursuing memories act rashly."
Her gaze was pure.
Her eyes carried sincere honesty.
"So you may trust me a little more."
"And I will not disappoint those who place expectations upon me."
Lin Yi fell silent.
After a long time, he finally replied quietly—
"…Alright."
Time passed slowly.
Second by second.
The wait felt endlessly long.
And yet at the same time, it felt brief.
Dekara continued accumulating power.
Naturally, Lin Yi wasn't idle either.
He kept stacking layers of recursive space, hoping to delay Dekara's charge by building an endless wall.
At the same time, he commanded the Phase Walker to deploy spatial gates to stall further.
Previously, when dealing with the Light Arrow, Lin Yi had forcefully extended the phase layer.
Within a very short time, he had opened long-distance, high-frequency spatial gates.
Not just any gates—
But the kind capable of handling planet-destroying attacks.
That operation had already placed enormous strain on the Phase Walker.
The system had suffered significant overload damage.
Even now, it hadn't been repaired yet.
Fortunately, repairing it wasn't difficult.
He could fix it slowly once he returned to the space city.
The real problem was that the spirit flame's spirituality had been heavily depleted.
That could only recover with time.
Because the Phase Walker was already damaged, Lin Yi had to use it very carefully to avoid worsening the damage.
That was why the current process felt so troublesome.
In summary—
This was all Aha's fault.
The reason Lin Yi was buying time for the Phase Walker was simple.
He needed to deploy enough spatial gates and barriers in advance.
So that when Dekara finally broke free—
The attack wouldn't cause catastrophic damage to the planet below.
His plan was simple:
Spatial gates would redirect the majority of the attack.
Spatial barriers would block the remaining shockwaves.
But preparing this setup required time.
Eventually, they could delay no longer.
Still, the incremental strategy had bought them fourteen minutes.
Through the spatial layers, Lin Yi saw Dekara begin to move.
He immediately retrieved the artifact he had previously found.
Curio — "Game of Life."
Lin Yi had recreated a copy of the data belonging to the legendary Punklorde figure stored within Herta's Curio "Punklorde Mentality."
He engraved that data into a Light Cone.
Fortunately, the curio "Moment of Eternity" recognized the memory as both "valuable" and "beautiful."
Thus Lin Yi successfully produced the Light Cone.
Afterward, he spent considerable effort reforging it.
He fused the Light Cone with half of a damaged Key of Intellect, creating a brand-new curio:
"Game of Life."
The Key of Intellect was a unique token possessed by every Genius.
It was also a blessing granted by Nous, the Aeon of Erudition.
Every Genius received one upon joining the Genius Society.
Even though the Key of Intellect shone with dazzling brilliance—
Ordinary people could not perceive its light at all.
Only beings possessing true wisdom could see it.
Because of this strange property, debates across the universe continued over whether the Key of Intellect even existed.
In a sense, it functioned like an intelligence detector.
Like the Emperor's New Clothes—
Except reversed.
Such a precious object naturally possessed countless uses.
It could:
Enlighten intelligence
Ignite inspiration
Accelerate thought
Eliminate logical errors
Most importantly, it amplified the greatest strength of a Genius:
Their intellect.
With it, the inspiration ordinary people spent lifetimes chasing became nothing more than fleeting thoughts for Geniuses.
Ideas that flashed through their minds thousands of times per second.
Though, truthfully, Geniuses were not that much worse off even without it.
Take Herta, for example.
She had turned her Key of Intellect into a staff and started playing with what she jokingly called magic.
The creation of the Phase Walker had actually been inspired by Herta's "staff."
In short—
The Key of Intellect was Nous's finishing touch for the Geniuses of the Genius Society.
But for Lin Yi, it was far more important than that.
From an ordinary person—
He had worked his way up to someone who could confidently say his achievements matched the title of Genius.
It had required tremendous effort.
And throughout that journey, his own Key of Intellect had helped him countless times.
After creating the Phase Walker, Lin Yi fused his Key of Intellect into it.
That was the true reason he could manipulate space and phase so freely.
Because to him—
The Phase Walker was essentially a third hand.
The Key was deeply bound to Lin Yi himself.
In a sense, it was the ultimate representation of Lin Yi as an individual.
It was the extension of his wisdom.
Even if his soul were destroyed—
As long as the Key remained intact and still shone—
His intelligence and spiritual essence would remain preserved.
The Key of Intellect anchors the genius's wisdom.
The genius's self anchors the Key of Intellect.
The genius's wisdom anchors the genius's self.
Together, the three formed a stable trinity.
A relationship of perfect mutual dependence.
This was the final protection Nous granted to the members of the Genius Society.
As long as wisdom endured—
Thought would never perish.
Even if the body was abandoned.
A genius's mind and spirit would forever exist alongside the Path of Erudition.
Together with Nous.
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