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Chapter 184: A Genius’s Invention — The Imaginary Collapse Pulse! · Oct 13, 2026

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151 Chapter 151: Fu Xuan — I Have a Bad Feeling About This… 2026-10-13
152 Chapter 152: The Impostor Galaxy Ranger! 2026-10-13
153 Chapter 153: Welt: Looking at Her, There’s No Way She Could Be a Bad Person 2026-10-13
154 Chapter 154: Raiden Bosen Mori Mei! 2026-10-13
155 Chapter 155: Are All Nameless This Reckless? 2026-10-13
156 Chapter 156: I Really Want to Blow That Imposter’s Head Off 2026-10-13
157 Chapter 157: Blade of Nihility, Shooting Star of the Hunt! 2026-10-13
158 Chapter 158: Rules Are Meant to Be Broken! 2026-10-13
159 Chapter 159: The Harmonic Choir — Dominicus Descends! (Please Subscribe) 2026-10-13
160 Chapter 160: Full Authority of the Herrscher of Sentience Unlocked! (Please Subscribe) 2026-10-13
161 Chapter 161: Authority of Consciousness! The Only Cheat in the Dream World! 2026-10-13
162 Chapter 162: The Harmonic Choir! Septimus the Great Appears! 2026-10-13
163 Chapter 163: Step Forward and Kneel, Lost One Wandering Beneath Death’s Shadow 2026-10-13
164 Chapter 164: Shouting About Friendship, Bonds, and Trailblaze, They Charged Right In 2026-10-13
165 Chapter 165: And Then, They Awakened From the Dream 2026-10-13
166 Chapter 166: Penacony’s Dreamscape Will Never Belong to Order! 2026-10-13
167 Chapter 167: The Reckoning — And the Farewell of a Fictionologist 2026-10-13
168 Chapter 168: So What If the Aventurine Stone Shattered? At Least You’re Still Alive 2026-10-13
169 Chapter 169: The Remnants of Order, and Sunday’s Redemption 2026-10-13
170 Chapter 170: Golden Treasure Chest: Noble Phantasm — Enkidu, the Chains of Heaven! 2026-10-13
171 Chapter 171: The Real-World Dilemma, and Penacony’s Future 2026-10-13
172 Chapter 172: Jade: Mr. Evan, Shall We Talk in My Room? 2026-10-13
173 Chapter 173: So Then, Lady Bonajade... What Is the Price? 2026-10-13
174 Chapter 174: Jade’s Test — Evan Was Never a Saint 2026-10-13
175 Chapter 175: Silver Wolf — Where Exactly Are You Taking Firefly? 2026-10-13
176 Chapter 176: Don’t Be Afraid, I Just Want to Get to Know You Better 2026-10-13
177 Chapter 177: Entropy Loss Syndrome? Easy Work! 2026-10-13
178 Chapter 178: A Knight Walking Beneath the Sun 2026-10-13
179 Chapter 179: The Balance Between Life and Destruction 2026-10-13
180 Chapter 180: They’re Hunting Sam—What Does That Have to Do with Firefly? 2026-10-13
181 Chapter 181: Genius Society Member No. 79 — Calderon Chadwick 2026-10-13
182 Chapter 182: An Imprisoned Soul — The Genius Confined Within the Dream 2026-10-13
183 Chapter 183: The Family’s Corruption, the IPC’s Hegemony! 2026-10-13
184 Chapter 184: A Genius’s Invention — The Imaginary Collapse Pulse! 2026-10-13
185 Chapter 185: A Genius’s Final Rest, and Herta’s Invitation 2026-10-13
186 Chapter 186: Mini Herta, Herta, and Big Herta! 2026-10-13
187 Chapter 187: Harvest, Comprehending Reconstruction, and the Imaginary Implosion Pulse! 2026-10-13
188 Chapter 188: I Shall Become a Blade Hanging Above Tyrants and Despots 2026-10-13
189 Chapter 189: The Emperor’s War? No—The War of Schools of Thought! 2026-10-13
190 Chapter 190: Simulated Universe — The Unknowable Domain 2026-10-13
191 Chapter 191: Entering the Unknowable Domain! Facing Polka Kakamond Once Again 2026-10-13
192 Chapter 192: The Scholastic War — The Intelligentsia Guild’s Darkest - 2026-10-13
193 Chapter 193: Another Treasure Chest! Polka Kakamond’s Omniscient Domain! 2026-10-13
194 Chapter 194: The Assassin Called Silence! Domain Expansion: Omniscient Domain! 2026-10-13
195 Chapter 195: Evan Hasn’t Contacted Me for Thirty System Hours 2026-10-13
196 Chapter 196: Authority of the Emanator of Elation — Blind Folly Knows Nothing 2026-10-13
197 Chapter 197: The Scepter System Is Mine! 2026-10-13
198 Chapter 198: Just the Fourth Seat? Easy Enough 2026-10-13
199 Chapter 199: Sometimes, Bullying Phantylia Isn’t Such a Bad Idea 2026-10-13
200 Chapter 200: Tingyun: My Benefactor, I Will Reclaim Everything 2026-10-13

The Radiant Feldspar — VIP Conference Room

At that moment...

Neither Old Oti nor Jade looked particularly calm.

Especially Jade.

How could she possibly not recognize the name Calderon Chadwick?

And Old Oti was no different.

This was a member of the Genius Society.

Yet unlike the other geniuses whose names echoed throughout the galaxy...

Chadwick seemed almost ordinary.

Aside from his extraordinary intellect...

He was simply a normal man.

But Jade, as one of the Ten Stonehearts from the IPC’s Strategic Investment Department—

One of the Corporation’s true upper echelon—

Knew exactly what was hidden behind that seemingly ordinary name.

The Imaginary Collapse Pulse.

Dr. Chadwick’s greatest achievement.

A weapon of unimaginable destruction.

A weapon that had claimed countless worlds and countless lives.

Fortunately...

It had never spread throughout the modern galaxy.

When Chadwick was young...

He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the pursuit of pure science.

His astonishing talent in Imaginary Theory...

Along with his groundbreaking research...

Quickly made him one of academia’s brightest rising stars.

Naturally...

The IPC soon took notice.

Dudley.

A senior executive from the IPC’s Technology Development Department.

Personally invited Dr. Chadwick to establish a research team.

Their objective—

Develop a new generation of superweapon.

One capable of eliminating the ever-growing forces of Destruction.

To prevent future galactic catastrophes.

To preserve peace throughout this Amber Era.

Inspired by such a noble cause...

Many outstanding scientists who admired Chadwick willingly joined the project.

Working in complete isolation from the outside world...

The team pushed the research forward together.

Eventually...

Their efforts bore fruit.

They overcame every obstacle.

Every technical bottleneck.

And finally...

Completed a scientific achievement powerful enough to shake the entire universe.

The Imaginary Collapse Pulse.

Screwllum first met Chadwick not long after the project succeeded.

After witnessing the experiment...

Even Screwllum couldn’t hide his amazement.

But...

The young Chadwick still didn’t understand what kind of monster he had created.

Because the IPC had told him...

The weapon existed...

To uphold justice.

Screwllum, however...

Never believed that.

He warned Chadwick.

He hoped the young genius would guard this Pandora’s Box...

Rather than opening it.

Unfortunately...

At the height of his brilliance...

How could Chadwick possibly listen?

For geniuses like him...

It wasn’t that they couldn’t see the truth.

Rather...

They chose to ignore everything beyond their research.

Until...

He personally witnessed the hell created by his own invention.

To verify the weapon’s effectiveness...

The IPC selected a commercial route currently under attack by more than ten separate Destruction forces.

Knowing full well what the weapon could do...

Chadwick desperately opposed the operation.

Only then...

Did he finally realize...

That Dudley—

The colleague he’d worked beside for over twenty years—

Had become a complete stranger.

Standing inside the control room...

Dudley coldly mocked him.

The guards blocked Chadwick from entering.

And Dudley sneered at his naïveté.

Only then...

Did Chadwick finally understand.

Everything he and his team had sacrificed for...

Had never belonged to them.

The countdown reached zero.

The Imaginary Collapse Pulse detonated.

In an instant—

That entire star system became hell.

Countless innocent lives...

Vanished without warning.

Thriving civilizations...

Were reduced to scorched wastelands.

At that very moment...

The genius finally broke.

From a scientist overflowing with confidence...

He became the murderer who had destroyed countless homes.

He had released the devil.

And become one himself.

Only then did he realize...

The justice he’d believed in...

Had merely been an excuse to deceive himself.

Afterward...

He disbanded his research team.

Then desperately tried to escape with the core research data.

He knew the IPC executives’ promise to take responsibility...

Was nothing more than empty words.

There was no way...

They would ever abandon technology as valuable as the Imaginary Collapse Pulse.

So...

Chadwick made his decision.

He would spend the rest of his life protecting this dangerous secret.

Even if it meant opposing the Corporation itself.

He knew...

The path ahead offered no return.

That was when Screwllum met him for the second time.

Using an invention created by another Genius Society member...

A special drug capable of selectively suppressing memories and consciousness...

Chadwick chose...

To erase his own knowledge.

He willingly forgot the Imaginary Theory he had once been so proud of.

Forgot every detail related to the weapon.

That way...

Even if he were captured by the IPC...

They would never be able to extract the knowledge from his mind.

It was a martyr’s choice.

Even so...

Screwllum honored his request.

He helped Chadwick fulfill that final wish.

Chadwick abandoned his knowledge.

But in return...

He lost his freedom.

For the remainder of his life...

He lived under the constant surveillance, house arrest, and coercion of both the IPC and the Family.

The drug worked perfectly.

As long as Chadwick remained alive...

The secret of the Imaginary Collapse Pulse remained safe.

But...

Even death wasn’t enough for the IPC to let him go.

Prepared long in advance...

The Corporation completed a memoria transfer the instant Chadwick’s body died.

So quickly...

That even his fading consciousness was preserved.

Yet to prevent that preserved consciousness from becoming stagnant...

The IPC placed his memories inside Penacony’s dreamscape.

Behind it all...

Lay an agreement between the IPC’s Technology Development Department...

And the Family.

From that day onward...

Two Amber Eras passed.

Everyone knew...

The length of an Amber Era wasn’t fixed.

Each one was measured by the moment Qlipoth’s hammer fell.

Even so...

The genius had remained trapped inside Penacony’s dreamscape...

For nearly two hundred years.

Constantly monitored...

Constantly imprisoned...

By both the IPC and the Family.

Protecting that secret.

The Radiant Feldspar — VIP Conference Room

Silence filled the room.

Old Oti lowered his head.

Jade’s expression had turned exceptionally grim.

Her trip to Penacony had never been about only one objective.

Yes...

She intended to bring Old Oti under the IPC’s control.

To expand the Credit system throughout Penacony.

But...

She had another mission as well.

Retrieve Chadwick’s preserved memoria.

Even after all these years...

The IPC had never abandoned its attempts to recreate the Imaginary Collapse Pulse.

Although that project belonged to the Technology Department...

Once the assignment reached her...

She intended to complete it.

But now...

Everything had changed.

”If neither of you objects...”

Evan folded his arms and smiled.

”I’ll contact my companions...”

”And have Dr. Chadwick’s memoria brought here.”

”Of course...”

”You’re welcome to object.”

His tone remained calm.

Yet carried unquestionable confidence.

At the same time...

The atmosphere surrounding Screwllum...

Turned ice-cold.

For the first time since entering the room...

The ruler of Planet Screwllum no longer resembled the refined gentleman everyone knew.

Instead...

He looked exactly like what he truly was.

A monarch.

Standing before those who had imprisoned one of the Genius Society’s own.

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