As the saying went, turning evil made one ten times stronger, while washing oneself clean weakened one by thirty percent.
Gao Gong had imitated Brother Luo Ji and attempted enlightenment at the bottom of a coffin. Brother Luo Ji had comprehended the dark forest theory of the universe, understood that survival was civilization's first need, realized that civilization continued to grow and expand while the total amount of matter in the universe remained unchanged, and grasped the chain of suspicion and technological explosion.
Building on that foundation, he had finally understood the Swordbearer principle.
Gao Gong had also comprehended three truths: "The will of a level-nine civilization cannot be changed," "The decline of a level-nine civilization is inevitable," and "At least until the arrival of the universe's three great calamities, level-nine civilizations are invincible."
Then he had reached the same realization.
He could not claim to have understood everything, but he had at least grasped half of it—
That half was this: there was no future in being a patcher!
I refuse to be a patcher. I'm going to rebel!
He did not intend to suppress the cosmic disasters. He intended to guide them, provoking them to a level that had never been reached in his previous life.
For example, the level-nine revolution of the "Mechanical Uprising"—the Great Mechanical Cycle; the theoretically existing "Infinite Powerhouses" in the "World of Infinite Powerhouses"; the "Old Universe" in the "Destruction of the Old World"; and the "Civilization Corpse Tide" in the "Ancient Corpse Calamity"...
If one approached these things from the perspective of suppressing and digesting disasters, they were incredibly troublesome and almost impossible to eradicate.
But if one changed perspectives and looked at them from the angle of joining the villains' organization, then these things were absolutely wonderful!!
Gao Gong had finally