The Truth Behind the Colossi, and the Real Solution!

"Tell me, how much money do you need to spend to give me an answer?" Gao Linzhi said boldly.

"Dear players, this is normal gameplay content. Please do not disrupt the game balance by spending real money."

"I'm breaking the M code, wanting both, do you really think you're Li Shishi?"

Gao Linzhi silent.

This is truly being a hypocrite.

He won't tolerate that.

So he opened his mouth and said to the other party:

"One ton?"

"Player..."

"Two tons?"

Three tons?

"Make a deal."

The answer to the question is: Tear down the Colossus.

"If you can break the colossus, you'll have answered the question. If you can't solve the question, then solve the person who asked it—that's humanity's ultimate solution."

Gao Linzhi suddenly realized.

Yes.

He should have thought of that.

Look, Zeng CS, how did you resolve the conflict between population and land resources?

Kill over 50 million people, and the conflict between people and land will disappear.

This CS game even encourages players to get as many kills as possible, killing anyone they see.

Even so, it did not affect the worship of many people in later generations. Some people even used his family letters to educate their children and grandchildren, and built a shrine for him. It is simply ridiculous.

This shows that CS had already figured it out long ago.

He then looked confidently at the others.

"I know all the answers."

As he spoke, he personally stepped onto the stage.

He flew directly off the airship and soared into the air towards the twelve colossal statues.

Upon seeing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

The companion, codenamed "Wind," couldn't help but warn, "Brother, this is true death!"

"The Revival Stone won't work!"

Others chimed in, "Even though you've brought out the Soul Charm, what if it doesn't work?"

"Brother, you need to be careful!"

Gao Linzhi was quite pleased.

These people are fairly reliable.

Not the kind of short-sighted, petty person.

They have a long-term vision for cooperation and are intelligent enough.

Gao Linzhi turned to the crowd, his face serious, and said, "Fellow Daoists, the pursuit of Immortality inevitably involves taking risks."

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

"You have to give as much as you want to gain."

"Since we don't have divine parents, we must make sacrifices like those of gods to attain the fruits of immortality."

Everyone fell silent.

That's true.

Which of those self-made millionaires wasn't scarred and bloodied?

Whether it's your own or someone else's.

Good things never fall from the sky.

Unless you won the lottery.

But they told themselves they didn't have the luck to win the lottery.

Of course, Gao Linzhi exists.

He just needs to put on an act now, to put on a show, in order to unite these people and pave the way for his path to Immortality.

After saying that, Gao Linzhi went to the giant rat statue.

The giant rat continued to ask questions methodically:

"First question, what's your father's name?"

Clearly, this is similar to the question posed by the Colossus earlier.

The difficulty level is similar to solving "What does 1+1 equal?".

Gao Linzhi didn't answer. Instead, he jumped up and threw a punch that landed squarely on his opponent's abdomen.

That force, reaching over a thousand points, shattered the giant rat statue into dust from the outside in.

Everyone was immediately stunned.

Without hesitation, Gao Linzhi then went to the next giant bull statue.

"Second question, what's your mother's name?"

Gao Linzhi also didn't answer, and instead punched his opponent hard in the stomach.

The colossus instantly shattered into pieces and collapsed to the ground.

Ultimately, the supernatural cannot be destroyed, but the objects that contain it are not indestructible.

Otherwise, the amount of energy consumed would be far too great.

They never expected Gao Linzhi to be so cruel and tyrannical.

A colossal statue, hundreds of meters tall, was shattered with a single punch!

Someone immediately shouted worriedly, "Brother, be careful!"

"These grotesque giants cannot be easily destroyed; you will be killed!"

The middle-aged man who had led them here frowned.

Because after much thought, he realized that the bizarre and deadly rules did not include the rule that "destroying the bizarre colossus will result in death."

Because people subconsciously perceive this offensive behavior as a death sentence.

After all, even the strangest things can go berserk.

Just like natural disasters such as volcanoes, there is a difference between eruption and subsidence.

"Brother, will that Wuming gentleman be alright?" someone asked the middle-aged man.

"I don't know either, let's see."

To their surprise, Gao Linzhi was completely unharmed.

Nothing unexpected happened to him.

This left them utterly speechless!

The young man codenamed "Wind" asked his companion with a puzzled look:

"Strange, I wonder why this Wuming gentleman wasn't afraid of being punished by the rules from the very beginning?"

"Yes, he seemed to have it all figured out all along, as if he already knew the right answer," someone else chimed in.

"Impossible. He couldn't possibly know, and there's no standard answer; the questions always change." The middle-aged man who brought them there frowned.

He never expected it to turn out this way.

In fact, he harbored malicious intentions.

They wanted these people to scout the way.

Where in the world are there so many good people who would help others for no reason?

In ordinary life, there are indeed many good people, but that's because the benefits are not significant.

But now it's about seeking Immortality and the Dao, in a transcendent world.

The profits are too great.

Of course, it's not necessarily true that he's that bad.

He neither forced nor deceived anyone.

It simply explained the effects and dangers of the colossus in its entirety.

The main idea is "willing to take the bait".

In fact, Gao Linzhi and the others did take the bait.

He used these people for testing.

If these people can successfully pass the test, then he will naturally be able to make a profit as well.

If these people fail, he suffers no loss.

These people deserved it; for him, it was a sure win.

That's the truth.

Gao Linzhi's choice, however, was completely unexpected.

And so, under the watchful eyes of everyone, they watched as Gao Linzhi destroyed the Rat Statue, then the Ox Statue, then the Tiger Statue, and finally the Rabbit Statue.

Until the time of the dragon statue.

Where were you originally born?

Just as Gao Linzhi was about to reach out and destroy the giant dragon statue.

The dragon suddenly came to life!

Its enormous body, which had been lying on the ground, began to wriggle.

A dragon head lowered its head to look at Gao Linzhi, then asked fiercely:

Why don't you just answer the questions honestly instead of trying to destroy us?

"Who gave you the courage?"

Aren't you afraid of dying?

Gao Linzhi smiled.

"When someone deliberately presents you with a moral and life-or-death dilemma, what you need to do is not to give a difficult answer."

"Instead, you can directly defeat the person who set the question, and then no one can stump you anymore."

"If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who raised it."

"This is a common rule."

That's what I'm doing now.

At this moment, the dragon colossus fell silent.

It never expected that anyone would resort to such methods.

The reason they display their enormous bodies, hundreds of meters tall, is to create the preconceived notion that they are indestructible.

They can indeed be destroyed.

The strangeness behind this is eternal.

However, these twelve colossal stone statues are merely vessels and can be destroyed.

Aren't you afraid of being attacked by the gods?

Gao Linzhi smiled again.

Of course I'm not afraid.

Because he is not the original body that arrived here.

It's just a Game Character.

And it has enough guarantees to be resurrected.

He was naturally not afraid of such a so-called Lethal Strike attack.

This so-called Lethal Strike attack can only scare some novices.

For a seasoned veteran like him, it's not that he was dismissive, but rather that he was well-prepared.

The dragon colossus was helpless.

It then quickly burrowed into the ground.

It doesn't want to be broken.

Since being chosen by that Divine Anomalies, it is an immortal being unless it is killed by humans.

It couldn't bear to part with the stone demon's lifespan.

Being a stone has many advantages, such as being able to see birds singing and flowers blooming, and also being able to experience the taste of various storms and rainstorms.

The warm sun in winter, the cool breeze in summer.

These are all things that stone demons can enjoy.

This is actually quite similar to how people eat.

After seeing this, some of them quickly noticed a new problem.

The middle-aged man was the first to shout, "Stop!"

"You've destroyed the things; the problem is temporarily solved."

"But the reset function we wanted is also gone!"

"Just like the conflict between people and the land, if you kill everyone, the conflict between people and the land will indeed disappear."

"But there's nothing to be gained from the land, so what's the point of killing people?"

This is why killing people cannot truly solve economic collapse.

The people are gone, the conflict between people and land is over, but the imperial court can no longer be maintained.

Do you really think humans can reproduce so quickly?

Impossible, it would take at least 20 years.

The question is, can a court riddled with internal conflicts and lacking manpower support survive for another 20 years?

Of course, in reality, things can calm down for a while longer.

It must be said that everyone who heard this agreed.

"Yes, you may have killed them all, but the effect we want will still be useless!"

"Then what should we do?"

Everyone immediately became anxious.

They now had only one option: to quell the unrest.

Only in this way can hope be preserved.

"Stop him right now! Don't let him hit anyone else!"

"Brother, stop fighting! Stop it!"

No one dared to disembark from the flying boat.

Who knows if they'll die after they go in?

They don't have Gao Linzhi's guts.

"Brother, if we keep fighting, we'll have failed in our mission here!"

"Yes, this weird function will be ruined."

"We can't possibly kill this monster, can we?"

"If that's the case, it would have been better not to come."

And at this time...

Gao Linzhi had already stopped in front of the sixth colossus, the snake colossus.

The dragon statue from before has already run away.

He looked at the giant snake statue before him.

He simply said:

"So? Can you understand human speech now?"

"I understand, I understand."

"My lord, it was all my fault for being ignorant and causing you trouble."

Good grief, everyone was speechless.

Is that even possible?

Gao Linzhi's choice, and how things unfolded, completely exceeded their expectations.

It's like watching Journey to the West; at the end, you suddenly discover that even the high and mighty gods and Buddhas are greedy for human affairs.

They went to great lengths to find people to learn from, hoping to spread their influence and swindle money from new places.

As a result, he couldn't control the greed of his subordinates.

This can be considered a top-notch satirical technique in Journey to the West, and it also serves to demystify the story.

People generally believe that top-level figures are perfect and capable of everything.

That's not actually the case.

They were just as greedy and just as foolish.

That's the charm of classic works.

At this moment, the giant snake began to feel fear.

It actually transformed into its original form, with a giant stone serpent lying prostrate below, kneeling in worship towards Gao Linzhi.

Everyone was utterly shocked.

The opponent's brute force against skill was indeed ruthless!

"Alright, alright, we grant your request. We can record your name and status so that when you wish to be resurrected, you can choose to have your body reshaped here," the giant snake statue said.

It seems the two have reached a consensus to "fight"?

Everyone was shocked once again.

They looked at each other.

"I never imagined that a mission could be solved this way?"

"So, does that mean we've succeeded?"

"Then why bother with all that effort before?"

"Strange, doesn't this weirdo get angry?"

At this moment, a companion named "Electricity" suddenly realized something.

"I see!"

"Actually, this anomaly is harmless; the problem was raised by the twelve stone goblins themselves!"

"They use this strange ability to justify eating people!"

"Damn it, it's like the Buddha Tathagata the True Sutra; he himself is naturally very generous in doing so, but his subordinates are not."

"I see."

"So that's the truth. Actually, you don't need to answer any questions. Just by coming here, the strange entity can record your state, just like a natural magnetic field records images."

"Yes, some natural magnetic fields can record images from very long ago, and this strange phenomenon is precisely that kind of wonder!"

They never expected the truth to be like this.

Gao Linzhi also heard their conversation.

That's the truth.

They actually managed to complete the task in this way.

This is absolutely incredible.

But regardless, that's how Gao Linzhi completed the mission.

The other colossi trembled with fear, some burrowing underground to hide, others simply kneeling down.

They then

Then, a dozen or so people looked at Gao Linzhi with complicated expressions.

The other party's methods, as well as their broad-minded thinking and imaginative ideas, were all refreshing.

This is a closed-off place; such ideas could not possibly arise here.

Without restrictions or suppression, such ingenious methods of cracking can be born.

It will not be fixed within a frame.

Then, the dozen or so people began to record their status one by one.

The middle-aged man was the most shocking.

He never imagined that the solution didn't require much thought; all he needed to do was deal with the person who raised the problem!