Lan Mu had long since figured out the Executor's attitude.
Whatever could be said, he would not hide. Whatever could not be said, he would not mention.
If possible, the Executor would even be willing to talk with him for a hundred days. As he had said before, playing chess was playing chess, and chatting was chatting. All the Executor did was wait for Lan Mu to die. Even if the process involved the two of them sleeping together, he would not care.
Thinking about it that way meant that what the Executor had said about the pyramid was of no help whatsoever to Lan Mu's survival.
So what if the pyramid had been born before 001? Its power was nowhere near 001's. When this timeline ended, would the pyramid here not be deleted as well?
At most, the pyramid was merely a prerequisite for 001's birth.
It determined Earth's birth, the evolution of life, the appearance of humanity, the stages of civilization, and humanity's entry into space and departure from Earth.
If humanity strayed from the path, or even brought about its own destruction, failed to reach space, or if society completely lost its potential... then at worst, there would be a Great Flood to steer humanity back, or everything could simply begin again.
Until... humanity advanced as the pyramid "wanted."
That process had likely played out countless times across countless universes in the earliest timelines.
The Earth that succeeded most spectacularly became part of the Prime Universe... giving birth to 001, and perhaps being destined to give birth to Lan Mu as well.
After that, the timeline ended. The verdict was sealed, forming "history."
Information was backed up. Every future timeline used it as a template, evolving with broad similarities and minor differences. Later timelines created brand-new histories