Cleverness Backfires!

"How did he find this place, the computer?"

Upon hearing 009's words, the computer stopped what it was doing.

"I let him in."

"This was my misjudgment. The Nine-Tailed Fox's position is our spy planted within the Nine-Tailed Fox organization. I control this hidden pawn, and the possibility of it being exposed beforehand is extremely low."

"From the moment he first came into contact with Bai Ye until Bai Ye became the new chief of the O5 Council, I began to intensify my surveillance of Bai Ye."

"I thought I understood him, but in reality, he understood me."

"I really can't figure out his behavior."

"I don't know if he was acting or if it was an unintentional mistake, but he definitely outmaneuvered me."

"According to my analysis, Bai Ye predicted that I would monitor him, so he deliberately did some things that I couldn't understand in order to conceal his true intentions."

"I don't know how he found out that Siwei was our mole, but his plan must have started from there."

"What seemed like a silly thing to me before was just a smokescreen."

"Violating regulations by using Beta-class Containment Object and indiscriminately launching a large-scale, indiscriminate attack on Arthur and the gamblers without regard for casualties."

"But we have the Mother Coffin to Containment Object. The Mother Coffin can keep Arthur and the gambler from dying. He can't kill the gambler and Arthur by doing this. He will only kill more than 200,000 people in vain."

"But not dying and not being injured are two fundamentally different concepts."

"Arthur and the gambler will be injured, but to the point of losing consciousness and dying, which shows that Bai Ye went all out and used more than one sacrifice."

"This is still pointless. As long as they can't find our headquarters, no matter how badly Arthur and the others are injured, it's only a matter of time before they recover."

"And that's precisely the problem."

"He seemed to have a clear goal in mind, leaving the Nine-Tailed Fox headquarters with great fanfare, but in reality, he was shirking his responsibilities."

"But shirking responsibility is a false message."

April 27th, sunny.

I love canned yellow peaches.

April 28th, light rain.

The message I wrote on the 27th was false; I don't like canned yellow peaches.

April 29th, sunny.

What I wrote yesterday was false.

April 27th, sunny.

I'm going to launch a surprise attack on Chaos Headquarters.

April 28th, light rain.

The message I wrote on the 27th was false; I will not launch a sneak attack on Chaos Headquarters.

April 29th, sunny.

What I wrote yesterday was false.

This is a set of incomprehensible behavioral logic.

Because it states the meaning too simply and directly, it might subconsciously make people think it's fake.

He then disguised his true intentions with another meaning, leading people to realize upon careful reflection that the previous message was indeed false and that he had other plans.

But in reality, this is also fake; the real purpose was made clear from the beginning.

Use facts to cover up lies, and then deny your own lies.

You could say this is self-deception, but there are many clever people in this world.

When a smart person thinks you are also a smart person, your thinking is brought to the same level.

After rational analysis, he felt he wouldn't do such a thing, and you, who are thinking from the same perspective, wouldn't do it either.

Of course, this is a simpler explanation.

Bai Ye's actions were undoubtedly more complex; he used a simple logic, yet made that logic complicated.

Bai Ye openly stated that he was going to launch a surprise attack on Chaos's headquarters.

In reality, it was to avoid the consequences of using Beta-class Containment Object.

The previous one seemed impossible to anyone, because they didn't know where the headquarters of Chaos was.

When there are only two possible outcomes, the answer is the latter.

Bai Ye was shirking responsibility. He went to extremes, killing all the Earthly Branches among his companions and recklessly declaring that he would simply join Chaos if necessary.

Everything was so natural, so natural that the computer only just realized that the first behavioral logic given by Bai Ye was correct.

Is this a case of being too clever for one's own good?

This is utterly absurd!

The computer clenched its metal fist so tightly it creaked. "I actually fell into such a simple logic trap."

"Bai Ye."

"Very well, you are indeed qualified to compete with me."

Just then, Bai Ye broke through layer after layer of barriers and reached the core of the chaos, standing in front of the 009 and 020 computers.

Arthur and Zhang Yuanqing have lost their ability to fight, just as he had imagined.

Bai Ye pushed open the door and swaggered in front of the two of them.

"I once asked a question: Why do some people always like to complicate simple things?"

"You've made complicated things even more complicated. Aren't you all exhausted?"

The computer, supported by mechanical claws, faced Bai Ye. "So, this is the kind of person you are—saying one thing and meaning another?"

"You're the one who complicated things, yet you turn around and blame others. You're really unpredictable."

Bai Ye looked at the computer screen. "Nice to meet you, 020."

"There's something I need to correct you on. Everything I did was very simple, but you insist on interpreting it in such a complicated way. What can I do?"

The computer really wanted to laugh, but it didn't install this module on itself.

"You might be able to use this kind of talk to persuade those fools who have no opinions of their own and can't think for themselves."

"You are well aware that your actions will have a positive misleading effect, and you also know that I will definitely fall into a cognitive bias. Isn't all of this within your expectations?"

"I admit, I lost this time, but you also..."

Um?

Before the computer finished speaking, a surge of white Yang energy enveloped Chaos 01 and detonated its fuel rods!

Boom!!

Chaos 01 exploded, and two afterimages appeared behind Bai Ye.

One black, one white.

The two illusory figures are male and female; the male is pure white, embodying yang, while the female is pure black, embodying yin.

Neither of them were Five Elements Incarnations. Two streams of energy, one black and one white, surrounded Bai Ye, drawing a circle as he moved his arm.

The Heavenly Stems each occupy one of the five elements, and are further divided into Yin and Yang, thus totaling ten.

The five elements of Yang combine to form Taiyang (Greater Yang), and the five elements of Yin combine to form Taiyin (Greater Yin). These Yin-Yang Two Energies, can also be called Liangyi (Two Forms).

The medicine Qin Leng obtained was Tai Chi.

Tai Chi can be divided into two, namely Yin and Yang.

Tai Chi divides into four, which can be represented by the Four Symbols.

Tai Chi divides into five, which can be represented by the Five Elements.

Tai Chi is divided into eight, which can be represented by the Eight Trigrams.

The Tai Chi symbol is divided into ten, which can be represented by the Heavenly Stems.

Its capabilities encompass a wide range of fields and can correspond to all things.

The Ten Heavenly Stems are just one form of expression among them.

But as Bai Ye knows, it is easy for Tai Chi to separate, but difficult to reunite it.

However, there is something called the Tiger Talisman.

Its very existence represents the balance of Yin and Yang.

Once Bai Ye obtains the Tiger Talisman, he can forcibly combine the Ten Heavenly Stems to create an incarnation of Yin-Yang Two Energies.

However, it is impossible to combine Yin and Yang into Tai Chi.

Because Bai Ye broke the Tiger Talisman, if Yin and Yang were to combine into Tai Chi, his power would reach the fourth level.