Xianyu flipped to the title page in disbelief.
Who was this guy who hadn't fought back, but instead said he wanted to save the universe? Where had this saint come from? Surely it couldn't really be him!
He examined the handwriting carefully. After confirming over and over that it was his own, he could only steel himself and keep reading.
In the fable, after bidding farewell to Mechanical Cat, the fish encountered docile cats and loyal dogs.
It came from the sea, so it knew that this seemingly flourishing tree before it might well collapse at any moment.
And so, the fish, which wanted to return to the sea, took the cats and dogs with it in search of a way to get home and save the tree.
Along the way, Mechanical Cat's admirers learned of this and were deeply moved. They all wanted to join the fish's plan.
Although Mechanical Cat bore the fish ill will, the fish was magnanimous and had no intention of taking it out on them. It allowed all of Mechanical Cat's admirers to join its camp.
Xianyu understood the clues he had left himself.
Mechanical Cat was the Aeon of Erudition.
The admirers were members of the Genius Society.
In one of his Loops, he had put their past grievances aside and taken over all of the Aeon's Emanators...
Wasn't that a kind of magnanimity?
The corner of Xianyu's mouth twitched.
Even if he was the one poaching Erudition's people... he still couldn't help cursing, "Absolutely shameless."
Xianyu was different.
He was far more merciful than his former self.
Feeling rather wistful, Xianyu took out his Jade Abacus and messaged Hua.
[No Replies Outside Work Hours: When you poach Erudition's people, at least leave a few behind.]
[Hua: ???]
[Hua: You already poached almost