Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic Chapter 1185 - 637: The Radiant Emperor’s Answer

Perhaps that theory paints the Radiant Emperor in a far too favorable light.

However, Su Yu cast his mind back to a distant era—from his current temporal vantage point, it was billions of years in the past, an age truly long gone.

That was the period when his system panel integrated with the Star Tower Terminal, triggering an upgrade to his Holographic Perception Ability and seemingly empowering the panel itself.

In the aftermath, the panel unlocked formidable classes such as the Number God Mechanic, the Dream God Mechanic, the Time-Space Mechanic, and others of similar caliber.

The Star Tower of that era was not the one Su Yu had forged as the Source of Cause and Effect, but rather a creation of the Radiant Emperor himself.

It stood to reason that a single terminal of the Radiant Emperor’s Star Tower would possess enough influence to catalyze the upgrade of Su Yu’s panel.

If his own strength was the catalyst behind the enhancement of Su Yu's panel, then perhaps it was not so perplexing after all.

Su Yu leaned toward accepting this conclusion, especially since the Radiant Emperor had displayed no overt hostility toward him thus far.

Though he had effectively left Su Yu trapped as a desiccated corpse for ten millennia, that specific ordeal seemed orchestrated by the "Supreme Consciousness" lurking in the shadows.

The Radiant Emperor had merely bestowed upon Su Yu a suit of battle armor, and the final decision to occupy that empty husk was Su Yu’s own; no external force had compelled him.

Had Su Yu chosen to flee instantly, ignoring the crumbling state of Imperial affairs, he would have avoided his present predicament entirely.

Viewed through this lens, it seemed unlikely that the Radiant Emperor had intentionally maneuvered Su Yu into a trap.

At most, he utilized the Golden Armor to entice Su Yu into "taking the bait willingly."

Ultimately, it was Su Yu who chose to shoulder the destiny of the Radiant Emperor.

Contemplating this, it appeared the Radiant Emperor held no genuine malice after all.

"Very well, I took the bait, and that is that..."

This realization brought a measure of ease to Su Yu’s heart.

Yet, he could not fully discard his sense of unease.

An inexplicable feeling persisted within him.

He had never engaged in true face-to-face communication with the Radiant Emperor, having only experienced brief exchanges through the medium of prayer.

Regarding this human Emperor, Su Yu remained remarkably ignorant, even though he had occupied the Zhendan Throne for ten thousand years in the Emperor's stead and knew every facet of the Emperor's life story. Knowing a man’s deeds, however, is not the same as knowing the man himself; external actions alone are insufficient to define the true character of the Radiant Emperor.

This led to the burning question: why was Su Yu so predisposed to trust him?

In the past, no matter how dire the circumstances, he had never questioned the Radiant Emperor. At most, constraints prevented him from seeking aid, but he never harbored a doubt that the Radiant Emperor might possess ill intent or be plotting against him.

It was only later, when he found himself trapped in that corpse-like existence on the Zhendan Throne, that the seeds of doubt were finally sown.

Even then, Su Yu was eager to justify the Emperor’s actions, unwilling to think poorly of him.

As Su Yu analyzed this cognitive dissonance, he felt a surge of caution, wondering if his mind had been tampered with.

Yet, such caution proved fleeting; the moment he dared to doubt, his mind reflexively sought to excuse the Radiant Emperor once more.

His vigilance simply could not be sustained.

Su Yu questioned whether any mental influence could exert such a profound effect.

Even with the universe rebooted, and even holding the status of the Source of Cause and Effect, he remained trapped.

The potency of this manipulation brought to mind his own desiccated form and the Golden Throne beneath him.

This, too, felt like another unavoidable command from the Radiant Emperor—that he was destined to be a corpse, bound to that seat.

The origin of this compulsion remained a mystery, and even as the Source of Cause and Effect, Su Yu found himself unable to resist.

"Is this inexplicable trust in the Radiant Emperor merely one of his inherent, potent traits?"

"Becoming a dry corpse, sitting on that throne for ten thousand years, was an immutable destiny that even I could not escape."

"Perhaps this passive influence of trust is yet another aspect of the Radiant Emperor's nature!"

"Then again, this trust effect seems inconsistent, or else those twenty princes would never have rebelled... Does the trait of betrayal carry more weight?"

Su Yu pondered the various qualities of the Radiant Emperor, his curiosity regarding the true nature of this being deepening.

He did not seem like the Supreme Evil Gods such as Saintly Sin, Evil Fate, or Desire Corpse, but rather a Transcendent entity existing within the Material Universe.

Yet, he possessed such an enigmatic essence that he remained utterly inscrutable.

With this thought, Su Yu vibrated the Star Tower signal, sending a direct message to the Radiant Emperor who was currently "performing" on Azure Star.

The transmission conveyed his lingering uncertainties.

Unable to restrain himself, he opted to question him openly.

Upon intercepting the signal, the Radiant Emperor, who was perfectly imitating Su Yu, faltered for a fraction of a second—no more than a billionth of a heartbeat.

Maintaining his cover, he carried on as if nothing had occurred, completely ignoring the inquiry.

"So, playing deaf now, are we?"

Su Yu recognized that the Radiant Emperor had certainly received the message but deliberately chose silence.

While momentarily speechless, Su Yu soon deduced the reason.

For some inexplicable purpose, the Radiant Emperor was determined to play the role of the past Su Yu with absolute perfection.

Every movement and fluctuation in Spiritual Energy had to be flawless, executed with such precision that even Su Yu could not identify a single discrepancy.

Answering Su Yu’s message would have inevitably fractured that illusion of precision.

Though the motive behind this theatrical dedication remained unclear, the Emperor’s resolve to continue the performance was evident.

"If pushed, I might just annihilate Azure Star and see how you continue to act then..."

Su Yu mused to himself, though it was merely a thought, not a course of action.

Suddenly, an inspiration struck, drawing his focus back to that momentary pause.

"Wait, if the Radiant Emperor is committed to perfect accuracy, that hesitation destroyed the illusion entirely."

"Or was that within the threshold of permissible error?"

"But even with an allowance for error, given the Radiant Emperor’s capacity, such a pause should never have occurred..."

"Therefore, he did answer—within that infinitesimal pause!"

With this realization, Su Yu set his focus on analyzing that flicker in time.

In that brief moment, the Radiant Emperor had paused for 0.0000000000000023625136256... seconds!

The observational resolution of the Star Tower was effectively infinite; regardless of theoretical constraints like Planck time, the stream of integers continued to unfold as if time itself could be subdivided into infinity.

With the Quantum Observation God Supreme Consciousness long gone, the rules of time were his to interpret.

Capturing the numerical string, Su Yu processed it through layers of decryption until he finally decoded the message:

"The universe we inhabit has achieved true infinity."

"A truly infinite universe harbors infinite possibilities, and every single possibility is destined to manifest in some corner of existence..."