After Nero finished speaking, everyone else looked at him. Robin said softly, "Nero, what do you think?"
Although most of the time Robin treated Nero like an ordinary boy, seeing him as a younger brother, she had after all witnessed some of Nero's extraordinary methods. As for the judgments Nero voiced, she was quite willing to listen and think them over.
"You all know about the stories between the Aeons, right?" Nero said.
"Herta didn't make the Simulated Universe together with Screwllum and the others? In that game, we can learn more details about some things that happened in the past."
"And since the goal of the Simulated Universe is to understand and even analyze the Aeons, there are many possibilities for coming into contact with Aeons."
"Since Stelle is Herta's designated tester, she's played it more times than I have. I'm right, aren't I?" Nero looked at Stelle.
Stelle nodded. "Mm, Nero is right. You really can see a lot of things in the Simulated Universe."
Nero did not directly state his own opinion. Instead, he first brought up the Simulated Universe jointly created by Herta and several other geniuses, then had Stelle testify to it.
This was also a conversational technique. It could increase the persuasiveness and authority of Nero's ideas that followed. Although the people around him did not need Nero to speak this way right now, still...
After all, he was someone who could casually run to the Seat of Divine Foresight every day. Sometimes, without realizing it, he would pick up this kind of thing and then unconsciously use it.
"It's like this. Once, while playing the Simulated Universe, I witnessed the final divine battle of the Swarm Disaster."
Nero said very seriously, "During that process, I saw Xipe go 'whoosh,' then 'ah-woo,' and just eat Ena."
Hearing this, March and July's eyes had already narrowed.
Their intuition told them that Nero was going to do something big next.
Aside from the Knights of Beauty and Robin, everyone else had expressions more or less like the two Marches. And although there were indeed some records saying that Harmony had devoured Equilibrium, the way this kid was describing it...
"Whoosh" and "ah-woo" were supposed to be what kind of descriptions?
The scene that appeared in their minds after hearing those descriptions was completely broken.
And Nero was still continuing, "So, I was thinking, is it possible that Xipe has indigestion?"
"Huh?"
This time, almost everyone froze.
But in the next moment, March, July, and Stelle all showed thoughtful expressions.
The Knights of Beauty, meanwhile, looked at Nero with admiration.
The expressions of everyone else gradually became more and more interesting.
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"I knew it. Nero was definitely going to pull another big one on me." Siberian Duck said with a helpless laugh.
"Whenever Nero is cool, he's always laughing and joking around, then suddenly he's cool. Once this kid starts being serious, he's absolutely going to do something ridiculous the next second."
[Azure Sky: Not gonna lie, think about it carefully. It really does seem to be true. Does some expert want to summarize this?]
[Grass and Trees: The first time Nero got serious, he left Mr. Cold Feet sitting in the snow and almost turned him into Old Mr. Cold Feet; the second time Nero got serious, he proposed the prototype of Nero Factory plan; the third time Nero got serious, he pulled out that green-headed fish, the source of all evil from the idle animation; the fourth time Nero got serious, he built an elevator, and now this time, the fifth time Nero got serious, he proposed the indigestion hypothesis for Xipe.]
[Burning Star: Actually, if you think about it carefully, what Nero said isn't without reason. Look, Xipe has three faces but only one body, and she is the Mother of the Collective Stars. With so much memetic matter and so many thoughts, so many mouths, the things she eats are too mixed. It's not impossible to understand if she gets indigestion...]
[Smoke Swirls: The episode where netizens are the wisest.]
[My Pee Is Yellow: Nero thought of so many things all at once. He must be really smart!]
[My Pee Is Yellow: Being smart is great. Being smart means having a flexible brain, and having a flexible brain means having lots of ways to play. It's fun, you won't go numb, and every day brings new stimulation!]
[I Use Pantene: You'd better mean the Trailblaze journey.]
[My Pee Is Yellow: How could I not? Exploring XP is also exploration, exploring ways to play is also exploration, and if the renovation worker installs a new back door in my house, isn't that also a form of exploring my house?]
[Dan-heart Eternal: You'd better mean renovation.]
[Glue Man: I'm feeling better now, brothers. The moment Brother Yellow Pee showed up, the itchiness instantly disappeared.]
[Nero Space Station Regiment Commander: It's already a staple, isn't it? We can lose anyone, but we can't lose Brother Yellow Pee.]
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"Don't make those expressions..." Seeing the adults' expressions, Nero felt that he should explain himself a little more. "What if Xipe really does have indigestion and still hasn't digested Ena even now?"
"Uh... mm..." Robin tried to speak several times but stopped. Even she felt that this answer was somewhat blasphemous. In the end, she could only rub Nero's head. "Big Sister believes you~"
The other adults' reactions were about the same as Robin's. Although before this, they had all felt that they were prepared for whatever explanation Nero might come up with and could adapt to any answer.
But this indigestion hypothesis was still a little too shocking.
Compared with the adults, however, the juniors' opinions were surprisingly unanimous.
Even March and July, who were constantly arguing, reached the same conclusion because they had the same train of thought.
"I think what Nero said makes sense." March put on a thoughtful expression. "Besides, for Harmony, isn't Order also an external force?"
"Indeed. And Nero is friends with Aha, so that proves Nero must know more about the Aeons than we do. He might even be the person in the world who understands the Aeons best." July nodded as she spoke, affirming it. "So, what if? What if an Aeon really can't digest something?"
"What a reasonable deduction. As expected of Nero!" Stelle's face was filled with complete agreement. "After all, what Harmony ate was Order."
"Feeling slightly exhausted..." Mr. Yang sighed softly. Once again, he felt how difficult it was for Dan Heng to lead these three children on a Trailblaze journey.
As for the knights listening nearby, their reaction was even more excessive than the juniors'. They completely supported Nero's view without conditions.
"As expected of Idrila!"
"Truly wise! Truly perceptive!"
"Wuwu..."
Robin felt that this could not continue. The whole tone of the matter had completely gone off track because of a single sentence from Nero.
After adjusting her mood a little, she straightened her expression and said:
"No matter what, whatever the reason may be... I cannot tolerate my homeland walking toward the opposite of Harmony in the name of Harmony."