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Shiller, who had grown accustomed to this kind of nested plan, didn't see any problem with his strategy, but the only problem was, from the perspective of an observer, it was unlikely that anyone could completely understand his circuitous series of actions.

Now, viewed from the perspective of an observer, the plan looked very much like Shiller, for some reason, after learning about the secret of the Egyptian Pantheon's ability to resurrect its followers, forcibly took the identity of the Pope Konsu of Moon God from Mark, struck a deal with Konsu, used Amit's attack to commit suicide, and personally tested whether the secret of resurrection was real or not.

After discovering that it was true, he violently interrupted the process, seized the ship, fought his way into the Celestial Realm, and pressed the Underworld God for the truth about the secret.

After obtaining the truth, he began attempting to resurrect a certain individual using various methods. When progress was not going well, or the wish ultimately fell through, he fell into madness.

Undeniably, Shiller's behavior of constantly pushing down the balance and yelling at the air greatly resembled that of an insanely mentally ill person who had been sensitized.

From the observer's perspective, wasn't it obvious that due to the inability to realize a wish that he had devoted his whole heart to, he lost his mental pillar, which led to emotional collapse and made him fall into certain illusions?

Additionally, Stark and Steve had just wandered through Shiller's Mental Hall, where they witnessed his childhood memories, thus closing the logical loop.

Because of the tragic incidents of Shiller's childhood, he had been trying to find a way to resurrect his parents. After learning the secret of the resurrection of the Egyptian Pantheon's followers, he dared to gamble with his life, but in the end, he still collapsed when his wish failed.

To be honest, after Stark and Steve figured all this out, they even felt that the death of Shiller was acceptable.

The moment they confirmed that Shiller was physically dead, they both felt it was absurd because it came too easily, which was unlike Shiller's usual behavior.

However, when they confirmed that Shiller had not actually died and his spirit had not dispersed, they felt a sense of "just as I expected".

When they guessed what Shiller had gone through, they felt that their worst initial plan might have been a better choice for Shiller.

Between death and mental breakdown, which one to choose?

On this question, surprisingly Steve and Stark agreed that they would rather die than experience such disappointment and despair.

Judging from Shiller's suicide to verify the secret, they knew how determined Shiller was to accomplish all this. But after he paid such a high price, no miracle happened, everything was like a bizarre, absurd dream.

Like someone who builds a stage with bones, uses blood as a curtain, carves out their heart for the performance, not afraid to pay the price of life for a drama, but in the end, it was all just self-deception before complete hopelessness of a madman.

Indeed, compared to Shiller's extremely absurd nested plan, this perspective was more reasonable.

Even, one might say, after analyzing the conditions and causes of all patients in a typical mental hospital, one would find that many patients with acquired mental disorders are actually caused by despair after too much hope.

Shiller's attitude towards his own plan was "you don't have to understand, just enjoy the benefits," whereas Stark and Steve's attitude towards their own understanding was "I get it, I get it all." Both sides were unwilling to explain, creating a subtle misunderstanding.

That is, Shiller was profit-driven, but everyone thought he was sentimental.

Shiller did not explain his whole plan to Charles, so Stark and Steve took the lead. After having a chat outside the door, Charles thought that Stark and Steve's interpretation was quite reasonable.

As a psychologist, Charles had a better understanding of the principle of human mental breakdown. Shiller's situation was very typical, especially his current behavior - violent, excited, uncontrolled, and chasing after meaningless illusions - wasn't this typical of delusional schizophrenia?

Actually, it would have been fine if it was just schizophrenia, but the problem was that Shiller also had multiple personalities. Beyond that, he split into the personality of a towering character, and at the same time, he seemed to be suffering from anxiety triggered by eating broccoli, depression triggered by answering too many phones, bipolar disorder caused by insomnia...

No one knew what kind of chemical reaction would occur after stacking so many ailments together.

Inside the room, Shiller was still battling death with that balance scale. Outside the room, Steve, holding Charles's hand, said earnestly:

"Professor Charles, we really have to depend on you now."

Stark also sighed and said, "Not only because he is our friend, but also he is very important to human civilization. In terms of spreading civilization to the cosmos, no one can surpass him."

He took a deep breath and said, "More often, he is the one to inspire us and opens up a whole new way of thinking. But the prerequisite is that he has to stay rational and think calmly..."