Lili also agreed with the assistant. "Zhao Rong," she urged, "the assistant is right. Why don’t you kill this Loch Ness monster, skin it, pull out its tendons, drink its blood, and eat its flesh? Then you can take the Perpetual Motion Machine from its body and apply for a patent."

Yu Lan chimed in, "Zhao Rong, there’s no such thing as a Perpetual Motion Machine in this world. If you became the first person to invent one, you’d definitely win a Nobel Prize!"

Xuelian had a different, wilder thought. "What do you all know? If Zhao Rong doesn’t destroy this Loch Ness monster, the Perpetual Motion Machine inside it will destroy the entire world."

Hearing Xuelian, Zhao Rong immediately affirmed her point. "You all don’t understand. In our world, energy must be conserved. If a Perpetual Motion Machine were to appear and break this balance, it would inevitably cause a world war and destroy all of humanity. So, I must not only eliminate this Loch Ness monster but also blast it to smithereens. The Perpetual Motion Machine inside must also be shattered, making it disappear from this world forever."

After speaking, Zhao Rong pulled the trigger. A rocket shot out from the launcher on his shoulder, striking the Loch Ness monster with incredible precision. Upon impact, the creature immediately burst into violent flames and exploded. In that same instant, the Perpetual Motion Machine within its body was also completely destroyed.

Seeing that the Perpetual Motion Machine was finally destroyed, Zhao Rong let out a long sigh of relief. His mind at ease, he said, "Fortunately, we discovered the secret inside this Loch Ness monster just in time. Otherwise, if this creature had escaped the Underground Dark River and brought the Perpetual Motion Machine into the world, it would have caused a catastrophe for all of humanity."

Hearing this, the assistant and the three women were completely baffled. "Zhao Rong, what do you mean?" the assistant asked. "You said this Loch Ness monster would take the Perpetual Motion Machine to the outside world, but from what I saw, it was just sitting there quietly. It didn’t move at all. If it didn’t move, how could the machine inside it appear in the outside world and start a world war?"

Lili was even more confused. "Zhao Rong, what you just said seems to have no logic. A Perpetual Motion Machine goes to the outside world and triggers a world war? From what I can see, there’s no way the machine inside this monster could have appeared in the outside world, let alone start a war."

Yu Lan agreed with Lili. "Zhao Rong," she said, "I think Lili is right. You must be overthinking things."

While everyone else was unconvinced, Xuelian stood firmly by Zhao Rong. She stepped behind him, patted his shoulder, and said, "Zhao Rong, you should just tell them the truth. That way, they’ll stop making these wild guesses."

Heeding Xuelian’s words, Zhao Rong took a device from his Magic Ring. "Words are inadequate," he said to the group. "I’ll show you what happened here before we arrived using this video player. Then you’ll understand why I had to immediately use the rocket launcher to destroy both the Loch Ness monster and the Perpetual Motion Machine."

With that, Zhao Rong turned on the video player for his assistant and the three women to see. What they saw on the screen was astounding.

The video revealed that the dwarf who had escaped was not only a henchman for Boss Hong Ju and Zhou Xiaoer but also a genius inventor. After secretly escaping into the Underground Dark River, he had invented a Perpetual Motion Machine with superhuman speed and installed it inside the Loch Ness monster.

At the same time, the dwarf invented a special transmission method he called ’Intangible Express Delivery’. The method worked like this: if this Loch Ness monster remained here in front of them, an identical one—a perfect duplicate down to its internal structure—would appear on the surface directly above. The dwarf’s goal was to use this method to transport the Perpetual Motion Machine to the outside world, causing chaos and sparking a world war. In the ensuing catastrophe, Boss Zhou Xiaoer and Hong Ju would lead their followers to seize control of the entire planet. The means of getting the machine out of the Underground Dark River was precisely this ’Intangible Express Delivery’.

As they watched the critical moment of the recording, they were stunned. The footage showed the Perpetual Motion Machine was just seconds from being duplicated to the surface via ’Intangible Express Delivery’. At that exact instant, the video showed their own Zhao Rong raising his rocket launcher and firing. They now understood: in that single, decisive moment, he hadn’t just destroyed the monster before them. He had also destroyed its duplicate—and the second Perpetual Motion Machine—before it could fully materialize in the outside world.

After the video ended, the assistant and the three women finally understood. However, one question still troubled them.

"Zhao Rong," the assistant said, looking at him curiously, "we understand the transmission method now, but we still don’t get it. Why would the appearance of a Perpetual Motion Machine in human society lead to a world war and cause a catastrophe?"

The three women stood beside him, equally puzzled. "Yes, Zhao Rong, please explain. Why would a Perpetual Motion Machine appearing in the world cause a world war?"

Seeing their collective curiosity, Zhao Rong offered a simple example. "Back when the eight major sects besieged Bright Peak, what was their goal? Wasn’t it to seize the ultimate Martial Arts secrets? So, in my judgment, if this Perpetual Motion Machine were to appear, it would be one-of-a-kind. It would be like the first atomic bomb—a weapon of unparalleled power.

"It wouldn’t just bring about a new industrial revolution; it could completely overturn human society as we know it. That’s why I believe it was best to destroy the machine and maintain the status quo. It’s the only way for the human world to remain at peace."