Chapter 73: The Observer

The Observer's physical form also appeared for the first time—it was a massive black eyeball, suspended above the Gene Tree.

In the pupil of the eyeball, Tang Yun's every choice, every struggle, and every pain in the code world were reflected.

"Is this the true face of the Observer?" Lin Xiyue exclaimed, unable to help but take a few steps back. This massive eyeball was filled with a sense of oppression, making her feel suffocated.

Tang Yun also felt a heart-palpitating sensation, but he did not retreat.

He stared directly at the Observer's giant eye, his heart filled with anger and unwillingness.

Deep in the giant eye, Tang Yun saw scenes of the future: if he continued to fight, he would completely lose his physical body, become a part of the Gene Tree, and would never be able to exist in physical form.

"You see it, don't you?" The Observer's voice rang out in Tang Yun's mind, filled with teasing, "This is your destiny. Submit to me, become a part of me, and you will obtain eternal life."

Tang Yun just laughed lightly: "Even if I become a tree, I will let my roots spread to every corner of the universe, letting the seeds of freedom take root and sprout on every planet."

"You dare to be an enemy of the entire cosmic order?" The Observer's giant eye let out an angry roar, shaking the entire Taixu Divine Temple violently.

Tang Yun opened his arms, and the branches and leaves of the Gene Tree suddenly changed. They transformed into millions of starships, arranged in neat formations, hovering in the air. On every leaf, smiling faces appeared; these were lives from different civilizations, all fighting for freedom.

"Do you see? This is the army of freedom." Tang Yun's voice rang out in the global live stream, filled with power and hope.

At this moment, on the bodies of everyone watching the live stream, a light shadow of a miniature Gene Tree appeared; this was the "Evolution Mark" Tang Yun had bestowed upon them, and also a symbol of freedom.

Lin Xiyue watched this scene, her heart filled with shock and emotion. She knew that Tang Yun was no longer that lonely and helpless teenager; he had become a true hero, a banner leading freedom.

Just at this moment, the ground beneath Lin Xiyue's feet suddenly cracked, and she fell into a hidden secret room.

On the walls of the secret room, countless transparent containers were placed, and in each container, a "Tang Yun" was contained.

These "Tang Yuns" came from different universes; some had become tyrants, some had become data bodies, some had become walking corpses... Only the Tang Yun of the main universe held the green leaf representing freedom in his palm forever.

Lin Xiyue looked at these "Tang Yun specimens," her heart filled with doubt and fear.

Were these all collected by the Observer? What exactly did it want to do?

In the center of the secret room, a massive metal sphere rotated slowly, projecting the light of countless galaxies onto its surface; this was the real-time projection of the "Taixu Return to Zero Matrix."

At the edge of the matrix, twelve furnaces burned like the fires of hell, swallowing all matter and energy that approached. Lin Xiyue felt a sense of dizziness, as if she were at the end of the universe.

Suddenly, the projection of the metal sphere flickered, and Tang Yun's figure appeared at the core of the matrix.

His body was disintegrating rapidly, transforming into countless flashing binary codes, but was constantly reshaped by a chaotic medical Qi.

"Tang Yun!" Lin Xiyue exclaimed, wanting to rush up, but was blocked by an invisible force.

In the projection of the metal sphere, a blurry figure gradually became clear; it was the residual consciousness of the First Generation Medicine King. He let out a cold laugh: "Tang Yun, you think you can escape control by eliminating me? My code is engraved in your gene chain forever!"

At the same time, the voting interface of the live stream room underwent a drastic change.

The votes supporting order soared crazily, and the avatars of countless civilization representatives turned gray, symbolizing that they had given up resistance and chosen to submit to the Queen's mechanical universe.

"It's over, everything is over..." Lin Xiyue sat on the ground in despair, tears blurring her eyes.

At the core of the matrix, Tang Yun's consciousness rolled in the torrent of code. He felt his body being torn apart, reorganized, twisted...

"Give up, Tang Yun," the First Generation Medicine King's voice wrapped around him like a poisonous snake, "Everything about you was created by me; you are destined to become my puppet."

Just when Tang Yun was about to lose consciousness, he saw a familiar color—it was his mother's genetic fragments, like stars twinkling in the night sky, the only part that had not been contaminated.

"Mother..." A powerful force surged in Tang Yun's heart; he frantically operated the Taixu Scripture, merging his mother's genes with the Chaos Medical Qi.

A miracle happened.

In the ocean of code, pieces of real skin began to materialize, like anchors of flesh and blood, firmly rooted in the code world.

The appearance of every piece of skin set off stormy waves in the ocean of code, impacting the stability of the matrix.

"This... how is this possible?" For the first time, a look of terror appeared on the First Generation Medicine King's face.

The viewers in the live stream room were also stunned.

They saw Tang Yun's body re-condensing in the code world, becoming increasingly real and increasingly powerful.

"He... he is actually reversing the code!" An alien creature exclaimed.

"This is simply a miracle!" Another creature shouted excitedly.

Lin Xiyue also woke up from despair; she looked at Tang Yun in the projection, her eyes filled with hope and admiration.

Just at this moment, the door of the secret room suddenly opened, and a woman wearing a black uniform walked in.

She had long silver-white hair, and cold light flashed in her red eyes.

"Queen..." Lin Xiyue recognized the newcomer, and her heart sank.

The Queen walked to the metal sphere, looked at Tang Yun in the projection, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Truly a tenacious bug, but your struggle is in vain."

She reached out and flicked lightly, and the flames of the twelve furnaces soared instantly. The space at the edge of the matrix began to twist and collapse...

Tang Yun's body vibrated violently between code and flesh and blood, and the First Generation Medicine King's code tried to swallow him again like a maggot on a tarsal bone.

"You think you can escape like this? How laughable!" The First Generation Medicine King's voice was sharp and ear-piercing, and the flames of the furnaces transformed into twelve fire dragons, roaring toward Tang Yun.

"I am both code and flesh and blood!" Tang Yun roared, smashing the materialized flesh-and-blood anchor fiercely toward the core of the matrix.

With a deafening roar, the core of the matrix shook violently, and the galaxy projection on the metal sphere instantly twisted and deformed.

The First Generation Medicine King's electronic voice let out a sharp scream, and the twelve furnaces exploded one after another, fire lighting up the sky.

The branches and leaves of the Gene Tree ship pierced through the collapsing matrix, writing the massive characters "Freedom" at the edge of the universe, every stroke being a civilization that was recovering. ===== CHAPTER 74 =====