Chapter 201: Personal Strength Breakthrough

We were conducting an energy scan on the mother brain core when we discovered this thing! Its energy response was so high it exceeded the upper limit of all our instruments! We couldn't even analyze its specific material!

According to our preliminary speculation, this thing is fundamentally not a creation of the Mo Yun Empire!

It is more like…… a relic of some prehistoric civilization! Obtained unintentionally by the mother brain, then taken as its own core of evolution!

Xiao Qin, can you feel it? This thing contains…… a…… a force that makes our souls tremble!

Qin Hao's gaze fixed tightly on that black diamond-shaped artifact.

His mental power had already extended toward it.

The moment he touched that diamond-shaped artifact,

Buzz—

Qin Hao's mind jolted violently.

He seemed to hear an ancient, grand sigh from the dawn of the universe's birth.

Immediately after, an indescribably vast and profound stream of information surged wildly into his consciousness along his mental power!

That was neither knowledge nor memory.

But rather some of the purest, most fundamental…… rules!

They are the rules concerning 'force'!

Strong interaction force, weak interaction force, electromagnetic force, gravity……

The birth, evolution, mutual entanglement, and ultimate unification of some of the universe's fundamental forces into a supreme theory!

This information is so profound, so vast.

Even with Qin Hao's current brain, he can barely grasp one ten-millionth of it.

Yet just that one ten-millionth has already given him a feeling of enlightenment and sudden clarity!

He seemed to see a door to a new world slowly opening before him.

"Rule…… fragments!"

Qin Hao's eyes burst with an unprecedented gleam.

He finally understood what the system meant by the thing containing 'rule fragments'!

It is this thing right before him!

This tiny, inconspicuous black diamond is itself a manifestation of part of the cosmic rules!

It is an artifact created or left behind by a great being that has surpassed level-three, level-four, and even higher civilizations!

"Xiao Qin? Xiao Qin? What's wrong with you?"

Seeing Qin Hao standing motionless, Zhang Xianzhong asked with some concern.

Qin Hao snapped back to his senses.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his inner excitement.

"I'm fine."

He looked at Academician Qian Bowen on the screen, "Academician Qian, seal off the site immediately! No one is to approach that thing!"

"Wrap it up tightly with the most stringent means! Use the strongest energy-shielding material you can find!"

"Then send it to the Divine Dragon! Directly to my quarters!"

"Remember, you must personally supervise the entire process! No mistakes allowed!"

"This thing…… is of vital importance to us, to all of humanity!"

Although Academician Qian Bowen didn't understand why, he sensed the seriousness from Qin Hao's unprecedented solemn tone.

"Good!"

The communication was cut off.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Qin Hao and couldn't help asking, "Xiao Qin, what exactly is that thing? Is it really that important?"

"It's more than just important."

Qin Hao's eyes shone with light.

"Commander, do you believe? That thing could be the hope for our human civilization to resist the unknown future crisis!"

Having said that, he offered no further explanation.

His figure flashed, and he returned directly to his private rest chamber.

He sat cross-legged, eyes tightly shut.

Yet his consciousness was unprecedentedly active.

He was frantically digesting that tiny bit of 'rule' information he had just received.

He could feel that his solid bottleneck had already begun to show faint cracks.

As long as he could obtain that black diamond-shaped artifact and fully analyze and absorb it…

He had a hundred percent confidence that he could ascend in a single leap!

Truly step into the realm that belongs to 'god'!

Time passed, minute by minute, second by second.

Qin Hao waited quietly in the room.

About three hours later.

The door to his room was knocked on.

Outside the door came the slightly breathless voice of Academician Qian Bowen.

"Xiao Qin, the thing has arrived."

Qin Hao opened his eyes, rose, and opened the door.

Outside, Academician Qian Bowen personally held a silver-white cubic box, one meter on each side, made of strong-interaction-force material.

The box's surface was also engraved with countless complex energy circuits, obviously having multiple energy protections applied.

Even so, Qin Hao could still feel a faint, heart‑pounding aura seeping out from inside the box.

"Thank you for your hard work, Qian Bowen."

Qin Hao took the box and said solemnly.

"Not hard! Not hard!"

Qian Bowen waved his hands repeatedly, looking at Qin Hao with eyes full of expectation and curiosity.

"Xiao Qin, what exactly is this thing…"

"You will know in the future."

Qin Hao didn't say more, just nodded at him.

"Please go rest first. Remember, today's matter is to be classified as a federal top secret."

"Understood!"

Although Academician Qian Bowen was bursting with curiosity, he also knew his limits and immediately turned and left.

Qin Hao closed the door and placed the heavy metal box in the center of the room.

His telekinesis surged as he began to remove the box's external energy protections layer by layer.

When the last protective layer was removed, the box lid slowly opened.

A palm‑sized rhomboid object lay quietly inside.

As soon as it was exposed to the air, the light in the whole room seemed to dim a little.

An indescribable feeling arose from the heart.

Qin Hao could even see that the surrounding space was undergoing extremely subtle distortions because of its existence.

This is the power of the "Rule Fragment".

Its very existence is affecting the rules of the real universe!

Qin Hao hesitated not, directly reaching out to take it from the box.

A cold, smooth sensation came from his palm.

But the next second, a torrent of information about the "Law of Force", a hundred times stronger than before, surged into his mind!

This time, it was no longer a mere taste.

But a comprehensive, deep infusion!

Qin Hao let out a muffled groan, feeling as if his brain were about to burst from the endless information!

If it were anyone else, they would already be dead.

He immediately sat cross‑legged, fully exerting his mental power, and began to frantically analyze, absorb, and comprehend!

His consciousness seemed to leave his body and enter a wondrous dimension.

Here, there is no time, no space.

Only the most primal, variably colored manifestations of power.

They attract each other, repel each other, entwine, and transform into one another.

Together they construct everything in the universe.

From the tiniest particles to the grandest star systems.

They are the foundation of the universe.

Qin Hao's consciousness was immersed in the dance of these "Rule Dragons".

He greedily observed, studied, and comprehended.

Within his body, his superhuman genes and his telekinesis, under the baptism of this rule‑power, began to undergo an essential, earth‑shaking transformation.

His body was being reshaped.

Every cell was cheering and leaping.

He was now transitioning from the realm of "carbon‑based life" to a higher level of "energy life", or "rule life"!

That incredibly solid bottleneck, in the face of this higher‑dimensional power, finally could not bear the load.

Crack—

A clear sound, like glass shattering, boomed deep within his soul!

The bottleneck, broken!

Boom!

An unprecedented, boundless power erupted from within his body!

This power was no longer merely physical or mental.

But a power capable of shifting the rules of the universe!

He slowly opened his eyes.

His pupils were no longer black, nor golden.

But turned into a deep hue, as if containing the whole starry sky… purple.

He raised his hand and looked at the black rhombus in his palm.

At this moment, the "Rule Fragment" had lost all its luster, become dim and dull, with faint cracks appearing on its surface.

The information contained within it had been absorbed by Qin Hao to about eighty‑nine percent.

"So… that's how it is."