Chapter 217: Reverse Faith Invasion

Inside the command center of the God Dragon, the silence was broken, replaced by a more complex, oppressive murmur of discussion.

The brief and bloody clash with the Silicon-based Union is still fresh in memory, yet a new threat has already silently arrived.

"One wants our lives, the other wants our souls."

Old Luo sat in the chief seat, his fingers lightly tapping the tabletop, each tap sounding like a blow on everyone's hearts.

"Everyone, share your thoughts. Regarding this deal with the Star Sea Divine Sect, should we do it or not?"

"Do it! Why not?"

Zhou Shaoqing was the first to stand up; the anger on his face had not fully faded, but had been replaced by a sense of urgency.

"We only have three years! In three years, we must face the full force of a third-level civilization!"

"We've seen how strong the Silicon-based Union is; those cleaners—if it weren't for Qin Hao's intervention, what could we use to stop them?"

"The Giant Spirit Fleet? Five hundred ships, or even build another thousand? Not enough! Far from enough!"

His voice echoed in the meeting room, filled with anxiety.

"What the Star Sea Divine Sect sends is our only lifeline! Even if it's poison, we must drink it first to quench our thirst!"

Zhang Xianzhong's expression remained solemn; he did not refute Zhou Shaoqing, but merely added:

"The issue isn't whether to drink, but how to drink. We can't count on a pack of hungry wolves to kindly give us a free lunch."

"What I fear is that their technology will undermine us from within."

"The Commander-in-Chief's concern makes sense."

Brother Lei leaned back in his chair, rubbing his forehead; that intense diplomatic mediation just now had drained him greatly.

"The emissary named Ka En Ti performed flawlessly from start to finish."

"But the more perfect it is, the more false it seems."

"His 'Universal Truth' gives me an extremely dangerous feeling. It is not an equal exchange, but a condescending 'bestowal'."

"If we accept it, even our thoughts may be controlled by them."

Just as everyone argued without end and the atmosphere in the command center again fell into deadlock, an encrypted communication request cut directly into the meeting.

The figure appearing on the screen was none other than Qian Bowen.

At this moment, Qian Bowen's face showed no trace of tension, instead brimming with an almost frenzied excitement.

"Chief! Commander-in-Chief! We've received it! We've received the technical data sent by the Star Sea Divine Sect!"

He almost shouted it out.

"Heavens! This… this is simply too advanced! It's a poem of cosmic law!"

Qian Bowen's hands waved continuously in the air, calling up one complex data model and equipment blueprint after another that dazzled the eyes.

"Look at this! The Holy Hall-class spatial folding shield! Its energy conversion efficiency and spatial curvature stability are at least three generations ahead of the model mounted on our Giant Spirit!"

"In theory, it can withstand at least five saturated attacks of that gray-space tremor wave we encountered before."

"And this! The Judgment Space Cutting Array! It is not a single blade, but capable of instantly generating a high-dimensional space-shattering field!"

"Any matter entering the field will be directly torn apart along spatial dimensions! This is far more efficient and deadly than our own space-cutting."

"And this! The Navigation Trace Stability Algorithm! With it, our fleet's spatial jump accuracy and distance can be increased by three hundred percent!"

"We can even perform short-range tactical evasion within subspace! This was previously unimaginable!"

"As for this energy block production technology, it's even better, yielding more energy than a matter-antimatter annihilation engine…"

Qian Bowen grew more excited as he spoke, the holographic projections behind him shifting continuously; each technology made the attending military officers' breathing quicken.

Any one of these technologies alone would be enough to cause a qualitative leap in the strength of the Human Federal fleet.

"Not just these!"

Qian Bowen finally called up a document marked top secret: "They also provided a portion concerning bio-assist technology."

"Claiming it can greatly enhance our crew's reaction speed and mental resilience, through a special bio-electrical wave that lets the crew achieve deep resonance with the warship's system, thereby… and so on…"

Saying this, Qian Bowen's expression suddenly became somewhat confused.

"This…… the underlying logic of this data is strange. It is not entirely based on the biology and information science we understand; rather…… rather it seems more like…… a kind of prayer text?"

"A prayer text?"

Those three words instantly cooled the heated atmosphere that had just risen in the meeting room.

Zhou Shaoqing's face changed instantly:

"I knew it! I knew these charlatans had no good intentions! They want to turn our warriors into their followers!"

"Don't rush to conclusions," Old Luo raised his hand to stop Zhou Shaoqing, then turned his gaze toward Qin Hao, who had not spoken a word from beginning to end.

"Qin Hao, what do you think?"

Everyone's eyes gathered on Qin Hao.

Qin Hao stood up and walked to that massive holographic projection.

He did not look at those complex equipment blueprints, but directly pulled up the data stream Qian Bowen had last mentioned, concerning the underlying data of the bio-assist technology.

Countless golden, rune-like data flowed slowly before him.

To others, it was an incomprehensible ocean containing profound knowledge.

But in Qin Hao's violet pupils, it was all parsed down to its most essential rules.

He reached out his hand, as if to touch the flowing data.

Just as his fingertip was about to touch the data stream, the originally tranquil golden runes suddenly burst into a violent fluctuation!

A vast, sacred will, yet undeniably aggressive, surged along the data stream, fiercely charging into Qin Hao's mental world!

This will attempted to forcibly infuse the so-called 'Universal Truth' into his mind!

However, when this will came into contact with Qin Hao's vast, universe-like mental power, it was like striking an insurmountable wall.

Qin Hao's expression showed not the slightest change.

Hmph.

A soft snort.

That holy will, like ice and snow under a scorching sun, instantly melted and dissipated.

"Now I see." Qin Hao withdrew his hand, turned, and looked at everyone.

"This thing is more vicious than I imagined."

"Its core seems to be a kind of memetic contamination. A virus based on faith and rules."

It doesn't just exist in this biotech data; it has permeated all the technical blueprints they provided, every line of code, every design of the energy circuits."

"As long as we use their technology to produce their shields and weapons, then these devices will constantly spread this gospel while operating.

Our soldiers, our scientists, even our people, will unknowingly be assimilated by this truth,

"Finally, from the depths of their souls, they will become their most devout believers."

Qin Hao's words plunged the entire Command Center into a deathly silence.

Everyone broke out in a fine layer of cold sweat on their backs.

This is too terrifying; a moment's carelessness and you'll be hit.

"What... what do we do?" Zhou Shaoqing's voice trembled as he asked, "Does that mean we can't use any of this technology?"

Give up?

No one is willing to accept that.

"That is the only road within three years that the Human Federal can see hope!"

"Use it—why wouldn't we?"

Qin Hao's mouth curled into a cold arc.

"He wants to preach, but he also has to ask whether I agree."

He looked at Old Luo, his tone calm yet filled with absolute confidence.

"Transfer all the technical data to me. I will try to strip away the faith-based encoding within and reconstruct their underlying rules.

"See if we can use their theories and designs to manufacture our own things."

"Simply put, they provided the top-tier gun blueprints and parts, and I will install our own trigger on these guns."

Old Luo and Zhang Xianzhong exchanged a glance, each seeing resolve in the other's reaction.

There's no other choice!

"This is not only the only way to survive, but also the utmost trust in Qin Hao, the Federal's guardian deity!"

"Good!" Old Luo slammed the table and stood up.

"The entire Federal shall immediately enter highest combat readiness! All resources shall be diverted to the fleet!"

"Qian Bowen! Immediately organize all top experts to analyze the superficial physical structure and engineering principles of these technical data!

"Do not touch any underlying core code! I want you to produce a hardware solution ready for production in the shortest time possible."

"Yes!" Qian Bowen's face rekindled with luster.

"The Giant Spirit production line will run 24/7! I want to see ten thousand brand-new Giant Spirits roll off the line within a year!"

"Yes!"

"Qin Hao," Old Luo finally looked at Qin Hao, his expression extremely solemn, "The Federal's core is now entrusted to you."

The order was issued, and the immense war machine of the Human Federal began to operate at an unprecedented speed, frenziedly.

Across the industrial planets spanning the star system, countless shipyards blazed with lights.

Meanwhile, in the independent lab aboard the Divine Dragon, Qin Hao hovered alone in midair.

Before him lay the vast sea of technological data from the Star Sea Divine Church.

Closing his eyes, his purple psychic power turned into billions of invisible threads, probing into that green data ocean.

What he intended to do was, in a grand temple already occupied by deities, to topple the idols and then carve humanity's own name upon it.