Chapter 448: Rule Override! Erasing Resentment

The fleet sped through the Forgotten Abyss, and the surrounding scenery grew increasingly twisted and bizarre.

Space was no longer a stable three‑dimensional structure, but continuously folding and extending.

On the holographic display in the bridge, the star map of the abyss looked like a spilled palette of dye, awash with glaring red and black, while various energy data streams cascaded down like waterfalls.

"Warning! Spatial curvature has reached the critical value!"

"Dimensional Barrier strength continues to decline!"

"High‑Dimensional Rule Fragments detected, eroding the hull!"

The alarms rang incessantly, indicating that the fleet was bearing immense pressure.

The hull emitted occasional low hums, the sound of the Dimensional Shield fiercely clashing with external rules.

Zhou Yunhai's expression was tense, but his movements were steady.

He scanned the data panels and, in a deep voice, issued orders:

"Raise shield power to maximum! Activate the fourth‑level Dimensional Stabilizer! All warships maintain formation; no deviation allowed!"

Shuang Ge stood nearby, his eyes fixed on the screen.

He could feel an invisible force attempting to warp their perception, rendering everything around them hazy and hostile.

This was the erosion of resentment.

"Chief Commander Qin's directive is for us to reach the designated sector at the fastest speed.

Avoid entanglement with unnecessary resentment."

Shuang Ge reminded again, his tone carrying a hint of gravity.

"Understood!"

Zhou Yunhai replied.

Each second spent here meant greater risk.

Yet resentment is pervasive.

"Report! Crew members' spiritual energy fluctuations are abnormal again! Some crew are hallucinating and muttering to themselves!"

"The Spiritual Protection Protocol is being breached by high‑dimensional information flow!"

Inside the bridge, several operators began to tremble, their eyes turning hollow as they uttered incomprehensible murmurs.

"Treat them immediately!"

Zhou Yunhai gave a decisive order.

A few safety officers rushed forward, restrained the affected crew, and activated emergency spiritual suppression devices.

Shuang Ge's brows knit tightly.

This resentment was more troublesome than they had anticipated.

It was neither a simple physical attack nor mere spiritual pollution.

It resembled an erosion at the level of rules, attempting to twist the very existence of the contact into a part of the abyss.

At that moment, in Shuang Ge's mind, Qin Hao's voice rang again.

"Shuang Ge, it's time to activate the gift; it can help you resist the abyss's erosion."

Shuang Ge felt a jolt in his heart.

He instantly understood that the gift Qin Hao spoke of was not a weapon or defensive device, but something more abstract and fundamental.

"Zhou Yunhai, order all warships to activate Yanhuang Spiritual Resonance!"

Shuang Ge suddenly shouted loudly.

Zhou Yunhai was startled, then quickly recovered.

Spiritual Resonance is a technology developed by the Yanhuang Civilization after its four‑dimensional transition, intended to strengthen collective consciousness links, usually employed in large‑scale battles for unified command and coordination.

"All warships, activate Yanhuang Spiritual Resonance!"

Zhou Yunhai immediately issued the command.

"Hum—"

An invisible wave spread from the Pan Gu, linking every warship and every crew member in the fleet.

It was not a conventional communications network, but a direct link based on high‑dimensional consciousness.

At the moment Yanhuang Spiritual Resonance activated, Shuang Ge felt a warm current surge into his consciousness.

The resentful information flow that had tried to erode him withdrew swiftly after encountering the warm current.

That warm current was Qin Hao, via the system, having extracted and solidified the Yanhuang Civilization's members' "Humanity Radiance",

transmitted to Shuang Ge as the gift through the system.

It was not mere spiritual power, but a carrier of civilization memory, emotion, and belief.

It was the ultimate antidote against Void Memes that Qin Hao had gleaned from Qian Yin.

Under the boost of Yanhuang Spiritual Resonance, all crew members' consciousness became clear.

The painful expressions on their faces vanished.

Those resentful information flows that had tried to breach the Spiritual Protection Protocol disintegrated rapidly after meeting this powerful Humanity Radiance.

"Report! Spiritual Pollution intensity down 90%!"

"Crew consciousness restored to normal!"

"Spiritual Protection Protocol stable!"

The alarm sounds in the bridge quickly subsided.

A glint shone in Zhou Yunhai's eyes.

He knew this must be Qin Hao's method.

This power, beyond the realm of technology, gave them the firmest protection at the most perilous moment.

"Full speed ahead! The target area is near!" Zhou Yunhai gave the order again.

The fleet broke through the resentment barrier; ahead, a relatively stable area appeared in the field of view.

"Report! Arrived at the designated mission area!"

On the screen, a spherical structure composed of twisted matter and energy appeared ahead of the fleet.

It emitted a strong resentment fluctuation—one of the sources of resentment in the Abyss—a resentment aggregate.

"This aggregate is our mission target."

Lei Ge's voice rang out; his eyes were sharp, fixed on the huge shadow on the screen.

"It is the target we must eradicate, and also the location of the resentment core."

Around the aggregate, countless tiny resentment creatures darted like fish; they are the most common monsters in the Abyss,

formed from chaotic rule fragments and polluted consciousness, lacking physical form yet able to erode everything.

"Analyze the aggregate's structure!" Zhou Yunhai ordered in a low voice.

However, the analysis results were not optimistic.

"Report! The internal structure of the aggregate is chaotic and unidentifiable! Its core region is wrapped in high‑dimensional rule fragments; conventional weapons cannot inflict effective damage!"

"The resentment creatures are vast in number and are rapidly approaching our fleet!"

The warship's main computer issued a prompt.

Zhou Yunhai's brows furrowed again.

Even though the Yanhuang spiritual resonance had resisted mental contamination, facing this target that is doubly immune to physics and rules, the fleet's conventional firepower seemed powerless.

"Chief Commander, do you have any more gifts?" Lei Ge silently asked in his heart.

Just then, Qin Hao's voice sounded again in his mind.

"Of course, this gift can make your attacks non‑conventional."

Lei Ge's eyes widened sharply.

He immediately understood Qin Hao's meaning.

"Order all warships to lock onto the resentment aggregate! Activate rule overwrite mode!"

Zhou Yunhai blinked, then reacted.

Rule overwrite mode is an attack pattern in which the Yanhuang Civilization, when fighting the Overlord, Qin Hao used concept replication technology to solidify an anti‑logic patch into the weapon system.

It can directly modify the physical rules in a small area, rendering the enemy's defenses null and void.

"All ships, activate rule overwrite mode!"

Zhou Yunhai executed the order without hesitation.

The gun barrels of the Pangu fleet began to gather a strange energy fluctuation.

It was an intangible force of rules.

"Fire!"

Following Zhou Yunhai's command, countless intangible beams shot from the fleet, straight at the huge resentment aggregate.

"Hum—"

There was no earth‑shaking explosion, no blinding light.

When those intangible beams touched the aggregate, the space around it suddenly twisted, and its internal rule structure began to collapse.

The once indestructible resentment aggregate, under the rule‑overwrite attack, disintegrated into clumps of chaotic energy that dissipated in the Abyss.

Those resentment creatures that tried to approach also gradually vanished under this rule shock.

The whole process was so quiet it made one's heart palpitate.

"Report! The resentment aggregate has been completely cleared!"

"The resentment creature swarm has been cleared!"

On the bridge, everyone was shocked by this strange yet powerful attack method.

"This… this is the Chief Commander's gift?"

A commander stammered the question.

Lei Ge's face showed a smile.

"No, this is just an appetizer."

He turned to Zhou Yunhai, "Now we should go fetch the resentment core."