Chapter 480: Forging the Trump Card, the Sword of Civilization—Xuanyuan

In his field of vision, countless invisible lines composed of various runes floated in the air.

That is the universe's rules.

Gravity, electromagnetism, strong interaction, weak interaction……

These things he had studied his whole life were now like an open book, clearly presented before his eyes.

He even felt that, if he wished, he could reach out and lightly pluck the finest of those threads.

Although his current strength was still insufficient to affect the rules in any substantive way.

But merely seeing it was already an earth-shattering transformation!

An ordinary fleet soldier stationed at the Miracle Garden also woke from his life-support pod.

He instinctively looked at his comrade-in-arms, who had fought beside him for hundreds of years.

The next second, he froze.

He 'saw' his comrade's inner mind.

That was not some mind-reading technique.

But in his perception, within his comrade's body, there was a soul core radiating light and heat.

He could clearly feel that the core was emitting emotional waves of joy, excitement, and curiosity.

He could even 'hear' what his comrade was thinking:

"Holy shit! Is this soul ascension? I feel freakin' awesome! From now on, do I not even need to speak, just shout 'fire' in my heart?"

The soldier couldn't help but laugh.

"Nice thinking, but the first article of the formation regulations is communications silence—forgot?"

His comrade's body jerked, eyes widened as he stared at him, face full of disbelief.

"You… you can hear what I'm thinking?"

"You can hear mine too!"

The two stared at each other, then burst into laughter.

From this moment on, the Yanhuang Civilization entered the era of telepathy.

The efficiency of communication increased by more than ten thousandfold.

More importantly, this direct soul-level resonance gave the entire civilization a cohesion approaching a terrifying 'oneness'.

Of course, this state can be turned off and on at will.

After all, not everyone wants to share their secrets with others.

Similar scenes kept playing out across every corner of the Yanhuang Civilization.

Every awakened Yanhuang citizen discovered that the world before his eyes had completely changed.

They were no mere passersby in the universe; they had become demigods capable of preliminarily perceiving and interfering with the universe's underlying logic!

Heavenly Palace Microcosm, Science Academy.

Qian Yin looked at the reports sent back by the Fuxi Main Brain, her face glowing with an excited smile.

"Old Qin! Success! Our civilization has truly undergone a metamorphosis!"

She excitedly contacted Qin Hao.

"According to preliminary assessment, after the mass soul ascension, our civilization's comprehensive potential has increased at least a hundredfold!"

"Every citizen now has the potential to become a scientist! Every soldier now has the possibility to become a super-soldier!"

"More importantly…"

Qian Yin's tone became exceedingly solemn.

"Just now, my team at the Science Academy, based on the new soul model and a deeper understanding of the material world, finally completed the theoretical construction of that thing!"

"What thing?"

Qin Hao's heart stirred.

Qian Yin took a deep breath and spoke each word clearly:

"A stable, controllable theoretical model of a causality weapon that can affect reality!"

"A causality weapon…"

Qin Hao's consciousness, immersed in the system space, murmured the term repeatedly.

Before him, the theoretical model Qian Yin had just sent was being processed by the system at a hundred-million-fold speed for final deduction and verification.

Countless complex formulas representing causal chains, logical closures, and real-world disturbances,

They resembled glittering rivers of stars, swirling, colliding, and merging around him.

【Host, the theoretical model has passed verification.】

【This model perfectly combines the Chronos Observer's 《Causality Law Basic Model》, the Creator's 《Soul Essence Detachment and Reconstruction Technique》, and the Yanhuang Civilization's own human brilliance and logic-altering talent.】

【Its core principle is: by consuming a huge amount of energy, using a powerful soul core as a beacon, to perform an information overwrite on the past of a designated area, thereby altering its present outcome.】

The system's explanation was cold and objective.

But Qin Hao felt his blood surge with excitement.

In short, it means tracing back the past to modify the future.

For example, he wanted to destroy an enemy fleet.

A regular attack is, at the present moment, firing weapons at the enemy.

While the causality weapon, at the present moment, sends an piece of information—for instance, that this fleet's engines had a fatal defect from the factory—to a certain point in the past.

Thus, in the 【present】, that fleet would self-destruct due to its destined engine failure.

The whole process is silent and unstoppable.

Because by the time you realize you are under attack, your defeat has already occurred in the past, becoming an immutable fact.

This is the most unstoppable strike method of an eighth-level civilization.

They are not on the same level; there is simply no way to resist.

"The only flaw is its activation, which requires an extremely powerful soul core as a positioning anchor and launchpad. The strength of that soul core must far exceed that of an ordinary citizen who has just completed ascension."

Qin Hao looked at the model's key parameters and frowned.

"Even I and my children—any one of our soul cores cannot alone withstand that degree of causal backlash."

This is only natural.

To pry open the fundamental logic of the entire universe, its cost must inevitably be terrifying.

"But..."

The corner of Qin Hao's mouth slowly curled upward.

"One person won't do—what if it's the whole civilization?"

In his mind, an incredibly bold idea surfaced.

"System!"

【Host, what are your commands?】

"Using Qian Yin's theoretical model as a blueprint, and taking the collective soul of all citizens who have just completed soul ascension as the core."

"Using all currently reserved energy as fuel."

"For our Yanhuang Civilization, forge a one-of-a-kind conceptual causality law armament!"

What he intends to do is not to manufacture a weapon.

But to forge the entire Yanhuang Civilization into a weapon!

An armament that unites billions of souls into one, capable of prying open the trump card of causality!

【Command confirmed.】

【Performing feasibility assessment……】

【Assessment complete.】

【The plan is feasible.】

【Note: Once forging begins, the collective soul of the entire Yanhuang Civilization will, for a period of time, be deeply bound to that conceptual armament, existing in a state of human-sword unity. During this period, if subjected to a powerful external attack, it could cause irreversible damage to the souls of all members.】

"I understand."

Qin Hao's eyes were extremely resolute: "Fortune favors the bold. If I don't equip myself with the sharpest sword, when those from headquarters come knocking, we won't even have a chance to sit at the table."

"Let's begin!"

【Conceptual armament forging procedure, initiate!】

With a single command from the system, the entire Yanhuang Civilization felt a wondrous resonance.

Whether it be researchers working in the Science Academy, soldiers patrolling the Miracle Garden, or children playing in the Heavenly Palace.

At this moment, the soul cores of all of them began to emit a soft glow.

An invisible bond connected countless independent souls together.

They seemed to merge into one, becoming an immensely vast and complex super-life.

Everyone could feel each other's joy, each other's faith, and sense within their hearts that shared sense of belonging and pride in the Yanhuang Civilization.

"This is... the power of soul resonance!"

"What a wonderful feeling."