Chapter 482: The Inspector Has Gone Numb

The karma warning system never makes a mistake.

Any existence that could be rated as a ninth‑level variable, no matter how weak it appears now, must be crushed with our greatest power, together with the very concept of its existence, before it fully grows.

I not only want to investigate, I also want to personally retrieve everything that variable controls, including… that technology capable of assimilating and nullifying energy.

The words of the End Lord made the other two ninth‑level leaders instantly understand.

Investigation is a pretense; seizure is the truth.

For these tomb‑keepers who have long been stagnant, anything of value is enough to make them spare no expense.

I understand.

The King of the Star Sea said no more.

"Let's set out." The silhouette of the Truth Tribunal began to solidify.

As the wills of the three ninth‑level bigwigs reached agreement.

Outside the Universal Alliance Headquarters, in the dark void sealed by absolute rules.

Countless warships that had slept for hundreds of millions of years, their hulls engraved with destruction and ending, began to start up.

Their numbers blotted out the sky, enough to reduce any civilization to dust in an instant.

A force representing the pinnacle of this universe's old order tore open dimensions and slowly drove toward the distant G‑37 Branch.

Heavenly Palace Microcosm.

At the moment the Xuanyuan Sword took shape, an indescribable wonderful feeling instantly descended deep into the souls of every Yanhuang descendant.

That was a sublimation.

It was as if, in an instant, their horizons were infinitely lifted, from independent individuals merging into a great and vast collective will.

An ordinary residential area.

A child who had just learned to walk was curiously looking out the window.

In his view, the universe was no longer cold darkness and distant starlight.

He could see the flow of veins in every energy plant in the Miracle Garden.

He could hear, from the distant Yanhuang Academy of Sciences, the cheers of scientists over a data breakthrough,

He could even feel the stern, resolute will of the fleet stationed on the frontier.

He was no longer just himself.

He was also Yanhuang.

Yanhuang Academy of Sciences, Qian Bowen was leading his team in analyzing the technical data they had just tricked out of headquarters.

Suddenly, a decades‑old problem concerning the rule‑stabilizing anchor that had troubled him was illuminated by a flash of inspiration.

This flash of inspiration did not come from his own thoughts, but from the mental spark of a materials expert thousands of light‑years away who was pondering the same problem.

Through the collective soul network established by the Xuanyuan Sword, this spark was instantly shared,

and combined with Qian Bowen's knowledge reserves, the answer came naturally.

"I understand… that's how it is!"

Qian Bowen jumped to his feet excitedly, "Quick! Adjust the curvature parameter of Formula 37! We can cut the energy consumption of the rule‑stabilizing anchor by seventy percent!"

The whole laboratory instantly boiled over because of this sudden breakthrough.

And such flashes of inspiration were occurring in every corner of Yanhuang civilization at a frequency of millions per second.

Knowledge barriers were completely broken, and thought sharing became the norm.

The entire Yanhuang civilization's technology, culture, art…

Everything was frenziedly self‑iterating and evolving at an exponential rate.

Every citizen became a neuron of this great collective.

They were both independent individuals and part of the whole.

They were sharing a divine perspective belonging to the entire civilization.

Inside the Central Divine Temple, Qin Hao slowly opened his eyes.

He could clearly feel that countless soul cores were tightly linked to him,

that sensation was as if his body had been infinitely extended to cover the entire civilization.

With a thought, his consciousness instantly descended onto an ordinary engineer performing a survey mission in the Wuxian Northern Crown Great Wall Star Region.

"Li Yuan?"

Qin Hao tried calling his name in the soul network.

The engineer Li Yuan, who was operating the survey equipment, shuddered violently.

"Chief… Chief Commander?!"

He could hardly believe his own feeling.

That was not a sound, but a supreme will directly imprinted deep in the soul.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just here to feel things out."

Qin Hao's gentle will came through, "Is the work going smoothly?"

"Smooth… smooth! Everything's smooth!"

Li Yuan, excited to the point of incoherence, reported, "Report to Chief Commander! We've discovered an ultra‑high‑purity space crystal vein here! The reserves are enormous!"

"Good, stay safe."

Qin Hao's will receded like a tide.

Li Yuan, however, stood frozen in place.

After a long while, he finally clenched his fists tightly, his eyes blazing with fervent zeal.

Chief Commander…… is paying attention to me!

Every one of us is under the gaze of the Chief Commander!

At this moment, an unprecedented sense of pride and mission erupted in his heart.

Inside the temple, Qin Hao regained consciousness, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

This is what he wanted.

【Yellow Emperor】 Sword is not merely a weapon.

It is also the 'soul' of the Yanhuang Civilization!

It is the ultimate bond that twists everyone into a single rope!

【The price, equally huge.】

At this moment, the system's voice sounded timely.

【Maintaining the existence of the Yellow Emperor Sword, and supporting the operation of the collective soul network, consumes a large amount of energy daily. Any large-scale invocation of the divine perspective or knowledge sharing will double the consumption.】

【If one were to use its weapon function, even just the most basic causal severance, it would instantly drain over ninety percent of your current energy reserves, and consume the Yanhuang Civilization's fortune for the next hundred years.】

I understand.

Qin Hao nodded.

This is the ultimate trump card, not a regular weapon.

Unless absolutely necessary, it must never be lightly used.

He glanced to the side, where the inspector who had witnessed everything from start to finish now stood like a weathered statue, completely still.

How do you feel?

Qin Hao asked.

The inspector's body trembled imperceptibly.

He slowly raised his head, his blurred features violently undulating, revealing the turmoil within his heart.

Monster...

After a long while, he squeezed these two words from the depths of his soul.

You are a bunch of monsters...

He had thought that logic tampering was already this civilization's most terrifying trump card.

Now he realized that was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Mass soul elevation... collective will sharing... forging the entire civilization,

into a causality law weapon...

Each of these things alone would be enough to overturn his understanding of reality.

And the Yanhuang Civilization accomplished all of this in just a few short months.

He now finally understands that Qin Hao's words 'I will heal this universe' are not arrogance,

but a statement of a fact he is about to accomplish.

Just then, a communication request abruptly connected to the inspector's personal terminal.

Authorization level: highest.

Sender: Headquarters of the Universal Alliance, Supreme Chancellor.