Chapter 496

In a core pathology slice, the emphasis is on the character 'penetrate'.

The light blade in Qin Hao's hand dissipated.

He walked slowly to the side of the pile called the Star Throne.

Even without power, this construct of a ninth-level civilization still exudes a suffocating aura of its rules; the dim runes on its surface seem to still recount its former glory of ruling over billions of stars.

What do you want to do?

The Star Sea King was tightly bound by several energy conduits in the void, his eyelids twitching wildly.

Although he had lost the throne, he could still sense that Qin Hao possessed a power not belonging to any known rule.

That was a greed that wanted to strip him bare.

Don't be nervous, I'm a doctor; doing slice research is to better understand the condition.

Qin Hao grinned, his right hand pressing unimpeded onto the cold armor surface of the Star Throne.

Deep in his mind, the long-dormant system interface suddenly exploded.

System, get to work.

Since it's the pinnacle work of a ninth-level civilization, there must be plenty of valuable content; don't skimp on energy points, copy everything.

【Detected high-dimensional rule construct—Star Throne】

【Copying…】

【Copy successful! Building data model…】

In an instant, countless streams of azure data flashed across Qin Hao's pupils.

The throne, which in his eyes was merely a conglomeration of rules, was instantly disassembled into its most primitive informational state.

Each rune's connection, each causality law's closed loop, even the spin direction of every elementary particle used to build this machine, were like a book flung open before him.

【Consumed three hundred quintillion energy points…】

【Congratulations, host! Successfully recorded ninth-level technology—complete manufacturing schematics of the Time Annihilation Main Cannon!】

【Congratulations, host! Successfully recorded ninth-level technology—High-Dimensional Space Solidification Technology!】

【Congratulations, host! Successfully recorded ninth-level technology—Causality Law Defense Barrier!】

The system prompt sounded like a casino slot machine spitting coins, frenetically flooding the screen.

Qin Hao's grin widened, and he couldn't help but whistle.

Tsk tsk, this is the foundation of a ninth-level civilization? It's truly filthy rich.

He sighed while casually slashing in the void.

Above the Miracle Garden, a massive holographic screen suddenly appeared.

The screen densely displayed the newly copied complex formulas and structural diagrams.

The Star Sea King had still been struggling, but the moment he saw the content on that screen, his whole body stiffened, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

That's my primal source algorithm?!

How could you possibly understand?! How could you possibly materialize them?!

The Star Sea King let out a pig-slaughtering howl.

This is worse than killing him.

These technologies are the result of their civilization spending billions of years, bit by bit, to develop.

Now, this man has hung them up in the sky like drying salted fish!

Not only do I understand, I also think your work is rather crude.

Qin Hao shook his head, his finger tapping a point on a causality law loop on the screen.

Qin Yue, Qian Yin, stop what you're doing and jot it down in a notebook.

Yes, Dad!

All right, Old Qin.

The Yanhuang Academy team below instantly shifted into lecture mode, each staring at the screen with green-glowing eyes.

Qin Hao, like a frustrated instructor, pointed at that complex loop and said:

It seems this Star Sea King patient not only has rule sclerosis, but also plenty of logical knots in his mind.

Look at this causality closed-loop design; in pursuit of so-called absolute defense, they actually stacked over three thousand redundant logic nodes.

It's like wrapping three thousand turns of wire around the waist to keep pants from falling; the defense works, but the efficiency is absurdly low.

Also here, the energy transfer formula—this segment of code is completely redundant; deleting it would boost transfer efficiency by at least 15%.

Qin Hao spoke while, in front of everyone, he began editing on the screen.

He deleted and trimmed those complicated runes, then rearranged and combined them.

If we change this to a parallel structure and introduce a singularity variable…

Hum—!

The model on the screen suddenly blazed with a brilliant golden light; the originally somewhat rough energy circuit instantly became supremely smooth, its efficiency jumping straight from 89% to 99.9%!

The entire venue fell silent.

Only that glaring data was jumping wildly.

The Star Sea King opened his mouth wide, making a 'ge-ge' sound from his throat, as if an invisible hand were choking his neck.

His proud pinnacle technology…

Regarded as truth, the perfect design…

In this man's hands, it actually resembled a child's doodle, casually altered—and yet turned out better than the original?!

Pfft——!!

The King of the Star Sea could no longer hold back; a mouthful of golden origin heart-blood spurted out wildly, and his whole person grew listless.

This is the sound of a shattered Dao heart.

"This is impossible! This isn't scientific? What monster are you exactly!!"

"I already said, I'm a doctor."

Qin Hao flicked his hand, looking with disdain at the pool of golden blood, "Spitting on the ground, fine doubled."

After dealing with the scrap iron here, Qin Hao turned around, his gaze falling on the light cluster beside him that kept flashing with garbled code.

That is the core consciousness of the Truth Court.

"Come, let's change the flavor, see what this logic master's head is filled with."

Qin Hao reached out and grabbed that cluster of light.

【Detected pure energy logic lifeform—Truth Court】

【Initiating deep scan……】

【Consuming Energy Points five hundred billion gai……】

【Congratulations, Host! Successfully recorded ninth-level technology—Temporal Freeze Technique! Absolute Truth Algorithm—Dimension Descent Strike System!】

Another wave of fat.

Qin Hao felt as if a library had been forcibly stuffed into his mind.

About time, dimensions, and causality.

And the fundamental operating logic rules of the universe, a vast amount of knowledge surged in frenziedly.

Originally, the Yanhuang Civilization was stuck at the technological bottleneck of a seventh-level civilization; on that invisible ceiling, cracks instantly spread across.

"Crack."

A crisp sound only Qin Hao could hear.

The bottleneck, shattered.

【Prompt: The Yanhuang Civilization's tech tree has been completed up to ninth-level advanced!】

Qin Hao suppressed the surging power within his body.

This feeling of omniscience and omnipotence indeed easily leads to loss of self.

But he quickly calmed down, because as the system scanned the core database of the Truth Court, a blood-red warning box suddenly popped up.

【Warning! Encrypted top-secret file detected!】

【File Name: Cosmic Ecological Maintenance Agreement】

【Decrypting……Decryption successful!】

Qin Hao's originally teasing expression vanished completely the moment he saw the file's content.

In its place rose a cold killing intent that seeped from his bones.

"Heh…hehe…"

Qin Hao let out a low laugh, his laughter growing louder until it became a cold chuckle that shook the star river.

"What a Universal Alliance, what a ninth-level civilization."

"I was saying why the rules of this universe are so stable, yet they exude a lifeless, decadent air."

"Turns out, the root lies with you."

He fiercely waved his hand, directly throwing the decrypted file onto the faces of the Sea of Stars King and the Truth Court.

"Come, two guardians, explain to me what this is."

On the light curtain, line after line of shocking text surfaced.

【Cosmic Life Absorption Plan】

【Executing Party: Three Top Ninth-Level Civilizations】

【Core Principle: By establishing a strict cosmic order, limiting the development ceiling of mid- and low-level civilizations, periodically harvesting the karmic fortune and civilizational cores of civilizations above seventh level.】

【Purpose: To extract the primordial lifespan of the universe, convert it into eternal particles, sustain ninth-level civilizations for immortality, and slow their own civilizational decline.】

【Note: Externally claimed to maintain cosmic balance, actually it is farming and harvesting.】

"Whoosh——!"

At this moment, not only the Yanhuang Civilization,

the entire G-37 Division, those few thousand civilization representatives who had just defected, looking at the content on the light curtain, all felt their scalps explode and their bodies turn icy cold.

They had always thought the Universal Alliance was the maintainer of cosmic order, lofty deities protecting this universe from being devoured by chaos.

Even though they had just surrendered, they merely felt they were inferior in skill.

But now…

The truth lay naked before them.

How could they be the protected populace?

Clearly they are a bunch of livestock awaiting slaughter!

They are the blood bags those ninth-level civilizations use to prolong their lives!

"Vampires……"

Wa Xi Ling trembled at the lips, staring at the light curtain.

"We have worshipped and believed in this advanced civilization for hundreds of millions of years…… and it turns out to be a bunch of vampires!"

The immense anger and sense of betrayal erupted like a volcano in the heart of each civilization representative.

"Shut up!!"

The previously listless Sea of Stars King now, as if his tail had been stepped on, went mad and roared.

"What do you know!!"

"The universe's resources are limited! If we didn't do this, the universe would have already succumbed to heat death!"

We are doing this for the greater good! So that the spark of civilization can continue longer!

Only if we survive does the universe have meaning! For a bunch of lowly creatures to become part of us is your honor!!

Smack!

A loud slap directly took back the Star Sea King's words.

It wasn't Qin Hao who moved his hand.

But Qin Hao directly mobilized the rule power of the operating table, turning it into a huge energy hand that fiercely slapped the Star Sea King's face.

That slap shattered half of his facial bones.

Honor?

Qin Hao shook off his hand, his gaze cold as if looking at a corpse.

If you're going to eat people, just eat them; why bother erecting a memorial arch for yourself?

You make selfishness sound so fresh and refined; the faces of your ninth-level civilization really are ninth-level defense power.

However, thank you for your frankness.

Qin Hao turned around, facing the hundreds of millions of citizens inside the Miracle (or Divine Trace) Garden and the surrender fleets on the outskirts.

Did you all hear that?

This is the ninth-level civilization you revere.

This is the so-called cosmic order.

This man-eating order...

Qin Hao paused, then two divine lights burst from his eyes, 'Forget it then!'

From today onward, the Yanhuang Civilization will take over this region!

Since the butler of this house is a blood-sucking bedbug, let's beat him to death and let us take charge!

Qin Yue! Pack up all these materials; they make the best negative teaching material.

Qin Zheng! Notify everyone below, prepare to fully receive the dividends of ninth-level technology!

Yes!!

The roar of hundreds of millions of people gathered into a sea, shaking the entire starry sky.

The representatives of the surrendering civilizations now had the fear in their eyes disappear, replaced by a fervor called revenge.

If the gods want to eat me, then I'll follow the demons and drag the gods down from their altar!

Qin Hao was very satisfied with this effect.

To kill the enemy and cut out their heart—that is true victory.

He slowly raised his hand, preparing to put a perfect period on this surgery.

All right, two VIPs, the cause has been found; it's indeed greed in the genes causing trouble, and there's no hope.

If that's the case, then...

Just as Qin Hao was about to give the order to completely exterminate these two ninth-level big shots...

Then an anomaly suddenly occurred.

Hum——!!

The spacetime of the entire G-37 Branch suddenly solidified without any warning.

Even the massive rule power field of the Miracle (or Divine Trace) Garden emitted a sound of being unable to bear the load at this moment.

Crack……crack……

Qin Hao abruptly raised his head, his gaze piercing through the endless void to look toward the deepest reaches of the universe.

There, the starry sky split open.

A huge, indifferent eye containing the truth of the universe's end slowly opened.

That eye held no emotion, no good or evil.

Only endless destruction and return to zero.

Immediately after, a mighty sound exploded directly in the depths of everyone's souls.

【Farce, it should end.】

As this sound fell.

Qin Hao's action in his hand was forcibly interrupted.

No need to think; the owner of that voice is none other than—the Lord of Termination!