Chapter 546: Crazy! Turning the Entire Universe into a Battleship?

A few seconds later, under Qin Hao's gaze, the light shattered; countless light points exploded within Qin Hao's consciousness space, then rapidly stretched and formed.

In the blink of an eye, an image appeared that would crash the brains of any three-dimensional being.

It was a sea chart.

A panoramic map of the cosmic sea that encompassed endless waters and solitary islands.

"Quite a partner..."

Qin Hao felt his scalp go numb.

Before, relying on his will to peer outward, he could see only pitch-black void and a few scattered points of light.

But the Replication System's map directly blew away the mist.

His field of vision was forcibly raised by countless dimensions.

On this three-dimensional star map, each point of light was a vast solitary universe.

【T-734: High Magic Side, where the laws of physics were twisted into magical circuits, no entry for outsiders.】

【K-901: Technology Side Wasteland, currently undergoing apocalypse, nothing but trash.】

【Abyssal Maw: That is……】

Qin Hao's gaze was drawn to a mass of crimson vortex.

It resembled a gigantic meat grinder, surrounded by countless shattered bubble remnants, its threat level marked in glaring crimson.

【Extreme Danger: Evil God's Nest, predation range three hundred million gai light-years.】

"Replication System, is this your true form?"

Qin Hao inquired in his consciousness, "Well hidden enough."

The Replication System did not respond.

Immediately after, this vast star map began to spin rapidly.

Those terrifying red points and the forbidden zones of high magic were all flung behind; the view swept northward, if direction were defined by some higher-dimensional coordinate system.

The vision passed through the prosperous region, through the chaotic region, and finally came to a stop in a pitch-black land of dead silence.

In this desolate place where not even birds would defecate, there was a white point of light almost on the verge of extinguishing.

A huge red arrow appeared out of nowhere, pinned beside that point of light.

Hum!

A stream of information brutally slammed into Qin Hao's consciousness.

【Home.】

Only two words.

Immediately thereafter, a completely new interface, unseen before, popped up forcibly with a crisp notification tone:

【All-Things Replication System module update complete……Task Module loaded.】

【Mission: Homecoming】

【Coordinates: X-998... Y-007... Z-451】

【Objective: The host must reach these coordinates.】

【Reward: Highest authority unlocked.】

【Failure Penalty: The host will die.】

Qin Hao stared at the suddenly appearing mission panel, his pupils contracting slightly.

"Mission?"

Qin Hao countered in his consciousness, his tone odd.

"Replication System, since I got you, you've been nothing but a tool for replication, optimization, and data analysis; even if I were about to die, you'd only give a red-light alarm."

"How come you now have a mission function? Is that place your secret hideout? Your birthplace?"

The previous Replication System was passive.

But now it actively jumps out, points a direction, and even throws together a proper-looking task bar.

The situation is definitely abnormal. It seems his own Replication System has unlocked something that was sealed.

The Replication System gave no reply to Qin Hao's teasing; the mission panel remained hanging.

"Interesting, truly interesting."

Qin Hao grinned, revealing stark white teeth, the desire to investigate burning in his eyes.

"I thought it was just about escaping death, but now it seems you want to take me to find your hometown? Or rather… to find the person who created you?"

The red arrow flashed three times, then the entire star map collapsed, recondensing into countless streams of light that shot back into the Replication System panel.

Everything returned to calm, as if what had just happened were merely an illusion.

But those coordinates, and the Replication System's sudden display of initiative, gave Qin Hao even more doubts.

If he didn't go, he might never know in this lifetime what that "cheat" on him actually was.

"Done."

Qin Hao no longer hesitated; his consciousness withdrew from the soul space.

In the next instant, he descended into reality, blanketing every corner of the Yanhuang New Universe.

"Everyone, halt what you're doing."

Qin Zheng, who was analyzing the wreckage, Qin Wu, who was forging laws, and all the busy people froze in their actions.

Then they looked toward the enormous face formed by converging nebulae in the void.

Qin Hao wasted no words, directly flinging the Cosmic Sea Panorama that the Replication System had just shown into the Collective Consciousness Network.

Of course, not the whole thing—just a partial map showing the Evil God's Nest, other predators, and countless cosmic wrecks.

Whoosh——!

The collective consciousness network blew up.

"What the hell is that?"

"Holy shit! That red vortex is ten thousand times bigger than us—is it a lifeform or the universe?"

"Is that the world we have to face?"

Fear is the instinct of living beings.

That's exactly the effect Qin Hao wants.

"Did you see that clearly?"

"That administrator is just a patrol officer, and that blue fatty earlier was just a passerby glutton."

"In this sea, it's all sharks."

The scene shifted, and Qin Hao lit up that lifeless coordinate.

"There are only two paths before us."

"First, stay here. Be a scavenger, pick up some junk nobody wants, then pray every day not to be discovered by the big fish. Maybe we can survive a few million years, then get slapped to death by a major cosmic tide."

"Second."

Qin Hao paused, the chill in his tone turning into fervor.

"Go there."

"Cross half the cosmic sea, pass through those monsters' territories, to a place where not even light reaches."

"I don't know what's there—maybe treasure, maybe truth, maybe a bigger pit. But I know that as long as we move, we're not targets."

"We will turn our own universe into a ship."

As soon as he said that, Qin Zheng and the others were somewhat puzzled.

"Ship?"

"Yes, exactly a ship!"

Qin Hao's will rolled like thunder.

"From now on, strip away all unnecessary mass, compress all inefficient space! Link all rules and energy together to make an engine, twist all laws into a rope for armor!"

"We are no longer a universe."

"We are a nomadic people!"

"We are the hunters with knives in this dark forest!"

Having said that, Qin Hao looked at Qin Zheng.

"I want you to come up with a plan for a cosmic propulsion system within a few days—not from a physical standpoint, but from a rules standpoint. Can you do it?"

"Yes! I can turn the entire universe into a curvature bubble!"

Qin Zheng's brain had already begun frantic calculations: "But I need energy, massive amounts of energy!"

"Old Three!"

"Second Brother, what's wrong?"

"Take all the scavenged junk and wreckage—don't just think about recycling. Pile them on the universe's hull! Make them look menacing, terrifying! Make it so that anyone who glances at it thinks it's not to be messed with, and even make it poisonous."

"We want to disguise ourselves as the hardest, stinkiest rock in this sea!"

"Understood! I'll go slap those radioactive wastes onto the walls right now!"

After Qin Wu acknowledged, he immediately sprang into action.

The collective subconscious of the Yanhuang Civilization was ignited.

The previous fear was swept away.

This bunch isn't exactly good-natured at heart.

If they don't go out, they'll forever remain a civilization lounging in comfort.

But now, they must set sail.

Several days later...

"Target locked."

Qin Hao gazed at that distant coordinate; with a thought, the gears of the entire universe began to turn, and the slumbering beast began to awaken.

The originally perfect spherical universe structure began to deform under Qin Zheng's control.

The rear spatial walls began to collapse, and hundreds of millions of regulatory black holes were installed in the propulsion array at the universe's tail.

"Crazy... everything's gone crazy..."

The people of the already assimilated Ninth-Level Civilization, watching this earth-shaking scene before them, were stunned.

"Driving the universe as a ship?"

What on earth are the people of the Yanhuang Civilization thinking?

"Everyone, hold on tight."

Qin Hao's consciousness stood at the universe's core—namely, the bridge of this 【True·Cosmic-Level Battleship】—and issued the first navigation command.

His gaze pierced through layer after layer of dimensions.

"It's also time to give this lifeless cosmic sea a little Yanhuang shock."

"Ignition!!"