Chapter 570

Afterwards, it steadily docked at Berth 7.

The huge port was empty and deserted, with most operations fully automated.

"I've already hacked into the fortress's internal network; the stable logic anchor is stored in the A-1 warehouse in the core area. I'm modifying the transport orders so the system thinks this is a routine allocation."

Qin Si's voice came through.

On the screen, countless data streams flashed by.

A few minutes later, several massive automated transport robots activated,

they carried containers filled with azure-blue crystals, heading toward Berth 7.

The plan went smoothly beyond belief.

It was too smooth.

Qin Hao felt a faint unease rise in his heart.

He trusted Qin Si's skills, but he trusted his own intuition even more.

"Something's off," Qin Hao suddenly said.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Zheng asked.

"The defenses here are too lax."

Qin Hao's eyes narrowed slightly.

"This is a key resource depot; even if fully automated, there should be high-level combat power stationed here. Yet we have detected no strong life signs so far."

The moment his words fell,

an alarm that did not exist in Qin Si's network monitoring was triggered deep within the fortress.

The port's massive gate came crashing down.

The entire space was sealed shut.

At the same time, an indescribable aura awakened from slumber.

At the center of the port, space began to twist.

A pure black void appeared and kept expanding.

From the void, a figure slowly emerged.

It took on a humanoid outline.

"I smell the scent of my kind."

A thought rang directly in everyone's minds.

Ancient and gloomy, carrying the pleasure of a predator finding prey.

Qin Hao's pupils contracted sharply.

Not an exterminator from the Enforcement Bureau.

Its aura is almost identical to that of the hunter they previously killed.

This is another system holder!

"The Enforcement Bureau actually colluded with other hunters?"

Qin Wu was greatly startled.

"Not collusion."

Qin Hao's face darkened: "It's a deal. The Enforcement Bureau offers shelter and information, while this hunter acts as their watchdog."

The shadow known as Da Heitian tilted its head.

"You have a delicious fragment on you, far more complete than the trash I've eaten before."

After saying that, it raised one hand.

"I define this space with the concept: decay."

The next moment, the port's impregnable walls began to rust and weather at a visible speed.

Solid matter turned to flying ash.

Even space itself showed signs of collapse.

This is a direct attack on the rules!

"Old Two!"

Qin Hao shouted loudly.

"Here!"

Qin Zheng mobilized the primal source of the Yanhuang Universe.

"I weave the rule: stability!"

An invisible force field spread out, opposing the power of decay.

The collapsing walls ceased weathering, and space was forcibly repaired.

The two rule forces collided silently within the port.

One side represented decay, the other order and stability.

Da Heitian was somewhat surprised.

"Interesting, you can actually resist my Heitian Domain; you're not ordinary prey."

Its black body suddenly surged forward, ignoring spatial distance, passing like a ghost through Qin Zheng's blockade and pressing directly against the hull of the Yanhuang Universe vessel.

"Let me see how hard your shell is!"

It placed one hand on the Myriad Scale Mystic Light Wall.

"Rule: reflection, invalid."

The mirror-surface armor's prized reflective capability was instantly judged ineffective.

Immediately after, a terrifying corrosive force spread from its palm.

The originally pure white armor began to turn black and dissolve.

This Great Black Heaven is countless times stronger and more cunning than that previous hunter!

The Great Black Heaven's attack is simple and direct.

First disable the opponent's most troublesome ability, then corrode with absolute origin suppression.

The previously invincible Myriad Scale Mystic Light Wall was as fragile as paper before it.

Alarms blared wildly in the Core Hall.

"Hull damage at 1.2%, rising rapidly!"

"The enemy's rules are invading the underlying framework!"

"Rule attacks are ineffective!"

Qin Wu's angry roar came; he had already led the team out to attack,

but all attacks, whether rule cannons or mental strikes, were directly ineffective.

"It is a void lifeform."

Qin Si quickly reached a conclusion.

"Its true form exists in a state of non-existence; our attacks can't even touch it."

The situation reached a deadlock.

We can't hit it, yet it can continuously corrode our homeland.

At this rate, the Yanhuang Universe being breached is only a matter of time.

"Dad, we must retreat!"

Qin Zheng urged anxiously.

"We can't get away."

Qin Hao's voice heavy: "It has locked onto our concept anchor; even if we jump-shift, it will follow like a shadow."

This is the most terrifying aspect of a high-tier hunter.

Once bitten, it will not stop until death.

The Core Hall was filled with a sense of despair.

Having just escaped the Purgers' grasp, we fell into the hands of an even more tenacious hunter.

Just then, a voice sounded.

"Let me try."

Everyone looked over; the usually silent Qin An stepped forward.

He, who commands the power of life and emotion, has always been a support role.

In this kind of rule-versus-rule battle, his abilities seemed to have no place to be used.

"Old Five, this..."

Qin Wu wanted to stop him.

"Let him try."

Qin Hao, however, spoke up.

Qin An closed his eyes.

His form did not leave the Core Hall, but his consciousness pierced the universe's outer shell, directly enveloping that terrifying black shadow outside.

The Great Black Heaven immediately sensed this weak force.

"Emotional attack? Naive. I have no excess emotion, only logic and the instinct to feed."

It completely ignored Qin An's power, continuing to corrode the hull.

However, what Qin An projected was not an attack.

but a pure, extreme emotional meme.

It was the tender image of a mother caressing a newborn baby.

It was the sorrow of lovers parted by life and death.

It was the wild joy of comrades reunited after long separation.

It was the great love willing to sacrifice oneself for the protection of family.

These concepts are the foundation of the Yanhuang Civilization, but for the Great Black Heaven, which spends its life killing and devouring, they are a deadly poison it has never encountered.

In its world, there is only eating and being eaten, only strength and weakness.

This sudden, illogical flood of massive information,

rushed into its core program.

"This is……what……useless garbage data……"

"Why……would an individual sacrifice for another individual? This defies logic……violates the principle of maximizing benefit……"

"This……warm feeling……what is it? And this……sorrow……why do I feel……I am incomplete?"

The Great Black Heaven's corrosive action slowed down.

Its ever-shifting black form began to violently twist and roll.

It was like a precision supercomputer fed a virus called paradox.

Its logic was collapsing.

"Contradiction……meaning……meaninglessness……love……hate……survival……why survive?"

Its consciousness fell into chaos.

It has devoured countless civilizations, but it only regards them as data and energy.

It never attempted to understand them before.

But now, love from a civilization has become the deadliest weapon.

Qin An's face turned pale, sweat pouring down his whole body.

Projecting such pure emotion drains him greatly.

But he saw the effect.

Thus he channeled all his power into a final grand concept, slamming it hard into the core of the Great Black Heaven.

"Hope."

The Great Black Heaven's body shuddered violently, emitting a concept-level anguished howl.

"No!!!"

Its originally invulnerable form began to show unstable fluctuations.