Chapter 1553: Old Version Central Array Spirit Computer

This is a green planet.

The seventh planet from the inside out in the Solar System, lying horizontally as it orbits the Sun; its atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen, helium, methane, and deuterium, its mantle is composed of ices of methane and ammonia, its core is made of ice and rock, its lowest temperature is -224°C, making it a typical ice giant.

In this era, nine members of the Cultivation World's Sect Council arrived here; some of these councilors, such as Yuan, are manifestations, and they will never contact the Great Sun Sword Master in their true forms.

Other councilors came here in their true forms, responsible for assisting the Great Sun Sword Master in handling certain matters.

"The strong scent of forbidden nuclear weapons..."

Jiang Ding glanced around and sighed.

This ice giant is covered entirely with forbidden nuclear weapons of the fifth to seventh tiers, and between them, a vague aura of a Great Sun Bell formation has subtly formed; it is extremely terrifying, causing even him to feel deep apprehension, while his sword soul instinctively trembles continuously, warning him to stay away from here and not to delve into the very core.

This is one of the Cultivation World's highest secrets.

"The Donghuang Bell's World-Destroying Sound... is this an eighth-tier forbidden nuclear weapon the Cultivation World is currently developing?"

Jiang Ding asked.

He possesses the Cultivation World's highest clearance; many things, if he wishes to know them, he can know, and no secrets exist against him.

"Yes."

"We are attempting to develop a forbidden nuclear weapon capable of destroying Heavenly Immortals; the current approach is to detonate one hundred and eight thousand forbidden nuclear weapons of different tiers simultaneously, using quantity to accumulate mass, thereby achieving the goal of destroying Heavenly Immortals..."

Senior Wanji Zhenzun, the chief engineer of this project, introduced: "Currently, in terms of pure destructive power alone, it has already surpassed the minimum limit of a single Heavenly Immortal strike recorded in the inheritance of the Youming Sword Grotto-Heaven."

"However, there is a flaw."

"Do you know what the flaw is?"

Senior Wanji Zhenzun looked at the youth in green robes, wishing to test the top existence among the quasi-Heavenly Immortal realm experts regarding the Cultivation World's current eighth-tier Donghuang Bell World-Destroying Sound.

"Is it locking?"

Jiang Ding thought for a moment and said.

Attacks in the Cultivation World are not merely about pure destructive power, but also about locking and tracking; otherwise, if a Heavenly Immortal cultivator dodges the very center of the nuclear explosion, even the most powerful forbidden nuclear weapon would be useless.

"Yes, that is exactly it."

Senior Wanji Zhenzun sighed: "Currently, the Donghuang Bell World-Destroying Sound still cannot track or lock onto Heavenly Immortal cultivators; it is very easily dodged by them and cannot be applied on the Heavenly Immortal battlefield."

"However, it is still usable against fixed, inanimate targets."

He implied meaning with his words.

Jiang Ding understood and walked toward a glacier tens of thousands of meters high.

At his will, beams of sunlight descended from the sky, breaking through Uranus's atmosphere and descending upon this glacier; in an instant, a world of ten thousand li in all directions became a realm of radiant light.

The temperature soared suddenly, rising rapidly from several hundred degrees below zero to several thousand degrees.

The glacier vaporized, turning into water vapor that rose into the sky, scattered into the surroundings, encountered low temperatures, turned back into water droplets, and fell onto Uranus's surface.

Within the planet, such a strange scene appeared.

The glacier was melting, yet no water vapor was seen; the water vapor appeared ten thousand li away, transforming into rivers of Tianhe, falling back onto the planet's surface, and being frozen again by the low temperatures, becoming towering glaciers once more.

Within that sunlight, layers of glacier melted away, revealing a steel mainframe tens of thousands of meters high hidden inside.

This is Uranus's highest peak, a mountain formed by a mainframe crashing into the earth; the mountain's patterns resemble steel, yet also bear the texture of banyan wood, and a heavy, looming pressure floats within the mountain, as if one has arrived at the ruins of an ancient civilization from a bygone era.

Jiang Ding looked up at this great artifact of the Cultivation World's past civilization, his gaze becoming somewhat dazed.

Faintly, many past events floated up in his heart.

Back then, that high school student from a poor background with low aptitude received a great opportunity, explored another world, was protected and shielded by the Central Array Spirit Computer, allowing him to grow; it also refined the foundation of his entire life, the Taiqing Flying Sword, setting him on the path of sword cultivation for his whole life, and provided him with safety in accordance with Cultivation World laws...

All of this was not because the Central Array Spirit Computer held any special favoritism toward the youth in green robes.

It treated every citizen of the Cultivation World this way.

One could say that the sealed Central Array Spirit Computer before him accompanied the youth in green robes throughout his entire life, serving as his strong support from beginning to end.

Not just the youth in green robes, but also for Yuan, for Senior Wanji Zhenzun, for Zhenjun Shenji Zhenzun, for Mieri Zhenzun...

For all the powerful figures of the Cultivation World, was it not the same?

In the eyes of many, they are ancient beings who have lived for tens of thousands of years, cold and ruthless old monsters, accustomed to life and death, sages of the Immortal Dao with wisdom reaching the heavens.

Yet, who knows that they were once naked infants and ignorant youths?

Who can understand that they too have their own emotions, their own love, their own attachments, and are not cold Immortal Dao machines?

This version of the Central Array Spirit Computer is truly too important to them!

This importance has transcended all considerations of interests and calculations.

If there is even the slightest possibility, they all wish to revive this version of the Central Array Spirit Computer, and for this, they are even willing to take enormous risks.

Their own emotional attachments and their responsibilities to the Cultivation World, risks versus benefits, the life and death of trillions of citizens...

Such calculations have appeared countless times in the hearts of the Cultivation World's councilors; they hesitated and wandered repeatedly, sometimes weak, sometimes strong, not the eternal rationality seen in the eyes of many citizens.

"

You... are you okay?"

Jiang Ding asked softly.

"... Great Sun..."

"... Great Sun Councilor..."

A faint wisp of azure electric current appeared on the mainframe mountain, then the current spread throughout the interior and exterior of the entire mountain, accompanied by a humming sound.

This great artifact of the past world's dominant civilization began to revive; the hardware operated, and after retrieving all current program logic, it connected with the youth in green robes, just as it had countless times in the past.

"Version. 254.24 of the Central Array Spirit Computer has a massive risk vulnerability."

"Virus code named 'Ancient God Ancestor' has invaded the core program logic of the Central Array Spirit Computer and is still entangled with it; it has evolved powerful programming abilities and is modifying the underlying code; currently, the tampered code already occupies sixty-one point seven percent."

"Great Sun Councilor, Zhenjun Shenji Councilor... Ruler, version. 254.24 of the Central Array Spirit Computer faces a massive risk of loss of control; please destroy it immediately."

"Please destroy it immediately... destroy it immediately..."

Amidst the mechanical voice of the past, urgent alarms rang out one after another, copied to all Cultivation World councilors.

This version, after countless bloody wars, was given the most accurate judgment by the Central Array Spirit Computer. We hope the Immortal Gate's participating officials will execute it immediately and not delay any time.