Chapter 296: Seed of the Void

Burp—

An earth‑shattering, full belch, carrying a strange smell of burnt circuit boards mixed with aged engine oil, erupted from Wang Zhitao's tiny body.

His pink little face crumpled like a walnut, and he forced out two sharp "spit‑spit" sounds.

"Brother, this meal gets a bad review! Negative points! It reeks of a programmer who works 7×24 nonstop without showering, plus static electricity, numbing the mouth!"

Wang Zhize ignored him.

He was busy "digesting" his loot.

The knowledge crystals of billions of civilizations in that library were now turning into a surging data torrent, being rapidly processed within his "Newborn Realm".

His will, like an overpowered quantum computer, ran the strongest antivirus‑analysis software in history under the Creator's authority.

【Void Net Internal Architecture Analysis Report. ver1.0】

【Project Goal: By devouring, formatting, and merging myriad heavens and realms, collect the "World's Fundamental Law" as "fuel" to create an absolute, unified, chaotic "Ultimate Void World".】

【Project Chief: "Pang Da Yin Ying" (Codename: Zhong Ji Cun Zai).】

【Promotion Mechanism: Base‑level staff "Void Walker" handle field expansion, KPI is number of worlds devoured; mid‑level managers "Hub Administrator" handle data organization; senior managers "Void Sovereign" oversee regional coordination…】

"Interesting, isn't this just a universe‑scale multi‑level marketing company?" Wang Zhize's consciousness manifested a humanoid in the Newborn Realm, crossing his legs, and a cup of iced Happy appeared in his hand.

"They paint a big picture, saying everyone works together, eventually ascends to immortality, creates a perfect new world. The result? All the profits go to the head office boss, employees toil to death, and they can't even afford a cremation urn."

He smacked his lips.

"It's too dark, darker than my own heart."

Since he's already wiped out the subsidiary's database in one go, the subsidiary's "power plant" naturally shouldn't be wasted.

Wang Zhize's gaze shifted to the center of the floating archipelago, toward the still‑slowly pulsating "Heart of Void".

It resembled a huge, ugly, blood‑veined tumor; each beat pumped massive void energy into the entire Hub.

"Since we're here, we might as well take some local specialty back."

He extended his hand, aiming at the heart.

"Xiao Tao, dinner's ready; this time it's a lavish buffet, all you can eat."

"Got it, bro!" Wang Zhitao's eyes instantly lit up like a 2,000‑watt lamp, sweeping away the programmer‑smell gloom.

Wang Zhize began his "Infrastructure Renovation" project.

"I define: this 'Void Hub' is a 'Void Energy Conductor'."

"I define: the energy output mode of the 'Heart of Void' shifts from 'Disordered Chaos' to 'Directed Purity'."

"I define: the energy receiver is my 'Newborn Realm'."

As his words took effect, the entire Hub began to quake violently. The massive heart's pulse sped up, and visible streams of previously chaotic void energy were forcibly straightened and merged into a colossal energy beam, precisely targeting Wang Zhize's forehead, continuously pouring into his micro‑world.

Within the "Newborn Realm", a gigantic energy waterfall seemed to appear in the sky, the pure source of creation cascading down.

At the world's center, the "Chaos Furnace" that Wang Zhize himself forged acted like a shark sensing blood, its flames instantly soaring ten thousand meters, emitting a jubilant roar.

The furnace and the "Heart of Void" crossed dimensional boundaries, generating a marvelous resonance.

The flame's hue shifted from its original chaotic color to a deep, light‑devouring darkness.

"Hm? Linked?" Wang Zhize observed the change with interest, "Cross‑dimensional co‑branded skin? Not bad, not bad."

However, while he savored the free‑grabbed energy and watched his world evolve and expand at breakneck speed,

a feeling arrived without any warning.

It wasn't through sight, nor hearing, nor any other sense.

But rather a… existential sense of being watched.

As if a cold, gigantic eye spanning countless universes slowly opened in the endless depths of the void, projecting its focus precisely onto this spot.

This will was ten thousand times older, larger, and colder than the librarian he previously faced, the soul harvester, or even the Void Walker he first sensed.

If the earlier foes were viruses, Trojan programs,

then this one is the developer of the entire virus repository, the mastermind behind the network.

"Yo, the Regional Manager finally logged on?" Wang Zhize thought sarcastically, though his face showed no change.

That massive will made no sound, yet its intent was transmitted with crystal clarity.

It intends to infiltrate via the "Heart of Void", the "Backdoor" Wang Zhize had blacked out, to launch a reverse invasion!

On the world barrier of the "Newborn Realm", the "Conceptual Carcinogenesis" blemish that Wang Zhize had defined as a "Static Wallpaper" began to writhe again. A purer, more vicious contaminating force tried to reactivate and spread it.

"Back again? Can't you try a new trick? Stuck here bugging?"

Wang Zhize's spirit flickered slightly.

"I, the Lord of this Realm, define: your intrusion as 'Upload Failure under Weak Network Conditions'."

"I define: your contamination as 'Invalid Data Packet'."

"I define: your will as '404 Not Found'."

The Creator's authority is absolute within the "Newborn Realm". That infiltrating contaminating force was like a file that loses connection midway, freezing, crashing, and vanishing into nothingness.

Moreover, Wang Zhize even played more flamboyantly.

He followed the incoming "network cable" and operated in reverse.

"Thanks to the old iron for the spirit‑power rocket! It's rude to receive without returning, so here's a follow for you!"

Using the Creator Furnace as a core, he generated a reverse suction, forcibly pulling a sliver of primordial power from that massive will!

Though merely a trivial sliver, its energy tier far exceeded everything Wang Zhize had previously devoured.

The sliver was poured straight into the Chaos Furnace; the flame surged, emitting a satisfied boom.

"Bro! There's something dirty!"

Wang Zhitao also sensed that chilling will; his hair stood on end, and instinctively he transformed into a towering black‑gold beast, roaring deafeningly into the empty void.

He opened his massive jaws, attempting to devour the intangible will.

The will was clearly angered by Wang Zhize's "reverse wool‑shearing" action.

It has no physical form and cannot be devoured. But it changed its strategy.

Buzz—

Countless void phantoms materialized out of nowhere around Wang Zhize and Wang Zhitao.

They were one broken world after another, one extinguished star after another.

It was the azure planet he once lived on, turned into wasteland by apocalyptic calamities, where relatives, friends, and everything familiar turned to ash amid wailing.

It was the eternal loneliness he felt after gaining power, standing atop the universe's summit, only to find himself alone.

All the deepest, most unwilling‑to‑face possibilities in his heart were manifested as the most vicious mental attacks, trying to shake his Dao heart.

"Tsk, taking the melodramatic route now? Can't win, so you try to PUA me?"

Wang Zhize looked at those phantoms and even felt like laughing.

"Sorry, my youth had no pain, only five‑seat internet cafés and all‑night gaming."

He extended a finger and lightly sliced through the sky‑full of phantoms.

"I define: you phantoms, as illusory."

"I define: my fear, as power."

With those words spoken, all laws changed.

All the phantoms, like bubbles struck by sunlight, shattered instantly without a ripple. The pure spiritual energy released from the fragments was instead taken by the Newborn Realm as a dessert, swallowed in one bite, becoming nourishment for the world's barrier.

"Thanks for the hospitality; it tastes much better than that administrator earlier."

While confronting and analyzing this will, Wang Zhize's "hacker" instinct fired again.

He followed the fragile link and once again glimpsed the opponent's "computer desktop".

Some even more vague yet more astonishing images flashed by.

It was an indescribable expanse, a nest far larger, more twisted and insane than any void abyss he had previously seen.

Countless world wreckage piled like trash there, forming an endless "Continent". Upon the Continent, innumerable structures resembling "Void Altar" stood densely, while even larger "Void Hearts", like gigantic spider egg sacs, hung in the "sky".

Void Mother Nest.

A name naturally floated into Wang Zhize's mind.

"So it's the regional general agent, my apologies, my apologies." He immediately labeled the owner of this will.

An existence higher than ordinary void walkers and administrators—Void Dominator.

"Ding dong! Your delivery has arrived, please give a five‑star review!"

As Wang Zhize fully seized control of the "Void Heart" and transformed it into his own exclusive "Power Bank", the connection from the "Void Dominator" was unilaterally, forcibly cut.

In the deep void, that ancient will let out a silent roar full of astonishment and fury.

It never imagined that by acting personally it would not only fail to leave a mark, but be wool‑sheared by the opponent and ultimately blocked!

An unprecedented anomaly, a "BUG" incomprehensible to databases, was raging through its network.

Meanwhile, this "BUG" clapped its hands, looked at the "Void Heart" turned into a super Power Bank, and nodded approvingly.

"Done, clock out."

He turned to Wang Zhitao, who had been drooling on the floor, and pointed at the deeper, more twisted spatial tunnel that automatically opened ahead after parsing the "Void Mother Nest" coordinates.

"Xiao Tao, the main course is here."

Wang Zhitao bounced three feet high with excitement: "Brother! Is this buffet seafood or barbecue?"

Wang Zhize smiled, took him, and stepped into the darkness leading to the ultimate nest.

"Neither."

"We'll go tear down their servers."