Chapter 308: The Rule

Boom!

That tiny world bearing a civilization, like a stone hurled with full force,

Ruthlessly smashed into the gray ocean that represents absolute destruction!

Storm has arrived!

That is not an ordinary wind wave; it is the embodiment of Hongjun's will!

It is the Order's slaughter blade, capable of grinding stars into powder and completely erasing cause and effect!

The gray tide that destroys heaven and earth covers the sky and sun, bearing the Cold Will that purifies all "heretics",

In an instant it completely engulfed that tiny fleet composed of tens of thousands of black warships!

No sound.

No light.

In that area where the gray descended, every Existence Sense seemed to be forcibly erased!

"No…"

Yao, unable to bear it, closed her eyes.

A crystal‑clear tear slid down her pale cheek.

She seemed to have already seen.

She saw that fleet that had just attained "rebirth", along with the world behind them that had just found its purpose, being mercilessly crushed, broken down, and vaporized…

In the end, it turned into an insignificant speck of dust in this cold Universe.

Failed…

Sun Wukong's frantic, all‑or‑nothing experiment ultimately still failed…

However!

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The earth‑shaking destructive explosion that was expected never occurred.

The rule‑collapse sound that would make even Divine Souls shudder never rang.

Deathly Silence.

An absolute Deathly Silence.

Yao trembled, slowly opening her exquisitely beautiful eyes.

The next second.

Her whole body, as if struck by lightning, froze completely in place!

The scene before her far exceeded her comprehension, overturning all her understanding of power!

It stopped!

That raging, star‑region‑devouring rule Storm, surprisingly… stopped!

It was like a moving painting paused, eerily frozen above the black fleet.

Countless gray rule runes, like mosquitoes frozen in amber, maintained a ferocious slashing posture, yet could not advance a single inch!

What happened?!

Yao's mind was a Blank.

But beside her, Sun Wukong's golden eyes suddenly erupted with unprecedented brilliance!

He "saw"!

He clearly "saw" inside the Storm the epic system collapse unfolding, enough to drive any programmer mad!

The core of the Storm was no longer purely gray.

There, it was a complete mess!

The golden runes representing Order, like confronting a father's murderer, flickered wildly, attempting to execute the highest "retain" command!

The black runes representing Chaos also blazed with dazzling light, desperately trying to complete the final "purification" program!

Golden light and black rays, within this cramped space, clashed, tangled, and annihilated each other!

The scene was so ridiculous it resembled a schizophrenic patient wildly attacking his own right hand with his left!

And deeper within the rule network.

In Hongjun's incomprehensibly massive Heavenly Dao system backend.

A silent yet more intense than any war logical Storm was raging madly!

【Alert! Alert! Unknown target "Blue Star Civilization" detected!】

【Initiating final adjudication program…】

【Beginning analysis… assessing individual thought Freedom…】

【Assessment result: 98.7%! Extreme Chaos! Filled with uncontrollable variables!】

【Classified as: highest‑grade 'Disorder' entity! Recommend immediate execution of 'Formatting' removal!】

At the very microsecond the "remove" command was about to be issued!

Another completely opposite report, also with top priority, slammed in fiercely!

【Assessing social structure order degree…】

【Assessment result: 99.2%! Absolutely precise! Conforms to ultimate evolution model!】

【Classified as: highest‑grade 'Ordered' entity! Recommend immediate inclusion into the 'Heavenly Dao sequence' for protection!】

【Warning! Logical conflict! Target cannot be classified!】

【Same target, simultaneously triggering the 'Highest-Level Purge' and 'Highest-Level Protection' commands!】

【Requesting highest authority intervention! Requesting final command!】

【……】

【……】

【Highest authority no response! System trapped in paradox loop!】

【Error! Error! Error!】

【Attempting self-repair……repair failed!】

【Attempting to restart judgment module……restart failed!】

【Ah ah ah ah——system about to crash!!!】

This series of sharp, chaotic, electronic-noise-filled wails, though soundless,

yet it seemed to explode with a series of thunderclaps in the fundamental laws of the entire universe!

Hongjun's Heavenly Dao system……

This system, which has operated for hundreds of millions of eons without ever making a mistake, this cold and perfect ultimate system……

Because of this tiny civilization that Sun Wukong "remodeled"……

It crashed!

In the gaze of Sun Wukong and Yao, shocked to the extreme.

That cluster, congealed in midair, with internal golden light and black flares flickering wildly, like a law storm that could explode at any moment, twitched violently a few times.

Then……

"Pfft!"

A soft sound.

A faint sound, like a child accidentally poking a soap bubble.

That cluster, capable of purifying an entire star region, that cluster condensed with Hongjun's supreme will, that cluster that made countless civilizations despair—the apocalyptic storm……

Just like that……

Out of nowhere……

It dissipated!

As if it had never appeared!

Smoke and clouds T!

Completely clean!

Silence.

Deathly silence.

In the Star Sea, the fleet of tens of thousands of black warships hovered unharmed in the void.

The icy hull reflected the faint light of distant stars.

Not even the slightest scratch remained!

It succeeded……

Really……it succeeded!

"Haha……"

"Hahahahahahaha——!!!"

A burst of wild, extravagant laughter filled with endless delight,

erupted violently from Sun Wukong's throat, making the entire Star Sea hum!

He threw his head back and laughed loudly, laughing until tears streamed down!

In that laughter lay long-suppressed release!

The sweet satisfaction of a great vengeance avenged!

Moreover, the pride and unmatched arrogance of having crushed the opponent with wisdom!

Hongjun!

You old fogey who only plays with rules!

Did you see that!

I don't need a single soldier or a single move!

I'll use your most prized "rules"!

I gave you a slap, loud enough to shatter your Dao Heart!

This, is my master's wisdom!

This, is the power of the "variable"!

Yao stared blankly at the monkey beside her, laughing like a lunatic,

then looked at the distant fleet, unscathed, her mind having completely given up thinking.

She only knew that a miracle she dared not even imagine was happening alive before her eyes.

Sun Wukong truly defeated the invincible Heavenly Dao in a way she could not comprehend!

For a long time.

Sun Wukong's laughter gradually subsided.

He turned his head, looking at Yao's face filled with dullness and shock, grinned, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

"How about it, little girl?"

"Wasn't my move cool?"

Yao instinctively nodded, then quickly shook her head, she no longer knew how to express her feelings at this moment.

Sun Wukong looked at her adorable appearance, his mood greatly improved.

He turned his body, his gaze once again fell upon the black fleet silently hovering in the void.

His gaze became profoundly deep and intensely hot.

As if admiring a work of art, personally crafted by himself, the most perfect piece.

"This is still just the beginning……"

"His voice was very soft, yet it carried something that made Yao, upon hearing it, unable to keep her heart from racing with frenzy!"

"A single bug might possibly cause the system to lag."

"But if……"

Sun Wukong slowly opened his arms, his eyes burning with golden flames,

Scanning the interior of the Dream Ark, those tens of thousands of trembling, waiting-to-be-saved sparks of civilization.

The corner of his mouth curled into a smile, demonic in nature, filled with endless malice.

"What if I, Laozi, turned all these tens of thousands of worlds into bugs like this?"