271: dynamic equilibrium

Li Dong's voice became the only Law in this ultimate blind spot.

"Now, be quiet."

"Let me... Attune you to Rebirth."

The moment his words fell, there was no explosion of energy, no roar of Law.

Instead, it was an unprecedented... surgery on the Origin of the Universe!

Li Dong used his will, sublimated to the extreme of [Attunement], as a blade to forcefully press that [Multivariate Variable] seed of fire—just ignited and containing infinite possibilities—into the core of "True Lord's" [Absolute Equilibrium]!

Hiss—

That was the sound of concepts being scorched through!

For the first time, the will of "True Lord" let out a roar that was truly meaningful, filled with extreme pain.

[No!!!]

[Contamination! This is contamination!!!]

This was no longer a cold logical pronouncement, but the most primal fear and resistance stemming from the shaking of its very Foundation of existence.

Its core logic, that perfect program which had run for endless eons and dragged the Universe into eternal deathly silence, was being forcibly overwritten by an external patch full of "viruses."

Every line of code was screaming!

Every logical chain was melting down!

If "True Lord" was a perfectly smooth sheet of white paper without a single wrinkle, then Li Dong's action was to grab that sheet of paper and, in the most brutal way, crumple it into a ball!

The pain brought by that ultimate destruction of "perfection" transcended the scope of what any living being could understand.

The entire "equilibrium" cage was convulsing and twitching violently.

That "logical machine" maintaining the stillness of the Universe was crazily overloading, spraying sparks of garbled code representing logical collapse.

It tried to repel, tried to eject that [Multivariate Variable] seed of fire from its body.

But it was too late.

Li Dong's hand was the sturdiest pair of tongs, firmly pressing this "heart" into its chest!

"Your pain is the labor pain of Rebirth."

"Accept it, and then... transform!"

Li Dong's will was cold and overbearing, without a shred of pity.

Meanwhile, the will of the Origin of the Universe, imprisoned in the deepest part of "equilibrium," also felt this power.

It was trembling.

It was an indescribable tremor, mixed with extreme joy and extreme pain.

It was like a prisoner who had been locked up for hundreds of millions of years, finally seeing the dawn of the prison door being smashed open.

Yet the power that smashed the prison door open also shook him until his whole body felt like it was splitting apart, his bones wailing!

It yearned for liberation, yearned for that freedom and infinite possibility belonging to the "Variable."

But it was also enduring the massive shock of the Law being forcibly reshaped; the entire bottom-layer framework of the Universe was groaning under the unbearable burden of this terrifying "surgery."

Just at the most critical moment of this reshaping.

Hum!!!

The [ancient stone slab] in Li Dong's arms suddenly erupted with immense light.

This light did not illuminate matter but directly pierced through the dimension of concepts.

On the stone slab, those carvings, so ancient they were unrecognizable, seemed to come alive.

They were no longer mere records but had transformed into the most primal Law imprints from the beginning of the Universe's birth, resonating at the deepest level with the "Attunement" Li Dong was performing.

It was like a coordinate anchor, firmly anchoring Li Dong's existence, ensuring he would not get lost in this high-stakes gamble that was overturning the Universe.

It was even more like a catalyst, infusing the most primal "Dao" of the Universe into this transformation, crazily accelerating the conversion process of "True Lord"!

However, at this very moment.

A cold, absolute will that allowed no foreign objects to exist descended from outside the cage.

"Hand of Order"!

These "antivirus programs" of the Universe, after a brief logical pause, finally reached a conclusion.

[Warning: Detected unknown program performing fundamental modifications to the System core.]

[Risk assessment: Uncontrollable.]

[Threat Level: Maximum.]

[Final Directive: Erase all Variables, restore the System to the initial 'equilibrium' state!]

They had made their choice!

Dozens of judges with auras like eternal ice stepped out into the Void Realm, their forms instantly merging.

There were no superfluous movements, no angry roars.

Only the purest, most efficient... execution!

All their power, all their Laws, all their concepts of "Order," condensed into a giant blade that could not be described by form.

That was a pure Law of "erasure."

Wherever the blade pointed, concepts disintegrated, and existence returned to nothingness.

The target was directed straight at Li Dong, who was performing the "surgery"!

They believed that Li Dong's act of "reshaping" was itself the ultimate destruction of the Universe, a BUG even more dangerous than the deathly silence of "True Lord"!

"Warning! Maximum threat! Host, dodge quickly!"

The Observer's data stream was sounding alarms crazily, its logical core on the verge of collapse.

But it did not hesitate.

This "archiving program," born from the Origin of the Universe, after witnessing everything Li Dong had done, resolutely stood in front of that giant Law blade!

Swish—

The Observer's massive data stream transformed into a waterfall composed of countless civilization memories, countless life joys and sorrows, and countless "error" information, crashing down to form a fragile yet tenacious data barrier.

It was using everything it had to block the "correction" of "Order"!

It was using the thickness of history to resist that cold "erasure"!

"Buying time for me?"

Li Dong's mind perceived everything, and a cold arc curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Not necessary."

He didn't even turn around.

With just a slight movement of part of his mind, the [Blade of Judgment] floating beside him suddenly lit up.

On the blade, there was no longer just sharpness and judgment.

A brand-new Law, a "dynamic" rhythm that allowed peaks and valleys to coexist and accepted the alternation of creation and destruction, flowed on the blade.

It was precisely [Dynamic Equilibrium]!

"Your 'Order' is too rigid."

"Today, I will teach you what true Universe Law is!"

Li Dong moved his thought, and the [Blade of Judgment] transformed into a streak of light, heading towards the giant Law blade condensed from the power of dozens of judges!

There was no earth-shattering collision.

The [Blade of Judgment] was like a nimble fish, passing right through that massive Law of "erasure."

It did not resist head-on but used the power of the "Variable" it contained to pry open an insignificant logical node within that absolute "Order."

Then, detonated!

Boom!

That giant Law blade began to tremble violently from the inside.

The "Order" Law that composed it was injected with a tiny "Variable," instantly triggering a chain collapse.

It was like a perfectly running program being input with a paradox it could not understand.

The giant blade condensed by the judges disintegrated in mid-air with a boom, turning into countless chaotic Law fragments that scattered and splashed everywhere.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The forms of the dozens of judges reappeared, each one struck as if by lightning, blinding electric light bursting from their bodies of will.

For the first time, their eyes revealed bewilderment and... fear.

They had experienced it.

Experienced the taste of their own core logic being contaminated, impacted, and denied.

This was exactly the pain that "True Lord" had just endured!

One strike, just one strike!

It made this group of the Universe's top-tier "antivirus programs" collectively fall into a "downtime" state of logical chaos!

Having dealt with the external flies, Li Dong poured all his will back into the transformation of "True Lord."

"The climax has arrived!"

[Song of Creation]!

From the deepest part of his will, it reached an unprecedented climax!

This time, the singing was no longer just praise, no longer just guidance.

It transformed into countless Law runes containing the true meaning of [Dynamic Equilibrium], branded into every corner of "True Lord's" core.

The Law of [Absolute Equilibrium] was crushed in the singing!

The [Multivariate Variable] seed of fire was fused in the singing!

Deathly silence and Rebirth, Order and chaos, existence and nothingness...

Everything that was opposed was forcibly twisted and fused together by this incomparably overbearing singing!

Crack... crack...

That "web of Absolute Equilibrium" that had shrouded the entire Origin of the Universe finally stopped struggling.

Its pain, its resistance, its roars, all slowly subsided under this ultimate [Attunement].

It was no longer the cold "equilibrium" that rejected everything.

A brand-new will, a flowing, inclusive rhythm full of infinite vitality, began to... sprout from the depths of its core.

Finally.

Boom—!!!

"True Lord's" massive main body, which represented the "cage," completely shattered!

But that was not demise.

It was, instead, a Nirvana Rebirth upon the ruins!

Countless Law fragments re-gathered, wove together, and reconstructed.

A massive... constantly contracting and expanding [heart of the universe], seemingly forged together by the radiance of billions of stars and the darkness of the endless abyss...

slowly took shape!

It replaced "True Lord" and became the brand-new core of this Origin of the Universe.

Thump!

A loud sound.

That was the first heartbeat of the [heart of the universe].

This heartbeat transformed into an invisible ripple, instantly spreading to the entire Universe.

Wherever the ripple passed, those Laws that had been smoothed over by "True Lord" began to regain their vitality.

Those withered Universe veins began to flow with energy once again.

The imprisoned Origin of the Universe let out a satisfied and joyful sigh, and the scars on its body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Every heartbeat contained a Rebirth.

Every heartbeat represented a change.

This was [Dynamic Equilibrium]!

This was the future... that Li Dong had attuned for this Universe!