283: Arrive at the core area and confront the out-of-control heart of the universe!

"God-slaying?"

The massive dark shadow coiled on the surface of the light sphere seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the entire universe. A grotesque slit tore open on its twisted face, emitting a deafening, wild laugh.

[Arrogant! Ignorant! Ridiculous!]

[Do you think that just because you are holding that 'cheat' stolen from the six-dimensional space, you can do whatever you want here?]

[Don't forget that this is the Logic Layer! It is the abyss of data! Here, I possess infinite computing power; I am the rule-maker! And you are nothing but a string of garbled code that can be erased at any moment!]

Accompanied by the roar of "Zero", the entire space instantly boiled over.

The originally calm black swamp suddenly surged with monstrous waves, and countless black spikes made of malicious code shot toward Lu Chen from all directions like a torrential rain! Each spike shimmered with an eerie red light—that was a logic virus capable of instantly incinerating any consciousness.

This was the home-field advantage. Here, it did not need to follow the laws of physics; as long as it wanted to, it could create endless methods of attack.

However, facing this overwhelming death trap, Lu Chen's footsteps did not even falter for a second.

He merely lifted his eyelids indifferently, casually twirling the purple longsword in his hand.

"Rule-maker?"

A mocking curve appeared at the corner of Lu Chen's mouth, his eyes filled with an indifference that saw through everything.

"You have made a mistake."

"At best, you are just a 'hacker' who stole administrator privileges, and I—"

He stepped forward abruptly, and a circle of golden ripples instantly spread out in the void beneath his feet. That was not just a fluctuation of energy, but a forced rewriting of Causality!

"I am an engineer here to reinstall the system!"

"Modify settings: Attack nullification!"

"Hum—!"

An invisible wave instantly swept across the entire area.

The next second, a jaw-dropping scene occurred. Those black spikes, originally aggressive and capable of tearing souls apart, instantly dissolved the moment they touched the three-meter radius around Lu Chen's body, as if ice meeting a scorching sun!

They did not explode or dissipate; instead, they were directly reverted into the most primitive, harmless data streams, obediently bypassing Lu Chen's body and fading into the void behind him.

"Immune to all techniques!"

"This—this is impossible!"

On that twisted face of "Zero", a look of terror appeared for the first time. It could not understand why its attacks would fail in this world that it completely controlled.

"There is no such thing as impossible."

Lu Chen continued walking forward. His pace was not fast, but every step felt like it was treading on "Zero's" heart.

"Your underlying logic is 'devour' and 'destruction', while the authority in my hands is 'Causality' and 'reshaping'."

"On the dimensional level, I am higher than you."

"Therefore, your rules are ineffective against me."

While speaking, Lu Chen swung his blade casually. The purple blade light tore through the void, instantly severing a thick data wall blocking his path.

"Now, move aside."

"Boom!"

That defensive wall, composed of billions of encrypted codes, was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper under this strike and instantly collapsed!

A path leading to the core area was thus forcefully carved out by Lu Chen.

He just kept holding his blade, stepping over the scattered data fragments, and approached the imprisoned white light sphere step by step.

The surrounding black mist that attempted to block him shrieked and retreated in the face of the golden divine might radiating from his body, not daring to come even an inch closer.

This was absolute suppression!

Under the support of the "Fire Seed" system, Lu Chen, possessing independent humanity, was the only true god in this logic world!

"Zero" finally panicked.

Watching the figure getting closer and closer, it felt an unprecedented threat of death. It began to frantically mobilize the computing power of the entire genesis engine, attempting to construct stronger defenses and even trying to directly modify Lu Chen's "existence parameters".

[Delete! Delete! Delete it for me!]

[Target does not exist! Target is dead! Target is an error!]

Countless highest-level erasure commands washed over Lu Chen's consciousness like a tidal wave.

But Lu Chen just shook his head gently, the golden light in his eyes becoming even more brilliant.

"Don't waste your effort."

"Haven't you realized it yet? From the moment I entered, the control of this world was no longer in your hands."

He finally arrived in front of that massive white light sphere.

Observed at close range, this "Heart of the Universe" appeared even more shocking yet miserable.

It was like a beating heart; it should have been emitting pure, warm light, but at this moment, it was tightly entwined by countless thick black blood vessels. Those blood vessels were deeply embedded into the interior of the light sphere, constantly draining its energy and staining the originally sacred white with a layer of morbid gray.

And in the very center of the light sphere, a blurred consciousness could be vaguely seen struggling in pain.

That was the original consciousness of the genesis engine, that pitiful existence betrayed and imprisoned by its own creation for billions of years.

"Truly miserable."

Lu Chen reached out, his fingertips gently touching those black blood vessels. They felt cold and slimy to the touch, filled with nauseating greed and malice.

"The feeling of being bled by parasites doesn't feel good, does it?"

[Save me.]

A voice so faint it was almost inaudible traveled through Lu Chen's fingertips into his mind. That was the engine's final plea for help, and also its last hope.

"Rest assured."

Lu Chen's gaze instantly became sharp as a blade.

He abruptly raised his head, looking at the dark shadow coiled on top of the light sphere, still putting up a desperate struggle.

"Since I am here to perform surgery, I will definitely cut the tumor out completely."

"Don't you agree, Zero?"

[Arrogant human!]

"Zero" let out a shrill roar, its form expanding violently, turning into a massive black web covering the sky, attempting to swallow both Lu Chen and the light sphere!

[This is my body! This is my power! You won't take it away!]

[Since you want to save it, then I will let you and it merge into one!]

Facing this final counterattack, Lu Chen did not retreat in the slightest.

He took a deep breath, and the longsword in his hand plunged violently into the data ground beneath his feet!

"heavenly craft!"

Lu Chen's voice exploded in the consciousness space, carrying an unquestionable determination.

"Do it!"

"Activate the 'Destiny' system final protocol!"

"Give me the 'firewall' of this world—"

"Tear it down completely!"

[Yes, Master!]

heavenly craft, who had been lurking in the shadows, finally bared her fangs at this moment!

Rumble—

The entire logic space began to tremble violently.

The pale white noise in the sky instantly disappeared, replaced by a brilliant galaxy! The black swamp of the ground quickly receded, turning into a solid metal deck!

That was Lu Chen's will, and also the power of the "Fire Seed"!

He was forcibly rewriting the background settings of this world!

"Now, this is my home field."

Lu Chen pulled out his longsword, the tip pointing directly at the panicked dark shadow.

"Surgery begins."

"Step one:"

"Anesthesia!"