304: I will protect the future of Earth's civilization!

Ten thousand meters underground.

The pressure from the rock layers here was staggering, enough to crush a tank into a flat disc.

A gravity elevator, which could only be activated by a specific biological fingerprint, was currently plummeting at a frantic speed of a hundred meters per second.

Inside the cramped elevator car, Lu Chen was alone.

If one didn't count the virtual daughter whose data was jumping frantically across his retina.

"Father, the magnetic field here is very strange."

heavenly craft's voice carried a rare hint of confusion. "99% of my detection bands are being shielded, as if this place simply doesn't exist in physical space."

"That's normal."

Lu Chen toyed with the crumpled brass key in his hand, his gaze playful. "If even you couldn't be blocked, then those high-dimensional voyeurs would have discovered this place long ago."

*Ding—*

The elevator stopped.

There was no high-tech metal gate as one might imagine, nor were there any dazzling laser corridors.

What met his eyes was only an incredibly heavy stone door.

There was no keyhole on the stone door, only a groove.

Lu Chen stepped forward and inserted the brass key into it.

A perfect fit.

*Click.*

The crisp sound of the mechanism echoed through the deathly silent underground space like a clap of thunder.

*Rumble—*

The stone door slowly opened, and a gust of stale, dry air carrying a certain sacred aura rushed toward him.

Lu Chen walked inside.

When he saw the scene within, even though he was accustomed to cosmic wonders, his pupils constricted sharply into needlepoints.

This was a massive circular hall.

In the center of the hall floated a giant sphere composed of countless points of light.

Upon closer inspection, every single point of light turned out to be a segment of sealed memory, a piece of encrypted genetic code!

"Is this the pangu archive?"

Lu Chen murmured to himself.

He reached out, his fingertip lightly touching the orb of light.

*Hum!*

In an instant, countless noisy yet resolute voices exploded directly within his mind!

"For the New China! Advance!"

"This is Tashan! As long as one person remains, the position stands!"

"We must build our own atomic bomb! Even if it means living twenty years less, we are willing!"

"We can go up to the ninth heaven to pluck the moon, and go down to the five oceans to catch turtles."

Images flickered by.

From the straw sandals on the Long March to the mushroom clouds rising over Lop Nur; from the 'East is Red' played by the first satellite to the interstellar fleets now spanning the Milky Way.

Lu Chen felt his scalp tingle, and the blood throughout his body seemed to flow in reverse.

This was no mere archive.

This was clearly the 'Civilization Will' condensed by countless sons and daughters of Huaxia over the past century!

It was that racial talent of 'not believing in heresy, not fearing ghosts, and never giving up'!

"Detected 'Kindling' inheritor gene."

"Permissions confirmed: Supreme Level."

"Logic lock disengaged."

The orb of light suddenly disintegrated, turning into billions of streams of light that surged frantically into Lu Chen's body!

"Ugh!"

Lu Chen let out a muffled groan and dropped to one knee.

Pain.

It was the agonizing pain of a soul being torn apart and restructured.

But the light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter. The gold in his left eye and the silver-white in his right were merging frantically, finally transforming into a chaotic color of ultimate depth.

At this moment, he understood.

The so-called 'pangu archive' were actually a 'firewall' left behind by the ancestors after they had inadvertently touched the underlying rules of the universe.

It had only one function—

To lock 'Causality'.

As long as this lock remained, the will of Earth Civilization could not be tampered with, and the future of humanity could not be predicted!

Even high-dimensional beings could forget about using some 'probability cloud' to decide the life and death of humanity!

"Whew..."

After a long while, Lu Chen let out a long breath and slowly stood up.

At this moment, his aura had changed.

If he was previously a divine sword with its sharp edge exposed, he was now the earth itself.

Heavy, profound, and unshakeable.

"Father, your vital signs..." heavenly craft cried out in surprise, "Your brain development has broken through 100%! Your existence itself is repelling the surrounding physical rules!"

"It's more than just repelling."

Lu Chen clenched his fist, feeling the power within his palm that was enough to modify reality, a cold smile curling on his lips.

"I call this 'Being the Master of the House'."

"In this home, I call the shots."

Half an hour later.

Earth Federation Supreme Command.

In the massive conference room, generals gathered like clouds.

Ye Qingcang, Long Weiguo, Wang Peng, Su Qingying, and the commanders of all the major fleets were all sitting upright and solemn.

The air was so heavy it was suffocating.

The doors were pushed open.

Lu Chen walked in.

With every step he took, the floor beneath his feet seemed to vibrate slightly. An invisible pressure made everyone subconsciously want to submit.

He walked straight to the head seat, turned around, and swept his gaze across the room.

"Everyone."

Lu Chen spoke. His voice wasn't loud, but it reached the depths of everyone's soul with clarity.

"Are you ready?"

Ye Qingcang stood up abruptly, gave a standard military salute, and roared, "Always ready! Just give the word, and even if I have to blow up the 'spaceship name' in the process, I'll knock out two of those bastards' teeth!"

"No need to knock out teeth."

Lu Chen waved his hand and tapped lightly on the holographic tabletop.

*Swish!*

An unprecedented star map unfolded.

It was no longer a three-dimensional cosmic starry sky, but a multi-dimensional structural diagram so complex it made one's head spin.

And at the top of that structural diagram, there was a coordinate flashing with red light.

"Is that Supervisor's nest?" Su Qingying pushed up her glasses, her tone calm, but her tightly clenched fingers betrayed her tension.

"No."

Lu Chen shook his head, a flash of cunning light in his eyes.

"That is their server."

"What?!" Wang Peng was dumbfounded. "Server? These high-dimensional beings use servers too?"

"To them, our universe is a virtual game."

Lu Chen sneered. "Since it's a game, there's a backend and data interfaces."

"Before, we were the NPCs inside, only able to be manipulated by others."

"But now—"

Lu Chen pointed to his own head, where the 'pangu archive' had just merged.

"I have already obtained the administrator password."

The entire room erupted!

Everyone looked at Lu Chen in disbelief.

Administrator password?

What did that mean?

It meant Lu Chen could modify reality's rules just like modifying game data!

"Commander Lu, then your plan is..." a young staff officer asked with a trembling voice.

Lu Chen leaned forward with both hands on the table, a frantic fire dancing in those chaotic-colored eyes.

"The plan is simple."

"Codename: [Havoc in Heaven]."

"Since they treat us as a virus—"

Lu Chen grinned, revealing a row of stark white teeth, smiling like a demon king about to destroy the world.

"Then we will become the strongest virus king."

"Pass down my orders!"

"Activate all genesis engine nodes!"

"Target: Break through the cosmic bubble barrier!"

"We are going to that high-dimensional world to give those high-and-mighty 'players'..."

"...an internet outage!"