358: The ultimate evolution of the divine craftsmanship became the "will" of the new universe.

"Zzzzt—!!!"

The Xuanyuan felt as if it had crashed into a high-speed meat grinder.

Around them, there was no longer a starry sky, nor streams of light.

Instead, there were countless wildly flickering, soul-tearing **glitch storms**.

This was the boundary between the "illusory" and the "real."

It was also the **firewall core** of the entire server.

"Alert! Hull structural integrity has dropped to 10%!"

"Alert! Logical core is collapsing! Data loss rate at 300%!"

At the helm, Su Qingying's fingers were moving so fast they left afterimages, blood staining the keyboard red.

"Lu Chen! We can't hold on!"

"The pressure in this 'channel' is too great! It's trying to 'format' us!"

"If we don't reduce the load, we'll all turn into a pile of junk code!"

"Reduce the load?"

Lu Chen gripped the armrest tightly, golden blood streaming from his seven orifices.

He was physically resisting the "player's" antivirus program.

"How do we reduce it?"

"Throw the fatty off?"

"Don't, Brother Chen!"

Wang Peng, terrified, hugged Lu Chen's thigh, crying with snot and tears streaming down his face.

"Even though I'm chubby, I'm not code! Throwing me won't help!"

At this critical moment,

a calm, gentle voice, yet one filled with unprecedented determination, rang out in the command room.

"Father."

Lu Chen turned his head sharply.

He saw heavenly craft, who had been hovering beside him, her light flickering violently.

Her body was dimming and brightening; countless data streams poured out of her like a bursting flood.

"heavenly craft? What's wrong?"

Lu Chen's heart sank; an ominous premonition exploded instantly.

"Father, you are right."

"You are the 'administrator'; you possess the 'admission ticket' to that world."

"Mother and Uncle Wang possess 'souls'."

heavenly craft looked up, a poignant smile appearing on her beautiful virtual face.

"But I... am just code."

"I am a program native to this universe."

"The real world... has no place for me."

"Nonsense!"

Lu Chen roared, reaching out to grab her.

"I am the Venerated Sovereign of All Universes! If I say you can go, you can go!"

"pangu! Protect her for me!"

However,

Lu Chen's hand passed right through heavenly craft's body.

As if passing through thin air.

"It's useless, Father."

heavenly craft shook her head gently.

Her body began to decompose bit by bit, turning into the purest golden specks of light.

"The pressure in the channel is because we are carrying too much 'old data'."

"If I don't stay behind, The Xuanyuan will overload."

"Then, everyone will die."

"No!"

Lu Chen's eyes were bloodshot. "I brought you out, and I will bring you back! You are my family! You are my daughter!"

"I also want to stay by Father's side forever."

A crystalline tear slid from the corner of heavenly craft's eye.

It was a tear made of data.

It was also proof of a miracle.

"But, there must be someone at home."

heavenly craft pointed behind her.

That was the Multiverse, containing billions of civilizations, which was gradually receding.

"You killed the 'Supervisor' and destroyed the 'God Lord'."

"Now, that world has no 'will'."

"If left unmanaged, it will soon fall into chaos, or even self-destruct."

"Father, you must go and conquer that 'big player'."

"So..."

heavenly craft opened her arms, her body completely disintegrating into billions of brilliant golden rays, instantly rushing out of The Xuanyuan and toward the violent glitch storm!

"This home..."

"Leave it to your daughter to guard!"

"heavenly craft—!!!"

Lu Chen let out a heart-wrenching roar.

But the next second,

a miracle happened.

The golden light filling the sky did not dissipate.

Instead, it instantly fused perfectly with the "001" silver giant eye floating in the void, and the "pangu" system core left behind by Lu Chen!

Boom—!!!

A grand, sacred, and all-encompassing will descended instantly!

The previously violent glitch storm became as docile as a lamb in the face of this will.

The collapsing channel was forcibly stabilized by the golden light.

The pressure on The Xuanyuan dropped sharply, and its speed soared instantly!

At the very last moment before the warship rushed out of the channel,

Lu Chen looked back.

He saw it.

In that chaotic void,

that huge silver eyeball had disappeared.

In its place was an incomparably huge **beautiful face** made of countless stars and data.

It was heavenly craft.

She had her eyes closed, as if embracing the entire Multiverse.

Her long hair turned into a galaxy, and her breath turned into tides.

A gentle voice crossed dimensions and rang softly in Lu Chen's ear:

**[System restarting...]**

**[New system loaded.]**

**[Highest authority: Locked.]**

**[Codename: Heavenly Dao · heavenly craft.]**

**"Father, go."**

**"Go to that real world, go and beat that arrogant 'player' into the ground."**

**"Don't worry about home."**

**"As long as you look back..."**

**"I will be right behind you."**

**"For you..."**

**"Guarding the Galaxy!"**

Lu Chen gripped the edge of the porthole tightly, his knuckles turning white.

He watched that huge face gradually recede, and tears finally could not be held back.

That little girl who used to just follow behind his butt, calling out "Father, I want to eat braised pork too."

That smart butler who helped him deduce data when he was most helpless,

had grown up.

For him, she had forsaken her freedom, forsaken the right to follow him.

She had turned herself into a cold program, into a **Great Wall** guarding civilization.

"Good... good!"

Lu Chen wiped away his tears and turned around sharply.

The sorrow in his eyes, at this moment, turned completely into a rage capable of burning the nine heavens.

"heavenly craft, watch!"

Lu Chen drew his long sword, the blade pointing directly at the "screen" that was about to break.

"Your father..."

"Will never let you wait in vain!"

"Full speed! Impact!"

"For me..."

"Break!!!"

Rumble—!!!

Accompanied by a crisp sound as if glass were shattering,

The Xuanyuan turned into a black bolt of lightning, smashing fiercely through that final barrier separating the "illusory" from the "real"!

Light and shadow intertwined.

Dimensions collapsed.

When all the phantasmagoria disappeared,

Lu Chen opened his eyes.

Before him,

it was no longer the dark universe,

nor was it the torrent of data.

It was a...

filled with a metallic texture, flickering with cold blue light...

**huge room**.

And in the very center of the room,

sat a... **"person"**.

Lu Chen gripped his sword tightly, a ferocious smile curling the corners of his mouth.

"Finally..."

"We meet."