372: Lu Chen's descendants create another miracle.

The smoke of war dissipated.

On the outskirts of the Pangu Continent, the once brilliant galaxy was now only a dead, pitch-black silence.

Only those hundreds of billions of newly formed miniature black holes were still silently rotating, greedily devouring the remains of the Void Whales.

Cold.

A bone-chilling cold.

Without the shine of stars, the temperature of the entire universe was plummeting off a cliff.

Even with energy shields, everyone inside the Lingxiao Hall still felt a chill originating from the depths of their souls.

"We won, but..."

Ye Qingcang looked at the pitch-black void outside the window, his exhaled breath turning into white mist.

The feverish excitement in the Old General's eyes faded, replaced by a deep concern.

"But the price was too high."

"All the stars have been burned up. From now on... are we supposed to live our lives in the dark?"

"In the dark?"

Sitting on the throne, Lu Xinghe swung his short legs, playing with the now somewhat dim "pangu" light orb in his hands.

"Old Ye, did you forget what my dad does?"

"Huh?"

Ye Qingcang was stunned. "Commander Lu? He's... a scientific researcher?"

"Exactly."

Lu Xinghe jumped down from the throne.

He walked to the center of the hall, in front of the floating star map model.

The once densely packed points of starlight were all grey now.

"Dad said."

"Real scientists never complain about a harsh environment."

"They only..."

Lu Xinghe reached out his chubby little hand and made a grabbing motion over the star map.

"**Remake the environment**."

"Sister heavenly craft!"

"I am here, Young Master!"

heavenly craft's voice was weary, but it still carried infinite doting for her little master.

"Lock down all those black holes that have had their fill!"

"And then..."

The corners of Lu Xinghe's mouth curled into an ambitious arc, identical to his father's.

"Initiate—**[Artificial Celestial Body Project · Version 2.0]**!"

"What?!"

All the scientists present jumped up in shock.

"Young Master! Those are black holes! Gravitational cages from which even light cannot escape! How can we modify them? With what?"

"With 'Rules'."

Lu Xinghe didn't explain.

He closed his eyes, and the golden flame mark on his forehead suddenly lit up!

Buzz—!!!

A grand, sacred will, seemingly from the very beginning of the universe's creation, instantly descended!

That was the trump card Lu Chen had left him—**Administrator Permissions**.

"I command!"

The tender childish voice became an unchallengeable heavenly decree at this moment.

"**Gravity... Inversion!**"

"**Mass... Transform into Energy!**"

"**Black holes... Light up for me!**"

Rumble—!!!

In the void, a sudden mutation occurred.

Those miniature black holes that were originally frantically devouring matter suddenly vibrated violently.

The singularities within them were forcibly "bent" by an overbearingly powerful force!

The gravitational fields that were collapsing inward instantly became repulsive fields gushing outward!

The devoured corpses of the Void Whales, under the extreme high pressure of the singularities, underwent a reaction billions of times more terrifying than nuclear fusion—**[Mass-Energy Annihilation]**!

Sizzle—

The first black hole lit up.

It wasn't that warm orange-yellow sunlight.

But a... pure, transparent **silver glow**, like crystal.

Immediately after.

The second, the third, the ten-thousandth... within just a few seconds.

Hundreds of billions of black holes simultaneously completed their magnificent transformation from "devourers" to "luminous bodies"!

The originally pitch-black universe was instantly illuminated!

And it was brighter, colder, and more sci-fi than before!

"This... this is..."

Ye Qingcang tremblingly reached out his hand to shield his eyes from the piercing silver light.

"Silver suns?"

"These are called **[Ethereal Stars]**."

Lu Xinghe stood in the center of the brilliantly lit hall with his small hands behind his back, speaking proudly.

"Compared to those inefficient fireballs that burned hydrogen before."

"These new stars, fueled by the corpses of void creatures, have ten thousand times the energy density!"

"Moreover..."

Lu Xinghe pointed at the plants growing frantically outside the window.

"This light carries its own 'Higher Dimensions Radiation'."

"By basking in it, the evolution speed of us Earthlings can double again!"

The entire place was dead silent.

Everyone looked at this three-year-old child as if he were a monster.

He burned the old suns.

He created new suns.

And he even gave all of humanity a "global acceleration cheat" while he was at it?

Is this freaking three years old?!

This is practically a mini Lu Chen in human skin!

Thud!

Ye Qingcang was the first to drop to one knee, his eyes red and his voice choking up.

"Commander Lu..."

"Did you see that?"

"Our young master... has become a great man!"

"Not only that, the pupil has surpassed the master!"

The surrounding soldiers and scientists all knelt down.

It was a submission and fervor that came from the depths of their souls.

If they had been in awe of Lu Xinghe before because he was Lu Chen's son,

Then now,

They were in awe of him simply because he was—**Lu Xinghe**.

"Everyone, rise."

Lu Xinghe waved his small hand, his face not showing much pride.

He climbed back onto the throne and sat down.

Although his legs still couldn't reach the floor, that aura of majesty was something no one dared to ignore anymore.

"Old Ye."

"Present!"

"I've lit the lamps at home."

"Now, it's time for serious business."

Lu Xinghe pointed at the silver light points relighting one by one on the star map.

"Since we're no longer short on energy,"

"Then fire up the 'armory' to full power for me!"

"Dad surely isn't having an easy time in that 'Fourth Layer'."

"I want to build an..."

A trace of ruthlessness beyond his years flashed in Lu Xinghe's eyes.

"An army that can punch through this ceiling..."

**Super-Dimensional Expeditionary Force**!"

"I want him to know."

"While he's charging at the front,"

"I'm behind him..."

"Handing him the blade!"

...At the same time.

The Fourth Layer world.

In that spacious and bright office.

Lu Chen, who was preparing to negotiate with the "Architect" Li Wei, suddenly paused.

He subconsciously touched his chest.

There, a warm throb was felt.

"What's wrong?" Su Qingying asked.

Lu Chen turned his head to look at the tightly closed metal door behind him.

Even though they were separated by countless dimensions and the passage had closed,

He seemed to see a brilliant silver sea of stars through that thick steel plate.

"Heh..."

Lu Chen suddenly laughed.

He laughed incredibly brightly, with immense pride.

"It's nothing."

He turned around and looked at the wary Li Wei, his tone suddenly becoming extremely relaxed.

"It's just..."

"That brat of mine just sent me a 'video'."

"Video?" Li Wei frowned. "What video?"

"It's nothing much."

Lu Chen shrugged and pointed at the fluorescent light above his head.

"He just told me."

"That he replaced the kerosene lamps at home..."

"With **nuclear reactors**."

"Mr. Li Wei."

Lu Chen walked to the desk, leaning forward with his hands propped on the surface, his sense of pressure at its peak.

"Since there's no longer a fire in my backyard,"

"Can we..."

"Have a good talk..."

"About how I'm going to **acquire**..."

"This 'shabby company' of yours?"