222: The ultimate mission of the Spark Ark, the Transcendent!

“An existence from a higher dimension, one we cannot comprehend, nor can we resist.”

Su Lei fell silent.

What they faced was not an enemy that could be defeated, but a rule, a natural disaster!

“But we, the Human Race, never surrender to fate!”

Another Venerable, a woman in battle armor, spoke, “If we cannot resist it, then we will find a way to understand it, to adapt to it, and even to rewrite it!”

“Thus, we poured the last of our civilization’s strength into building this Ark of Civilization’s Seed.”

“Its true purpose is only one.”

Venerable Tianhe and the other eleven Venerables stood up simultaneously at this moment, their gazes burning as they looked at Su Lei.

“That is, to use all the information of our civilization as nourishment to cultivate an individual who can surpass us, surpass the Venerable Rank, and even leap out of this program…”

“A Transcendent!”

“An existence with the qualification to converse with that Executor, and even the ability to attempt to rewrite the formatting program!”

Su Lei’s Heart-Nature pounded violently at this moment.

He was the candidate chosen by this Ark of Civilization’s Seed, the one who carried the hope of the entire civilization.

“To become a Transcendent, one needs to complete three steps.”

Venerable Tianhe extended his finger.

“One, condensing the Divine Soul, you have already achieved this.”

“And the next is your new mission.”

He waved his hand, and seven items, each emitting a different light, floated above the council table.

“These are the seven most core cornerstones of civilization condensed in our era.”

“We used our last strength to shatter them and scatter them across this world to evade the Executor’s purge.”

“What you need to do is to find them, gather them, and then re-fuse them.”

“Only by gathering all seven cornerstones of civilization can you possess the most complete information of our era’s civilization, and only then is it possible to use this as a ladder to take that final step and become a true Transcendent.”

“This is also the only hope we leave for this world.”

A grand mission, at this moment, was clearly laid out before Su Lei.

The New Federation’s capital, Xinghui City, in the rebuilt Supreme Council Hall.

The cold alloy walls had been replaced by warm, stony textures.

Everything here was an attempt to erase the suffocating scent of iron and blood from Qin Wuyan’s era, creating an atmosphere of solemnity and new beginnings.

However, at this moment, this solemnity was replaced by a heavy, almost solidified silence.

The relaxed joy from the celebrations of the past few days had long vanished from everyone’s faces.

The calm before the storm.

“That Demonic Whale in the East Sea…”

“It is not a Demonic Beast as we know it, nor is it some natural great power.”

Inside the council hall, there was a deathly silence.

“We have no retreat.”

Chen Xuan slowly stood up, his back, which had been slightly hunched with age, now stood as straight as a weathered spear.

“Since Heaven intends to destroy our Human Race, then we shall defy this Heaven!”

A suppressed roar, pushed to its extreme, broke the spell of the council hall.

“Exactly!”

Zhao Wufeng slammed the table.

“We Martial Artists, from the day we stepped onto the Martial Dao, have walked a Heaven-Defying path! To hell with whatever damned rules or Executors! Let’s fight them until the world turns upside down!”

Spirited emotions began to spread, and the suppressed despair was replaced by a surge of fighting spirit ignited in an instant.

But Su Lei merely raised his hand slightly.

“Anger doesn’t solve problems.”

Su Lei’s gaze swept over everyone again, “Now is not the time to discuss whether to fight or not.

Because we have no choice.”

“Instead, it’s about how to fight.”

He lightly tapped his finger in the Void Realm, and an extremely complex star map, composed of light, slowly unfurled in the center of the council hall.

“The Ark of Civilization’s Seed has given us our last, and only, hope.”

“To find the seven cornerstones of civilization.”

“These are the essence and information carriers of the previous era’s civilization, hidden in various corners of the Universe before it was formatted.”

“Only by gathering all seven cornerstones, using them as a ladder, and the complete information of the entire ancient civilization as fuel, is it possible, in our era, to foster an existence capable of conversing with the so-called Executor, and even rewriting the rules.”

“A Transcendent.”

Su Lei uttered these three words.

“I will depart immediately to search for the first cornerstone of civilization.”

“Elder Chen, Elder Ye, and the several Elders of the Martial Alliance. I need you to integrate all of the Federation’s Martial Dao power within the shortest possible time.”

“Especially those young people who have undergone Awakening in the new era; their power is a double-edged sword, growing extremely fast, but their Heart-Nature is not yet stable.”

“They must be given the most correct guidance and the most rigorous regulation. Let them become the cornerstones protecting the Federation, not the source of unrest.”

“Yuwei, you will oversee the Federation’s internal affairs, soothe the people’s hearts, and ensure absolute stability in the rear. Activate the highest Rank of public opinion control; I need you to guarantee that no matter the front-line situation, our people must not experience a second wave of panic and despair like during Qin Wuyan’s era.”

…Command after command was clearly issued, and the entire council hall transformed into the central processor of a precise war machine.

Every person received their weighty mission.

“And what about you?”

Just as Su Lei finished arranging everything and was about to conclude the meeting, Li Xue凝’s clear, cold voice rang out in the council hall for the first time.

“You need someone by your side.”

Su Lei’s gaze turned to her, and he looked at her deeply, not refusing.

“Good.”

“You will accompany me.”

Just as the New Federation, this enormous war machine, aligned all its gears against the unknown terror from the depths of the Universe, a rot originating from within civilization itself quietly spread in a more covert manner.

Eastern Theater Command, Coastal Defense Line One, codenamed Wall of Aegis.

This was an iron bastion that the Federation had spent nearly half a century and countless resources and blood to build.

Within the thousands of kilometers of high walls, advanced electromagnetic railgun arrays and energy shield generators were deployed; through countless waves of Demonic Beasts, it had never allowed any Demonic Beast above A Rank to set foot inland.

Late at night, all was silent, with only the searchlight beams of the patrol teams, like silent blades, cutting back and forth between the cold high wall and the pitch-black sea.

C7 Section, Central Energy Hub.

This was the heart of the entire defense line, where over three hundred engineers and guard soldiers worked in three shifts, ensuring a stable energy supply.

Suddenly, a dull, almost inaudible roar came from the very core of the hub.

Immediately after, a circle of invisible, distorted energy ripples spread wildly outwards.

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