110: Chapter 110 Violent Antivirus and the First Roar

Deep underground, Engine Core Room.

Facing that massive 'Virus Mother' (spider monster) entrenched on the reactor, Li Mo acted like a janitor who had just spotted a cockroach. There was no fear, only deep disgust.

"Hiss—!!" The spider monster's vertical mouth split open, emitting a screech like a mental storm. Countless transparent spider silks gushed out, each strand hanging with 'Resentment Code' left over from the previous era. For ordinary Cultivators, touching these meant instant death, as they could directly rewrite a Cultivator's Spiritual Root, turning them into a Mutant.

"Still using such outdated attack methods?" Li Mo sighed and didn't dodge. He simply pressed a button on his safety helmet.

[Firewall (Physical Version): Activated.]

A layer of pale blue light shield lit up around him. Those terrifying resentment spider silks slammed into the shield, making a 'sizzling' scorched sound before curling up and falling off like hair touching fire.

"How is this possible... You are... that Authorized User?!" The spider monster was shocked. It recognized this blue light; it was a core defense mechanism that only those at the 'Captain' level of this ship could invoke.

"Who I am isn't important." Li Mo raised the wrench in his hand and walked toward the reactor step by step. "What's important is that you've illegally occupied a public facility, and... you haven't paid rent yet."

"Go to hell!!" Realizing the danger, the spider monster stopped testing him. Its massive body suddenly contracted, attempting to forcibly inject its core consciousness into the reactor, intending to pollute the entire engine even if it had to self-destruct.

"Thinking of self-destructing?" Li Mo pushed up his glasses. "Pulling that stunt in front of the Administrator?"

He pulled out a bottle of **[Abyss Brand Rust Remover]** (actually high-concentration Abyss Chaos Venom) from his toolbox. "Since you're a virus from the 'Order' side, then taste some disinfectant from the 'Chaos' side."

Splash! Li Mo unceremoniously threw the entire bottle of venom out.

"Aaaah—!!!!" The purple-black liquid splashed onto the spider monster, instantly causing a violent chemical reaction. The originally indestructible chitinous shell began to bubble frantically and melt. For a creature that relied on 'Old Rules' to survive, 'Disorder' from the Abyss was the most potent acid.

Taking advantage of the moment the monster screamed, Li Mo moved. He leapt high into the air, the [Universal Maintenance Wrench] in his hand carrying the white light of 'Forced Correction' rules as it smashed heavily onto the spider monster's forehead.

[Command: Delete Selected Item.] [Confirm: Shift + Delete (Bypass Recycle Bin).]

Clang—!!!

This strike didn't result in flying flesh. Under the heavy blow of the wrench, the spider monster's body was directly smashed into a pile of light dots resembling garbled code. It tried to reassemble, but the 'Delete Rule' left by the wrench was like a maggot in the bone, thoroughly erasing every segment of its core code.

"No... I'm not reconciled... I waited for a hundred thousand years..." The spider monster's voice grew weaker and weaker, finally turning into a burst of ethereal electronic static before completely dissipating.

[System Prompt: High-risk virus cleared.] [Reactor surface cleaning complete.] [Current environmental cleanliness: 100%.]

Li Mo landed and shook the residue off the wrench. "Not taking a bath for a hundred thousand years—if you don't die, who will?"

He walked up to that massive, dusty crystal ball (the reactor core). At this time, the three Wanfa Immortal Sect Old Ancestors (fuel rods) who had been thrown down had already been sucked into the interior of the core. Through the semi-transparent crystal wall, one could vaguely see the three of them inside, terrified and pounding on the barrier, their bodies burning with raging spiritual power flames.

"Stop pounding and save your strength for burning." Li Mo reached out and pressed the control panel, entering the ignition command.

[Preheating complete.] [Fuel loading finished.] [Requesting external power intervention...]

...

On the surface, the ruins of the Wanfa Immortal Sect.

Butcher Xiao stood shirtless in front of a massive manual generator set connected to underground cables. Before him was a manual phalanx of several thousand Wanfa Immortal Sect Disciples who wanted to cry but had no tears (including True Lord Tianfa, who had just woken up and wanted to faint again). Each of them held a crank handle in their hands.

"Did you all hear that?!" Butcher Xiao brandished a whip (actually a measuring ruler from a construction site) and roared loudly: "The Dean has already cleaned up below!" "Now, whether we can get this 'tractor' to roar to life depends on you!" "If you don't want to be thrown down as firewood, give it everything you've got!"

"One! Two! Crank!!!"

"Sob sob sob..." Several thousand Cultivators, including many Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stage experts, were now forced to frantically turn the handles for survival. Majestic spiritual power was converted into pure electricity through the handles, flowing down the thick cables and surging into the ground.

Vroom—vroom—vroom— A low roar began to echo deep within the earth.

...

Underground Core Room.

Li Mo watched the energy bar on the console begin to jump frantically. 50%... 70%... 90%...

Inside the crystal ball, the spiritual power of those three Old Ancestors was instantly drained, turning into the first spark of activation. "That's about it." Li Mo took a deep breath and slammed down the red master switch.

[Ignite!]

Boom—!!!

An indescribable pillar of blue light erupted in the center of the reactor. The originally dim crystal ball instantly became transparent, with antimatter spiritual energy as brilliant as a galaxy surging inside.

That was energy far exceeding the level of Spiritual Qi in the Cultivation World. That was power sufficient to propel a planet's voyage.

Chug-chug-chug-chug... Boom! Accompanied by a burst of black smoke similar to an old diesel engine starting (actually Impurities being discharged), this pangu-003 main engine, which had slept for countless ages, finally let out its first steady roar.

...

The outside world.

The entire Central State was trembling. It wasn't an earthquake, but a high-frequency vibration, like standing next to a giant generator that had just started up.

On the former site of the Wanfa Immortal Sect, a blue pillar of light with a diameter of over a thousand miles soared into the sky, directly piercing through the clouds, the atmosphere, and even the planar barriers, stabbing straight into the sea of stars.

"What... is that?" Thousands of miles away, countless Central State Cultivators watching this battle stared blankly at the pillar of light. Around the pillar, space distorted, and the concentration of Spiritual Qi was skyrocketing geometrically. But this Spiritual Qi was no longer gentle and meant for meditation; it was a violent, electrified, and industrially-charged **"High-Voltage Spiritual Qi"**.

[Server-wide Announcement (Li Mo via loudspeaker):] [Congratulations to the people of Central State, your heating System has been restored.] [Due to excessively high Spiritual Pressure, all Cultivators must wear a 'Voltage Regulator' (also known as a fuse) when Cultivating, otherwise, you may explode and die.] [Also: The Central State Branch of Tianhe Academy is officially established and is now recruiting the first batch of 'Power Maintenance' students.]

On the ruins of the Wanfa Immortal Sect, the Disciples who had finished cranking the generator and were slumped on the ground in exhaustion looked at the pillar of light that connected heaven and earth. Feeling the energy in the air so thick it was choking, they suddenly felt... an urge to cry.

"The Sect is gone..." True Lord Tianfa muttered to himself, "But... the Spiritual Qi really seems to have increased?" "Is this the legendary... industrial upgrade?"

...

Underground.

Li Mo looked at the steadily running engine and clapped his hands in satisfaction. [Side Quest Complete: Restart the pangu-003 (1/4).] [Current Status: Single engine idling.] [World Sailing Speed: 0.1 knots (barely moving).]

"Only 0.1 knots?" Li Mo shook his head. "Looks like I'll have to fix the other three engines." "However, since it's moving..."

He opened the map and looked toward the Northern Border. There, although the rift to the Abyss had closed, the coordinates were still there.

"Since the Abyss won't come to me, then this time..." A crazed smile curled on Li Mo's lips. "Once I get the speed up, I'll sail this ship right to the gates of the Abyss." "To block their door." "To collect their tolls."