101: Chapter 101: If Rank Isn't Enough, Plunder Will Make Up for It! Target: Alien Dimensions of the Stars!

Lin Yuan shifted his consciousness and descended into his 300,000-square-kilometer Wasteland Divine Domain.

He hovered in mid-air, overlooking the entire land.

The world-destroying or life-reviving changes he had expected did not appear.

It remained a tapestry of dark red and pure black.

Everything was exactly the same as before.

Lin Yuan frowned.

He raised his hand, sensing the fluctuations of the Law in his surroundings.

The spatial stability had not improved at all.

The gravity parameters remained unchanged.

Even the concentration of dark abyss spiritual energy had only increased due to the passage of time, having nothing to do with that forbidden Divine-Grade.

If he had to pick out something different.

It was that the entire space now carried an indescribable scent.

It was as if this land had just experienced the cycle of life and death over countless epochs.

"Is that it?" Lin Yuan asked, puzzled.

He had spent so much effort, withstood terrifying attacks on his will, and successfully achieved a Breakthrough to Fourth-Turn Demigod.

And yet, this [End and Origin] fragment just produced a giant pile of nothing?

He refused to believe it.

His figure flashed as he teleported directly to the Central Basin.

The first thing that caught his eye was the [Liquid Metal Blood-Devouring Demon Tree] that pierced through the heavens and the earth.

Its dark red trunk stood silently.

Its branches and leaves were tightly closed.

Its vitality was restrained.

After fusing with two Lesser Divine-Grade entries previously, it had entered a period of dormant transformation.

Now, several days had passed since the Fusion.

Converted to the time within the Divine Domain, it had been almost a full month.

Lin Yuan had thought that with the stimulation of the top-tier Divine-Grade fragment, the Demon Tree should have given some positive feedback.

Even if it just grew a few new leaves or changed the color of its bark, that would have been fine.

However, there was none.

It was still withered.

Standing there, it refused to leak even a bit of excess energy.

Lin Yuan flew around the Demon Tree twice, scanning it inside and out with his Mental Energy dozens of times.

The effect of absorbing the Divine-Grade on it was infinitely close to zero.

"Could it be that this thing only works on things that move?"

Lin Yuan changed direction and headed to the Blood Abyss Sea at the roots of the Demon Tree.

The Tyrant was soaking in the viscous blood.

The dark gold fluid on its body surface flowed slowly.

Sensing the aura of the Creator, the Tyrant opened its eyes and let out a low roar.

Lin Yuan carefully examined this strongest combat unit.

Tier: Platinum Eight-Star.

Its various attributes were stable.

There were no signs of any rapid progress.

Next, he went to inspect the volcanic cluster in the far north.

Eight thousand [Calamity Fire Spirits] were rolling in the magma.

Boiling water and toxic mist swirled around.

They were still struggling to adapt to the diluted negative Laws; those that should collapse did, and those that should reorganize did.

The addition of the Divine-Grade fragment had not accelerated their assimilation process.

The Black Gold Blade-Feather Demon Vulture in the sky.

The Zerg underground.

The Scarlet Flying Blade Bone Fish in the water.

Lin Yuan checked them one by one.

Everyone was normal.

The overall increase in strength was entirely due to the resources piled up from devouring the spoils of the Grand Exam.

Lin Yuan stopped in mid-air and rubbed his temples.

He began to doubt the feeling he had during his Breakthrough earlier.

Was that gray-black polyhedron really just a deceptive, trash fragment?

Was it essentially just meant to create an illusory dream, giving the fuser the illusion that they had mastered the Supreme Law?

"That's not right."

Lin Yuan quickly dismissed this absurd thought.

The leap in Realm was real.

The qualitative change in Divine Power could not be faked.

There must be some link that he had overlooked.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes and spread his perception net to the extreme.

No longer limiting it to those core, high-level kin.

Instead, he covered every corner of the Divine Domain with his search.

Penetrating into the black thorn bushes.

Burrowing into the murky swamps...

A few minutes later, he opened his eyes.

His gaze locked onto a tributary.

A common predation battle was taking place there.

Dozens of Silver Middle Stage Infrasonic Bone-Blade Bats were besieging a group of Silver First Stage Oscillating Liquid Metal Crabs.

The crabs waved their giant pincers, attempting to create spatial collapses for defense.

But the bats' infrasonic waves ignored the physical shells, directly shattering the internal organs of many crabs.

Severed limbs and broken arms flew across the battlefield.

Green body fluids stained the hillside.

Lin Yuan's attention was focused on one of the dying Liquid Metal Crabs.

Its shell was completely torn apart.

Several Bone Blade Bats were crawling on it, gnawing on its flesh.

Its vital signs had already fallen below the critical point.

By all logic, it wouldn't live for more than three seconds.

Just at the moment it was about to die.

An extremely hidden yet incredibly tyrannical energy surged from the depths of its genes.

Its originally dilated pupils suddenly contracted.

Its broken liquid metal body forcibly healed within 0.1 seconds.

Not only did the wounds heal, but the metallic luster on its surface became several times deeper.

It waved its giant pincers.

Snap.

The three Bone Blade Bats in front were directly clipped into two pieces.

A desperate counter-kill.

Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed.

He shifted his gaze to another battlefield.

On the sea surface, a group of Silver First Stage bone fish were killing each other.

A bone fish with a bitten-through spine, while sinking to the seabed, also triggered that strange energy.

Broken bones reconnected.

The concentration of Death Qi erosion doubled.

It surged out of the water again and tore the kin that had severely injured it into pieces.

Lin Yuan observed battles in over a dozen different areas in succession.

Without exception.

As long as they were weak creatures on the edge of life and death, about to completely perish.

There was a certain probability of triggering this extreme explosive power phenomenon.

The closer to the bottom line of death, the more terrifying the rebounding power.

After life and death, once they survived, their bodies would undergo permanent strengthening.

"So that's it."

Lin Yuan suddenly realized.

End and Origin.

The end of destruction is rebirth.

This forbidden Law involving the underlying logic of the Universe was not meant to improve panel data.

It changed the underlying rules of the Wasteland Divine Domain!

Previously, Lin Yuan's attention was entirely on high-level combat units like the Tyrant and the Zerg King.

In the current environment, it was difficult to force these powerful guys into a truly desperate situation of ten deaths and no life.

Without experiencing ultimate destruction, they naturally could not trigger the recovery of Origin.

Only those bottom-level cannon fodder, which were numerous and devoured each other every day.

Could display the true value of this Divine-Grade fragment with high frequency.

"Commander Xiao was right."

"The effect of the Divine-Grade fragment is mainly reflected in the Late Stage."

"The further it goes, the more terrifying the foundation of this rule becomes."

Lin Yuan calculated silently in his heart.

He had only fused one fragment and wanted to achieve immunity to all Laws and a drastic change in his Divine Domain.

That was truly wishful thinking.

This level of power required a long time to ferment.

After figuring all this out.

Lin Yuan no longer obsessed over the superficial changes in the Divine Domain in the short term.

Since this fragment needed life-and-death limits to catalyze it.

Then he would create the limits for them!

Lin Yuan hovered at the highest point of the sky.

The Creator's pressure was released without reservation.

The entire 300,000-square-kilometer Wasteland instantly fell silent.

All kin stopped moving, prostrating and trembling on the ground.

"Divine Oracle."

Lin Yuan's voice exploded in the minds of every creature.

"From this day on, throughout the entire Wasteland, an unrestricted life-and-death battle is initiated."

"Abandon territorial concepts, discard tribal protection."

"All creatures must be in a state of fighting for their lives at all times."

"Those who do not fight, die."

"Those who fear battle, die."

Previously, Lin Yuan had adopted "free-range management."

His kin each occupied a piece of territory and did their own thing.

Whether they fought or not depended on their mood; whoever was strong seized the resources.

But now it was different.

With the foundation of [End and Origin], he had to take more violent measures to squeeze out all the potential of these creatures.

Only in endless devouring could the great waves wash away the sand, filtering out the monsters that truly fit the forbidden Law.

However, Lin Yuan kept one thing in mind.

He cast his gaze toward the Blood Abyss Sea.

"The Tyrant Demon race is disqualified."

This supplementary order was issued to the Tyrant and all Tyrant Demons.

There was no other way.

The Tyrant Demon race's stats were too overpowered.

If he let them participate in the unrestricted conquest of the entire region, the other races wouldn't even have a chance to play.

"The Tyrant Demon race is limited to fighting only among themselves; they are strictly forbidden from interfering in outside battlefields."

After issuing this ironclad rule, Lin Yuan saw the Tyrant Demons in the blood sea lower their heads in some grievance.

They were holding back a belly full of Battle Intent, but could only vent it on their kin nearby.

Lin Yuan ignored the emotions of the Tyrant Demons.

The rules of the Divine Domain were established.

The land below immediately fell into unprecedented madness.

The Zerg surged out of the ground, pouncing on the Demon Vultures in the sky.

The bone fish in the sea rushed ashore, biting the crabs passing by.

The Fire Spirits whipped out toxic lashes, striking every living thing that approached the volcano.

Blood stained the scorched earth.

Remains piled up into mountains.

And in this extreme slaughter, dying creatures continuously triggered the explosive power mechanism, completing an incredible life leap.

Lin Yuan watched this scene quietly.

This was what the Wasteland should look like.

After handling the affairs inside the Divine Domain, Lin Yuan's spirit body dissipated, and he exited the Star Realm.

His consciousness returned to reality.

In the bedroom, sunlight spilled onto the floor through the gap in the curtains.

Lin Yuan stood up, walked to the desk, pulled out the chair, and sat down.

He opened his personal terminal.

The new rules of the Divine Domain had started to operate, but there were still two questions in his mind that remained unsolved.

First, why had the Divine Domain space not expanded to this day?

Second, why was the Demon Tree stuck at the Extraordinary rank, unable to transform?

According to the basic deity theory in high school textbooks.

When a divine creature breaks through to the Demigod Realm, the Divine Domain area will see a significant expansion.

From the first turn to the ninth turn, every promotion leads to exponential growth in space.

But he was already a Fourth-Turn Demigod now.

The 300,000-square-kilometer boundary had not moved an inch.

As for the Demon Tree.

Previously, when fusing with the residual roots of the Mother Tree, that feeling of everything falling into place, just one step away from advancement, was very clear.

But this time, after accepting two Lesser Divine-Grade entries.

The Demon Tree felt as if an invisible shackle had been placed on it.

It clearly possessed enough foundation, yet it was stuck firmly at the Extraordinary rank, unable to cross over.

It was as if there was some kind of rule in this Divine Domain space that was forcibly suppressing its growth.

These two questions exceeded Lin Yuan's knowledge reserve.

High school teachers hadn't taught this.

It wasn't written in the supplementary study materials either.

After all, ordinary students couldn't even touch the edge of an Extraordinary-level building, let alone a monster with an initial area of 300,000.

"I can only find the answer inside."

Lin Yuan entered the secret key given by Deputy Commander Chen Tie.

The interface jumped.

Spark Legion top-secret intelligence network.

This was one of the privileges he earned for being first in the Grand Exam.

A complex permission verification program popped up on the screen.

Iris scan.

Bone age determination.

Mental Energy band verification.

Three seconds later, the green light turned on.

"Welcome, Second Lieutenant Lin."

A synthesized mechanical voice rang out in the room.

Lin Yuan didn't waste time and entered keywords directly into the search bar.

[Divine Domain area stagnation], [High-level building advancement restrictions], [Demigod Realm suppression].

The database began to run at high speed.

Massive streams of information scrolled on the screen.

Lin Yuan filtered out the unnutritious routine combat reports and logistics lists, specifically selecting theoretical literature written by high-level True Gods of the military research institute.

He read ten lines at a glance.

Half an hour later.

Lin Yuan leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.

He understood.

Combining the extreme case analysis in the literature with his own actual situation.

All doubts were resolved.

These two problems were essentially caused by the same reason.

Let's talk about the Divine Domain area first.

The reason it hasn't expanded until now is fundamentally: it was too big initially!

300,000 square kilometers.

This is a quite exaggerated number.

You have to know, even for a chaebol daughter like Su Yueying who awakened an S-rank talent, the initial area was only 100,000 square kilometers.

Ordinary students only have a pitiful few hundred to a thousand square meters.

For normal deities, as their kin multiply and their strength skyrockets, the originally narrow space becomes crowded.

This crowding creates a kind of spatial pressure.

Deities must consume Divine Power to break through spatial barriers and forcibly widen their territory.

This is one of the core driving forces for Demigod cultivation.

But Lin Yuan had no such trouble at all.

The vast 300,000-square-kilometer land was enough to accommodate tens of millions of Zerg and a massive amount of other kin.

There was simply no situation where space was insufficient.

Plus, his Divine Domain was extremely special.

Internal high-intensity fighting all day, every day.

War Faith was endless like a tsunami.

Divine Power was extremely abundant.

Without the pressure of space, the Divine Domain naturally had no instinctive need to expand outward.

It chose to use all energy to stabilize internal Laws and increase environmental concentration.

"So it was just too full to bother moving." Lin Yuan shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Next was the Demon Tree's problem.

The literature clearly recorded a concept: [Realm Bearing Limit].

The Demon Tree's current rank was Extraordinary.

It had already fused with two Lesser Divine-Grade entries.

If it advanced next time, it would at least enter the Epic rank, and might even touch the threshold of the Legendary rank.

But that was where the problem lay.

Lin Yuan was only a Fourth-Turn Demigod now.

His Divine Domain Realm was only at the Middle Stage of the Demigod level.

For a Demigod's Divine Domain to forcibly gestate an Epic or even Legendary level architectural lifeform.

It was like using a paper cup to hold the magma of an entire volcano.

There was only one outcome: the Divine Domain would collapse, the Creator would suffer backlash from the Law, and fall on the spot.

Therefore, it wasn't that the Demon Tree couldn't advance.

It was that the underlying rules of the Wasteland Divine Domain, in order to protect its master Lin Yuan, forcibly blocked the Demon Tree's transformation.

It did not allow the birth of such monsters that exceeded the current Realm limit.

"The logic loop is closed."

Lin Yuan tapped his fingers gently on the table, a flash of realization in his eyes.

This also perfectly explained another problem that had troubled him for a long time.

Those chaebol families had deep foundations and held countless top-tier resources.

Why didn't they, on the first day their Family descendants awakened their Divine Domain.

Directly stuff in a few Epic or Legendary level buildings or units?

Directly create an invincible newbie account and just steamroll everything?

It turned out it wasn't that they didn't want to, but they couldn't.

The Divine Domain rank was not high enough to accommodate things of that level.

Forcibly stuffing them in would only blow up their own Genius.

Therefore, descendants of noble families could only follow the steps.

Starting from Black Iron and Bronze, strengthening step by step, slowly raising the Divine Domain Realm.

"If they could really smash Epic-level buildings in from the start."

Lin Yuan pondered to himself.

"Even if I had a Heaven-Defying cheat like Creation Extraction, in an environment like the Grand Exam, I would barely be able to single-handedly crush so many chaebol coalition forces."

No matter how strong the cheat was, it needed time to develop.

Since the cause was found, the solution naturally surfaced.

The last line of the document marked the only way to break the situation in eye-catching red font.

[Plunder].

To break the Realm suppression and forcibly raise the Divine Domain upper limit.

Relying solely on one's own closed-door development and accumulating faith is not enough.

One must go and plunder external Laws!

Plunder the Divine Domain cores of other deities.

Plunder the Origin planes of the abyss alien races.

Smash other people's worlds, devour all their remains and rules, and forcibly raise one's own dimension.

This is the true evolution method of high-level deities.

Lin Yuan stood up, walked to the window, and opened it.

"Plundering other people's planes, huh..."

A dangerous smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

He probably knew what he would be doing after going to the highest deity academy in the entire Federation.

That place gathered the top geniuses of the entire human race.

Controlling star gates leading to countless alien planes and abyssal battlefields.

There, there was the fattest prey.

There was the richest Law resources.

"University, huh."

Lin Yuan murmured in a low voice, his tone filled with undisguised fanaticism.

"It really is becoming more and more exciting."