210: Lighthouse of All Worlds

Han Li (Mo Yuan) sat cross-legged, the gentle light from the little green bottle in his palm intertwining with the shimmering glow of the time weaver, illuminating his pale yet intensely focused face.

The crisis had been temporarily abated, but it was far from resolved.

The protection the time weaver could provide was limited and passive; once the "World Engine" increased its scanning intensity or initiated a higher-level cleanup protocol, this meager camouflage would be shattered instantly.

He had to take the initiative!

Before he was completely discovered and erased, he had to place more chess pieces to disrupt this deadly game!

His consciousness sank into the other half of the remains of the omniscient eye, which was still silently burning and maintaining the [eternal calamity protocol].

The cold data of [Recovery Progress: 0.0014%] felt like a mockery.

Relying on this meager recovery speed, he feared that long before he could accumulate enough, he would have already been thoroughly cleaned up.

He could not passively wait for recovery!

A more insane, more grandiose plan rapidly took shape in his cold consciousness, which had perceived the essence of the world.

Since the "World Engine" fed on devouring civilizations and harvesting timelines, then he would bury poisonous thorns in more of its plates!

Since a single variable was easily cleared, he would create countless variables to overwhelm the cleanup program!

Since the time weaver could weave camouflage, it could also... sow seeds!

Target: Use the time weaver as a bridge to deploy "Civilization Fire Seeds" into nearby abandoned/low-dimensional timelines that had not yet been focused on by the "World Engine" or were currently in the budding stage of civilization!

Content of the Fire Seeds: Based on the warnings about the operation logic of the "Observer" from Han Li's memory bank, an optimized version of basic Cultivate methods, and most crucially—vigilance against and the will to resist the "World Engine"!

Ultimate goal: Not merely to Cultivate civilizations, but to Cultivate "informed resistors," allowing these scattered civilizations of Fire Seeds to form an invisible [Consciousness Defense Matrix] based on shared cognition, disrupting the information collection and harvesting efficiency of the "World Engine"!

"With time as the river, the weaver as the boat, and the Fire Seeds as the stars... light up the ten thousand worlds and resist the eternal calamity together!"

The command was issued!

The time weaver in his palm suddenly emitted an almost inaudible hum, and its rotation speed accelerated abruptly!

Its sharp tip, flowing with the Tomb Keeper's Sword Intent, aimed at a certain point in the Void Realm and slowly pierced in!

It was not a physical piercing, but a piercing into the cracks between dimensions and time!

An extremely subtle yet incredibly stable "channel" was forcibly opened!

The other end of the channel was bizarre and surreal, with the light and shadows of countless timelines appearing and vanishing like bubbles.

"Link positioning: Coordinate Alpha-772, low-magic plane, budding civilization, intelligent race: Rockborn, social structure: tribal..."

"Fire Seed encapsulation: Basic Rock Element Perception Method, Cluster Consciousness Training Technique, High-Dimensional Threat Warning (simplified version)..."

"Deploy!"

A flash of light emanated from the tail of the time weaver, and a "seed" composed of pure information and faint energy, shimmering with an earthy yellow luster, shot out along the channel and instantly disappeared!

Almost the instant the seed was successfully deployed, Han Li (Mo Yuan) shuddered, his face turning another shade paler.

The light of the little green bottle also dimmed slightly.

Opening and maintaining this cross-dimensional channel consumed far more than he had imagined!

But he did not pause for even a moment!

"Link positioning: Coordinate Beta-109, tech-side wasteland plane, civilization gap, survivors: mutant humans, social structure: shelter..."

"Fire Seed encapsulation: Basic Energy Guidance Technique (adapted for radiation environment), Simple Rune Technology Principles, High-Dimensional Threat Warning (data format)..."

"Deploy!"

The second seed, shimmering with deep blue data light, shot out!

"Link positioning: Coordinate Gamma-558, plant symbiosis plane, civilization form: collective consciousness, subject: Spirit Plant race..."

"Fire Seed encapsulation: Photosynthetic Spiritual Qi Absorption Method, Mental Network Encryption Technology, High-Dimensional Threat Warning (telepathic)..."

"Deploy!"

The third emerald green seed entered the channel!

One by one, "Civilization Fire Seeds," each containing different knowledge Systems and adapted to different civilization forms but carrying the same core warning, were precisely deployed by the time weaver into the corners of timelines that were small, remote, and not yet included in the "World Engine's" rapid harvesting sequence.

Each deployment drained a portion of Han Li (Mo Yuan)'s essence and spirit, causing the light of the little green bottle to dim further.

His body was teetering, his consciousness began to blur due to excessive consumption, and only that cold will was holding on tenaciously.

He "saw" those seeds fall into savage worlds, into desperate wastelands, into strange jungles...

Some were treated as divine revelations, devoutly worshipped and studied by tribal shamans.

Some were regarded as extraterrestrial wonders by shelter scientists, who frantically deciphered them.

Others were directly integrated into collective consciousness networks, sparking vigilance and resonance throughout the entire race.

The spark had already been sown.

And as the Fire Seeds landed, took root, and sprouted, a marvelous change occurred.

Those civilization consciousnesses that began to come into contact with, understand, and remain vigilant against the "High-Dimensional Threat," regardless of their form, generated a faint, synchronized "resonance."

This resonance was not an energy fluctuation, but a resonance on the information level... based on shared cognition and the will to resist!

The time weaver keenly captured this resonance!

Its tail no longer just deployed seeds; it began to act like a spider weaving a web, connecting these faint resonance nodes scattered across countless timelines in a way that transcended space and time, quietly and secretly...!

An intangible, shapeless, yet genuinely existing web was slowly being woven!

[Consciousness Defense Matrix], taking shape!

This web itself did not possess powerful defensive capabilities, but its existence was in itself a form of interference with the "World Engine's" information collection System!

Countless tiny "error data" and "abnormal variables" emerged simultaneously across various timelines, forcing that cold cleanup program to divert computing power to evaluate and process them!

Although each node was as small as dust, billions of specks of dust gathered could even blind the Heavenly Eye!

The moment Han Li (Mo Yuan) felt the feedback from the time weaver, the countless tiny resonance nodes connecting into a web, his constantly tense lips finally curled into a smile that was extremely exhausted yet sharp as a blade.

He had done it.

Using himself as firewood, the little green bottle as the source, and the time weaver as the pen, he had buried rebellious seeds in the countless pastures enclosed by the high-dimensional shepherd, lighting up silent...

[Beacon of Ten Thousand Worlds]!

Although the light of the beacons was faint, it was enough to illuminate each other, telling those lonely, struggling Souls: You are not alone, beware of the gaze from high above!

And the light of all the beacons gathering would eventually... pierce through this captive cage!

He slowly closed his eyes, letting exhaustion swallow his consciousness.

The time weaver in his hand continued to spin silently, weaving that web of resistance spanning the ten thousand worlds.

Outside the humble room, the sound of Mo Juren's footsteps approached from afar once again.

And this time, in Han Li (Mo Yuan)'s heart, there was not much fear, only a cold sense of determination.

The Fire Seeds had been sown, the beacons had been lit.

The good show had only just begun.