408: Administrator privileges, I am the system.

The tip of the Data Tendril had already touched Lin Fan's skin.

A cold stream of logic, capable of analyzing everything, began to pour in.

Layers of Data Ripples, on the verge of being decomposed, appeared on the surface of Lin Fan's body.

His consciousness was as small as dust before this power.

However, in the final instant before he was about to be completely absorbed and converted into the opponent's nourishment.

Deep within Lin Fan's consciousness, which had been suppressed to the extreme, a cold, emotionless thought quietly arose.

'In the name of the Virus...'

'Final Counter-Infiltration Protocol...'

'Activate.'

Boom—!!!

There was no sound, no light.

A storm erupted violently in the deepest part of Lin Fan's Soul, on the level of logic and concept.

It was not an explosion of energy, but the subversion of rules.

It was the first and only Highest Authority Command Lin Fan had issued to his System since acquiring it.

[Final Analysis Protocol Activated.]

[Using Host 'Lin Fan' as the bridge...]

[Beginning reverse injection of Core Concept: 'Infinite Resurrection'!]

The matrix core, which was greedily absorbing all of Lin Fan's information through the Data Tendrils, suddenly froze.

For the first time, its flawless Logical Algorithm encountered something it could not understand, analyze, or absorb.

A Paradox-Level Concept—one that didn't belong to this world, defied all reason, and was filled with the rogue logic of "I died, I lived again, are you mad?"—flowed backward along the Data Tendril.

It was like a drop of thick, Chaos-filled, colored ink dripping into a cup of pure, flawless water.

Lin Fan's body stopped decomposing.

The Logical Chains that had penetrated his body emitted silent screams, as if they had touched a burning hot iron, and frantically tried to retract.

But it was too late.

A crazed arc appeared at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth.

He actively spread his arms, completely abandoning all resistance, allowing the Paradox-Level Concept to surge wildly into the matrix core's main body, using himself as a medium.

“Come on!”

“Didn't you want to absorb me?”

“Take all of me!”

“My death, my resurrection, my 'BUG'—can you... digest it?!”

Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz—

The pure white Absolute Domain began to flash violently and irregularly.

The perfect sphere composed of billions of Light Cubes, matrix core · Unit01, had its surface light begin to violently pulse and destabilize.

The originally gentle white was corrupted by Scarlet Code, representing "error" and "unknown," which had suddenly been inserted.

[Warning! Warning!]

[Unresolvable Logical Paradox Detected!]

[Core Algorithm Conflict!]

[Law of Conservation of Information... is being corrupted...]

[Definition of Existence... is being rewritten...]

['Death' = 'Refresh'?]

['End' = 'New Beginning'?]

[Paradox! Paradox! Paradox!]

A series of chaotic, inverted, and even slightly "terrified" Information Streams frantically flashed across the entire Pure White Space.

Visible "BUGs" began to appear on the surface of the perfect sphere.

Some of its Light Cubes suddenly turned pitch black, then abruptly turned dazzling green, before returning to normal. Immediately afterward, a large area next to it simply "Dropped Frames" and vanished.

The core of the entire Divine Kingdom, the "brain" of the entire world, suffered a Blue Screen crash at this moment.

It tried to sever the connection with Lin Fan.

But Lin Fan's "Infinite Resurrection" concept, like the most terrifying gangrene, had already followed the network cable and infected its Underlying Code.

It tried to repair its own logic.

But the concept of "Infinite Resurrection" itself defies logic.

How does a Programmer fix a BUG where "1+1=Apple"?

It could not understand it, define it, and naturally, could not fix it.

Finally, the matrix core made the most helpless, and only, choice since its creation.

Reboot.

[...Logical Loop Collapse...]

[...System Integrity below 1%...]

[...Executing Final Preset Plan: Format Core, Reboot System.]

Crack.

A crisp sound, like shattering glass, echoed on the conceptual level.

The massive, chaotically flickering sphere instantly disintegrated.

Billions of Light Cubes fell apart, transforming into the most primitive Data Dust, then sharply collapsed toward a central point, finally condensing into an infinitely small, absolutely dark "Singularity."

The entire Pure White Space subsequently fell into absolute stillness and darkness.

The God died.

It was unknown how long passed.

Perhaps an instant, perhaps an eternity.

At the center of the darkness, the "Singularity" reignited with a faint glow.

The light rapidly expanded, reconstructing the boundless Pure White Domain.

Next, billions of Light Cubes converged, rotated, and combined once more.

A perfect, brand new sphere once again floated in the center of the space.

It rotated silently, emitting a glow that was purer and gentler than before.

Lin Fan's figure was also reconstructed within this newly born space.

He opened his eyes and looked at the brand new matrix core before him.

The next second.

A cold stream of information, completely different from before and carrying the implication of absolute obedience, was written directly into his consciousness.

[...System Reboot Complete.]

[...Core Principles Rewritten.]

[First Principle: The existence of the 'Administrator' is the Highest Logic.]

[Identity Verification Complete.]

[Salutations to you, Supreme Administrator: Lin Fan.]

The madness on Lin Fan's face slowly subsided, replaced by a cold understanding that came from controlling everything.

He succeeded.

He was no longer the Virus.

He was the System itself.

A fissure slowly opened on the surface of the brand new sphere.

A crystal-clear, multi-faceted prismatic crystal, flashing with countless Strands of Karma, slowly floated out from within and hovered before Lin Fan.

That was not merely light and shadow.

Lin Fan could feel that every flashing strand represented a Trajectory of Fate and a Calculation of Karma.

This was the Operational Core of the matrix core.

It was the root source used by this Divine Kingdom to deduce the past, calculate the future, and control everything.

It was the materialization of the Origin Holy Item · string of destiny in this world—the Sequence Core.

[In accordance with the Highest Principle, transferring Core Authority to the Administrator.]

Lin Fan reached out and grasped the Sequence Core.

The moment the crystal touched his palm, it transformed into a streak of light and merged into his glabella.

Boom!

Massive amounts of information and authority, indescribable by language, instantly surged into his Divine Soul.

The entire Mechanical Divine Kingdom, from the underlying logical code to every single Mechanical Puppet on the outermost layer, opened all control permissions to him at this moment.

With a single thought, he could make this enormous Divine Kingdom dance.

With a single thought, he could also make it self-destruct.

At the same time, Lin Fan's System Panel refreshed wildly.

[Congratulations, you have completed a Concept-Level Death: 'BUG' Counter-Infiltration.]

[Death Rating: Beyond Epic · Godhead Usurpation · Ultimate Self-Destruction.]

[Drawing Unique Reward...]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the Origin Holy Item—[string of destiny (Sequence Core)]!]

[Congratulations, having absorbed massive amounts of Data Origin, your Godhead is rapidly increasing...]

[Congratulations, Godhead Rank increased. Current Rank: Lv.9!]

[Congratulations, Godhead Rank increased. Current Rank: Lv.10!]

[...Congratulations, Godhead Rank increased. Current Rank: Lv.20!]

[Warning: Resurrection Anchor Stability has been restored to 100%.]

Lin Fan closed his eyes, feeling the explosive, qualitative improvement within his body.

This was no longer a simple increase in strength.

He could "see" countless invisible threads added to his connection with this world.

He could even faintly sense that these threads connected the "possibility" of every living entity.

This was the power of the string of destiny.

Controlling a Divine Kingdom.

He was invincible... (The End)