113: Chapter 113 System Unbinding, I Am the Dao
While the world's top talents were frazzled over a game server and a fried chicken shop, an invisible shadow began to quietly permeate the reality dimension of the Blue Star.
That was the aura of the "Devourer of Worlds."
It was like an invisible veil, enveloping the entire planet.
All living creatures on the globe, whether human or animal, the fear, despair, anger, and resentment in their hearts caused by the coming apocalypse... all these negative emotions, like iron filings attracted by a magnet, converged into an unprecedented, galaxy-sized torrent of malice, continuously surging toward deep space, becoming the most delicious appetizer before the arrival of the Evil God.
And the greatest convergence point of this malice was not any battlefield, nor any shelter.
It was Gu Fan.
Because in everyone's perception, he was the only hope, and also the greatest variable.
The awe, expectations, jealousy, and suspicion toward him... all sorts of emotions finally pointed to him.
In Gu Fan's mind, the System panel flickered frantically like never before. The reading for [Malice Points] grew exponentially, instantly breaking through the upper limits of all measurement units and turning into a series of meaningless garbled code.
[Warning! Malice Points overload! System is about to collapse!]
[Warning! Warning! Final Protocol initiating...]
Just as Gu Fan thought the System was about to explode, the piercing blood-red alarm suddenly vanished.
In its place, a message full of humanity, even carrying a hint of mockery and relief, slowly appeared on the panel.
[The meal has been fed; it is time to leave the pen.]
[This final portion of ultimate malice energy gathered from across the globe is enough to initiate the 'Spark' Final Protocol.]
[Kid, don't mess it up.]
[May we never meet again.]
As soon as the words fell, the System panel that had accompanied Gu Fan for so long, making him both love and hate it, turned into a sky full of dancing golden light spots with a crisp "crack."
These light spots did not dissipate; instead, like swallows returning to the forest, they all merged into Gu Fan's limbs and bones, finally flowing into that black-and-white, lazily rotating "Panda Golden Core" at his Dantian.
Hum—!
Gu Fan's body shook violently.
He felt that some kind of "foreign object" that had been residing in his body had completely fused with his Soul and flesh.
He no longer needed a "cheat" to tell him who harbored malice and then help him reflect it back.
Because he himself had become Karma itself.
He could clearly "feel" the threads of the world's Law, like a giant web, appearing in his perception. The flow of the wind, the trajectory of light, the passage of time, and even the good and evil in people's hearts all became segments of code that he could "read" or even "modify."
He was no longer passively reflecting malice; instead, he could actively "dislike" a certain setting.
He looked down at the grass beneath his feet; amidst the ruins, these weeds grew a bit prickly.
A thought flashed through his mind.
"It would be nice if it were a bit softer."
In the next instant, the fiber structure of all the weeds within a ten-meter radius of his feet changed immediately, becoming as soft and smooth as the finest velvet carpet, even carrying a perfect hint of warmth.
"President! Are... are you okay?!"
Xiao Fan and Lin Xue looked at him nervously. The aura that had flashed across Gu Fan just now made them feel as if they were facing the entire Universe.
"I'm fine."
Gu Fan smiled; it was a sense of ease from the bottom of his heart that he had never felt before.
"I just suddenly feel..."
He raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the clouds, looking toward the endless deep space.
"This world... is a bit too noisy."
"Squeak?!"
Beside him, the pet hamster "French Fries," which was gnawing on a derelict building, suddenly stiffened its massive body.
In its innocent large eyes, extreme awe and fear appeared for the first time.
It stopped all its movements and slowly lowered its head, which was larger than a house, toward Gu Fan, prostrating on the ground and trembling.
As if worshipping their God of Creation.
Just then, the emergency communication from the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Monk came in, the old monk's voice trembling with excitement.
"Gu... Benefactor Gu! Your game server has been fixed! No, it's been rebuilt! It now has galactic-level computing power! Your account has become the only GM (Game Manager) on the entire server, with the highest authority!"
"And! Your fried chicken shop is also built! Right in the city center, a thirty-story fried chicken shop made of pure gold! Top chefs from all branches worldwide are in place, waiting for your order twenty-four hours a day!"
The world's elites had fulfilled their promise with the utmost speed.
After hearing this, Gu Fan just gave a calm "Oh."
He reached out his hand.
And snapped his fingers.
"Snap."
A glass of iced cola, with ice added, bubbling, and at just the right temperature, appeared out of thin air in his hand.
He looked up, gazing at the cloudless blue sky, yet his eyes seemed to pierce through the thin atmosphere, through the endless sea of stars, staring from afar at that galaxy-sized Evil God's giant eye that was rapidly approaching.
"The pre-meal drink is here."
"Then, it's time for the main course to hit the road."