131: Chapter 131 The Genetic Double Helix and Energy Balance

The hatching of the abyssal infection pool was, in Su Chen's blueprint of will, merely the first puzzle piece to fall.

In his deep eyes, the flames of greed and anticipation had not yet been extinguished, as if he had already pierced through the layers of the nest's barriers and seen the future birth of the Hybrid legion that could overturn the order of the Universe.

However, the gravity of reality was far heavier than imagined.

At the very moment the [abyssal infection pool] was completely formed, a thick, ink-colored energy surged violently from the lowest level of the God Domain.

This power carried the stench of sulfur mixed with charred corpses, like a tyrannical monarch attempting to erode, twist, and assimilate everything within sight.

The God Domain's creep, the most basic life network of the Zerg, was the first victim.

The moment they came into contact with this abyssal fel energy, the purple veins on the surface quickly turned an ominous charred black, and the elastic tissue structure began to wither and harden, losing all life activity.

This black wave of death was spreading upward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Opposite it was the [Temple of Light], suspended at the highest point of the God Domain, unchanging through the ages.

It sensed this extreme evil; the light source at the temple's core suddenly shone brightly, and waves of sacred golden tides poured down, attempting to purify this polluted territory and construct a Firmness dam.

The next second, disaster struck.

Zi— Zi zi zi—

Light and dark, sacred and abyss—two completely opposite Origin powers engaged in the most primitive and barbaric clash within this enclosed God Domain space.

There was no Fusion, only annihilation.

In the air, golden light particles and black fel particles collided violently, constantly erupting in tiny, annihilating electric arcs. Every flicker represented the evaporation of energy out of thin air; the total energy of the entire God Domain was rapidly plummeting.

The creep, which had originally only withered locally, now seemed to have been doused with the highest concentration of herbicide, beginning to die and disintegrate in large patches, turning into a ground of useless black powder.

"Ugh..."

A suppressed groan of pain came from the direction of the Temple of Light.

Lumina's figure emerged from the Holy Light; she knelt on one knee, supporting herself with one hand on the ground while the other tightly pressed against her heart.

On her holy and flawless face, all color had drained away, leaving her pale. Her delicate brow was tightly furrowed, and fine beads of cold sweat even seeped from her smooth forehead.

As a pure light-based lifeform, her "photosynthesis field" was the source of her power and the feelers through which she perceived the world.

And now, this field was severely interfered with by the abyssal fel energy, repeatedly torn by the annihilation energy produced by the clash of light and dark.

Golden Divine Power collided chaotically within her body; every heartbeat brought a burst of tearing pain.

"Dominator! Emergency alert! The God Domain's internal energy balance System has collapsed!"

"The energy rejection reaction has already broken through the threshold of 127%! The ecological cycle is disintegrating! It is estimated that in seventeen standard minutes, over ninety percent of the creep will be completely dead!"

The sharp mental alarm from the Cerebrate Zaz, like the most piercing buzz, stabbed directly into Su Chen's sea of consciousness.

The entire God Domain, because of his single building incubation, was sliding into the abyss of collapse.

However, Su Chen still stood upon that supreme god throne.

He didn't even look at the mess of creep below, nor did he heed the Cerebrate's anxious alarm.

His gaze calmly watched the clearly divided, mutually destructive light and dark below; there was no hint of surprise or panic in his eyes, only an all-seeing calmness.

This was the price.

To allow two extremely opposite attributes to achieve Fusion, one must first endure the destruction brought by their mutual repulsion.

This was a storm he had long foreseen.

"The price? I accept it."

Su Chen whispered, his voice echoing in the empty God Domain.

"But I insist on making them coexist."

His eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Since you cannot merge, then I will smash you completely and weave you back together!"

The moment the words fell, Su Chen stood up from the god throne, stretched out his right hand, spread his fingers, and swung it down!

This movement was like the conductor's baton of a creator god.

"Activate the highest Advanced building sequence!"

"Authority: Dominator's Will!"

"Target: God Domain Central Axis!"

Boom—!!!

In the Void Realm behind the god throne, billions of star-like points of Divine Power were instantly ignited, converging into a brilliant waterfall of light that pierced heaven and earth, crashing into the very center of the God Domain with unstoppable force!

"Construct—[Gene Double Helix Energy Tower]!"

Rumble!

The vast land of the God Domain let out a groan of being overburdened.

At the impact point of the light waterfall, a bottomless giant rift was forcibly torn open.

Immediately after, countless grayish-black biological tissues and components shimmering with a metallic luster frantically proliferated, interlaced, and climbed from the depths of the rift!

A magnificent, breathtaking giant building rose from the ground at a speed that defied the Laws of physics!

It was not any known architectural form.

Its main body consisted of two huge spiral structures entwined and spiraling upward.

That shape was precisely the mark engraved in the deepest parts of all carbon-based life—the DNA double helix!

The most primitive and sacred map of life!

This sky-reaching giant tower, like a pillar calming the sea, was forcibly wedged into the core of the entire God Domain.

One of the spiral channels, the moment it was completed, extended countless thick biological pipes downward, precisely piercing into the [abyssal infection pool] deep underground, beginning to draw that tyrannical black fel energy like a giant whale sucking in water.

While the other spiral channel spiraled toward the sky, establishing an energy link with the [Temple of Light] above, continuously guiding down that sacred golden Holy Light.

Light and dark, two completely opposite energies, finally converged within the tower.

But they did not collide directly.

Under the restraint of that exquisite double helix structure, they were like two huge Dragons imprisoned in glass pipes, able only to follow their respective tracks in an eternal chase and avoidance.

They opposed each other, yet because of this magnificent structure, they were forced to reach a dynamic, mutually constraining balance.

Like the Yin and Yang fish in a Taiji diagram, generating and overcoming each other.

The violent energy conflict within the God Domain calmed down miraculously at this moment.

Su Chen's will was issued once again, cold and precise.

"Biological Transformation Engine, activate!"

Buzz—

A low and distant resonance rang out from inside the double helix tower.

The entire giant tower began to rotate slowly at a constant rate.

As the terrifying centrifugal force, enough to warp space, began to act, the light and dark restrained in the two spiral pipes finally had their shackles completely broken when they ascended to the central reaction chamber at the top of the tower.

They were torn, crushed, and scattered into the most primitive energy particles.

Then, within that giant, heart-like pulsating core at the top of the tower, they were forcibly squeezed, reorganized, annihilated, and reborn.

Finally, a brand-new energy erupted from the top of the double helix tower.

It was a gray energy, neither sacred nor evil, yet containing a deathly silence originating from the Void Realm and the vitality of creation.

It didn't have the scorching heat of light, nor the freezing cold of darkness; it only had an absolute purity and neutrality.

[Chaos psionic energy]!

This gray mist of energy rain, like the gentlest spring rain, scattered and covered every corner of the God Domain.

On the ruins of the creep that had already withered and turned to powder, new life broke through the soil.

The newborn creep was no longer pure purple but presented a deeper, tougher grayish-purple, with fine, metal-like fiber veins visible on the surface.

Lumina, who was kneeling and gasping for breath, was also bathed in this gray energy rain.

She looked up in surprise.

The sharp pain that had been rampaging through her body vanished.

The chaotically colliding light-attribute Divine Power seemed to be gently smoothed and combed by a higher power, returning to calm.

Not only that, as her body began to absorb this brand-new [Chaos psionic energy], she felt the light-attribute Divine Power within her undergoing a marvelous qualitative change.

It was no longer the pure, sharp Holy Light of the past, but had gained an unprecedented sense of weight and inclusiveness, becoming deeper and tougher.

"This... this is..."

Lumina slowly stood up, staring blankly at the magnificent double helix tower that pierced through the entire God Domain as if supporting heaven and earth, her golden eyes reflecting an unspeakable shock.

"Is this... the mystery of life?"

She felt the brand-new power within her, felt the revitalized grayish-purple earth beneath her feet, and murmured to herself.

Upon the god throne, Su Chen looked down at the God Domain, which was gradually stabilizing and even becoming more full of potential than in the past, a satisfied curve hooking the corner of his mouth.

"This is only the beginning."

He said softly, as if explaining to Lumina, yet also as if declaring to himself.

"With this energy source, my God Domain can finally be considered a true 'Eden'."