179: Chapter 179 The Great Array of Thought Imprints? System Rebound, Gaining Ten Thousand Die-Hard Fans!

The edge of the Central Star Sea, the Seventh Star Gate of Heaven's Gate.

"Voluntarily lowering the Sea of Consciousness's defenses?"

In the holographic projection, Commander Zhao Xiao, dressed in bright silver armor, froze for a moment before erupting into a fit of extremely piercing, wild laughter.

"Hahaha! At least you know what's good for you, kid!"

"I, this commander, thought the barbarians from the Black Desolation Star Domain were tough, but it turns out you're just another spineless coward who's scared witless by a Neutron Star Gate!"

In Zhao Xiao's eyes, Lin Que's behavior was simply the height of stupidity.

The [Soul Cleansing Grand Array] was an overt scheme jointly set up by the top titans of the Central Star Sea.

As long as you dare to open your Sea of Consciousness, even if you are a mighty expert at the Peak Late Void Returning Realm, your subconscious will be forcibly altered by that vast macroscopic Law without you even realizing it.

Once the Ideological Seal is stamped, you'll be forced to work like an ox or a horse for the great powers for the rest of your life, unable to even conceive the thought of self-detonation!

"Since you're being so cooperative, I'll show some mercy and spare you some physical suffering."

A glint of greed flashed in Zhao Xiao's eyes.

As long as he brainwashed these hundred thousand people, that priceless dark-black warship would rightfully fall into his pocket.

"Pass the order! Neutron Star Array, activate the [Soul Cleansing Grand Array]! Set the power to maximum! Wash the brains of these hicks until they're absolutely spotless!"

"As you command!!!"

Rumble————!!!

At Zhao Xiao's command, thirty neutron stars emitting a faint blue light on the grand Cosmic Great Wall ahead suddenly erupted with an extremely dazzling golden divine radiance!

Under the pull of the Formation, the gravitational fields of these thirty neutron stars formed an enormous golden funnel.

A high-dimensional fluctuation purely targeting the "Soul dimension"—devoid of any physical lethality yet feeling utterly suffocating—descended like a golden rainstorm, enveloping the [nine dragon star-destroyer ship] from all sides!

"Lord! You can't let them in! This Formation contains extremely vicious Laws of enslavement!!"

Primordial Demon Emperor Di Qing watched the golden light pouring down from the sky, his eyes nearly bursting with anxiety.

Even with his cultivation at the Early Stage Void Returning Realm, he could sense the aura of a "collar" hidden within that golden light.

"Everyone, put down your weapons and retract your True Essence."

Lin Que sat on his throne, his voice extremely calm yet carrying an unquestionable dominance.

"I said, they've come all this way to give us a free brain treatment; we must be polite. Everyone, open your Seas of Consciousness fully—not a shred of resistance is allowed."

"This... As you command!"

Though the hundred thousand Dragon Cavalry were terrified, they had already developed absolute obedience to Lin Que's orders. Gritting their teeth, they withdrew the defenses of their Seas of Consciousness.

"Swish—!"

In the next second, the vast light of the golden Formation pierced through the star destroyer's Taiyi Glazed Shield without hindrance, smoothly entering the foreheads of the hundred-thousand-strong army and Lin Que.

"Hahaha! It's done!"

On the distant patrol flagship, Zhao Xiao saw this and slapped his thigh in excitement:

"Once the golden light enters the brain, it only takes ten breaths for them to become the most obedient dogs! Prepare to board the ship and seize the property!"

However.

At this moment, deep within Lin Que's Sea of Consciousness, it was a completely different and extremely eerie scene.

As soon as that massive golden energy surged into Lin Que's fifty-thousand-mile starry sky inner heaven and earth, it immediately transformed into countless golden chains, attempting to violently bind the world-spanning World Tree and engrave it with the Law Divine Runes of "Swear Death Allegiance to the Great Sun Divine Dynasty."

"The Formations of the Central Star Sea indeed have a much higher energy level than those in the frontier."

Lin Que's Divine Soul stood quietly at the cosmic center of his inner heaven and earth, watching those flailing golden chains with a cold, mocking smile as if looking at a fool.

"[Blood Scripture]—Extreme Realm Furnace, activate."

"Boom!"

Lin Que didn't bother with the Laws trying to engrave the runes; instead, he greedily opened his abyssal maw and directly bit into the purest "high-dimensional Soul Origin" within that golden energy!

This was pure Mental Energy extracted from thirty neutron stars!

For Lin Que, who had just stabilized his cultivation at the Peak Late Stage Void Returning Star Domain Realm, this was an extremely nourishing tonic for the mind!

Under the nourishment of this Soul Origin, Lin Que's Divine Soul, which had felt slightly heavy due to his terrifying 130-million-jin Physical Body, became increasingly light and translucent.

His control over this Extreme Realm Physical Body finally reached the perfect state of "Subtle Mastery."

But at the same time, the extremely vicious side effects of the Ideological Seal were also rapidly approaching Lin Que's core of true spirit.

"Brainwashing, is it? Enslavement, is it?"

Lin Que snapped his fingers sharply in his mind.

"System."

"I'll gladly take the pure Mental Energy in this grand Formation."

"As for this vicious imprint that 'erases the self and turns one into a die-hard slave'..."

Lin Que's heterochromatic eyes pierced through the vast vacuum of space, accurately locking onto Commander Zhao Xiao, who was standing on the patrol ship's deck, preparing to lead his men to seize the warship.

"Follow the causal connection lines of this grand Formation and rebound it at full power!"

"Since these watchdogs love being masters so much, today, I'll show some mercy and grant them their wish!"

"Wash them for me!!!"

[Ding! The side effect transfer system has been activated with the highest priority!]

[Detected high-dimensional Soul debuff: Ideological Seal (forced subconscious alteration, absolute enslavement, eternal loyalty).]

[Locking onto transfer target: Grand Formation Eye Controller (Seventh Star Gate Commander Zhao Xiao and his ten thousand patrol elites)!]

[Logic reconstruction complete! Reverse tracking along the network is enabled! Causal lines have been bound in a backflow manner!]

[Reverse brainwashing mode, bombardment beginning!!]

Buzz————!!!

Under the System's high-dimensional strike, which completely ignored basic physical Laws and Formation logic!

An incredibly absurd and highly comical scene erupted in front of the Heaven's Gate Star Gate!

Those golden chains surging into the minds of Lin Que and the hundred thousand soldiers suddenly froze as if they had been electrocuted.

Immediately after, those vicious Laws intended for enslavement were brutally stripped and packaged by the System, turning into an invisible stream of causal light that blasted back through the Formation's energy transmission channel with a "whoosh"!

...

On the patrol flagship deck.

"Brothers! Get your sacks ready for the money! The Top-grade Thunder Crystals on that warship, we'll share them among... ugh, ah?!!"

Zhao Xiao was arrogantly giving a speech with his war saber raised when his voice suddenly got stuck in his throat.

Without any warning!

An invisible causal hammer slammed heavily into the depths of his Sea of Consciousness!

The "Ideological Seal side effects" that Lin Que had so roguishly transferred exploded within the minds of Zhao Xiao and the ten thousand patrol troops!

"What is this?! My brain... my subconscious is being rewritten! No!! I am a commander of the Great Sun Divine Dynasty!! I cannot..."

Zhao Xiao clutched his head in sheer terror, desperately trying to mobilize his Middle Stage Void Returning Realm cultivation to resist.

But that was an absolute side effect transferred by the System! It could even disrupt the Heavenly Dao, let alone a mere gatekeeper like him.

In just three breaths' time.

Zhao Xiao's eyes, previously filled with greed and arrogance, instantly became completely vacant.

Then, from that void, an extremely frantic, fanatical, and morbidly pathological devotion surged forth, as if he were gazing upon a creator deity!

"Thud!"

The dignified commander of the Central Star Sea's Seventh Star Gate actually went weak at the knees in front of everyone and knelt heavily onto the hard Taiyi Glazed deck.

He raised his hands toward the sky with extreme devotion, two lines of hot tears streaming down from his eyes.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Behind him, the ten thousand Central Star Sea frontier elites, who were just a moment ago brimming with Killing Intent, all knelt down in unison like wheat being mowed.

Over ten thousand people, all with eyes full of tears, prostrated themselves toward the [nine dragon star-destroyer ship].

"We..."

Zhao Xiao cried out with extreme fanaticism and exhaustion, his voice echoing through the entire starry sky via spiritual power broadcast:

"We deserve ten thousand deaths!! To think we dared to disturb the descent of the supremely great and paramount Lord!!!"

"Lord, your radiance illuminates this filthy Universe! Your will is the only direction for your subordinate to move forward!"

"The Great Sun Divine Dynasty is nothing! From this day forth, I am the Lord's man in life and the Lord's ghost in death! Whoever dares to block the Lord's path, I will tear out their throat!!!"

Crazy.

They've all gone crazy.

Inside the star destroyer's main control room.

The Chen Family Old Ancestor, Su Qingyu, Di Qing, and the hundred thousand Dragon Cavalry.

Looking at the holographic projection, seeing the frontier commander who, just a second ago, was looking down his nose at them and trying to confiscate their warship, now kneeling on the ground and weeping as he begged to be Lin Que's dog, they were all collectively petrified.

The entire main control room was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

"This... what kind of Heaven-Defying Demonic Technique is this?"

Di Qing swallowed hard, his gaze toward Lin Que like he was looking at an ultimate taboo ten thousand times more terrifying than an ancient god or demon.

Sitting on his throne, Lin Que comfortably absorbed the last bit of pure Soul Origin.

His heterochromatic eyes slowly opened, and his 130-million-jin Extreme Realm Physical Body was now as restrained as an ordinary person's.

He leaned lazily against the back of his chair, his slender fingers lightly tapping the armrest, a demonic and mocking smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"This is called winning people over with virtue."

Lin Que stood up, his bright red cloak tracing an extremely domineering arc behind him.

He walked to the holographic viewport and looked down upon the patrol fleet kneeling across the starry sky.

"Zhao Xiao."

"Your subordinate is here!!! Please punish me to your heart's content, Lord!"

In the distance, Zhao Xiao trembled with excitement, as if hearing Lin Que call his name was the greatest honor of his life.

"Shut down the Formation of this lousy customs gate for me."

"Then, take your men and lead the way for my warship."

Lin Que's gaze looked deeply into the endless prosperity behind the Neutron Star Great Wall, the Central Star Sea that represented the supreme power of the Universe.

"I am going to enter the city."