Hand-Crafting Sophons! Controlling Star Fate!

Meanwhile.

A blue-robed figure streaked across the sky outside the Celestial Laboratory—a great angel with striking eyes and silver hair. She wore royal attire, her silver locks like snow, exuding an aura of sacred solemnity. She was the founder of the Merlot Heavenly Court, the Sky Base King, Hexi!

As Hexi flew past the Celestial Laboratory, she suddenly paused. Her cold, beautiful face furrowed slightly.

Why wasn't the Celestial Laboratory's defense system activated?

Wasn't it set to run around the clock?

Could there be a malfunction?

Curious, Hexi flew toward the Celestial Laboratory. After landing, she walked toward its inner layers. Reaching the entrance, she saw that the Space-Time Shield she had personally constructed had shattered into glass-like fragments, scattered all over the ground.

How could this be!

Hexi's heart tightened.

This was a Space-Time Barrier—any touch would trap someone in a time loop, let alone breaking it!

What kind of person could silently shatter the restriction?

A foreboding feeling rose in Hexi's heart. At her level, any premonition could be information warning her.

Her expression shifted. Her graceful legs moved swiftly as she quickened her pace toward the Celestial Computer Laboratory.

She would see who had the audacity to trespass into the Angel's sacred ground!

Soon, Hexi pushed open the door to the Celestial Computer Laboratory.

As she entered, she saw no one at first. But after taking a few steps toward the lab's center, she spotted the figure of a human male.

What a man—daring to steal this king's Celestial Computer data!

But even with encrypted Celestial Computer technology laid before you, you surely can't compute it!

Hexi's eyes turned cold. Her right hand flickered, and brilliant white light gathered in her palm, forming a sharp and ornate King's Sword!

"In the name of the Sky Base King, I judge your—"

Hexi raised the King's Sword high, rays of white light blooming at its tip.

But before she could finish, Lin Ye happened to turn around, letting Hexi see the glowing orb in his palm.

Staring at that orb, a wave of familiarity surged through Hexi.

That familiar feeling—could the thing in his hand be a Celestial Computer?

And one built based on the Celestial Computer's operational principles she herself had updated!!

That meant he had also cracked the firewall she had set for the Celestial Computer!

Realizing this, Hexi was startled again. Her movements unconsciously slowed as her silver eyes fixed on the orb in Lin Ye's hand.

But how could the Celestial Computer he created be so tiny in size?

From its dimensions, it was extremely close to the most microscopic particles in the main biological world.

It not only carried the Celestial Computer's operational rules but also used microscopic particles to solve the Celestial Computer's bulky size—essentially eliminating its only drawback!

He combined the microscopic particles' undetectability and portability with the Celestial Computer's auxiliary computing advantages.

The two together—perfect!

In an instant, Hexi pieced together all the information. Her expression grew complex as she looked at Lin Ye.

This was no theft—this was a flawless scientific endeavor!

Just then, the Concept Rewrite Engine's prompt sounded in Lin Ye's ear.

"Target compilation complete. Type: Micro Celestial Computer."

"Its function: auxiliary computation, increasing the Concept Rewrite Engine's processing speed by 50%."

Lin Ye focused on the Sophon in his hand. A fifty percent boost in processing speed—that was enough.

He nodded in satisfaction, manipulating the imperceptible Sophon to merge into his body.

[Ding! Host's handcrafting of the Sophon shocks the Sky Base King Hexi. Second Generation Divine Body further strengthened.]

The system notification ended. Lin Ye's body trembled as warmth surged through him, a wave of heat rising from every part.

The divine body had strengthened again?

Lin Ye paused, then read the system prompt clearly.

Handcrafting the Sophon, shocking the Sky Base King Hexi?

Could it be...

Lin Ye turned his head, meeting Hexi's snow-silver eyes.

Damn. Too focused on making the Sophon.

He had no idea when Hexi had appeared.

"I say—" Lin Ye raised a hand, about to explain that he meant no harm.

But Hexi's expression shifted drastically, as if facing a great enemy, and she raised the King's Sword in her hand. After all, in her eyes, Lin Ye was a human who had infiltrated the Celestial Computer Laboratory without a sound.

What's more, he had even created a celestial computer at the microscopic level.

An opponent like this was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the surface!

So, Hexi spread the five fingers of her right hand and swept them toward Lin Ye. Instantly, a sound of a massive object spinning echoed from outside the lab!

The spinning sound grew closer and closer. With a bang, the laboratory ceiling was violently smashed open, dust and smoke billowing everywhere.

The wind and waves stirred up by the unknown object filled the lab with dust and smoke, obscuring Lin Ye's vision.

"What kind of weapon is this?" Lin Ye's gaze sharpened as he sensed a fatal threat coming from ahead.

Suddenly.

A rapidly spinning Golden Cross burst through the smoke, sending out rings of airwaves. Moving at incredible speed, it dragged a golden afterimage and flew straight toward him!

Star Fate!

A super-killing weapon capable of spatial jumps using the Wormhole Algorithm.

Even within Holy Kaisha's arsenal, it was considered a powerful weapon.

Though it appeared late in the anime, its track record was illustrious. In Hexi's hands, it became a major killing tool, and later, when given to Lena, who controlled the Wormhole Algorithm, it shone brilliantly once more.

Lin Ye instantly realized the gravity of the situation. His Second Generation Divine Body would likely be shattered by the impact force if it so much as touched Star Fate.

To deal with Star Fate, he had to get serious!

Lin Ye's mind stirred. "Activate Concept Rewrite Ye Qing, Sophon-assisted algorithm, full power to crack Star Fate!"

The next second.

"Concept Rewrite Engine activated. Receiving celestial computer assistance. Calculation efficiency increased by fifty percent."

"Target: Angel Hexi's invention, Star Fate."

"Beginning decomposition: 1s, 2s..."

At the same time, Lin Ye raised both hands and pulled hard toward Star Fate.

Whoosh!

The high-speed spinning golden cross in midair halted its forward motion, as if affected by an invisible magnetic force, unable to advance an inch!

And in the unseen void, between Lin Ye and Hexi, two domains of computation—one black, one blue—were unfolding!

At this moment, Lin Ye's black computational domain, deep as the night, rapidly began to devour Hexi's blue domain!

With the Concept Rewrite Engine plus the Sophon's boost, Lin Ye's analysis speed completely surpassed Hexi's!

The struggle for control over Star Fate lasted about ten seconds.

It ended with Lin Ye's victory.

"I told you to calm down. I'm not a bad guy." Lin Ye smiled calmly and beckoned lightly toward Star Fate.

The spinning mechanical cross, like an obedient bird, quickly flew over and hovered to Lin Ye's right.

[Star Fate cracked. 100 Decomposition Value obtained.]

[You have gained knowledge related to Star Fate, as well as control over it.]

At this moment, Star Fate belonged to Lin Ye.

But just then.

"You think cracking one layer of Star Fate's defenses is enough to control it? Truly as naive and adorable as a frog at the bottom of a well on Earth."

A cold smile appeared on Hexi's stunning face.

Star Fate had been set by her with five layers of defense. Breaking through just one layer only granted 20% control.

And she still had four whole layers left!

"With Star Fate right beside you, escaping will be difficult now."

Hexi's plan was to make Lin Ye think he had won, while in reality, leaving Star Fate with him was just her trap.

Got him.

A glint of cunning flashed in Hexi's wise eyes as she reached out toward the Star Fate beside Lin Ye.

However.

"..."

As Hexi moved, the Star Fate beside Lin Ye showed no reaction, its slow rotation seeming to respond to her words instead.

Hexi was momentarily stunned. No, why wasn't Star Fate reacting?

Then.

"Sorry, I didn't quite catch that just now. You said Star Fate is next to me, and then what?"

Lin Ye smiled nonchalantly, his palm stroking the icy broad blade of Star Fate.

That smug look on his face only stoked the fury in Hexi's heart. She gritted her silver teeth.

"Star Fate, return!"

She frantically communicated with Star Fate in her mind, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea—no response at all.

A suspicion gradually formed in her mind.

Could it be... No, impossible!

A flash of disbelief crossed Hexi's eyes. Had Star Fate really been taken over by Lin Ye?

But how could that be? Five layers of firewalls—surely they couldn't be broken through just like that.

Yet the reality was exactly as Hexi feared: Lin Ye had indeed taken control of Star Fate.

In just a few seconds, Hexi quickly accepted the truth.

"You've taken control of Star Fate. What exactly are you trying to do?"

Realizing she had lost command over Star Fate, Hexi's face turned cold as frost, her gaze fixed on Lin Ye with grave intensity.

It had been many years since she last felt someone overpower her in engine computation.

And on top of that, Lin Ye had seized her control over Star Fate.

There was no doubt about it—this enemy before her was far stronger than she had imagined!