As Hexi stood in shock, a chime rang beside Lin Ye's ear.
Ding! Congratulations, host, on subduing Star Fate! Your actions have shocked Sky Base King Hexi! You have gained a massive amount of shock!
Your divine body has been further strengthened and upgraded to a Third Generation Divine Body!
As the system notifications ended, Lin Ye felt a surge of heat course through his entire body.
His divine body had actually improved.
It seemed subduing Star Fate had given Hexi quite a shock.
That made sense. Star Fate was a sacred weapon developed by Hexi. Without her approval, no one else could even use it.
Not to mention that he had forcibly taken it from her.
Buzz!
As Lin Ye pondered, a blue glow suddenly lit up around his body. A vast azure starry sky, an endless universe, was reflected in his pupils.
It was as though he stood alone in the void of space, surrounded by unknown celestial bodies. The distant sky and all around him were packed with stars, a sight beyond even a night sky full of glittering constellations.
So this is what the universe truly looks like...
Lin Ye did not drift through space for long. It lasted only a few seconds before he came back to himself, lowering his gaze slightly.
In truth, there was no such thing as first- or second-generation divine bodies.
Only when one's physical genes had reached sufficient strength and transformed into the third generation could one truly be called a god!
And one of the greatest traits of a Third Generation Divine Body was its toughness.
Aside from Dark Silver weapons, very few weapons could break through its defenses.
Moreover, even if a Third Generation Divine Body was injured, it could heal itself with the energy inside it.
Now that Lin Ye possessed a Third Generation Divine Body, he felt that even his mind had become sharper, and his entire body brimmed with inexhaustible strength.
"Hey, human! You still haven't answered my question. What exactly was your purpose in entering the Angel Grand Research Institute?" Hexi swept her hostile gaze toward him.
"What do you think my purpose was?"
Lin Ye responded with a question, his gaze traveling over Sky Base King Hexi's figure.
Tsk, tsk.
This figure, those measurements... worthy of a sacred body. Her proportions were flawless, and her legs were even fairer than Liang Bing's.
Lin Ye's appraisal made Hexi's eyes flare with anger. "Human, move your eyes!"
"Oh, right, my apologies, my apologies."
"Actually, I'm not a bad person. I only came here this time to make friends with the angels."
"Heh." Hexi sneered on the spot. "What kind of friend sneaks into someone else's research stronghold?"
"And steals someone else's research results to conduct an experiment?"
The more Hexi spoke, the colder her gaze became. A miniature algorithm formed in the palm of her right hand behind her back.
"Beginning communication with the Heavenly Blade System. Ten-second countdown."
A responding voice rang out in her mind.
Lin Ye seemingly failed to notice her little move and continued explaining his identity.
"No, Sister Hexi, I'm really a good person. If you don't believe me, you can contact Angel Yan. She was the one who brought me back. I was just bored from being confined, so I wanted to come out for a walk."
Lin Ye hurriedly declared that he was a good person and had no ill intent.
But Hexi's next question immediately left him speechless. "How did you know my name was Hexi?"
"Uh..."
"You wouldn't believe me if I said I guessed, would you?" Lin Ye said with an awkward laugh.
"...Cut the nonsense. You investigated me so thoroughly, yet you still dare insist that you're someone Yan brought back!"
Hexi's eyes turned cold as she abruptly swept her right hand across her chest.
She normally disliked drawing attention and had not shown herself in public for nearly a thousand years.
Even among the new generation of angels, very few knew her identity.
This man had exposed it in a single sentence. Clearly, he had studied her closely.
She had to capture him and interrogate him properly.
"Activate the Heavenly Blade System. Summon the clones." Hexi said in a low voice.
The moment her words fell.
Lin Ye saw one Hexi, then two, then more appear around her. They were all Hexi's Clone.
Each one radiated an astonishing presence, holding a King's Sword as they slashed toward him.
"Damn it, looks like there's no explaining this today."
Gritting his teeth, Lin Ye could only choose to settle things with Hexi first before explaining his identity.
More than a dozen Hexis sneered at the same time, their ethereal voices drifting over.
"Every clone here is empowered by the Heavenly Blade System. Even if Kaisha came, she would still be trapped within it."
"I assume you won't obediently accept judgment, so I can only seal you away!"
The Hexis at the scene simultaneously raised their King's Swords. A blinding golden light shot from the sword tips, piercing straight into the heavens.
At the same time, the space inside the Celestial Computer Laboratory became still as if submerged in water. Lin Ye could clearly feel his movements slowing, and even extending a finger became incredibly difficult.
This was an algorithmic crushing of the physical level.
With the Heavenly Blade System's support, Hexi's algorithms easily suppressed Lin Ye's mere third-generation body.
He could not move, could not speak, and found even twitching a finger difficult.
Worthy of Sky Base King Hexi.
Lin Ye did not know how many times he had marveled at Hexi's intelligence.
In the Super God world, technology was the only truly powerful weapon.
As long as one had technology, even being twenty thousand years behind the times could be remedied through shared engine technology.
Lin Ye had no intention of waiting helplessly for capture. He began issuing commands in his mind.
Activate the Concept Rewrite Engine.
Activate Sophon. Use algorithmic support to empower the Concept Rewrite Engine.
Activation successful. The Concept Rewrite Engine has begun calculations. Command: Crack the Heavenly Blade System. Activation successful. Sophon-assisted calculations activated. Engine calculation efficiency increased by 50%. Analyzing... Target is Merlot Heavenly Court's highest-level defense system, built by Sky Base King Hexi, possessing an extremely high computational level. Cracking difficulty excessively high. The Concept Rewrite Engine has entered overloaded operation.
"Warning! Warning! The Concept Rewrite Engine's computational strain is too great!"
Listening to the engine's notifications, Lin Ye understood just how formidable the Heavenly Blade System was.
The Heavenly Blade System was a Celestial Computer that had consumed Hexi's life's work, one of Angel Civilization's greatest research achievements.
Lin Ye was not arrogant enough to think he could use a basic Concept Rewrite Engine against the Heavenly Blade System itself.
To deal with the Heavenly Blade System, he did not necessarily need to deal with the system itself. He could deal with the person controlling it.
Lin Ye rapidly issued commands in his mind.
"Rewrite target. New command: Crack the Heavenly Blade System's sealing target."
"Command approved. Beginning execution. The Heavenly Blade System's sealing target is Lin Ye."
"Cracking difficulty moderate. Estimated cracking time: 30 seconds. Cracking: 1 second..."
"Please set petrification command."
Hearing the engine's prompt, Lin Ye's expression brightened slightly.
It really worked.
Rather than cracking the Heavenly Blade System's enormous computing cluster, it was better to target and crack one of its links.
It was like destroying a dam. Rather than using tens of thousands of tons of explosives to blast the entire dam apart.
One could start with one of the dam's outlets. Even removing a single brick could cause the dam to collapse.
"As for the command..." Lin Ye thought for a moment and decided to set it as one of humanity's most contemptuous gestures.
"Command input complete. Setting successful."
"Why isn't this brat struggling? Was he scared stupid?"
At that moment, Hexi had yet to notice Lin Ye's little move. She frowned slightly as she watched him.
Had she overestimated Lin Ye's capabilities? Had his creation of a Celestial Computer merely been a stroke of luck?
No.
Why did she have such a bad feeling, one that was only growing stronger?
"Better seal you quickly before anything else happens."
Hexi's true body raised her King's Sword, controlling the final Sealing Power as she prepared to seal Lin Ye.
But at that very moment.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. The real show is only beginning now."
Lin Ye called out to Hexi, then lightly snapped his fingers under her gaze.
She suddenly felt the King's Sword in her hand struggle beyond her control. The force was so great that it flew from her grip.
And in the next instant.
Hexi discovered that not only hers, but even her clones' King's Swords were floating above their heads.
Buzz!
A thunderous hum erupted as dazzling brilliance burst from the King's Swords and poured down upon Hexi and her clones!
This was sealing radiance!
When had this man tampered with things?!
Could it be that he had cracked the Heavenly Blade System too?!
Impossible!
For a moment, Hexi was dumbfounded. As her body stiffened, she checked the Heavenly Blade System's recent information.
The system showed that an unknown engine had modified the sealing command!
Seeing this, Hexi's eyes widened in shock, fear appearing on her face.
He had not cracked the Heavenly Blade Computing Cluster. He had directly modified the sealing command!
This guy!!
How could he think like that?!
Or had he already gained the ability to crack the Heavenly Blade Computing Cluster?
He had merely wanted to use the sealing command to seal her in reverse!
To hell with that damned ascension chart!
She had actually been played by a little brat!
Even someone as calm as Hexi completely lost her composure at the moment she was sealed!
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