The instant the Purge Program activated.
The vertical scar on the black stone tablet opened fully.
It was not light.
It was a grant of authority.
Dark gold lines shot from within the tablet, bored into the flesh walls of the passage, then spread through countless dormant blood veins toward the depths of the wound.
The entire area fell still for a heartbeat.
The swarm stopped.
The withered hand behind the Bone Portal stopped too.
For the first time, the Shepherd's voice held no trace of a smile.
"What are you doing?"
Yang Yu kept his palm pressed against the tablet. His voice was steady.
"Filing a report."
"..."
Tie Tu nearly choked.
A report?
He called activating the True God Purge Sequence filing a report?
This was the Chaos Sea, inside the corpse of an Eternal True God, not some neighborhood office in the Abyss!
Behind the Bone Portal, the withered hand slowly closed.
The surrounding laws were crushed into a ball.
Space above the swarm collapsed inward, forming a gray-white Bone Seal.
The Shepherd's voice sank.
"Primordial Offspring, you have no idea what you're provoking."
"I have managed this place for thirty-seven million eras."
"The wound stayed balanced, the swarm stayed stable, and the Immune System stayed asleep."
"Wake the Purge Sequence now, and you won't just destroy my Pasture."
"You'll destroy your own way out."
Yang Yu nodded.
"You sound like a real professional."
The Shepherd said coldly, "Stop now, and I can let you live."
Yang Yu looked at the Bone Seal.
"Is there something you're not getting?"
"This is Jin's body."
"You've been raising beetles in his wound, draining his blood, stealing his minerals, and acting like you own the place."
He patted the tablet.
"Now the owner's family is here."
"And you want me