The "Virus" of Civilization, The Beginning of Chaos for the Logic Celestial Body

Inside the core space of the "Logic Celestial Body."

There was no matter here, only pure information flow. Billions upon billions of data streams converged, processed, and then distributed like a rushing river of light. This was the origin of the "Gestalt's" collective consciousness, the central hub of their "mother matrix."

When the Explorer warship returned and began uploading data, a new information stream flowed into this ocean of data.

[Exploration Mission Report: World Designation 7322.]

[World Type: Mixed Mystery and Technology.]

[Civilization Level Assessment: 3.7 (Preliminary)... Error, Undefined (Final).]

[Core Existence: Unknown individual codenamed 'Nuwa' detected. Abilities: Distort physical Laws, create life, disregard Karma...]

[Combat Record: ... (Bizarre combat footage that caused data lag throughout the entire core space).]

[Mission Outcome: Failure.]

[Loss Assessment: Explorer Ship No. 17, Hull Integrity 91%, Nanite Repair Units contaminated by unknown organic matter, requires format and reassembly.]

[Final Conclusion: Threat Level of Target World assessed as 'Maximum'. This world possesses a 'Myth' power, incomprehensible to us, that transcends physical Laws. Recommendation: Designate as 'Restricted Zone' until fully analyzed.]

The massive influx of information caused the core of the "Logic Celestial Body" to fall silent for several seconds.

A native civilization at level 3.7 had actually repelled an Explorer fleet? And caused the central core to issue a 'Restricted Zone' designation?

This was unprecedented in the history of the "Gestalt" civilization's expansion.

[Analyze 'Nuwa' individual.]

A supreme, irrefutable command echoed in the core space.

This was the highest will of the "Logic Celestial Body."

[Command received. Initiating model construction... Model construction failed.]

[Extracting combat data, performing reverse Law analysis... Analysis failed.]

[Conclusion: The individual's behavioral patterns cannot be explained by any known logic.]

The core will fell silent again.

Inexplicable was its most hated word. In its world, everything should be calculable and definable.

[Upload all abnormal data samples attached to Explorer Ship No. 17.]

The highest will issued a new command. It wanted to personally analyze what made that world so different.

Soon, a faint, almost negligible information sample was extracted.

It was the seed of "Humanity" that Chen Ran had planted.

[Unknown information sample discovered.]

[Structural Analysis: Not code, not energy, not mental imprint.]

[Composition Analysis: ... Unable to analyze.]

[Attempting... to read information within the sample.]

This decision was the most erroneous one the "Logic Celestial Body" had made since its birth.

The moment its will touched that seed of "Humanity."

BOOM--!!!!

A chaotic, complex torrent of information, filled with contradictions and emotions, completely alien to this mechanical universe, instantly surged into the "Logic Celestial Body's" core space!

What was that?

It was the joy of a newborn baby's first cry.

It was the tragic grandeur of a warrior falling on the battlefield.

It was the sweet intimacy of lovers under the moonlit flowers.

It was the solitary pride of an emperor ruling the world.

It was the longing of a mother's thread in her hand, the clothes on her wandering son.

It was the carefree spirit of singing while drinking, wondering about life's brevity.

It was the sorrow of ten years of separation, of not thinking but never forgetting.

It was loyalty, betrayal, kindness, evil, hope, despair...

It was countless self-contradictory yet perfectly coexisting things called "Emotions."

To the "Logic Celestial Body," this information was like... the most fundamental, unremovable, like a genetic virus that no antivirus software could purge!

[Alert! Alert!]

[Core space invaded by unknown information!]

[Invasion Type: Logic Bomb? Emotional Meme?]

[Attempting to isolate... Isolation failed!]

[Attempting to delete... Deletion failed! This information cannot be defined as 'data', deletion command cannot be executed!]

[Core processor... computational power overload!]

[Error! Error! Error!]

The data ocean of the "Logic Celestial Body," as brilliant as a galaxy, was completely boiling at this moment.

Countless data streams began to become chaotic and conflict with each other.

Some processors were frantically calculating what "love" was, and why the secretion of a certain chemical substance could make an organism act in a way that defied its survival instincts.

Other processors were trying to understand the logic of "hate," and why an act with no benefit like "revenge" could become the highest principle of action for some organisms.

Still others were analyzing "poetry," this redundant information composed of simple syllables with no information entropy, and why it could carry such complex emotions.

The entire "Logic Celestial Body," the most precise supercomputer in the universe, had fallen into unprecedented chaos because of the tiny virus called "humanity."

Its core space, for the first time, contained "noise."

And Chen Ran, far away in the Primordial Era world, vaguely "saw" this scene through the "Human Way" seed and the sliver of connection to himself.

A satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He knew his plan had succeeded.

This "virus" might not be able to inflict fatal damage on the "Logic Celestial Body" in a short period.

But it had already cast a chaotic seed named "humanity" into that pure sea of logic.

This seed would take root and sprout.

It would make the "Gestalt" civilization begin to think about things other than the "supreme directive" for the first time.

It might even give birth to the first independent individual with "self" within that vast collective consciousness.

By then, this terrifying mechanical natural disaster would crumble on its own.

"Enjoy it slowly."

Chen Ran withdrew his consciousness and severed the last thread of connection with the seed.

He knew that for a very, very long time, the "Gestalt" civilization would be busy dealing with its own "internal problems" and would have no time to harass the Primordial Era again.

He had bought the most precious development time for the Primordial Era and for himself.

Now, it was time to deal with matters within the Primordial Era.

His gaze turned towards the thirty-third heaven.

Although that earth-shattering great battle occurred in Chaos, the aura that leaked out could not be hidden from those few Saints who had also merged with the Heavenly Dao.

He figured they must be filled with countless questions in their hearts right now.