The moment the countdown reached zero, the entire Isolated Island of Order lit up.
It wasn't an explosion, but disintegration. The dark gold metal that made up the island, the crystal structure of the laboratory, the energy core of the Stability Anchor... all matter and energy, at the same moment, transformed into the purest flow of ordered information, bursting outward at the speed of light!
The sight Transcendence any known release of energy. There was no fire, no shockwave, only an ever-expanding, absolutely pure white field, as if the universe itself had opened an eye of order.
Wherever the white domain swept, the Chaos energy sea was forcibly "reset to zero"—not destroyed, but temporarily reset to a state of rule vacuum. The violent energy flow subsided instantly, the distorted spacetime structure returned to flatness, and those floating, failed divine bodies and Void creation remnants disappeared as if erased by an eraser.
The Chaos protective layer surrounding the Tower of Truth melted away like snow under the sun before this absolute order. The tower trembled violently, and the dark purple energy veins on its surface broke apart inch by inch, emitting a shrill scream—the painful lament of rules being forcibly corrected.
Inside the tower, the labyrinth crumbles.
The distorted rules on the sixth level that attempted to "conceptualize" matter crumbled under the impact of the established order. The walls returned to ordinary metal, the passages became straight, and all traps and paradoxical fields instantly became ineffective.
"Now!" Angel Yan's wings spread out completely, transforming into a golden streak of light as she rushed up the suddenly appearing straight staircase to the top of the tower!
Ge Xiaolun, Rena, Liu Chuang, and the others followed closely behind without hesitation. Behind them, the white domain was devouring everything at a terrifying speed, chasing after them— the Order Singularity did not distinguish between friend and foe; anyone caught in it would be "reset."
Thirty seconds.
They must rush to the top, deal with Karl, and escape before the white area engulfs the entire tower.
At the top of the tower, in a circular hall.
Karl stood in the center of the hall, behind him the "door" that was two-thirds open. Inside the door, there was no longer the churning of Void energy, but a deeper, more unsettling presence—as if some ancient and immense consciousness was watching the world through the door.
The " Hand of the Void," composed of information, had fully extended and wrapped around Karl's right arm. Beneath the skin, dark purple energy veins intertwined with golden divine codes ( Karl had studied angelic technology), forming eerie patterns. His left eye had turned pure black, reflecting swirling nebulae; his right eye retained the clarity of a scholar, but deep within its pupil burned a frenzied thirst for knowledge.
"How beautiful... the ultimate blossoming of order..." Karl looked up, feeling the impact of the white domain. The Void energy in his left half fluctuated violently under the onslaught of order, but the divine code in his right half remained unusually stable, even absorbing the energy of order. "This is what I wanted... the ultimate order and the ultimate Chaos collided and merged within me... Truth lies in this unity of opposites!"
He looked at the crowd that had surged to the top of the tower and smiled, "Welcome to the endgame. The shockwaves of order you brought have just balanced the rate of erosion by the power of the Void... allowing me to remain clear-headed and witness this moment."
" Karl!" Angel Yan Flame Sword at him, "Close that door! Now!"
"Close it? Why close it?" Karl slowly shook his head. "Behind this door lies the truth of the universe, the source of all rules. Aren't you curious? Don't you want to know why there are four fundamental forces? Why there is the arrow of time? Why there is life and consciousness?"
He stepped forward, his Hand of the Void dancing in the air, tracing complex paths. " The Void is not destruction, but possibility itself. The rules of the real universe are merely a solidified, rigid form of countless possibilities. Open this door, and we will gain the power to reshape everything... We will become the Definer of the new rules!"
"You're insane!" Rena held up a miniature star with both hands. "The 'we' you're referring to doesn't include any one of us! We only want to protect this universe as it is!"
"Shortsighted," Karl sighed, "But it's alright. You'll understand when you see the truth behind the door."
The door behind him opened a little wider.
From the crack in the door, what poured out was no longer energy, but a torrent of information—a direct conceptual impact that Transcendence language and images:
[Birth is death]
Order originates from Chaos.
[Existence and Void are equivalent]
[The end of logic is paradox]
These contradictory concepts flooded everyone's consciousness like a virus! Liu Chuang, Zhao Xin, Qilin, and the others instantly clutched their heads, blood oozing from their seven orifices—their brains were unable to process this level of information overload!
" Holy Domain, expand!" Angel Yan spread the divine code to its maximum, attempting to filter out information pollution.
Ge Xiaolun activated the Void Engine: " Definition: Shield all information that is not governed by the rules of this universe!"
The white light of the Order Singularity finally spread to the top of the tower. The white domain and the information torrent surging from the Gate of the Void collided in the center of the hall, producing a strange "neutralization effect"—the two did not explode, but canceled each other out and annihilated each other, leaving behind an absolute Void area.
This Void region lies precisely between Karl and the Allied forces.
"Perfect opportunity!" Rena tossed the miniature star in her hand toward Karl!
But Karl simply raised his hand, Hand of the Void opened its five fingers. The star disintegrated on its own before it even touched his palm, turning into pure energy that was absorbed.
"It's useless. At the boundary between the rules of the Void and reality, I hold the power to Definition." Karl's voice began to emphasize, as if countless voices were speaking simultaneously, "Unless... you also touch the boundary of the rules."
He looked at Angel Yan: " The Holy Kesha's Order of Justice is essentially a 'stubborn adherence' to the rules of reality. It's interesting, but not 'flexible' enough."
He then looked at Ge Xiaolun: " Anti-Void, denying all anomalies. But this denial itself is the greatest anomaly. You are using contradiction to fight contradiction, which will only lead to an infinite loop."
Finally, his gaze pierced through the tower walls, as if he could see the Dawn in the distance. "The only one truly capable of touching the boundary... is that Spark from another universe. But he is now... undergoing 'baptism'."
The Dawn.
Allen curled up on the floor of the medical pod, his body enveloped by both platinum-gold Sparks and dark purple Chaos energy. The two forces clashed fiercely on his body, making it their battlefield.
His consciousness had sunk to its deepest depths.
It was neither darkness nor light, but a constantly shifting Sea of Concepts. He "saw" the state before the Big Bang—a "latent state" that could not be described in words. He "heard" the first "cry" of the birth of rules. He "felt" the moment when order and Chaos split from the same source.
And what was behind the door was whispering to him:
We are the same...
[... The fire within you... is Seed of Order born from Chaos...]
[... returning to the source... becoming a bridge... connecting the divided sides...]
These whispers were not temptations, but statements, as if telling him a preordained truth.
The Sparks was boiling. Allen could feel that the Sparks's "memory" was being awakened—not his personal memory, but the memory of the "concept" of Sparks itself. It was indeed born from the collective hope of a civilization facing absolute darkness, but its earlier source... seemed to have intricate connections with the Void.
Just then, the white light impact of the Order Singularity arrived on the Dawn.
The pure energy of order was like cold water poured into boiling oil, instantly intensifying the conflict within Allen's body!
"Ah--!!!" He roared to the sky, and the Sparks and Chaos energy on the surface of his body erupted at the same time!
The walls of the medical bay were torn apart, and alarms blared throughout the ship. Lian Feng and the other technicians tried to approach, but were pushed away by the violent energy field.
Allen's eyes were ablaze with platinum flames in one eye and swirling with dark purple Chaos in the other.
His consciousness was forcibly torn in two.
Half of them were shouting: Purify the Chaos! Protect the order!
The other half whispers: Embrace the Chaos! Become whole!
And in this tearing pain, something deeper, something sealed away by the Sparks... loosened.
Top of the tower.
Karl suddenly shuddered, the black nebula in his left eye spinning wildly. "He... made contact... very good... very good!"
The Gate of the Void opened a little wider, and now only a tiny crack remains closed.
From behind the door, a second "hand" reached out. This time, it was no longer composed of information, but rather a semi-substantial entity that constantly switched between matter and energy.
Two Hand of the Void simultaneously pressed down on Karl's shoulders, beginning to pull him towards the door!
"No... wait... I still need to..." Karl's clarity in his right eye began to waver; he realized he might be losing control of the situation.
The allure of the Gate of the Void far exceeded his calculations. Those behind it seemed more interested in the " Sparks Carrier" than in him, the "Gate Opener." They were accelerating the fusion process, eager to arrive completely!
"Now!" Angel Yan caught Karl's momentary hesitation, and her Holy Domain compressed into a sharp spear of light, piercing towards the crucial point connecting Karl to the door—the Hand of the Void wrapped around his right arm!
At the same time, Ge Xiaolun activated his Anti-Void ability to its fullest extent, Definition: "Within this area, all interactions between the Void and reality rules will be suspended for 0.5 seconds!"
Rena condensed all the remaining stellar energy into a scorching beam of light and shot it toward the door itself!
Despite the excruciating pain, Liu Chuang, Zhao Xin, Qilin, and the others launched their final attack!
A 0.5-second pause.
In that instant, a crack appeared in the connection between the Hand of the Void and Karl.
The light spear pierced the crevice!
But just as the connection was about to be severed—
In the distance, from the direction of the Dawn, a beam of light, interwoven with white gold and dark purple, shot into the sky! Within the beam, a figure slowly floated up.
It's Allen.
But his condition... is abnormal.
His left half burned with pure Sparks, while his right half surged with Chaos energy. And between his brows, an unprecedented gray mark appeared—neither order nor Chaos, but some intermediate state resulting from the mixture of the two.
His eyes opened.
The left eye is platinum, and the right eye is dark purple.
His gaze pierced through space and landed directly on the door at the top of the tower.
He spoke, his voice sounding as if countless voices had overlapped:
"I... I saw it."
The moment the words left his mouth, the two Hand of the Void behind the door suddenly froze, and then... turned in unison towards Allen.
It felt like I had found what I truly wanted.
At this moment, Karl displayed a complex expression of extreme resentment, yet also a sense of relief.
"So... I was the Key... and you... were the door..."
Before the words were even finished, the Hand of the Void suddenly ripped out!
Karl was dragged inside the door!
The door, after absorbing Karl, began to open rapidly!
Behind the door, the outline of an indescribable "being" became increasingly clear...
And Allen, uncontrollably, was flying towards that door.