Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven

Chapter 407: Daoye Palace and Corrupting Information layer

At the same time, in the Eastern Star Domain, within the Daoye Palace.

”Where the hell did this evolutionary path come from?” A man with blonde hair violently banged his fist against the golden walls of his chamber.

”Our Immortal Path has been robbed of its first spot.”

”Who is it? Could it be someone from the Blue Star?”

”Calm down, Tang Hao.” Just then, an old man wearing white glasses calmly walked into the chamber.

”Master Wen.” Tang Hao stopped his madness and respectfully greeted his master.

”How can I calm down, Master Wen? Our Immortal Path has been robbed of its first place.”

”Robbed of our first place? Why would that matter?” Master Wen shook his head dismissively.

”So what if a path in a small galaxy overtakes us in the rankings? In the end, it does not have a structured 5th Rank, and it only has a fifty percent chance of successfully achieving the 5th Rank.”

”Evolutionary paths like this come and go. It is not surprising to this old man who has seen countless eras of geniuses.”

”For now, our biggest priority is the Blue Star,” the old man added.

”It is highly possible that this path came from the Blue Star,” Tang Hao said upon hearing his master’s words.

”Our Lord had told us that the Blue Star is filled with endless miracles and cannot be defined by normal common sense. Is it not very possible that someone there managed to forge this path?”

”It is unlikely,” Master Wen said while calmly rubbing his white beard.

”The path, I have already observed it before coming here. It has a lot of potential, but the direction it will take for the 5th Rank is crucial, and one single mistake can ruin it completely. And more importantly, it does not follow the mainstream system.”

”My suspicion is that this path was created by someone who can ’Travel’ just like our Lord.”

”It does not follow the mainstream system of Tempering, Transformation, Golden Core, Domain, and Origin. Instead, it utilizes completely different ways of reaching the set limits and visualizing the genetic limiter.”

”A Traveler?” Tang Hao grew entirely serious.

But on the other hand, that explanation did make a lot of sense.

”For now, our absolute priority should be the Blue Star. We will deal with the path’s creator when the time comes.”

”If it was the Lord’s doing, then he would have already informed us about this.”

”Yeah,” Tang Hao agreed.

Just then, a man with blue hair entered the room. Bai Xian. That was his name.

”Lord Tang Hao, we have managed to gather the data. Based on the former coordinates of the Blue Star, we sent elite teams down to the Northern Star Region to look around. But we came out entirely empty-handed. There are many live planets in the vicinity, but absolutely none match the description of the Blue Star.”

”We even utilized an AI that has direct access to the Information Layer.”

”What?” Tang Hao’s expression became incredibly strange.

Since the universe was constantly expanding and the galaxies were stretching apart from one another, there was bound to be a slight difference in coordinates.

But it should not be that far off, yet they could not find it at all?

It had to be mentioned that the Daoye Palace’s tracking methods were absolutely top-notch.

”We must find it. No matter what.” Tang Hao’s expression was grim. ”What will we say to the Lord when he comes back?”

”Shouldn’t your teams trace back the exact signatures of the treasures our Palace left behind before we abandoned the Blue Star due to the Chaos Seal?”

”Nothing came up,” Bai Xian shook his head with a completely bored look on his face.

”Useless,” Tang Hao commented coldly.

However, Bai Xian did not say anything back to defend himself; he simply shrugged his shoulders. ”I did what I could.”

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”Corrupt the information flow around the Blue Star?” Eterna looked at Grey in genuine surprise.

Right, she had almost forgotten that this man could now casually manipulate data energy just like her. Standing there right now, he felt no different from a supreme being born of the Mecha Race.

”That is the only surefire way to keep the Daoye Palace from finding our planet,” Grey said with a confident smile. ”I am going to drag it straight towards the Crimson Core Planet and suspend it right there.”

He looked down at the massive blue world floating silently in the void. ”If I thoroughly corrupt the Information Layer around this entire sector, they will not be able to trace its digital footprint. Even if they physically decide to pass through the Three-Planet Alliance area, they will never suspect that the newly placed world is the exact same Blue Star.”

”For starters, I am going to completely alter the terrain of the planet,” Grey said with a light chuckle. ”By the way, speaking of terrain editing, when exactly am I getting my Planet Shaper Engine?”

”There is one located securely in the central server building of Protocol Eterna, which is currently under the strict control of the Daoye Palace. I will secretly deliver it to you once they are not looking,” Eterna replied. ”Because you uploaded that EX-Rank evolutionary path, the high-ranking members of the Daoye Palace have been frantically trying to seek an audience with me.”

”An audience with your unconscious base self?” Grey tilted his head in confusion.

”Yes, they do not know that it is merely an unconscious construct.” Eterna shook her head amusingly. ”It has been perfectly programmed by me to deal with their common administrative questions in a highly sophisticated way that sends everyone off with a seemingly satisfied answer.”

”Hm,” Grey nodded.

He turned his attention back toward the Blue Star. They had traveled all the way back here specifically to wipe the planet’s entire digital footprint from the universe and physically relocate it. His personal domain had successfully grown vast enough to safely accommodate a world of this sheer size, and it was finally time to put that cosmic capacity to use.

Grey raised both his hands. Dense data energy erupted powerfully from his figure, and immediately, violent red corruptions flickered across the atmosphere of the Blue Star like rapidly spreading digital veins. The very fabric of space around the planet began to stutter. The planetary coordinates, the recorded history, and the surrounding data entities holding related information all began to glitch violently. Reality itself fractured into jagged, red tears.

With one final, commanding wave of his hand, the surrounding void flashed a blinding black and white before everything instantly snapped back to normal.

”It is done,” Grey said with a satisfied smile.

The very next instant, boundless Domain Force surged out of his body. The pure energy expanded outward into the void, completely enveloping the massive blue planet and effortlessly pulling it directly into his vast internal space.

Wasting absolutely no time, the two of them boarded their sleek spaceship and immediately initiated the warp jump back to the Three-Planet Alliance area.

The moment the ship fully materialized in the other side, Grey stepped right out into the cold void. He analytically observed the immense gravitational pull of the three massive planets orbiting nearby, smoothly channeling his energy to forcefully rip open a perfectly stable pocket of space right in the dead center of the alliance zone.

Once the designated area was completely secure, he released his domain. The Blue Star gracefully descended from the massive spatial rift, settling perfectly into the gravitational gap between the three towering worlds.

”It is complete.” Grey stretched his arms lazily over his head.

But before he could even lower his hands back down, a massive, explosive shockwave of energy violently erupted from the surface of the newly placed planet. The sheer, overwhelming pressure of the aura washed over the surrounding void. Grey immediately recognized the highly familiar signature.

It was the aura of Jasmine, radiating the terrifying, overwhelming power of the Future One.