World version update

Chapter 314 The Ascended Squad and the Root of Version Invasion
City Fourteen, with its steel border wall symbolizing the absolute control of an intelligent God and the complete break from the old era, lies like a crouching behemoth between the desolate Gobi Desert and the relatively free city.

This is a special area strictly controlled by an intelligent god.

Between City Fourteen and other cities, numerous checkpoints, resembling steel fortresses, were densely packed together.

These outposts are structurally robust and heavily armed, and are interconnected by energy channels, forming a virtually insurmountable blockade.

Tens of thousands of psionicists, clad in standard power armor, patrolled and checked between these checkpoints like tireless worker bees. Their eyes were sharp as eagles, not missing a single suspicious person trying to approach or leave City Fourteen.

Each checkpoint is equipped with a high-intensity energy scanner and identification system, and any unauthorized intruder will face a devastating blow.

Above the sky, the vast, sunless dome of the heavens seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier as it reached the edge of the territory of City Fourteen, and everything came to an abrupt halt.

Through this area without a canopy, one can even clearly see the long-lost radiance of the sun and the brilliant stars following ancient paths in the night sky.

This small skylight has become an extremely rare and precious sight in a world dominated by steel and data.

Lu Yan's figure appeared silently on the outskirts of the border post, like a ghost.

He walked slowly and unhurriedly toward City Fourteen, which was surrounded by countless firing positions.

Most of the psionicists patrolling around were only at the upper-level psionicist level, equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The strongest among them were only a few commanders of outposts at the Archangel level, comparable to the Nascent Soul stage.

With Lu Yan deliberately concealing his aura and shielding himself from external perception, these psychic beings were completely unaware of his uninvited presence.

Their gazes swept over Lu Yan, but they reacted as if he were air, without any reaction.

In this way, Lu Yan strolled through one seemingly heavily guarded checkpoint after another with ease, without attracting anyone's attention.

Realizing the terrifying locking ability of the celestial canopy over the power of fate and cause and effect, and that City Fourteen, the only city not covered by the canopy, could become a key breakthrough in the fight against the intelligent God, Lu Yan made a decision without hesitation to travel across most of the cyber world to City Fourteen in person.

To avoid being detected by the intelligent god along the way, Lu Yan could not use powerful supernatural abilities such as spatial teleportation or the Golden Light Across the Earth, which would cause violent energy fluctuations.

He could only fly in the conventional way, and even with his current cultivation level, it took him several days to cross most of the world.

As he gradually ventured deeper into the territory of City Fourteen and left the area shrouded by the celestial canopy, Lu Yan could clearly sense the stagnant astrological trajectory dissipating, and the oppressive gaze above his head also disappeared.

Although this place already possesses the basic conditions for conducting advanced fortune-telling, Lu Yan did not rush to take action.

He planned to first enter the interior of City Fourteen to gather information about the current state of the world, especially about the recent changes in the intelligent God. Then, by combining this with the method of deduction through manipulating creation, he might be able to obtain a more accurate and comprehensive answer.

As Lu Yan pondered his next plan, he continued to advance into the city.

Suddenly, a violent explosion occurred at a steel outpost about ten miles away.

"Boom!"

The deafening explosion resounded through the sky, and the destructive shockwave swept outwards like a raging hurricane, instantly affecting several nearby outposts.

Many psionicists were swallowed up by the violent energy torrent in an instant before they even had time to react to what was happening, turning into charred remains.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"Someone has broken through the checkpoint! It's an unidentified intruder!"

"Requesting fire support! Repeat, requesting fire support!"

"Activate Destroyer-class weapon access! Target: Area A-7!"

The piercing alarms and panicked cries echoed through the communication network between the sentry posts.

Subsequently, the outer armor of those sentry posts, which had stood silently like steel jungles, began to rapidly deform and reassemble.

The heavy metallic scraping and the roar of mechanical transmission filled the air. In just a few seconds, those sentry posts that were originally as solid as fortresses extended menacing cannons from their interiors, transforming into giant energy turrets with terrifying calibers.

"boom!!!"

The next second, without giving anyone time to react, dozens of destructive torrents of psionic energy, like angry dragons, erupted from the muzzles of those giant cannons, carrying terrifying power capable of tearing everything apart, and directly subjected the outpost area that had just exploded, as well as the surrounding areas where enemies might be present, to indiscriminate and comprehensive firepower coverage.

Lu Yan's eyesight was incredibly sharp; he could clearly see several strangely dressed, agile figures struggling to escape the raging torrent of psionic energy in the area where the destructive cannons were focused their fire.

But in the end, they could not escape the fate of being completely annihilated, leaving not even a trace.

A moment later, as the aftershocks of the energy subsided, a large number of nano-repair robots surged out from the ground like a tide.

They quickly cleared away the wreckage on the battlefield, and at the same time began to rebuild an iron outpost exactly the same as before with astonishing efficiency, as if the fierce battle had never happened.

As he watched this efficient yet brutal scene unfold before him, a subtle, unseen glint flashed in Lu Yan's eyes.

His gaze inadvertently fell upon a seemingly calm guard post near the explosion zone.

Behind the outpost, five psionicists, dressed in identical silver-gray uniforms to the surrounding patrols and completely covered from head to toe, were calmly gathering supplies, seemingly preparing to head to the newly destroyed and rebuilt outpost to provide support.

However, upon closer inspection, an extremely strange detail will be discovered.

The traces of psionic energy fluctuations on these five psionicists appeared unusually shallow and superficial.

The energy aura that represented the identity of a psychic was merely like a thin layer of mist covering their body surface; it was not deeply integrated with their physical body or undergone substantial psychic transformation like that of a true psychic.

Without a doubt, these five seemingly ordinary psionicists were all complete imposters.

The figures that were utterly obliterated by the devastating cannon were likely pawns used by these five to draw enemy fire. "Interesting."

Lu Yan's gaze grew increasingly deep, and a meaningful smile curved his lips.

……

Meanwhile, the five Ascendant Squad members who successfully infiltrated the psionicist group and cleverly used other unlucky individuals to draw fire were unaware that Lu Yan had already seen through their clumsy disguise.

It wasn't until they followed a genuine psionic patrol and passed through several internal checkpoints without incident that the entire team breathed a sigh of relief, their tense nerves relaxing slightly.

“This should be the edge of the celestial canopy. The gaze of that damned Eye of God should be greatly weakened, and it might not even be able to directly observe us,” one of the team members, whose voice was slightly hoarse, said through the team’s encrypted communication channel.

“That’s right. As long as we can successfully enter City Fourteen and completely escape the coverage of the Sky Curtain, we should be considered to have successfully passed the preliminary stage of this large-scale legion confrontation mission,” another voice, which sounded more composed, replied.

"This is just the preliminary stage? Is the God trying to kill us this time?" a team member complained, his tone slightly flippant but tinged with lingering fear.

"Hmph, you can't just run rampant in the Reincarnation Mission with sheer strength; you have to use your brain at crucial moments!"

The previously calm voice snorted and lectured, "An EX-level mission difficulty, and this sky dome covering the entire world—even a fool could tell that this thing is some kind of large-scale surveillance method."

Those guys who foolishly stayed in the wilderness and didn't know how to hide their whereabouts, what else could they be but brainless idiots?
"As long as we can find a way to blend into the city the moment we arrive, and then use the permissions or items provided by the Main God Space to temporarily conceal our identities and auras, the probability of evading the initial scan of the Eye of God is actually not too low."

"I heard that City Fourteen, because it is not covered by the Sky Dome, has become a gathering place for all sorts of monsters and demons."

It is said that several titled reincarnators with unfathomable strength, as well as top reincarnation teams with infamous reputations in the Main God Space, have already arrived in City Fourteen ahead of time.

Conventional methods will certainly not be enough to deal with that terrifying celestial canopy and the intelligent God behind it. Our next focus should be on establishing relations with the native forces of this world, especially the resistance organizations within City Fourteen.

"I've received word that those high-ranking figures are all trying to befriend and cultivate relationships with the native chieftains, attempting to obtain crucial intelligence and assistance. We must act quickly as well; we can't fall behind!" A team member, who sounded like the team's strategist, rapidly analyzed the current situation.

After a brief discussion, the five members of the Ascension Squad carefully concealed their presence once again, blending into the ranks like real patrolmen, and continued their unhurried advance into the depths of City Fourteen.

Little did they know that every word and every detail of their conversation through the encrypted channel had been clearly heard by Lu Yan, who appeared to be completely unaffected.

"Reincarnators? EX-level missions?"

Upon hearing these familiar words, Lu Yan's expression faltered slightly. His gaze seemed to pierce through all illusions, directly seeing through the psionic battle suits used by the five ascension team members as disguises, and revealing their true faces hidden beneath the suits.

"It's actually an ascended being like this?"

When Lu Yan saw the true faces of the five team members, even he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Beneath the silver-gray battle suits used to conceal their true forms, they were not human in the traditional sense. Their heads were sculpted into the shapes of various animals, while their lower bodies maintained a human-like upright walking posture, appearing both sacred and grotesque.

There was a wise man with the head of a jackal and the body of a human, wielding a scepter that emitted serpentine energy; there was a warrior with a burly physique, his muscles bulging like a giant crocodile, gripping a massive blade; and then there was the most striking figure, a leader with the majestic head of an eagle, surrounded by a sun disk radiating scorching heat, exuding imperial majesty.
Lu Yan was familiar with the appearance of these people; their power came from the Shurima Ascended in a game that Lu Yan knew about.

Under normal circumstances, these special life forms could never appear in a cyberpunk version.

Combining the keywords they kept mentioning, such as "reincarnators," "EX-level missions," and "God Space," a bold and astonishing guess instantly surfaced in Lu Yan's mind.

"The Supreme God has invaded this cyberpunk version and packaged this invasion as a high-difficulty mission targeting the reincarnators? Is this the only path to all worlds chosen by the Supreme God?"

Countless complex thoughts flashed wildly through Lu Yan's mind like a flood bursting its banks, creating ripples upon ripples.

From a version perspective, the Cyber ​​version is equivalent to the entire God version, but it is fundamentally different from the God instance world that God created.

If the main god can indeed carry out a large-scale version invasion of the cyberpunk version, then for the main god, this would undoubtedly mean an unimaginable opportunity, or even a shortcut to a higher level.

If the Cyberpunk version can be hacked in this way, does that mean that the main god also has the ability to hack other versions in a similar way?

Once the supreme god can truly achieve the ability to freely interfere with infinite versions, it means that He has, in a sense, completely broken free from the constraints of the supreme god version.

He can transform all known and unknown versions into dungeon worlds for the reincarnators to test, select, and plunder.

In this way, the Supreme God will no longer be bound by the rules of any single version. He will use the endless versions as his pasture and testing ground, drawing power from them to select elites, thereby achieving a unique status across all worlds that transcends all versions.

However, there are too many unreasonable aspects and inexplicable doubts hidden within this.

For example, how does the main god prevent these reincarnators from being updated?

How does the Supreme God allow beings to completely transcend versions without worrying about identity collisions in other versions?
There are just too many problems, and they are all too absurd.

Lu Yan took a deep breath, his expression becoming more serious than ever before.

He subconsciously activated the supreme divine power he possessed to manipulate creation, using the method of evolution and deduction of the supreme divine power's status to try to uncover the hidden truth behind it.

He originally thought that this deduction would be exceptionally difficult, and might even encounter strong backlash and obstacles from the autonomous god or other unknown beings.

However, the reality was far beyond his expectations.

This simulation proceeded exceptionally easily, even unbelievably smoothly.

However, when the results of the deduction were finally clearly presented in his sea of ​​consciousness, Lu Yan was completely stunned.

The final result of the deduction, the source of all the irrationality, the fundamental reason why the main god was able to initiate this version invasion, and the key opportunity for countless reincarnators to cross the version barrier and descend into this world, all pointed to one source with uncanny clarity.

"The root of all this is actually myself?"

(End of this chapter)