Chapter 235 The Enlightenment Patch for All Things!

In deep space, 56,000 kilometers above the Earth's surface.

There is no oxygen to breathe here, only near-absolute stillness and cosmic microwave radiation powerful enough to tear apart mortal DNA.

In a separate folded space above the space elevator, Gu Qing quietly sat cross-legged, suspended in the void.

At his level, the vast universe itself is the best training ground for him.

Gu Qing slowly opened her eyes, which were extremely deep and seemed to be devoid of any human emotions.

In his vision, the azure planet below was enveloped by a dense stream of data. He didn't need anyone to report the situation on the surface to him; his divine sense, deeply bound to the system, was like an all-pervasive giant net, constantly monitoring every move on this planet.

He saw Old Li laughing loudly in the Chunfeng Deyi Tower, but coughing up blood madly in the shadows; he saw the young people in the lower city fighting each other for a low-quality pseudo-spiritual root quota; he also saw the monster corpses torn to pieces by cheap firepower in the wilderness.

Everything was proceeding according to the script he had set.

But when Gu Qing touched his heart, it was still beating, yet he found that he could not feel a trace of pity or sorrow.

"My humanity is being stripped away little by little by this ever-increasing system privileges and the laws of nature."

Gu Qing muttered to himself, his tone devoid of fear, containing only an absolute rationality. The system had granted him the supreme power to rewrite reality, but as a price, the grand narrative from a high-dimensional perspective was irreversibly erasing his capacity for empathy as a "human being."

In his current view, those tens of millions of ordinary people like Lao Li who are burning their lifespans and fighting for their lives in the wilderness are no longer vibrant lives, but strings of "active data" that are efficiently transforming spiritual energy and driving the evolution of civilization.

[Ding! The ecological monitoring module has sent an alert.]

On the retina, the system's cold, pale blue notification popped up silently.

[Warning: A severe imbalance has occurred in the Earth's native food chain.]

[Statistics: In the past three months, the mortality rate of Tier 1 and Tier 2 surface monsters has soared by 1740%. The human forces, relying on the saturation firepower of 'rune exoskeletons' and 'pseudo-spiritual roots,' are carrying out a one-sided, annihilation-style slaughter of low-tier monsters.]

[Prediction: If the current rate of consumption continues, the low-level monster communities on the Earth's surface will be completely depleted in two years and seven months.]

Gu Qing frowned slightly as she looked at the data.

Human beings possess astonishing explosive power. Driven by capital and the incentive of lifespan, these mortals, driven to the brink of despair, unleashed an unimaginable killing efficiency.

But this is not a good thing for Gu Qing's grand plan.

"The future Void Battlefield will be a brutal tug-of-war that lasts for hundreds or even thousands of years. The Void Army is not some stupid beast that just charges around on instinct."

Gu Qing's eyes turned extremely cold. "If humans get used to using metal storms to harvest those low-level monsters that have no tactics whatsoever, treating them as fixed 'resource mines' to farm, then these hunters who rely on pseudo-spiritual roots will probably not be enough when facing truly cunning high-dimensional enemies."

You can't raise a ferocious beast capable of tearing apart the stars in a greenhouse, even if that greenhouse is filled with the bloody stench of capital.

For humanity to truly evolve, the monsters that serve as their stepping stones must become stronger, smarter, and more deadly!

"System," Gu Qing coldly commanded in his mind, "It's time to increase the strength of the humans on this planet."

[Command confirmed.]

[Major system update patch: 'Enlightenment of All Things' has been loaded into the underlying logic architecture.]

This patch will significantly alter the rules governing Earth's reiki. Reiki will no longer merely enhance the physical bodies and genes of plants and animals, but will actively stimulate their cerebral cortex and the fire of their souls, breaking the shackles of species' intelligence.

[Should we release a server-wide update immediately?]

"release."

Gu Qing did not hesitate at all.

As he finished speaking, an invisible, terrifying fluctuation that transcended the physical dimension suddenly erupted from the system core deep between his eyebrows!

Centered on the folded space where Gu Qing was, this wave was like a silent tsunami sweeping across the entire universe, instantly penetrating the atmosphere and sweeping across every inch of the earth, every ocean, and every primeval forest without any hindrance!

……

On the surface, deep within the Amazon rainforest.

This is a forbidden zone that the new human civilization has not yet fully explored.

A squad of fifty elite hunters, sponsored by a major conglomerate, is cautiously advancing through the dense rainforest, wearing heavy runic exoskeletons.

"Captain, the spiritual energy concentration here is frighteningly high. There must be some high-quality goods of level two or above!" A team member looked at the dense red dots on the radar and excitedly licked his lips.

"Everyone, stay alert! As usual, when we encounter a group of monsters, we'll first use the psionic mortars to clear the area, then activate the overload charge!" The experienced captain issued the order.

In their previous understanding, no matter how powerful the monsters were, they were just a group of wild beasts driven by bloodlust. As long as the firepower was strong enough, they could be easily lured out and eliminated.

However, just as the invisible wave of the system swept across the rainforest...

The mutated beasts that had been roaring wildly suddenly became eerily quiet.

"What's going on? The red dot on the radar isn't moving?"

The captain was taken aback for a moment.

In a swamp less than 500 meters away from them, a second-tier peak mutated forest python, over 15 meters long and covered in black bone spurs, slowly raised its enormous head from the mud.

A minute ago, this python would have crushed a human without hesitation upon smelling their scent.

But at this moment, a hint of "thought" flashed in its vertical pupils, which were originally filled with only cold-bloodedness and brutality.

It did not charge.

It turned its head slightly to look at the mutated venomous spiders, giant man-eating plants, and shadow leopards around it, which were originally natural enemies.

Catalyzed by the "Enlightenment of All Things" principle, a primal network of ideas that transcends species boundaries was instantly established in the brains of these monsters.

The python flicked its tongue and emitted a very low-frequency hiss.

The next second, a chilling scene unfolded.

Those normally undisciplined monsters, however, began to disperse silently like a well-trained army. Giant spiders climbed the treetops, man-eating flowers completely concealed their presence in the bushes, and shadow leopards, taking advantage of the darkness, outflanked the hunter team from the rear, completely cutting off their retreat!

The encirclement was formed perfectly.

"Captain... I... I feel like something's not right?" The team member looking at the radar suddenly spoke with barely suppressed panic. "Those red dots... they're deploying!"

It's no longer a monotonous, suicide charge, but an ambush that utilizes terrain, teamwork, and even psychological warfare!

A gentle breeze blew by, and a rustling sound came from deep within the rainforest.

The true battlefield of carnage, at this very moment, has only just revealed its ferocious fangs to arrogant humans.