Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 213 Super Artifact Core

"The Earthlings aren't in the Celestial Realm?" What happened to becoming immortals? What happened to everyone ascending to heaven?

"Yes, Master, becoming an immortal is not the same as ascension in the traditional sense on Earth." The system replied earnestly. "Entering the Immortal Realm is merely a stage of cultivation; it is not true transcendence or ascension."

"What do you mean?" Please explain more clearly.

"Ascension on Blue Star is a dimensional leap for the entire race, a tremendous sublimation of life level, not merely an improvement in cultivation." The dog system swayed, continuing with a hint of pride, "Becoming an immortal is only an enhancement for an individual, but ascension is an elevation of the entire race. This is why Blue Star wants its entire population to ascend. My great creator of Blue Star is incomparable to immortals."

"In other words, even if I go to the Immortal Realm, it doesn't count as ascension, and Blue Star isn't there either." Her heart sank. She thought she could go home soon, but it turns out it's not over yet?

"Yes, Master." The dog system nodded. "Blue Star's current location is something even the system cannot comprehend or explore. They are no longer in this dimension, whether in the Immortal Realm or the Mortal Realm. If one word could be used to describe the current Blue Star race, it could only be... God!"

"..." So all her damned compatriots ate so well, but left her alone?
Autumn's Farewell is silent, Autumn's Farewell is withdrawn, Autumn's Farewell doesn't want to do this anymore!

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When will this journey home ever end?
Qiu Ci remained silent for a full five minutes before calming down. Well, she decided she didn't need to rush to become an immortal now; she should deal with Shen Hui's situation first. She was even somewhat relieved that she hadn't directly broken through the barrier during the synchronization; otherwise, she would be like Juan Shan, forced to ascend to the Immortal Realm.

With that thought in mind, she immediately took to the air on her sword and headed towards the capital's temple.

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Inside a research room in a temple.

All the researchers and temple leaders gathered together, all looking into the transparent research room in front of them. The entire scene was silent, as if everyone was nervously and expectantly waiting for something.

The large research room was filled with all sorts of mechanical instruments, all of which were running at high speed. Some of the instruments were new, while most were so worn that they looked like antiques, which seemed out of place in this brand-new research room. However, a group of people wearing white coats were all focused on these old instruments, operating them intently.

The most eye-catching thing is a spherical object floating in the very center of the research room. The sphere is dark blue and seems to be made of some kind of unidentifiable metal, but it has dense and complex dark patterns on its surface, and there is a faint light flowing inside. It is one of the psionic machines.

Beside the sphere, a group of people were meditating with their eyes closed, each with a palm-sized ball of light floating in front of them; they were all system-bound users.

"How much longer will it take to crack this?" A man in a white bishop's robe outside the transparent research room couldn't help but ask, seemingly impatient.

"It should be almost finished. The research institute had already cracked 80% of it. Now, with the support of these ancient god relics and the system, they should be able to crack the source code of the super artifact soon," another person replied.

"We'll definitely succeed this time," the others chimed in confidently.

“That’s right. We’ve been researching this for thousands of years. We’ve even cracked the existence of systems. They’re creations of the gods, so naturally we can do the same with super artifacts.”

"The ultimate artifact is the strongest weapon we found in the ruins. It can even suppress the demonic energy. Although it has been guarding the temple for many years, it has never been truly used by us. Such a weapon must be completely in our hands."

"It'll be soon. Soon we'll be the new masters of this super artifact."

The white-robed bishop nodded, seemingly believing everyone's words, but a sense of unease lingered in his heart. He knew very well that weapons like super artifacts were invincible on any continent, which was why no one had dared to challenge the temple for so many years. They all knew that the Divine Radiance Continent, within Mianzhou, wasn't actually among the top-tier in strength, and given the relatively weak isolation between continents, it wasn't that other continents hadn't coveted Divine Radiance. However, the existence of super artifacts had deterred them from acting recklessly. It wasn't that they were confident; even immortals from the upper realms would dare to challenge them with super artifacts.

It could be said that the temple's authority stemmed from the supreme artifact, which allowed the temple and the entire Divine Radiance Continent to stand at the pinnacle of all continents. However, no one knew that this so-called supreme artifact was not actually at their disposal. Over the years, they could only barely activate it once or twice through the system.

This is a secret known only to the highest levels of the temple, and it's a secret that absolutely cannot be revealed. For many years, they have been searching for a way to completely control the super artifact. But no matter how hard they study it, they have been unable to crack it. They can't even break through the core program, let alone understand its principles.

But things are different now. In the past century, with the emergence of more and more system binders, they have had a new opportunity. With the help of more systems, they have finally broken through the core of the super artifact and accomplished what no one had done in the past thousand years.

Although they still cannot comprehend its existence, as long as they can access the core and change its initial permissions, they can replace the vanished god and become the true master of the super artifact. And now they are only one step away from achieving this.

"It's open!" A cheer erupted from the research room.

The people outside were also delighted and stood up, looking intently at the center of the research room.

The blue sphere, suspended in the air, suddenly twisted with a click, then slowly opened, revealing a golden light inside. The light seemed to contain a vast starry sky, or perhaps the truth of the world, leaving all the researchers stunned in place.

"Quickly, the core has been opened. Locate the location of the underlying permissions," someone urged.

The group of researchers in white coats snapped out of their daze and got busy again. The instruments in the room started running with a whoosh, and beams of light of various colors began to enter the blue sphere, trying to probe into the center of the light cluster.

"The external system has started parsing, but the data is abnormal and cannot be identified."

"This does not belong to any of the current energy systems; our system cannot understand it."

"Skip this for now. Remember, our goal isn't to understand it. Focus on finding the location of the underlying permissions. We just need to change the original permissions."

Everyone's expression changed, and they immediately resumed their work. As time ticked by, finally...

"Found it!" someone exclaimed in surprise.

Immediately, everyone gathered around, and the man pointed to the light screen in front of him and said, "This is the underlying protocol, but it seems to be... some kind of genetic authentication code."

"Could this be the genetic code of the gods?"

Everyone looked at the code, but just one glance made them feel dizzy and their heads spin. They unconsciously looked away, as if some rule made it impossible for them to look directly at it. They even felt a sense of fear for no reason, as if every cell in their body and their soul were screaming for them to stop.

"Should we... continue?" All the researchers looked at the chief researcher at the very center.

The chief gritted his teeth and spoke in a deep voice.

"continue!"

We're at the very last step; we have to finish.