This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 130 Leaving the Shelter
The infiltration process was dull and boring.

Nie Weiyang is Nie Weiyang after all. If he fails to infiltrate with only a little girl, he will change his career and become a berserker.

Lord Jin hadn't assumed the possibility of his home being stolen successfully, and this unwavering arrogance actually made things much easier for the two. The interior of the Spiritual Light Tower wasn't as ornate as its exterior; instead, it was a mass of bones and flesh, reminding Nie Weiyang of the Bone Temple of the Return Sect. However, the stairs here were incredibly high, suggesting that the civilization that created them was likely gigantic.

They groped their way up the tower, and when they were halfway there, the explosions outside stopped.

The two men silently avoided the scattered patrolling Golden Angels and continued to climb.

As they approached the top floor, Xilia suddenly whispered, "Captain..."

"Ok?"

"...I'm going to detonate the nuclear bomb. You...you should leave now."

Nie Weiyang turned to look at her, only to see the back of her head dodging.

"I'm the more important... unit. It's okay without you here." She struggled to choose her words. "Your genes... seem to be more stable than most people's. You haven't shown much signs of radiation sickness yet..."

This was true. Nie Weiyang only had occasional coughs, headaches, and vomiting, and he looked as if he could live another thirty or fifty years. He had some guesses about this, but he couldn't pinpoint the specific cause and hadn't discussed it with anyone.

"...You can still live for a long time." Celia said softly, "I'm going to die soon, I have to die. But you are not, you have to live..."

"What's more important is to ensure the mission is completed," said Nie Weiyang.

He seemed completely emotionless.

Ahead was a wide golden archway, with golden light flowing out of the doorway and the humming sound of mechanical operation echoing throughout the hall.

Nie Weiyang was prepared for a fierce battle, but when he rushed into the archway and the hall with a gun, he only saw a huge machine sitting inside, which bound a golden light ball about fifteen meters high. Energy continuously flowed down from the top of the tower into the light ball, and then was released from the light ball to the entire tower, and then flowed in all directions.

If the top of the tower was not completely enclosed, the light from this ball of light at night would probably make people feel like there was a sun here.

【[Large Aura Core Type 1]-
The core of the mass-produced adaptive civilization extinction system. --
■■Products, counterfeiting will be investigated. -
Automatically construct spiritual tower complexes to transport and divert energy.

Purchase Instructions: The core of this project needs to be parasitic on a natural celestial body. Work will begin after an intelligent race is detected. Local materials must be used, and the tissues of the extinct target organisms must be used as engineering materials. Some materials can be returned after the work is completed.
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The core of this project follows the 5930th edition of the [Interstellar Civilization Ethics Code] protocol. If you have any questions, please contact ■■■■■■■■ through ■■■■■■■. -】

Even with goggles, Nie Weiyang and Xiliya couldn't help but turn their heads away from the light. The sheer volume of information made Nie Weiyang's eyes widen, and for a moment, he was stunned: The Golden Lord was just a mass-produced device, its actions all based on pre-programmed procedures, and yet this thing that nearly wiped out the wise men of the past actually adhered to some kind of "moral code"?!

A strong sense of irony suffocated Nie Weiyang. But Xi Liya didn't know all this. She just grabbed Nie Weiyang's backpack strap and looked up at him with a pleading look in her eyes.

"Please, please go." The girl's voice trembled, "Captain, please go..."

Nie Weiyang came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and heard some sounds in his ears.

"We can't move," he said. "This thing under our feet is not vegetarian either."

It's more like a pure meat food.

As a golden angel emerged from one of the eight exits, Nie Weiyang pressed the code and emergency detonation button, then tossed the nuclear bomb into Xilia's arms. He turned and shot the golden angel to pieces. The shattering of the micro-aura core caused him to hear two screams, one from the core and one from Xilia.

Celia fell to the ground, clutching her chest tightly. The pain in her heart almost shattered caused her to vomit blood again. But she hugged the nuclear bomb tightly, lying flat on the ground, staring at the ceiling as the gunfire echoed around her.

In the center of the ceiling, a beam of energy descended and reflected in her eyes.

She smiled.

Then she raised the gun and pointed it at her stomach, where an artificial aura core lay, containing her soul.

Homo sapiens fought with the Golden Lord for fifteen years, and naturally analyzed the Golden Lord's technology - the reason why Homo sapiens is Homo sapiens is precisely because Homo sapiens can learn!
"Goodbye." Celia whispered.

She pulled the trigger.

……

It was a devastating disaster.

The Lingguang Pagoda gleamed in the sunlight, like a sharp sword forged from molten gold, pointing straight to the dome. Bathed in a pale golden glow, the tower exuded a luxurious and solemn aura, as if embodying all human aspirations for immortality. It stood proudly above the earth, gazing down upon all living things.

But silently, a strong light suddenly burst out from the top of the tower - it was not sunlight, nor fire, but a cold and dazzling paleness.

The flames twisted like a giant snake, silently tearing apart the sky. Then, a faint sound like shattering glass echoed from the sky, and an ominous aura spread.

In an instant, the bright light on the top of the tower faded, leaving an indescribable "dot" in the center.

This "point" seemed not to exist, but rather a void within existence itself—it expanded instantly, swallowing the spire, the light, the sound. Everything was swallowed, leaving only a utter, despairing darkness. This blackness was not night, but a void that strangled even darkness itself. Like an abyss, it rapidly expanded with the golden tower at its center, forming an ever-expanding dead space. At the edge of the sphere, the air twisted like boiling water, forcibly pulling the light in, disappearing without a trace.

The void expanded silently, inexorably engulfing everything. Mountains, rivers, people, the heavens and the earth, the birds and beasts, the birds about to flap their wings, the snakes and insects clinging to trees and rocks—all were swept away by this silent catastrophe. When the edge of the void touched them, they were silently disintegrated and then dissipated without a trace. No struggle, no trace, only a blank space that perfectly fit the surface of the sphere remained.

After devouring a space with a radius of twenty kilometers, the void sphere finally ceased its expansion. The dark void hung above the earth, unfathomable, solidifying into an eternal scar. It devoured the golden radiance of the Spirit Tower, the echoes of the wilderness, and the footprints of those who had come, turning everything into a silent void. At its edges, light distorted, futilely attempting to depict the opposite of this existence, leaving only a dizzying chaos. Only this solidified sphere of nothingness remained, suspended in deathly silence.

It is like a giant blind eye, staring blankly at the land that it has forever erased. The light at the edge of the hole is forcibly distorted and sucked in, but unlike a black hole, it does not leave a trace of its existence.

This is an eternal boundary.

It lay there silently, as if foreshadowing an ending more thorough than destruction: the very existence of matter had been completely swallowed up by the giant mouth of darkness.

In just a moment, the void expanded and closed.

The space was filled, and wherever the void sphere swept through, the earth presented a smooth, steep arc edge, as if it had been cut by an invisible giant blade.

Then the air rushed in, and the air collided under the pressure, making a long roar like a storm.

Nie Weiyang's consciousness flashed by.

He returned to the Silver Hall, the weight still lingering in his mind causing him to gasp for air and collapse to the ground. After a while, he finally pushed away the remaining void of the netherworld in his mind—the moment the mission was completed, he would be harmless. And after leaving the dungeon, any damage he had previously sustained would not be carried over.

He had just personally experienced the feeling of being brought into the underworld.

He simply didn't want to recall the experience of absolute silence and something approaching nothingness.

For a moment, Nie Weiyang lay on the ground, letting countless thoughts race through his mind: The previous civilization had learned a lot from the Golden Lord... no, the previous civilization might have learned from almost every opponent it had fought. The CSSS security system clearly incorporated a lot of the Golden Lord's technology, but where did the technology of creating creatures from local materials go? He thought of the cordons, the biological research labs, the giant cockroaches, the empathy and artificial empathy technology from the days of Vault 4701, the monsters that surged from the ground during the blood moon's ascent, the terrain editor, the mainframe of C3501 City, and the Glory Space Station sunk deep in the Netherworld. He remembered the Glory Space Station logo on the radio, the golden record, the antenna, and the stars surrounding it, looking like a tranquil eye.

After a while, Nie Weiyang let out a long breath, slowly got up from the ground and opened the reward list.

A huge amount of experience points directly raised his level from 19 to 27. This is the Chaos Sanctuary.

In addition, there are three designated skill enhancement books that can add new effects to skills, but cannot be used to enhance faith skills. Nie Weiyang used them to enhance the Holy Blade, Healing Spirit, and Shield skills. Then, he looked at another book -

【[Life Link]-
A great power. -
Links the user's health to that of the designated target, sharing their current health and the user's health regeneration speed.

Current number of links that can be maintained: 1-
be safe.-】

Nie Weiyang looked at the skill book for a while and chose to study.

As a new option was added to the skill list, he looked at the next reward.

【[Wonderful Item·Golden Gift]-
A sharp golden spear, the tip of which has the ability to destroy the gene chain of a specific carbon-based organism.
Spear
Energy weapons
Current designated destruction target: Homo sapiens
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Echoes of the Golden Night. -】

It was a gilded spear, its tip a sharp, dark, crystalline blade. When Nie Weiyang poured his energy into it, the crystal burst forth with a pure, white light. Satisfied, he placed it in his backpack and continued to examine the other rewards.

[Based on your performance in the dungeon, you gain the passive skill [Decision: Forward]: When you have firm conviction, your attack power against hostile targets in the straight line ahead increases by 100%.]

Based on your performance in the dungeon, you gain the passive skill [Decision: Guard]: When you have a firm belief, hostile targets within a 50-meter radius around you will prioritize attacking you, but the damage they inflict on you will be reduced by 30%.

[Achieve the title [Captain]: When you lead a team of 20 or fewer people into battle, your teammates will have greater trust in your decisions and abilities.]

[Obtained rare item: [Mind Prism Fragment·Illusion] (Administrator No. 2)]

[[Strange Item: Heart Prism Fragment - Illusion]-
Reflecting the soul's dream. -
Appears to be an important material for synthesizing something.

Can transform one's own memories and imaginary images into illusions and release them outward. The rigor of the illusion is proportional to the output of mental power, and the stability is proportional to the total value of mental attributes.

·Can only be used when in the [World BOSS-Second Administrator] state.

The second piece of the Heart Prism fragment... was not found in a Heart-type shelter.

Nie Weiyang looked at the diamond-like fragments in his hand, pondered for a moment, and snapped his fingers.

'Snapped! '

The crimson cape and pitch-black cloak fell off, and a terrifying figure emerged from the dim Chaos Sanctuary.

He reached out and took [Artificial Destiny 0632], fiddled with it for a moment, and then put it away.

Before turning around and leaving the shelter, he suddenly realized one thing - why did Celia shoot herself even though she had already activated the nuclear bomb?

In this way, she committed suicide rather than dying at his hands.

She came naked, leaving no sin for others, and left naked.

　Angel - Sarah McLachlan
　　Haoting, a song from "City of Angels." A classic melody that never gets old...

　　I made a mistake by putting it in the first chapter today.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)