After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

However, the next moment.

Aize's gaze suddenly froze.

A faint light suddenly flickered above the seemingly unchanging, pure black sky.

At first, the light was very faint, making Aize blink and wonder if he was seeing things because of his old eyes.

But the next moment-

The faint light increased from one to two, and from two to four...

It spread rapidly in a very short period of time.

Suddenly, countless dazzling, diamond-like points of light appeared in the pitch-black sky—

boom--

The entire city of Aurora was alarmed, and countless people stopped what they were doing and looked up at the dark night sky.

Then, silently gaze upon that dreamlike and enchanting ocean, formed by the convergence of glittering points of light—

Stars shine like a sea.

.......

High in the sky, countless streams of data swept past in Xia Er's eyes.

Outside the pitch-black palace—

On the thousands of silver-white rings, mysterious magical runes flickered, and fiery red or icy blue magic flowed slowly along the texture of the rings' surface.

And in the sky to the side—

Those countless fragments of divinity and authority, drifting between heaven and earth, crystal clear and ownerless, suddenly shone brightly at the same time.

The fragments of divinity and authority shone brilliantly, releasing a terrifying pressure...

They shine brightly in the starry sky, converging to form a sea of ​​stars...

"Divine Containment Array—"

"start up."

The still sound of the Xiaer Ancient Well slowly rose.

Beside him, the black-haired, golden-eyed Twilight Witch gently closed her eyes...

An immense pressure swept up, crushing countless surrounding buildings into dust.

The raging storm whipped up Renata's long, black hair, which danced wildly in the wind.

Invisible waves emanated from the girl's delicate body, silently spreading throughout the entire plane.

A sea of ​​stars in the distant sky...

Buried in the ruins of yellow sand and dust...

A secluded and silent island forest...

The depths of the ocean...

One by one, fragments of broken divinity and authority, shattered during the Great Cataclysm when the gods perished and scattered throughout the world, suddenly awakened at this moment.

This echoes the image of Renata with her eyes tightly closed...

Then, the Twilight Witch opened her eyes.

Those were a pair of crimson-gold eyes, radiating a captivating light.

Like... flowing lava.

The next instant—

From all corners of the world, countless stars, formed from fragmented divinity and powerlessness, drifted slowly toward the distant sky.

The light is flowing.

The light is converging.

Millions of dazzling points of light, drawn by Renata's own power, slowly converged toward the center of the silver-white ring.

Then--

Under the silent gaze of all the remaining intelligent beings in this world, and countless viewers from the Western Continent in the live broadcast room.

That ocean of light... gradually contracted and coalesced.

Then, within the immense binding force of the constraining array formed by the mysterious inscriptions on the silver-white ring, it was gradually squeezed, contracted, and solidified.

finally--

Thousands of points of light...

They converged into a single, singular object.

The stars are dazzling and brilliant.

.......

"The containment of divinity and authority has ended."

"Pseudo-stars—"

"Star Core Creation Complete..."

Charles's voice slowly rang out.

Beside him, Renata's crimson-gold eyes, which had been gleaming with divine light, dimmed instantly upon hearing Charles's words.

Her delicate body went limp, and she fell silently to the side.

Even with Renata's status as a "Chosen One of the Stars," she already possesses an extremely high affinity for things like divinity and authority that exist in the astral plane—

Even if she stole the divine power of the gods, her strength is now already comparable to, or even surpasses, that of a true god...

but--

At this moment.

Using himself as a guide, he gathered all the scattered, unclaimed divinity and authority in this world into Sharl's magical array...

Even with Ciel's mental support, Renata was still brought to the brink of death.

She was on the verge of collapse in terms of body, strength, and soul; she no longer even had the strength to stand.

However, the next moment.

Renata felt her body, which had almost lost all sensation, being gently supported by a broad and strong hand.

She gently raised her face and looked at the black-haired, black-eyed boy in front of her.

The Twilight Witch, mustering her last ounce of strength, slowly sketched pale golden characters in the void: "My work is complete..."

"Yes, that's right—"

"You've done a great job. The process of creating the star core is now complete."

Charles smiled and shook his head, interrupting Renata's forced writing.

He gently squatted down.

Then, the incantation was chanted silently.

"Raven, the Void Creator"

The subtle threads of magic entangled the surrounding elements.

A pristine white and soft bed silently materialized in the otherwise empty, pitch-black palace.

With careful movements, Charles gently placed the soft, delicate body in his arms onto the pristine white bed beside him.

"Since I'm tired, I might as well take a nap..."

"As for what happens next..."

"Just leave it to me."

Hearing Ciel's promise...

The black-haired girl, lying on the soft bed, gently closed her eyes.

.......

Charles stood up.

His gaze then turned back to the ring array in the distant sky that contained a dazzling star core.

The biggest challenge of "pseudo-star"... or controlled nuclear fusion reactors, lies in the energy efficiency bottleneck.

In short... it's about how to achieve the most basic requirement of "output greater than input".

To simulate stars.

So whether it's the fusion reaction formed by deuterium and tritium elements in Ciel's past life, or the magic factor collapse spell that Ciel has improved by combining with wizards and magical technology in his present life...

In essence, all of them require three conditions: density, temperature, and constraint time.

If one does not pursue longevity and stability, but only wants to maintain the operation of its reaction for a short period of time, then the difficulty is not high. Even in the world of Xia Er's previous life, it was already possible to do so in the laboratory.