I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

When Lu Yuan casually uttered the four words "Void Rift," Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian, and the others in the distance felt their hearts skip a beat.

What...what does he want to do?

Repairing... the void rift?

What kind of international joke is this?!

That's a void rift! A spatial fault caused by the collision of rules between two worlds of different dimensions! It's a cosmic-level catastrophe that even S-level space-manipulation masters can only temporarily "seal" using special space-stabilizing devices!

You, a blacksmith, actually want to use your seemingly unreliable big iron ball to "repair" it?

Is this a joke? This is playing with the safety of the entire North!

"Master Lu... Master Lu! Think it over!" Gu Tianye was the first to panic, and he wanted to rush up to stop Lu Yuan's crazy act.

However, as soon as he lifted his foot, it was firmly pressed down by a cold hand.

It is Ye Cang.

"Don't go." Ye Cang shook his head, his deep, black-hole-like eyes quietly watching the indifferent-looking boy in mid-air. "Trust him."

These three simple words seemed to possess an undeniable magic, instantly calming Gu Tianye's anxious heart.

Yes, believe him.

Has this boy created enough miracles since he appeared? What might seem like a fantasy to others is just an ordinary "craft class" to him.

……

"[Pangu], 'Space Rule Stabilizer' activated."

"Begin analyzing the spatial curvature and dimensional parameters of the target crack."

"Data collection process..."

"Model building..."

The cold, mechanical synthesized voice of "[Pangu]" echoed repeatedly in Lu Yuan's mind. Its thirty-six "Genesis Mechanical Arms" transformed once more!

This time, they were no longer sharp scalpels or domineering energy cannons, but instead became incredibly thin "space needles" that shimmered with silver-white light!

These "needles" shuttle and intertwine rapidly in mid-air, as if thirty-six most skilled weavers were working at the same time! They extract the free spatial energy and fragments of rules from the surrounding space bit by bit, and then weave them into invisible "space threads" in an extremely complex and mysterious way!

"The first step is 'debridement'."

Lu Yuan's gaze sharpened as he stared at the void rift, which had become extremely unstable due to energy conflict. He manipulated eighteen of its "spatial needles," instantly transforming them into eighteen of the sharpest "spatial scalpels"!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Eighteen silver-white streaks of light flashed by, cutting precisely at the edge of the void rift, neatly slicing off the distorted spatial barriers that had become fragile due to the erosion of rules!

Like an experienced surgeon removing necrotic tissue from a patient, the whole process is clean and efficient, without the slightest hesitation.

"The second step is 'suturing'."

After completing the "debridement," Lu Yuan had another thought. The thirty-six "spatial needles," carrying billions of "spatial threads" woven from spatial energy, flew like a swarm of the most diligent bees to both sides of the now-smoothly "repaired" void rift, and began an unprecedented and grand "spatial suturing operation"!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

One after another, the "space needles" that shimmered with silvery-white light shuttled back and forth in the huge rift that stretched for several kilometers at a dazzling speed, stitching the spatial barrier between the two worlds that had been completely broken back together with the toughest and most stable "space threads"!

The scene was spectacular, and it was also full of an indescribable poetic beauty!

Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian, and the others, standing in the distance, were completely numb as they watched this miraculous feat, akin to "mending the sky." They felt their minds were utterly incapable of comprehending what they were witnessing.

If Lu Yuan's previous use of the God-Slaying Fire to sever the mental network of the Abyssal Moss was an extremely precise "neurosurgery," then his current use of Pangu to mend the void rift is a true "creation"!

He is no longer a simple "master craftsman," but a true "god" who can modify, weave, and create the "rules of the world" at will!

Time passed second by second, and the huge void rift that had plagued the entire Northern Territory for decades was rapidly healing under Lu Yuan's miraculous suturing surgery!

One kilometer... five hundred meters... one hundred meters... ten meters...

As the last "space thread" was perfectly sewn together, "Buzz—!"

The entire sky of the North trembled violently! The enormous rift that had once stretched across the sky like a hideous scar had vanished completely! In its place was a cloudless, azure sky!

The warm, golden sunlight shone unhindered upon this land that had been shrouded in ice and darkness for far too long.

"It's a success..."

Inside the cockpit of [Pangu], Lu Yuan looked at the clear sky that had been restored, and a relieved smile appeared on his face. This high-intensity "heaven-mending" surgery had also taken a huge toll on his mental energy, and he still felt his head was spinning intermittently.

"Looks like I'll have to cut back on these kinds of high-level technical jobs in the future." Lu Yuan rubbed his throbbing temples and shook his head with a wry smile.

However, just as he was about to retrieve Pangu and head home, a bright red alarm suddenly popped up again on the holographic screen in front of him!

【warn!warn! 】

[An unknown high-dimensional information flow has been detected, attempting to break through the world barrier!]

[Information source identified]

【abyss!】

"What?!" Lu Yuan's expression changed, and he looked up abruptly!

Above the once calm, azure sky, a colossal, purplish-black eye, seemingly composed of pure darkness and chaos, slowly opened without warning!

That giant eye was cold and merciless, like an ancient god high above, indifferently looking down upon the world below, as insignificant as dust. Its gaze traversed endless time and dimensions, landing precisely on Lu Yuan!

The next second, an ancient, hoarse voice, filled with endless majesty and malice, exploded directly in the depths of everyone's souls!

I've found you...

[A lowly... thief who stole... my lord's power...]

The sound seemed to emanate from the deepest recesses of the universe, yet it also seemed to resonate right beside everyone's ears. It didn't belong to any known language, but everyone who heard it instantly understood its meaning—a direct transmission of information from a higher dimension!

The moment the sound rang out, Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian, Mu Bingli... these proud sons of heaven who had just experienced a great battle felt as if their souls were being struck hard by an invisible, ten-thousand-ton hammer!

"puff--!"

They both coughed up a mouthful of blood, their faces turning deathly pale, feeling as if their consciousness was about to be completely overwhelmed by the terrifying and chaotic information contained in that voice!

Even Ye Cang, who had just displayed his might, swayed and nearly fell from mid-air. The [Asura] sword in his hand emitted a sharp, wary, and hostile cry, as if it had encountered its greatest nemesis!

Only Lu Yuan, protected by Pangu's powerful mental protective field, was barely unaffected, but his expression also became more solemn than ever before!

He stared intently at the enormous, purplish-black eye in the sky, his mind reeling with turmoil! What on earth was that? Just one sentence, not even a complete sentence, had almost wiped out his entire elite force?

Is this the power of the abyss? Is this the power of Anubis, the ancient god who could only be a "watchdog" even a true S-class desert king?

"A thief?" Lu Yuan forced down his shock, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace. "My friend with the big, bright eyes, whoever you are, you must have mistaken me for someone else. I'm just an ordinary blacksmith. When did I ever steal anything from your house?"

Although he was panicking inside, he still had to keep up the pretense—this was Lu Yuan's consistent code of conduct: never lose face, even if he lost the battle!

However, the giant purplish-black eye in the sky ignored his mockery and simply stared at him coldly, its gaze seemingly able to see through his past, present, and future, and to see through all the secrets deep within his soul.

[On your body...]

[There is the aura of my lord's 'heart fragment'...]

[And also, that damn smell, the sealed smell of the 'Spirit Suppression Hall'...]

It's you...

It was you who stole my lord's power...

It was you who ruined, my lord, the plan to descend that had been prepared for thousands of years…

The ancient and hoarse voice rang out again, this time carrying a hint of chilling killing intent!

【mortal……】

You have committed an unforgivable sin.

You will bear the endless wrath from the abyss.

Your soul will be cast into the sea of ​​chaos, to be burned for billions of years.

Your world, too, will be utterly destroyed because of your folly.

【Now……】

Let's start with you.

As the words fell, the pupil of the giant purplish-black eye in the sky suddenly contracted! A purplish-black divine light, deeper than a black hole and colder than death, shot out from the giant eye!

That divine light disregarded spatial distance and the passage of time; the instant it appeared, it had already arrived before Lu Yuan! It contained a terrifying abyssal power capable of annihilating everything and erasing all "existence"—[Abyssal Gaze]!

This is a fatal blow from an ancient god of the abyss, a dimensional attack on the rule level that even true gods cannot withstand!

"Not good!" Alarm bells rang in Lu Yuan's mind. He sensed an unprecedented and deadly threat and activated all of Pangu's defense systems to their maximum without hesitation!

Spatial shield! Energy barrier! Rule field! ... Dozens of absolute defenses composed of cutting-edge technology and the most profound runes instantly enveloped him layer by layer!

However, all of this was in vain. The moment that purplish-black divine light touched the defensive shield, it was like a red-hot iron hitting a thin piece of paper. Without any resistance, it easily pierced through and annihilated the shield layer by layer, and then shot fiercely towards Lu Yuan's vulnerable body!

It’s over.

This was the last thought that flashed through Lu Yuan's mind. He never dreamed that he would die here in such a humiliating way, without even seeing the opponent's true form, merely being glanced at across endless space and time, and then being instantly killed?

This is absolutely fucking ridiculous!

"Damn it! Even if I die, I'll tear a piece of flesh from your body!"

In his final moments before death, Lu Yuan's eyes flashed with unprecedented madness and ruthlessness! He abandoned all futile resistance and poured all his immense spiritual power, exceeding 320 points, and his unique [Blessing of All Things] talent into [Pangu] behind him without reservation!

"[Pangu]!!"

"Record all the data about this attack! Analyze all its rules and structures!"

"Even if I die here today, I'll rip your big-eyed eyes off your underwear!!"

In his final moments before his "existence" was erased, he wanted to thoroughly "analyze" the attack from the ancient god of the abyss, then transmit the data back to the Celestial Realm, leaving humanity with a last glimmer of hope for resistance. This was the final contribution he could make as a "divine craftsman"!

Goodbye, Dad, Mom.

"Goodbye, Grandpa Su, Dean Qian."

"Goodbye, my beautiful housekeeper whom I didn't even have a chance to flirt with..."

Lu Yuan slowly closed his eyes, calmly awaiting the arrival of the final "end".

However, just as the purplish-black Abyss Gaze was about to touch his body, another unexpected event occurred!

A cold, emotionless female voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears: "Anubis, you have crossed the line."

The voice was clear and ethereal, as if it came from the heavens above, and as if it resonated in the depths of everyone's heart. It carried no emotion, yet contained an innate nobility and majesty.

The moment the sound rang out, the purplish-black [Abyss Gaze], capable of obliterating everything, strangely stopped less than a centimeter from Lu Yuan's brow! It was as if an invisible, absolutely insurmountable barrier was blocking his way!

"Huh?" Lu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the purplish-black divine light that was so close to him and filled with an aura of destruction, completely dumbfounded.

I...I'm not dead?

He subconsciously turned his head and saw a slender and graceful figure beside him—a stunningly beautiful girl with long silver hair reaching her waist, wearing a simple white martial arts uniform. She was none other than Zero, the mysterious figure in the "God-Making Project" who had no records!

She hovered silently beside Lu Yuan, her face still bearing that indifferent expression, as if she hadn't uttered that earth-shattering statement at all. But Lu Yuan could clearly sense that it was she who, in a way he couldn't comprehend, had blocked that fatal blow from the ancient god of the abyss!