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

The conference room fell into a deathly silence once again.

To create another god?

If anyone else had said this, they would have thought that person was crazy. But coming from Lu Yuan, they actually felt that... there might actually be a sliver of a possibility!

After all, this kid just "ate" a god's projection as an experience pack!

"I agree."

The first to speak was surprisingly Dean Qian Sen, who had been silent all along. He pushed up his glasses, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism.

"Passive defense leads only to certain death! Only by taking the initiative can we find a glimmer of hope in this predicament!"

"Moreover..." His gaze was fixed intently on Lu Yuan, "I'm very interested in Atlantis's 'mythological technology.' If we could analyze their technology, our civilization would experience an unprecedented leap forward!"

"I agree," Ghostly Shadow's languid voice rang out. "Instead of waiting to die here, we might as well go out and take a gamble. We've got nothing to lose anyway, so dying won't be a loss."

"Count me in," Tian Shu stated succinctly.

Looking at these increasingly crazy guys, Senior Zhenshan shook his head with a wry smile: "Sigh... I'm really getting old, I can't keep up with you young people anymore."

"However..." He slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and exuded an imposing and unyielding aura. "Since you're going to go crazy, then let's go crazy together! My 300,000 soldiers in the Western Theater Command are ready to be deployed at any time!"

In an instant, the conference room was filled with excitement! Everyone's passion was ignited by Lu Yuan's crazy plan!

Only Su Lie and Li Qingcang remained hesitant. As soldiers, they needed to consider matters more comprehensively and prudently.

"Lu Yuan, your plan is bold and tempting," Su Lie said in a deep voice after taking a deep breath. "However, there's a crucial problem. How do we get there? That dimensional portal is closed; we can't exactly swim across, can we?"

"Who said the passage was closed?" Lu Yuan smiled mysteriously and snapped his fingers.

Zhao Qingxuan immediately understood and projected a newly compiled document onto the center of the conference room. It contained the most crucial intelligence that Wu Gu had extracted from Amphitrite's soul memories—detailed blueprints on Atlantis's "space jump" technology!

"If they can come, we can go too." Lu Yuan pointed to the complex blueprints that even Qian Sen found dizzying, and said calmly, "Give me three months. Also, send all the 'seafood' we've seized this time to my workshop. I'll build you a bigger, more stable, and faster 'gate'—a 'gate' that leads directly to the heart of Atlantis!"

Looking at the blueprints that seemed like an enigma, and then at Lu Yuan's eyes filled with absolute confidence, Su Lie finally stopped hesitating. He slowly stood up and gave Lu Yuan a crisp military salute: "The future of China is entrusted to you! Commander Lu...!"

Chapter 57 The Birth of a New God, the Authority of Ice and Fire!

The title "Commander-in-Chief" startled Lu Yuan. He glanced at Su Lie, then at the faces of the others in the conference room, all of which were filled with "taken for granted," and finally waved his hand helplessly.

"Alright, alright, stop with the formalities. Just call me Lu Yuan, or Captain is fine too."

He knew in his heart that once he accepted this title, it meant a responsibility as heavy as a mountain. However, now that things had come to this, he had no choice but to shoulder it.

"Commander-in-Chief, this title wasn't bestowed upon me; it was a unanimous decision." Su Lie said solemnly, "From this moment forward, Operation Dawn against Atlantis is officially launched, and you are the supreme commander. Resources from all war zones in China will be unconditionally directed towards you!"

"I need a place that is absolutely quiet and absolutely confidential. Also, I need everything we retrieved this time, including the corpses of those four lords, to be transported there." Lu Yuan stopped being coy and started making demands directly.

"No problem!" Dean Qian Sen immediately replied, his face beaming with excitement. "The Celestial World, your Divine Craftsman's Palace, is the perfect place! I'll arrange it right away, activate the highest-level transport sequence, and guarantee that by tomorrow morning, all the 'parts' will be neatly arranged for you!"

End of the meeting.

A storm sweeping across the entire Chinese elite began to operate rapidly in an almost absurd yet perfectly logical manner. Countless resources, like rivers flowing into the sea, began to converge on the place called "Divine Craftsman's Palace" in the celestial world.

Meanwhile, at the eye of the storm, Lu Yuan had already returned to his S-0 villa.

He didn't immediately begin studying the complex space technology blueprints, nor did he plan how to handle the upcoming "seafood" materials. He locked himself in his training room.

Sitting cross-legged, Lu Yuan slowly closed his eyes. His consciousness sank into the vast sea of ​​spiritual awareness that had become incomparably boundless after absorbing the projection of the Sea God.

At this moment, his sea of ​​consciousness was no longer filled with a single shade of gold, but instead presented a wondrous scene of three legs standing in a tripod.

A ball of fiery, golden flames, as intense as the sun, was the Fire Rule formed by the combination of Flame Princess's [Heart of Lava] and her own power.

One was a pure, deep blue, as cold as ancient ice, which was the ice rule represented by Mu Bingli's [Soul Ice Crystal].

The largest of all is a vast, boundless blue ocean, sometimes calm and sometimes raging with towering waves—this is the rule of the sea that he "ate" from Poseidon.

The three forces, clearly distinct yet subtly interconnected, formed a delicate balance within his consciousness.

"It's still too chaotic..." Lu Yuan said to himself.

He's like a poor boy who suddenly inherits three mountains of gold, but doesn't know how to spend them. He can mobilize the power of all three rules, but he can't perfectly fuse them together to unleash their true power. Just like in the previous battle, if he uses fire, he can't use ice; if he uses the sea, the power of fire and ice will be suppressed.

This is not what he wanted.

What he wants is absolute control!

"The essence of the protection of all things is the weaving of rules... So why can't I also use my own soul as a piece of 'equipment'? Using my soul as an embryo and these three forces of rules as materials, I can forge a unique 'divinity' for myself!"

An extremely crazy idea exploded in Lu Yuan's mind!

If any Star Envoy knew of this idea, they would think he was completely insane. The soul is the most fundamental and vulnerable part of life. Who would dare use their own soul as a furnace to forge rules? One wrong move and they would be annihilated, without even a chance for reincarnation!

But Lu Yuan dared!

Because he possesses the [Blessing of All Things]! The most significant characteristic of this talent is its 100% success rate!

"Let's do it!"

A resolute glint flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes. He took a deep breath, and his immense mental power surged forth!

"Blessing All Things, Weaving Rules!"

"Step one, separation!"

He let out a low shout and used his powerful willpower to forcibly separate the rules of that azure ocean from his sea of ​​consciousness!

"puff!"

The intense pain caused Lu Yuan to cough up a mouthful of blood. The feeling of being stripped of the rules that were fused with his soul was like someone tearing a piece of flesh from his body!

But he didn't stop!

He endured the excruciating pain and continued to manipulate his mental power, separating the rules of fire and ice one after another!

Soon, his sea of ​​consciousness became empty, leaving only the most primordial golden soul flame flickering forlornly. Meanwhile, the three separated forces of rule, like three enraged beasts, raged and roared wildly within his sea of ​​consciousness!

"Step Two: Remodeling!"

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth and deliberately used his remaining soul essence to meet the three violent energies!

"Use my soul as a furnace, to absorb the rules of heaven and earth! Ice and fire, inherently opposites, are also symbiotic! Give it to me, and melt!"

He actually wanted to forcibly fuse the two most unstable forces, ice and fire, together!

"boom--!!!"

The crimson flames and the deep blue ice collided violently! In that instant, Lu Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness seemed to be completely burst by this destructive force!

Fine cracks began to appear on the surface of his body. On one side, terrifying heat scorched his flesh black; on the other, extreme cold froze his bones into ice crystals!

Life and death, destruction and creation—the most extreme and contradictory scenes unfolded in his life!

"Not enough..."

Lu Yuan felt his consciousness fading, but he still held on with his superhuman willpower! He knew this was the most crucial step! Success would mean ascending to godhood; failure would mean utter annihilation!

"Come back here!"

With his last ounce of strength, he roared and yanked the ocean's rules, which had been "watching the show" from the sidelines, fiercely toward him!

"With the vastness of the sea, it embraces all things! With the form of water, it harmonizes yin and yang! Ice, fire, sea! A trinity! For me, solidify!!"

"Buzz—!!!"

The moment the azure ocean completely enveloped the raging ice and fire, an indescribable and profound aura erupted from Lu Yuan's body!

The fiery crimson flames were no longer raging; the deep blue ice was no longer frigid; the azure ocean was no longer turbulent. Three distinct forces, within his soul's furnace, slowly rotated and merged in an absolutely perfect manner.

Ultimately, a strange "seed" was formed, half of which was red gold and half of which was deep blue, with a ring of azure water surrounding the middle.

The moment this seed appeared, it exuded a supreme divine power that reigned supreme over all things!

outside world.

Zhao Qingxuan, who had been guarding outside the villa, suddenly sensed a terrifying aura emanating from the cultivation room that made his soul tremble!

Immediately afterwards, the sky above the entire Celestial World changed color! Half of the sky was dyed crimson by raging flames; the other half was frozen into a deep blue by endless ice! And at the boundary between red and blue, an unprecedented torrential rain fell from the sky!

Every drop of rain contains pure, unadulterated spiritual energy! All the plants in the entire Celestial World are growing at a rate visible to the naked eye; everyone living here feels as if their bodies have been cleansed, becoming lighter and stronger than ever before!

"This...this is..."

Outside the Divine Craftsman Palace, Dean Qian Sen, who was directing the robots to unload the cargo, stared dumbfounded at the strange phenomenon in the sky, and the data tablet in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

"Heaven and earth rejoice... the rules manifest... this means... a new 'god' has been born!"

"God...has been born?"

The researchers around Dean Qian were all dumbfounded when they heard his dreamlike whisper.

"Dean Qian, what did you say? What god has been born?" a young researcher stammered.

"You don't understand!" Qian Sen's eyes gleamed with an almost manic light. He stared intently in the direction of Villa S-0, his voice trembling. "I've seen this phenomenon in the oldest documents of the Star Sea Research Institute! When a life form's control over one, or even several, rules reaches the limit of a world, it will resonate with the world's origin, thus bringing forth a 'miracle'!"

"The last time such a record appeared was three thousand years ago, when the 'World Tree' descended!"

"But... how is that possible? Here, besides Consultant Lu, there's just a bunch of kids. Who could..." The researcher's words trailed off.

He and his companions exchanged glances, all seeing in each other's eyes an absurd yet undeniably logical answer—Lu Yuan! That level 0 blacksmith! The one who caused such a commotion was actually him?!

"Quick! Quick, quick, quick!" Qian Sen jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "Everyone, activate the highest level energy detectors! Point all the sensors at Villa S-0! I need to know what's happening inside! Not a single byte of data can be missed!"

"This... Dean Qian, Villa S-0 is top secret, we don't have the authority..."

"What kind of privileges are these?!" Qian Sen snatched the data panel from the researcher next to him, frantically manipulating it while cursing, "I have the highest privileges! I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong! If we miss this data today, I'll put you all back in the furnace for a complete overhaul!"

Once a mad scientist gets going, nothing can stop him. In an instant, all the sophisticated instruments in the entire Divine Craftsman Palace area began to operate at full speed, and countless invisible detection waves surged towards the seemingly peaceful villa like a tidal wave.

Meanwhile, inside the villa's training room...

Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the "divine seed," formed by the fusion of the three laws of ice, fire, and sea, floated quietly, radiating a gentle yet powerful aura.

He could feel that he was completely different from before.

If he was once a "user" who borrowed the power of the rules, then now he is the rules themselves!

With a thought, a wisp of crimson-gold flame silently ignited at his fingertips. This flame had no temperature whatsoever, yet it caused subtle distortions in the surrounding space. This was the divine fire that embodied the rules of combustion!

With another thought, the flames extinguished, replaced by a crystal-clear blue ice flower. The instant the ice flower appeared, the flow of time in the room seemed to slow down slightly. This was divine ice that could freeze time and space!

Finally, he opened his palm, and a ball of azure water appeared out of thin air. Within this ball of water, Lu Yuan seemed to witness the birth and evolution of life, the ebb and flow of a miniature world. This was the divine water that nurtured all things!