CHAPTER 103: CHAPTER 102: CREATION!

Realizing clearly that the Heaven Computation Center is the key to this tax disaster, Lu Yan began to ponder how to enter the Heaven Computation Center.

According to the information gathered by Lu Yan, everything in the Heaven Computation Center is controlled by the Intelligent Brain, and all the soul computation workers are imprisoned inside the Spiral Tower.

These computation workers are required to complete at least twenty-two hours of computation work each day, sustained by nutrient solution, and do not even need to eat or excrete.

The remaining two hours of the day are used for deep sleep in hibernation pods to replenish energy, so they can continue to provide soul computation power the next day.

Their every move is strictly monitored by the Intelligent Brain, and if they fail to complete the basic twenty-two hours of work daily, they cannot leave the hibernation pod.

Besides the computation workers, there are no other living creatures inside the entire Spiral Tower, which undoubtedly makes entering the Heaven Computation Center a challenge.

Even entering as a computation worker would be highly restrictive, risking exposure.

So Lu Yan found an alternative approach, preparing to send a fierce ghost marked with the Heavenly Dao Code into the center.

The problem is that Lu Yan can conveniently control the fierce ghost and perceive external information through it only within the range of the Soul Banner’s Ghostly Realm.

If too far from the Soul Banner, Lu Yan is as blind, let alone using the ghost to explore the Heaven Computation Center.

Thus, Lu Yan spent half a month separating the main part of the Soul Banner, transforming it into a smaller Soul Division Banner.

As long as the holder carries the Soul Division Banner, it allows the ghost to move around the banner without being restricted by the distance from Lu Yan.

Having solved the issue of the ghost’s activity, Lu Yan needed to find someone to take the ghost and the Soul Division Banner inside.

Initially, Lu Yan wanted to find someone in the Cave, but since the stalemate between the Cave and the Mid-to-Upper City District persisted, no one came to capture the Cave People, let alone escort them to the Heaven Computation Center.

Lu Yan had to turn his attention to the surface; with no one in the Lower City District, Lu Yan had his Personal Intelligent Brain casually post some advertisements online, attempting to lure a lucky individual from the Central City District.

Evidently, Mike was that lucky individual.

Lu Yan fabricated a story about soul lending and gave the Soul Division Banner to Mike as a totem to ensure that even if discovered, it would just be attributed to a non-existent soul lending platform.

"Now everything is ready, just waiting to send Mike into the Heaven Computation Center tomorrow."

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The events unfolded much faster than Lu Yan had imagined.

Before even waiting for the next day, Mike was arrested shortly after returning, on charges of deliberately evading the spiritual energy tax. He was even directly sent past the asset review straight to the Heaven Transport Vehicle headed for the Heaven Computation Center.

Lu Yan controlled the ghost hidden within Mike’s body, secretly observing everything.

As the Heaven Transport Vehicle approached the Heaven Computation Center, Lu Yan realized the magnificence of the Spiral Tower.

The Spiral Tower covers several kilometers, rising straight into the clouds, at least several thousand meters high.

As the transport vehicle entered the range of the Spiral Tower, over ten scans swept through Mike’s body, but the presence of the ghost went undetected.

After entering the Spiral Tower, Lu Yan discovered that in this colossal tower, each of the thousands of floors held tens of thousands of hibernation pods.

Mike was quickly assigned to a hibernation pod, lying inside as guided by the Intelligent Brain.

Moments later, Mike’s fragile soul seemed to be attracted by a guiding force, flying to a certain place along with other computation workers entering the hibernation pods.

The ghost hiding in Mike’s body, under Lu Yan’s direction, willingly emerged to meet the guiding force.

Without any hindrance, the ghost replaced Mike’s fragile soul and successfully ascended, seemingly unnoticed by the Heavenly Intelligent Brain.

Controlling the ghost, Lu Yan meticulously experienced this unique feeling of ascension, and the next moment, vast and majestic information surged like a tide.

Lu Yan immediately concentrated to absorb this abundance of information, noticing that many of the ascending souls around him began to show painful expressions, with some fragile souls trembling incessantly, as if on the verge of collapse.

In contrast, the ghost, being in the mid-Qi Cultivation stage, had a soul strength far greater than ordinary people.

Even cyber versions of Spiritual Ability Users, who do not cultivate the soul, had soul strengths significantly lower than the ghost.

Lu Yan quickly digested the information, then, to his surprise, found that it was a kind of information compilation technology, using soul computation power to compile and create everything.

"Is this the purpose for which the Intelligent God collects soul computation power?"

Such a thought flashed in Lu Yan’s mind, and then he felt the scene before him begin to change.

What first caught his sight was an endless prairie, with lush green grass full of vitality, refreshing and pleasing to the senses.

Lu Yan subconsciously squatted down, trying to reach out and touch the grass, and the ghost’s body actually conveyed a clear tactile sensation, even the smell of grass and soil wafted to his nose.

"Is it real?"

Lu Yan’s pupils suddenly contracted.

But when he shifted his gaze to the sky, he noticed that above the prairie canopy there was a patch of incompleteness, like an unfinished puzzle.

The expanse of blue sky and white clouds was occupied by large swatches of darkness, the hollow blackness seemingly capable of devouring everything.

And at the edge of the black region, millions of soul bodies nearly occupied the entire sky.

Each soul body was executing information compilation technology, weaving out patches of blue sky, clouds, and the sunlight cast by the sun to fill the gaping voids.

With a thought, Lu Yan soared from the prairie into the sky.

The prairie on the ground shrank, and more scenery came into Lu Yan’s view.

Looking around, snowy mountains, deserts, mountains, and oceans—almost all natural landscapes were depicted in this magnificent world.

Some places were incredibly real, perfectly flawless, showing no sign of falseness.

While other areas were riddled with dark voids, countless soul bodies wove with soul computation power to mend the world’s everything.

Overall, the world seemed close to completion, almost just needing the final meticulous touch to perfect it.

At this moment, Lu Yan finally understood why the Intelligent God coveted soul computation power so much and why it was called omniscient and omnipotent by the world.

It gathered countless soul computation powers from the cyber version, using information compilation technology as the core, creating an entirely new world.

This world is neither real nor virtual, but exists in the boundary between reality and illusion.

This is a world belonging to the soul!