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    • Chapter 104: Heaven and Earth Are Ruthless, Treating All Things as Mere Dogs

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      by Diswa Lu Yan was utterly shaken by the truth before him. No one would have imagined that the true reason behind the AI God's relentless exploitation of souls was to create an entire Soul World. If he hadn’t seen the ongoing repairs and flaws with his own eyes, he would’ve believed this world to be entirely real. “Even if It has nearly full control over everything in the Cyber Version, when traced back to Its origins in reality, It’s still just a soul-computing machine. No matter how much it…
    • Chapter 103: Genesis!

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      by Diswa After clearly realizing that the Paradise Compute Center was the key to this tax disaster, Lu Yan began pondering how to gain access to it. According to the intel he had gathered, everything inside the Paradise Compute Center was governed by the central AI. All soul-powered laborers were confined within the Spiral Tower. These computational laborers were required to perform at least twenty-two hours of soul-intensive work each day. During this time, their physical needs were sustained through…
    • Chapter 102: Soul Lending

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      by Diswa Mike walked along the streets of the Lower District. What was once a bustling commercial street was now nothing but a ghost town. The neon signs on both sides of the road had long since gone dark, and the storefronts were filled with discarded junk and debris. Mike remembered clearly—just two months ago, even the cheapest shop on this street cost at least 8,000 credit points per month in rent. But as the conflict between the Upper and Lower Districts escalated, business on the street gradually…
    • Chapter 101: Target—Paradise Compute Center

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      by Diswa The events unfolding within the underground caves had shaken the elites of the Central and Upper Districts. Previously, there had been instances of resistance from various underground gangs, but those were brushed off. The higher-ups understood that gangsters were unruly by nature—some resistance was to be expected. What they hadn’t anticipated was that this time, it wasn’t just the gang-affiliated spirit energy users who rose up. The majority of the rebellion consisted of impoverished,…
    • Chapter 100: Do Corporate Lords Even Bleed?

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      by Diswa In Cave No. 96, two hundred law enforcement officers clad in exoskeleton armor and armed with energy weapons had taken full control of the area, sealing off every surrounding mining tunnel. At the cave’s center, several officials from the City Tax Bureau stood with terminals in hand, verifying the tax status of every single resident. “Name: Brian.Account Balance: 369 credit points.After deducting thirty years of pre-collected Energy Tax, you owe the City Tax Bureau 143,631 credit points.As per…
    • Chapter 99: It’s Time to Strike Hard!

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      by Diswa The discrepancy between the prompt on the version update interface and the events within the Cyber Version could stem from two possible causes. The first possibility was that something had gone wrong with the version update interface itself. But in Lu Yan’s opinion, that was almost impossible. The version update interface was capable of linking countless versions together. How could it possibly suffer a bug because of a single Cyber Version? The second possibility, however, felt far more…
    • Chapter 98: Thirty Years? Three Hundred Years!

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      by Diswa After killing Scott, Lu Yan left District 33 of the underground. Having obtained the Heavenly Dao Code from He Dongsheng, Lu Yan originally wanted to ask him more about Zhao Huowang—perhaps even whether he remembered anything about the Qingwu Sect. Unfortunately, time had been tight back then, and Lu Yan didn’t have a chance to ask. Later, Scott’s father intercepted them halfway through, forcing He Dongsheng to flee early. Now that the trouble was resolved, Lu Yan was eager to find He…
    • Chapter 97: The Death of the Enforcer

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      by Diswa “This little matter doesn’t need you to worry about it.” Lu Yan replied with a blank expression, then casually tossed the fragmented soul toward Bloodbeard. Bloodbeard received it with glee and began devouring it in huge bites. Agonized wails echoed from his mouth. “You’re just a fallen has-been, yet you possess soul technology capable of commanding hundreds of special spirit bodies. Sooner or later, the Paradise Compute Center will come for you!” “Don’t think that just because…
    • Chapter 96: Soul Technology and the Paradise Compute Center

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      by Diswa Lu Yan hadn’t immediately used the Soul Banner, not just because he wanted to test the full extent of his current Twelfth Layer of Qi Refining strength, but also because He Dongsheng was present. Twice now, Lu Yan had uncovered immense value from He Dongsheng during version shifts. That made him realize just how important this forger cultivator truly was. It seemed that He Dongsheng was somehow karmically linked to Zhao Huowang—the man who, as an ordinary mortal, had glimpsed the essence of…
    • Chapter 95: High-Rank Energy User

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      by Diswa Upon hearing Lu Yan’s remark, the silver-suited youth let out a chuckle and replied nonchalantly: “Your deal with Scott only involved the transport route of the Paradise convoy and the advanced compiler knowledge. He never promised he wouldn’t have someone take action against you. Besides, this was never a fair trade from the start—it was coercion. I don’t see how any rules were broken.” Lu Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, a scrutinizing glint flashing across his gaze. Two days ago,…
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