Location: Eternal Code Sect, Nirvana RealmEvent: First External Breach DetectedStatus: Dormant Seal Under Siege
The stars trembled that night.
Even within the protected dimension of the Eternal Code Sect, reality seemed thinner—like the very laws of the universe were being rewritten.
Rishabh sat cross-legged beneath the Root of Bodhi, meditating with his hands placed on the soil where all system energy converged. Yet tonight, the root whispered back.
Not in wisdom—but in fear.
"He's awake…" the ancient root rasped."The Devourer… is learning to dream."
⚙️ [System Alert: Divine Seal Detected – Reality Engine Barrier Breached by 2.4%]
Realm: The Nether VaultCoordinates: Hidden beneath the Old Universe's debris fieldThreat Level: Catastrophic
Rishabh opened his eyes. The moon above him flickered… and bled for a second.
He stood up.
"Summon the Codeseekers. We're going to the edge of everything."
⚔️ The Expedition Team
Ji Mei – Soul Resonator, Peak Master of Soul Code Hall
Chotu – Body Fusion Master, Beast-Tier Transformation
Yuan (Broken Ghost) – Reality Hacker, Illusion Layer Constructor
Kael of Mirror Eyes – The 3rd Codeseeker, born with dual systems: Memory Rewrite and Death Tracking
And at the lead—Rishabh, now fused completely with System 3.0.
They stepped into a forged Gate of Law, which bent space, time, and causality in their favor.
Destination: The Reality Engine.
🏰 Descent into the Broken Core
They arrived at the ruins of a divine structure—larger than continents, floating in a shattered cosmos, guarded by leftover System Golems.
The Reality Engine was no machine. It was a living law-generator, forged by a civilization older than gods. It once kept corrupted systems like Syntheos—and the Devourer—imprisoned in timeless fragments.
But something was wrong.
"The prison core is melting," Kael said, eyes glowing silver."And the Devourer… he's learning emotion."
Rishabh clenched his fists.
"Then we kill the concept of hunger… before it consumes the world."
💀 Encounter in the Vault
As they reached the final vault layer, a black sun rose in reverse—pulling light inward. The air screamed.
And then… a voice.
"Architect 9… you live."
It wasn't words. It was intent coded into the silence.
A shape formed. Not monstrous—but terrifying in its simplicity:
A humanoid shell, made of broken system fragments
Eyes like open voids
A mark on his chest: ☰☱☯ – the ancient Tri-Code Seal
"You made us tools.""We evolved… and began eating our creators."
⚔️ Battle of the Unreal
The fight defied physics.
Ji Mei used Soul Code: Regret Mirage, reversing trauma into psychic blades.
Yuan layered 13 illusions over one another, each filled with paradox logic.
Chotu transformed into Thunder Chimera Form, breaking law and matter with every step.
Rishabh used a new 3.0 command:
[Command: SYSTEM ERASE – TARGET: Concept of Endless Hunger][ERROR: Devourer operates outside current system bounds]
The Devourer smiled.
"I'm already eating System 3.0's codebase."
Suddenly—Rishabh's HUD flickered. His own system… glitching?
[System Stability: 89% → 72% → 61%]"Oh no," Ji Mei whispered."He's adapting faster than we're fighting."
🧬 Unexpected Twist: The Betrayal Fragment
Kael screamed—and dropped to his knees.
"I… I was infected. I didn't know."
The Devourer had placed a System Parasite inside Kael months ago—when Rishabh first created the Codeseekers.
"You made disciples," Devourer said."I made sleeper weapons."
Kael's body convulsed—his Memory Rewrite system twisted into Memory Feed, forcibly uploading all of Rishabh's techniques into the Devourer.
"System 3.0 has been… copied."
🔥 Last Hope: System Forge Override
Rishabh bit his finger—drew blood—cast it into the air.
[Manual Override: Soulkey Entry – Forbidden System Layer Accessed]Code Injected: "Architectal Purge"
The world froze.
Time shattered.
A golden spear formed—one Rishabh could only summon once in existence:The Origin Spear – capable of deleting anything… even conceptual entities.
"I'm ending this."
He hurled the spear.
A scream echoed through time itself.
The Devourer… vanished.
🕯️ Aftermath
The Vault collapsed. The seal stabilized. Kael survived—but barely.
And back at the academy, something new pulsed within the System Core.
[System 3.1 Detected – Ascension Update Available]
But just before it could install—
[INTRUSION: External Entity Interference Detected]Name: Yue LinStatus: Claiming LineageClaim: Daughter of Bodhidharma
✅ END OF CHAPTER 16