Chapter 890: City of Eternal Night

"Everyone, listen to me."

Li Yang lowered his voice and said quickly,

"Maybe we can take advantage of this opportunity."

Bai Zhi seemed to have noticed something: "You mean..."

"Yes." Li Yang nodded,

"It wants to use our existence to stabilize the rules, so we deliberately create greater chaos."

[Eternity]'s eyes flashed with a glimmer of understanding:

"At the critical moment when the rules are about to take shape..."

"Let it collapse completely." Li Yang took over the conversation, "The backlash may severely damage the rule executor."

But their conversation was soon interrupted.

Three mechanical hunters attacked at the same time, forcing several people to disperse and evade.

The humanoid creature suspended in the air issued a shrill alarm:

"Warning! Abnormal fluctuations detected! Start the forced suppression program!"

Several data streams extended from it, weaving into a huge network in the air, covering Li Yang and others.

Wherever those data streams passed, the space became distorted, as if to pull everything back to a certain fixed order.

Bai Zhi hurriedly manipulated the vines to form a barrier, but the plants began to wither the moment they came into contact with the data stream.

"It is forcibly regulating everything..."

There was a hint of anxiety in the voice of the [Observer],

"If it succeeds, we will be assimilated into part of the rules!"

Li Yang smiled at this critical moment:

"Just right... use this."

He suddenly stopped dodging and rushed towards the data streams.

"Li Yang!"

Seeing Li Yang suddenly turn around, Bai Zhi here immediately exclaimed.

But the next moment, a scene that surprised everyone happened.

When Li Yang came into contact with the data stream, he was not assimilated, but instead produced a certain resonance.

You know, they had already come into contact with the exiled concepts in the concept space.

The traces of the abandoned wisdom left in their bodies have become the best "source of pollution" at this moment.

"Sure enough..." Li Yang gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain,

"If it wants to regulate us, it must first understand us!"

And in this process, those exiled concepts will take the opportunity to pollute the rule network.

The humanoid creature seemed to realize that something was wrong and wanted to take back the data flow, but it was too late.

Li Yang had already used this connection to extend his consciousness into the rule network.

There, he saw a shocking scene.

Countless rules flowed like program codes, forming a huge system.

And the humanoid creature was one of the nodes.

But in the gaps of the rules, he found some truths that were deliberately concealed.

These rule executors were originally independent consciousness. But in order to maintain order, they chose to give up themselves and became puppets of the rules.

At this moment, the space suddenly vibrated violently.

The humanoid creature let out a painful hiss:

"Warning! The rule network is contaminated! The system is about to collapse!"

[Observer] immediately understood what happened:

"Li Yang's consciousness contaminated the rule network, making it unable to complete self-repair!"

And this chaos soon spread to the material level.

The movements of the three mechanical hunters became disordered and began to collide with each other.

The pentagram formation on the ground also distorted.

But this thing obviously will not give up easily.

It mobilized all its energy and tried to stabilize the situation by force:

"Start the emergency protocol! Cut off the pollution source!"

Instantly, countless sharp data streams came to strangle Li Yang.

When the rule network was on the verge of collapse, this attack was devastating.

"Li Yang, be careful!" Bai Zhi wanted to support, but was entangled by two mechanical hunters.

[Eternity] also wanted to use time freezing, but the third hunter entangled him tightly.

At the critical moment, the [Observer] who had been hovering in the sky suddenly swooped down and turned into a black shadow to block Li Yang.

"Are you crazy?"

Li Yang was startled and said.

But the raven laughed meaningfully:

"Don't worry, I'm an [Observer]."

"Since I can observe the rules...I can naturally find the flaws in the rules."

As he said, its body suddenly decomposed and turned into countless tiny black dots, invading the data stream like a virus.

The humanoid creature's attack was stagnant:

"Unknown interference detected... System damaged..."

The voice of the [Observer] sounded from all directions:

"Li Yang! Now!"

Li Yang immediately understood his intention.

Taking advantage of the moment when the rule network was disturbed, he penetrated his consciousness into the core of the humanoid creature.

And in it, he saw a sad picture.

That... was the memory of this rule executor when he still maintained himself.

It was originally a being full of curiosity and curiosity, but in order to maintain the stability of the world, it had to give up its nature.

"You are actually... a victim too."

Li Yang said slowly.

The humanoid creature's movements suddenly paused for a moment.

It was this moment of hesitation that caused a fatal break in the operation of the entire rule network.

"The system crashed...cannot...repair..."

Accompanied by a wail, the humanoid creature's body began to disintegrate.

And the network of rules it built fell apart.

The three mechanical hunters were instantly paralyzed and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

When everything calmed down, the wasteland had changed beyond recognition.

There are traces of distortion left after the collapse of rules everywhere, as if the space was torn and then roughly sewn back together.

[Observer] transformed into the form of a raven again and landed on a piece of gravel:

"This is troublesome..." it said, looking into the distance. "The collapse of the rules will inevitably attract more attention."

"We need to get out of here before the other Executors arrive."

Li Yang shook his head: "No, before leaving..."

He walked towards the paralyzed humanoid creature and squatted down:

"Tell me, where do the rules come from?"

A faint sound came from the broken mechanical structure:

"In...the heart of the city..."

"That... city that is always in darkness..."

Before he finished speaking, the body of the humanoid creature completely disintegrated and turned into little bits of light that dissipated in the air.

"A city that is always in the dark..." Bai Zhi thought thoughtfully, "What kind of place could that be?"

[Eternal] suddenly changed his expression: "I know where that is."

"That was the birthplace of rule and the earliest center of civilization."

"It is said that the eternal night there can make all rules eternal."

"But that city has long been..."

Before he finished speaking, heavy footsteps suddenly came from the distance.

Several people looked alertly and saw more mechanical structures appearing on the horizon.

"It seems that the cleaners have arrived." [Observer] said, "We have to leave quickly."

Li Yang nodded, but before turning around, he picked up a core fragment left by the humanoid creature on the ground.

This may be a clue to find the city of eternal night.