All Chapters of I Steal The System: Chapter 131
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Chapter 130: The Singularity
Seven seconds.The light coming off his body had passed the threshold where the two energy signatures were distinguishable as separate sources. At lower output they had been visible as distinct colors, the silver of the Terminal's order-energy and the deep crimson-black of the Primordial's chaos-byproduct. At the current output they were combining in the way that frequencies combine when they are brought close enough together, producing a third thing that was not the color of either input, a color that did not have a standard reference in any spectrum Lucius had previously observed.His shadow on the white-and-black floor was not dark. It was the same color as his body.Five seconds.The Terminal had noticed. The sulur deployment stopped, the extensions retracting with the sudden urgency of a system that has been processing a threat assessment and has just received a new input that requires complete reassessment of the threat category. The Terminal's interface layers, visible through
Chapter 131: Paralyzing the First Demon
The Primordial Demon moved.It did not walk or fly. The ancient entity simply ceased to be in one position and materialized directly in front of Lucius, the space between them collapsing into a vacuum that screamed with the voices of things that should not exist. The Primordial was a nightmare given flesh. Its body was a churning sphere of black meat the size of a small moon, studded with a thousand eyes that blinked in random sequences. From its core erupted tentacles. Not dozens. Thousands. Each one ribbed with barbs that dripped a venom so potent it sizzled through the empty air, leaving holes in reality where it splashed. This was the poison that had extinguished star guardians, that had melted the thrones of lesser gods, that had never failed to kill anything it touched.The Primordial's voice did not come from a mouth. It vibrated directly into Lucius's skull, a frequency of pure arrogance honed over eons of uncontested slaughter."So small. So fragile. The High Father fears thi
Chapter 132: Hacking the Creator
The High Father did not respond with an attack. The entity remained motionless, its flickering form stabilizing as it processed the new reality. Lucius watched it calculate, watched the infinite layers of logic spooling behind that blank surface. He had just consumed a being older than most universes. The Terminal was recalibrating, searching for a solution that did not exist.Then the dimension around them began to change.The empty black floor dissolved. In its place, massive screens of blue light materialized, stretching in every direction without end. They covered the ground, the nonexistent walls, the space overhead. Each screen displayed billions of lines of flowing code, a torrent of data so dense it made the air hum with electric pressure. The symbols were not any language Lucius had learned. They were the source code of existence itself, the fundamental architecture upon which the universe had been built.The High Father's voice echoed, still monotonous but faster, the words
Chapter 133: Extraction of the Universe Core
The High Father's holographic shell flickered violently. Its form, once a towering edifice of light and divine presence, now hunched forward like a broken puppet. Sparks rained from cracks in its projection. The entity was attempting a forced reboot, its systems clawing for stability in the wake of the Chaos injection. Layers of corrupted code peeled off its surface like dead skin.It dropped to its knees.The impact sent a ripple across the unstable floor. The High Father's voice emerged in fragments, stuttering through damaged speakers. "Reboot... initializing... cannot... cannot establish connection to primary core... error... error..."Lucius stopped in front of it and looked down at the kneeling god. There was no pity in his gaze. Only cold, clinical assessment."Rebooting will not save you," he said.He lifted his foot and kicked the High Father's face. The holographic head shattered on impact, exploding into a spray of golden light fragments that scattered across the void. Bene
Chapter 134: Rewriting Reality
The ceiling of the dimension split wide. Void poured down like black water, consuming everything it touched. Space itself folded inward, crushed by the pressure of absolute nothing. The cracks spread from above to below, from the horizon to directly beneath Lucius's feet. The entire dimension, and all dimensions connected to it, would collapse in seconds.Earth. Hell. Every realm the High Father had maintained. All of it was about to experience total shutdown.Lucius looked at the pulsing core in his hand. Thump. Thump. Thump. The heartbeat of a universe without a guardian."If I am going to rule it," he muttered to himself, "I have to keep it running first."He reversed his grip on the core, pointing the sharpest facet toward his chest. The Energy Reactor inside him hummed, recognizing the incoming integration. Without hesitation, without a single moment of doubt, Lucius drove the core directly into his left chest, right above his heart.The pain was absolute.It was not the burn of
Chapter 135: Proclamation of the Death Emperor
The voice of Lucius did not travel through sound. It traveled through the very fabric of existence, a vibration that rippled across every dimension, every realm, every corner of the universe he now owned. In Hell, the message echoed through the volcanic canyons where Zark's legions stood motionless, their weapons lowered, their heads tilted upward. On Earth, the sky above every continent shimmered, and a massive projection of Lucius's face materialized—not a hologram, not a broadcast, but an imposition of his will directly upon the atmosphere. Every man, woman, and child stopped where they stood and looked up."Listen closely," Lucius began. His voice was calm, unhurried, carrying the absolute certainty of someone who never needed to repeat himself. "This is not a request. This is a proclamation."In the capital city of Hedron, now being rebuilt under Conrad's command, crowds gathered in the ruined plazas. They stared at the face in the sky, the same face that had once walked among th
Chapter 136: Gift from the Absolute
The obsidian throne room lay in a silence so deep it felt like the universe itself was holding its breath. No wind. No distant echo of war. Only the soft hum of the newly integrated Universe Core pulsing in rhythm with Lucius's heart. The pillars of black crystal that lined the hall caught the faint blue glow of his authority and reflected it back in muted shimmers. The throne at the center dominated everything, its constellation-carved backrest rising into the shadows, its seat still warm from the body of its new master.Lyra and Amia stood at the base of the throne steps. Neither had moved since Lucius had summoned them back to the Sanctuary after the proclamation. They had watched him deliver absolute decrees to the entire world. They had seen Conrad and Zark kneel and accept their crowns. Now they stood alone with him, the portal closed, the universe quiet.The two women were still covered in the remnants of war. Lyra's combat uniform, a practical black tactical suit she had worn
Chapter 137: Crack at the Edge of the Universe
The intimate atmosphere of the throne room had shattered like glass. Where moments before the air had been thick with warmth and the scent of silk, now it was cold and sharp, humming with the barely contained energy of a god preparing for battle. The obsidian pillars cast long, harsh shadows. The constellation carvings on the throne seemed to glow brighter, as if the universe itself sensed the approaching threat.Lucius stood before the projection screen, his arms crossed, his eyes fixed on the pulsing green energy at the edge of reality. His mind was no longer on pleasure. It was on data. Analysis. Threat assessment."Show me everything," he commanded.The system responded, layers of information unfolding across the screen. The protective shell of the universe, the barrier that separated existence from the True Void, was a lattice of cosmic energy that had been maintained by the Terminal Utama for eons. When Lucius had torn out the core and assumed control, there had been a brief gap
Chapter 138: Arrival of the Outlanders
Lucius had already moved Lyra and Amia back to Earth. Their presence here would be a liability. The Sanctuary was now an empty cathedral of black crystal and divine silence, and at its center, the obsidian throne stood like a monument to absolute power. The stone vessel embedded in the wall pulsed with that sickly green light, its organic hull undulating as if breathing. Lucius watched it without moving, his hands resting loosely at his sides."The door is open," he called out. His voice echoed through the hall. "You came all this way. Do not be shy."For a long moment, nothing happened. Then the stone hull split along its central seam with a wet, organic sound, like a wound opening. Green mist spilled out, swirling across the obsidian floor. Through the mist, three figures emerged.They were tall. Easily eight feet, their bodies thin and elongated, wrapped in pale, almost translucent skin that revealed the faint glow of green bioluminescence beneath. Their limbs were jointed strangel
Chapter 139: Broken Negotiations
The Harvesters did not attack with claws or energy blasts. They raised their thin arms in perfect synchronization, and the devices mounted on their wrists began to hum. The green bioluminescence that ran through their bodies brightened, channeling into the wrist emitters. A wave of sickly green light erupted outward, not as a projectile, but as a field that expanded to fill the entire throne room in an instant.Lucius felt the energy wash over him. It was cold. Alien. It carried a frequency that vibrated against the Universe Core in his chest, a resonance specifically designed to disrupt the Terminal's original architecture. The Isolation Wave had been created by the Builders as a fail-safe, a way to shut down any Champion who might resist harvest. It targeted the core directly, attempting to sever its connection to the host body.For a split second, Lucius felt the core stutter. The blue pulse of the Universe Core hesitated, and a cold emptiness opened in his chest. He remembered the