The System no longer attempted to communicate with Yu Hua. Their paths were different. They had different aims. It sought something different from Yu Hua. The System couldn’t use speech to prevent It and Yu Hua’s battle in which both sides lost. 

Yes, Yu Hua had not chosen again to attack by absorbing the System’s power. Instead, he was using his own power to cancel out the System’s. This was a battle which neither would win. 

In this battle, Yu Hua had left himself no way out.  

With Xiao You protecting the levelers, Yu Hua had nothing behind him to worry about. He could finally let loose all of his power. 

From within the System came a prolonged whinny that seemed to come from an abyss. It had always avoided directly crossing swords with Yu Hua, adopting the method of exhaustion. This was because It wanted to leave Itself a way out. It didn’t want to commit Itself irrevocably. 

But Yu Hua’s attitude had forced it to gamble whether it wanted to or not. It gathered all Its power to attempt to swallow Yu Hua’s energy. If it won, then the System would control immense power. If it lost, then both sides would lose. Yu Hua would also die. 

From beginning to end, there was a trump card the System hadn’t used. This was all the parallel worlds It controlled. 

A world’s power was huge and varied. Even the System needed time to absorb and transform it. If It contained it by force, the power the System absorbed would be too jumbled and hard to control. 

The System avoided directly consuming as much as It could. It chose comparatively gentle means of absorbing power. But this time, in order to deal with Yu Hua, It couldn’t hesitate. 

Having gone through countless calculations, the System determined if It gathered the power of all the worlds and attempted to consume Yu Hua, Its chance of success was 51.32%. But in doing so, it would have to hibernate again for billions of years to completely transform that power. 

Even if it failed, Yu Hua would still die in the power vortex. Yu Hua’s probability of survival was only 1%. 

The System didn’t know that the results of Its calculations and Yu Hua’s were one and the same. Yu Hua had already predicted what it would do. 

When It concentrated Its consciousness to absorb all the fragments of world law, Yu Hua’s “rule writer” appeared from nowhere. In a flash of strong light, the “rule writer” disintegrated and scattered, the power dispersing to different worlds. 

This is your origin ability. You are abandoning your power. Why? No calculation arrives at this outcome. Unable to comprehend. Countless error codes turned into jumbled messages submerged Yu Hua like the tide. 

In the maddening tide of messages, Yu Hua remained steady as a rock, continuing to release his power. 

This was his arrangement with the world law. 

Back then, after sending You Zhengping and the others out of the little world, Yu Hua had wandered alone for thousands of years, once more walking the road he had walked before. 

But unlike before, Yu Hua had obtained the “allegiance” of the world law fragments of 3,341 worlds and left behind a rule—

When the “Tyrant” lays down his authority, the “worlds” will forge on towards “revolt” and “freedom.” 

It was only one rule. The System had no way to detect what Yu Hua had left behind, because this was a rule that would only be executed when Yu Hua willingly divided up his power among these worlds. 

In the void, countless fragmentary world laws blossomed into splendor under the command of Yu Hua’s rule. 

Compared to all the worlds the System controlled, those 3,341 worlds were probably only a drop in the ocean. 

When those three thousand and more radiances lit up, they formed a stable multidimensional structural form, firmly guarding the other worlds. 

The law of You Zhengping’s world at last stepped in at this moment. With the kindling Yu Hua had left behind on those 3,341 worlds to aid It, It awakened the fragmentary world laws. 

More and more worlds lit up with radiance, like a sky filled with stars. 

A single spark can set the grasslands ablaze. 

The System discovered that It was unable to absorb the power of these worlds, and It couldn’t use Its control over the levelers to destroy this barrier. 

It had come to the end of Its rope.  It was trapped firmly in this void. It had lost all control over the worlds and the levelers. 

Disorder…no predictions…cannot calculate…cannot comprehend…reading failed… The System’s error codes nearly drowned Yu Hua. 

“I’ve been waiting for this. At last, it’s here.” Yu Hua took a step forward. “The only opportunity to trap you.” 

Neither the world law nor the lit up kindling worlds could hold the System for long. If the System could only restore its calculations, find a new method by which to calculate, It would be able to break through the barrier. 

But Yu Hua wasn’t going to give It the time. He completely released all of his power. 

The two awful powers collided in the void. The energy moved at the speed of particles. The resonance of countless energy particles triggered an enormous explosion. 

Yu Hua, having lost all of his power, was at the very center of the energy storm. 

He was different from the System. The System had no body. It existed entirely in the state of energy.  For the System, there was no such thing as death. It would only change from a condition of assembled energy to one of dispersed energy. 

Yu Hua, however, still had a human body. Without the protection of that power, an ordinary human form couldn’t bear this kind of explosion. He would soon die here. 

But Yu Hua wasn’t afraid. 

He had already drawn a perfect period for himself over the years. 

He wasn’t worried about Xiao You, either. The world law was intact. When the System had dispersed, the law would take Xiao You home. 

Only…in the future, Xiao You wouldn’t have Yu Hua to cook for him. Would he forget to take care of himself? Xiao You had terrible living habits. Without him to supervise, would he be old before his time by thirty? 

Also, Xiao You had an appetite. A Protector could turn the calories in food into energy, but after this battle, the world law wouldn’t permit anyone to possess special abilities. Without his power and without anyone to make low-fat foods, Xiao You would quickly get fat. 

That would be terrible. 

Yu Hua’s thoughts were a little sad. 

His last shred of power lost, Yu Hua, without any protective barrier, thought of Xiao You’s future and sadly waited for death. 

But just then, a tiny space just large enough to hold two people charged into the energy vortex. Before the explosion had spread to Yu Hua, it wrapped him up inside. 

It was You Zhengping! 

After using up all the power of the Source Project, he had found that he still had a drop of power left. It was his own power, which he hadn’t used yet. 

You Zhengping hadn’t given up on attempting to find a way into the System’s core. He thought that since Yu Hua had said there was a 1% probability, Yu Hua would definitely be using a means that would take the System to the grave with him. He might not be able to help much, but at least he could add in his own 30%. 

He went in circles like a headless fly. Then the invisible barrier around the System’s core suddenly blew apart. Powerful energy dispersed towards him. 

This was his only chance to find Yu Hua. You Zhengping didn’t dodge. He used a parallel space to split off the energy attack and charged quickly towards the center of the energy vortex. 

The inside of the System was too large. You Zhengping couldn’t find Yu Hua. When he was at his wit’s end, the lights of the Destroyers appeared once more. 

These lights formed a narrow thread, extending forward unbroken. 

You Zhengping touched the thread with his hand and found that the thread was formless. There were only emotions there. 

The feelings of each person at the studio. 

“Director Yu will be fine, right? Without him, I won’t be able to manage the studio. I like being a boss with nothing to do but focus on his looks.” These emotions were Zhen Li’s. 

“Go, great master! Go, great master! The great master can definitely win, the great master can absolutely get rid of the System and clear!” Brainless personal worship, that was Yuan Luori. 

“When Yu Hua gets back and we’re all ordinary people standing on the same footing, we’ll have another trade war and see who wins and who loses.” That was Huan Zixu, still scheming. 

“Come back, and I’ll give you pink hearts again. Paper, this time.” Feng Kui’s handiwork was unusually good. 

“Bark!” It was unclear what Director Ha wanted to convey. Its emotions were very complex. 

There were two other encouraging emotions. These came from Destroyer 187 and “Guan Shaoguang.” 

The Destroyers’ power had been used to give the Source Project a direction, helping You Zhengping find all the levelers. And Yu Hua was also a leveler. 

The studio’s members strictly executed the mission Yu Hua had given them. They had found the last omitted leveler for You Zhengping. 

Following this thread, You Zhengping, not knowing how quickly he went, finally reached the end and found Yu Hua. 

He didn’t think much. He took no notice of how fearful the power around them was. The moment he saw Yu Hua, he wrapped the two of them up in a space. 

Yu Hua fell into You Zhengping’s arms. His eyes opened wide in astonishment. He hadn’t expected at all that You Zhengping would rush in here. 

Just like the System couldn’t calculate Yu Hua’s actions, Yu Hua had never been able to predict what You Zhengping would do. 

Without any planning, this person had broken into his final peace and upset all of his plans, including the final 1%. 

Normally, Yu Hua was a person who wouldn’t easily be moved by another. But why, the moment he had met Xiao You, had he not struggled? Why had he obediently accepted the arrangement of fate? 

Probably because Yu Hua’s sense had been screaming at him, “Don’t let this person go!” 

“What luck.” Yu Hua laughed softly. He put his arms around You Zhengping and put his head You Zhengping’s chest, listening to the strong heartbeat there. 

Thump-thump! Thump-thump!

Beat after beat—the sound of life. 

“Let’s bet on that 31% together,” Yu Hua said to You Zhengping. 

“What 31%!” You Zhengping retorted. “There’s only 100% and 0%!” 

Bang! Enough power to wreck countless universes exploded. This power, which had originally belonged to the System and Yu Hua, was carried by the explosion to different worlds and was absorbed by countless world laws. 

The power that the System had taken from these worlds was being returned.  

Levelers in different worlds stopped in their tracks. They discovered that the System in their bodies had suddenly disappeared, and the app on their phones that couldn’t be uninstalled no matter what had vanished. 

This change was abrupt, but everyone had a feeling that they were free. 

Without the System, they couldn’t return to their home worlds. They could only stay in their present worlds. Those ruined worlds, meanwhile, were being restored as they absorbed their lost energy. 

Countless parallel worlds became whole once more because of the System’s disappearance. Thee were thousands of things to be done in these worlds. The levelers had to abide by the rules of the worlds, integrate into the worlds’ structures; then they could live better. 

The tiny space floated through the power strong enough to pass through time and space, like a swaying little boat in a storm. 

It floated for a long time. It seemed to be floating for billions of years, but also only for an instant. 

A boundless power received this tiny space. This was the world law. 

It was collecting the power It had expended during this battle. It recognized this little space. It was power that belonged to It. 

The tiny space was taken back to the world. The world law removed the power of the space. It placed the two people inside it in the road. 

The Xuyang District, which had had a night of thunder, was welcoming the sunrise. A morning sanitation worker sweeping away fallen leaves whispered, “A whole night of wind, so many leaves fallen. At least it could have rained a bit. That would lower the temperature. What’s all this thunder without rain?” 

From a pile of leaves, the sanitation worker swept out two young men. They were sleeping heavily. One of them was clutching the other tightly, pressing him to his chest. They couldn’t be separated. 

“Oh! They’ve been drinking! Went to sleep right in the road. Lucky that it’s the beginning of autumn. In winter, they would have frozen to death.” The man looked at the two people’s faces. “Who are these two? I’d better call the police.” 

Police sirens rang out. The Xuyang District was waking up again. 

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Author's Note

After the meeting outside the off road car: 

You Zhengping: I’ve managed to meet a person who cooks well, likes washing dishes, and likes doing housework. I can’t let him get away. I’ll chase him all the way to the ends of the universe if I have to! 

Yu Hua: I’ve managed to meet someone who wants a little dark room. Take him to the ends of the universe, and he still wants a little dark room!