That's the real function of the Genesis Engine.

It's not actually an "engine" with physical propulsion capabilities. According to Vivian, it sounds more like a "system engine" that operates on information, modifying the content of the universe at the data level.

And the only function of this engine is to rewrite the entire universe's information registry, deleting both the Creator Goddess and the Lord of Mad Whispers...

"The Lord of Mad Whispers in its original state is almost invincible. It was born in the chaos of the ancient Dream Plane and is inextricably linked to this universe. Although its activities will eventually drag the entire universe into destruction, it is still one of the cornerstones of this universe's operation," Vivian said, shaking her head slightly. "With the Creator Goddess's power, she can defeat the Lord of Mad Whispers, even seal it again and again, but she can never truly eliminate it. And in her repeated wars with the Lord of Mad Whispers, the entire universe will head towards its end at an even faster pace. This is the inevitable result of two great forces colliding."

Hao Ren clicked his tongue, "So that's why she chose to perish together."

The Creator Goddess choosing to perish together with the Lord of Mad Whispers—this in itself wasn't surprising, because from the clues he had gathered before, Hao Ren had roughly deduced the Creator Goddess's decision in the face of this eternal war. Everything that god did was to end the threat of madness, and for this purpose, she was willing to sacrifice herself completely.

What really surprised him was the way the Creator Goddess chose to perish together, and the true nature of the Genesis Engine.

Just as Vivian said, the Lord of Mad Whispers in its original state is invincible: coexisting with the universe, as eternal as heaven and earth, and is itself a component of the fundamental laws of the Dream Plane, impossible to eliminate at all. However, the war between the Creator Goddess and this monster produced unexpected changes: the Lord of Mad Whispers actually turned into... another god.

Having obtained a trace of divinity, the Lord of Mad Whispers instead had the possibility of being completely eliminated.

"The golden discs we're looking for are essentially divinity storage devices and 'comparators' capable of calculating divinity. When the Genesis Engine is activated, its core system will search the entire universe based on the divinity information recorded on the golden discs. Information that meets the search criteria will be forcibly deleted. This process is like clearing registry information by searching for keywords. And that divinity information is actually the Creator Goddess's own 'sample.'"

"We discovered an ancient crystal disc and supporting facilities in Koror, and we speculated that they were the prototypes of the Genesis Engine and the golden discs. But we fell into a mental trap at the time, always thinking that the Genesis 'Engine' was used to generate propulsion, or to have other effects on the material world. As a result, the research on those 'prototypes' never made much progress. But in fact, the term 'prototype' is correct, but the effects they produce are not related to the material world at all, but are closer to the essence of... the information level."

Hao Ren nodded, indicating that he understood the part about the Genesis Engine and "deleting gods," and then asked, "Then what do these have to do with the Nexus and the Seat of the Last? And what does it have to do with you?"

"It's to ensure that this world can continue to exist after the gods leave," Vivian explained. "Because the Creator Goddess's... technical skills were limited, the Genesis Engine she designed is actually a rather simple and crude thing. It directly deletes the true god data of the entire universe by searching for keywords, but it doesn't have the ability to repair the universe's system. The result is..."

"After the data of the Goddess and the Lord of Mad Whispers are suddenly deleted, the fundamental laws of this universe will face large-scale logical loopholes and data breakpoints!" Hao Ren had crammed a lot of information unity theory from Raven 12345, so he immediately reacted at this time. "The Lord of Mad Whispers is the fundamental data of this universe, and the Creator Goddess has been active in this world for so long that her influence has become intertwined with the Dream Plane and cannot be separated. So their data cannot be forcibly deleted, there must be a replacement—wait, could it be..."

"I am that replacement. In addition to me, the Seat of the Last, the Nexus planet, and the divine power oscillation network outside the X-Cluster, all these things combined are used to fill the void after the Creator Goddess and the Lord of Mad Whispers leave," Vivian used her fingers to outline the magic patterns in the air. She first drew a large circle on the outside. "Remember the huge divine power oscillation network we discovered before in the entire Dream Plane universe? It's the network that was detected when you organized a large group of Earth aliens for a 'return home visit.' It's built on stars and is the peripheral execution unit of the entire system. The attribute-less divine power oscillation is like a nerve signal that can control the operation of the entire universe."

Then she drew a small circle in the big circle, and countless shining lines jumped inside this small circle, just like those chattering fairies.

"This is the End Nexus of the X-Cluster. This planet is the middle-level processing unit of the entire system. The fairies—they are actually nerve nodes. Their bodies, which are those resonance crystals, can process and store massive amounts of information, just like a supercomputer issuing orders to the peripheral execution units. And the reason why those fairies are so confused and chaotic is not because they are stupid, but because this supercomputer is missing a core..."

In the center of the small circle, Vivian condensed a blood-red rune with magic.

"The Seat of the Last is inside that crystal mountain. We haven't seen it yet, but I can already sense its existence. In the blueprint of this system, I sit on the Seat of the Last and am responsible for running all the instructions," Vivian pointed to herself, "equivalent to the central processing unit, or the operating system, but these statements are not very accurate, because this set of things is not quite the same as a 'computer.' The most accurate statement is still 'highest node,' which is the queen of the fairies. Back then, in order to protect me, this 'highest node,' and also to complete her 'final pardon,' the Creator Goddess sent me to Earth in the surface world, but according to the program settings, I will eventually return to this place."

The scene was quiet for a few seconds. Hao Ren quietly looked at Vivian and finally broke the silence, "So... this is the real mission that the Creator Goddess left for you."

"Yes, my task is to replace their position and role after the influence of the Creator Goddess and the Lord of Mad Whispers is completely cleared from this universe," Vivian exhaled. "And this entire plan and finished product is named 'End Network'—the last order of the universe after the gods are destroyed."

Hao Ren couldn't help but think of some of the Creator Goddess's words and deeds before her fall that he had heard when talking to the Muru trio.

The Creator Goddess had once raised such a question: Is it better to have gods or not?

At that time, he simply associated this sentence with the Godslayer War that broke out afterwards and thought that it was the Creator Goddess's arrangement and foresight for her own fall. But now he realized that what the Creator Goddess was talking about was a more magnificent but crazy plan:

To completely erase the concept of "god" from the entire universe, not only to kill the gods, but also to clear all the influences caused by the gods, and delete all their interventions in the universe, whether it is the Creator Goddess as a god or the Lord of Mad Whispers who has been "infected" into a god-like creature, all swept away.

Then create a new world that does not have gods and does not have madness, a world that operates according to natural laws.

The "End Network" described by Vivian does not have the same "power" as a god. It is actually a basic database and underlying program, containing various basic parameters required for the operation of the universe, such as the concept and value of the speed of light, the way basic forces work, the expansion and contraction coefficient of the universe, and so on. It replaces the Goddess's position not to add a new "manager" to this universe, but to fill the various constant missing after the gods leave. Hao Ren understands the meaning of this thing: it is the system environment, or the runtime library.

It is the product of the Creator Goddess's efforts to eliminate the influence of the gods, and its launch signifies the end of the age of gods.

Not the fleeting "mythological era" on Earth, but the true age of gods.

"That's what we know too," Salamand, who had been silent until now, finally spoke, "But the Lord of the Seat of the Last spoke in more detail."

"Just call me Vivian, this title sounds a little awkward," Vivian waved her hand. "Salamand, what do you think?"

"Now that the Guide has returned, you should return to the Seat of the Last as soon as possible," Salamand said as a matter of course. "The Seat of the Last has great power. As long as you start the various systems left by the Mother, all the evil in this world will be insignificant. As for the Genesis Engine—I just heard that you are already assembling it. With the help of the End Network, it should be completed soon."

This giant legion commander deeply trusts his "Mother," and now he has made a rather optimistic inference, as if the crisis in this universe has really been resolved. However, Vivian did not make any statement, but turned to look at Hao Ren, revealing a hint of a smile, "Hao Ren, what's your opinion?"

Hao Ren smiled and spread his hands, "I object."

Salamand was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "What?"

"I object to Vivian sitting on the Seat of the Last—at least not now. Before I figure out the operating mechanism and safety of that thing, absolutely not."

Salamand seemed to be trying to control his emotions, "Do you know what you're saying? That's the only hope for this universe!"

"First, of course I know what I'm saying, because I'm a person with an identity; second, an Seat of the Last certainly cannot be the only hope for this universe—because there's me here; third, the Seat of the Last just crashed two hours ago, did you forget?"

Salamand: "..."

Then Hao Ren turned to Vivian again, "And to be honest, what I'm most worried about is what unpredictable things will happen once you sit on that 'Seat of the Last.' I've seen too many similar scripts, for example, once you sit on it, you'll become an AI, or once you sit on it, you'll merge with the entire network and become like those fairies, or you won't be able to get off once you sit on it, and the throne will be frozen by a big ice block, and every now and then twenty-five strangely dressed violent gang members will come to smash the place..."

Vivian casually threw a small bat at Hao Ren's chest, "You're losing it as you talk!"