The Rule-Breaker of the Doomsday Game

Twenty days passed in a flash. The Tai Sui God had long since finished burning the special zombies, raising its armor to 15 points and completing its fourteenth evolution.

Qi Suian had not used the extra module slot that had opened up.

He knew that if he were to actually use it, he wouldn’t be able to bring himself to remove it. He would only start thinking about unlocking yet another module slot.

After all, the next evolution only required the Tai Sui God’s armor value to reach 16.

Qi Suian even suspected that the so-called "armor value" was actually the Tai Sui God’s level. Otherwise, why would it evolve with every single point of armor gained?

It was just that this "level" also happened to function as armor.

"Success..." Qi Suian muttered, looking at the blood-colored membrane in his hand. He had peeled this film from his own brain.

Through a seal from the Bloody Clan—Qi Suian wasn’t sure what it was, so he just called it a seal for now—he achieved the effect he needed. If he were to drape it over his brain, it could effectively limit his own Spirit and cognitive abilities.

So, it was essentially a type of sealed artifact, but its effect... left much to be desired.

Anyone with at least 1 point in two attributes would be immune.

However, what Qi Suian valued wasn’t its sealing ability, but its self-destruct function.

If any external stimulus tried to read the information within or cause damage, it would instantly go BOOM and turn the brain to mush.

Considering he’d done this from scratch, it was already quite an achievement for Qi Suian.

"It’s all up to you now, Tai Sui God." Qi Suian designated it as a module and installed it directly into an empty slot.

[SSS-Rank: Seal of the Skin of Wisdomlessness]

"AI Brain, do it!" The moment Qi Suian saw the module’s name, without even looking at its effects, he gave the order to the AI Brain.

’If I don’t know, then the consciousness inside Celestial Fate: Profound won’t know either. I can catch it completely off guard.’

This was all he could do. The rest was up to luck.

If he succeeded, all his efforts wouldn’t have been in vain. If he failed, he would just have to play it by ear.

He didn’t have the ability to plan three steps ahead for every one he took, not to mention this was a gamble from the start.

The AI Brain unhesitatingly activated the SSS-rank module, the Seal of the Skin of Wisdomlessness. In an instant, Qi Suian felt every part of his body crying out in agony.

Besides that, a voice emerged in his mind.

"You ungrateful bastard! I helped you so much, and you dare to turn on me!!!"

The voice was a roaring accusation, but Qi Suian felt nothing.

’It’s using the auditory and visual hallucinations from the Blood Moon Sickness to send me messages.’ Qi Suian knew this wasn’t real. It was just the Blood Moon Shadow on him intensifying.

[Blood Moon Shadow (Final Stage)]

Qi Suian glanced at his panel, then promptly ignored it.

’This thing is just a hallucination from the Blood Moon Sickness. If the Blood Moon were actually descending, then I might believe it’s the final stage. But under the current circumstances, it’s completely impossible.’

The main purpose was to break through his psychological defenses and thereby overcome the control of the Seal of the Skin of Wisdomlessness.

"Just as I thought. Whether it’s you or those other two, you’re all things derived from the Mysterious Divine Corpse. You represent ’death’ and cannot interfere with ’life’."

A smile spread across Qi Suian’s face. ’This one’s in the bag. The protagonist’s halo is on my side.’

As for why the halo wouldn’t side with the consciousness within Celestial Fate: Profound, the reason was naturally Qi Suian’s A-rank talent: Virus Control (Profound).

If he lost or died, the Profound Virus that served as the vessel for Celestial Fate: Profound would also be severely damaged or completely annihilated. In that case, the protagonist’s halo would be toast too.

If Qi Suian didn’t have Virus Control, the halo could just find a new host if he died. But now, this minor A-rank talent had tied it to his fate. Therefore, the true host of the protagonist’s halo was Qi Suian.

Not the consciousness within.

"Without me, you can’t unleash the true power of an X-rank talent! It will even drop to SSS-rank."

"You’ll have no way to resist the apocalypse game’s obliteration. Your only end will be death."

The auditory hallucination appeared in his mind once more. This time, it wasn’t roaring or questioning, but trying to persuade him by appealing to his self-interest.

"Really? I don’t buy it," Qi Suian replied calmly.

’The rank will drop? Dream on.’

The entity clearly had designs on him. If he didn’t kill it now while it was weak, he might not be able to defeat it once it grew stronger.

Besides, he was gambling with his life. There was no turning back now.

There could only be one victor. A draw was not an option.

"Fine, fine, fine! You just... AARGH..."

The voice didn’t finish before it turned into a wail. Qi Suian saw a blood-colored membrane cover his body as something formless and intangible was drawn out.

It then fell into the Seal of the Skin of Wisdomlessness.

After that, a large number of strange patterns appeared on the membrane.

This time, Qi Suian recognized the patterns as representations of the processes his internal Profound Virus used for abilities like replication, transcription, and translation.

[Executing inactivation protocol...]

This time, the voice that came was the AI Brain’s.

Qi Suian had previously set it to execute an inactivation sequence upon completion, causing his own death and reconstruction.

This meant the mission was complete.

Death came in an instant, and its pain assured Qi Suian he wasn’t experiencing a hallucination.

Qi Suian reformed after the particle reconstruction was complete.

The first thing he did was open his attribute panel to check his Celestial Fate: Profound talent.

When he saw it was still X-rank, he breathed a sigh of relief.

For him, this meant the gamble had paid off.

"Report," Qi Suian said.

[Mission complete...]

[Summary: The consciousness within Celestial Fate: Profound has been completely broken down, digested, and absorbed. A new module is now evolving.]

’Got it. So not only is it dead as a doornail, it even became fuel for a new module.’ Qi Suian felt a sense of relief wash over him.

[However, you should be aware that without the consciousness to guide it, the effects of your Celestial Fate: Profound may become... unpredictable.]

[Instead of controllable luck, it will now produce random and unpredictable effects based on the environment.]

"A minor issue," Qi Suian said, unconcerned.

He figured it was basically the difference between a Tai Sui God controlled by the AI Brain and one without it.

However, unlike the AI Brain, the consciousness in Celestial Fate: Profound had never been under his control in the first place.

Besides, even without the consciousness’s guidance and help, all that mattered was that the protagonist’s halo now belonged to him.

Relying on luck just meant there would be some fluctuations. That was far better than being under someone else’s thumb.