Before the shock, the entire workshop was serene and orderly, running like clockwork with all departments cooperating smoothly.

But the moment the alarm went off, the closely cooperating sections seemed to disconnect, becoming uncontrollable, operating independently, and even malfunctioning.

Crowds scattered.

Collisions and trampling occurred non-stop as people surged towards the exits, overcrowding the entrance.

Not only apprentices but even craftsmen were in a state of panic.

Did the Security Bureau call?

Crap, so soon?

What about them? Where is Craftsman Grandmaster Jian Yuan?

Where did the Craftsman Grandmaster go?

In the instant that many apprentices rushed to the exits, quite a few craftsmen instinctively squeezed towards the upper floors.

After a brief impact, chaos spread through the workshop like wildfire, especially against the backdrop of explosions erupting everywhere.

The elevator fell, amidst screams.

Fuel explosions, electrical malfunctions, power outages, lights going out, and under the dim emergency lights, faces filled with shock and apprehension were illuminated.

"Quiet, quiet, everyone be quiet!"

A craftsman clad in a black robe angrily burst through the door, looking at the chaos in the corridor, and shouted repeatedly, "It's just a minor shock, everyone, back to your positions!"

"Get out of my way!"

Pushing the panicking apprentice aside, Jian Yuan's fourth apprentice, Lian Yun, roared, "Everyone stay in your place, don't create chaos, do you want the Craftsman Grandmaster to personally come and demand answers?"

Instantly, dead silence descended in the hall, everyone stiffened for a moment.

Under Lian Yun's cold gaze, the managers were the first to step forward, coercing and driving their subordinates back to their spots. Soon, the crowd thinned out, and remaining apprentices scattered.

The main issue was that after the initial turmoil, there were no further responses.

It was just an earthquake.

"Nonsense rabble!"

Lian Yun snorted coldly, not understanding why the Craftsman Grandmaster had gathered such a useless bunch.

Even if the Security Bureau really attacked, the workshop was absolutely safe, and not even Heavenly People could break through the external defenses. In critical moments, they could even teleport away, completely out of danger.

It was just this group of incompetents, unable to handle even the slightest disturbance, who became anxious and caused chaos. If this alerted the Craftsman Grandmaster, each one would be punished with the Rock Penalty. After all the trouble, they would still have to leave with their petrified limbs!

The chaos along the way infuriated Lian Yun further.

When he saw an apprentice crouched under a panel in the corner of the corridor, not knowing what he was doing, his anger surged. "You waste, what are you doing!"

"Ah? Uh, me?"

That frightened apprentice looked up blankly, holding a tool, stumbling over his words: "No, I'm not, just now, the alarm... the workshop's verification system was damaged, I, I was checking..."

Lian Yun's expression suddenly stiffened.

"Get out of my way!"

He pushed the apprentice aside disdainfully, then opened the panel, activated the circuit, and began examining it, but the closer he looked, the angrier he became.

"What's broken?" he turned and yelled, "This is completely fine!"

"Ah?"

The ugly apprentice, his face full of scars, was startled, leaned forward, took a look and then touched it.

Snap!

A crisp sound issued from under his hand, and in the workshop's lower circuitry, the identity recognition and validation module instantly fell apart, dissipating like flowing light.

As if it had never existed.

And just as the alarm had stopped, it suddenly sounded again, louder than before.

"There, now it's broken."

He said, "Now it's broken, indeed."

"You..."

Lian Yun froze, stiffly turning back, only to see a smile emerging on that scarred face, then suddenly felt a chill on his back.

Thud...

Blood spurted out, spiritual energies became disrupted, the blessing went out of control, the Matrix vibrated.

Under that blade, seemingly forged from a faint light, existing between being and non-being, his own defenses seemed nonexistent, utterly unresponsive.

Once the radiance of the blade permeated his body, it instantly spread, rushing through him, the tangible edge turning into invisible scattered particles, omnipresent, blocking the circulation and flow of spiritual essence, contaminating the blessings, and the Matrix's operation became increasingly difficult, losing responsiveness.

He opened his mouth, vomiting a vast amount of blood, convulsing, subconsciously trying to struggle.

Then he saw that the apprentice reached out again, conjuring a Bone Knife out of thin air.

And drove it into his own forehead.

After that, he could no longer move...

"Phew..."

Ji Jue wiped off his sweat, looked around the corridor where no one dared to enter, and sighed in relief.

[Flowing Light Blade], a consumable Blessed Creation contributed by Mr. Lou. Its form was similar to that of a dagger, with a blade handle topped by a blade that was phantom transparent, like flowing light.

In reality, it was a Crystal wrought by the transformation of spiritual substance.

Contained within was a blessing from the Heavenly Origin System called [Harmony Light Dust], whose original effect was to reduce conflicts between other blessings in the body, serving as a buffer to lessen the conflicts between self and rules.

After Master Kong's careful reformation, it had become an exceedingly vicious stealth weapon.

The Lou Family's Spiritual Shaping endowed the dagger's blade with a transformation, allowing it to approach invisibility to bypass the mechanisms of many defensive creations. Once it pierced the body, the spiritual matter disintegrated on its own, spreading the [Harmony Light Dust] blessing throughout the soul and body.

At that time, under the interference of Harmony Light Dust, the victim's consciousness—self, super-ego, and id—along with random thoughts would rapidly blur and intermingle. Meanwhile, the soul, body, Matrix, and blessing, overwhelmed several-fold, would lose their independence and be forcibly harmonized and overlapped.

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