Chapter 106: Code Resonance Under the Moonlit Swords

Shen Yan’s finger was still suspended mid-air, and as the droplet of blood fell into the Terminal Interface, Ye Zhao’s Sword Qi had already locked down the flow of Spiritual Energy throughout the entire room.

The air felt like frozen Code, so stagnant that even breathing seemed to Lag. Luo Li’s tail suddenly stiffened, her purple-red hair billowing without wind. Demon Power surged backward through her Meridians, yet it was sealed within her limbs and body by a layer of Sword Intent as cold as ice crystals.

“Are you here to help, or to kill?” Shen Yan’s voice was soft, yet it struck the silence like a forcibly executed Command.

Ye Zhao did not move, the Frost Soul Sword held horizontally before her chest, its tip still aimed at the space between his eyebrows. “Demonic Energy does not lie,” she said, her gaze cold enough to split mountains. “And you—just now, you used your blood to Refactor the entire building’s Data structure.”

“That’s called maintenance,” Shen Yan wiped the corner of his mouth. “Not intrusion.”

Before his words faded, the Terminal suddenly flashed with red light: 【Warning! Three Shadow Erosion Assassins are breaking through the outer Firewall. Distance: ninety meters, eighty meters, sixty meters…】

The Countdown hammered against everyone’s nerves like a heartbeat.

Luo Li gritted her teeth. “Do you still want to wait for them to come in and test your DNA?”

Shen Yan raised his hand, the blood on his palm not yet dry, and directly tapped open a Floating black-and-green Interface in the air. “You want proof? I’ll run an analysis Program for you right now.”

His fingertip traced through the air, and a string of bloody Runes unfolded in the void, transforming into a three-dimensional Data array. He bit his fingertip, injecting fresh blood into the Formation Eye. The System immediately generated a dynamic report—【Energy source scan completed: Detected residual exogenous Demonic Energy, not actively absorbed. Contamination level: mild. Source match: remnants from the haunted house battle in Chapter 102】.

“See clearly?” He stared at Ye Zhao. “I’m not a Devil Clan spy. I got caught up in this mess because I happened to save a Half-Demon Princess while being hunted by your Mystic Gate.”

A flicker passed through Ye Zhao’s eyes.

At that moment, the wall exploded with a deafening crash!

Three Dark Shadows smashed through the bricks and charged in, Talisman Spells flipping in their hands as they lunged straight for the Terminal’s core Node. Their movements were perfectly synchronized, like Puppets controlled by the same piece of Code.

“Interference-type Talisman Patterns!” Shen Yan’s pupils contracted. “Their target is to sever my connection with the System!”

He instinctively tried to retreat but found his body frozen—Ye Zhao’s Sword Qi had not yet withdrawn, and Luo Li was also sealed in place by the ice.

At the critical moment, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the hilt of the Frost Soul Sword!

“Have you gone mad?!” Ye Zhao exclaimed in shock and anger.

But in the next second, an abrupt change occurred.

The Terminal erupted with golden light: 【Detected high-purity ice Spiritual Root Energy. Initiate compatibility mode?】

Shen Yan did not hesitate to tap “Yes.”

In an instant, a surge of cold energy flowed through the sword hilt into his Meridians, actually Resonating with his Source Code Spiritual Root. The programming Interface in his mind automatically switched to dual-track mode: on the left was his Code Flow, while on the right appeared a chain of Runes condensed from Ye Zhao’s Sword Intent.

“So Sword Cultivator energy can also be Compiled…” he murmured. “Isn’t this just an API Interface?”

His fingers flew swiftly as he wrote 【Sword Qi Data Protocol】 in the air, transforming the Frost Soul Sword’s cold energy into a schedulable energy package, weaving it into a binary light net that covered the entire room.

The first wave of assassins had just taken a step forward when the floor beneath their feet suddenly surfaced with a grid of Code. Their entire bodies began to fragment and dissipate from the feet upward, as if forcibly deleted by the System.

“What kind of spell is this?!?” The second person retreated violently, slamming a talisman spell onto the ground.

But Shen Yan had already anticipated it, sneering coldly: “Your talisman’s trigger logic is too outdated.”

He invoked a reverse analysis module, instantly cracking the opponent’s talisman pattern encryption method, and injected a recursive dead loop command in reverse. That person’s talisman paper spontaneously combusted, exploding into ashes along with the person and the spell.

Seeing the situation unfavorable, the third person turned to flee.

“Want to run?” Shen Yan’s eyes flashed with a sharp light, “Don’t forget, I now have administrator permission.”

He clasped his hands together and shouted lowly: “Double-track parallel slash program—initiate!”

The Frost Soul Sword flew from his hand, tracing a silver arc in the air. Simultaneously, invisible code sword shadows followed closely behind, both crisscrossing and rotating, forming a high-speed cutting matrix. Moonlight shone through the window, illuminating a storm of light blades woven from sword qi and data streams.

The assassin hadn’t even turned back before his body was sliced apart mid-air, fragments falling like snowflakes, turning into scorched code dust upon landing.

The battle ended.

Only heavy panting remained in the room.

Shen Yan knelt on one knee, sweat dripping from his forehead, blood trickling again from his mouth. Forcing the fusion of the sword cultivator system consumed mental power far beyond expectations; now his mind felt like someone had poured a pot of boiling code soup into it.

Ye Zhao slowly withdrew her sword, her gaze falling on his trembling hand.

“Your code… can actually carry a sword heart?” Her tone finally softened.

“It’s not that the code can carry it.” Shen Yan looked up, grinning with blood-stained teeth, “It’s that you allowed it to run.”

The ice sealing Luo Li’s body now cracked and shattered. She shook her wrist, her fox tail sweeping to shield Shen Yan: “Hey, silver-haired sister, could you give a notice before sealing someone next time?”

Ye Zhao ignored her, instead walking to the terminal, watching the still flowing blue-gold dual-colored code: “The protocol you just wrote… can still be optimized.”

“Oh?” Shen Yan raised an eyebrow, “You understand programming?”

“No.” She said calmly, “But I understand swords. Your path algorithm is too rigid; the slash angle is missing by 3.7 degrees, wasting thirty percent of its power.”

Shen Yan froze for two seconds, then suddenly laughed: “Alright, the chief of Sword Sect also does performance tuning?”

“Less nonsense.” Ye Zhao extended a finger, lightly tapping in the air. A strand of sword qi condensed into a fine thread, injecting into the terminal interface, “Input this encoding as a verification key.”

Shen Yan nodded, also extending his hand. Their fingertips almost touched as they jointly pressed the confirmation key.

Instantly, the blue-gold dual-colored code slowly merged. The hotel’s data cube stabilized again, wall cracks automatically repaired, and monitoring nodes fully restarted.

System notice: 【Building defense protocol upgraded to v2.0, new sword qi coordination module added】.

“Now it’s safe.” Shen Yan leaned against the wall, panting, “At least for ten minutes, no one can sneak in silently.”

Luo Li crouched down, checking the wound on his arm, cursing softly: “What’s with showing off? You almost crashed yourself.”

“Worth it.” Shen Yan narrowed his eyes, “Not only unlocked a new function, but also got a certain aloof sword cultivator to acknowledge my technical skill.”

Ye Zhao glanced at him coldly: “I only temporarily recognize your operation as compliant.”

“Ah, this is called saying one thing but meaning another.” Luo Li rolled her eyes, “Clearly, just now your eyes were sparkling when looking at him.”

“Shut up.” Ye Zhao turned to leave but paused. “That protocol you wrote… keep a copy.”

“Want to copy my homework?” Shen Yan chuckled. “Fine, but on one condition.”

“Speak.”

“Next time you plan to act, give me a heads-up. Don’t make me feel like an NPC getting ganged up on.”

Ye Zhao fell silent for a moment, then gave an almost imperceptible nod.

Just then, the Terminal vibrated again.

【Warning: Abnormal Signal Reflux Detected. Source points to—carving of the character ‘Dream’ inside the right ear of the toy bear.】

【Hidden folder activated. Content Decryption progress: 1%.】

Shen Yan’s expression shifted.

He still remembered that worn-out toy bear—his only companion at age seven, and the soul trap set by Ye Shi’er.

And now, it had awakened.

“What’s wrong?” Luo Li noticed his troubled expression.

Shen Yan didn’t answer, his eyes fixed on the slowly pulsing progress bar on the screen.

Ye Zhao stepped closer for a look and frowned slightly. “This Encryption method… it resembles the inscriptions on the ancient Celestial Clan steles.”

“Which means this thing has quite the background,” Shen Yan murmured. “And it choosing to Initiate now is no coincidence.”

Luo Li suddenly grabbed his wrist. “You’re not thinking of opening it now, are you?”

“I don’t want to,” Shen Yan said with a bitter smile. “But I’m afraid it might open itself.”

The three fell silent.

Outside the window, the moonlight shone brightly, casting a faint glow on the Frost Soul Sword. The Code on the Terminal continued to flow like an endless river of Data.

Shen Yan raised his hand, preparing to forcibly terminate the Decryption Process.

But just as he was about to click cancel—

The progress bar abruptly jumped to 100%.

The screen flashed, displaying a line of text:

“Brother, you’ve finally come back.”

(End of Chapter)