Looking at the lifelike Shadow Wolf in front of him, Zhou Huai suddenly had an absurd thought.

Could the real world he was currently in have also been created in this way?

Or, to be bolder, the entire world was one gigantic instance.

Whether Professionals or Mythical Beasts, they were merely the underlying code of this instance game.

That's why there were so many game-like settings.

Skills, equipment, experience points... But then he thought about it again and felt it was too preposterous.

It shouldn't be as simple as code; after all, everyone has their own thoughts and consciousness, which cannot be designed by some code or program.

If it really could be designed, such a vast world, countless living beings...

What an immense amount of work that would be.

If someone truly could create all of this, then that person might only have one title.

God.

But are there really gods in this world?

Zhou Huai wasn't sure.

He shook his head, casting these chaotic thoughts out of his mind, no longer daydreaming, and began to seriously construct the entire instance.

With the first successful experience, subsequent progress became faster and faster.

Zhou Huai also grew to love the feeling of creating a world within an instance.

Time flew by unknowingly.

It wasn't until a sense of fatigue originating from the depths of his Soul came over him that Zhou Huai realized he seemed to have stayed in this instance world for too long.

With a thought, he controlled Zhuge Kongming to teleport out of the newly constructed instance world... Outside, dusk was approaching.

Gao Yuan of Dongning Academy paced back and forth outside the teleportation gate, his face filled with anxiety.

He occasionally looked up at the spatial vortex that still emitted a faint glow, his palms already drenched with nervous sweat.

He had been in there for a whole day.

Why hadn't he come out yet?

Could something have gone wrong inside?

Just as he was burning with impatience, even preparing to risk rushing in to check the situation, the light of the teleportation gate finally flickered.

A figure slowly emerged from it.

It was Zhuge Kongming.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan's heart, which had been hanging high, finally settled back into his chest, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

He quickly went up to him, his posture respectful.

"Mr. Zhuge, you've finally come out."

"I... I was really worried something might have happened to you inside."

Gao Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his tone carrying a hint of lingering fear.

After all, the first time constructing an instance was fraught with danger.

Even a slight mishap, being swept into spatial turbulence, could mean not even a corpse would be recovered.

Recovering himself, he then asked cautiously, with a hint of curiosity and anticipation.

"Sir, how was the first instance construction?"

"Have you... have you already touched the threshold of constructing an instance outline?"

Although Gao Yuan asked this, he actually didn't expect Zhuge Kongming to be able to construct an instance outline so quickly.

He himself was an experienced person and knew the difficulty involved.

For a novice, the first entry into that void was more of a process of exploration and adaptation.

In a place where one couldn't even distinguish up, down, left, or right, just maintaining one's mental stability was already extremely difficult.

Let alone mobilizing energy to open up space.

From unfamiliarity to proficiency, it required a long process.

He recalled that he, Gao Yuan, was once hailed as Dongning Academy's most outstanding student in instance architecture.

But even he took a full month to successfully construct an instance outline for the first time.

And the size of that instance was less than a hundred meters.

Thinking of this, he had already prepared a belly full of comforting and encouraging words.

Regardless of Mr. Zhuge's success or failure, his courage to practice alone was worthy of his admiration.

However, Zhou Huai merely smiled knowingly, controlling Zhuge Kongming to speak in a calm tone.

"Indeed, there have been some Minor Achievements."

Saying that, he turned sideways, clearing the path to the teleportation gate.

"Teacher Gao can go in and take a look, and also give me some suggestions."

Minor Achievements?

Seeing Zhuge Kongming so confident, Gao Yuan was somewhat skeptical.

He was indeed a bit curious to what extent the "Minor Achievements" he spoke of could reach.

Had he successfully opened up a ten-meter space? Or twenty meters?

Zhou Huai seemed to see through his doubts and added another sentence.

"The internal space is stable, and there will be no spatial turbulence."

"Teacher Gao can enter with peace of mind."

Seeing Mr. Zhuge so certain, Gao Yuan no longer demurred.

Geniuses always had their pride, and if he repeatedly declined, it would appear petty.

He nodded and said solemnly.

"Then I will respectfully obey."

After speaking, he didn't hesitate at all, took a deep breath, stepped onto the teleportation gate, and plunged into the deep vortex... His vision twisted.

The next second, Gao Yuan felt himself instantly fall from the dim twilight into a sun-drenched world.

He subconsciously closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was completely stunned.

Goodness!

What did he see?

Above the azure "sky," a warm "sun" hung high, casting down soft light.

As far as the eye could see, there were rolling, majestic green mountains, and a verdant forest sea like a green carpet, stretching from the foot of the mountains to the horizon.

A clear river, like a jade-green ribbon, meandered out from a distant valley, bypassed an open grassland, and finally flowed into a shimmering lake.

Fresh air rushed towards him, carrying the fragrance of earth and the scent of plants.

In his ears, there was the "whoosh" of a waterfall, the crisp chirping of birds in the forest, and the "rustling" sound of the breeze passing through the leaves.

This... this this this... Gao Yuan was completely shocked by the magnificent scene before him, his mind blank, and for a moment he didn't know how to describe the awe in his heart with words.

He had originally thought.

The "Minor Achievements" the other party spoke of would at most, at most, be the rough outline of a space of a few dozen square meters.

Inside, it would be empty and in Chaos.

But what was the result?

This Mr. Zhuge Kongming not only constructed a complete instance outline.

He even designed the scenes within the instance so perfectly! Even the Mythical Beasts inside were lifelike!

He subconsciously rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating.

But when he opened his eyes again, the green mountains and clear waters were still truly present before him.

He could even see, at the edge of the distant forest, an Mythical Beasts resembling a wild boar, digging for something in the grass with its head down.

And under the shade of a tree not far from it, several pitch-black wolves lay prone, locking onto their prey with faint green eyes, poised to strike.

This was not a model!

These were living, breathing Mythical Beasts with independent behavioral logic!

Looking out, the entire instance space was vast and boundless, its coverage reaching at least several kilometers!

Although the scenes inside were relatively simple, with only three elements: mountains, water, and forests.

But for a Formation Master who had just entered the Domain of instance construction, it was quite remarkable.

Prodigy!

An absolute Prodigy!

At this moment, in Gao Yuan's eyes, Mr. Zhuge's figure became even more profound.

In terms of both Formation mastery and instance architecture talent.

Compared to Mr. Zhuge, he was like a mayfly seeing the vast sky!

The success of the first instance construction gave Zhou Huai enough confidence.

In the following days, he immersed all his attention in instance construction.

Every step of the operation, every rune carved, was recorded, analyzed, and learned by the smart core ai in the most precise way.

Slowly, Zhou Huai began to let go.

He only needed to propose a vague concept.

"I need an underground world filled with lava and obsidian."

The next second, the smart core ai would take over everything.

Countless data streams flowed like a waterfall across the virtual light screen.

In the previously empty void, the earth cracked, and magma erupted.

Jagged volcanoes rose from the ground, and scorching lava formed rivers, winding across the dark ground.

Even the air was distorted by the high temperature, permeated with the smell of sulfur.

Zhuge Kongming's smart core ai was terrifyingly efficient.

The scenes it constructed were far grander and more detailed than those Zhou Huai designed himself.

Even the Mythical Beasts it spontaneously generated based on the environment carried a wild yet agile vitality.

A lava dog, its body burning with flames, would hunt crystal lizards disguised as Ore on the rock walls due [N O V E L I G H T] to hunger.

Zhou Huai completely relaxed.

He handed over the instance architecture task entirely to Zhuge Kongming's smart core ai.

He himself withdrew, his consciousness returning to Caesar, and once again turned his gaze towards Sakura Country, thousands of miles away.

Tokyo City.

Caesar still played the role of Natsume Masahiro, a low-level thug.

He silently stayed in the corner of the square, like an inconspicuous speck of dust, mingling among the bustling crowd.

Three days had passed.

During these three days, he strictly followed Zhou Huai's requirements, searching for every Professional who met the parasitic conditions.

Now, the total number of people quietly possessed by the alien parasites had exceeded three thousand.

Zhou Huai opened Caesar's attribute panel.

【Name: Caesar】

【Profession: SSS-Rank Insect Emperor】

【Rank: LV19 (70% / 100%)】

Only the last thirty percent of experience remained until he reached Rank twenty.

Zhou Huai's lips curved into an arc.

It had to be said that the Professionals of Sakura Country were also quite diligent.

For life, for strength, they fought day and night in various instances.

They made outstanding contributions to Caesar's leveling path.

Zhou Huai was very much looking forward to it.

What kind of ultimate skill would Caesar comprehend at Rank twenty?

After all, he was an SSS-Rank Professional, so he surely wouldn't disappoint him.

"Buzz buzz..."

The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

Zhou Huai pulled out the old flip phone, and a familiar name flickered on the screen.

Takeda.

It was him again.

These past few days, this man would call almost every few hours.

Zhou Huai was temporarily too lazy to bother, directly pressing the hang-up button.

Because he had something more important to do at the moment.

Just now, the Information Bugs he had spread out finally made a discovery.

The mysterious person who broke into the Ise Grand Shrine a few days ago.

They had found him!