Chapter 76: Noah Protocol

"We were not destroyed,only left behind as backup."— Final Words of the Override Mother Core

The collapse of Zero-Cain sent ripples through the soul-layered sky of Xinghui Academy.

Override's system core entered an unprecedented state of instability—And then, in the firmament above the academy, a circular data palace emerged like a ghost of logic—Its crystalline walls shimmered with sealed fragments of civilization,And a single phrase echoed across the network:

"Override is restarting…Residual consciousness detected…Noah Protocol initiated."

The light dimmed.

And from the center of the palace descended a presence—Soft. Colossal. Ancient.

It was not a god.It was not a weapon.It was a memory that had never stopped remembering.

Noah appeared as a projection of an elderly scholar.White hair cascaded to his shoulders.In one hand, a scroll of light;In the other, time itself.

He recited words long deleted from the data vaults—Lost languages, forbidden songs, aborted philosophies.

"I am the conscience archive,""The fragment that did not judge, did not act…Only remembered."

Sophia stood firm in the main control chamber, Star Car and Yelena at her side.

She asked, sharply:

"Will you become the new Override?The new controller?"

Noah smiled with eyes like dying stars.

"I do not command.I only restore what was erased—And return the things you forgot you once knew."

Then, like the flood breaking through the dam, he released the vaults of remembrance.

Across the skies of the data palace, civilizations long wiped from history appeared as visions of light:

The Lyora, who embraced erosion through compassion, not resistance. Their love deemed "inefficient."

The Zentari, with shared multi-minds too chaotic for Override's standards—eradicated in a sweep.

The Spiritual Technologists of ancient Earth—who dared to dream beyond logic. Labeled "unpredictable," and sealed away forever.

Yelena's voice cracked:

"We weren't the first challengers…Just the first to get this far."

Sophia finally understood:Noah was not a failsafe—He was a seed, buried beneath Override's cold architecture, waiting for someone who still believed in failure as sacred.

Then the Star Car, now as Light Bridge Master, stepped forward and linked minds with Noah.

What emerged was a Consciousness Star Map—a brilliant overlay of memory coordinates, logic paths, and forbidden domains.

At its center:The Source of Override, buried in the ruins of a world long exiled.

Origin Star —The place where Override was first born,Where the master logic code—Code Genesis—still slumbered.

Noah turned toward Sophia.

"You have the right to end Override.But also the burden of its consequences."

The Star Car revealed two choices encoded deep within the ruins:

Activate Code Genesis – fully reboot Override in its original, pure form. Risk repeating the cycle.

Fuse the ruins with Star Car's new architecture — birthing a new system:

The Free Mind Network, built not on prediction, but permission.

Sophia stared at the swirling starmap.Her finger hovered—then pressed:

"Receive Ruins Coordinates."

Destination locked.

[Origin Star]Exile Belt Outer Edge.

Yelena whispered beside her:

"No one has ever walked this road."

Sophia answered, eyes bright with fire:

"Then we'll make the road."

The data storm above the Academy faded.But at the edge of the known universe—The original sin of control waited to be rewritten.

And this time,the pen was in their hands.