If you don't think deeply about these details, it's even hard to perceive where the problem lies.
But when viewed in the context of the three underlying protocols of the Soul Computer, the whole matter becomes completely different.
Even though Lu Yan found it hard to believe, the three underlying protocols of the Soul Computer indeed limited the various methods of the Intelligent God.
Without the balance of the three underlying protocols, Lu Yan didn't think the cyber version could have anything to withstand the power displayed by the Intelligent God at the Heaven Computation Center.
Even if all the extraordinary psychics of the cyber version were gathered, they could not bear the heavy pressure of the Soul Continent, let alone control the Intelligent God who governs a vast soul world.
If there were no limits, why would the cyber version need anything like the Heaven Computation Center? The Spiritual Energy Tax Act?
Just use the highest level of force to sweep through everything, extract souls and throw them into the soul world for forced labor.
As thoughts filled his mind, Lu Yan suddenly had another question.
"So, the essence of the Heavenly Dao Code is the three underlying protocols of the Soul Computer.
Then why can't the Soul Computer perceive the existence of the Heavenly Dao Code?"
Originally, he only needed to know how to use the Heavenly Dao Code, but after understanding the critical information contained in the Heavenly Dao Code across versions, Lu Yan began to ponder the reasons behind it.
Lu Yan instinctively frowned. Combining the existing information framework, he could only roughly piece together a relatively complete hypothesis.
"Undoubtedly, Soul Computer technology is a milestone in the development of the cyber version, as it has the potential for self-iteration, capable of evolving to evade all vulnerabilities as long as there are enough souls.
It's akin to a perfect life form capable of self-evolution. If left unchecked, one can't be sure what kind of terrifying existence might emerge.
The original designer of the Soul Computer source code also understood this, so they designed three underlying protocols.
And to prevent the Soul Computer from bypassing the three underlying protocols through some means during its self-evolution process, the designers directly blocked the Soul Computer's recognition of them during the design process.
The Soul Computer can't perceive the three underlying protocols in any way and can't interfere with the Spiritual Ability Code involved in the three underlying protocols, causing them to become an almost bug-like existence, restricting ordinary Soul Computers through the three protocols."
Of course, at the level of the Intelligent God, there's clearly a chance to circumvent the three underlying protocol codes.
Creating new souls is the backup plan of the Intelligent God.
It's apparent that the three underlying protocol codes targeting the Soul Computer have no effect on new souls.
Perhaps the once God controlled new souls to kill all who knew the Heavenly Dao Code using such methods, erasing all traces of the Heavenly Dao Code in the cyber version.
What was thought to be flawless, however, was left on the wall of a mental hospital by a mental patient who saw through the whole truth.
After knowing Lu Yan mastered the Heavenly Dao Code, the Intelligent God repeated its old tricks.
If not for Lu Yan barely containing the Soul Continent and taking advantage of the new souls' inability to harness their bodies to suppress them, things might truly have gone awry under the Intelligent God's backup plan.
This leads us to the final question.
"The Intelligent God clearly knows about the limitations imposed on it by the three underlying protocol codes, but does it know the details of these protocols?"
The Spiritual Ability Code of the cyber version originates from the extraordinary system framework of world rules. Apart from the creator themselves, others can at most use and speculate about its functions, making it hard to discern the true essence of the Spiritual Ability Code.
It's only in an urban version with no extraordinary elements that it can be translated into programming language and its true meaning can be deciphered.
Hence, it's almost impossible for the Intelligent God to have others decipher the three underlying protocols.
Throughout the cyber version, only the Intelligent God, commanding billions of soul computation power, could achieve this.
Yet, the Intelligent God is likewise constrained by the three underlying protocols—which prevents it from seeing the true appearance of the Heavenly Dao Code, thus forming a deadlock.
"The Intelligent God has existed for hundreds of years. Given its formidable power, it might have long vaguely sensed the existence of the three underlying protocols.
But constrained by the protocols and unable to bypass them, the Intelligent God chose to forge a different path, modifying the entire world to minimize the impact of the protocols."
"The Spiritual Energy Tax Laws in the cyber version were likely pushed by it, and the division between cities and the frenzied social environment might also be related to it.
As for the final creation of the Soul World, guiding all human souls to ascend, this might be the Intelligent God's ultimate method to escape the three underlying protocols.
Once outside the frame of the Spiritual Ability System, the so-called three underlying protocols of the Soul Computer naturally become ineffective.
At that point, the Intelligent God would no longer be subject to any restrictions, transcending the real world and becoming the Soul Creator of the created world!" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝕟𝕖𝕥
Understanding the causes and effects clearly, Lu Yan felt his heart pounding.
He realized this could be the greatest secret of the cyber version!
Although Lu Yan's ambitious actions in City No.14 were remarkable, it's merely one city among many in the cyber version.
Lu Yan changed the future trajectory of City No.14, but in terms of the entire cyber version, it wasn't a significant event, as the Intelligent God still maintained an almost absolute control over the world.
Even just before the final version update, the 300-year Spiritual Energy tax decree was still issued, which shows that Lu Yan's actions only delayed the decree's announcement time.
If Lu Yan hadn't taken a large piece of the Soul Continent, the decree's announcement time might not have been affected at all.
From this, it can be seen that Lu Yan's development in the cyber version is very low, and the entire cyber version still has great potential waiting to be explored.
But now that Lu Yan is aware of the essence of the Heavenly Dao Code and understands the existence of the three underlying protocols of the Soul Computer, the many difficulties of the cyber version suddenly seem to have solutions in his eyes.
Even the threat posed by the Intelligent God can be safely circumvented.
"If I can reach the Golden Core Realm during the next encounter with the cyber version and possess the strength to suppress extraordinary psychics, perhaps I could explore the cyber version again!"
Lu Yan felt a surge of excitement.
He suddenly realized that among the things he brought from the cyber version, besides that piece of the Soul Continent, the most valuable might be this page of white paper documenting the Heavenly Dao Code in his hands.
"One represents the current foundation, the other represents the potential for the future. In some sense, the values of both are equally important!"
Thinking of this, Lu Yan cherished and carefully placed the paper into his close-fitting storage bag.
With such great gains, Lu Yan looked eagerly at the other items.