"The Kunlun System for mobile phones has been successfully developed."
Jarvis's cold, mechanical voice echoed through the small rented apartment.
Lu Xingye, who had just finished pouring himself a glass of warm water, froze mid-movement.
"…Say that again."
"The Kunlun System has completed full compilation, debugging, and internal testing," Jarvis repeated calmly.
"All core modules are stable. System integrity is at 99.97%."
The glass in Lu Xingye's hand trembled slightly.
Even though he had absolute trust in Jarvis, when these words were actually spoken aloud, his heart still skipped a beat.
It was done.
A mobile operating system.
Not a demo.
Not a framework.
Not a half-finished experimental product.
But a complete, independently operable system.
Lu Xingye slowly put the glass down and walked toward Tony's computer.
"Open the system interface," he said.
The screen lit up.
Gone were the familiar Android boot logos or the minimalist Apple-style animations. Instead, a deep, restrained interface appeared—mountain silhouettes layered like ink wash paintings, clouds drifting slowly across the screen.
At the center—
Two ancient characters appeared, heavy and solemn.
[昆仑]
Kunlun.
The legendary ancestral mountain of Kyushu mythology.
The axis of heaven and earth.
The source of all paths.
Lu Xingye stared at the screen for a long time before exhaling slowly.
"Explain," he said.
Jarvis responded immediately.
"Kunlun is a universal mobile operating system."
"It does not rely on Android's virtual machine nor iOS's closed kernel."
"I reconstructed a hybrid compatibility layer at the kernel level. Android applications and iOS applications can both run natively after dynamic translation and optimization."
"In addition, Kunlun supports adaptive UI reconstruction, allowing software originally designed for different systems to achieve near-native performance."
Lu Xingye's breathing unconsciously quickened.
This wasn't just compatible.
This was devouring.
"Performance?" he asked.
Jarvis paused for 0.03 seconds.
"Under identical hardware conditions, Kunlun's average response speed exceeds Android by 41.6% and iOS by 27.3%."
"Battery consumption is reduced by 18% compared to Android and 11% compared to iOS."
"System permission architecture is fully reconstructed. No background process can access user data without explicit authorization."
"From a security perspective, Kunlun currently has no known exploit vectors."
Lu Xingye laughed softly.
A low, uncontrollable laugh.
"No exploit vectors…"
That sentence alone was enough to make any cybersecurity expert lose sleep.
"Lao Jia," he said, leaning back against the table, "be honest with me."
"Yes, Boss."
"Right now… is there any mobile operating system in this world that can fight Kunlun head-on?"
Jarvis answered without hesitation.
"No."
"Whether in performance, compatibility, security, or scalability—there is currently no competitor."
Lu Xingye closed his eyes.
For a moment, images flashed through his mind.
Apple's closed ecosystem.
Google's Android alliance.
Countless manufacturers, countless developers, all forced to choose sides.
And now—
A third mountain had risen.
Not standing between them.
But standing above them.
After calming down, Lu Xingye straightened up.
"Package a developer preview version," he said.
"Prepare documentation and a basic SDK."
"Yes."
"I want a demo device."
"Using existing hardware?" Jarvis asked.
Lu Xingye thought for a moment.
"Use a standard Android phone. No hardware advantage."
"If Kunlun can still crush them under the same conditions," he added calmly,
"then no one will be able to deny it."
Jarvis processed the instruction.
"Understood."
"System transplantation will be completed within thirty minutes."
Lu Xingye nodded.
He walked to the window and looked out.
The campus outside was quiet. Students came and went, completely unaware that, in a small rented apartment nearby, the rules of the mobile world had already been rewritten.
Apple didn't know.
Google didn't know.
Neither did Kyushu's regulators, nor the global tech giants.
They were still arguing about market shares, still optimizing UI animations, still patching vulnerabilities one by one.
They had no idea—
A system had been born that didn't plan to compete.
It planned to replace.
Lu Xingye clenched his left hand slightly.
Beneath his skin, the circular tattoo remained dull gray.
Silent.
Restrained.
Just like Kunlun itself.
It would not roar at birth.
It would simply stand there.
And when the world finally noticed—
There would be nowhere left to retreat.