At her feet, a box of metal parts filled with tiny, precise screws was suddenly pushed by this invisible force!

Clang! Crash ...

A sharp, ear-piercing metallic clang suddenly exploded! A whole box of parts flew out like a shower of flowers, screws, bearings, and shiny metal pieces raining down on the cold floor of the testing room, clattering and rolling everywhere!

One corner of the box hit the technician's raised foot squarely.

"Ouch—!!!" The technician let out a pig-like scream, jumping up from his chair as if electrocuted, his glasses almost flying off. He clutched his foot, hopping around in pain, his face contorted.

At the same time, the dense network of cables connecting Jiang Chan to the testing platform was suddenly pulled by her out-of-control right arm!

*Pfft!* *Crack!*

Several thinner wires snapped instantly! Sparks burst from the broken ends! The thicker connectors also emitted a piercing metallic scraping sound, causing the testing platform to shake.

Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—!

All the alarms in the testing room went off instantly! The ear-piercing buzzing screamed wildly, ten times louder than the noise from the workshop outside! The rows of indicator lights on the wall flashed wildly, red, yellow, and green, dazzling the eyes.

The main control screen was completely bright, with large red warning boxes popping up frantically, instantly squeezing out the previously stable data charts!

[WARNING! Subject D-734 has experienced a violent energy leak!]

[WARNING! Testing station connection ports 3, 5, and 7 are physically damaged!]

[WARNING! Local electromagnetic interference levels exceed acceptable limits!]

[WARNING! Device overload! System stability degraded!]

"My foot! My equipment!" The technician, in pain and rage, hopped around, cursing, staring at the mess and the flickering screen, his eyes practically bleeding. "D-734! You piece of junk! I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

He lunged at the control panel in a fit of rage, his fingers trembling as he tried to press the emergency cut-off button.

Just then!

Woo-woo—! Woo-woo—! Woo-woo—!

A deeper, louder buzzing sound pierced through the sharp alarm in the testing room, faintly coming from outside the empty corridor, like a giant beast awakening!

As Jiang Chan lay on the testing table, the cold, robotic notification sound in her mind rang out almost simultaneously:

[WARNING! Massive synchronization of the central database has begun! Data deluge countdown: 10 seconds! 9 seconds! ...]

[Virus Symbiosis Task: Execution Window Open!]

[Forced connection detected: Neural interface deep binding in progress... Environment meets expected interference conditions!]

[The executable is loading... Preparing for implantation!]

Now!

Jiang Chan abruptly closed her eyes! Ignoring the throbbing pain in her right arm bones, ignoring the technician's stomping and cursing, she focused all her willpower on her mind!

Initiate! Collaborative overload!

The moment the command was given, all the "bombs" that had been planted inside her body were detonated simultaneously!

Buzz—!

The visual sensor was the first to malfunction! The scene was already blurry from the hazard lights, and now it was a complete vortex of light pollution! Red, green, blue, yellow—all sorts of colors were swirling together wildly, flashing, twisting, stretching, and deforming!

The edges of her vision were filled with flickering, glaring static! The entire testing room appeared to her as a kaleidoscope constantly dissolving and reforming! Even the enraged technician became a distorted, blurry patch of color!

Immediately afterwards!

Sizzle—sizzle—!

The auditory receptors in my ears emitted an extremely sharp whistling sound! It felt like countless steel needles were churning inside my brain! And that wasn't all; the whistling sound was mixed with intermittent, arrhythmic electronic noise—beep beep, crackle—whoosh—like a group of out-of-control machines howling!

The technician's angry shouts were completely drowned out, leaving only this hellish noise that could drive anyone mad!

[Visual prosthetic overload 120%!]

[Auditory prosthesis overloaded by 135%!]

[Neural interface overhead...Warning!]

[Spinal Energy Core...Warning! Overflowing!]

The system's cold alarms flashed wildly in her field of vision! Her body felt like it had been thrown into a pressure cooker! Every bone in her body was creaking and groaning! The bionic lung in her chest was like a broken bellows, pumping desperately and emitting a dying scream! A sweet, metallic taste shot straight into her throat!

But what's even more terrifying is the loss of control over the energy! She could clearly feel that the cheap energy core in her chest was like a red-hot iron, its temperature soaring! Unstable, chaotic electromagnetic fluctuations were gushing out of her body uncontrollably!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

On the testing platform, several indicator light bulbs near her body suddenly exploded! Glass shards flew everywhere! The overhead lights also began to flicker wildly, and the voltage became extremely unstable! The invisible electromagnetic wave spread out like ripples on water, sweeping across the main control screen of the console that the technician had just lunged at.

Sizzle—!!!!

The frantic red alert on the main screen suddenly jerked! Snowflakes flashed wildly! Then, with a "snap," the screen went completely black! Only a few faint power lights remained at the edge of the screen.