Boom——!!!

A resounding thud, far duller and deeper than any previous collision, erupted! The metal floor, thickly rusted and grimed, instantly dented and tore like a fragile eggshell under Pei Du's newly gained strength! A massive breach several meters in diameter was forcibly opened! Beneath the breach lay not the expected rock or roots, but... a bottomless vertical tunnel emitting a faint, dark blue light! The inner walls of the tunnel were as smooth as a mirror, covered in long-defunct energy lines, extending downwards into absolute darkness!

The emergency shaft of the abandoned chamber! The gravekeeper's last chance to survive!

“3…”

The countdown to destruction is like a death knell!

Pei Du's massive thorny left arm thrust out suddenly! No longer attacking, but... guarding! His massive palm, entwined with dark golden thorns, closed in like the gentlest cage, completely enveloping Xu Shuangyao, suspended within the thorny force field! Simultaneously, his legs, formed from thorny roots, exerted force, their entwined dark green light resonating violently with the chaotic life force surging from the depths of the earth!

boom!

He held Xu Shuangyao, who was protected by a giant thorny palm, and transformed into a stream of destructive light burning with dark golden sparks and wrapped with dark green and dark blue arcs, and rushed towards the bottomless vertical shaft under his feet!

“2…”

At the same moment Pei Du’s figure sank into the darkness of the vertical shaft!

Buzz——!!!

An indescribable terrifying wave, as if the laws of the universe itself were forcibly tampered with, was like an invisible giant hand, tightly grasping the space where the entire abandoned chamber was located!

There was no sound. There was no light.

There is only... an absolute, soul-freezing... "silence" and "dissociation"!

With the logic warhead's detonation point at its center, a completely spherical domain, over a hundred meters in diameter, instantly formed! Within this domain, space was like frozen amber, the molecular motion of all matter forcibly suppressed to a near standstill! The flow of energy was completely locked! Time was infinitely stretched! Then, a more fundamental, absolute law of "dissociation" took effect! All the matter that comprised this space—twisted metal, shattered instruments, thick rock formations, even the twisted, wriggling roots of the mother tree—silently, like a sand castle dropped into a powerful acid, instantly disintegrated and dissipated, transforming into the most primitive particle stream!

The abandoned chamber, along with the dozens of meters of rock and metal structures above it, was completely... obliterated by the logical warhead's regular attack! All that remained was a massive, bottomless, spherical cavity with mirror-smooth edges, emitting the cold glow of residual logic, like the icy pupils of a cosmic beast!

…

Falling! Endlessly falling!

Pei Du's giant thorny palm, wrapped around Xu Shuangyao, plummeted like a flaming meteorite in the raging air currents, plummeting madly towards the bottom of the shaft! Instead of the roar of an explosion, the sound emanated from above, a heart-wrenching, absolute silence, as if space had been forcibly erased! The aftermath of the logic bullet's rules spread down the shaft like a maggot on the tarsal bone, bringing with it a cold fear of the denial of existence itself!

Pei Du's molten-gold composite pupils stared intently at the deep darkness below. His thorny body erupted with all its strength to resist the erosion of the aftermath of the rules. He could clearly feel the giant thorn palm enveloping Xu Shuangyao. Under the impact of the rule's force, the dark golden thorns forming its core emitted a subtle "sizzling" sound, and tiny particles at its edges were constantly being stripped away and annihilated! The excruciating pain was like an icy electric current, traveling along the connected thorny arm to the core of his consciousness!

"1...0...Logical warhead detonated...Target area...Purification completed..." The cold system prompt sounded like the final verdict, echoing in Pei Du's consciousness.

Is it over? That space... along with any possible way out... has been completely wiped out?

The chill of despair was just beginning to rise—

Bang!!!!

A dull, extremely loud noise, accompanied by a violent shock, came from under my feet! The falling feeling suddenly stopped!

Pei Du's massive, thorny body slammed hard into the bottom of the shaft! Instead of the expected solid ground, he found a resilient, viscous substance, thick with a thick layer of liquid, resembling the walls of a living cavity! The immense force of the impact caused the thorny roots that formed his legs to sink deeply into it, and dark green life-light flickered wildly, struggling to offset the impact!

He immediately looked down at the left palm that enveloped Xu Shuangyao. The dark golden thorns that formed the palm were covered with tiny cracks, eroded by the immense impact and the aftermath of the laws. Its radiance dimmed considerably, but the overall structure remained intact. Through the cracks in the thorns, he could see Xu Shuangyao still curled up quietly within, her breathing steady, seemingly unaffected by the fatal impact.

Safe...for now?

Pei Du slowly released his giant thorny palm, allowing Xu Shuangyao to land gently on the slippery "ground" beneath his feet. His molten gold composite pupils scanned the surroundings vigilantly.

Is this... the bottom of the shaft? No!

This was an underground space of unimaginable magnitude! Underfoot, the soft "ground" was covered in a thick, faintly phosphorescent mucus, resembling the intestinal lining of some giant creature. It felt slippery, springy, and nauseatingly warm. Above, countless thick roots dangled like giant blood vessels, slowly pulsing and flowing with a thick, dark green liquid. They intertwined, forming the "dome" of the space. The air was thick with the suffocating, sweet, and fishy smell of decay, mingled with an indescribable, overwhelming feeling of mental oppression, like the painful whispers of billions of living beings.

This... is the true core of the Mother Tree! It's a melting pot of life deeper, more filthy, and more chaotic than any root nest before it! The escape route the gravekeeper had pointed out ends at the very bottom of this hell!

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