However, in the final moment before its metal head completely turned to ashes, an extremely faint, yet extremely clear electronic sound fragment, carrying the last trace of logical instructions, like a final sound that spanned time and space, penetrated the hum of entropy and accurately transmitted to the falling Pei Du's helmet:

"Contamination... Core... Key... Entry... Final... Protocol..."

The sound stopped abruptly.

Along with the tattered dark silver shell, along with the dazzling yet doomed blue barrier, they were all completely swallowed up by the surging sticky darkness... annihilated, returning to the eternal, absolute... nothingness!

boom--!!!!

Pei Du's heavy steel body slammed like a meteorite onto the relatively hard, rust-covered ground at the edge of the basin! The immense force of the impact caused the thick armor covering his entire body to groan shrilly, and multiple internal structures sounded alarms! The excruciating pain from his neural connection port nearly caused him to faint instantly!

But he couldn't care less!

“Watcher——!!!”

A silent roar, a mixture of twisting metal, shattering stars, and endless sorrow, exploded deep within his core! He struggled, using his damaged alloy right leg and spastic alloy claws to support his heavy body. His helmet visor suddenly lifted up, staring intently at the hill of metal wreckage behind him!

There are no hills anymore.

There are no more watchers.

There is no blue barrier.

Nothing but pure darkness, as thick as ink, dead silent, constantly churning and wriggling! The darkness spread silently, devouring all debris, swamps, and even space itself in its path! It had just devoured the hill and the Watcher, and without a pause, like a relentless tide, it continued to surge towards the basin, towards the spot where he had fallen, towards the wreckage of the Ark, the symbol of the last hope... The distance was less than 500 meters! The aura of extinction, like an icy entity, strangled the throat of this space!

[The entropy field...intensity...is rising exponentially...!]

[Pollution core... Warning! Detected... High-dimensional will... Scanning...! ]

[Source… locked… the core of the Black Tide of Entropy…!]

[Judgment: Creator-level…pollution source…awakened…!]

[Escape! Enter... the Ark's core... the only... way out... countdown... 47 seconds...!]

Inside the helmet, the chilling alarm instantly transformed into a hysterical, piercing beep! His vision was completely overwhelmed by the crimson data stream! Simultaneously, an indescribable, cold, indifferent, terrifying pressure, carrying a will of pure destruction and formatting that transcended all things, like an invisible, immensely powerful hammer, fiercely penetrated the air, ignoring the thick armor and striking directly at Pei Du's transformed consciousness!

Buzz——!

Pei Du felt as if his head was being fiercely grasped and squeezed by an invisible giant hand! The remaining structure of the Starry Sky Law trembled and wailed wildly within the helmet! The dormant crimson key embers were stimulated by this terrifying will scan, jumping violently and bursting out with cold commands of resistance! And deeper inside, the dark red energy remnants forcibly suppressed by the dark blue life-sustaining fluid were like cold water thrown into boiling oil, instantly boiling and clashing violently! It was as if something equally ancient and terrifying, dormant within him, was awakened by this will scan from the depths of the entropy black tide...!

[Internal conflict...intensifies...!]

[Energy core...overload risk...!]

[An unknown will...is awakening...!]

The cold warning and the terrifying pressure from outside were intertwined, like two huge mountains, ready to completely crush Pei Du's remaining existence!

“Ugh, ahhhhhhh!” Pei Du roared in agony! His molten-gold pupils shrank wildly behind his dark red crystal visor, reflecting the surging extinction darkness ahead, the indescribable, icy “sight” that seemed to slowly open from the depths of the darkness, and the dark entrance behind him, like the throat of a giant beast!

No choice! No way out!

Escape! Enter the Ark Core!

The instinct for survival and the pride of the stars, under the grinding pressure of the Creator-level, burst into a final burst of light! Pei Du no longer cared about the explosion alarm of the hydraulic transmission in his right leg, the excruciating pain of the nerve connection, and the violent conflicting energy in his body!

"Move... for me!!"

A hysterical roar came from his soul! He used all his willpower to forcefully drive this steel body on the verge of collapse!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Heavy footsteps exploded wildly in the silent basin! With every step, the rust-covered metal ground groaned under the weight! The broken hydraulic pipe in the right leg spurted out a dark blue life-sustaining fluid, like flowing blood! The alloy claws on the left arm dug deep into the ground, providing additional thrust! With a nearly self-destructive attitude, the heavy body rushed towards the dark arched entrance ahead...a desperate sprint!

Behind him, a thick, black tide of entropy, like the shadow of death, pursued him relentlessly! The darkness spread faster than Pei Du's heavy sprint! The folds of space devoured like grotesque waves, constantly eroding the ground behind him! He could feel the cold, creator-level will of extinction, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, locking onto his back with a cat-and-mouse-like, cold, playful, and absolutely controlling indifference!

Three hundred meters to the entrance!

The darkness behind him was less than a hundred meters away from his heels! The folds of space's distortion had already touched the mud spots he had kicked up as he ran, and the mud spots instantly turned into gray dust!

[Warning! External entropy erosion...touching the protective layer...!]

[Leg armor…Law inertia…Acceleration…!]

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