"Successful?! Lin Mo... connected!" Owen's voice was trembling with disbelief and ecstasy!

However, the ecstasy only lasted for a moment!

"Warning! Star Seed energy overload! Conflict with pollution source intensifies! Core structural stress... exceeds limit!!"

"The Great Collapse... is unavoidable! Estimated... in sixty seconds... the core of Dawnstar... will collapse!"

On the screen, the curve representing the structural integrity of Dawn plummeted like a cliff! A glaring red countdown began to tick: 59…58…

It succeeded... but also failed! Connecting and awakening the Star Seed interrupted the Gate's ability to extract energy from the Earth's core, even severely damaging the Gate's energy source! However, the violent power of the forcibly awakened Star Seed and the fierce conflict with the source of the Phantom Purple Pollution had completely destroyed the stability of Dawn Star's core! The planet's destruction... was inevitable! And... there was less than a minute left!

In front of Ju Men, something strange happened!

The dark purple chain wrapped around Xu Shuangyao and Lin Mo erupted in a blinding purple-black arc the moment the Starry Sky Seed's power reversed course through the connecting channel. Like a wire being passed through by a high-voltage current, the chain trembled and wailed violently, countless fine cracks appearing on its surface!

"Channel...interference...energy backlash...error! Error!" For the first time, the icy will controlling Xu Shuangyao showed obvious fluctuations and distortions! The synthesized sound of metallic friction was accompanied by a harsh noise!

In Xu Shuangyao's icy blue eyes, the ripples caused by the fragments of "First Flame" emotion suddenly expanded at the moment when the chain backfired and the control weakened, like ice water thrown into boiling oil! Countless forcibly suppressed memory fragments and emotional torrents, like a flood that broke through the icy dam constructed by the formatting instructions!

She saw it!

Once again, I saw the cold metal corridor, the humming ion knife in my hand, the clear yet sad eyes of the young Chu Yan, and the soft question, "Will you be next?"

She saw the expression that froze instantly when the ion knife pierced the boy's chest, and the blood gushing out of the wound, with a star-like luster...

She saw Lin Mo's face struggling in agony in the quiet room, his bloodshot right eye as the celebration went out of control, and now, as he crashed into her, blood all over his body, his crystals shattered, yet he still stubbornly channeled his energy with determination...

She saw General Raymond burning his life into a monument, saw the fatal wound on Pei Du's phantom chest, saw Dr. Owen's tears of despair, and saw the countless eyes in the ruins below, looking up, filled with fear and the last glimmer of hope...

"Ahhh!!!" A scream, a mixture of endless pain, regret, sorrow, and finally breaking free from the shackles, erupted from the depths of Xu Shuangyao's throat! It was no longer a cold synthesized sound, but her originally cold, now tearing voice!

An icy blue light, no longer driven by cold commands, but rather a star flame originating from the very essence of her soul, a mixture of protective will and monstrous rage, erupted from her body! Instantly shaking the cracked, dark purple chains wrapped around her body apart, shattering them!

Her left hand, no longer pointing towards the Dawn Star, suddenly turned around, carrying a burning ice-blue star flame, and fiercely grabbed Lin Mo who was close at hand! But not to attack! Instead, she grabbed... his crystallized, cracked left arm!

"Lin Mo! Look at me!" Xu Shuangyao's voice was hoarse but incredibly clear. A flame of incineration burned in her icy blue eyes as she stared directly into Lin Mo's eyes, which were still struggling between dark gold and scarlet. "Detonate it! Use our power...detonate the Star Seed! Destroy this door!"

She instantly understood Lin Mo's plan, and also understood the significance of the less-than-one-minute countdown! Sacrifice Dawn Star, destroy the "Gate," sever the Observer's tentacles, and buy time for the other planets of their new home! This was the only way to survive! The price was... themselves, and the planet beneath their feet, which held countless lives!

"Ugh...!" Lin Mo's consciousness, battling the impact of the pollution and Xu Shuangyao's resolute call, finally regained a glimmer of clarity! He saw the familiar yet unfamiliar fire in Xu Shuangyao's eyes—no longer a cold program, but a guardian burning with the radiance of humanity! He saw the determination hidden deep in her eyes, the determination to perish with him!

No words needed! Wills resonate instantly!

"Okay!" Lin Mo squeezed out a single word from between his bloodstained teeth, a madness that burned everything! He gave up all attempts to suppress the pollution and conflict within his body, and poured all his remaining willpower, along with the final strength of the Star Core in his left eye, and along with Xu Shuangyao's burning ice-blue star flame, along their clasped arms, along the still-unbroken energy connection to the Earth's core Star Core Seed... recklessly... pouring it in!

The goal—to awaken the Star Seed, which has already gone berserk and out of control! To completely detonate it!

Buzz——!!!!

The entire Dawn Star...stood still for a moment!

Time seemed to freeze. The giant gate in the sky stopped rolling. The flames of the city below remained frozen in their burning state. The fleeing crowds were like sculptures. Only deep in the Earth's core, the Star Seed, infused with all the strength and will of Lin Mo and Xu Shuangyao, suddenly...collapsed inwards like the core of a supernova with a lit fuse!

Next second!

An explosion of such magnitude that words cannot describe it erupted from deep within the core of Dawn Star...!

No sound!

In other words, the sound was completely annihilated by the extreme energy that erupted in that instant!

First, a beam of pure, silvery-white light, like the first light of creation, instantly penetrated Dawn Star's thick crust and mantle, tearing apart the surface! Dawn Harbor, the mountains, the ocean... all matter, before this radiance, was like mist under the sun, instantly vaporized and decomposed into the most basic particles!

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