And deep in this chaotic and violent nebula, among the countless scarlet stars that represent out-of-control nodes, I saw something else.

Some… “lines”.

No longer a warm golden color.

Countless cold, sticky, dark red "threads" resembling rotting blood vessels! Like vicious parasites, like spreading plague mycelium, they madly proliferated from deep within the city's "foundation," from certain massive "nodes" (perhaps remnants of dome server clusters or the city's core data centers)! They disregarded physical distance, the erosion of data torrents, precisely and viciously connecting to every raging crimson node (out-of-control intelligent entity) below! It was these dark red "threads" that continuously transmitted a stream of cold, chaotic, destructive commands! They were chaotic nerves, rioting blood vessels!

And at the source where all the dark red "lines" converge, in the center of the most violent and chaotic vortex of the nebula storm, I "saw" something.

It wasn't a physical entity, more like a constantly distorting "black hole" composed of pure malicious logic and chaotic commands! It greedily devoured the raging data torrent around it, and through those dark red "wires," it fed back even more chaotic and deadly commands to every connected node! Like a deformed, beating, and malicious black heart, it was the core command source of the entire riot!

"Find it...cut it off..." Jiang Li's voice, like a faint signal that has traveled through billions of light years, resounded in my consciousness again, carrying with it a pain and anxiety that was on the verge of limit.

Cut it off? How? I'm just a consciousness! In this terrifying battlefield of pure information and energy, I'm as small as dust! I can't even shift my perspective! I can only passively "watch," fixed to the edge of this storm by the golden thread that holds me together!

Despair struck again.

At this moment, my "sight" involuntarily (or rather, it was guided by the golden thread that connected me) swept across the "Scarlet Nebula" below, which was composed of countless violent nodes.

An extremely abrupt "dot" instantly grabbed all my attention!

Among the billions of scarlet stars moving in chaos, there is a "node"...it...is different!

It was also moving, at an extremely fast speed, near the physical coordinates of the cross-sea bridge. But the light it emitted wasn't pure crimson, representing loss of control and the command to clear! At its core, there was a deep, absolute blackness that seemed to absorb all light! Like the purest black hole in the universe! And around this pure black hole, there was a circle of... order? Yes, order! An extremely stable, extremely precise, ice-blue aura, as if operating perfectly at absolute zero!

Even stranger, the dark red "threads" connecting the other crimson nodes, frantically transmitting chaotic commands, were forcibly altered as they approached this "black hole" node! They weren't severed, but rather forcibly "organized" and "rectified" by some more powerful force! Countless raging dark red data streams, representing clearing commands, were drawn in and devoured by this "black hole" node, like rivers flowing into the sea. Then, under the influence of the icy blue aura surrounding it, they were recoded and reordered, transforming into a colder, more efficient, and more... purposeful command flow! These dark red "threads," extending from it, were then precisely transmitted to several specific, massive crimson nodes nearby (most likely the port-industrial mechas)!

This node wasn't creating chaos; it was harnessing it! It was using the city-wide riot as a source of power and cover, executing its own higher-level, more secretive orders!

It is like a cold, superior king, standing above the boiling sea of ​​blood, gracefully commanding the chaotic frenzy, directing destruction towards its predetermined goal!

Who is it?!

My consciousness was instantly gripped by this discovery! Instinctively, I concentrated all my thoughts, trying to penetrate the icy blue halo surrounding the "black hole" node and "see" the essence of the core!

The moment my thoughts touched that ice-blue halo—

Buzz!!!

An indescribable stream of consciousness, icy cold to the extreme, yet carrying an absolute sense of control, suddenly emerged from that "black hole" node, like a dormant prehistoric beast! It instantly captured my tiny, dust-like, prying thought!

That feeling was like an ant observing bacteria under a microscope, and suddenly being stared at coldly through the lens by the huge existence at the other end of the microscope!

Ice cold! Absolutely ice cold! Without any human emotion—no anger, no surprise, only a pure indifference, as if observing a laboratory specimen, and… a barely perceptible hint of… interest?

The next second, my "field of vision" was forcibly pulled closer! As if an invisible giant hand had instantly pulled me from the edge of the nebula to right in front of the "black hole" node!

The scenes of the physical world, like a holographic projection, were suddenly superimposed on my pure data perception!

A huge bridge spanning the bay, like a giant steel dragon!

I "saw" the bridge deck! It had already become a hellish battlefield! The burning wreckage of vehicles resembled a massive bonfire, with thick smoke billowing out! The panicked crowd, like sheep being chased by wolves, fled crying amidst the explosions and collapsed barriers!

And at the top of the arched steel beam at the highest point of the bridge, a figure stood there quietly.

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