Interference! Destabilization!

My thoughts were like an invisible drill, recklessly and frantically attacking the "shell" of the restraining field! I couldn't understand its structure, so I could only rely on instinct to condense my thoughts into the most chaotic and disorderly "spikes", fiercely "jabbing" at the steadily flowing energy torrent!

Once! Twice! Ten times! A hundred times! Each impact of my thoughts was like ramming my head against a mountain of steel! What came back was a massive recoil and an unshakable surge of energy! My core of consciousness shook violently from the frenzied impact, and the golden thread holding me together wailed under the weight, as if it would break at any moment! My mind began to blur and disintegrate once again...

"Ugh, ahhhh!" In the physical world, Jiang Li let out a roar of extreme pain! Clearly, he was also enduring some kind of massive backlash!

Just when I was about to completely collapse and give up——

puff!

An extremely slight sound, like a bubble bursting, rang out in my "perception" of the mind!

At the bottom of the main tower of the cross-sea bridge, an extremely tiny and fleeting... "ripple" appeared in the huge, stable, and hot energy torrent that was surging like lava!

Just like a giant engine that runs with great precision, the spark plug of one cylinder experienced an extremely weak, almost negligible spark in one billionth of a second!

Success?! Even though it was only a billionth of a second! Even though it was so weak that it was almost negligible!

But at the same moment when this tiny "ripple" appeared!

Boom——!!!

An unprecedented violent mental shock wave originated from the center of the data nebula, and like a supernova explosion, it suddenly exploded from the "black hole" node where Chen Si was located!

Ice-cold! Pure! Containing the raging rage of being offended by an ant! Like a substantial iceberg, it crashed fiercely into my consciousness!

puff!

The tough golden thread that maintained my consciousness broke like a fragile spider silk under the crushing of this absolute force!

“Ugh—!”

The twin pains of reality and data instantly overwhelmed me! The seething data nebula, the raging crimson nodes, the sullen, cold silhouettes before me… everything was like glass shattered by a sledgehammer, instantly transforming into billions of scattering, bizarre fragments! The physical world—burning ruins, the cold gleam of metal, Jiang Li's bloodshot, yet etched with terror—rushed into view as if rapidly surfacing from the depths of the ocean!

"Wow!" A mouthful of boiling blood spurted uncontrollably from my throat! My vision went black, stars appeared, and all that remained in my ears was an extremely sharp tinnitus! My body felt as if all the bones had been pulled out, and I slid down the cold wall softly!

A sharp, stinging pain, like a burning iron, pierced the back of his neck, accompanied by the smell of scorched flesh! The neural interface device was scorching hot, and the faint blue light flowing through it became extremely dim, like a candle in the wind!

"Lin Xi!" Jiang Li's horrified voice exploded in his ears, with unprecedented panic.

However, faster than Jiang Li's cry was the reaction of the city itself!

At the same time as my thoughts created that tiny "ripple"——

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A dull roar that seemed to come from the depths of the earth, accompanied by the ground beneath the feet shaking violently, like a magnitude 7 earthquake, suddenly swept across the entire ruins of the control room!

"What's going on?!" "Earthquake?!" The surviving team members shouted in horror, lost their balance and fell to the ground.

Then, there is light!

Outside the window, the entire city, all the chaotic lights that were still flickering and exploding crazily, were suddenly pinched by an invisible hand! In an instant—completely extinguished!

Real, pure, suffocating absolute darkness has arrived!

The darkness lasted less than half a second.

Immediately, in every corner of the city, the emergency backup power supply system woke up from a nightmare and began to start up with difficulty and intermittently.

Woo-woo-woo-woo

The low, slow, and ancient mechanical sound of the air raid sirens, like the wail of a dying beast, rang out long and mournfully from all directions of the city, penetrating the thick smoke and chaotic noise.

This sound, a symbol of disaster in the old days, now became the only bell announcing the coming of doomsday that could be barely understood by humans after the collapse of this intelligent city.

The dome completely collapsed.

Darkness enveloped everything, and only the shrill sound of the alarm echoed in the dead silence, like the death knell for this smart city.