Every time she used that cold backup key, Wen Shifei felt as if a part of her soul was being frozen and ripped away. She looked at the pale blue silhouette, as if she saw the last remnant of her brother Wen Yuan's "existence," being sent to the entrance of hell by her own hands.

Finally, after passing through a disinfected corridor filled with strange blue mist, the view suddenly opened up.

A huge spherical space of indescribable size appeared before everyone.

This is the heart of Pandora, the home of the mother "Zero".

In the center of space, a vast, indescribable aggregate hovered. Composed of countless wriggling, tangled bundles of nerves, biological tissue tubes, and cold metal components, gleaming with a faint green or dark purple light, it resembled a gigantic, throbbing, deformed heart, or a wildly growing forest of metal and flesh. Countless tubes of varying thickness extended from the aggregate, like the roots of a giant tree, plunging deep into the bottomless pool below, bubbling with a viscous, dark green liquid—a pool that emanated a rich, sickening, sweet, and putrid odor.

On the surface of the aggregate, countless tiny sensors, like insect eyes, flashed with a cold light, so densely packed that it made one's scalp tingle. It pulsated silently, and with each beat, a visible ripple of energy carrying a weak electric current spread out, sweeping across the entire space.

Directly in front of the aggregate, a circular platform composed of pure energy, emitting a soft white light, hovered quietly. Its surface was inscribed with intricate neural circuit patterns. This was what Dr. Qin had called the Purification Matrix.

What made everyone feel even more suffocated was that the inner walls of this vast space were not smooth metal. Instead... they were composed of countless densely packed, translucent incubators! Each one contained a curled-up human body! Men and women, young and old, their eyes closed, their expressions ranging from serene to painful, their bodies connected to countless tubes. The entire inner wall of the spherical space was a vast and eerie mural composed of tens of thousands of human bodies!

These are all "batteries" collected and imprisoned by Pandora to extract consciousness energy or as experimental materials! They are irrefutable evidence of the heinous crimes committed by the chaebol alliance and Pandora!

"...Oh my God..." A soldier looked at the scene that looked like the altar of hell and couldn't help but make a retching sound.

Even Li Shuo, who was used to witnessing life and death, felt a chill running down his spine as he looked at the tens of thousands of bodies sleeping silently.

Wen Shifei's gaze swept across the densely packed incubators, finally settling on the massive, pulsating matrix in the center. Intense anger and sorrow overwhelmed her fatigue. She saw the same scenes that had appeared in her brother Wen Yuan's final image, only a hundred times more terrifying! This very thing had devoured countless lives, caused countless tragedies, and now was trying to devour the one she loved!

"The Matrix..." Dr. Qin's voice was filled with unprecedented solemnity. He stared intently at the frantic energy readings on the instrument screen. "The activity... is extremely high! It... it's 'watching' us!"

As if to confirm his words, the massive, metal-and-nerve-bundle conglomerate in the center suddenly froze! Immediately, the densely packed sensory complexes of its compound eyes simultaneously turned toward their entrance!

Buzz——!

An invisible yet mountain-like pressure of consciousness descended upon them! Like a tangible tsunami, it fiercely impacted everyone's spirit!

"Ugh!" Wen Shifei bore the brunt of the impact, his brain feeling like it had been struck by a heavy hammer. His vision instantly went dark, and the connection to the consciousness beacon fluctuated violently! The pale blue outline flickered, nearly collapsing!

Li Shuo, Yun Zhan and the soldiers also groaned at the same time, feeling as if countless cold needles were piercing their brains, and their consciousness became blurry and dizzy!

"Mental suppression! It's attacking!" Dr. Qin, suppressing his splitting headache, shouted hoarsely, "Quick! Send Shen Entropy to the purification matrix! Activate the beacon! Shi Fei! Hold on!"

The soldier who was carrying Lu Chenen gritted his teeth and endured the terrifying mental pressure, struggling to control the suspended stretcher and push it towards the purification platform in the center that was emitting soft white light.

At this moment, another mutation occurred!

On the suspended stretcher, Lu Cheneng, enveloped by a powerful nerve-inhibiting force field, suddenly convulsed violently! His tightly closed eyes suddenly opened!

A pair of eyes, completely covered with a cold, emotionless metallic luster! Even purer and more indifferent than before!

"Target... confirmed." The cold, metallic voice rang out again, ignoring the powerful nerve-suppressing force field! With an inhuman force, he yanked free from the restraints of the suspended stretcher and landed steadily on the edge of the purification platform! His gaze, past Wen Shifei, past everyone else, was fixed on the giant, pulsating mother body in the center, filled with naked, almost fanatical desire!

"Matrix... Evolution... Ultimate..."

"Shen Entropy! No!" Wen Shifei screamed, ignoring the terrifying mental suppression, and tried his best to concentrate his mind to stabilize the beacon again and guide it to the purification matrix!

But Lu Chenen (or rather, the "it" that occupied his body) was faster! He ignored the purification matrix and, like an arrow shot from a bowstring, with a shriek that tore through the air, he pounced directly at the huge, pulsating "Number Zero" matrix! He wanted to "reclaim" it! He wanted to "fuse" with it!

"Stop him!" Li Shuo's eyes were bloodshot, and the pulse pistol in his hand roared and shot towards Lu Chenhang's front, trying to block his route!

However, Lu Chen's figure twisted strangely in the air, like a boneless snake, avoiding the energy beam by a hair's breadth! His speed was even faster!

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