Dr. Qin, protected by two elite, fully-armed Firefly fighters, held a delicate instrument in his hands. Complex data streams streamed across the screen like a waterfall, monitoring Wen Shifei's brainwaves and the stability of the consciousness beacon ahead. He was also nervously analyzing data from the surrounding environment. He was the brains of the team.

Yun Zhan completely blended into the shadows, as if he had become part of the passage itself. Only the occasional flash of a faint blue arc beneath the pale green light testified to his presence, like a deadly fang, alert to any sneak attack from the darkness.

Lu Cheneng was placed on a specially constructed suspended stretcher infused with a powerful nerve-inhibiting force field, carefully carried by two other soldiers. He remained unconscious, his face as pale as paper, his brow furrowed, as if locked in a nightmare battle with an invisible monster. The cold aura of the nerve-inhibiting force field enveloped him, suppressing the terrifying force within him that threatened to erupt at any moment.

"Thirty meters ahead, turn left at the entrance." Dr. Qin stared at the instrument, his voice low. "The beacon fluctuation matches the preset lock at 87%... Be careful, the match is fluctuating! There's interference!"

Beads of sweat formed on Wen Shifei's forehead. Forcibly channeling a cold, emotionless backup was like dancing on the edge of a knife. Every wave of consciousness felt like a cut through her own soul. She could clearly "feel" the presence of her brother's backup, that pure, cold logic, devoid of any warmth, any familiarity of "Wen Yuan." This feeling pierced her heart even more than pure nothingness.

She gritted her teeth, concentrating all her energy, trying to stabilize the fluctuating frequency of her consciousness. The pale blue outline of the light flickered for a moment, becoming slightly more stable.

"The matching degree has returned to 89%... We can try it!" Dr. Qin said in a low voice.

The team cautiously approached the left-turn entrance. The heavy alloy gate was covered in complex biometric interfaces and neural signal scanning arrays, which were now flashing an ominous red light.

Wen Shifei took a deep breath and focused his mind. A suspended pale blue silhouette slowly drifted forward, actively approaching the scanning array. A faint, specific wave of consciousness spread out like ripples on water, gently "touching" the cold sensors.

Buzz...

The red light of the scanning array flickered a few times before turning green, indicating passage! From within the heavy alloy gate came the dull sound of a mechanism turning, and it slowly slid open to both sides!

However, just when the gate opened to a gap that was only wide enough for one person to pass through, something strange happened!

"Alert! Unauthorized consciousness intrusion! Clearance protocol activated!"

A cold electronic synthesized sound suddenly exploded in the passage!

Chichichi--!

Dozens of honeycomb-like firing holes instantly appeared on the top and walls of the gate! A dense rain of silver needles, accompanied by a shrill sound, rushed towards Wen Shifei and Li Shuo, who had just passed through the gate like a metallic storm! Each needle tip flashed with a dark blue toxic light!

"Be careful!" Li Shuo's pupils suddenly shrank, and he roared angrily. His huge body burst out with astonishing speed, and he slammed Wen Shifei to the ground! At the same time, the pulse pistol in his hand erupted with a deafening roar, and a thick beam of energy swept out, vaporizing a large number of poison needles shooting from the front!

Puff puff puff!

Several poisonous needles still pierced the energy armor on Li Shuo's back, making a dull thud! The armor instantly rippled with energy overload!

"Uncle Li!" Wen Shifei screamed.

"I'm fine!" Li Shuo growled, supporting himself with one hand and about to jump up.

But the attack is far from over!

In the dark passage behind the gap in the gate, accompanied by heavy metallic footsteps and the teeth-grinding sound of hydraulic transmission, several tall, spider-shaped automatic defense robots flashed scarlet electronic eyes, wielded high-speed rotating alloy chainsaws and pulse gun muzzles, and rushed out like iron hounds crawling out of hell!

"Open fire!" The soldier protecting Dr. Qin roared, and the electromagnetic rifle in his hand spewed out scorching flames!

The narrow passage instantly transformed into a melting pot of slaughter! Pulse beams crisscrossed, striking the heavy armor of the mechas, sending dazzling sparks flying! Alloy chain saws sliced ​​through the air, emitting a piercing whistle! Bullets ricocheted off the metal walls, sending stray bullets flying in all directions!

Yun Zhan's figure appeared like a ghost beside a mech, a faint blue arc of light flashing past! One of the mech's thick alloy limbs snapped, and its massive body suddenly lost balance! But the pulse gun of another mech had already locked onto Yun Zhan!

"Yun Zhan!" Dr. Qin exclaimed.

At the critical moment! A thick pulse beam shot from Li Shuo's direction, accurately hitting the barrel of the mecha, twisting it into a distorted shape! It was Li Shuo who saved the day!

The battle was fierce but brief. Under Li Shuo's ferocious suppression, Yun Zhan's elusive and deadly slashing attacks, and the soldiers' concentrated fire, several mechas were quickly reduced to sparking scrap metal. But the Firefly also paid a price. A soldier was grazed on the arm by a stray bullet, and Li Shuo's back armor bore several deep dents, sending his energy readings plummeting into the yellow zone.

"The source of the matching interference has been eliminated... the channel is now safe." Dr. Qin wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the data on the instrument that had stabilized again. His voice was filled with lingering fear. "Keep going! Time is running out!"

Wen Shifei climbed up from the ground with a pale face and glanced at the damaged armor on Li Shuo's back, her eyes filled with worry and fear. She concentrated again, guiding the light blue beacon of consciousness towards deeper darkness.

The passage seemed endless. They encountered countless dangerous traps and attacks from the guard mechas. Sometimes, a cutting net suddenly descended from the ceiling, sometimes the floor collapsed without warning, and sometimes, nerve gas nozzles hidden in the wall... Each time, they relied on Wen Shifei's desperate efforts to stabilize the beacon, Li Shuo's valiant charge, Yun Zhan's fatal blow, and Dr. Qin's precise warnings to make it through the perilous situation.

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