Lu Chen's pupils shrank slightly. "Swallow it in? What do you mean? Have you been following us?"

"I received an encrypted message from Li Shuo, tracking your life signals and the abnormal energy fluctuations of the 'Lighthouse.'" Yun Zhan didn't look back, his voice still calm. "When I arrived, I saw you enveloped in the blue light pouring out of the breach in the dome, and then... disappeared. The building structure underwent a drastic reorganization after you disappeared, and this spatial entrance only lasted less than three seconds."

He retracted his fingers, turned around, and fell on Lu Cheneng with a cold gaze, with a hint of scrutiny: "You almost killed her when you were controlled by the pollution source." This was a statement, without any emotion, but it was more suffocating than an accusation.

Lu Chen's body stiffened instantly, his arms tightening unconsciously around Wen Shifei. Yun Zhan's words were like a cold dagger, piercing the most unbearable and painful corner of his memory. That cold command, that gun aimed at Shifei's heart... the image was as clear as a brand.

"It... wasn't completely cleared?" A crushing sense of defeat and self-loathing washed over him like an icy tide. The formatting, Wen Yuan's backup sacrifice, the wailing of tens of thousands of souls...had all this effort been in vain? Was that thing still lurking within him, like a bomb ready to explode at any moment?

"The remaining active pollution source has been forcibly covered and locked by the remnants of Dr. Wen Yuan's consciousness. It is temporarily in a silent state." Yun Zhan walked over to Lu Cheneng's backpack and searched for something. "But covering it doesn't mean clearing it. It's like a dormant virus. The more violent and unstable your mental fluctuations are, the greater the risk of it being reactivated. The neural inhibitor just now can only temporarily stabilize your physiological state."

He took out a flat metal box with bioelectrode patches, walked over to Lu Chenen and squatted down, motioning him to stretch out his arm. "This is a brainwave stabilizer. Dr. Qin asked me to bring it with me, just in case. Wearing it will help you build a mental barrier and suppress the disorder."

Lu Chenheng looked at the cold instrument, then looked down at the unconscious Wen Shifei in his arms. A flash of intense struggle flashed in his eyes, and finally turned into a deep silence. He silently stretched out the arm that was not holding Wen Shifei.

Yun Zhan deftly pressed the electrodes to Lu Chenentang's temples and the back of his neck, then activated the device. A faint, soothing bioelectric current instantly streamed into his brain, like a cool stream washing over scorching lava. The intense, cranial pain finally began to subside, and his chaotic thoughts gradually settled. But with it came a deeper exhaustion and a heavy feeling, as if bound by invisible shackles.

He needed this "shackle" for Shi Fei's safety.

"Wen Yuan...his consciousness..." Lu Chen's voice was low and hoarse. He looked at Yun Zhan, "In the 'Lighthouse'? Was it him who stopped me in the end?"

Yun Zhan, adjusting the parameters of the stabilizer, paused for a moment, then looked up at the slowly flowing pale golden neural veins on the wall. "I can't be sure. The attack on your defense system, and the final torrent of consciousness that blocked your way, both carry the characteristics of his highest authority. But here..." He surveyed the dark blue, living space, "More like a giant, autonomous... biological server? The remnants of Dr. Wen Yuan's consciousness might just be an activated data fragment, or... an imprisoned 'administrator'."

"Lighthouse"... Consciousness Aggregate... Bio-Server... Imprisoned Administrator...

These words, taken together, point to a chilling possibility. The signal Wen Shifei is searching for, her brother's possible "consciousness," may have been the bait cast by this living building from the very beginning!

Lu Chensheng's heart sank. He looked at Wen Shifei's pale, quiet face, remembering her desperate cry on the spiral staircase and the fire of hope burning in her eyes. Heartache and worry nearly consumed him. If she woke up and knew the truth... how would she bear it?

At this moment, Wen Shifei's body in his arms trembled very slightly.

Lu Cheneng and Yun Zhan held their breath at the same time.

Wen Shifei's long eyelashes trembled violently like the wings of a frightened butterfly. Her brows knitted together in agony, her lips moving silently as if calling out something. Her breathing became rapid and unsteady, and a fine layer of cold sweat oozed from her forehead.

"Shi Fei?" Lu Chenshang's heart instantly rose to his throat. He called out cautiously, his voice as soft as a whisper.

Wen Shifei took a deep breath, like a drowning person finally emerging from the water! She suddenly opened her eyes!

Those clear, bright eyes were now filled with extreme fear and bewilderment! His pupils were slightly dilated by the intense emotion, and he stared unfocused at the "ceiling" above him, which was shimmering with a faint blue light. His body trembled slightly with fear.

"No...don't...Chen En! Don't!" She screamed, her hands subconsciously grasping the clothes on Lu Chen En's chest, her nails almost digging into his flesh! She was obviously still stuck in the most terrifying scene before her consciousness fell into darkness!

"It's me! Shi Fei! It's me! It's okay! It's okay!" Lu Chenshang's heart felt like it was being tightly grasped, the pain unbearable. He immediately folded his arms, hugged her tighter, rested his chin on the top of her head, and whispered in her ear over and over again, trying to use the warmth of his body and heartbeat to pull her out of the nightmare, "Look! It's me! Lu Chenshang! I'm okay! You're okay too! We're both alive!"

Feeling the familiar embrace and deep, powerful voice, Wen Shifei's violently trembling body finally calmed down. Her scattered gaze gradually focused, and she took in Lu Chen's face, close at hand, filled with worry and heartache. His eyes... no longer had that cold metallic sheen, but instead had the warmth and depth that belonged to "Lu Chen."

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