She looked down and her face turned deathly pale. The ground around the control panel was covered with countless tiny red dots, flickering like venomous snakes lurking in the darkness, their scarlet tongues flicking, waiting for their prey to walk into their trap…
Mu Xue's heart sank, and a chill ran from her feet to the top of her head. She recognized these red dots as signs of high-concentration energy accumulation; touching them would trigger a violent explosion, powerful enough to reduce everything around them to ashes.
"Damn it, what are these guys protecting..." Mu Xue gritted her teeth, looked around, and tried to find a safe path.
However, the space where the control console was located was not large; red dots almost covered the entire ground, leaving no place to step. To get close to the control console, one had to risk traversing this deadly trap.
"We can't wait any longer. If we delay any longer, the team members outside will all..." Mu Xue took a deep breath, a resolute glint in her eyes. She couldn't sit idly by and wait for death; she had to fight for a chance of survival for her team members.
She moved cautiously, her eyes fixed on the red dots of light on the ground, searching for a pattern. The dots flashed at different frequencies, some fast, some slow, seemingly following some kind of pattern.
Mu Xue's mind raced as she analyzed the situation. She had to find the pattern as quickly as possible, otherwise, triggering the mechanism would have unimaginable consequences.
Time ticked by, cold sweat trickling down Mu Xue's forehead; her nerves were on edge. Finally, she noticed that the frequency of the flashing red dots resembled the rhythm of her breathing, with brief intervals between each breath.
Found it!
Mu Xue was overjoyed. She took a deep breath and, following the pattern she had discovered, weaved through the gaps in the red lights. Her movements were light and agile, like a nimble cat treading the edge of danger.
However, just as she was about to reach the console, an accident occurred.
"Snap!"
With a slight thud, the ground beneath Mu Xue's feet suddenly cracked open, revealing a dark gun muzzle pointed at her chest.
At the critical moment, Mu Xue instinctively dodged to the side. The bullet almost grazed her body, and the scorching heat made her feel a sharp pain.
"Damn it, there's an ambush!" Mu Xue cursed under her breath. Ignoring her lingering fear, she quickly adjusted her position and lunged towards the control panel.
Closer, closer...
Finally, Mu Xue reached the control panel. Without hesitation, she immediately began attempting to crack its operating system. However, the instant her fingers touched the control panel, a cold, synthesized electronic voice suddenly filled the room:
"Warning, unauthorized intrusion detected. Self-destruct sequence initiated..."
A cold, synthesized electronic voice echoed in the empty room. Mu Xue abruptly stopped what she was doing, her heart pounding. A self-destruct program?! She bit her lower lip, fine beads of sweat forming on her forehead. The situation was already bad enough; if the self-destruct program were triggered again, she and her teammates would be buried beneath these ruins.
"Calm down, calm down..." Mu Xue took a deep breath, forcing herself to remain calm. She scanned the control panel; the dense array of buttons and indicator lights made her dizzy. Time ticked by, and Ning Yu remained unconscious. The team members outside were still struggling to hold on; she had to find a solution as soon as possible.
"Captain, how's the situation?" came the anxious voice of a team member over the communicator. Mu Xue pressed the call button and replied in as calm a tone as possible, "I'm trying to crack the control system. Hold on a little longer."
"Captain, be careful! We've discovered that those mechanical golems seem... seem to have become stronger!" The team member's voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating that the situation outside was not optimistic.
Mu Xue's heart sank; she knew she couldn't delay any longer. She took a deep breath and focused her attention on the control panel again. Based on the intelligence she had gathered, this building was likely a secret research facility, and the control panel probably held the key information to remove the abnormal state from Ning Yu's body.
With this in mind, Mu Xue no longer hesitated and began trying to crack the console's operating system. Lines of code flashed before her eyes, her brain working at lightning speed, analyzing the meaning behind each character. However, the design of this control system was extremely complex, and even with Mu Xue's skills, it was difficult to completely crack it in a short time.
Just then, a red indicator light on the control panel suddenly began flashing, and the piercing alarm sounded again. Mu Xue's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition welled up inside her.
"Warning! Illegal operation detected. Self-destruct program is about to be initiated!" The cold, synthesized electronic voice sounded again, and at the same time, the countdown numbers on the console began to jump rapidly: 10, 9, 8...
"Damn it!" Mu Xue cursed under her breath. She knew she might have accidentally triggered a mechanism, but there was no time to regret it now. She had to find a way to stop the self-destruct program before it activated, or the consequences would be unimaginable...
Suddenly, her gaze fell on an inconspicuous button in the corner of the control panel, with the words "Emergency Stop" written in bright red below it. Without hesitation, Mu Xue pressed the button. However, the instant her finger touched it, the countdown timer on the control panel stopped abruptly, and the room fell into a deathly silence.
Mu Xue's heart sank, an unprecedented sense of fear engulfing her. She slowly raised her head, looking towards the other end of the room, where the previously motionless mechanical puppets were now flashing a scarlet light, their mechanical joints emitting a chilling grinding sound…
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