Just then—
"Success... Success..." Above the experimental chamber, the gravekeeper's dark blue data projection reappeared. But now, it was extremely dim and transparent. The data streams that comprised its body flickered like a candle in the wind, its edges constantly disintegrating into tiny points of light that drifted away and disappeared. Its voice was intermittent, filled with electronic noise, but it carried an unprecedented sense of relief.
"Cradle... Evidence... Recorded... Here... Graveguarding... Ends..." It "looked" at Pei Du, its "gaze" of data streams seemingly piercing through him, resting on Xu Shuangyao. "'Scarlet'... The spark... Has ignited... Be careful... The cradle... Must... Be... Eliminated..."
The last few bytes were so faint they were barely audible. The dark blue data stream that made up the projection suddenly lit up, like the final glint of a supernova, before completely disintegrating, transforming into countless tiny particles of blue light that fell to the ground, dissipating into the cold air before even touching the ground.
On the abandoned console, the cylindrical interface snapped softly and dimmed completely, its surface covered in charred cracks. Gravekeeper, the data tombstone of this abandoned chamber, fulfilled its final duty with utter annihilation, also delivering its final warning.
The entire chamber fell into a brief, heavy silence, with only the emergency lights above their heads emitting a crackling sound of electricity.
Pei Du struggled to move to the edge of the lab table, looking down at Xu Shuangyao. She was still weak, her eyes still filled with confusion and fear, but her breathing had become much calmer, and the breath of a "human" was struggling to return.
He stretched out his slightly trembling hand, trying to brush away the hair soaked with cold sweat from her forehead.
Just when his fingertips were about to touch her skin——
Xu Shuangyao's body trembled violently! The pupils of her eyes, which had just regained some clarity, suddenly contracted! The crimson embers that had not yet dissipated were instantly and violently covered by a colder, more mechanical blue light! Her lips opened uncontrollably, and a clear, flat, emotionless, mechanically synthesized voice, like the sharpest ice spike, fiercely pierced the silence:
"High priority target...'Source Blood' mark... detection confirmed..."
"Execute... Final Recovery Protocol!"
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