Its heavy metal feet plowed through the sticky mud, making a gurgling sound. Every movement was accompanied by faint sparks from the cracks in the armor and a mechanical friction noise from within, as if it was about to fall apart. Its movements were stiff and slow, yet carried an unquestionable, programmed firmness.
What is it going to do?!
Pei Du's remaining consciousness tensed instantly! The icy cold of despair gripped him once more. In this state of absolute weakness, any approach meant unpredictable danger! He tried to struggle, even to move a finger, but all he got in response was the excruciating pain of the dark red energy flowing uncontrollably from his body, nearly shredding his remaining consciousness!
[Warning! Core structure…stability…rapidly deteriorating…]
[Residual energy...runaway risk...increased...]
The cold internal warning is like a death warrant.
The metal creature ignored Pei Du's "reaction" (or rather, his current condition was not enough to cause any effective reaction). It moved with difficulty to a place less than one meter away from Pei Du's remains. Its heavy body half-knelt down again, and the splashed mud fell on Pei Du's broken body.
Being so close, Pei Du could even "see" every deep battle scar on its dark silver armor, "hear" the low humming sound of an old bellows when its internal energy circuit was running, and "feel" a strange smell emanating from its cold metal body, a mixture of ancient engine oil, rusted metal and faint radiation.
The dark red crystal window looked down at him closely, the two points of light staring like the abyss.
Then, its relatively intact metal arm released the heavy metal box it was dragging. The box sank into the mud with a thud. The metal arm lifted, its heavily armored hand opened, and the knuckles made a subtle hydraulic click.
It's about to take action?!
Pei Du's remaining will roared silently, but it was unable to stop the cold metal palm, which slowly and precisely... pressed down towards the core of his chest, where the dark red energy residue was most turbulent and the law structure was most severely broken!
There was no energy fluctuation of attack, only a cold, heavy feeling of physical contact.
Buzz——!
Just at the moment when the metal palm touched Pei Du’s broken core!
Something strange happened suddenly!
Deep within Pei Du's core, the crimson key ember, which had originally sunk into deathly silence and had completely dimmed its light, suddenly erupted into an extremely strong, penetrating throbbing without any warning, like a spark thrown into boiling oil!
A cold, absolute, and faint stream of information carrying the aura of supreme authority, like an invisible ripple, instantly spread out from Pei Du's shattered core and penetrated the armored palm of the metal creature!
[Key…Core…Confirm…]
[Authorization…Identification…Highest…Relationship…]
[Protocol… "Ark"… Watcher… Sequence… Confirmed…]
[Command...override...highest priority...execute...life support...!]
The cold logical instruction, with an unquestionable absoluteness, exploded in Pei Du's consciousness and seemed to be transmitted directly to the metal creature!
“Crack!”
The metal creature's dark silver hand, pressing against Pei Du's core, suddenly paused! Its entire heavy body seemed to stiffen for a moment! Within the dark red crystal window, the two faint lights suddenly brightened and flickered rapidly, as if injected with a strong current! The mechanical humming sound from within instantly rose in pitch, carrying with it a violent fluctuation of computational power forced into it by a command!
【!!! 】
[Highest…authority command…confirmed…]
[Source…The End Key…Core…]
[Agreement covers...Accept...]
[Execute…life support…plan…switch…]
The cold fragments of thought surged with unprecedented intensity! The metal creature didn't hesitate, as if the command from the Crimson Key were an absolute law etched into the very core of its existence! The palm pressing against Pei Du's chest suddenly changed its position, no longer pressing, but spreading its fingers to cover the shattered core area! At the same time, its remaining half arm suddenly retracted, using the remaining armor at its elbow to slam into the heavy rectangular metal box stuck in the mud beside it!
Boom! Snap!
There was a dull thud accompanied by a slight sound as the precision lock inside popped open!
On the side of the metal box, a hidden compartment protected by thick armor suddenly opened, revealing a complex interior filled with pipe connections that shimmered with a faint blue light, and a container sealed with a transparent, high-strength crystal material. The container was half filled with a viscous liquid that emitted a soft, cold, and faint blue light. Countless tiny silver specks of light, like stardust, slowly sank and flowed within the liquid.
[“Source Essence” Life-Supplement… Reserve… 67%…]
[Connect...Start...]
From the metal palm armor covering Pei Du's core, the metal artifact instantly ejected several extremely precise probes, gleaming with a faint blue energy glow! Ignoring Pei Du's shattered Law Structure defenses (which had long since become ineffective), the probes precisely penetrated the deepest, most deadly cracks in the core area, connecting directly to the edge of the violently wriggling dark red energy remnants, and even... seemingly touching the crimson key embers, whose light had just dimmed after bursting out a command!
At the same time, an interface popped out from the elbow armor of its remaining arm, quickly connecting to the pipeline in the secret compartment of the metal box!
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An extremely slight sound of liquid flowing!
The viscous, dark blue life-sustaining fluid within the container, as if given life, rapidly flowed along the pipe connecting the metal creature's arm to the metal box! The dark blue light flowed along the pipe into the metal creature's broken arm, and then through the probe pressed against Pei Du's core, directly into the depths of Pei Du's core, which was on the verge of complete collapse!
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