The pursuer was about to point his gun at Lin Mo again when his feet suddenly shook!
Boom!!!
The alloy plate that Lin Mo had been "watching" completely disintegrated without any warning! It didn't just shatter, but was smashed into countless tiny metal fragments as if by an invisible giant hammer! Even more terrifying, the shock wave generated by the disintegration, engulfing these high-speed flying metal fragments, was like a directional blasting fragmentation grenade, instantly covering the pursuer!
“Ah——!!!” The scream that was so shrill that it didn’t sound like a human voice suddenly stopped!
In Lin Mo's entropic vision, he clearly "saw" the scorching red outline of a human figure, as if pierced and sliced by countless grayish-white lines of death! The red light representing the heat of life instantly dimmed and extinguished, like a candle being blown out! Only a mess of flesh, blood, and metal debris remained!
Ugh… A strong feeling of nausea and dizziness instantly rushed up Lin Mo's throat. He fell to the ground and began to dry heave. The dark golden light in his left eye flickered violently due to the energy consumption and mental shock at this moment, then dimmed. For the first time… the first time he had so clearly "seen" the energy of life being completely extinguished before his eyes… Although the other party was an enemy, the cruel scene still made his soul tremble.
"Old Scar! What's going on?!" From a distance came the uncertain roars of several other pursuers and the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps.
Lin Mo suppressed the churning stomach acid and dizziness, struggling to get up. He knew that the previous attack was a fluke, an instinctive outburst in desperation, a fleeting miracle brought about by the fragment of the unknown will. Another time? His energy and physical condition simply couldn't withstand it! Run! Must run!
He no longer hesitated, relying on his memory and the faint perception of energy flow from his entropy vision, and fled for his life towards the power compartment, deeper into the mining ship, where the energy reactions were more chaotic and the structure more complex. Behind him, angry roars and gunshots rang out again, and bullets whizzed past the walls and pipes of the passage.
The Ark of Humanity, "Heart of Gaia".
Star Dome Network Coordination Center.
The highest-level orange alarm light continued to rotate silently, illuminating the solemn and exhausted faces of everyone in the center. Several hours had passed since the mythical energy explosion in the outer star field was detected, and the tense atmosphere had not eased, but instead was like a boiler that was constantly pressurized.
"General! The Deep Space Scan Array has completed its 37th focused scan!" an operator's voice was raspy and filled with a subtle hint of frustration. "The residual energy in the target area of the Gould Belt continues to dissipate, and background radiation interference is extremely high! We can't accurately locate the coordinates of the energy source! The 9th and 13th fleets of the Insight Sequence have arrived at the periphery of the target area and are conducting a blanket search, but... the garbage graveyard environment is too complex and the signal shielding is severe, so no effective findings have been made yet."
General Raymond Custer, a steel sculpture, stood before the main screen. A star map of the Gould Belt's garbage graveyard region was magnified to its fullest, a dense mass of gray dots representing waste. A faint, flickering red halo marked the suspected energy flashpoint, flanked by a cascade of depressing messages like "Weak Signal," "Unable to Lock," and "Severe Interference."
His fingers unconsciously tapped the cold alloy edge of the podium, making a dull thumping sound. Each tap seemed to strike the hearts of everyone in the center.
"What about the Academy of Sciences? Has there been any progress in analyzing the resonance of the World Tree's core?" Raymond's voice was low and metallic.
"Report, General!" Another operator in charge of liaison with the Academy responded immediately. "The Academy's chief, Dr. Owen, is personally leading the analysis. Preliminary conclusion: The energy that resonates between the Starry Sky Network and the World Tree's core is highly homologous to the World Tree itself, but... its purity and antiquity far exceed our current database records! The doctor speculates... this may be some kind of... previously unrecorded, more primitive fragment of the Starry Sky's laws of order!"
"More primitive... more pure..." Raymond chewed on these words, his brow furrowing even more. This news was as shocking as an attack on the Ark's core. What could this mean? Was the source of the stellar order not solely the Ark's "World Tree"? Could even more ancient fires exist in the depths of the universe? How did this fragment end up in the garbage graveyard? Pei Du... Pei Du's last information flow had rushed to the depths of the Sea of Entropy... Was there a connection between the two? Countless questions coiled around him like cold vines.
At this moment, the sub-screen on the main screen representing the Entropy Sea Rift monitoring suddenly lit up with a glaring blood-red border! A sharp alarm sounded simultaneously!
[Highest priority alert! Contact has been lost with the Entropy Sea Rift monitoring node 'Watcher-7'! Last transmitted data: Abnormal surge in entropy permeation rate at the rift edge! Increase: 0.15%! Rift stability index decreased by 0.8%! Unknown high-dimensional phase submersible trajectory detected! Pointing towards... the Gould Belt!]
"What?!" Raymond spun around, his gaze fixed on the sub-screen! Next to the image of the massive wound symbolizing the rift in the Sea of Entropy, the stability curve was rapidly declining! A single blip representing the "Watcher-7" node went completely dark, with the words "Signal Lost" written next to it. Meanwhile, an extremely subtle, almost imperceptible, dotted line, a cold, non-spectral color, extended from the edge of the rift, its endpoint pointed directly at the garbage graveyard!
Unknown high-dimensional submarine trajectory... points to the energy explosion point... The rift in the sea of entropy is intensifying...
All the clues connected instantly! A chill ran down Raymond's spine and straight to his head!
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