The Ark of Gaia's Heart, a wreck bearing the last spark of human civilization and the remains of countless sacrifices, bathed in the warm light of Pei Du's will, like a wounded traveler finally embarking on the journey home. A film of dark golden light gently yet firmly flowed across the ship's hull, repairing the most fatal cracks and dispelling the last traces of the dark purple pollution clinging to its bones. Ahead, a clear channel marked by brilliant stars stretched straight ahead, ending in a vast, vibrant swirl of billions of stars. The outline of their new home continued to expand in their view, emitting a reassuring gravity and light.
Inside the bridge, the deathly stillness gave way to a post-apocalyptic, almost frozen tranquility. On the main screen, the vast swirl of stars, symbolizing rebirth, took center stage, radiating a soft blue-white halo. The absolute darkness, representing the rift in the sea of entropy, shrank to a tiny, still-swirling purple dot at the edge of the screen. On the starlit path, the Ark glided steadily, as if gently nudged by an invisible hand. The instruments emitted a low, steady hum, no longer the shrieking alarm, but the rhythmic rhythm of life support systems regaining their stability.
"We have only three minutes left to reach our new home star system." The monitor's voice was hoarse, a traitor's voice that couldn't hide his trembling excitement. "All life support systems are stable. The pollution index in the cradle core has returned to zero!"
General Raymond's massive frame remained leaning against the console, the blood stain on his chest seemingly fading slightly under the influence of the dark golden light. The frozen smile of relief on his bloodstained and exhausted face hadn't faded, but instead, under the starlight, took on an indescribable depth. His eyes, once as sharp as a hawk's, now somewhat blurred, pierced the observation window, penetrated the cold alloy, as if reaching the distant depths of his new home, the vortex of the stars, the path he guarded in his mindscape. His life force was as faint as a candle in the wind, yet strangely steady, as if waiting for something.
The Temple of Origin.
Inside the life support chamber, Lin Mo floated in a pale blue nutrient solution, breathing steady and long. The crystalline core of his left eye, on the verge of shattering, ceased to crack under the infusion of Pei Du's final will and the illumination of the starlight from the channel. Dark golden veins, like runes molten deep within the starry sky, steadily flowed with a gentle, eternal light. The raging vortex had subsided, replaced by a profound tranquility, like a newborn star ending its violent collapse and entering the stable main sequence phase. The crystallized area covering his left face formed a clear, yet less sinister, boundary with the normal skin, like a medal bearing the law. He slept, his face serene, a faint curve at the corner of his mouth, as if touching the new law in a dream.
In the nearby life support pod, Xu Shuangyao's icy blue eyelashes trembled once more. A single, shimmering tear, mixed with nutrient solution, slowly slid across her pale, yet no longer cold, skin. The ice that had frozen her soul for eternity, now cracked, unbridgeable, by the starlight route home and Pei Du's final, gentle injection of will. A deep exhaustion, mingled with a longing for starlight she hadn't even noticed, lingered at the edge of her waking consciousness.
Inside the temple, the backflow of contamination had long since been purified and dissipated, only the biting cold lingered. Dr. Owen hunched over the control console, his chilblained hands trembling as he traced the two steadily rising lifeline curves on the screen. Tears streamed down his face, but he kept silent. The medical staff beside him supported each other, watching the sleeping figures in the two life support pods as if they were watching the dawn finally arrive after piercing through endless darkness.
Hope, like the light of the star vortex of our new home, gently fills every corner of the Ark.
However, at this moment when the light of hope is at its brightest and the journey home is only a stone's throw away—
Buzz!!!
An indescribable, soul-chilling, terrifying will, like billions of invisible ice spikes, instantly pierced the gentle, dark-golden membrane surrounding the Ark, piercing deeply into the consciousness of every survivor! This will was inhuman, ancient, and carried with it absolute indifference and... the ultimate rage after being repeatedly provoked by ants!
At the edge of the bridge's main screen, the shrunken purple dot representing the rift in the Sea of Entropy suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, heart-pounding, violet light! The light didn't spread, but rather condensed! An icy "sight," immeasurably vast, composed purely of purple chaotic energy, like a dimensional, interdimensional eye of judgment, suddenly projected from the depths of the surging rift, firmly "locking onto" the Ark of Gaia's Heart as it neared the gravitational pull of its new home planet!
Immediately afterwards, the area of the spatial structure that had just been ripped apart by Lin Mo and Xu Shuangyao, and which had not yet completely recovered, twisted and boiled violently again, like a boiling oil pot into which a huge rock had been dropped! Countless thicker, more condensed, dark purple spatial chains, emitting an aura of absolute annihilation, ignored physical distance. Like the claws of a demon reaching out from the abyss of hell, they clutched at the Ark with a chill that froze time and space! Before the chains arrived, the terrifying pressure of will and the suppression of laws had already caused the Ark's dark golden light membrane to violently fluctuate and dim! The hull structure groaned again under the heavy burden!
"Warning! Superdimensional will detected! The core of the entropy rift... The Eye of the End... Awaken!"
"Space anchoring! High-dimensional laws suppressing! The Ark... is... pinned down!"
"Unknown space weapon locked! Energy level... annihilation level! Evasion... impossible!"
The piercing alarm instantly ripped through the brief tranquility of the bridge! More despairing and desperate than ever before! The light of hope that had just risen, under this ultimate, icy gaze, flickered like a candle in the wind, about to go out!
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