"What's wrong with you?" Gu Chengxiao's cold voice was close at hand, carrying an unquestionable scrutiny. Su Wan's abnormal reaction clearly went beyond the scope of ordinary grief.
Su Wan struggled to open her eyes, her vision still blurry, but the cold words and emblem on her retina had vanished, leaving only a lingering pain and dizziness. She saw Gu Chengxiao's furrowed brow and probing gaze, like a scalpel, attempting to dissect all her secrets.
"It's 'Dawn of the Machines'..." She gasped, her voice hoarse and weak, trembling with the trembling of having survived a disaster, "Just now...just now that organization...came again...speaking directly...in my head...saying that the cleanup is complete...clearing all traces..." She spoke intermittently, trying to describe the horrifying and inhuman experience she had just had.
"'Dawn of the Omnics'?" Gu Chengxiao repeated this completely unfamiliar name, his eyes suddenly becoming extremely deep and sharp. "Invade your neural connection? Real-time communication?" He immediately raised his hand and gave an order to an extremely concealed micro-communicator on his wrist: "'Zero', immediately scan all of Director Su's neural interfaces and the surrounding electromagnetic spectrum! Highest priority! Search for any abnormal access signal sources or residual data packets! Expand the scope to the entire C7 area and adjacent channels!" His orders were concise and fast, and it was obvious that he had an extremely efficient technical support team.
Almost the moment the command was issued, Su Wan felt the vast being within her body being touched by an invisible probe, sending a subtle "ripple" sensation, like being scanned. Then, a faint but distinct stream of information, imbued with a sense of "confusion" and "alertness," fed back into her consciousness—like a sleeping giant disturbed by a stranger's prying eyes, instinctively raising an invisible defensive barrier.
"'Zero' report: A high-intensity, short-duration, non-standard protocol residual signal was detected in Director Su's main neural interface, and there is no matching record in the feature library. The signal source has disappeared, and the residual energy is rapidly dissipating. Physical environment electromagnetic scan... Abnormal ultra-high frequency directed energy emission residue was detected in the ceiling ventilation grille in the northwest corner of Area C7. The directionality is clear, and it is suspected to be the remains of a micro-transmitter. There is no record of the residual characteristics." The cold electronic synthesized voice rang directly in the ears of Gu Chengxiao and Su Wan, obviously coming from the support system code-named "Zero".
Ventilation vent! Su Wan and Gu Chengxiao's gaze instantly shot towards the ceiling in the northwest corner of the computer room like sharp arrows! There, an inconspicuous alloy ventilation grille was quietly embedded in the ceiling.
"Take it!" Gu Chengxiao ordered sternly.
The nearest bodyguard reacted extremely quickly, leaping forward with a sudden force, his feet exerting force, and leaping into the air like a cheetah! He precisely grasped the edge of the grille, and with his powerful arm strength and body momentum, he tore the solid alloy grille from the slot!
"Bang!" The grille fell to the ground with a few wisps of dust.
Almost at the same moment the grille was torn off, an extremely faint "buzzing" sound was heard, almost blending in with the ambient noise!
A silver-gray shadow, barely the size of a fingernail, shot out from the darkness of the ventilation duct with ghostly speed! Its speed was so fast it was beyond the reach of human retina, leaving a nearly invisible, pale silver line in the air, aiming directly at the open engine room door! Clearly, this was the device that erased traces and sent the signal! It was trying to escape!
"Stop it!" Gu Chengxiao's pupils shrank.
The bodyguard's interception was quick enough, but his leap to tear at the grille ultimately created a split second of opportunity. As if calculated, the silver-gray shadow brushed past the outside of his raised arm, narrowly missing it by a hair's breadth! The faint air current it created brushed against the bodyguard's skin.
It was about to disappear into the shadow of the passage outside the door!
At this critical moment, the still-fading blue light in Su Wan's eyes suddenly surged! A cold, violent, and extremely suppressed rage, like a volcanic vent, erupted, a mixture of grief over Ajie's sacrifice, fear of being manipulated, resentment at Gu Chengxiao's cold calculations, and a gnashing hatred for the lingering ghost of this mysterious organization!
"Want to run?!"
No thought! No hesitation! Just an instant outpouring of will and strength!
“Buzz!”
An invisible, mercury-like data force field suddenly expanded from Su Wan's center. This time, it was no longer the devastating shockwave of the previous "data torrent," but more like a vast net composed of countless high-speed, sharp, and cold data runes! It instantly covered the narrow space at the doorway!
The speeding silver-gray shadow was like crashing into an invisible, thorny alloy wall at high speed!
“Sizzle!”
The ear-piercing, teeth-grinding sound of metal scraping and energy annihilation suddenly exploded!
The pale silver trail was abruptly pinned to a halt in mid-air, just one step from the door! It revealed its true form—an incredibly precise mechanical creation, resembling a living insect. Its streamlined silver shell gleamed with a cold metallic sheen, its back covered in microscopic energy plates resembling biological scales. Several pairs of ultra-thin, high-frequency wings vibrated frantically under the force field's pressure, emitting a desperate, ultrasonic hissing sound beyond the range of human hearing.
It was entangled, pierced, and sliced by countless dark blue data streams, like living thorns! The dark blue force field light and the frantically flashing red resistance light on the mechanical insect's shell violently collided and annihilated, exploding into tiny sparks and turbulent energy! The entire space in the entrance area was slightly distorted by the fierce clash of invisible forces, and the light reflected formed grotesque ripples!
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