As if to confirm her words, the moment she finished speaking, the smooth blue wall in front of her changed without any warning!
The pale golden neural circuits flowing along the wall suddenly accelerated! The light grew brighter and more rapid! Then, like a melting wax figure, the wall silently sank and flowed inward, slowly forming an irregular, deep hole barely wide enough for one person to pass through! Inside the hole, a denser, more intensive, living neural network of light flickered madly, emitting an unsettling, contradictory aura of intense attraction and repulsion!
At the same time, the "light" of the entire dark blue space suddenly dimmed! The flowing light on the walls became unstable, flickering like the heartbeat of a dying creature! An invisible, heavy pressure suddenly descended, as if the entire space was silently expelling and warning them! The air seemed to become sticky!
The "lighthouse"'s sense of autonomy... was angered!
"Let's go!" Yun Zhan reacted the fastest. With a low shout, he rushed towards the newly formed cave like a ghost! The dark blue arc dagger in his hand had already popped out, alert to the unknown inside the cave!
Lu Chenheng grabbed Wen Shifei's wrist and pulled her behind him: "Follow me!" His eyes were sharp as a knife, and his spirit, which had just stabilized, was once again highly tense. The cold touch from the brain wave stabilizer reminded him that he must remain absolutely calm.
The three of them did not hesitate, with Yun Zhan as the vanguard and Lu Chen protecting Wen Shifei, and quickly rushed into the deep cave!
Walking through the cave entrance is like stepping into a living maze made of pure light and neural signals!
Before my eyes lay a constantly twisting and extending "tunnel." Its "walls," "floor," and "ceiling" were composed entirely of denser, brighter, pale golden neural pathways. These pathways, like millions of glowing vines or blood vessels, squirmed, intertwined, and flickered frantically! The light was blinding, carrying a powerful spiritual radiation. Simply being within it sent waves of dizziness and tingling through my brain, as if pierced by countless fine needles!
Even more bizarre, the passage itself was constantly and erratically changing! The light path ahead would collapse and close without warning, forming a dead end! Then the "walls" on the sides would suddenly flow and open, revealing new forks! The entire space was like a vast jungle of synapses with a life of its own, constantly growing, breaking, and reorganizing! Every step was a step into the unknown!
"Mind interference! Focus your will! Don't be fooled by these lights!" Lu Cheneng, fighting off a pounding headache and dizziness, growled at Wen Shifei. The brainwave stabilizer was operating at full capacity, emitting a gentle hum, building a thin but resilient barrier around his consciousness, resisting the pervasive mental intrusion. He held Wen Shifei's hand tightly, half-protecting her in his arms, using his body to shield her from the direct impact of the light and the mental pressure.
Wen Shifei's face was pale, and cold sweat covered her forehead. Without Lu Chen'en's stabilizer to protect her, she relied solely on willpower to resist the surging mental impact. The scene before her was bizarre, countless fragmented, meaningless images and sharp noises continuously flooded into her mind, trying to disintegrate her consciousness. She bit her lower lip so hard that it almost bled, concentrating all her attention on the faint warmth and stability from Lu Chen'en's tightly grasped hand, and on the obsession to find the clues left by her brother!
"This way!" Yun Zhan, who was ahead, gave a short warning! Like the most accurate navigator, he swiftly navigated the ever-changing maze of light paths! His figure appeared and disappeared in the wildly flickering light and shadow, and the dark blue arc dagger in his hand would occasionally accurately strike a certain light path node that was frantically squirming, trying to close and block the way forward!
Swish!
The dark blue arc of light collided with the pale golden neural light path, erupting with dazzling sparks and a sharp scream like a wounded creature! The slashed light path node instantly dimmed and withered, and the passage ahead, which was about to close, paused briefly!
"Hurry!" Yun Zhan roared, seizing this brief gap and rushing forward first!
Lu Cheneng dragged Wen Shifei along, following closely behind! Just as they passed that node, the severed light path behind them twisted and thrashed like a wounded python! More light paths surged from all directions, attempting to repair the wounds, spreading and entwining them with obvious hostility!
"It's repelling us! It's healing! It's also attacking!" Lu Chensheng's heart trembled, and he suddenly pushed Wen Shifei forward, turned around, and pulled out his pulse pistol!
Bang bang bang!
Thick energy beams blasted at the neural pathways that stretched out behind him like living tentacles! The energy beams exploded on the pathways, leaving charred marks and slowing them down, but they couldn't stop them completely! These pathways seemed to possess some kind of energy absorption and rapid regeneration properties!
"It's useless! Physical attacks have limited effects! Go!" Yun Zhan urged from the front. He had already cut open another node that was about to close!
The three of them fled for their lives in this living neural maze! Yun Zhan relied on his astonishing intuition and speed to search for possible paths, forcing his way through with his dagger; Lu Cheneng continuously used firepower to suppress and delay the pursuit from the rear and flanks; Wen Shifei followed closely behind them, enduring immense mental pain, staring intently at the ever-changing passage ahead, trying to find any clues about the core database coordinates mentioned in his brother's message among the wildly flashing light paths!
"Coordinates... coordinates..." she muttered silently, sweat soaking her hair and stinging her eyes. Those meaningless fragments of garbled code swirled in her mind... Numbers? Symbols? Or... some specific arrangement of light paths?
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