Just when the electric arc whip was about to hit the body!
Yun Zhan moved!
His figure vanished from the spot as if by teleportation! Only a circular wave of air, created by the high-speed movement, remained! Three deadly arc whips fiercely lashed the cold metal pipes, erupting with dazzling sparks and scorched marks!
The next moment!
Yun Zhan's figure appeared like a ghost above a "Scavenger"! The terrifying mechanical arm swung down with a scream that tore through space! Three dark blue claws, like the fangs of death, pierced the deep blue core of the monster's mouth with incredible precision, just briefly exposed by the attack!
Phew!
The core exploded instantly! Dark green liquid mixed with sparks of electricity splattered everywhere! The monster collapsed before it could even scream!
The attack didn't stop! The other two "scavengers" missed their attacks and immediately turned around, their mouthparts split open, and the deadly arc whips popped out again!
Yun Zhan landed without stopping! He twisted his body at an angle beyond the limits of human joints, dodging the arc of electricity that was whipping towards his head! At the same time, his intact right hand shot out like lightning, and with incredible precision, he grabbed another arc whip that was whipping towards his chest! A violent electric current instantly surged into his arm!
"Ugh!" Yun Zhan let out a suppressed groan, his body shaking violently from the shock of the electric current! But the hand that grasped the arc whip remained motionless like an iron clamp! A huge burst of power!
Swish!
He actually dragged the "Scavenger" out of the shadows it had been hiding in! At the same time, the mechanical arm's dark blue blade claws pierced out with a shrill scream, as if teleporting!
Puff! Puff!
With two soft clicks, the exposed cores of the other two "Scavengers" were instantly pierced and crushed by the blade claws!
The battle ended in a flash, and the three monsters were reduced to three pools of sticky debris, emitting smoke and sparks.
Yun Zhan stood still, his right hand, clutching the arc whip, a charred black mass, billowing with smoke, his muscles twitching uncontrollably. The sharp pain from the mechanical arm and the numbness from the electric shock washed over his nerves like a tidal wave. Deep within his mind, the cold fragments of command stirred once more with the excitement of battle!
[Threat... Cleared... Successfully...]
[Execution...efficiency...high...]
[Clear...Next...]
"Shut up!" Yun Zhan slammed his fist into the nearby metal pipe! A dull thud echoed! He lowered his head, his face, covered by the metal mask, heaving violently. From his throat emanated a suppressed growl, like that of a wounded beast. He mustered all his willpower to force the cold whispers back into the depths of his consciousness. The lingering light of humanity, torn by the pain and chaos, flickered tenaciously like a beacon in a storm, refusing to extinguish.
He slowly raised his charred right hand, looking at the flesh on his palm, burned by the electric current. He then looked at the mechanical arm emitting a faint blue light, causing endless pain, yet also guarding the passage. Beneath the cold metal mask, a trace of extremely bitterness, almost imperceptible, flashed at the corner of his tightly pursed lips.
Guarding... the light...
The price... is hell...
The atmosphere in the temporary command center was extremely tense.
Wen Shifei's forehead was covered in beads of sweat, and her face was pale. Her hands moved across the virtual keyboard so quickly that they left afterimages, her eyes fixed on the three terminal screens lined up in front of her.
On the left screen, a cascade of code and data packets refreshed, representing the deep interaction between the Lighthouse's core database and Wen Yuan's authority imprint. The progress bar climbed with difficulty, like wading through a quagmire.
The center screen displayed a complex topology diagram of the Ark Base's core control system. Most of the area was shrouded in a glaring crimson shadow, representing the contaminated area controlled by the "Ark Heart." Only a few extremely faint, intermittent paths of pale blue light flickered tenaciously, representing spare nodes that had not been completely corrupted. Wen Shifei was attempting to connect his nerves to the signal, like the tiniest probe, carefully following these fragile blue light paths and penetrating deeper.
On the right screen: a real-time monitoring and energy scan of the entire temporary command center and surrounding corridors. Red dots, representing "scavengers" or other threats, flickered and shifted around the perimeter, each flickering arousing the nerves of the soldiers on guard nearby.
Dr. Qin and several assistants gathered behind her, not daring to make a sound, nervously monitoring the data stream and Wen Shifei's brainwaves. Li Shuo stood guard at the single entrance like an iron tower, the muzzle of his heavy pulse rifle lowered, his eyes sharp as an eagle, scanning the deep darkness outside.
"Authorization verification... 37%... Encountering a logical firewall... Extremely strong!" Wen Shifei's voice trembled slightly, his fingertips turning pale from intense concentration. "It's repelling! It's resisting like a living thing!"
"Go around! Use the 'backdoor' protocol left by your brother! The 'Dawn' key marked in the database!" Dr. Qin reminded hurriedly.
Wen Shifei took a deep breath, a flicker of determination in her eyes. She quickly called up an encrypted command sequence—the highest-privilege backdoor left by Wen Yuan. With a slight tremor in her fingertips, she pressed the execute button.
Buzz!
The code flow on the left screen instantly accelerated! A condensed stream of azure data, bearing the mark of Wen Yuan's unique neural totem, pierced the scarlet logical firewall like the sharpest drill!
Sizzle——!!!
Without warning, a shrill alarm blared in the command center! On the right-hand monitor, the crimson light representing the contaminated core area of the "Heart of the Ark" flashed wildly and surged!
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