The Sentinel stood up and pulled out a beam-cutting dagger with a shimmering blue energy blade from the leg of his armor. His (or her) movements were extremely cautious, like a bomb disposal expert approaching an unstable bomb. He (or she) approached the mycelium-covered stone monument step by step, slowly probing the beam dagger towards the pulsating pale mycelium.
However, just as the beam dagger's energy blade was about to touch the mycelium—
Something strange happened suddenly!
The faint streams of stardust on the stele suddenly accelerated! The mysterious patterns seemed to come alive! An invisible, massive repulsive force field suddenly erupted from within the stele!
Buzz!
The sentry was caught off guard, as if struck in the chest by an invisible hammer! With a muffled groan, he was flung back violently! The beam dagger in his hand flew out, its energy blade flickering a few times before extinguishing! He (she) fell heavily onto the glazed floor more than ten meters away, a noticeable dent in the chest armor, a subtle cracking sound and the hissing of energy leaking out.
Even more terrifying, the pale mycelium covering the stone tablet seemed to be under intense stimulation! They suddenly expanded, twisted, and multiplied! The originally thin layer instantly became as thick as a living vine! Countless new mycelial tentacles grew frantically, like countless pale venomous snakes. Some penetrated the "nothingness" area even more frantically, while others, with sharp whistles, lashed out at the sentry who was sent flying like whips! The tips of the mycelial tentacles flashed with a high-energy, corrosive green light!
The sentry reacted extremely quickly, suppressing the pain and rolling on the ground! With a swish! The mycelium whip lashed at the spot where he (she) had just been standing, instantly corroding the hard glass floor into a shallow pit that emitted green smoke!
Xu Shuangyao watched this scene in horror! That stone tablet... it was resisting! And that mycelium... it seemed to be stimulated by the power of the stone tablet and was completely violent! It was even able to attack actively!
The sentry quickly rose, dodging the furious lashes of mycelial whips while quickly extracting several metal discs from his armor and throwing them to the ground. The discs unfolded, forming several small energy shield generators, temporarily repelling the mycelial whips. His (or her) electronic voice carried an unprecedented solemnity and a hint of... confusion? "The target artifact possesses a strong repulsive field and unknown defense mechanisms... The surface symbiont (mycelium) has entered a violent state... The energy reaction is rapidly increasing... The connection with the deep space source (the void zone) is deepening... Warning! The connection is deepening! The intensity of the deep space whisper is increasing!"
As if to confirm his words, the cold, dead silence of "emptiness" permeated once again! Even clearer than before! This time, Xu Shuangyao even faintly "heard" fragments of indescribable whispers, like the rubbing of billions of stars in the icy void! Just these fragments gave her a splitting headache, and her consciousness felt like it was being pierced by an icicle!
Buzz——!
At the edge of the "void" area on the stone tablet where the mycelium had penetrated, space rippled violently like water waves! An extremely tiny, fingernail-sized, constantly twisting and shifting "crack" was forcibly torn open by the dual effects of the mycelium's frantic absorption and the whispers of deep space!
Deep within the rift, there was no longer pure nothingness, but instead an indescribable, sticky, dark purple "sludge" that seemed to be composed of pure "concepts"! An even more intense and disgusting sense of blasphemy and spiritual pollution, like a tangible poison gas, gushed out from the rift!
"Void silt...high-dimensional pollution leaking!" The Sentinel's electronic voice, for the first time, carried a hint of horror! "The target creation...is becoming a contamination channel! We must...destroy the symbiote immediately or close the rift!"
Without hesitation, he (she) suddenly pulled out the peculiarly shaped long-barreled rifle from his back! The complex energy circuits within the rifle instantly lit up with a dazzling blue light! A terrifying stream of high-energy particles began to condense from the muzzle! His target was the mycelial core, dancing wildly on the surface of the stone tablet, connecting the cracks!
However, just as the sentry was about to pull the trigger——
boom!!!
A deafening roar, like thunder from the sky, echoed from the slope of ruins behind Xu Shuangyao! Then, the terrifying sound of densely packed alloy piles being torn apart, twisted, and shattered by the violent force was heard!
A dark grey hurricane filled with sulphur, blood and endless fury, like a runaway train, violently smashed through the blocking ruins and rushed into this core area with the momentum of destroying everything!
Pei Du! He broke free from the air attack and is chasing us!
His dark golden vertical pupils instantly locked onto the scene: the stone tablet emitting an ancient and sad atmosphere, the pale mycelium dancing wildly on the stone tablet and connected to the terrifying cracks, the dark purple "mud" rolling in the cracks, and... the sentry who was aiming his gun at the stone tablet!
In Pei Du's chaotic and violent consciousness, the stone tablet emanated a wave of vibrations that tingled deep within his soul, yet inexplicably attracted him (a resonance of an ancient covenant?). The frantic dance of pale mycelium stirred the dormant mycelial power within him once again! He viewed the sentry's actions as a direct provocation and threat!
"Mine!!!" A broken roar full of absolute possessiveness exploded!
Pei Du completely ignored the terrifying mental pollution emanating from the chasm swirling with blasphemous mud! His massive body wielded terrifying kinetic energy, its massive bony claws blazing with dark red destructive energy. Like a falling meteor, his target wasn't the stele or the mycelium, but the sentry with the spear in hand! He was determined to completely crush this insect that had repeatedly wounded him and now wanted to destroy "his things"!
The electronic eyes beneath the sentinel's helmet flashed blue light! Pei Du's impact, the stone tablet's repulsive force field, the violent mycelial whip, and the mental pollution surging from the cracks... these multiple threats instantly put him (her) in a desperate situation!
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