Their eyes met.
Xu Shuangyao's clear eyes reflected Pei Du's image at that moment—powerful, cold, and unfamiliar. She saw the deeper meaning of order and destruction in the vortex of his left eye, saw the faint golden hue in the energy circuits on his body, and felt the cold shell that enveloped him, as if isolating him from all emotions.
Pei Du's right eye's crimson data stream calmly swept over Xu Shuangyao: [Target: Incarnation of Gaia's Will (Xu Shuangyao). Vital Signs: Stable. Energy Planet Core. Status: Safe.]
The cold data report, like the sharpest ice cone, pierced into Xu Shuangyao's heart.
"You..." Xu Shuangyao opened her mouth, but a thousand words were stuck in her throat. In the end, she only uttered a trembling cry, "...you're back."
Pei Du slowly descended, stepping silently onto a platform of roots threaded with golden veins. He walked in front of Xu Shuangyao and looked down at her. The vortex of thorns in his left eye slowly swirled, and his cold gaze seemed to penetrate her body, examining her connection to the planet's core.
"Hmm." A low, calm response, like the collision of cold metal.
He slowly raised his right hand, covered in energy lines. A gray-black aura of annihilation and subtle spatial distortion lingered around his fingertips. This hand had just crushed a starship and annihilated an ancient stone tablet.
Xu Shuangyao's heart suddenly tightened, and she subconsciously took a half step back. She was not afraid of his strength, but the coldness in his eyes.
Pei Du paused slightly. Deep within the vortex of his left eye, a faint flicker of cold stardust light flickered. He raised his hand, not toward Xu Shuangyao, but toward the massive core root behind her that supported the entire network of golden veins at the center of the Earth.
"You..." Xu Shuangyao exclaimed.
Buzz——!!!
Pei Du pressed his palm against the surface of the roots, which were as smooth as jade and surging with golden energy! A thought containing the terrifying power of the Thorn Star Core, mixed with the newly swallowed fragments of the "Star Core Blood" rules, instantly penetrated the roots like an invisible probe, following the vast network of golden veins, and violently rushed towards the core source of the planet - the Gaia Star Core!
"What are you doing?!" Xu Shuangyao was shocked and furious! She could clearly feel that cold, powerful force, carrying a scrutinizing and even a hint of greed, was brutally scanning and probing the deepest secrets of the planet's core! This behavior was close to blasphemy! She mobilized the power of the planet's will to stop it, but found that the power was extremely powerful. Her resistance was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
The power of the Thorn Star Core was like a raging torrent, ignoring the gentle resistance of the planet's will and instantly reaching the deepest part of the earth's core!
There, instead of a sea of molten lava, lay a star-core space composed of pure, warm, and rich golden energy. At its center, a vast, slowly pulsating ball of golden light, entwined and protected by countless golden roots—the Gaia Core—emanated the immense power that sustained the entire planet. On the core's surface, several incredibly fine, yet resilient, emerald green roots took root deeply within it. That was... the symbol of the complete fusion of the Gaia Seed and the planet's core!
Pei Du's cold yet powerful will, like greedy tentacles, wrapped around the warm golden core. The data stream in his right eye frantically refreshed the detection information:
[Planet core energy source: Stable, energy level: Planetary peak (recovering).]
[Core Will Fusion Degree: 99.9% (Guardian Xu Shuangyao).]
[Core structure: There are minor regular damages (caused by ancient trauma and current pollution erosion).]
Repair Plan Calculation: Injecting high-purity Rule Fragments (Star Core Blood) can accelerate the repair process... optimize core energy output efficiency... and enhance the planet's defense level...
Cold calculation, with an absolutely rational assessment and... the intention of transformation!
"No! Stop!" Xu Shuangyao's consciousness screamed in the planetary network! She felt Pei Du's intention to transform the planet's core! This made her feel a deep fear! The planet's core was the source of Gaia's life, and no external force could forcibly interfere, not even him!
Her rebellious thoughts rolled back along the golden veins, trying to shake Pei Du's palm pressing on the roots!
At this moment of conflicting thoughts——
Buzz!!!
Mutation regeneration!
The Gaia core that was entangled and explored by Pei Du's thoughts had an extremely weak but extremely ancient throbbing deep in its core, which seemed to have the same origin as the Thorn core in Pei Du's body. It was activated without any warning!
At the same time, the newly born thorn star core in Pei Du's chest seemed to have received some kind of deepest resonance, and suddenly beat violently!
boom--!!!
A resonance that was far deeper, more ancient, and more original than any previous connection, like the awakening of blood that had been dormant for billions of years, instantly erupted between Pei Du and Xu Shuangyao (Gaia's core)!
This resonance penetrated the cold shell of rules surrounding Pei Du's consciousness, ignored Xu Shuangyao's resistance, and directly connected the most core and original imprints of the two people's consciousness!
Countless broken images, like a flood bursting through a dam, instantly broke through the defenses of the two people's consciousness and poured into the depths of each other's souls!
Pei Du "saw" this:
Amidst the vast, cold starry sky, lies a mysterious star field, surrounded by radiant nebulae. At its core lies not a single star, but the shadowy image of an unimaginably vast golden tree, its roots traversing countless dimensions, its branches and leaves encompassing countless stars! Every branch of the tree gleams with the glow of the galaxy, and every leaf seems to hold a world within it! A vast, warm, inclusive, and nurturing will envelopes the star field like a mother.
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