The Key...The Spark...Resistance...Hope!
"It's going to self-destruct! Stop it! Resonate! Use your existence! Use the mark of 'frost'! You are the last bridge! Light it up! Not destroy it! But - rekindle it!" A faint but extremely clear fragment of thought with a metallic texture, like an electric current that traveled through time and space, suddenly pierced into Pei Du's confused consciousness!
It was the Watcher! The metal creature that had thrown him into extinction before the black tide of entropy, itself reduced to ash! Its remnants of consciousness, its final logical instructions, were imprinted in a corner of the Ark's core, activated at this final moment!
Resonate! Ignite! Reignite!
The two embers of molten gold in Pei Du's eyes instantly burned to the extreme! All the pain, all the confusion, all the despair, at this moment, turned into fuel!
He no longer resisted the suppressed will of entropy within him! Instead, he exhausted all remaining willpower, like opening a floodgate, opening his own existence—this forcibly stitched-together shell, this shattered stellar laws, this core temporarily stabilized by the power of the Ark—toward the swirling dark golden vortex below, toward the dark singularity on the verge of self-destruction... without reservation... Resonance!
"Use my broken body... as fuel! Use the mark of frost... as fire!"
A roar that was a mixture of metal cracking, the wailing of stars and the last sound of life, shook the law level!
"Heart of Origin—Burn it for me—!!!"
boom--!!!!!!!
The indescribable brilliant light swallowed up everything in an instant!
Pei Du's suspended form, like a star core thrown into a furnace, erupted with unprecedented brilliance! That radiance wasn't pure energy, but a mixture of his remaining starlight, Xu Shuangyao's final cold mark, the power of order infused by the Ark, and even... a hint of the chaotic hue of the forcibly coerced and distorted will of Entropy!
This light was like a bridge, crashing into the rotating dark gold rune vortex of the "Heart of Origin" below, accurately connecting to the dark singularity in the center that was about to explode!
Buzz——!!!
The entire abyss space seemed to freeze for a moment!
The dark singularity, on the verge of self-destruction, was infused with the chaotic light that contained the mark of the highest authority of "Frost" and carried the will to resist. The destructive energy condensation suddenly stopped! Then, an incredible reversal occurred!
The dark singularity didn't explode, but instead... suddenly contracted inward! Then, like a supernova, it erupted... an indescribable, pure, and extremely dark golden flame!
No longer a cold rune vortex!
But... a burning star!
The entire "Heart of Origin" transformed into a blazing dark golden sun at the bottom of the abyss! Majestic, blazing, carrying endless light and a will to resist! The heavy beating of its heart transformed into a roar that shook the universe!
The surging black tide of entropy and silence was like hitting a burning wall of sighs!
Swish——!!!!!!
The piercing noise of annihilation transformed into a terrifying roar, like the creation of the universe! The sticky darkness, like ice and snow, melted and evaporated rapidly before the burning dark gold flames! The blurry giant face, composed of entropy, roared silently, filled with fear and rage, violently twisting and disintegrating under the burning flames!
Driven by its burning core, the entire wreckage of the Ark roared its first true, powerful roar in eons! The massive metal structure trembled with the roar, dormant energy circuits were rekindled, and new energy surged through the broken pipes!
Light! It dispels the darkness of the abyss! It dispels the chill of extinction!
Pei Du's iron body, which was emitting the last ray of light, was like a burnt-out meteor. Under the impact of the gushing dark gold flames, it was thrown violently and crashed into the cold metal wall on the side of the abyss!
Bang--!!!
The huge crash was drowned out by the roar of the burning core!
His shattered body was embedded in the cold metal wall, its thick armor cracked like shattered porcelain. The visor of his helmet was covered in spiderweb-like cracks. Behind the dark red crystals, the two embers of molten gold dimmed completely, like burned-out stars. Within him, the force that had forcibly ignited his core explosion had nearly drained away the last of his existence. The remnants of the Starry Sky Law had been completely extinguished, the life-sustaining energy injected by the Ark exhausted, and the Will of Entropy, severely damaged by the rekindled core flames, temporarily fell silent, leaving only endless weakness and coldness.
Consciousness, like a flickering candle in the wind, sank into the boundless darkness. His vision blurred, leaving only the blazing dark golden star below, illuminating the entire abyss—the rekindled "Heart of Origin."
Did it work...?
The fire... is rekindled...
Frost... did you see it...
An extremely weak thought, carrying endless fatigue and relief, slid across the consciousness that was about to fall silent.
Just then!
[Core...reignited...successfully...]
[Spark...continue...confirmed...]
[Pollution source… "Starry Sky Debris"… Entropy pollution… Deeply lurking… Threat level… Unknown…]
[Executing… Final Isolation… Protocol…]
A cold, rational, emotionless declaration came from the burning dark golden star below.
Immediately afterwards, an irresistible, despair-inducing repulsive force field instantly acted on Pei Du's broken body embedded in the wall!
boom!
His heavy body was ruthlessly torn from the metal wall by this force! Like discarded garbage, he was mercilessly thrown... towards the abyss, towards the huge hole ripped open by the black tide of entropy, towards the viscous darkness that rolled and roared outside the hole!
My vision is spinning!
Below is a dark golden star that is burning brightly, emitting tremendous vitality and rebellious will - the last spark of human civilization.
Above, there was a viscous darkness that rolled and roared, emitting an extinct and dead silence - an all-consuming black tide of entropy and silence.
Pei Du's broken body, like a burnt-out ember, fell helplessly between hope and despair under the cold "exile" command of the rekindled fire...to the dark abyss that symbolized the absolute end.
Consciousness completely sank into the cold nothingness.
The final sensation was the feeling of the body being completely enveloped and swallowed by the sticky, cold darkness.
And... before darkness completely overwhelmed consciousness, the last cold, logical instruction came from the burning star below, like an epitaph:
[Watch...Complete...]
Pollution...Cleansing...
[The fire...lasts forever...]
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