[Unauthorized highest level access detected! Threat Level: Destruction!]
[Clearance protocol activated! Executing unit: D7 area defense array! Target: Intrusion source coordinates!]
A cold, electronic synthesized voice filled with crazy malice, like the announcement of death, rang out throughout the base's broadcasting system!
Right after!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A dull and massive explosion and the sound of metal tearing suddenly came from the outer passage of the command center area! The entire cabin shook violently! Dust fell from the ceiling!
"Report! Area D7! Multiple automatic defense turrets have been activated! They are bombarding our outer fortifications!"
"Energy scans show a large number of 'Scavenger' signals are pouring out from the lower pipeline area! We are the target!"
The communication channel was instantly flooded with terrified cries!
Li Shuo's expression changed drastically! He suddenly looked at Wen Shifei: "How long will it take?!"
Wen Shifei bit her lower lip so hard it almost drew blood! On the screen, the azure data stream was violently colliding with the scarlet firewall! The progress bar was beating with difficulty: 58%... 61%...
"It... it is mobilizing all its strength to counterattack! My signal... is about to be drowned out!" Wen Shifei's voice was hoarse with despair. The brain wave monitor showed that her consciousness fluctuations were rising sharply, approaching the dangerous threshold!
At this critical moment!
Lu Cheneng, who had been silently leaning against the shadows in the corner, suddenly opened his eyes! His deep eyes were now as frozen as a pond, icy without a trace of human emotion! He stepped out of the shadows, ignoring the violently shaking cabin and the piercing alarms, and walked straight behind Wen Shifei!
"Chen En! You..." Wen Shifei turned around in surprise.
Lu Cheneng didn't look at her. He stretched out his right hand, and with a barely perceptible tremor, his fingers, covered in a thin layer of bio-alloy armor, pressed fiercely against the nerve connection port on the back of Wen Shifei's neck!
Buzz——!!!
A cold, violent torrent of thoughts with absolute willpower, like a broken glacier, followed Lu Chenen's fingers, ignoring the limitations of the physical connection, and poured into Wen Shifei's stream of consciousness as he was fiercely fighting against the "Heart of the Ark" firewall!
This is not help! This is a takeover!
"Ugh!" Wen Shifei groaned in pain as if struck hard, her body trembling violently! She felt like a small boat in a raging sea, instantly swallowed by an irresistible, icy tide!
On the screen, the azure data stream representing Wen Shifei's struggling progress was instantly overtaken and merged with a more condensed, colder, data torrent tinged with a faint blue metallic sheen! The merged data stream was no longer a gentle exploration, but a violent and precise battering ram! With a pure destructive will that disregarded all logical defenses, it slammed into the crimson firewall!
Boom——!!!
On the silent data layer, a deafening shattering sound seemed to be heard!
On the left screen, the scarlet logic firewall, like glass struck hard, was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks! The progress bar jumped wildly like a runaway horse: 85%... 92%... 100%!
[Highest authority verification...passed! ]
[Backup control node 'Dawn'... activated! ]
The cold system prompt sounded, but it had a relatively peaceful electronic texture that was different from "Heart of the Ark".
On the right screen, the crimson light that was flashing crazily suddenly froze! The light cluster representing the contaminated core of the "Heart of the Ark" seemed to have been paused! The automated turrets frantically attacking the outer defenses instantly shut down! The surging "Scavenger" signals in the passage were also thrown into chaos!
Success?!
Wen Shifei slumped in her chair, gasping for breath, her face pale as a sheet. Her eyes were filled with the bewilderment of surviving a catastrophe and a hint of fear at being forcibly invaded. She stared at the activated "Dawn" node on the screen, emitting a steady blue light. Then she looked at Lu Cheneng behind her, who was slowly retracting his finger. The cold metallic gleam in his eyes quickly faded, leaving only a huge sense of exhaustion and fatigue.
Li Shuo, Dr. Qin and others also stared at this reversal in amazement.
Lu Chensheng held onto the edge of the console, his body swaying slightly, the blood vessels in his temples throbbing, as if the blow had drained all his strength and energy. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his voice was hoarse like an old bellows:
"Now...we...have a negotiating table."
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