Buzz...
An extremely faint resonance, yet with a strange rhythm, followed the cold fingertips and instantly reached the depths of Lin Mo's heart! It was as if something dormant in the deepest part of his blood was violently awakened by this cold outsider and issued an extremely weak response!
Lin Mo's eyes suddenly widened! An indescribable throbbing and fear from the deepest part of his soul instantly overwhelmed him! That feeling... strange yet familiar... as if it came from his own life, yet it was completely out of his control!
Just then—
Woo-woo-woo-woo!!!
An alarm, more shrill and desperate than before, swept through the Deep Dive lab like a tsunami! On the main screen, the surveillance footage of the ruins of Hawkeye III flickered and distorted wildly!
In the center of the ruins, the hideous columnar device that had just released a devastating data annihilation pulse and whose energy sphere on top had dimmed, suddenly lit up with a blinding deep purple light at its base, a previously unnoticed complex ring structure composed of countless twisted purple crystals!
The light didn't emanate steadily, but rather spun, twisted, and collapsed inward like a living thing, forming a highly unstable vortex of purple energy that seemed to connect to an unknown abyss! A soul-shaking, horrifying, and oppressive feeling, far beyond the physical realm, filled the entire laboratory like icy water, even through the screen and the vast distance.
"Warning! Warning! Ultra-high-dimensional energy interference detected!" The cold electronic synthesized voice carried an unprecedented sharpness and panic. "Energy source coordinates: Hawkeye III ruins! Interference mode: Space anchoring! Target... Target locked on the core of the 'Ark' base!!"
Space anchoring?! Target lock?!
Everyone in the laboratory, including the furious Lin Mo and Shen Qingli who was in a strange state of perception, was shocked by this sudden and terrifying alarm that was beyond cognition!
"Energy readings... soaring exponentially!" The technician's voice was distorted by extreme fear, pointing at the wildly jumping values on the screen. "Unknown dimensional coordinates are being forcibly projected! The stability of the spatial structure... plummeted!"
On the main screen, in the center of the deep purple energy vortex, a point of pure and indescribable white light that seemed to be able to burn the soul suddenly lit up like the open and indifferent eyes of a higher-dimensional being!
Buzz——!!!
An invisible, terrifying wave, seemingly capable of warping space itself, instantly transcended physical distance, ignoring the base's thick alloy barriers and energy shields. Like a spear locked onto its prey, it struck with uncanny precision at the core of the "Pillar of Creation" where the "Deep Dive" laboratory was located! More precisely, it struck Shen Qingli! It struck her hand, still pressed against Lin Mo's chest, gleaming with an unstable blue light!
Shen Qingli's body shook violently! As if struck by an invisible giant hammer! Her hand, which was pressing on Lin Mo's chest, was instantly enveloped by a dazzling, flickering purple arc! She groaned, her body stumbling back uncontrollably, her face instantly turning from pale to an abnormal, dark gold, as if overloaded with energy! In her silver-gray pupils, the icy blue light flickered wildly, as if resisting some terrifying invasion!
"High-dimensional interference beam... energy properties... assimilation... analysis..." Shen Qingli's voice was intermittent with a strange metallic friction sound, as if the system was suffering from the most violent virus attack. "Target... correction... lock... core protocol..."
She suddenly raised her head, and her eyes, which were surging with purple arcs and ice-blue light, locked onto Lin Mo who was so close, with an unprecedented, almost beast-like dangerous light!
That look was no longer probing, but... devouring!
In the Ark base's core medical area, within the highest-level sterile monitoring room, the only sound was the faint, rhythmic ticking of the life-support system. Under the pale, shadowless light, Su Mu lay on the hospital bed, her face as pale as the sheets beneath her. Her breathing was weak and rapid, her thick eyelashes casting deep shadows beneath her lids. Even in her coma, her brows were furrowed, as if haunted by an endless nightmare.
"The vital signs are basically stable, Commander." The attending physician, a gray-haired, weary old doctor, looked at the physiological parameters on the holographic projection and reported in a low voice to Lin Mo, who was standing beside the bed. "Brain activity is abnormally intense, and the emotional center is severely damaged... The blood was from the rage. There is no obvious organic damage to the organs. But the mental blow..." He sighed and shook his head. "It's too heavy. It will take time, and she needs to... to get through it."
Lin Mo stood there in silence, a cold statue. He had briefly cleaned the blood from his body, but a large, dark brown mark, belonging to Su Mu, remained on his collar. He clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms, leaving crescent-shaped bloodstains, yet he felt no pain. All his senses seemed frozen, leaving only the heavy beating of his heart in his chest, each beat carrying a chill and rage that penetrated deep into his bones.
The feeling of Shen Qingli's cold fingers on his chest lingered like a brand. The words "same origin" echoed in his mind like the most vicious curse. Su Mu's mother's Tree of Life chip appeared within the mechanical beast... the eerie purple device in the ruins of Hawkeye III... and the high-dimensional interference beam that locked onto Shen Qingli, yet also made him shudder...
Conspiracy! A huge, cold, nested, terrifying conspiracy that involved them all!
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