Cold, hard, and with the rough, rusty feel of metal, it pressed against Xu Shuangyao's cheek. Every breath she took was a mixture of the intense smell of burnt ozone, the pungent odor of molten metal, and... the sweet, cloying smell of fungi, like a rotting swamp, emanating from the crevices of the giant Eradicator's armor. A heavy, oppressive feeling, like a tangible boulder, crushed her chest. Three giants of slaughter, woven of steel and flesh, like three moving mountains of minced meat, completely enveloped her tiny body in the shadow of death. To her left, a massive, spinning drill ripped through the air, emitting a terrifying, eardrum-shattering shriek. Dark blue arcs danced from the drill tip like the fangs of death, barely half a meter from her head! To her right, the twisted and deformed shrapnel energy cannon, still emitting waves of destruction, its dark red light gathered and surged restlessly within the dense muzzle, like a suppressed volcano! Straight ahead, beneath the shattered armor on the Eradicator Captain's chest, sticky dark-red bacterial blood wriggled like a living thing. Its intact scarlet electronic eye, like the gaze of the abyss, locked onto her firmly. A cold electronic synthesized sound sounded like a death knell:
"Target locked: Omega carrier. Execution: Molecular pulverization."
Escape? There was nowhere to go. Resist? Her body felt like it was falling apart, and every breath was accompanied by a tearing pain. Her mental strength was completely depleted by the backlash from forcibly activating the sclerotium and connecting the green meridians. Her brain felt like it was being churned by countless red-hot steel needles. The teeth marks on her neck, left by Pei Du's loss of control, now sent waves of sharp searing pain, like a scorching brand, reminding her of the uncontrolled plunder and the only variable in her body that could change everything - her own pheromones, the Omega essence marked by the mutated thorn Alpha scent and longed for.
Her consciousness blurred on the edge of severe pain and despair, and the cold wind of death had already brushed against her eyelashes.
At this moment when consciousness sinks!
Buzz——!!!
A huge, gentle, yet determined life wave of burning everything to the ground, like the last sigh of an ancient tree that had been silent for billions of years, suddenly erupted from behind her!
It’s Qingluo!
The massive root that had been standing silently, radiating emerald green and silver-white light, now erupted with an unprecedented, fiery brilliance! The emerald green glow was like burning jade, while the silver-white light streamed like a galaxy bursting through a dam! The surface of the root, once smooth and jade-like, instantly transformed into a texture of molten glass! A tragic and vast will, like an invisible tsunami, swept across the entire space that was about to be shrouded in destruction!
"Roots...broken!" Qingluo's ethereal voice exploded directly into the depths of Xu Shuangyao's shattered consciousness. It was no longer the gentle breeze stirring leaves, but the last long cry of an ancient tree before collapse! It carried with it an infinite attachment to the web of life, a raging anger towards the invaders, and a final protection for Xu Shuangyao, the "lost seed"!
Swish——!!!!!!
A heart-wrenching tearing sound! The tip of the massive root, connecting it to the main body, the thickest core, tore apart spontaneously and decisively, like a living giant severing its own arm! Countless fibrous substances, gleaming with emerald green and silver-white light, splattered like severed blood vessels! From the ruptured wound, not juice, but a torrent of condensed life and data energy gushed out!
This torrent did not dissipate. Instead, under the guidance of Qingluo's will, it instantly transformed into a roaring, giant energy dragon composed of pure light! Ignoring the distance between them, with the will to destroy everything and the tragic feeling of mutual destruction, the dragon slammed into the giant Eradicator that was stabbing Xu Shuangyao with its drill!
boom--!!!!
Words can't describe the terrifying explosion! Emerald green and silver-white light exploded like a supernova! The violent energy shockwave instantly engulfed the heavy giant Eradicator! The drill bit, powerful enough to pierce the alloy, melted and vaporized like a wax figure in the light! The thick hypertrophic armor shattered and collapsed like a fragile eggshell! Dark red blood and shattered mechanical structures wailed in agony under the pure life energy, instantly vaporized and purified!
The aftermath of the explosion swept across like a hurricane, sending two approaching giant Eradicators careening backwards! Their massive bodies slammed into the distant walls and pipes like tattered sacks, thumping and temporarily rendering them incapacitated! The entire underground laboratory felt like it had experienced a magnitude 10 earthquake. The metal structure above groaned in agony, and large chunks of rusted metal plates and condensation pipes fell like hailstones!
The devastating blast also flung Xu Shuangyao's petite body violently backward! Like a leaf falling in a gust of wind! She landed heavily in a dusty and rubble-covered corner, far from the center of the explosion. Her body rolled and slid across the cold, rough ground, leaving bloodstains in her wake. Her bones felt dislocated, her internal organs like they were being repeatedly pounded by a sledgehammer. Everything was black before her eyes, and only a sharp, tinnitus whistled wildly within her skull.
It was unknown how much time had passed, perhaps seconds, perhaps centuries. A violent cough, ripping through the excruciating pain in her lungs, brought Xu Shuangyao back from her near-death coma. Her vision was blurry, a crimson haze—the blood from her forehead had blurred her eyes. With difficulty, she lifted her lead-heavy arm and savagely wiped her face with her sleeve, stained with blood and dust.
The field of vision is slightly clearer.
What I saw before me was a scene like hell.
At the center of the explosion, a massive, charred crater several meters in diameter was left. At the bottom of the crater, a small amount of dark red, viscous, asphalt-like residue remained, emitting a pungent, burnt odor—the only trace left of the massive Eradicator, completely "purified" by Qingluo's self-detonation. The air was thick with ozone, the stench of scorched fungi, and a strange smell... akin to the ash of a burned forest after rain.
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