Cold. Dead silence. Absolute nothingness.
Consciousness, like a feather submerged in ink, slowly sank into the viscous darkness. There was no light, no sound, no pain, not even the concept of existence itself. There was only an eternal, suffocating nothingness. It was as if even thought itself had been frozen, erased.
Is this... the world after annihilation?
Pei Du... Is this the coldness you felt at the end...
A vague thought, like the last bubble escaping from a sinking ship, flickered extremely weakly in the absolute nothingness, then shattered and dissipated.
…
I don't know how long it took. Maybe a moment, maybe an eternity.
A faint "light" with a strange temperature suddenly pierced the absolute darkness.
Not visual light.
Rather, it’s a kind of…perceptual “anchor.”
A...cold sense of order.
[Core Energy…0.01%…Stable…]
[Carrier's vital signs... critical maintenance...]
[Entropy erosion... Partial... Frozen... Status: Stagnant...]
[Imprint of an unknown will…deep silence…connection…weak connection…]
The cold notification tone, like intermittent radio waves from the edge of the universe, echoed faintly in the depths of Lin Mo's almost frozen consciousness. This voice had a familiar, inhuman, mechanical feel, but at this moment it was like a heavenly sound.
I…still…exist?
This realization was like a stone thrown into an icy lake, creating a very faint ripple.
Then, excruciating pain erupted like a thawed venomous snake, suddenly awakening from its frozen state of consciousness! Every bone, every muscle, every cell in my body wailed as if on the verge of collapse! A tearing sensation ripped deep into my bones! My lungs felt like they were being rubbed by sandpaper! A hollow, piercing pain emanated from my left eye, as if my core had been completely ripped out! Certain parts of my body, particularly my right arm and the outer part of my left leg, felt a complete, icy numbness, a loss of all sensation—those areas where the edge of the Entropy Zero beam had grazed, leaving their tissues permanently "frozen"!
"Ugh..." A suppressed groan of pain, like a broken bellows, finally broke through Lin Mo's dry throat. With great difficulty, like a rusty machine, he tried to open his heavy eyelids.
My vision was blurry and bloodshot, as if through a layer of scarlet frosted glass. The first thing that caught my eye was a soft yet unusually bright white light. It came from above, spreading evenly across the sky. The air was cold, carrying the distinct scent of disinfectant, ozone, and some high-frequency energy field. The regular, monotonous ticking and humming of countless instruments filled my ears, forming a cold, life-sustaining background hum.
He moved his only eye that was still able to move.
He was immersed in a pale blue, slightly viscous liquid. The liquid was warm, strangely nourishing, enveloping his shattered body. Countless tiny tubes and wires connected to his body, some piercing his skin, others connected to sensors. Through the liquid and the transparent reinforced glass walls, he could see outside: a vast, empty, pure white space imbued with a futuristic, technological feel.
A vast dome, emitting a soft white glow, dominated the space. Surrounding it were countless suspended holographic screens, streaming complex data streams. Beneath these screens, incomprehensibly sophisticated instruments and equipment flashed with indicators of varying colors. In the center of the space, besides the life support pod he was in, a smaller stasis pod, also emblazoned with the frost flower emblem, sat nearby. A figure also seemed to be floating within the pod, but the distortion of the liquid and the distance made it unclear.
This is... the Ark?
The Ark of Humanity, the "Heart of Gaia"?
This realization, with the illusory feeling of surviving a catastrophe, assaulted Lin Mo's chaotic mind. He had survived? Rescued by the Ark's men? The Light Chaser... the captain's final, calm voice... the icy wave that had frozen the Entropy Beam...
Buzz!
A sharp, hollow throbbing pain erupted from his left eye! All that remained was a hollow, half-healed eye socket, covered in biogel. The dark golden light… vanished. The stellar core, connected to the vast web of stellar laws and bearing Pei Du's imprint… seemed to have completely fallen silent under the final impact of returning to its origin and the erosion of the edge of entropy? Or perhaps… been stripped away?
An indescribable sense of loss and panic gripped Lin Mo! That light… was the source of his strength to survive, his only connection to Pei Du and the vast world! Without it… what was he? A useless person who had survived by chance? A worthless experiment?
[Warning! The carrier's emotions are fluctuating violently... Vital signs... are unstable...]
[Forced sedation...injection...]
A cold reminder chimed. Lin Mo felt a faint sting somewhere in his arm. A powerful chill spread rapidly throughout his body, forcibly suppressing the surging pain and chaotic emotions. Fatigue washed over him like a tide. His vision began to blur, and his consciousness once again slid into the abyss of drowsiness.
Before he completely lost consciousness, his eyes swept over the smaller life support pod next to him. The blurry figure in the nutrient solution inside seemed to... move ever so slightly...? Like someone who had slept for too long, unconsciously turning over?
…
The Ark of Humanity, "Heart of Gaia".
Core medical area, "Origin" Temple.
This place wasn't so much a medical room as it was a temple where science and the wonders of life merged. A soft halo of light, simulating natural sunlight, flowed from the towering dome. Through the enormous floor-to-ceiling observation windows, one could see the lush greenery of the Ark's inner biodome. But the most striking area was the central area of the hall.
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