Li Shuo put down the communicator and walked over to Lu Cheneng. He looked at his pale face and the fine sweat oozing from his forehead with a complicated look in his eyes: "Cheneng...you..."
Lu Chensheng waved his hand, indicating he was fine. He walked to the window and looked out at the streets under reconstruction, sunlight streaming down the busy people. However, his gaze was unfocused, as if it penetrated the scene before him and saw a distant place.
"Shi Fei..." He whispered the name, almost silently, his fingers turning pale from the strain of holding onto the window frame. A sharp, stabbing pain shot through his temples, and a few extremely blurry, yet ominous, fragments of imagery flashed through his mind uncontrollably—a twisted metal dome, a blinding blue light, a metal figure clutching its head and screaming in agony...
A palpitation so strong that it could not be ignored, like an icy snake, instantly wrapped around his heart!
Deep in the ruins of "Paradise Port", under the metal dome.
The aftermath of the explosion slowly dissipated like the receding tide, leaving a devastated mess on the ground. The air was thick with the scent of ozone and the scorching smell of molten metal. The massive neural pulse amplifier had completely vanished, leaving only a bottomless crater with a rim resembling molten glass. The surrounding metal surface was twisted and deformed, as if gnawed by a giant beast.
Wen Shifei struggled to crawl out from under a pile of broken metal. Her entire body was in agony, her protective suit ripped in places, revealing bruised skin and bleeding scrapes. Her helmet's visor was riddled with cracks, so she ripped it off, breathing in deep, burnt air, her lungs aching. Her ears were still ringing, and her vision was filled with stars.
She stumbled to her feet, her eyes scanning the explosion site anxiously.
There was no sign of Yun Zhan.
A huge panic instantly gripped her! Could it be...
“Cough… cough cough…”
A faint, suppressed cough came from under a pile of collapsed metal supports not far away!
Wen Shifei's heart skipped a beat! Regardless of the pain in his body, he stumbled forward!
She struggled to lift the heavy, twisted metal bracket.
Below is the figure with the metal mask.
He lay on his back, the metal mask covering the lower half of his face riddled with spiderweb-like cracks. One piece had shattered, revealing a cold, pale jaw and tightly pursed, bloodless lips. A gaping hole had been ripped open by the turbulent energy, leaving a charred, bloody mess beneath. Most shocking was his left arm—completely severed at the shoulder! The severance revealed not flesh but a complex metal structure shimmering with tiny electrical sparks, entwined with shattered nerve bundles and hydraulic lines! Dark red "blood," mixed with blue coolant, gushed from the fracture, soaking the ground beneath him.
He is still alive! But his breath is as weak as a candle in the wind!
Wen Shifei knelt beside him, frantically trying to stop the bleeding, but she had no idea where to start. She looked at the part of his face that was exposed under the broken metal mask, at the eyes that were closed tightly in pain, their eyelashes trembling slightly, and tears instantly blurred her vision.
"Yun Zhan... hold on! Hold on! I'll take you back!" Her voice was filled with tears, and she touched his cold cheek with trembling hands.
Just as her fingertips were about to touch his skin——
The pair of tightly closed eyes suddenly opened!
No longer empty and cold as before! No longer pure murderous intent!
It was filled with excruciating pain! It was like a soul being torn apart! But beneath the agony lay a bottomless void! Like a lost soul, suddenly and forcibly awakened after a thousand years of endless nightmare! He stared at Wen Shifei, who was so close, his eyes trembling violently. Chaotic fragments of memory lashed his shattered consciousness like a flood.
[Wen...Shi Fei...]
[Consciousness... Space... Guardian... Light...]
[Explosion...Mission...Clearance...]
【who I am……? 】
[It hurts… It hurts so much…]
Broken, illogical syllables were squeezed out of his throat with difficulty, accompanied by violent coughing and gushing blood foam. His body was violently convulsing due to the severe pain, and his intact right hand was tightly grasping the ground, the metal knuckles scratching deep grooves on the hard ground!
"Yun Zhan! Look at me! You are Yun Zhan!" Wen Shifei tightly grasped his intact right hand, exerting such force that it seemed as if he wanted to transfer his life force to him. "You are our companion! You protected us! Remember? In Shen En's consciousness! You used your life to hold up the barrier! Remember?!"
"Yun...Zhan..." He repeated the name blankly, his eyes still confused and painful, but seemed to have a very faint focus, "Guard...the light..." His scattered eyes moved with difficulty to the portable terminal on Wen Shifei's wrist, the screen of which was shattered but still stubbornly flickering with a faint light.
Just then!
Buzz——!
A piercing alarm, unlike the aftermath of an explosion, erupted without warning from Wen Shifei's portable device! The screen instantly lit up with a glaring red light! A skull symbol, representing "Highest Emergency Alert," flashed frantically!
Immediately afterwards, Li Shuo's roar, a mixture of shock, anger, and panic, erupted from the terminal's speakers like thunder, shaking the entire silent dome space buzzing:
"Attention all units! Highest emergency! The core substation in the energy zone! Under attack from the main force of the Black Scorpion! The defending forces have suffered heavy casualties! The number three backup energy line has been severed! Repeat! The core substation is in imminent danger! If lost, the entire city will be paralyzed! Requesting all able-bodied personnel! Immediate support! Immediate support--!!!"
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