At this critical moment, when Lin Mo was about to be completely blown away by the power in his body and Xu Shuangyao was about to be severely damaged by the backlash -
Buzz!
The boiling dark golden light in Lin Mo's left eye suddenly shrank inward! An extremely dim, yet extremely clear shadow, like a last ray of light, projected from the crystal core of his left eye!
It’s Pei Du!
But he was no longer the warrior with the embers of fire. His shadow was nearly transparent, and a bowl-sized, piercing wound with a strange, crystallized edge was clearly visible on his chest! A faint, purplish, polluted aura lingered within the wound! This wound... was identical to the fatal wound Xu Shuangyao had inflicted upon the chest of the First Fire Seed, "First Flame," during his flashbacks.
Pei Du's shadow was extremely dim, seemingly ready to dissipate at any moment. With difficulty, he raised a nearly transparent finger and pointed it at Xu Shuangyao, whose pupils had suddenly contracted after seeing the wound. A faint thought, yet one filled with endless urgency and enlightenment, penetrated the chaotic energy field and imprinted itself deep within the consciousness of Xu Shuangyao and Lin Mo:
"The observer's 'door'...is not a passage...it's...a trap!"
"You need...two keys...to actually start..."
"Frost...your brand...is one of the keys! Lin Mo's core...is...the other!"
"They... don't want destruction... but... devourment! Devour... the power of fusion!"
Dual keys! Brand and core!
Xu Shuangyao was struck by lightning! A surging wave of emotion instantly rippled through her icy blue eyes! All the clues connected at this moment! Why was the Observer so obsessed with her and Lin Mo? Why did the pollution erupt in both of them simultaneously? Why did the "Gate" signal arrive when Lin Mo lost control? The pollution in Pei Du's core, her branded backdoor... they were one and the same! They were the two keys to unlocking the "Gate"! The Observer's ultimate goal had never been simply to destroy humanity, but to seize the lawless, cosmic power born from their fusion!
"No! We can't let them succeed!" Xu Shuangyao's eyes flashed with unprecedented determination! The instinct to protect her new home overwhelmed everything! Including the fear of her own bloody past! She suddenly looked at Lin Mo, who was struggling in pain and about to be completely swallowed by the pollution.
"Lin Mo! Believe me!" Xu Shuangyao's voice pierced through Lin Mo's chaotic roar, carrying an unquestionable resolve. She no longer attempted to suppress Lin Mo's power. Instead, she poured the remaining purest ice-blue star flame within her, derived from the sublimation of her protective will, unreservedly, like a glacier bursting its banks, into the rampaging crystal core in Lin Mo's left eye! It wasn't a confrontation, but... an active fusion! She would try once more, using this fused power to fight the ultimate terror that was about to descend!
“Ugh—!!!” The moment the ice-blue star flames were injected, Lin Mo let out an even more shrill roar! The two forces clashed and strangled frantically within him! His crystallized body cracked under the strain, cracks instantly spreading across it! Yet, amidst this extreme pain and chaos, Lin Mo’s self-awareness, suppressed by pollution and instructions, was stimulated by Xu Shuangyao’s reckless trust and fusion, like a diamond thrown into purgatory, suddenly bursting with a faint but incomparably resilient clarity!
His scarlet right eye flickered violently, as if he was struggling. He looked at Xu Shuangyao, his eyes filled with pain, struggle, and... a hint of a cry for help!
"Now!" Xu Shuangyao caught this glimmer of clarity! She bit her tongue, pushing the last of her strength to its limit! Icy blue and dark gold light whirled wildly between them, colliding, attempting to intertwine once more!
Buzz——!!!
An indescribable law fluctuation suddenly spread out from the two of them! It was even more mysterious than the one at the celebration square, carrying a hint of a new, yet extremely unstable aura of fusion!
However, at this critical point where the old and new forces are about to resonate and be born again—
Boom boom boom——!!!
The entire Dawn Star shook violently, as if the sky had been torn apart!
Right above Dawn Harbor, under the gazes of countless terrified and desperate eyes, at the core location where Xu Shuangyao and Lin Mo's power merged, the void, like a mirror thrown into a boulder, suddenly exploded into a huge crack with a diameter of more than a kilometer, with sticky dark purple energy flowing around the edge!
That's not a space crack!
That's a... "door"!
Inside the gate, the dark chaos of the entropic sea's rifts was no longer the swirling, but a deeper, purer purple energy, like living, viscous, and malicious plasma! An indescribable, terrifying suction force, with an absolute will to devour and assimilate, instantly erupted from within the gate! Countless shattered metal, flying stones, and even some hovercrafts that couldn't dodge in time, were like being grabbed by invisible giant hands, wailing as they were sucked towards the terrifying portal!
And deep within the door, countless immense chains composed of pure purple chaotic energy, like greedy giant pythons smelling blood, carried a soul-freezing chill and a sickening slipperiness. Ignoring the barriers of space, they entwined themselves with incredible precision and overwhelming force towards Xu Shuangyao and Lin Mo! Especially Xu Shuangyao! Those chains seemed to have a fatal attraction to her!
"Mark of Frost... The highest authority command source has been detected..." A cold, playful voice, imbued with absolute control, resounded directly in the depths of Xu Shuangyao's soul, like the whisper of a demon:
"Command confirmation: 'Format command'."
"Executor: 'Frost'."
"Welcome...back."
The moment this voice rang out, Xu Shuangyao's body suddenly froze! Deep in her soul, at the location of the long-dissipated brand, came a burning pain so intense that she almost fainted, and a cold call! It was as if an invisible hook was reaching out from the door, fiercely hooking the root of her soul! The power she was pouring into Lin Mo was instantly interrupted! In her icy blue eyes, the determination that had just gathered was replaced by huge horror and an instinctive, irresistible attraction!
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