The fierce wind whipped the hem of his black windbreaker, making it rustle like the wings of a demon. The hellish flames and thick smoke below the bridge cast his tall, slender figure into a backlit, oppressive silhouette.
Calm and unrestrained.
He tilted his head slightly, his gaze seeming to penetrate the physical distance, penetrate the violent data nebula, and "fall" on me with incredible precision - this conscious being struggling to peek in the torrent of data.
His incomparably handsome face showed no trace of the fear of being in hell, only a deep ocean calm. At the corner of his mouth, there was even a faint, icy, yet strangely charming curve.
Then I saw his lips opening and closing silently amid the raging wind and the deafening background sound of explosions.
No sound came. But a stream of information, cold and clear, like a carving knife, ignored all chaos and all barriers, and accurately and irresistibly "burned" directly into the deep core of my consciousness:
[The game has been upgraded, Pussycat.]
The icy words, like a poisoned dagger, pierced the very core of my consciousness. They weren't just a declaration; they felt like a spiritual "pollution," carrying with them the icy, all-controlling will of Chen Si. A chill emanating from the depths of my soul instantly froze all my thoughts. Amidst the vast, raging cloud of data, my tiny consciousness felt like a flying insect frozen in amber, barely able to sense even the subtle warmth of the golden thread that sustained my existence.
"Lin Xi! Report! What did you see?!" Jiang Li's roar, like a faint radio wave piercing a snowstorm, echoed deep within my consciousness, carrying a hoarseness and anxiety on the verge of collapse. This voice was drenched in the smoke, blood, and clashing noises of the physical world—the battle in the control room had never ceased, and it was even more brutal!
This roar was like a high-voltage electric shock, instantly forcibly activating and pulling my consciousness back from the brink of freezing! The mental shock brought by Chen Si's cold gaze and declaration was severely suppressed by the strong desire to survive and the reality of my companions fighting bloody battles.
"Chen Si! The cross-sea bridge! He's... manipulating it!" My thoughts, like a drowning man's final cry for help, traveled back desperately and chaotically along the golden thread that held my life together. I couldn't precisely describe the "black hole" node and the icy blue aura, but I could only use the most straightforward location and perception. "There's more than one source of chaos! He's exploiting the riots! The bridge... the direction of the bridge! He's controlling large units!"
"A cross-sea bridge?!" Jiang Li's voice trembled with shock, then was drowned out by even more violent explosions. Then, a new, extremely faint yet remarkably clear stream of instructions, like a trickle, struggled to penetrate the raging data nebula and poured into my consciousness. This time, it wasn't a sound, but pure, structured information—a coordinate, an extremely complex, constantly changing dynamic data model!
That was the structural diagram of the cross-sea bridge! It included load-bearing nodes, stress distribution, energy pipelines, and... a node Jiang Li had highlighted, buried deep inside the main bridge tower, representing the city's backup energy core!
"Backup energy... the base of the main bridge tower... physical coordinates... lock onto it!" Jiang Li's information flow was filled with a desperate determination. "Disrupt his control! Use your 'wire'! Disrupt the energy output of that node! Even for... just one second!"
Interference? Using my "wire"?
This command left me momentarily bewildered. I was merely a bystander, barely clinging to consciousness amidst the torrent! I couldn't even shift my perspective! The only thing I could rely on was this golden thread, seemingly from nowhere, that held me together. What could I do with it?
But Jiang Li didn't give me any time to think or hesitate. His message flowed with undeniable force, etched like a brand: "Concentrate! Focus! Touch it! As if you were seeing it! Use your thoughts! Interfere! Destabilize the energy flow! Quick!!!"
Use "thinking"? Use your thoughts to "touch" the energy core of that physical existence?
This sounds like a fairy tale! However, the moment this thought arose, the golden thread that maintained my consciousness suddenly emitted a strong, resonant vibration! It seemed to be... responding?
There's no time! The sounds of explosions and the terrifying movement of some massive object from the cross-sea bridge became increasingly clear, even at the data level! The icy blue aura emanating from the smoldering "black hole" node was becoming brighter and more stable than ever before. A large number of organized dark red command streams were frantically rushing towards the several huge crimson nodes he had locked onto—those port industrial mechas! If they were completely controlled and headed towards the bridge or the city's core area, the consequences would be disastrous!
Let’s fight!
I suddenly closed my eyes (though it didn't make any sense to me consciously), and madly poured all my thoughts, all my fear, all my unwillingness, all my anger into the golden thread that held me together! There was only one target: the base of the main tower of the cross-sea bridge! That backup energy core emitting a high-energy reaction!
"Disrupt it! Destroy it! Even make it trip the switch!!!"
Thoughts rushed out along the golden thread like a roaring torrent!
Buzz——!!!
The moment my thoughts touched that physical coordinate, an unprecedented, indescribable sense of connection suddenly emerged! It was as if the golden thread stretched infinitely, transcending the boundaries of physics and data, directly "reaching" the atop that massive steel bridge tower! I "felt" it! Buried deep underground, a massive energy flow, surging like molten lava! Encased in a precise restraining field, it steadily provided surging power to the entire bridge's lighting, monitoring, and lifting mechanisms!
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