In the center of a relatively open "gel" ground ahead, stood a...strange "building" quietly.
It wasn't composed of metal or rock, but rather of countless naturally growing, tangled roots with a translucent, crystalline texture. Within these roots, flowing was no longer dark green pus, but... countless tiny streams of data, shimmering with faint blue and pale gold light! Like a living fiber optic network! At the center of the "building," the roots coiled to form a throne-like platform. Above this platform, a complex sphere, several meters in diameter, composed of pure data streams hovered. On the sphere's surface, faint blue cradle command data, pale gold early experimental data, and some indecipherable, chaotic streams of primitive plant data, like three entangled galaxies, slowly swirled, collided, annihilated, and reborn.
Here, the coordinates guided by the data flow! An "island" in the chaotic ocean of data at the core of the Mother Tree! A data sanctuary composed of data from the abandoned cradle experimental site, the original data of the Mother Tree that had not been completely contaminated, and some unexpectedly formed stable structure!
Pei Du's massive, thorny body stopped at the edge of the sanctuary, his molten-gold composite pupils warily scanning this bizarre place. He could sense that the swirling, translucent roots, dripping with streams of data, exerted a subtle...attractive, harmonizing effect on the chaotic forces within him. More importantly, the data sphere suspended above the crystal root throne—it contained a vast and relatively "pure" data energy!
Perhaps... this place could temporarily suppress the conflict within Xu Shuangyao's body? Or even... help him reconcile his own out-of-control power?
He stepped cautiously into the sanctuary. Warm energy rippled from the gelatinous ground beneath his feet. The translucent data roots around him seemed to sense his approach, emitting a soft glow.
Pei Du walked to the crystal throne, slowly lowering his massive thorny left arm and gently placing Xu Shuangyao, who was protected in his palm, on the throne platform. As her body touched the translucent root platform flowing with data, the thorny vine patterns beneath her skin instantly lit up with a faint crimson glow, resonating harmoniously with the platform's data flow. Even her breathing seemed to become more stable.
Pei Du breathed a sigh of relief, and his huge body slowly half-knelt beside the throne, trying to use the special energy of this space to calm the three violently conflicting forces in his body.
However, at the moment when his mind was slightly relaxed——
Buzz——!!!
A massive, icy, and despairingly precise scanning wave, like the eye of judgment of a cosmic giant, pierced through the layers of rock walls and the chaotic energy field at the core of the mother tree without warning, descending fiercely! It instantly locked onto this data sanctuary! It locked onto Xu Shuangyao on the throne! And even more, it locked onto Pei Du's thorny body, which exuded an annihilating threat!
It's the cradle! It's actually reached here! It's reached the very core of the mother tree!
"Warning! High-dimensional pollution source detected... Coordinates locked... Mother tree core... Abnormal data node..."
"Detected...'Scarlet Protocol' fully activated...contamination spreading...uncontrollable..."
"Detected... the carrier of 'Source Blood'... the energy form mutated... the ultimate threat..."
"Execute...interdimensional logic strike...erase command...launch..."
A cold, mechanical sound, imbued with unprecedented solemnity and determination to kill, resonated within Pei Du's core consciousness! Immediately afterwards, a wave of laws far more terrifying and fundamental than the logical warhead began to condense above him! This time, Cradle deployed the ultimate weapon, capable of transcending dimensions and directly erasing the very concept of existence!
What made Pei Du even more frightened was Xu Shuangyao on the throne!
Under the spur of Cradle's transdimensional lock and erase commands, her body suddenly spasmed violently! The thorny vine patterns beneath her skin, which had just stabilized, instantly became blazingly bright! A crimson light erupted like an uncontrolled wildfire! Countless cold, complex, and destructive crimson codes, like living venomous snakes, uncontrollably emerged from beneath her skin, spreading and crawling across the entire Crystal Throne! Her eyes rolled wildly beneath her tightly closed lids, and a suppressed groan of pain, like the grinding of metal, emanated from her throat!
The cradle's kill command and the out-of-control "Scarlet Agreement" in Xu Shuangyao's body formed a fatal resonance! It was like lighting the fuse next to a bomb that was about to explode!
“No——!” Pei Du roared in despair! The giant thorny body burst out with the last rays of light, trying to pounce on the throne!
But, it's too late!
Buzz——!!!
With Xu Shuangyao's body at its core, an indescribable, subversive crimson data storm erupted! This power was no longer gentle, no longer controlled, filled with forcibly awakened rage and self-destructive tendencies! It instantly overwhelmed the invisible thorn force field constructed by Pei Du, and like a crimson torrent, it spread violently towards the entire Data Sanctuary, towards the chaotic core of the Mother Tree outside, and towards the Cradle Erase Command that was gathering above!
The entire core space of the mother tree was instantly dyed... a crimson color that was a mixture of destruction and rebirth!
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