Just as Linde was completely absorbed in a new round of deductions about the Silent Saintess, and the data stream surged and churned in his purple eyes like a galaxy—
Buzz!
An irresistible and overwhelming wave of terror swept across the entire steel sky without warning!
It is not a physical impact, but a more profound and violent disturbance at the level of rules!
Inside the control room, all the pale blue screens were instantly covered by blinding pure white, and countless data points surged and overlapped wildly like a school of startled fish! The piercing alarm, far exceeding the highest alert level, was directly "drowned out" by this force, turning into meaningless cacophony!
The superalloy frame of the fortress itself groaned under the strain, not because of physical pressure, but because the energy flow inside it was forcibly interfered with, distorted, and even briefly stopped by this sudden force!
Linde was jolted out of his reverie, and his crystalline body even showed subtle, almost imperceptible ripples due to the sudden loss of control over the energy!
"What's going on? Energy overload? External attack?" His mind raced, but he immediately dismissed these guesses.
This disturbance... is not destructive, but more like... a brutal "coverage" and "declaration"!
Immediately afterwards, a familiar yet chilling sensation, like an invisible tsunami, descended from the sky, piercing through the layers of barriers of the steel firmament, ignoring all physical and energy defenses, and directly impacting the very essence of his soul!
Cold! Vast! Like the weight of the entire starry sky pressing down! With undeniable divine majesty!
It's a magical tide! And it's... the ultimate tide caused by divine power!
Oh no! It's the God of Magic! He has sent down a divine decree!
Linde's heart skipped a beat.
But unlike the near-collapse of his consciousness at the border magic node many years ago, Lind's soul has now undergone countless transformations, especially after deciphering some of the divine mysteries, making it indestructible.
His will was like a star core that had been tempered a thousand times. Under the sudden impact of divine power, although it trembled violently, it instantly anchored and maintained absolute clarity!
"They've arrived..." A cold, sharp glint flashed in Linde's eyes. Instead of fear, he felt an intense, almost provocative, desire to explore.
He wanted to see what this deity, whose power shared the same origin as Esmeralda's yet who seemed to be filled with apprehension towards her, was trying to convey this time!
A pure white light, containing an endless torrent of knowledge and chains of rules, attempted to forcefully pour into his sea of consciousness, just as it had done before, to imprint an indelible divine oracle into his soul.
That vast, cold, inhuman divine will resounded:
"The silent ones have long been lost...destroyed..."
As expected! They came for Esmeralda!
However, just as this divine decree was proclaimed, and more specific details (perhaps mission details, or promised rewards) were about to emerge—
Buzz!
Deep within Linde's soul, the system formed by the purple crystal core, which had long interacted with divine power, activated instantly as if its highest priority defense protocol had been triggered!
This time, it was no longer passively recording, but instead demonstrated a more powerful and proactive stance!
Countless deep blue geometric runes, more profound and complex than the light of the oracle, erupted from the deepest part of his purple eyes, like an incomparably greedy miniature black hole, or a supremely precise analytical engine, instantly enveloping the oracle light that was trying to pour in!
"Sizzle—"
A tearing and swallowing sound, seemingly coming from a dimensional rift, exploded in Lind's perception!
The subsequent divine pronouncements, and even some of the preceding words, were as if bitten and chewed up by invisible sharp teeth, forcibly "plundered" from the transmission process of the God of Magic!
The pure white divine light flickered and twisted violently, as if the divine will connected to it was also taken aback, or even... enraged?
But all these struggles were in vain.
The plundered fragments of the oracle were instantly devoured, decomposed, and recombined by the azure runes, transforming into the purest, unconstrained nourishment of the rules, which was then added to Lind's system.
[Warning: High-intensity divine information shock detected!]
[The halo system has proactively intervened...information stripping in progress...]
[Rule Analysis... Energy Conversion...]
[Obtained fragments of divine information... System structure optimization in progress...]
[Activation Aura], [Bright Aura], [Deconstruction Aura] experience points slightly increased...
Familiar system prompts flashed through my mind.
But Lind didn't care about this "experience" at all at this moment.
His entire attention was focused on the complete beginning of the oracle that he had clearly captured before it was forcibly interrupted!
"The silent ones have long been lost...destroyed..."
A cold, authoritative, and unquestionable commanding tone!
The God of Magic, as expected, wanted him to eliminate the Silent Saintess Esmeralda!
Although he had expected it, the fact that it was actually confirmed by the oracle still gave Lind a sense of absurd irony and... a chilling sense of opportunity.
A deity, unable or unwilling to personally deal with the out-of-control "byproducts" generated by its own power, instead sends a divine decree to a mortal being, ordering it to take on the responsibility of "destruction".
This in itself speaks volumes.
Is Esmerald's power and uniqueness such that even the gods find her troublesome? Or is it involved in some rule that even the gods themselves cannot violate? Or perhaps... this is a trap in itself?
Countless thoughts flashed through Linde's mind like lightning.
The oracle was forcibly interrupted and absorbed by the system. How will the God of Magic react? Enraged? Ignored? Or... will he take other measures?
Linde had no idea.
But he was very clear about one thing: his entanglement with the god of magic and the silent saintess Esmeralda had become deeper and more inescapable because of this divine oracle.
The gods regarded him as a "knife" that could clear away troubles.
But this "knife" now possesses its own will, and... it yearns to turn the tables, to unravel the secrets of the wielder, and even to glimpse the deeper truth beneath the blade's edge.
Linde slowly raised his head. The disturbance in the control room had gradually subsided, but the air still seemed to retain the chilling divine aura.
A cold, excited smile curled at the corners of his lips.
"The Silent Saintess... the Goddess of Magic..."
"Your existence, your contradictions, your power... will all become my path to a higher level..."
"Supplies".
His gaze once again fell upon the deep, seemingly all-consuming projection of the Shadow Abyss Rift.
The research plan needs to be fine-tuned again.
While analyzing the possibilities of Shadow Abyss's countermeasure against "Silence," perhaps... we can begin to design some special "solutions" specifically targeting the existence of the "Silent Saintess."
After all, this was requested by the "oracle," wasn't it?
Although the method of execution and the ultimate goal may differ slightly from the expectations of that god of magic... in a negligible way.
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