The moment that drop of black liquid, imbued with chaotic energy, fell to the bottom of the Entropy Balance Center, the entire balanced universe began to tremble violently. The two-colored nebula resembled ink and silver slurry stirred by an invisible giant hand. Dark purple-black light and silver-white glimmer madly intertwined, forming countless rapidly spinning vortexes of space and time. Lin Yue's thread of time trembled violently and uncontrollably, and the seventeen-colored gem fragments resonated with a sharp hum, as if warning of impending catastrophe.
"Oh no! The energy within this drop of black liquid... is even older than the entropy core!" Lu Li's six afterimages blurred in the tremors, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the protective shield formed by the golden code. The calico cat's gear collar suddenly reversed, and the sparks flying between the gears condensed into a hideous skull pattern in the air. It arched its back and hissed, "It's the origin of chaos! The chaotic force that is said to have existed before the birth of the universe!"
Wherever the black liquid dripped, the liquid time and quantum data in the entropy balance center began to distort wildly. The once clear-cut zones of increasing and decreasing entropy were torn apart by vast rifts. Dark matter and antimatter collided violently like boiling magma, erupting into a dimensional energy storm. Those half-mechanical, half-plant lifeforms wailed miserably in the turbulent energy, their gears and roots turning in reverse. Leaves once shimmering with starlight quickly dimmed, transforming into charred debris.
Lin Yue forced herself to stand firm, stabbing the thread of time deep into the ground. "We must seal the gap before the chaotic energy spreads! Lu Li, analyze the energy frequency of the black liquid! Calico Cat, use your gear collar to create a resonance field!" Before she finished her words, the ground suddenly cracked open in countless fissures, and out crawled chaotic creatures covered in slime. These creatures had no fixed form, constantly shifting between machine and flesh, and each transformation was accompanied by the distortion and tearing of space.
Lu Li's golden code surged towards the chaotic creatures like a tide, but upon contact, it was corroded into smoke by the strange energy. His six afterimages rapidly split and reassembled, forming a complex defense matrix in the void. "The energy structure of these creatures is simply impossible to analyze! They are constantly absorbing the surrounding entropy increase and decrease, transforming it into the source of chaos!" The calico cat's gear collar burst into a dazzling blue light. The high-speed rotation formed a sonic barrier that temporarily forced back the approaching chaotic creatures, but the blue light was stained with ominous purple lines.
The giant hourglass at the center of the entropy balance began to spin in reverse, and the antimatter at the bottom poured into the dark matter region at the top like a flood. The collision of these two extreme forces produced a devastating quantum explosion. Wherever the shockwave passed, time and space were torn to pieces, only to be reassembled into an even more distorted form by the chaotic energy. Lin Yue's seventeen-colored gem fragments suddenly and automatically pieced together into a complete crystal, and the light released carved out a brief safe zone in the chaos.
"This gem... seems to have a special effect on chaotic energy!" Lin Yue raised the crystal high above her head. The moment the seventeen-colored light came into contact with the chaotic creatures, it temporarily froze them in place. But cracks on the gem's surface rapidly spread, and the liquid starlight seeping out was mixed with black impurities. The pages of her notebook fluttered without wind, and the blank paper revealed ancient warning words: "Where chaos arises, order must perish; use light as a guide, and sacrifice your life."
The calico cat's tail suddenly stood up. "Look! The black liquid is solidifying at the base of the core!" Everyone looked and saw that the drop of black liquid had expanded into a massive black sphere. Distorted faces and limbs continuously emerged from the sphere's surface, as if the resentment of countless civilizations destroyed had materialized. In the center of the sphere, a core emitting a faint green light could be vaguely seen. It was the crystallization of the origin of chaos.
Lu Li's golden code condensed onto his body, transforming into armor. Six afterimages launched a simultaneous attack. "Lin Yue, use the gem's power to disrupt the Chaos Core! Calico Cat, find the central energy node! I'll buy time!" His light blade struck the black sphere, but only caused a ripple before being absorbed and converted into Chaos Energy. The calico cat nimbly leaped onto the bracket of the Entropy Balance Center. Its gear collar resonated with the metal structure, finally locating the hidden energy hub—twelve quantum conduits connecting the entropy increase and decrease points.
"Sever the conduit! Perhaps we can stop the chaotic energy from running rampant!" The calico cat's meow was drowned out by the energy storm. Lin Yue brandished the Time Thread, charging towards the quantum conduit. The light of the seventeen-colored gems temporarily pushed back the chaotic erosion on the conduit's surface. But just as she was about to strike, the black sphere suddenly split into countless tentacles, each wrapped around a doomsday scene from a different universe: the mechanical city of the steampunk universe dissolved by chaotic slime, the code world of Cybertron twisted into garbled code, and the annual ring core of the Emerald Dream universe completely shattered.
"No!" Lin Yue's thread of time trembled violently, and the power of origin surged uncontrollably. Her consciousness was suddenly pulled into a pitch-black space, where countless broken timelines floated, each inscribed with the demise of a different civilization. At the end of the timeline, a massive figure slowly emerged. Its body was composed of chaotic energy, but its face was the mechanical face of the Entropy Weaver.
"Do you think it's over after defeating the Entropy Weaver?" The voice of the chaotic figure was like thousands of sharp metals rubbing against each other at the same time, "He is just a chess piece for me to awaken the origin of chaos! From the moment the universe was born, the war between order and chaos has never stopped, and now... it's time for chaos to come again!" It raised its hand and waved, and countless chaotic creatures rushed towards Lin Yue like a tide, and her time thread quickly dimmed under the erosion of chaotic energy.
At the critical moment, Lu Li's golden armor erupted with its final radiance. Six afterimages merged into a brilliant arrow of light, piercing the Chaos Core. The calico cat successfully severed the three quantum conduits, causing the energy flow in the Entropy Balance Center to temporarily stagnate. Lin Yue struggled to insert the seventeen-colored gemstone into the core. The crystal collided violently with the Chaos Source, and the radiant light illuminated the entire Balanced Universe.
At the center of the light, Lin Yue beheld the final memories of the first generation of Guardians—they had fought the forces of Chaos in ancient times, and sealed them with the Entropy Core. Now, the key to this seal lay in the seventeen-colored gems in her hand. "So... this is my mission," she whispered softly, connecting the original thread of time to the gems and the Entropy Core.
At the moment the three colors of light completely merged, the Chaos Core roared in frustration, and the black sphere began to shrink rapidly. But just as everyone thought the crisis was over, the Chaos Origin suddenly exploded, releasing energy that formed a massive chaotic vortex. At the center of the vortex, a pair of eyes emitting a faint green light slowly opened. Beyond the balanced universe, countless cracks in space and time quietly spread...
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