The helmet was placed on the assembled body, replacing the missing head, and the golden eye they had obtained in the heart of Midgard was placed in the neural adapter.

Chen Ci withdrew his hand and waited patiently.

However, nothing happened.

Shaffley frowned as he looked at the complete body in front of him. Some tissue fragments were scattered during the biting, so there were still some gaps between the different body parts that could not be completely fitted.

In the past, the team doctor would sew it up with needle and thread, but now they are pressed for time and it seems unnecessary to do so.

It's just that beacons are supposed to be incorporeal.

What they see are all anthropomorphic images created by beacons to facilitate communication with maintainers.

They are supercomputers, and so-called thinking is just the result of countless programs working together.

At least Shafley has been engaged in maintenance work for nearly ten years, and his father, a veteran maintainer, has been leading the team, but he has never heard of any news about the new entity.

The body in front of him might have been created by Moonlight for the convenience of movement after the accident.

Of course, the beacon could not have created a person out of thin air. It was most likely that it occupied this body, and no one knew what the original owner's condition was at that time.

Three minutes passed and still nothing happened.

They circled around the corpse, as if attending a cyber funeral.

Chen Ci was getting a little restless. No one was more anxious than him in the current situation. Every extra minute of delay would reduce Fu Tianhe's chance of being rescued.

Chen Nian suddenly thought of something. He went to the head of the corpse and put his hand on the neural adapter, looking for the turn-on button.

The neural adapter contained extremely powerful energy, which could even cause space distortion to overlap. Chen Nian didn't know what would happen after it was turned on, but other than that, it seemed that they had no other way to try.

Chen Nian and Shafulai looked at each other, and Shafulai nodded to him.

Chen Nian pressed the switch.

Moonlight's neural adapter was restarted, and the inside of the instrument that was supposed to be worn on the Elector's head was no longer a human head and brain, only a lonely golden eye.

The energy intensity on the dial was rising rapidly. Everyone held their breath and stared closely at what was about to happen.

Will the assembled bodies be restored to their original state? Or will they be dragged into a new overlapping space, or perhaps a secret mechanism will be opened somewhere, revealing a secret passage leading to a deeper place.

But neither is true.

As the energy intensity continued to approach the limit of the instrument, the sea serpent Jemengad, which surrounded the entire cavity, moved as if it was disturbed.

Its huge body squirmed and crawled at an extremely slow speed, its scales rubbing against the ground, making sounds and vibrations that could not be ignored.

Have you ever thought that it is still alive, just like the Sea King Maxini and the Anglerfish we saw outside before, whose strong vitality allows them to survive inside the beacon.

It's just that more team members were climbing and sliding down Panshao's body, searching everywhere for the remaining body fragments, but it didn't react at all.

The metal scales were so cold that even the flesh and blood inside seemed to be frozen.

And now, it finally has a response.

The first moment I realized this, I instinctively felt an uncontrollable fear in my heart.

My heart beat faster, my breathing became rapid, and my hands and feet began to sweat.

That is the emotion that naturally arises when people feel powerless.

The Sea King could easily crush all of them into pulp with just a flip of his body.

All the weapons he carried were of no use to him. No matter how large the caliber of the bullets were, they could not penetrate the metal scales. Fire could not burn through it. The acid could only form a partial solution, which was just a drizzle compared to his huge body. Even if all the explosives were used, it might be difficult to shake him.

It was just that it was extremely difficult for Yemenga to move. Lack of water, hunger, pain...had reduced its body functions to a near-death level. It had been away from the ocean for too long, and was relying entirely on consuming its body's reserves to barely keep its heartbeat going.

It's not trying to go anywhere, but rather to shrink the circle of its body.

It's like trying to reach the people in the center.

It's just too difficult in its current state.

After making sure that Poseidon could not harm them for a while, Chen Ci withdrew his gaze and stared closely at the operating neural adapter again.

In the world of spiritual power, many existences were becoming distorted, and he couldn't even control his own power at all. He was being stirred, wrapped, and led towards a certain resonance.

Like a deep call coming from the blood.

——Come closer. Come closer.

At the same time, his mental power was also attracted by the Poseidon that was surrounding him in a circle, moving slowly and with difficulty.

Although no contact was made, the spiritual power dispersed in the air seemed to be called by something, with part of it being guided by the neural adapter and the other part wanting to get closer to the Sea King.

But Chen Ci chose the former unwaveringly.

Woo——

Jemengad uttered a mournful cry that echoed in the great hollow cavity.

Chen Ci was not moved at all, his brows were grim, and he adjusted his mental strength so that he could resonate with the neural adapter better and faster.

But Chen Nian couldn't help holding his breath. They had heard Maxine's cry for help earlier. What kind of message did Jemengaard in front of them want to convey to them?

Light gradually emanates from the neural adapter.

That was the local distortion of space caused by the influence of strong energy. At this moment, everyone felt a strange resonance.

Even Fu Tianhe, who was in a daze, forced himself to open his eyelids.

But the impact of the energy is limited to a small range. The neural adapter wrapped around the sixth beacon may allow one to know all the secrets of the past nineteen years as long as one reaches out and touches it.

"Nian Nian." Shafulai held Chen Nian's wrist and whispered, "Don't touch."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

Shafley didn't know how to answer, so he just said, "...it could be dangerous."

"We've done so many dangerous things along the way, this one won't be a big deal."

As Chen Nian was about to struggle against Shafuli, he was held even tighter. It was indeed difficult for him to fight against the strong Shafuli with strength alone.

Alpha said sternly: "No."

"You're so weird." Chen Nian frowned. "The truth may be right in front of me, and I can touch it with just a stretch of my hand. Why are you holding me back? Isn't it for this that we all went through so much trouble to come here?"

"..." Shafulai was silent for a moment, then said, "Even if it might hurt you?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Nian realized that Shafley was abnormal. "Why didn't you stop Chen Ci, but only stopped me? Did you know something before?"

Shafla whispered, "I don't want you to get hurt."

"But no matter what the result is, I have the right to know. This is our common goal, isn't it?"

The Omega boy's amber eyes were full of determination. Shafulai knew that he could not really stop Chen Nian, and if he continued to insist, it would only lead to a quarrel.

He closed his eyes tightly and loosened his hands.

"No matter what you see, don't be sad, okay? I will always be with you."

Sad? Chen Nian was stunned, thinking that Shafulai was worried that after he confirmed that he had a relationship with the Sea King, he would be heartbroken for the miserable plight of the Sea Kings.

"Don't worry, I'm still very firm in my position."

Even though he had a deep and inseparable relationship with Chen Ci and Poseidon, for the past eighteen years, they had both truly lived as human beings.

In their hearts, they are human beings, there is no doubt about that.

Shafley said no more. He took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and gently put his arms around Chen Nian's shoulders so that the boy who was sitting on the ground could lean sideways into his arms.

Chen Nian and Chen Ci looked at each other, the two brothers nodded, and at the same time, they placed their hands on the neural adapter.

In an instant, the spiritual power from the same origin resonated violently with the energy waves bursting out from the neural adapter.

But the brothers were not the only ones involved.

Shafulai, who had no contact with it, and Fu Tianhe, who was lying on the ground, were also submerged in it.

The mysterious energy bypassed the team doctor who was taking care of Fu Tianhe and the special forces captain who was on alert, and swallowed up only four people accurately and consciously.

——singing.

It seems like someone is humming softly, slowly and lingeringly, stirring the heartstrings.

The cold and surging sea water transmits sound waves. In the dark ocean, everything must rely on instinct.

Listening carefully, they couldn't find the melody, but it was indeed lured to the direction where the song came from.

Upward, upward, yet still not where the sun shines.

This is one of the coldest seas on Earth. The thick floating ice sheet acts like a protective shield. They have long been accustomed to it, but occasionally they rush too fast and crash into the ice.

But this time, it was completely different.

They rushed straight out of the sea, leaped into the air, and their shiny metallic bodies crossed parabolas.

Then, it fell into the net bag.

The battlements were packed with fish, shrimps, crabs and shellfish, moving along the conveyor belt.

The singing continued, and more primitive creatures rushed up, were captured, and transported to unknown locations.

Only a few extremely lucky ones can jump back into the sea.

A woman with long light blond hair sat in the control room. She was wearing a white coat and between her eyebrows was a closed, vertical eye.

It was the "corpse" that had just been pieced together.

"The stem cells have been stored."

Heibo walked out of the open side door. He staggered. Ashes had severely damaged the joints of his left leg. As for the back of his head, thorns were sticking out of the horrible hole, and even the meninges were clearly visible.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Moonlight continued to wait, Heibo sat beside her, staring silently at the huge ice cave in front of her where primitive creatures kept jumping.

What they really expected has not come yet.

"How is Kong Yu?"

"It's not particularly good, but it's basically stable. The medicine I took in the last experiment was definitely useless."

Moonlight hummed, and neither of them spoke anymore.

The primitive creatures that kept jumping out of the cave suddenly became scarce, as if some more terrifying existence made them escape the instinctive attraction of the song.

Under the ice cap, something huge seemed to be attracted.