As Lin Yuan's fingertips brushed against Su Jiu'er's cheek, the ground suddenly cracked open, revealing a web of blue light. Nan Gong Xuan's broken mechanical body twitched in the ruins ten meters away, her severed metal spine emitting blinding arcs of electricity.
"Warning... self-destruct protocol..." The mechanical synthesized voice crackled intermittently as Zhou Haoran lunged toward the control panel. "She activated the quantum entanglement device!"
The entire underground base erupted with a sound reminiscent of Bian Zhong being shattered. The compass in Su Jiu'er's hand burst forth with a green glow akin to oxidized bronze, and Lin Yuan saw the hairs on his arm disintegrating into golden particles—this time, even the Time Manipulator couldn't be activated in time.
"Grab me!" Zhang Qiang shouted as he swung his belt, the metal buckle transforming mid-air into a Nine-section Whip. The moment Zhou Haoran was ensnared by the whip's tip, the laboratory dome suddenly twisted like crumpled tin foil, and thirty-seven quantum computers vaporized into purple smoke simultaneously.
Lin Yuan embraced Su Jiu'er and rolled into the collapsing Space Rift, hearing Zhang Qiang's bizarre scream stretch into an eerie tremor: "This is more thrilling than Disney Tron Lightcycle!"
The sensation of weightlessness lasted perhaps three seconds or maybe three hundred years. When Lin Yuan's boots finally made contact with the ground again, he discovered that what he stood on was flowing liquid metal, reflecting seven moons of different colors.
"This is..." Su Jiu'er suddenly covered her mouth as the needle of her compass spun wildly, ultimately pointing toward a floating Bronze Palace in the sky. Beneath its eaves hung not bronze bells but countless rotating miniature galaxies.
Zhang Qiang lay on the ground with his tongue out; his Nine-section Whip had transformed into a glowing jellyfish-like creature that was playfully wrapping around his wrist. "Lao Zhou, look!" he shouted at a distance, "There’s a flying roasted duck!"
Zhou Haoran adjusted his shattered glasses, and the lenses automatically generated an AR analysis interface: "That’s a manifestation of Lingqi... Wait, what are those people doing?"
Three hundred meters away, a dozen figures dressed in Hanfu were gliding on hovering skateboards while forming formations. The elder at the forefront gestured to summon a Taiji diagram, and from the eyes of the yin-yang fish shot lasers that incinerated an approaching three-headed six-armed monster into charred remains.
"Welcome to parallel world number 9527." Suddenly, Li Honghe's holographic projection appeared mid-air; today he wore a scarf adorned with a Star Map. "What you are witnessing now is the result of five hundred years of technological cultivation civilization development."
Lin Yuan suddenly pressed down on his throbbing temple; his Guan Qi Abilities had activated uncontrollably. The entire world transformed in his eyes into intertwining golden Data Streams and azure Spiritual Energy Veins, even the clouds drifting by took on the form of integrated circuit boards.
"Be careful!" Su Jiu'er suddenly threw out the compass, and the Bronze needle transformed into a shield, blocking the shadow that lunged at them. The pitch-black creature collided with the shield, emitting a sound reminiscent of a baby crying, splitting into dozens of bat-like entities with human faces.
Zhang Qiang picked up a glowing mushroom from the roadside and swung it like a baseball bat. "Is this some kind of Cthulhu theme park?" As he smashed the mushroom, glowing powder splattered everywhere, forming an Exorcism Talisman in the air that immobilized the monsters.
"Use three parts Lingqi mixed with quantum entanglement to attack!" Zhou Haoran shouted as he tossed a pen, its tip drawing the Schrödinger equation in the air. The equation acted like a net, enveloping the creature and collapsing it into a fluffy hamster ball.
Li Honghe's projection suddenly flickered to life. "You have twelve hours to obtain the Chaos Core, or else..." His voice was abruptly cut off by sharp interference, and his holographic image twisted into an abstract painting reminiscent of Picasso.
The ground suddenly shook, and waves of liquid metal surged up to a height of a hundred meters. Atop the crest stood a Monk clad in mechanical armor, holding a Fu Chen whose silver threads were composed of Nano Robots, emitting mechanical chants akin to Buddhist scriptures.
"Outsiders." The Monk's electronic voice resonated with thirty-six layers of reverb. "Hand over your time-space beacons."
Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with golden Data Stream as his Time Manipulator buzzed in his palm. When the first wave of Nano Robots transformed into a Silver Dragon and charged at him, the entire world fell into silence—he activated a five-second Time Stop.
"Lao Zhou! Give these metal lumps a reverse firmware update!" Lin Yuan sprinted through the stilled time, his fingertips grazing past, causing red spots to appear on the surface of the Silver Dragon, indicating system vulnerabilities. Seizing the moment, Su Jiu'er threw out her compass again; the Bronze needle morphed into thirty-six Flying Swords, forming the Sword Formation of Immortal Slaying to trap the Monk.
Zhang Qiang pulled out a Bronze Tripod from seemingly nowhere, its body inscribed with ancient characters reading "Electromagnetic Stove · Demon Refining Special." "Let me show you modern alchemy!" Flames erupted from the tripod's mouth—Three Realms True Fire that was actually Blue-White Plasma Flame.
The Monk's armor began to melt away, revealing a pulsating mass at its core. Zhou Haoran suddenly widened his eyes. "That's a Biological Quantum Computer! Quick, take a sample..." Before he could finish his sentence, the sky darkened abruptly.
The Seven Moons opened their blood-red electronic eyes simultaneously, and countless Mechanical Flying Swords cascaded down like a galaxy. Even more terrifying was the massive shadow rising slowly on the distant horizon—a mountain-like figure where every strand of hair resembled a fusion reactor.
"Run!" Lin Yuan grabbed Zhou Haoran, who was still collecting data. His Time Manipulator began to overheat from excessive use, and snowflake-like noise appeared at the edges of his vision. Su Jiu'er bit her finger and drew a Blood Talisman in the void; what she summoned was not an ordinary divine beast but a gigantic Mecha Qilin made of Dark Matter.
Zhang Qiang ran while throwing talismans behind him, the yellow paper adorned with a comical Dog Head Emoji drawn in Cinnabar: "Witness my Mental Pollution Attack!" The Mechanical Flying Sword that was hit suddenly began to perform a Laser Square Dance, spelling out the words "Here for a Visit" in mid-air.
As the crowd rushed into the Bronze Palace, Lin Yuan heard the thunderous sound of gears meshing behind him. The last image he saw was that mountain-like shadow extending a claw made of black holes, gently crushing the Three Moons.
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