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The interior of the building left everyone in shock. This was no ordinary structure; the entire space seemed to breathe, undulating as if alive, with energy veins flowing along the walls like blood vessels. Each step we took caused a slight tremor in the ground, as if we were touching the nerves of some colossal living entity.
"Living architecture," Stevens whispered. "We've only been to the periphery before; we've never entered the core area."
Through my special vision, I discovered that what flowed through these veins was not energy but a stream of information. The flickering data was arranged in a regular sequence, like a series of codes.
"Do you hear that?" Zhou Jing suddenly said. "There's a sound."
Indeed, there was a rhythm in the air, reminiscent of ancient music, or perhaps the sounds emitted by some code in operation. Strangely, this sound seemed to resonate with the viral sequences within us.
"Wait," I said, stopping in my tracks. "This isn't random noise."
I closed my eyes and let the viral sequences analyze these rhythms. Soon, a pattern emerged: the sounds were arranged in a spiral sequence, like codons in genetic coding. "They're using sound to encode life!" Honda Miho exclaimed.
At that moment, the passage ahead suddenly changed. The flowing veins solidified into guiding lines that pointed toward a massive circular hall.
"The Gene Library!" Stevens gasped. "The legendary place that stores all life information!"
The hall was filled with glowing crystal columns, each containing vast amounts of information. Through my special vision, I could see the essence of this information: complete records of life's evolution, from the simplest single-celled organisms to the most complex higher life forms.
"Look over there," Kong Yang pointed to a device in the center. It was a massive bronze mask, at least three meters tall. But unlike any mask we had seen before, its surface flowed continuously, with symbols that transformed as if telling an eternal story.
Suddenly, the viral sequences within me surged violently. A piece of information transmitted into my consciousness:
"Welcome back, heir."
"This is an artificial intelligence," Stevens said. "The guardian left by ancient wisdom. It has been waiting for a suitable heir to appear."
The symbols on the surface of the mask formed into comprehensible words:
"You have passed the test and proven your understanding of life's true essence. Now, it is time to learn the truth."
Before the words faded, the ground in the center of the hall cracked open, and a pyramid-shaped device slowly rose up. At its peak was a complete Taiji diagram, but its center was empty, as if missing a crucial component.
"Insert the mask fragment," the artificial intelligence instructed. "You will witness both the beginning of everything and its end."
I looked at the others; they all nodded in agreement. I took out the mask fragment I had brought from Changling Village and approached the pyramid. Just as the fragment was about to touch the Taiji diagram, the entire space suddenly shook violently.
"Not good!" Martin shouted. "Someone has forcibly breached the outer defenses!"
Through the surveillance footage, we saw a group of fully armed individuals approaching the building. The leader among them was unmistakably Sato Kenichi, the very person we had encountered in Japan!
How could they be here? There was no time to explain. Stevens said we had to activate the sequence immediately! Otherwise—
Before he could finish his sentence, a loud explosion echoed from the entrance. They had breached the first line of defense.
In front of us, the mysterious device was still waiting for the final activation key.
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