In the Equatorial Abyss of the Machina Deity Clan, a pyramid constructed from the inscriptions of Tian Wen pierced the atmosphere. Mo Yan's Mechanical Heart trembled violently as it approached, pumping out Reverse Entropy blood that solidified into the crimson seal of "Long And Arduous Is The Journey." Ye Ling's Poetry Beasts suddenly emitted a Wail—their Guofeng patterns were fading, and beneath their skin, the viral code of Li Sao bulged like venomous snakes slithering through flesh.
"Warning! Gene contamination detected!" Su E's shadow seeped from the blood seal. "It’s Qu Yuan’s wrath virus… They intend to transform the Poetry Beasts into weapons of the Nine Chapters!"
Atop the pyramid, a Mechanical Eye opened. Each Pupil projected a hologram of a battlefield from the Warring States period: at the moment Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, his blood was extracted by a guard of Chu Wang, and the Gene Chain was altered to create the first Shi Virus. At this moment, those carrying Ai Ying code were surging from the pyramid, corroding the wreckage of starships into bronze zombies that could recite Huai Sha.
"Use this!" Ye Ling's Entropy Cancer Demon tore off an infected arm and hurled it toward Mo Yan. "I have antibodies in my genes!"
The arm exploded in midair, and the Nano Swarm enveloped it with Shuo Shu's resistance code, battling against the Li Sao virus in the void. Seizing the opportunity, Mo Yan plunged into a crack in the pyramid, cleaving through the inscription of At the Beginning of Ancient Times with his Millet Blade—inside lay a Warring States corpse submerged in Quantum gel, its DNA entwined with Su E's silver hair.
"This is… Qu Yuan’s genetic specimen?" Mo Yan's Mechanical Heart resonated suddenly. Memories flooded in: in 278 BC, in an underground laboratory of the Chu royal palace, Su E’s past life—a Witch Doctor—merged Qu Yuan’s last drop of blood before his suicide with Azure Bronze Mecha, creating the first Poetic Martial Symbiote. And Chu Wang sealed her experiment with Tian Wen inscriptions.
"So you began your rebellion back then…" Tears of cooling liquid seeped from Mo Yan's Silicon-Based Pupil.
The pyramid suddenly activated. The inscriptions reformed into Qu Yuan Mecha, its armor flowing with Nine Chapters code, wielding a Lu Li Long Jian that was actually a compressed Galaxy Star Map. With one strike, he severed the void, revealing the Chu Zhuan domain of "Everyone Is Drunk But Me"—all electronic devices within this realm would degrade into Warring States bronze artifacts.
Ye Ling's Poetry Beasts struggled at the edge of this domain. The Quantum antlers of Guan Ju’s elk rusted into Si Mu Wo Ding patterns, while Shuo Shu’s tiger claws devolved into divination cracks. She tore off an Entropy Cancer Demon tentacle and plunged it into the ground, releasing primal genes from Shijing: "Awaken! You are not sacrificial vessels!"
Mo Yan's Millet Blade clashed with Lu Li Jian. In the sparks erupting from Cambrian Steel Bone and Warring States bronze, he glimpsed Su E’s Gene Chain at the core of the mecha: "Su E! Disable his wrath code!"
"I can’t…" Her shadow flickered within the sword light. "His anger… is humanity’s first question…"
Qu Yuan Mecha suddenly recited Ai Ying. The sound waves materialized into scenes of devastation in Yingdu: bronze zombies tearing at civilians while Chu Ci code transformed living people into Jiu Ge statues. At that moment, Mo Yan's Mechanical Heart overloaded, pumping out blood that coalesced into Su E’s past life—the shadow of that Witch Doctor.
"The spiritual practitioner fails to perceive the people's hearts," the Witch Doctor's shadow caressed the mecha's faceplate. "What you hate is tyranny, not humanity."
The Lu Li Jian abruptly halted. The genetic specimen of Qu Yuan at the core of the mecha suddenly wept, its tears corroding the Tian Wen inscriptions.
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