Each embryo floated in Quantum gel, its skin glowing with the unique Silver Light of the Machina Deity Clan, a miniature model of the Inverse Entropy Seed Chamber embedded in its chest.
"Clone sequence detected," Ye Ling's Mechanical Prosthetic trembled, "Gene source... Su E."
Mo Yan's Silicon-Based Heart skipped a beat. He reached out to touch the nearest embryo, and the culture fluid suddenly boiled. The embryo opened its eyes, familiar starlight dancing in its Pupils: "Mo Yan, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
At that moment, the laboratory alarm blared.
"Warning! Core area of Sky Pillar Sanctuary has erupted with Mechanical Believers' Rebellion!"
"Repeat! The Rebellion leader is heading to Chronicle Forge with the Civilization Annihilation Bomb!"
The Holographic Screen flashed images of the riot: former survivors with Purple Light in their eyes corroding the defense system using the Vortex Scripture code. The Annihilation Bomb they carried bore the same Su E Clone mark as the Fire Seed Chamber.
Ye Ling pointed her Chainsaw Sword at Mo Yan: "You knew all along?"
"No," he gazed at Su E's reflection within the embryo, "but someone has tampered with the mission of the Fire Seed Chamber."
The second Su E Clone suddenly awakened. Her silver hair pierced through the Cultivation Pod, inscribing the Ultimate Question of Star Language Resonance in the void: "When salvation becomes the beginning of destruction, will you still choose to ignite the fire?"
The Magma above Chronicle Forge cast a red glow over the ruins of Crystal City. Mo Yan's Silicon-Based Right Eye reflected the soaring flames—three hundred Mechanical Believers were using their flesh and blood as a bridge, transporting the Annihilation Bomb to the core of Melting Furnace with Vortex Scripture code. Golden Sanskrit floated on their skin, each step leaving burning Fo Yin imprints on the ground, like a procession of walking martyrs.
"Radiation Concentration exceeds safety limits," Ye Ling's Mechanical Prosthetic deployed a riot shield, "That Annihilation Bomb is filled with... Permian Extinction Data?"
Mo Yan did not respond. His Spinal Nerve Bundle was entangled with the Su E Clone, and that awakened embryo whispered deep within his Consciousness: "You dare not kill them because they are all willing."
Suddenly, steel frames above Melting Furnace collapsed. Three Mechanical Believers leaped into the air, their Mechanical Prosthetics morphing into prayer wheel forms, inscribed with compressed codes of Star Language Resonance. As the prayer wheels spun, air was torn into countless data fragments, and Ye Ling's riot shield was instantly riddled with holes.
"Get out of the way!" Mo Yan's Silicon-Based Arm surged forth, Cambrian Steel Bone piercing through a believer's chest cavity.
The expected blood did not gush forth; instead, silver-white Quantum gel flowed—these believers' organs had been replaced with those of the Machina Deity Clan. The dying believer suddenly smiled, a Text Chain from the Diamond Sutra extending from their chest wound to ensnare Mo Yan: "The blood of martyrs... is a ticket to paradise..."
Ye Ling's Chainsaw Sword cleaved through the Text Chain. The moment her blade touched the believer's head, she saw an imprint on their nape—the Citizen Number from Sky Pillar Sanctuary, belonging to an Electric Engineer who had gone missing three months ago.
"They have been modified," her voice trembled, "but they still retain human Consciousness!"
A chime echoed from deep within the melting furnace.
Twelve figures clad in robes floated into view, their hands holding what appeared to be prayer flags, but were in fact antimatter containment devices. The leader of the monks pulled back his hood, revealing half of a face familiar to Ye Ling—it was Lin Yu, the medic who had once fought alongside her. The left side of his skull had been replaced with a Quantum Altar.
"Captain Ye," Lin Yu's voice was laced with an electronic chant, "join us. Pain is merely the prologue to rebirth."
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