Infinity: Kill your way through the movie world.

Wu Heng didn't look at the screen. Instead, he closed his eyes and placed his right hand, which was wearing a balancing glove, on the top of the control panel. The glove continuously output subtle and precise instructions.

He could sense something was wrong with the cage.

Inside the gray-white energy wall, two points of light, one black and one white, are like trapped ferocious beasts, constantly trying to pry open the cracks in the cage's rules by using the small amount of purgatory energy that flows in from the cracks, but whose attributes are compatible.

They are not truly awakened, but merely retain the restlessness of instinct, yet this restlessness is enough to deform the cage that serves as the 'gateway' to purgatory.

The puppet-like evil spirit emerged from the shadows, its tentacles binding the cage.

On the main screen, the energy output bar representing the puppet evil spirit soared, while two precisely calculated four-color energy streams were injected into specific nodes of the cage model display.

The downward trend in crack stability abruptly stopped, and then very slowly... began to recover.

76.8% 77% 77.2%……

But Wu Heng's face turned even paler.

Such direct intervention requires immense mental energy and precise manipulation of the rules, much like threading a needle in boiling oil.

"Maintain the current level of the passage." He opened his eyes and looked at another screen, which displayed an overhead energy map of the Purgatory Camp and the real-time location of Sam's team. "Sam's team is about to make contact with the last location of the Raynor signal. Notify Dean to tighten the defensive line to 500 meters around the rift and establish a runic barrier. The first batch of search and rescue coordinates has been issued. Prepare to carry out zoned search and rescue."

"understand!"

The command was transmitted to Purgatory via a still-stable communication channel.

Deep within purgatory, the last signal location for Renault's squad.

When Sam's team emerged from the pipes, they found themselves in a scene of utter devastation.

The hill-like fleshy protrusions were mostly destroyed by the explosion, leaving behind charred marks and the characteristic pale white ash of burning borax.

The remains of several low-level infernal creatures were scattered around, slowly melting.

The cellular base station lay to one side, the crystal ball completely shattered, its outer shell twisted.

Renault lay motionless next to the base station, half of his body buried in shredded flesh.

"Medic!" Sam rushed over.

Benny was faster; he was already crouching down next to Renault, his fingers pressed against the man's carotid artery.

"Still alive, but very weak." He leaned closer to sniff it. "Brain... severely damaged, mental fluctuations are very chaotic."

The medic quickly cleared the debris from Renault's body and checked his vital signs. "Intracranial hemorrhage, multiple nerve damage, level 4 coma... He needs to be returned to the real-world treatment pod immediately!"

"Treat them first, stabilize their injuries." Sam looked around. "Where are Hawke and Lisa?"

Benny stood up, walked to the edge of the protrusion, and looked down: "The bloodstains went that way; they belong to two people, and they're still fresh."

He pointed to the denser tubular forest at seven o'clock.

"Second team, third team, come with me to find someone!" a demon hunter leader shouted immediately, leading twenty men down the ridge.

Sam stayed where he was, watching the medic treat Reno while he turned on his communicator.

"Calling camp, this is Sam. Reno has been found, critically injured and unconscious, receiving emergency treatment. Hawke and Lisa are missing; search teams have been dispatched. Large-scale biological activity has been confirmed at the site, heading towards the fissure. Estimated contact time..."

He glanced at the energy detector's readings, his heart sinking. "...Prepare to engage the enemy in at least an hour."

Dean's cursing and a series of deployment orders came through the communicator.

Sam turned off the communication and looked at Benny: "Can you still sense those monster armies?"

Benny closed his eyes for a moment, then nodded: "Closer, more... more, and there's a leader."

"what?"

“There’s a larger energy source driving them from behind.” Benny opened his eyes, a hint of seriousness flashing in his crimson pupils. “Like sheepdogs herding sheep, the target is clear: the rift.” Sam gripped his gun tighter.

He watched as the medics secured Reno to a stretcher, preparing for a small squad to escort him back to camp.

"Speed ​​up," he urged. "Find Hawke and Lisa, then we'll retreat immediately. The real battle is at the camp."

He looked in the direction of the camp, though he couldn't see anything through the thick fog.

The pale gold rune barrier should have already lit up, like a lighthouse in the darkness.

But it is also a fire that attracts moths.

Rock Camp, 500 meters around the crack.

A new line of defense has been established.

Instead of scattered fortifications, it is a ring-shaped defensive perimeter that contracts inwards, with the entrance to the crack as its core.

The outermost layer is a metal and bone barrier inlaid with rune plates, with the runes operating at fifty percent power to form a continuous light and heat barrier.

Behind them were two rows of melee demon hunters wielding heavy bone blades and borax sprayers, and further back were archers and demolition experts occupying high ground.

Dean stood on a command platform inside the circular defensive line, from which he could see most of the area.

All non-combat personnel, including medical and technical personnel, in the camp have been evacuated to the vicinity of the rift entrance, ready to return to reality at any time.

"Sam found Old Ray, he's badly injured," Dean said into the communicator, his voice echoing across the defensive line. "The monster horde will arrive in an hour. Stay alert, the door to home is right beneath our feet, and beyond that door lies our world!"

"These bastards from purgatory won't get through unless I'm dead and my bones turn to ash!"

There was no grand or dramatic response.

There was only the metallic scraping sound of a gun bolt being pulled back, a blade being checked, and runic energy being adjusted.

Of the more than 800 demon hunters, half were fresh recruits who had just come from the human world, their eyes still filled with tension and unfamiliarity; the other half were veterans who had been struggling in purgatory for several days, their faces showing only numb ferocity.

Dean jumped off the command platform and walked to the front of the defensive line.

He patted a young witcher on the shoulder who was applying strengthening oil to his bone blade.

"Are you scared?" he asked.

The young man's hand trembled, almost dropping the oil bottle, then he stiffened his neck and said, "No... I'm not afraid!"

“Bullshit.” Dean grinned. “I’m scared too, but being scared won’t help. Remember, don’t just blindly shoot. Listen to your captain. Use the borax sparingly, but don’t hold back when you need to. The bone blade is more effective at cutting necks than stomachs. And,” he leaned closer and lowered his voice, “if you see me fall, don’t be a fucking idiot and rush over to help me up. Hold your position!”

The young man nodded blankly.

Dean moved to the next spot, repeating similar rude yet earnest instructions.

He walked past the barriers built of purgatory ruins and holy runes, past those silent but resolute faces.

The tension in the air was almost tangible, a mixture of the smells of borax, metal, and sweat.

He returned to the control panel and looked at the energy detector.

The red tide, representing a large-scale biological cluster, is slowly and steadily covering the green dot representing the camp on the screen.

Sam's squad is on its way back, carrying the wounded and any survivors they might find.

While Wu Heng was alive, he stabilized that fragile door in unimaginable ways.

And these eight hundred-plus people were the last lock before the gate. (End of Chapter)