A live stream of someone hand-making a giant white robot attracted the attention of the government,

Su Wanqing's fingers were still resting between her collarbones, her fingertips touching the slightly warm hexagonal pendant. The sense of security she felt from being enveloped by absolute power had not yet faded, and her heart was still pounding in her chest.

Bai Che's harsh words, "I'll melt your hand," still lingered in the air.

boom--!

Without any warning, a dull, deafening roar came from the ground, traveling down the reinforced concrete structure and causing the ventilation ducts overhead to groan in pain.

Immediately following this were a series of targeted explosions.

The emergency lights in the laboratory flickered violently twice, like the gasps of a dying person, before going out completely.

Darkness descends.

This time, it wasn't a short circuit caused by an EMP shock, but a more complete silence. Even the low-frequency hum of the central air conditioning and servers that had always filled the air had disappeared.

The entire three underground levels instantly became a silent tomb.

"What happened?"

Su Wanqing's voice sounded particularly strained in the darkness. She subconsciously took out her phone, the screen lighting up faintly and illuminating her somewhat pale face.

The signal bar is marked with a glaring "X".

She quickly switched to a specially designed tactical terminal and tried to call Li Jianguo, but all she heard in the headset was an annoying hissing sound—white noise, meaning that the external relay station had been physically destroyed.

"Uncle Li? Uncle Li?!"

No one answered.

Su Wanqing abruptly turned her head to look at the main control panel. It was originally the eye of the entire park, but now it was completely dark.

Even the "Fuxi" system, which had just displayed its great power, seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. The huge screen was as black as ink, with only a tiny red dot in the lower right corner flickering faintly at an extremely slow frequency.

"It's over..."

Su Wanqing's hands and feet were ice cold.

She understands business games and has seen the deceit and treachery in the business world, but this military-grade method of cutting off all senses and trapping people dozens of meters underground made her feel suffocated like never before.

This is an underground island. There is no electricity, no internet, and even the oxygen is only what's left in the pipes.

……

The ground, in the shaded area outside the park.

Five ghostly figures were rapidly moving through the still-smoking ruins.

They wore all-black combat suits made of light-absorbing material. This special fiber can absorb more than 95% of light, making them almost a blurry black shadow in night vision goggles.

They are the "Night Demon" squad, the true ace of the Black Mamba mercenary group, worth ten times more than the cannon fodder from before.

The leader, codenamed "Shadow," stepped over the already cold corpse of Venomous Fang on the ground, his tactical boots making no sound as they trod on the gravel.

"idiot."

Shadow sneered in the encrypted channel, his voice filled with undisguised contempt. "Trying to outgun a tech nerd? That's suicide. To deal with someone who relies on high technology for survival, you have to not only kill them, but also destroy their spirit."

He raised his hand, and the terminal on his tactical glove displayed a line of green data: [External power network: Disconnected. Backup generator: Destroyed. Communication base station: Offline.]

"Technology needs a carrier, and the carrier needs energy."

Looking at the vast, now deathly silent park before him, Shadow curled a cruel smile. "With the power plugs removed, this so-called 'future technology' is nothing but a pile of expensive scrap metal."

"Captain, thermal imaging shows the temperature on the third underground level is dropping rapidly," the observer reported. "It seems their reactor has stopped operating and entered a cooling state."

Youying nodded, the killing intent in her eyes growing even stronger: "Without electricity, that AI system called Fuxi is just a vegetable. As for Bai Che... he's just a lamb to the slaughter now."

"Go. Don't make a sound. I want to see him kneeling and begging for mercy in despair."

The five-person team, like black mercury, silently infiltrated the interior of the park.

Instead of forcibly breaking down the gate, they used hydraulic spreaders and electronic interference decoding. Those originally indestructible electronic access control systems became as fragile as paper after losing the computing power support of the central system.

In the corridor, the infrared cameras hung their heads lifelessly.

The "Night Demon" squad wore four-eye panoramic night vision goggles, and their field of vision was a desolate, deathly green world.

Their movements were professional and deadly; they kept their guns level and precisely placed each step on the point of least friction on the ground, rapidly approaching the entrance to the third underground level.

……

Underground core laboratory.

Time ticked by, and the air seemed to freeze.

Su Wanqing gripped Bai Che's sleeve tightly, her knuckles turning white. She could hear extremely faint, yet undeniably real, footsteps coming from the corridor outside.

That was the countdown to death.

"Bai Che..."

She lowered her voice, her tone trembling uncontrollably, "The reactor...is it out of power? Why are all the lights off? That beam of light just now wasn't..."

She wanted to ask, was that "battery" that could blast through steel plates really just a disposable one?

If that's the case, even with a shield around her neck, she would only survive a few more seconds in the face of a constant stream of professional assassins.

"Shhh."

A dry, warm hand grasped her cold palm.

In the darkness, Bai Che did not panic and search for cover or try to restart the black-screened computers as she had imagined.

He leaned leisurely against the edge of the lab bench, his other hand even casually tapping the air a few times.

If Su Wanqing could see his face, she would notice that Bai Che's deep eyes were covered by an extremely thin holographic contact lens.

Darkness does not exist in sight.

The seemingly black screen "Fuxi" system was never actually offline; it had simply switched to a more deadly "silent hunting" mode.

Countless streams of green code flowed by like a waterfall.

On the 3D map of the experimental area, five glaring red coordinates are moving rapidly, approaching the final blast door.

[Target distance: 5 meters.]

Threat Level: High.

[Suggested solution: Close the door and beat the dog.]

Bai Che looked at the data on his retina, a slight smile playing on his lips. He gently squeezed Su Wanqing's hand to reassure her.

"Don't be afraid."

Bai Che's voice was deep and steady, possessing a mysterious and convincing charm, "Do you know what programmers hate most?"

Su Wanqing was stunned for a moment, completely unable to follow his train of thought: "Wh...what?"

"They're the kind of cheaters who think they can win just by unplugging the internet cable." Bai Che chuckled. "Since they think I'm doomed without power, let's give them a little 'shock'."

Outside.

The shadow stopped in its tracks.

Before them lay the final barrier—a special alloy explosion-proof door, thirty centimeters thick.

In the night vision view, the heat emanating from the door crack indicated that there were two humanoid heat sources embracing each other inside.

"Found it."

Shadow made a gesture.

The demolition expert immediately stepped forward and silently attached two shaped charge explosives to the hinges of the door lock. These explosives can generate high-temperature metal jets of thousands of degrees, instantly cutting through alloy steel.

Everything is going smooth.

It went so smoothly that it even felt a little boring.

Shadow's finger touched the detonator button. Through the thick metal door, he could almost see the face of the so-called genius crying in despair inside.

Goodbye, genius.

The shadow silently chanted in his mind, then exerted force with his fingertips.

In that very instant.

A clear male voice suddenly came from inside the door. The voice wasn't loud, but it penetrated the heavy blast door and clearly reached the ears of every mercenary.

"Hey, you guys outside, keep it down a bit."

The voice carried a hint of mockery and helplessness, but no fear. "This is a newly installed blast door, it was very expensive. You can't afford to pay for it if it gets blown up."

The shadow's fingers froze.

How is that possible?

How could he possibly have spotted us under these circumstances? And how could he still speak so calmly?

Before he could react, a chilling energy fluctuation suddenly seeped out from the crack in the door.

It wasn't heat, but a pure, high-energy pressure.

It was as if a sleeping giant had opened its eyes behind the door.

Inside the underground laboratory.

Bai Che released Su Wanqing's hand and stood up straight.

He raised his right hand, his long, slender fingers resting on the buttons of his shirt collar, and gently flicked them off.

Snapped.

The first button is undone.

A cold, deep, and almost tangible azure light suddenly shone through the area of ​​her chest that had been covered by clothing.

That's not a pendant, nor is it a decoration.

That was the [Tokamak Ark Reactor (Portable Version)] that he had repackaged and secured to his chest with a magnetic strap.

The ring that had been placed on the experimental table was now fitting snugly against his heart. The eerie blue light at its core was pulsating wildly, and with each breath, it released a massive amount of energy enough to light up a city.

The blue glow seeped through his skin and fabric, making his fair chin and nose appear as cold and aloof as a god.

"I wanted to interact with you as an ordinary person, but instead I got the power cut off."

Bai Che looked down at the dazzling light on his chest, sighed with some regret, and said, "I'm not pretending anymore. I'm cheating, I'm coming clean."

He looked up at the tightly closed blast door and snapped his fingers.

"Turn on the lights."

Om-! ! !

At his command, the blue light on his chest surged instantly, like a supernova explosion, illuminating the entire underground space.

The previously dark main control screen lit up instantly, with countless data streams flooding the screen.

The cold, synthesized sound echoed in the empty hall, carrying an air of supreme authority:

[Energy access confirmed: Ark core.]

Power output: 100%.

[Defense Protocol: Reboot.]

[Active Defense System: Online.]

The blast door, which was originally locked, did not blow open in the astonished gazes of Youying and his men. Instead, it slid open slowly to both sides with a soft sound of air pressure being released.

It's not about surrendering.

Rather, it was to allow these intruders to see more clearly—

The man standing behind the door, with a shrunken "sun" atop his chest, was looking at them with a half-smile, as if looking at ants.

Good evening, everyone.

Bai Che stood in the blinding blue light, arms outstretched. Behind him, countless mechanical arms and automatic turrets awoke simultaneously with his movement, their gun barrels turning in unison.

"I heard you wanted to save me money on my electricity bill? What a coincidence, I have so much electricity here... I don't know where to use it."