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"Soon, I'll make it shut up."

Li Haotian's voice wasn't loud, but it was like an ice pick, instantly piercing through the suffocating mental pressure that permeated the space. That omnipresent will, seemingly from a god beyond the heavens, at this moment, was like a string on a musical instrument that had been severed by a sharp blade, emitting a barely audible mournful cry before receding like the tide.

The invisible force binding Li Haotian suddenly dissipated, and he regained control of his body, standing steadily in place without even staggering. The shackles on his body, constructed by the power of will, that had almost torn him apart, had turned into countless scattered specks of light.

Lin Mo's tear tracks were still wet, yet she seemed to be frozen in place. She stared blankly at Li Haotian, at the murderous intent and resolute determination in his eyes. He was no longer the gentle companion she knew, but a peerless, chilling weapon, just drawn from its sheath. The terrifying pressure that had pierced her soul had vanished, but the aura emanating from Li Haotian himself gave her a more unfamiliar, life-level tremor.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Su Wan, who had been staring intently at the tactical tablet in her hand, suddenly jolted.

On the screen in front of her, the waveform representing the strength of the "mother's" energy field had remained as stable as an insurmountable mountain since the start of the battle. But just now, at the very moment Li Haotian uttered those words, an extremely tiny yet clearly visible indentation appeared at the base of this mountain.

A gap!

The dent lasted less than a tenth of a second before being quickly filled by the surging energy, as if nothing had ever happened. But Su Wan's eyes were fixed on the screen; she had captured that fleeting moment. She immediately pulled up all the scan data from the previous thirty seconds and compared it with the entire process of Li Haotian's mental resistance on a timeline.

The data stream flowed rapidly under her command, unfolding complex energy spectrum analysis graphs on the screen. Every moment Li Haotian concentrated his will, every mental surge, left corresponding feedback on the data graphs. Initially, those feedbacks were like pebbles thrown into the ocean, insignificant. But when he finally broke free of his restraints and uttered that chilling declaration, a powerful pulse flashed across the data graph from the very center of the "mother" energy field!

That wasn't an energy leak; it was more like... a brief pause in the internal circulation.

"It's afraid..." A thought flashed through Su Wan's mind like lightning. "No, it's not just afraid. Li Haotian's mental counterattack didn't directly attack its core, but rather... interfered with its 'breathing'!"

She abruptly raised her head, her gaze passing over Liu Hu and the others who were regrouping, and looking at the enormous antenna that pierced the heavens and the earth. Her gaze seemed to penetrate the twisted metal shell, seeing the ceaseless torrent of energy flowing within.

Absorption, transformation, release… this is a perfect closed-loop system. But any perfect system must have a central hub, a “heart” responsible for regulation and distribution. Li Haotian’s earth-shattering attack just now was precisely a strike to that “heart,” causing it to experience a momentary “arrhythmia”!

Su Wan's heart pounded. She immediately leaned down and shouted into the walkie-talkie on her tactical uniform collar in a barely suppressed, urgent voice, "Boss! Boss! Can you hear me?"

After a buzzing sound from the electricity, a steady, hoarse voice came: "Speak."

"The 'Matrix's' energy field isn't perfect!" Su Wan spoke so fast she almost bit her tongue. Her fingers flew across the tablet, packaging and sending the crucial data. "Directly below it, about fifty meters above the ground in the core region, there's a 'singularity' of energy circulation! The energy flow there is the most concentrated, and also the most unstable! It's not the core, but it's the transit station for the entire system to absorb and transform energy! Like the valves in a human heart!"

She took a deep breath, her voice trembling slightly as if she had discovered the truth: "Li Haotian's mental attack just now proved that its will can influence the energy cycle! As long as we concentrate all our firepower and precisely paralyze that 'singularity,' even if it only blocks it for a second, the entire antenna will be completely overloaded due to the instantaneous imbalance of energy input and output! It will self-destruct!"

There was a deathly silence on the other end of the walkie-talkie.

On this battlefield shrouded in the will of the "Mother," the silence felt eerily profound. Everyone instinctively stopped what they were doing and looked at Su Wan, awaiting the judgment of the person she called "the Boss." This mysterious leader, who had remained an observer throughout, would guide their next move.

Time passed second by second.

In a secret command center, the "gatekeeper" sat before a massive holographic projection. On the projection, the data Su Wan had just sent was slowly rotating in a three-dimensional form. At the center of that intricate energy network, a tiny, constantly pulsating point of light was clearly marked by Su Wan with a red circle.

For the first time, a visible ripple appeared on his face, which had never shown any expression before. A hint of shock and disbelief flashed in his deep eyes, which seemed to see through everything, before finally settling into an indescribable solemnity.

He understood the importance of that "singularity" better than anyone else. It was the most ingenious and crucial safety device he had designed for the "Matrix," a forbidden zone he believed no one could ever touch. It was protected by layers of spatial distortion and energy mist, and even the most sophisticated detectors could only provide a chaotic response.

This woman named Su Wan actually uncovered this biggest secret through a seemingly unrelated mental confrontation.

The "gatekeeper's" gaze shifted from the projection to another screen. On that screen was a close-up of Li Haotian. The young man stood amidst the ruins, his eyes cold, his posture upright, like an unyielding statue.

So, this was the real flaw.

It wasn't a flaw in the "mother" system, but a flaw in his plan. He had always thought his plan was flawless, but he hadn't expected that a variable he had never calculated would appear on the chessboard.

He spoke slowly into the communicator, his voice carrying a hint of hoarseness that even he himself didn't realize.

"...Attention, all units."