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The briefly exposed coordinates, like a red-hot steel needle, pierced deep into Li Haotian's consciousness. It was not a string of cold numbers, but a real prison constructed from the wails and pain of billions of souls. He could "hear" the desperate screams that transcended time and space emanating from within, and he could "see" the root of everything imprisoned at the center of that distorted and chaotic energy field.

The "singularity" has been found!

This realization made Li Haotian's blood seem to boil. But he felt no joy, only a cold, resolute determination mixed with overwhelming hatred.

Meanwhile, in the monitoring room, a crack appeared on the usually calm face of the gatekeeper for the first time. He stared intently at the flickering, will-o'-the-wisp-like three-dimensional coordinates on the screen, his eye muscles twitching uncontrollably. The net he had meticulously woven, the "eyes" he used to monitor everything, had been torn open in a primitive way that the other party had never imagined.

"Sever the connection between the target and the 'Singularity' at all costs!" The gatekeeper's voice echoed throughout the underground base via the communicator, filled with barely suppressed rage and terror. "All incubation weapons, abandon conventional targets and prioritize clearing the battlefield... but main firepower, all available long-range strike forces, concentrate on Li Haotian! I want him dead!"

The order was given, and the entire base's operational logic instantly changed. The energy turrets and automatic machine gun matrices, originally used to maintain the defensive line and clear out scattered monsters, suddenly turned their muzzles around, unleashing countless deadly energy beams and barrages of bullets, like an angry thunderstorm, raging towards the tiny figure beside the pyramid base.

This was a desperate gamble by the gatekeeper. He had to focus all his attention on Li Haotian, extinguishing the only spark that could threaten his plans. However, it was precisely this reckless diversion of firepower that caused a momentary gap in control over the incubation weapon group.

For Liu Hu and Su Wan on another battlefield, this moment of blankness was like the arrival of hell.

"roar--!"

A deafening roar surged from all directions. The monsters, twisted from flesh and metal, seemed to have received a new command; no longer wandering aimlessly, they formed a black, surging tide, sweeping towards the temporary defensive position where Liu Hu and Su Wan were. Their appearance was even more ferocious, their carapaces gleaming with an ominous light, their compound eyes flashing with pure, bloodthirsty desire.

"Damn it, what's going on? These beasts are like they've been injected with chicken blood!" Liu Hu roared, his heavy machine gun spitting out a ferocious tongue of fire. Hot shell casings rained down like golden droplets, piling up around him and forming a small metal hill. Wherever the gun muzzle struck, the monsters' flesh and armor were torn to shreds, black fluid splattering everywhere, but more monsters trampled over the corpses of their comrades, continuing their fearless charge.

The defensive line was shaking violently, and the bunkers made of alloy plates and abandoned vehicles groaned under the weight of the monster's charge and claws.

"Liu Hu, hold on! I need time!" Su Wan's voice trembled slightly, but her eyes were unusually focused. She sat cross-legged in a relatively safe spot, countless data streams frantically refreshing on the screen of a portable analyzer in front of her. She didn't look at the despairing scene outside; all her attention was focused on capturing the extremely chaotic energy fluctuations woven from energy cannon fire and monster roars.

"I know! Hurry up, kid, I can't hold on much longer!" Liu Hu roared as he switched to a new ammunition belt. The scorching barrel was already slightly red-hot, and he could even smell the gunpowder smoke and the acrid smell of burning metal in the air.

A massive, beetle-like monster broke through the fire line, slashing fiercely at the cover with its scythe-like forelimbs. Liu Hu's pupils contracted; instead of retreating, he advanced, ramming the monster head-on with his broad shoulder.

"Snap!"

A sickening cracking sound rang out, and Liu Hu groaned as his entire left arm went numb instantly, a wave of excruciating pain washing over him. But he gritted his teeth, his right hand gripping the heavy machine gun without pause, raising the muzzle and blasting the monster's jaw and half its head to smithereens.

Warm blood splattered all over his head and face, but he didn't even bother to wipe it away. He just used his body to block the gap, building a wall of flesh and steel for Su Wan.

"Liu Hu!" Su Wan turned around and saw him spitting out a mouthful of blood, yet still standing like a mountain before the defensive line. Her heart clenched, and tears instantly blurred her vision, but she immediately forced herself to turn back and typed even faster on the keyboard.

It's now!

The intense energy fluctuations caused by Liu Hu's killing of the elite monster at the cost of serious injury, along with the stable frequency generated by the machine gun's furious firing, created a brief but clear "resonance window" in this chaotic energy field!

Su Wan's pupils suddenly contracted. On the screen, a faint but steady curve, like a heartbeat, which had been obscured by layers of noise, was finally revealed to her.

"Got you..." she murmured to herself, her eyes gleaming with wisdom and ecstasy. She cross-referenced and reverse-engineered this curve with all the previously recorded data, and a complete, unprecedented coordinate and energy frequency model rapidly took shape under her rapid calculations.

On another front, Li Haotian was enduring hellish torment.

Countless beams of energy exploded around him, kicking up clouds of dust. Black metal tentacles attacked from all directions, some sharp as spears, others heavy as hammers, all with the same goal—to crush him completely and sever the invisible connection between him and the "singularity."

Li Haotian was like a madman dancing in raging waves, every movement teetering on the edge of life and death. His body was already soaked in blood, covered in wounds large and small, yet he seemed oblivious to the pain. His entire being was focused on that painful coordinate deep within his consciousness.

He wasn't searching; he was "moving forward." Step by step, on a spiritual level, he was laboriously approaching the cage that imprisoned everything.

"Give up, you ant!" The gatekeeper's will manifested as a tangible illusion, roaring in his mind, "You cannot comprehend what you are facing! Your resistance is futile!"

Li Haotian ignored it. His left arm was pierced by a metal tentacle, but he didn't flinch or dodge. Instead, he grabbed the tentacle with his right hand and twisted it hard, using the weapon to pull himself closer. With each step closer, the pain intensified, but the light in his eyes burned ever brighter.

Just then, Su Wan's clear and urgent voice miraculously rang in his ears through the encrypted tactical channel, piercing through both mental and physical barriers.

"Haotian! Coordinates confirmed! Energy frequency locked! Listen to my count; this is the key to unlock the cage!"

Accompanied by Su Wan's voice, a series of complex and precise frequency data, like the most dazzling stars, instantly illuminated the chaotic sea of ​​information in Li Haotian's consciousness.

That painful cage, that gate of the "singularity," finally revealed its complete and vulnerable form to him at this moment.

Li Haotian suddenly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes flashing with an unprecedented light. He looked at his pierced arm, at the devastating blow that had struck him from above, but a ferocious smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"I got the key."