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The red warning lights spun wildly at the top of the hall, the blinding red light making the freezer compartments look like rows of bloodstained tombstones.

Li Haotian stood on the metal platform at the bottom of the core furnace, the anti-slip treads on the soles of his shoes making a crackling sound as he stepped on them.

The bronze dagger in his hand pointed diagonally at the ground, and a drop of viscous purple liquid slid down the groove to the tip, finally dripping onto the stainless steel plate.

"You old beast, your decorating style is quite unique, but it's too lifeless."

Li Haotian stared at Han Dehai behind the glass dome, his voice low and deep, like sandpaper.

Han Dehai sat in the high-backed chair, swirling the red wine in his hand, and let out a muffled laugh through the thick glass.

"Li Haotian, in this place, being stubborn won't solve anything."

"Do you think this lab is some kind of marketplace where you can come and go as you please?"

Before the old man could finish speaking, the metal walls around the hall suddenly cracked.

Eight enormous black figures slid out of the shadows, their hydraulic rods hissing as they exhausted air.

These guys wore full-body exoskeleton armor, with thick cables covering their iron-gray metal shells.

The heavy treaded boots pounded on the ground, their muffled thuds causing ripples to spread through the nutrient solution in the hall.

"Target locked. Initiating the cleanup procedure."

The synthesized electronic voice emanating from the armored helmet was cold and monotone.

Li Haotian raised an eyebrow and circled the dagger's handle with his fingers.

"Exoskeleton? Han Dehai, you've come up with these big toys to entertain me?"

Han Dehai took a sip of wine and lightly tapped the control panel.

"This is no toy; it's an iron coffin specially prepared for someone with your physical condition."

The eight guards instantly dispersed, forming a fan shape as they approached Li Haotian.

The two armored vehicles at the front suddenly raised their left arms, their thick gun barrels pointing diagonally at Li Haotian's legs.

"Sizzle—"

A thick, white mist instantly gushed out of the nozzle.

The temperature in the air dropped to freezing point in a fraction of a second, and a layer of glistening white frost quickly covered the floor.

The liquid nitrogen, like long white snakes, swirled and coiled around Li Haotian's boots.

"Warning: Target's body temperature is dropping."

The guards continued to push forward, and the other four armored vehicles simultaneously activated their jet valves.

The entire bottom of the core furnace was instantly submerged in thick white fog, reducing visibility to the point where you couldn't see your palm.

Li Haotian felt a numbness below his knees, and the extreme cold felt like countless needles drilling into his bones.

"Trying to freeze me? You've got a clever plan."

He sneered and stomped his right foot hard on the ground.

The golden seed hidden deep in his heart suddenly contracted.

A violent, magma-like energy exploded through his meridians in an instant.

Li Haotian's skin instantly glowed with an eerie golden-red hue.

The liquid nitrogen that was still gushing out wildly around him made a strange "poof" sound the moment it touched his body.

Before the white mist could freeze, it was forcefully pushed back by an invisible wave of heat.

"Playing with fire? I'm your ancestor."

Li Haotian's voice boomed through the thick fog, carrying an undeniable madness.

The golden flames within him seemed to have found an outlet, bursting forth from every pore of his body.

The white mist within a ten-meter radius was instantly vaporized, turning into a cloud of scalding water vapor that rose towards the ceiling.

The thermometer in the originally cold and damp laboratory suddenly started shooting up like crazy.

"Alarm! Alarm! The local ambient temperature exceeds 50 degrees Celsius!"

The laboratory's intelligent system emitted a piercing electronic sound, and the automatic sprinkler heads on the ceiling were baked by the heat even before they were turned on.

The guards wearing exoskeletons were clearly stunned, and their sensors emitted a burst of rapid blue light.

Li Haotian didn't give them time to react.

The metal plate beneath his feet was trampled into a deep pit, and his entire body transformed into a flash of golden-red light.

He glided along the ground, and at that moment, the bronze dagger unleashed a two-meter-long golden sword aura.

"Sizzle!"

Before the guard at the front could even raise his plasma gun, the sword energy swept across his waist.

The ten-centimeter-thick titanium alloy armor was like a soft, tender tofu in front of the golden sword energy.

The moment the metal was cut open, the internal high-pressure oil pipe broke off at the root, and sparks and black oil sprayed all over the ground.

After landing, Li Haotian performed a backflip and slashed with his blade.

The mechanical leg of the other guard was detached, and the 200-pound iron lump crashed to the ground.

"Han Dehai, these pieces of junk of yours are too weak to be cut."

Li Haotian steadied himself, wiped the sweat from his face, and looked through the fog toward the monitoring room.

Han Dehai in the monitoring room suddenly stood up, his wine glass falling to the ground and shattering.

"This is impossible...this level of energy..."

The old man's fingers trembled wildly on the control panel, attempting to activate a higher level of defense.

Li Haotian flicked the iron filings off the dagger, and Su Wan's rapid tapping came through the earpiece.

"Boss, I've hacked into their local area network and am cutting off the surveillance cameras on this floor."

"Give me ten seconds, and I'll make them all blind."

Li Haotian chuckled and shoved aside an armored vehicle that was about to surround them with his shoulder.

"Su Wan, hurry up, I'm still angry."

He placed his left hand on the control cabinet next to him, and with a clench of his fingers, he crushed the integrated circuit board inside.

As the red light from the last surveillance camera went out, Li Haotian gave the middle finger to the empty lens.

"Basic procedures, don't overdo it."

He muttered something under his breath, something he used to say when he played online games with Su Wan.

The emergency lights in the lab came on, casting long shadows.

Li Haotian, carrying a knife, walked step by step toward the core furnace in the center of the hall.

Those exoskeleton guards with severed limbs, still spinning on the ground, are completely useless.

"Han Dehai, want to come out and talk?"

Li Haotian walked up to the huge glass wall and tapped the glass with the handle of his knife.

There was no movement behind the glass; Han Dehai's figure disappeared into the depths of the shadows.

Just as Li Haotian was about to break down the door, a very strong electrical whistling sound suddenly came from his earpiece.

The sound was like someone scratching a metal plate with their fingernails.

Li Haotian covered his ears in pain, and the golden seed in his heart pounded violently once again.

"Boss...you...listen quickly..."

Su Wan's voice changed on the other end, filled with an irrepressible joy.

Li Haotian steadied himself and slowed his breathing.

Deep within the cacophony of electronic noise, he detected an extremely faint fluctuation of consciousness.

He could never forget that fluctuation; it was a frequency etched into his soul.

"Haotian..."

The voice was as soft as a breeze, yet it stirred up a storm in his mind.

Li Haotian froze on the spot, the bronze dagger in his hand falling to his feet.

He opened his mouth, but it felt like a piece of burning coal was stuck in his throat.

"Lin Mo?"

There was no echo; the static in the headset continued to amplify.

Su Wan was typing furiously on the other end, the clatter of her fingers on the keyboard so fast it was almost continuous.

"Boss, I've intercepted a jump signal in a neural connection!"

"It's coming from the body at the top of the core reactor; her subconscious is forcibly connecting to your headset!"

Li Haotian suddenly looked up.

The girl, whose fingers were covered in countless pipes, seemed to tremble slightly.

Her long hair floated in the liquid, and her eyes, beneath her eyelids, were moving rapidly.

Li Haotian felt his legs go weak; the immense impact of regaining what he had lost almost made him fall over.

"She's talking... Su Wan, what is she saying?"

The static in the headset suddenly disappeared, and the entire laboratory fell into a deathly silence.

Then, a voice that was too clear yet so gentle it made you want to cry came through.

"Haotian, let's go."

These three simple words carry a sense of resolute determination and sorrow.

Li Haotian held onto the support of the core furnace, his fingernails digging deep into the rusty iron.

"Leave? You mean I should leave?"

He roared into the empty hall, the echo reverberating between the frozen chambers.

"Lin Mo, I've never heard of such a request in my life."

He picked up the dagger from the ground again, and the golden flames in his eyes completely transformed into a tangible stream of fire.

"I accepted your 'delivery' order, and I'm not going anywhere until I get you home!"

Before the words were finished, a crack suddenly appeared in the huge glass tank at the top of the core furnace.

Purple liquid gushed out from the cracks, releasing large swaths of rich aroma.

The aroma was stronger than ever before, even giving him a slight hallucination.

From the shadows deep within the hall, an aged figure slowly emerged once more.

Han Dehai switched to a slender silver cane, a twisted smile on his face.

"She told you to leave because she's about to explode."

The old man pointed to the core furnace that had begun to vibrate violently, speaking in a lighthearted tone as if he were talking about the weather.

"If such a large energy furnace were to explode, not a single intact brick would be left within a ten-mile radius."

Li Haotian held the dagger horizontally in front of his chest.

"Then I'll slit your throat, you old beast, before it explodes."

Han Dehai shook his head and gently pressed his finger on the ruby ​​at the top of his cane.

"You have no chance, Li Haotian."

The purple liquid on the ground suddenly gathered together and transformed into a semi-transparent human figure.

The humanoid figure had Lin Mo's face, but held a black bone blade in its hand.

Li Haotian stared at the human figure, his heart suddenly clenching.

This is not a copy; it is pure malice stripped from Lin Mo's consciousness.

The humanoid figure slightly opened its mouth and let out a piercing scream.

It flashed and disappeared from the spot.

Li Haotian's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints as he stabbed behind him with his backhand.

"clang!"

The two weapons collided in mid-air, sparking dazzling purple-gold sparks.

He was jolted back three steps by the immense force, the metal plate beneath his feet groaning under the strain.

"Su Wan, give me the coordinates of this thing!"

While blocking the humanoid's continuous attacks, Li Haotian roared in his mind.

Su Wan, speaking through the earpiece, seemed to be locked in a fierce battle, and the signal became extremely unstable.

"Boss...no...it's interfering with my underlying protocols..."

"It...it's reading my memories..."

Li Haotian cursed under his breath and rolled on the ground.

It avoided a low, horizontal cut.

He looked up and saw the real Lin Mo at the top of the core furnace open his eyes.

Her pupils held no light, only two bottomless purple vortexes.

At that moment, the entire Han family mansion began to shake violently like never before.

Large sections of the wall collapsed, and countless purple beams of light emerged from the cracks in the ground.

Li Haotian knew that this place was truly beyond saving.

But as he looked at the girl floating in the air, a stubborn twitch appeared on his lips.

"Lin Mo, let's find somewhere else to talk."

He charged again, his golden figure and purple humanoid form intertwining amidst the ruins.

Each collision sent up a devastating aftershock.

The cat-and-mouse game deep underground finally turned into a head-on collision between two worlds at this moment.

Li Haotian had a piece of flesh torn from his left shoulder by the bone blade, but he still smiled.

Because he grabbed one of the humanoid figures' arms.

"Gotcha!"

The golden flames within his body surged forth from his palms.

The purple humanoid began to melt amidst screams, turning into countless specks of light.

The girl at the top of the core furnace began to slowly sink.

Li Haotian leaped forward and caught the cold body as countless bricks and rubble fell.

He held her tightly, feeling her almost imperceptible heartbeat.

"Su Wan, find a way out."

He growled into his headset, his voice echoing through the collapsing basement.

A muffled explosion came from the core furnace behind him, and purple light instantly engulfed everything.

At the end of that purple light, there seemed to be an even deeper black gate, slowly opening.

Li Haotian held Lin Mo in his arms, his eyes fixed on the door.

No matter what lies ahead, he has to take the plunge.

This game isn't over yet.