The Star Trail Matrix of Earth suddenly resonated.
The Mechanical Zen Monument on Moon Debris lit up, and a new line of text appeared on its inscription:
"To all unborn children: the starry sky is not a battlefield, but an unfinished love letter."
Mo Yan's fingertips glided across the surface of the Inverse Entropy Seed Chamber, and the Bronze Patterns rippled under the quantum touch. Inside the Cocoon, the muffled sound of gears meshing echoed, like an ancient beast grinding its teeth in the abyss. Ye Ling's Mechanical Prosthetic projected a holographic cipher, woven from the Machina Deity Clan and Gene Chain, floating in mid-air, each stroke shimmering with the cold light of Liquid Metal.
"The seventh layer of the gene lock," she tapped on the observation window of the Fire Seed Chamber, "requires the resonance frequency of a Cambrian Trilobite Fossil—are you sure you want to open it?"
Mo Yan's Silicon-Based Right Eye reflected the cipher. The circuit patterns beneath his skin had spread to his neck, and each breath was accompanied by a metallic rasp. "Su E said in the Dragon's Forbidden Domain that the Fire Seed Chamber hides the origin of the Reaper."
Suddenly, the Cocoon trembled violently. The cipher projection twisted into a DNA Double Helix, with Su E's Quantum Residuum manifesting at its center. Her silver hair intertwined with Star Language Resonance code, and flames from the Permian Extinction danced in her pupils. "Validator Mo Yan, please answer: does the cost of civilization's survival include self-annihilation?"
Memories pierced his mind like a blade. Mo Yan saw the laboratory of 2099: Su E's lab coat soaked in blood as she inserted the activation Key of the Black Hole Device into her Spine. The alarm blared, overlapping with her whisper: "The spark... must transcend dimensions..."
"The cost is necessary," Mo Yan's voice was hoarse due to his Silicon-Based nature, "but only chains can be annihilated."
The cipher suddenly went haywire. Liquid Metal erupted from the fissures of the Fire Seed Chamber, coalescing in mid-air into three Xie Ling Imperial Guards. Their torsos were a hybrid of I Ching Hexagram and Quantum Chip, their arms transforming into Azure Bronze Halberds and Laser Spears, with Micro Black Holes floating in their eye sockets.
"Gene contamination from Reverse Entropy detected," intoned one Imperial Guard, its voice layered with Oracle Bone Script pronunciation. "Executing purification protocol."
Ye Ling's Mechanical Prosthetic deployed a Chainsaw Sword. "I knew it wouldn't be that simple!"
As the first Imperial Guard swung its Azure Bronze Halberd downwards, Mo Yan's Silicon-Based skin automatically hardened. Sparks flew as the blade scraped against his circuit patterns; seizing the opportunity, he grasped the weapon as Jurassic Dinosaur Genes fuel surged from his palm. The Azure Bronze Halberd melted under genetic corrosion, exposing the core of the Imperial Guard—revealing a pulsating Human Heart engraved with the imprint "Sky Pillar Sanctuary - Experiment No. 07."
"Are these cyborgs?!" Ye Ling's Chainsaw Sword got stuck against the Laser Spear of the second Imperial Guard. "Is Reaper using living people as weapons?"
Mo Yan's Quantum Horizon pierced through the armor of an Imperial Guard. He saw that the heart was connected to Star Language Resonance and Nerve Bundle; Su E's code was devouring its host's Consciousness. "Su E... is this what you meant by Fire Seed Cost?"
The third Imperial Guard suddenly self-destructed. Liquid Metal mixed with a black hole core to form a Devouring Sphere, and the Titanium Alloy walls of the laboratory curled like paper. Mo Yan ripped off the protective cover of the Fire Seed Chamber to use as a shield; antimatter coating roared in the swallowing field. "Ye Ling! Resonance Frequency!"
"Frequency locked!" She plunged her Chainsaw Sword into the ground, and its hilt erupted with resonance waves from Cambrian Fossils.
The Quantum phantoms of Trilobites surged from beneath, enveloping the Fire Seed Chamber. The cipher restructured within ancient frequencies, and with a response, the seventh layer of gene lock opened—
Inside the cocoon, twelve embryos were displayed.
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