Merely a Firefly Compared to the Bright Moon, Completely Not Worthy of Concern

The group passed through layer after layer of checkpoints guarded by elite Imperial Martial Soldiers, every step taken amid an atmosphere of extreme alertness.

The Energy Screen rippled like water as they passed through it, emitting a faint hum before immediately returning to normal.

At last, they arrived at the core area designated with the highest clearance, tightly guarded by multiple physical and energy barriers.

The view suddenly opened up before them.

The enormous metal Matrix, originally buried deep beneath Planet B's extreme underground environment, had now been relocated in its entirety to the surface of Aegis VII by the Imperial Engineering Department with astonishing efficiency and masterful skill.

It had been securely installed at the center of a massive open research platform specially designed and built for it.

The platform itself had been forged from heavy special alloys, its surface etched with intricate energy-conducting patterns and connected to several large environmental simulators standing nearby like steel kaiju.

Those environmental simulators operated without pause, producing a deep, steady rumble. Together, they formed a powerful and precise sustaining force field that accurately reproduced Planet B's suffocating underground heat and terrifying pressure.

This system existed to ensure that this strange creation from the Silicon-Based Civilization could "dissipate heat" according to its original physical laws, maintain its basic energy cycle and unimaginable structural stability, and minimize any unpredictable catastrophic consequences caused by drastic environmental changes.

Thud. Thud.

Emperor Sui Yang stepped forward alone with steady strides, stopping only when he stood directly before the Matrix.

His eyes calmly swept across the enormous, complex metal structure before him, one filled with an alien geometric beauty.

His deep gaze slowly passed over the strange dark-red symbols still pulsing across the Matrix's surface as though breathing, radiating an ominous and blasphemous aura.

He did not seem