This thing clearly had no organs like eyes, yet Xia Chujian could distinctly feel an immense, despair-inducing gaze—cold and ancient—fixed tightly on her, as if the universe itself had gained consciousness.
That gaze pierced through space, through the Xuan Nu Cyan Obsidian Titanium Mecha on her body, and through Xia Chujian's bones and soul, locking firmly onto her.
The gaze was filled with malice, along with a weariness born of the torrent of ages and an irrepressible terror.
It was as if it could not believe its own perception, yet had no choice but to believe it.
Xia Chujian had never actually come into contact with that thing, yet she could keenly sense every one of its perceptions.
That feeling was neither an image nor a sound, but something more fundamental.
She could feel the agonizing pain of stars being born, the stirring brought about by life's first emergence, and the perfect fit when the two strands of a gene sequence first twisted together.
As well as a chaotic consciousness that was full of resistance toward her, unable to break free, unwilling to submit, and desperately trying to escape.
Xia Chujian had no desire to be connected to such a chaotic consciousness, because it made her feel as if she herself had become abnormal.
She frowned slightly and instinctively severed the connection.
Then, in the next second, that strange perception vanished.
The Flesh Construct inside the Abyss Hole was trembling violently, as though it had already lost the ability to move.
Seven Lù's voice sounded within her Fully Enclosed Helmet.
"Master, biological field same-origin analysis complete."
Its electronic synthesized voice carried a hint of confusion and puzzlement as it said, "Usas True Form's Gene Sequence is actually homologous to that of humans."
"This is a Gene Sequence very different from