The God of Machines' metal finger finally stopped before the trunk of the Ancient Tree of the Moon.
Saine did not touch it immediately.
The state of this ancient tree was far too special.
It was both a life and a coordinate.
It was both a prisoner and some kind of fixed object between the Bronze Gate and this space-time tunnel.
Touching it rashly would very likely trigger a whole chain of reactions.
Saine first released three Miniature Mechanical Sampling Units.
These sampling units were only the size of a fist, their shells forged from the latest modified Destruction-Resistant Rule Alloy, while inside was sealed a short segment of rule frequency parsed from a Moonlight Essence Branch.
When the three sampling units approached the Ancient Tree of the Moon, an extremely faint moon-white glow lit up within those dark, sunken cracks on the bark's surface, just as expected.
It was not rejection.
It was more like recognition.
Very soon, the first sampling unit landed on the surface of the trunk.
A small piece of withered black bark was gently cut away by it.
No sap flowed from the cut.
Only a wisp of extremely faint moonlight essence spilled out, along with a thread of Destruction Rule factor so dense it had nearly condensed into a black line.
The moment this small piece of bark was sealed into the container, two layers of interwoven moon-white and pitch-black patterns appeared on the container's inner wall.
The moon-white patterns were very gentle.
They seemed to be protecting this piece of bark, preventing it from completely disintegrating.
The pitch-black patterns were far more tyrannical.
Every time they flickered, they would burn away a small patch of Mechanical Runes inside the container.
Wall-E had no choice but to reinforce the sealing layer three times in