Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Xueni witnessed this sudden turn of events, their faces filled with disbelief. What they had thought would be a siege against the Machine Race base had instead turned into mutual slaughter among the major factions.
"What... what is going on?" Yang Xiaolong's voice trembled slightly. She could not understand why these factions had abandoned their shared objective at such a critical moment and begun attacking one another instead.
Just as the major factions were preparing for action, a tiny, dark child suddenly emerged from within the Machine Race base.
"Hmph, these people are simply delusional. Master will definitely return and destroy them!"
This child was naturally Babata. He possessed higher authority than Ruby and the others, and directly activated the base's final defensive system—the Floating Island System!
As Babata's childish yet resolute voice fell, an indescribable energy fluctuation suddenly surged from the center of the Machine Race base. It was as though a sleeping giant had been awakened and was gathering strength to strike. The entire base began to tremble, while the mechanical structures beneath the ground emitted a deep rumble, like the breathing of an ancient beast echoing beneath a sky temporarily forgotten by war.
Immediately afterward, dazzling beams of light shot into the sky from every corner of the base, weaving together into a brilliant net of light that tightly enveloped it. These lights did not come from external illumination, but from the base's highly advanced internal energy system. They gathered and intertwined in the air, finally forming the outline of an enormous, translucent floating island. It slowly rose, opening up a staggering distance between itself and the ground.
The surface of the floating island was covered in intricate runes and mechanical patterns. Under the radiance of the light, they shimmered with a