His gaze fell on the still-flickering patterns in the small vessel's core. "But these patterns still in operation are some kind of mechanism maintaining minimum 'Existence Anchoring' and 'information preservation.' It is waiting, or recording."
"Can it be used?" Myriad Faces and Forms asked.
"Perhaps." Light flickered in Lin Ye's eyes. "The Prototype can resonate with it. If we can activate it, it might become our temporary base and means of transport in this 'Redundancy Zone.'"
He looked at the others. "Repair it. Activate it. This 'Redundancy Vessel' may be the first piece of 'heritage' we have found in this dead zone."
Just as Lin Ye prepared to attempt a deep resonance with the vessel's core, the faint flickering light abruptly changed frequency, projecting an extremely blurry, intermittent stream of ancient information laden with a powerful warning:
"...Alert... detected... high-threat... tracking protocol fluctuations... 'Eraser'... preload signal... approaching..."
"Repeat... 'Eraser'... preload signal... approaching..."
"Warning... escapees... you... have been... loc..."
The information stopped abruptly.
A bone-chilling, terrifying tremor that existed purely for "total invalidation" pierced this silent Redundancy Zone like an invisible ice spike!
"Eraser" preload signal!
The term rang like a death knell through the consciousness of every member of Arrowhead Squad.
Unlike the Brush's corrections or the Proofreading Anchor's calibration, the "Eraser" was described as an ultimate protocol that would "completely erase" a target's existence at the level of logic and concepts.
Its preload had been triggered so quickly? And its signal had already tracked them here?
"This Redundancy Zone isn't safe at all! Either Shadow of Paradox overestimated how well this place was hidden, or it deliberately lured us into a dead end!" Radiant Stilllight was both shocked and furious.
"No, perhaps it is both." Lin Ye swiftly calmed down. "The Eraser's activation confirms the threat level of