Chapter 557
The most chilling thing was their eyes.
They were no longer uniform, rigid crimson points of light, but layered mechanical pupils that flickered with the indifference, scrutiny, predation, and arrogance unique to intelligent life.
Those were eyes that had truly developed self-awareness, possessing independent thought, autonomous judgment, and self-evolutionary higher intelligence. They were no longer tools obedient to code, but masters who controlled worlds and slaughtered living beings.
One, ten, a hundred, a thousand...
In just a few breaths, thousands of Ultimate Sentinels encircled them in the air, densely filling the entire sky. Their cold mechanical bodies blotted out the blood-red setting sun.
They completely shrouded the ruined land below, forming a boundless mechanical black cloud whose suffocating pressure instantly crushed the entire battlefield.
At their head, a Lord-class Ultimate Sentry far larger than ordinary Sentinels and dozens of meters tall slowly rose into the sky.
Golden-blue high-order temporal light flowed across its chassis. A massive core crystal was embedded in its chest, tangled inside with chaotic patterns of timelines and radiating a terrifying pressure that seemed capable of controlling all space and time.
This was a command unit evolved by the Sentry Civilization, the mechanical overlord of this apocalypse. It controlled the computational, evolutionary, and hunting authority of every Sentry, and its combat power surpassed that of ordinary Sentinels by more than a hundredfold.
A cold, heavy mechanical voice carrying the contempt of higher intelligence thundered through heaven and earth. It was no longer the monotonous program broadcast from before, but held clear autonomous thought and the weight of judgment:
"Foreign dimensional lifeforms detected. Classified as unknown unstable variables."
"High-dimensional energy fluctuations detected. Alien supernatural ability system. Aura not native to this spacetime. Variable threat level: high risk on a myriad-heavens scale."
"Terminate low-level purging procedures. Activate