"So," Lynn continued, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
"You're finished."
At that instant, Lynn hit the timing perfectly, and Miss Doll's final Energy Burst swept outward.
Surging purple ripples engulfed the entire tunnel in an instant.
The immense interference completely severed the exchange of information between the Nanite Storm in this area and the Hive.
Inside the Hive, hundreds of millions of Nanomachines lost their connection to the Machine Consciousnesses controlling them. The gentle smile on Lynn's face on the screen also vanished abruptly in a burst of static.
"Unable to establish connection!"
"Unable to establish connection!"
"All signals within the target area have been cut off. The Nanite Swarm within the target area is now out of control!"
"Fuck!"
The thousands of Machine Consciousnesses nearly lost control in their fury.
As they watched the densely packed red "Disconnected" indicators appear, a sense of helpless frustration they had not experienced since uploading their consciousnesses came flooding back.
They could already imagine what was unfolding in that area.
The countless Nanomachines that had lost their control would become nothing more than raw material for those infected with the virus. Restricted by their underlying logic, the Nanomachines had no way to take countermeasures against the "rebellion."
The infected could attack them, but they could not fight back.
No matter how many Nanomachines there were, the outcome would be the same.
"We must report what happened here to the Purification Council immediately! Hurry! Hurry!! If we don't take countermeasures now, it'll be too late!"
"Contact Miss Machine Intelligence! Tell her our mission failed! The target is even harder to deal with than we imagined. Tell her to be careful-the target also possesses a bizarre ability to spread viruses to mechanical bodies!"
"Damn it! Damn it all!"
Humiliation turned to rage, but