Meanwhile, on the other side of the Root Network...
The Mechanical Girl narrowed her eyes as she led the vast Mechanical Beetle Force swiftly toward the point of light flashing in her vision that represented Lynn.
Intelligent Brain: "Please proceed without concern-Miss Machine Intelligence-I have mobilized a large Nanite Swarm to suppress the rebels-the target's location remains under surveillance-"
Silver Fantasy narrowed her eyes, watching the flickering point of light.
They had already ventured deep enough underground that, for them, this was extremely dangerous territory.
Most of the Mother Tree of Desire's attention should have been occupied by their main force's assault, leaving her no time to spare.
But it all came down to probability.
If the Mother Tree of Desire truly noticed them here, then with their current numbers, taking on a Root-Level being would be nothing but a pipe dream.
More importantly...
A minute earlier, the point of light representing their target had stopped and had not moved since.
With how devious that fellow was, he might well have devised some way to deal with them.
"Pick up the pace."
She narrowed her eyes and swiftly pushed deeper into the Root Network.
Finally, after advancing for several dozen seconds, they burst around a curved bend and immediately saw the maddening sight ahead.
Even she could not help growing wary at the scene.
At some point, the entire tunnel ahead had become coated in layer upon layer of sticky flesh. Completely unlike the fleshy walls of the Root Network, it was viscous membranous tissue that seemed to writhe.
Slime dripped from above.
Countless bulging sacs also covered the surrounding fleshy walls, as though they had entered some gigantic larval hatchery.
"Strong curse fluctuations detected ahead-the target's coordinates are five hundred meters directly in front of you-please exercise caution."
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