Cold, precise tracking scan waves clung to them like maggots on bone, while within Shadow Fiend's senses, powerful auras from at least three late-stage Supremes rapidly approached.
Like two invisible nooses, they instantly tightened around the minds of Ming Xin and the other two.
The only route of retreat above had most likely already been sealed off, or was about to be blocked.
Deep below in the hall, the energy storm triggered by the mad crystal was still raging, liable to drag this entire area into a vortex of Destruction at any moment.
They were trapped within this narrow, ruined, peril-ridden gap!
"Seeker, immediately assess every possible escape route!
Including using the energy storm below to create chaos, or attempting to find other hidden exits that might exist within the Experimental Station ruins!"
Ming Xin's voice was terrifyingly calm. The more desperate the situation, the clearer and sharper his thoughts became.
Seeker's Light Mist flashed frantically, its processing power pushed to the limit. "Route one: return through the vertical shaft. Probability of Interception exceeds 90%, and the enemy is highly likely to have set an ambush at the exit.
Route two: descend into the energy storm zone, use the storm to disrupt detection, and attempt to find ventilation ducts or fissures deeper within the ruins to escape.
Probability is below 5%, while the storm itself poses an immense threat.
Route three: break through horizontally, attempting to forcibly breach the hall's weakened sidewall and enter an unknown area. Success rate is approximately 15%, but it will create enormous disturbance and inevitably expose us."
"Assessment: all conventional routes carry extremely high risk. Safe evacuation of all personnel cannot be guaranteed."
Almost as Seeker made its analysis, Shadow Fiend's deep, shadowy "gaze" pierced through layers of obstacles, locking firmly onto the threats approaching