The intermittent electronic prompt, like the dying gasp of a mortally wounded creature, pierced Ming Xin's slightly relaxed mind like an ice spike.
A positioning signal! Once it was successfully sent, new mechanical units—or something even more troublesome—would soon swarm in along the coordinates!
This brief refuge, bought at the cost of the Purification Mark unit's destruction, would immediately become a new hunting ground!
"No... absolutely not!"
The instinct to survive and the ruthlessness tempered by desperate circumstances instantly overwhelmed the weakness of his soul and the ruin of his body.
Before Ming Xin could even think, his remaining will drove the Shadow Fiend Fragment. Like a cornered beast provoked into fury, it erupted with strength beyond even his expectations.
It was an extreme yearning from the depths of his soul for existence itself, as well as a determination to defend the value of his fallen companions' sacrifices!
The fragment became a twisted afterimage trailing black smoke, ignoring the groans of imminent collapse coming from its own structure as it slammed into the pile of metal debris burying Unit C!
"Boom!"
The heap of scrap exploded outward! Beneath it lay the ruined mechanical body—half of it had been crushed flat, while its left arm and lower body had vanished.
Several cracks ran through the red emblem flashing on its chest. Only its head sensors and right arm remained relatively intact, and it was trying to raise that sole remaining arm.
The emitter at the end of its arm was painstakingly gathering an extremely faint glow of energy, aimed somewhere above.
It was too late to stop the signal transmission itself! Though the energy glow was weak, it was clearly the final, irreversible execution of an order!
A fierce glint flashed through Ming Xin's eyes. He controlled the Shadow Fiend