Dark red cracks wound and spread across the surface of the thick amber seal like living things. Fine as hair, they exuded a terrifying aura that seemed to freeze the soul.
The faint trace of Destruction leaking from them was cold, ancient, and filled with indescribable malice, as though it came from an abyss of finality that had existed since the birth of the universe.
Just a wisp of it made the temperature throughout the hollow plummet. Even the flowing translucent membrane of light seemed to freeze for an instant.
Ming Xin's remnant soul shuddered violently. The newly formed pale golden soul pathways erupted with unprecedented radiance in a reflexive response, desperately resisting the erosion and oppression that struck directly at the essence of existence.
The "key" frequency also shrank and condensed like a startled hedgehog, radiating a highly vigilant dark gold glow.
Rust Eater fared even worse. Its massive body trembled violently, its dark green eyes filled with utter terror. The dark red "blood" beneath its black gelatinous shell nearly congealed!
It let out a low, pained whimper and instinctively recoiled, as though the aura leaking from the cracks was its deepest nightmare.
Meanwhile, the silver-white Humanoid Mechanical Body kneeling on one knee still had its mirror-like "face" aimed at them.
The cold electronic female voice carried a barely perceptible urgency.
"Warning level elevated... unstable cracks have appeared in the seal, the 'Wall of Sighs'... activity within the 'Egg of Chaos' has increased..."
"Estimated time until total rupture... unable to calculate precisely... possibly between one hundred and twenty and three hundred standard hours..."
"The cracks will continuously leak 'Chaos erosion,' accelerating Law Collapse in this region and attracting more 'Uncontrolled Derivatives'..."
"Recommended option one: assist this unit in restarting and reinforcing the external stabilizer anchors of the 'Wall of