"Open fire."
The cold electronic voice rang out like a funeral bell. Before it had even faded, the vanguard of the "Cleaners" flooding through the doorway—
Dozens of blazing energy beams, high-explosive rounds, and bone-chilling freezing rays fell like a deadly downpour.
In an instant, they tore apart the already chaotic Energy Field within the hollow and poured down upon Ming Xin, the Silver-white Mechanical Body, and the seal's crack that was struggling to close!
Time seemed to freeze and stretch at that moment.
Ming Xin was at the most critical—and most vulnerable—stage of Correction Resonance.
All his focus and power were connected to the seal, locked in the most perilous tug-of-war against the corrupting will of the Egg of Chaos. His own defenses had nearly fallen to zero.
That terrifying torrent of attacks was enough to vaporize him, his will, and the fragment together!
The mirror-like "face" of the Silver-white Mechanical Body—the Guardian—snapped toward the incoming attacks. Its intact arm withdrew at once, and the runes in its palm lit up again.
But instead of continuing to guide the resonance, they abruptly expanded into a thin silver-white Energy Shield covered in countless intricate geometric patterns, attempting to block the attacks from Ming Xin and itself!
However, its energy was already depleted, and it was grievously damaged. The hastily condensed shield was as fragile as paper before such dense, powerful firepower!
"Pfft pfft pfft pfft—!"
The shield was instantly pierced and ripped apart! The remaining energy impacts slammed into the Guardian, blasting its already damaged body backward.
Sparks erupted wildly from its severed arm, and several cracks appeared across its mirror-like face!
It crashed heavily into the rock wall behind it and slid to the ground. Its silver glow dimmed sharply. It struggled a few times but could not rise