Having fused with the "Spark," Ming Xin walked the ancient corridors of the "Ark Heart" once more, but this time, everything felt entirely different.
He no longer merely sensed the composition of matter and the flow of energy; he could also "hear" the silent "heartbeat" of this ruin.
The faint pulses of energy cycles that had not yet fully stopped, the "final commands" lingering within damaged systems.
Even the accumulated traces of time and echoes of civilization embedded within every piece of metal and every pattern.
Like an heir walking through the memorial hall of the dead, every step he took carried reverence for past glory and tragedy, along with a heavy responsibility.
He did not immediately use his newly gained power to tear through space and leave.
Instead, he began slowly traversing this vast graveyard of civilization in a manner almost like a "pilgrimage." Wherever he passed, Dominator power flowed gently.
Beside energy nodes that still retained residual energy but were on the verge of leaking or exploding due to damage.
He stopped, lightly tapped with a finger, and the chaotic energy streams settled into place like tamed beasts, entering dormancy or directing their last remnants of energy into relatively safe reserve units.
Before colossal load-bearing pillars or critical passageways that were on the verge of collapse due to structural damage, he swept them with his will.
The stress around the damaged areas was skillfully diverted and reinforced. Though they could not be restored to their original state, it was enough to prevent further deterioration and avert total collapse after his departure, preserving more traces of civilization.
In areas corroded by Chaos contamination, where fragments of facilities or data storage still remained.
He combined the purification knowledge gained from the "Spark" with his own Dominator power, carefully stripping