The rush through the pipes seemed endless.
Ming Xin's "defective" material package, swept along by a pure yet violent dark purple energy current, sped through the intricate network of pipes like a leaf in rapids.
These were no longer the slowly writhing "intestines" of the outer regions, but a deeper, more efficient "arterial" system.
The pipe walls were denser, gleaming with interwoven dark silver and black metal. The Chaos patterns on their surfaces were more orderly, as though they had undergone some kind of "standardized" warped transformation.
Even through the double isolation of the camouflage mass and the stability bubble, Ming Xin could still sense the grandeur and ferocity of the energy current outside.
It was a highly condensed, intensely aggressive Chaos energy. It contained not only destructive power, but also cold, numb "fragments of will" that carried out specific commands.
It was as if the energy itself were the "blood" responsible for delivering "nutrients" and "commands" throughout this colossal polluted body.
The material package trembled faintly within the energy current. The Command Encoding on its surface flickered with a steady dark purple glow, guiding it along a designated route.
Ming Xin could sense that the package contained a relatively complete mechanical component with complex energy circuits.
Though its energy fluctuations were faint, its structure carried an air of precision and Order that stood utterly at odds with the violent Chaos around it.
Perhaps that was precisely why it had been labeled "defective" or "awaiting repair."
These components... seem to be maintaining some kind of "function" within this polluted core?
Shadow Fiend's consciousness conveyed its confusion. Chaos should tend toward destroying and devouring Order. Why would it collect, repair, or even use these Order Constructs?
Perhaps it isn't "using" them, but a form of "digestion."
Ming Xin pondered. *Or