Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 652 Mine Traps and the Hidden Power of Remnant Souls (2)

"Not good! The mother nest has discovered us!" The protective barrier of the fusion suddenly trembled violently, and a purple siphon energy wave shot out from the incubation chamber, hitting the surface of the barrier and instantly cracking it.

The gatekeeper was forced to stop, turned around and released absolute annihilation energy to block the subsequent energy wave: "How could it be so fast? We clearly avoided all the patrolling puppets and didn't trigger any alarms!"

A chilling consciousness suddenly echoed in the void; it was the Mother Nest's voice: "You think you can hide from me? From the moment you entered the Chaos Space, I locked onto your tracks through the energy signal of that remnant consciousness. The loophole in the Dark Matter Trap Array was also deliberately left for you—I wanted you to come here and witness your plan fail."

The hatch of the incubation chamber slowly opened, and ten semi-finished Ultimate Raiders emerged from it. They were slightly smaller than the one they had encountered before, but their siphon energy intensity was comparable, and their scythe weapons were still dripping purple energy liquid, clearly indicating that they were not yet fully stable.

"These are 'half-finished ultimate predators.' Although they are not fully developed, they are enough to deal with you." The Mother Nest's voice was mocking. "I will make you die in front of the device you want to destroy, so that you will know that all your resistance is futile."

Ten unfinished Ultimate Raiders simultaneously swung their scythes, unleashing ten purple siphon energy waves that attacked the fused entity and its members. The fused entity's protective barrier instantly collapsed, and the remnants of its consciousness released their own energy to construct a temporary energy array, barely managing to block the energy wave attack.

“This can’t go on!” The gatekeeper’s black consciousness light flickered slightly. He looked at the fused body and said, “You take the remnants of consciousness and hold back the unfinished ultimate predator. I will destroy the control center. Once the center is destroyed, these unfinished products will lose their energy supply and dissipate automatically.”

The fusion entity nodded, completely fusing the twin primal energy and the anti-plunder energy into a gigantic lightsaber, which it slashed at the unfinished Ultimate Plunderer: "Everyone, attack with me! Try to buy time and create an opportunity for the gatekeeper!"

The remnants of consciousness also released their core energy, some transforming into energy arrows and others into energy shields, which, together with the lightsaber of the fused entity, engaged in fierce battle with the unfinished ultimate predator. The purple siphon energy and the golden anti-predation energy collided in the void, producing a deafening roar, and the entire nebula trembled violently.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the gatekeeper circled around to the side of the energy reactor and once again plunged the Absolute Termination Key into the second siphon energy barrier. This time, he did not hesitate and directly injected all the Absolute Termination energy into the key—with a "click," the second barrier was also pierced, and he was only one step away from the control center.

"Now!" The gatekeeper raised the key, preparing to pierce the third barrier—just then, the control center of the energy furnace suddenly erupted with a strong purple light, and from within the light, a familiar wave of consciousness came, stunning everyone.

"Don't... destroy it..." This is the guardian's mental fluctuation!

The fused entity froze instantly, its lightsaber hovering in mid-air: "Guardian? What are you doing there? Weren't you surrounded by the Ultimate Raiders?"

The Mother Nest's voice rang out again, laced with smug mockery: "That's right, he's inside the control center. You think he can resist three Ultimate Raiders? He's already been captured by me, and now his consciousness is sealed within the control center. If you dare to destroy the center, he will vanish completely along with it."

The gatekeeper's key hovered in mid-air, the energy in his hand trembling. He looked at the fusion, his eyes filled with hesitation—destroying the central core would prevent more ultimate predators from appearing, but it would sacrifice the guardians; not destroying the central core would allow the unfinished ultimate predators to grow stronger and stronger, and they would all be captured, plunging the multidimensional swarm into annihilation.

“Guardian, I’m sorry…” The fused entity’s voice choked with emotion. She raised her lightsaber again and attacked the unfinished Ultimate Raider. “We cannot let your sacrifice be in vain! Gatekeeper, destroy the Central Hub! Only in this way can we preserve the Multidimensional Cluster!”

The gatekeeper gritted his teeth, preparing to plunge the key into the third barrier, when a firm consciousness signal suddenly came from the control center: "Don't listen to the Mother Nest! It's lying to you! My consciousness wasn't sealed; I was deliberately brought here by it!"

Everyone was stunned, and the mother hive's voice instantly turned furious: "You dare to lie to me!"

The purple light in the control center suddenly became disordered, and a golden stream of light shot out from the center—it was the Guardian's consciousness stream! Although several purple siphon energy threads were wrapped around the surface of his stream of light, it remained stable, clearly not under the control of the Mother Nest.

“I deliberately feigned weakness to make the Mother Nest think I had been captured, all in order to find the location of the cultivation device.” The Guardian’s four-colored energy erupted, dispelling the surrounding purple siphon energy. “Hidden within the Mother Nest’s control center is a fragment of its ‘consciousness core.’ Destroying the fragment will temporarily sever the Mother Nest’s control over all raiders—this is the secret I discovered during my ‘capture’!”

A flicker of surprise flashed in the eyes of both the gatekeeper and the fused entity, their previous hesitation vanishing instantly. The gatekeeper immediately plunged the Absolute Termination Key into the third siphon energy barrier, directly reaching the control center and finding the fragment of the consciousness core hidden within the purple energy.

"Absolute End - Break!" The gatekeeper's black energy was injected into the key, which burst out with a strong black light, striking the fragment of the consciousness core - the fragment shattered instantly, turning into countless streams of purple energy that dissipated into the void.

The moment the fragments shattered, the unfinished Ultimate Raider inside the incubation chamber suddenly stopped attacking, the siphon energy around it began to dissipate rapidly, and its body gradually became transparent; the patrolling Raider puppets around it also stopped, and the control marks in their consciousness completely disappeared; even the low-dimensional consciousness that was mining the siphon energy crystals in the distance regained its self-awareness, and hope rekindled in its eyes.

"We succeeded!" The fused entity's voice was filled with excitement. She immediately released her twin source energy and flew towards the lower-dimensional consciousnesses that had regained their self-awareness. "We are the guardians of the multidimensional group, and we've come to save you! Come with us and leave this dangerous place!"

The guardian then approached the gatekeeper and checked his energy level: "Are you alright? That was a close call. Luckily, I managed to break free from the camouflage and control of the mother hive in time."