themonasnovels End of Chapter 174
End of Chapter 174
End of Chapter 174
Rowling took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
The Morning Star Core in the Sea of Spirituality rotates at an unprecedented speed, and the Echo Units are fully activated, like a massive control center.
"Connection initiated! Step 2: Access Hub - Deep Hibernation Control Protocol —"
With a slight thought, Luo Lin used the polyhedral crystal and the control code he had previously mastered to traverse space with his mental power and painstakingly reach the vast ruins located deep within the Ash Plains, which had fallen into darkness due to the cutoff of energy.
Cold and deathly silent.
But at the deepest core, a faint glimmer of system self-check light sensed the signals of the key and the highest crisis command.
"Awaken — Read the Crisis Protocol Leyline Overload Decompression —"
Rowling combined fragments of protocols related to dealing with extreme energy threats from the Observer database with his own understanding, compiled them into an instruction stream, and injected it into Hub-2.
Deep within Hub-2, the remaining energy loops, like hibernating behemoths, began to slowly and laboriously awaken.
The severely damaged main energy line could not be started, but the backup secondary energy extraction and guiding loop, which connects to the earth's veins, began to operate in reverse under command.
Instead of maintaining a stable output, it frantically draws energy from the surrounding, already raging ley lines!
"Step two: Connect to the Infernal Observation Tower —"
Roland split off another portion of his spiritual power and connected it to the observation tower deep within the Burning Mountains via the Holy Tower's remote transmission network.
The situation here is slightly better; the control core is basically intact, but energy reserves are still insufficient.
Rolin also injected overload relief protocol instructions and guided the massive energy flow transmitted from the Holy Tower Energy Pool and the Furnace Fortress into the core of the Observation Tower, forcibly activating its maximum power earth vein energy guidance and amplification function!
"Step 3: Connect to secondary nodes A-7 and B-3."
Like a highly skilled chess player playing multiple blind games simultaneously, Luo Lin's mental energy was divided into several streams, which he used various methods (laboriously connecting to several other known observer remnant nodes with varying degrees of functional damage) to forcibly activate their most basic earth vein energy interaction functions.
Activating each node brings a huge mental burden and energy consumption.
Luo Lin felt as if his brain was being torn apart; even the light from his Morning Star Core was flickering unpredictably due to excessive output.
But he gritted his teeth and persevered, the echo unit frantically processing massive data streams and energy feedback, maintaining fragile control over multiple nodes.
On the screen, the dots representing the various observer anchor points lit up one after another, from dark to bright, and then became dazzling due to overload!
On the ley line energy network diagram, the energy flow that was originally as chaotic and surging as boiling water began to be forcibly attracted and gathered by these lit anchor points, and then—in a more violent and disorderly way, along the guiding path designed by the anchor points, it poured wildly into the void above the fragmented world and into certain fragile structures deep in the earth's crust!
This is not stability, it's an explosion!
The entire fragmented world of the Scorching Hell began to tremble violently!
The earth cracked open, volcanoes erupted, and turbulent energy flows in the sky created a devastating storm.
The sacrificial arrays of the Ash Ring, having lost their continuous supply of ley line energy and suffering from the double blow of drastic changes in the external environment and energy backlash, rapidly dimmed and distorted their light, and their internal structure began to collapse!
"No!!!!" The desperate screams of the Ash Ring members could be faintly heard through the communication, but were then drowned out by an even more violent energy explosion and the sound of geological collapse.
The sacrificial arrays extinguished and exploded one by one.
Those lives offered as sacrifices have long since turned to ashes, and the high-ranking wizards of the Ash Ring who presided over the ceremony were either killed or injured in the backlash of the magic circle and the upheaval of the world. Those who survived by chance were swept into spatial rifts or under collapsed mountains.
On the monitoring screen, the signal representing the activity of the Ring of Ashes quickly went out, like a candle flickering in the wind.
But the crisis is not over.
The overload and decompression of the observer anchor point are pushing the fragmented world to the brink of complete collapse.
The earth's energy was frantically extracted and released, leading to a severe imbalance in the geological structure and an increasing number and size of spatial fissures.
"Rolin! We must control the rate of depressurization!"
"Find the balance! Otherwise, the fragmented world will completely disintegrate!" Duden shouted hoarsely.
At this moment, fine blood vessels were seeping from all seven orifices of Luo Lin's body, and his mental energy had been exhausted to the limit.
However, it maintained a tight connection with each anchor point, and the echo unit frantically calculated the energy output power of each node and the withstand threshold of the earth vein network based on real-time data.
"Reduce the output of Hub-2 by 30% — redirect the energy of the Infernal Observatory to the northeast void — shut down secondary node B-3, it's about to burst —"
With unwavering willpower and the superhuman computing power of the echo unit, Luo Lin was like a multi-masted sailboat that could fall apart at any moment, struggling to make fine adjustments amidst raging waves.
Every adjustment is accompanied by intense mental anguish and resistance from the key points.
But he did not give up. Little by little, he released the raging energy and guided it towards the void, where it would cause relatively less damage to the main structure of the fragmented world.
This struggle against the energy of heaven and earth and against one's own limits lasted for a full six hours.
As the last major spatial rift slowly closed in the void, as the tremors of the earth gradually subsided, and as the energy storm in the sky slowly weakened, everyone in the control room collapsed to the ground as if they had collapsed from exhaustion.
Luo Lin lost consciousness and collapsed in the center of the magic circle, his breath faint.
When he woke up again, it was a day later, and he was lying in a special recovery room in the Santa Medical Department.
Master Veranica, Duden, Ella, and others stood guard nearby.
"The Ring of Ashes—" Rowling asked in a hoarse voice.
"It's basically confirmed that we've been wiped out." Master Veranika's face showed exhaustion, but also a hint of relief.
"The sacrificial array has been completely destroyed, and the core members are either dead or missing."
"No organized Ash Ring activity signals can be detected within the Fragment World."
"They—dragged themselves and this fragmented world into a desperate situation."
"How is the Fragment World doing?" Roland asked again.
"Severely damaged," Duden replied, his tone complex.
"The earth's energy network has severely shrunk and will require a long time to recover naturally."
"The geological structure in many places has been permanently altered, and the environment has become even more harsh."
"But—the spatial structure miraculously stabilized and did not collapse."
"Although the Observer Relic Network has suffered further damage, its core functions seem to have been activated by this extreme test of overload and pressure relief, which has activated some deeper repair mechanisms and is recovering itself at a very slow rate."
"Most importantly—the threat of a massive invasion of corrupted source energy has been temporarily contained with the interruption of sacrifices and the dramatic change in the energy environment."
The cost is enormous.
The world of the Scorching Hell Fragment is severely damaged and may not be suitable for large-scale exploration and development for a long time to come.
But at least it wasn't transformed into the Gates of Hell, and the insane cancer of the Ash Ring was completely eradicated.