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Chapter 232 Pentagram Array
Before the destructive torrent of energy even reached the center, the wreckage of the viaduct was already groaning and trembling violently.

Lu Zhao was the first to react. He practically dragged Xiao Ling along and placed her in the due north position marked in the holographic projection.

"Quickly! On your positions!" he roared.

Without hesitation, Su Wanqing stepped to the due east direction, which represented the "anchor point".

Despite the excruciating pain in his body, Lin Che moved to the "container" position in the northwest.

Lu Zhao himself quickly took up the position of "guardian" in the southeast.

Finally, "Night" pursed her lips, but still followed the arrangement, and with a flash, appeared at the "Rebel" node in the southwest.

The five people stood still, and the formation seemed to be activated by an invisible force. The three cores, purple, blue, and silver, which were suspended in the center, instantly shone brightly, and the energy flow between them began to rotate at high speed, forming a deep energy vortex that could be seen with the naked eye.

Su Wanqing raised her arm adorned with a jade bracelet, and five slender golden threads projected from the bracelet on her wrist, precisely connecting to each person's chest.

“This will change each and every one of us,” her voice transmitted directly to the consciousness of the other four through golden threads, “When I count to three, we will all simultaneously connect our consciousness to the core! Once it begins, it cannot be stopped!”

The Weaver Vanguard had clearly sensed their plan. Its entire body was enveloped in a rapid flow of silver matter, which split into dozens of sharp energy tentacles, moving like living things, and simultaneously lunged at the five nodes of the pentagram.

"You don't understand what you're doing!" The vanguard's voice was no longer cold, but carried a deafening warning. "This barrier will cause a temporal rupture! You will be permanently trapped on the edge of time, belonging neither to reality nor to eternity!"

"At least we chose our own destiny!" Lin Che stepped forward, blocking the energy tentacles that were rushing towards the northwest.

The Orion sequence within him was pushed to its limit, and after a burst of blue light, his entire right arm completely transformed into a pure blue crystalline structure.

He pushed forward with his crystallized arm, and a blue energy barrier instantly unfolded.

Several energy tentacles struck the barrier, making a screeching sound before being bounced away.

But Lin Che paid a heavy price as well. Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of his body, and wisps of blue energy were constantly seeping out from the cracks.

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

As Su Wanqing counted down, the five people simultaneously reached out their hands, as if trying to touch the unreachable core energy field.

Their consciousness followed the golden threads and plunged headlong into the central vortex.

A shocking scene unfolded.

Su Wanqing's body was the first to change; her flesh and blood quickly became illusory, and her entire being transformed into a semi-transparent golden energy body.

Her silhouette shifts between stability and blurriness, as if she exists simultaneously in every point in time—past, present, and future.

Lin Che's body was completely engulfed by that blue energy, and the blue crystals began to spread from his right arm, quickly covering his entire body.

He was no longer in human form, but a crystalline creature with a humanoid outline, resembling an Orion-like life form.

Countless complex emerald green runes appeared out of thin air on Lu Zhao's skin, flowing across his body. His pupils disappeared, replaced by a constantly rolling, waterfall-like stream of data.

Xiaoling's transformation was the most thorough and the most serene. She completely transformed into an exquisitely crafted amethyst statue, every facet of her body reflecting light, as if containing a real starry sky within, with countless tiny starlight slowly flowing within.

"Night" transformed into a churning mass of chaotic energy, a mixture of black and blue, surrounded by several constantly emerging and disappearing miniature time vortexes, emanating an aura of contradiction yet unity.

At that moment, their consciousnesses converged in the torrent of core energy.

Without language or barriers, they could clearly perceive each other's deepest memories and most genuine emotional fluctuations—Su Wanqing's protection, Lin Che's struggle, Lu Zhao's responsibility, Xiao Ling's guidance, and even "Night's" regret and ambition stemming from Dr. Morris.

Outside the overpass, Xiao Ran led a team of Dawn Organization members and, taking advantage of the chaos in the military lines, finally broke through the blockade. The special equipment they carried was immediately deployed upon arrival at the scene.

"My God..." Xiao Ran murmured to himself, looking at the five energy orbs of different shapes on the bridge, "Is this the 'third path' that Lu Zhao mentioned?"

He paused for a moment, then quickly regained his composure and shouted, "Quick! Set up jammers! Suppress the technological influence of other Weavers around the city! Cover them! The barrier needs time to stabilize!"

The team members acted swiftly, activating several disc-shaped jammers that created an invisible temporary protective net around the overpass.

Just then, an energy beam shot from afar, accurately striking the edge of the still-forming barrier and causing a violent energy fluctuation.

Xiao Ran and the others immediately looked over warily and saw a group of military soldiers led by Lieutenant Cui approaching rapidly.

However, an unexpected scene unfolded. Lieutenant Cui did not order an attack. Instead, he stopped at a safe distance, picked up a megaphone, and loudly announced: "The military has decided to support Operation Barrier! The 'Monks' have confirmed that this is the only viable option!"

He waved his hand, and his soldiers immediately dispersed, forming a second line of defense on the perimeter.

Lieutenant Cui turned to Xiao Ran and nodded vigorously: "We will buy time to complete the barrier!"

Xiao Ran was somewhat surprised, but he simply returned a standard military salute.

Two organizations that were once at odds have achieved a temporary unity for a common goal.

On the bridge, the three cores, drawn by five distinct energies, rotated faster and faster, eventually colliding and merging to form a high-speed rotating energy sphere interwoven with gold, blue, and purple.

Immediately, the sphere erupted with blinding light, expanding outwards to form a massive hemispherical energy barrier that instantly enveloped the entire viaduct wreckage.

The subsequent attacks launched by the Weaver Vanguard struck the barrier surface like pebbles thrown into the ocean, easily broken down and absorbed.

The all-consuming phenomenon of time collapse surrounding the viaduct was also firmly blocked by this barrier.

The barrier continued to expand slowly but steadily. The vanguard, seemingly unwilling to accept defeat, converted all remaining matter into energy in an attempt to disrupt the barrier's formation process.

At this crucial moment, Xiaoling, who had transformed into an amethyst life form, suddenly spoke.

Her voice was no longer the clear, crisp sound of a girl, but a resonance carrying an ancient rhythm, resonating directly in the consciousness of the other four:

"The final step... we must completely integrate ourselves into the barrier's foundation... becoming a permanent anchor point..."

She "looked" at the other four people, conveying her final message.

"This means abandoning our current form and becoming something somewhere between humans and energy beings... Are you ready?"