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Chapter 233 The Pentagonal Barrier
"I'll join."

The voice of "Night" broke the deadlock. His face, made of energy, was expressionless, but his tone carried a hint of self-mockery.

Everyone's eyes were on him.

Su Wanqing didn't have time to analyze the truth or falsehood of his words; the system interface in her mind changed the moment "Night" agreed.

The Guardian AI's voice rang out directly, devoid of any emotion: "'Retrograde' return to position, ultimate barrier protocol unlocked. Begin deploying the pentagonal barrier array."

A pale blue holographic projection unfolded before Su Wanqing's eyes, invisible to others.

It was a complex structural diagram based on the remnants of the viaduct, with five points of light flashing at different locations on the bridge surface, connected by energy lines to form a standard pentagram.

"The array needs to be deployed at five specific nodes of the viaduct to form a perfect pentagram structure."

Su Wanqing quickly relayed the system information to everyone, "There are five of us, each corresponding to a node."

As she finished speaking, the energy sphere formed by the fusion of three cores, which was suspended in the center of the formation, began to vibrate. It then split into five core fragments of different sizes and colors, which floated toward the five people respectively.

A golden piece went to Su Wanqing, a blue one flew towards Lin Che, an emerald green one hovered in front of Lu Zhao, a purple one stopped beside Xiao Ling, and a dark red fragment, the most unstable and alternating between light and dark, drifted to the "Night".

"Each of you collect your fragments and proceed to the designated locations immediately." Su Wanqing pointed in different directions in the sky. "Time is running out."

No one said another word. After each grasping their own core fragment, they immediately moved in different directions.

The journey to the destination was several times more difficult than expected. The time collapse in the viaduct area was intensifying; the bridge surface resembled a broken biscuit, riddled with bottomless cracks, beneath which black void churned.

Even more bizarre was the abnormal flow of time. On the left, a car suspended in mid-air remained frozen in the moment of its explosion and disintegration, with every part immobilized. On the right, a guardrail dozens of meters away was rusting, weathering, and eventually turning to dust at a speed visible to the naked eye, all in just a few seconds.

Lin Che walked at the front and came into view a completely still space, where the dust in the air formed an invisible wall.

He didn't take a detour; he directly raised his right arm, which was already semi-crystalline.

The blue Orion sequence pattern lit up, and he pressed his palm into that still area, as if pressing it into water.

Blue light spread out, and a safety passage, just wide enough for one person to pass through, was forcibly constructed.

"Hurry up!" he urged.

Lu Zhao kept operating the terminal on his wrist, with a waterfall of data flowing across the screen.

“I’ve found a frequency,” he said without looking up, “that can briefly interfere with the weaver’s spatial stabilization mechanism and buy us a few precious seconds.”

Before he finished speaking, he pressed down sharply, and the suffocating oppressive feeling in the surrounding space instantly lessened a bit.

The most unexpected was "Night," who pointed to a seemingly flat road and said in a calm tone, "Don't go that way; the remnants of core energy will detonate the time trap there. Take this way." He then nimbly leaped across a constantly opening and closing spatial rift, his movements revealing an instinctive familiarity with the core energy.

Just as the group was halfway through their journey, Xiaoling, who was in charge of heading west, suddenly stopped.

Lu Zhao was the first to notice something was wrong: "Xiao Ling? What's wrong?" Xiao Ling lowered her head, tightly clutching the purple core fragment in her hand, without saying a word.

Her body began to stiffen slightly, and the pupils in her eyes disappeared, turning completely into two pure amethysts.

Her lips moved slightly, uttering a series of completely unfamiliar syllables. The sound didn't belong to a child; it was as if hundreds or thousands of people were whispering in unison: "...[untranslatable syllables]..."

A moment later, she trembled, then returned to normal, but the childishness on her face had completely disappeared, replaced by a maturity and calmness that was inconsistent with her age.

“I saw it,” she said softly, but her voice carried clearly to everyone’s ears. “The Weavers are not a single civilization; they are a collection of countless races that chose to upload their consciousness at the end of their own universes.”

They are not trying to harm us; they are trying to 'save' us in the only way they understand.

"How do you know all this?" Lu Zhao pressed, something had occurred to him, but he wasn't sure.

Xiaoling held up the purple fragment in her hand, her gaze somewhat complicated: "Because in a previous cycle... I was partially 'collected'. That memory was stored in this core."

Lu Zhao gasped. So that's how it is. This is why she can foresee the future and understand the Weaver's language.

Xiaoling nodded, a hint of sadness flashing across her face: "Yes, but precisely because of this... I'm no longer entirely human. That's why the Weaver is particularly 'interested' in me."

Because I am the only known sample that retained independent consciousness after being partially collected.

Just then, an immense pressure descended from the sky.

The Weaver Vanguard finally ceased its mere observation. Its silver body suddenly expanded, transforming into an extremely intimidating form, and a cold, mechanical voice resonated throughout the area: "Your resistance will only hasten the complete collapse of time!"

Before the words were finished, several blinding silver energy beams shot out from its body, precisely targeting the core fragments held tightly in everyone's hands.

The danger came too fast; there was no way to avoid it.

Su Wanqing reacted almost instinctively, pouring all her remaining life energy into the jade bracelet on her left wrist.

A golden, semi-transparent light screen instantly unfolded, barely blocking the path of the energy beam.

"Zi-"

The silver light collided with the golden screen, producing a teeth-grinding sound. The light screen shook violently, but ultimately managed to block the first wave of attacks.

Su Wanqing's body swayed violently, her face turning deathly pale. In her mind, the system's warning was shrill and piercing, the red alert box flashing wildly: "Warning! Life energy less than 20%! Maintaining the shield will cause permanent damage to the body!"

"Hold on!" Lin Che shouted anxiously when he saw her condition. "Just one more minute! One minute is enough!"

Everyone held nothing back and charged towards their respective targets with all their might.

The Weaver Vanguard's attacks intensified, with beams of energy relentlessly pounding the golden shield.

The entire viaduct began to tremble violently under the relentless attack, with huge cracks spreading from the piers to the bridge deck, threatening to collapse at any moment.