The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

Chapter 504: Chapter 311 Don’t Rush_2

“You… need… to maintain… energy output… here…”

“…Sacrifice… only then… can you break through… and leave…”

The voice came through hoarse and rough, passing intermittently.

Sirius nodded slightly, his voice like metal colliding, carrying a bit of a rasp, “I understand.”

The ripples were still ongoing, while the shadowy figure slowly faded away.

Sirius retracted its gaze, and behind it, a throne rose slowly from the ground. It sat there, exuding a terrifying oppression before calmly observing this world.

The reactor on its chest was slowly working, and if one looked carefully, they would notice that this entire continent was made up of a large number of energy stones, being drawn by it and maintaining energy output through a ritual connected to the ripples.

Though it could not leave this place, in reality, a large amount of information was being transmitted from places far away.

“Lord Sirius, in about twenty minutes, we can bring these people to the nearby sacrificial area.”

“Also, this is footage captured by city surveillance; the subordinates of Bai Qixing have left their hiding place and are approaching this region.”

Sirius silently watched the displayed footage, besides recognizing the mechanical life forms it had seen and those it had not, there was also a group of half-human half-machine creatures.

It stated calmly, “More than a hundred people, including human presence, that’s already considered going all out, isn’t it?”

It truly was a downfall, utterly ants in comparison to its own hundreds of thousands in the Mechanical Army. Of course, it was very aware of the reasons behind this.

All energy was entirely occupied by itself.

“…Suddenly, it feels a bit dull.”

Without its old rival, Bai Qixing, there was indeed no joy that could stir any emotion in it.

Of course,

It was also clear that Bai Qixing could not possibly appear; the severity of the injuries from back then required an enormous amount of energy, and it was for this very reason that it had refrained from turning against him for so long.

And now, after such long preparations, in this moment, to avoid any mishaps, it had even destroyed all the mines, although the overly mined fields had little left. It still did not want to leave them a sliver of hope.

“It’s also time to end this tedious drawn-out battle…”

The mecha troops of Bai Qixing in the footage were still rapidly approaching until they discovered the probing signal. After directly blocking it, the footage then disappeared.

“These guys still want to make a final counterattack… burn up everything they have left?” Sirius looked slowly at the ritual ripples around it, as energy continuously converged and transported.

“Sadly, you only have an hour left for your final radiance.”

In the distance, the Black Spark’s vast Mechanical Army was already taking a large group of people toward the sacrificial area.

The adventurer camp was trying to find a way to save themselves and escape.

Li Batian and others were also rapidly assessing the situation and seeking opportunities, vying for a chance at life.

And at this moment,

The vast Underground City was… now devoid of people; to be precise, devoid of active Mechanical Life.

Those who could act had already begun to move. What remained here were merely the numerous, but long dormant, ‘junk’ in a system crash state.

No life form wanted to enter a system crash state due to depleted energy, for that was an enduring and utterly dark void.

Consciousness seemed to be submerged here, perhaps never able to leave for eternity.

Shandian had already entered the system crash state, its consciousness sinking into the void.

So dark…

Nothing to see…

Even thinking seemed nearly impossible… unaware of the passage of time…

This seemed to bring about an emotion akin to fear.

Wanting to struggle, it discovered it had nothing left but a mass of consciousness stored in the chip—the unique soul of Mechanical Life. However, it would just keep sinking here, as if there was never a moment to escape.

Is this… the final destiny?

Shandian had a wail from the depths of its soul.

And the next instant…

[Ding—]

[Current energy at 0.000001%, rapidly replenishing energy!]

[System rebooting!]

[Exiting from dormancy!]

[Energy replenishment complete, current energy at 100%!]

Shandian’s eyes widened at the succession of messages that flashed by, and at the same time, its consciousness emerged from the chip’s void, following the sudden retrospect with a burst of energy!

The next moment.

It slowly opened its eyes and found itself still within the base and collapsed under some sturdy metal protection, surrounded by a pile of debris that had fallen due to the earthquake.

There were no other people around, and an energy stone lay atop its body.

“Is it… because the earthquake caused a geological fracture and it fell down?” It was somewhat bewildered, as its systems had not yet fully restarted and its CPU had not yet responded.

“No, that’s not right…”

Shandian muttered, “This energy stone’s purity is exactly the same as the one Su Buxian had.”

It was judging exactly what had happened and quickly came to a conclusion.

“He really had a second one, but… why use it on me?” It was displeased, “This one, if given to Captain Li Batian and the others, might have increased their odds by more, leaving it to me… is just a waste.”

Shandian slowly got up, as the earthquake continued, and its body quickly synchronized with the atomic clock.

It had just realized that from the time it had crashed to when it awoke, barely twenty-five minutes had passed.

“Boom!”

The violent, terrifying tremors continued unabated; the underground base was already somewhat shattered. Even the dome, fifty meters high, had numerous protections that were deforming in the process.

And at that moment!

A terrible collision burst forth!

The base’s dome was violently torn open!

Huge stones plummeted from above!

But Shandian did not dodge; instead, it unfurled its claws without hesitation and unleashed a powerful energy field!

In the blink of an eye… all the massive stones exploded into dust!

With a hundred percent energy supply, even in its current form, it possessed astonishing strength!

It must go to help its companions!

But before that…

It had to enter Lord Bai Qixing’s maintenance space once again, because it heard a sound, Su Buxian was still there.

Moreover, it had to take Lord Bai Qixing’s chip away safely, as the terrifying vibrations were worse than imagined, like the end of the world. At this very moment, the base could collapse at any time.

However, the base clearly couldn’t hold on any longer!

“Boom boom boom!”

The dome was completely broken through, with endless rubble rushing in to submerge the place!

“Damn it!” Shandian, without any hesitation, erupted into its second form. The formerly mechanical puppy’s state rapidly assembled and transformed, as a radiant silver mecha extended its energy field.

And it was quickly clearing the way forward through the ruins!

“We’re here!”

Shandian looked at the scene before it with a heavy heart, because the metal door that once led to Lord Bai Qixing’s space was severely deformed, even bursting with gaps and cracks.

Inside, it was even more collapsed.

“Su Buxian!” Shandian roared, without any hesitation swiftly activating the life scanner, trying to find where Su Qi was buried in the rubble.

After all.

To it, Su Qi was now just an ordinary person, someone without spiritual energy who could not last long under such burial.

“Stop shouting, I’m here.”

Su Qi was leaning against the metal door’s deformed area, calm and composed.

“Thank goodness! You’re not dead!” Shandian ran over joyfully, its energy field enveloping Su Qi.

“I didn’t expect your base to be so flimsy, to collapse just like that,” Su Qi said calmly.

Shandian spoke gravely, “It can only mean that the disturbances from outside have probably exceeded the extreme limits. Let’s not talk about that now; I need to go get Lord Bai Qixing’s chip!”

Having said that, it was about to rush into the rubble inside, as the collapse was now complete, and nothing could be seen beyond a meter range. It could only rely on its energy field to break through the thick stones.

Lord Bai Qixing’s chip, housed within the mecha’s body, needn’t worry about being destroyed by these.

But at that time.

Su Qi simply grabbed its shoulder and said with a light smile:

“Don’t rush.”

“I have a very important question to ask first.”