"The jammer signal has been cracked! Everyone on alert!" As soon as Kane's roar fell, the alloy door of the equipment room trembled violently under a huge force. The harsh sound of twisted metal cut through the frozen silence. Along with dense footsteps, the support force of the Shadow Organization surged in like a tide. Leading them was a man wearing a black combat uniform and a mechanical eye mask. His left arm was transformed into a mechanical prosthetic, the tip of which flickered with cold red light, and the dark energy emanating from his body was even more intense than that of the previous scarred man.
Liam instantly stood in front of Elena and Wang, the energy in his body surging suddenly. The golden and black light on the collar intertwined and jumped, and the crack widened a little. A slight hum came from his brain—that was the signal that the dark energy was stimulated by the outside world. Dr. Gray immediately raised the energy monitor, and the curve on the screen fluctuated wildly. He reminded anxiously: "Liam, hold on! The dark energy is restless. Don't urge your full strength easily. Your brain can't fully control this intensity of energy impact yet!"
The man with the mechanical eye mask sneered, raised his mechanical prosthetic sharply, and several red energy beams shot out instantly. Kane immediately waved his hand, and two security personnel stepped forward to block with energy shields. With a loud "boom", the shields shattered instantly. The two security personnel were thrown away by the shock wave, hit the cold instruments hard, spit blood, and lost their combat effectiveness. "It's indeed Logan, the 'Mechanical Hunter' of the Shadow Organization. He actually transformed his prosthetic into an energy weapon." While quickly tapping the keyboard to try to restart the miniature jammer, Elena shouted into the communicator: "Wang, quickly use AI to crack the energy control system of his prosthetic. We can't be held back by him!"
Wang immediately turned on the portable AI equipment, his fingers flying across the screen. Dense codes kept refreshing on the screen, and the AI issued a sharp alarm: "No! His prosthetic has a star-patterned ore core built-in, the interference signal is forcibly shielded, and AI can't crack it. Moreover, they have activated the energy lock of the laboratory, and our retreat is cut off!" As soon as the words fell, the entrance of the ventilation duct in the equipment room was suddenly blocked by a huge alloy plate. On the walls around, dozens of energy gun muzzles stretched out slowly, aiming at everyone, and a desperate situation enveloped them in an instant.
Logan walked forward slowly, his mechanical eye mask flickering with weird blue light. His eyes were firmly locked on Liam, and his tone was full of greed: "Liam, our leader has long expected you to come and specially let me wait for you here. Your symbiotic energy is the last key to the breakthrough of our dark brain chip. As long as you obediently hand over the energy in your body, I can let you die quickly. Otherwise, I will let your brain be completely swallowed by dark energy and become an unconscious puppet."
"Dream on!" Liam roared, and the golden and black energy in his body surged again. His figure flashed, and he rushed to Logan in an instant. His fist, filled with violent energy, smashed hard at Logan's mechanical prosthetic. With a crisp "clang", sparks flew everywhere. Liam only felt a sharp pain in his fist, and his whole body was shaken back again and again, while Logan stood still, and the red light on his mechanical prosthetic became more dazzling. "With your little ability, do you still want to compete with me?" Logan sneered, waved his mechanical prosthetic sharply, and a huge energy shock wave shot at Liam.
At this critical moment, Kane suddenly pounced in front of Liam, raised his energy rifle, and shot hard at the energy shock wave. The two energies collided together, making a deafening explosion. Kane was thrown away by the shock wave, fell heavily to the ground, and blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth. But he still struggled to get up and shouted to everyone: "Hurry up! Dr. Elena, you find the main control system of the equipment room as soon as possible and turn off the energy lock. I'll hold him back!"
A firm light flashed in Elena's eyes. She nodded, pulled Wang and Dr. Gray, and quickly ran towards the corner of the equipment room, where the main control system was located. While running, Dr. Gray stared closely at the energy monitor in his hand and said anxiously: "Elena, Liam's brain energy fluctuation is getting more and more intense, and he is close to the edge of losing control. Although his physical body has been strengthened, it still can't bear such high-intensity energy impact. If this continues, his brain will be backlashed by energy, and the development progress will not only not improve, but also regress!"
Elena didn't look back, and her fingers were still flying across the keyboard. The interface of the main control system on the screen gradually became clear: "I know, but we have no choice now. Only by turning off the energy lock and finding a way out can we find a way to help Liam stabilize his energy. Wang, use AI to assist me in cracking the password of the main control system, as soon as possible!" Wang immediately activated AI to connect with the main control system. The progress bar of AI cracking advanced little by little, while the sound of fierce fighting behind became more and more intense. Liam's roar and the explosion of energy collision intertwined, making people anxious.
On the other side, the battle between Liam and Logan became more and more fierce. Although Liam's speed and strength had been greatly improved, Logan's mechanical prosthetic was too hard, and it had star-patterned ore built-in, which could suppress his energy. Every collision would cause great impact on Liam. The hum in his brain became more and more intense, and dizziness began to appear in front of his eyes. The dark energy in his body was restless crazily, trying to devour his consciousness.
"Liam, hold on! Concentrate, use your brain to control the energy in your body, don't be controlled by dark energy!" Dr. Gray shouted to Liam, and at the same time took out an energy syringe from his backpack, which contained a medicine that could temporarily stabilize dark energy. "I'm coming to help you, hold on a little longer!" After speaking, Dr. Gray ran towards Liam, but just a few steps later, he was stopped by two Shadow members, whose energy weapons were aimed at his chest.
"Dr. Gray, be careful!" Wang shouted, immediately took out a miniature bomb from his backpack and threw it at the two Shadow members. With a "boom", the two Shadow members were blown away. Wang took the opportunity to pull Dr. Gray and quickly hid behind an instrument. "Thank you, Wang." Dr. Gray breathed a sigh of relief, immediately handed the energy syringe to Wang, "Help me inject this medicine into Liam's body, and I'll cover you. Only by injecting this medicine can we temporarily stabilize his brain energy and avoid him losing control."
Wang nodded, took the energy syringe, took a deep breath, and quietly walked around behind Logan, trying to get close to Liam while Logan and Liam were fighting fiercely. But just as he was about to get close to Liam, Logan suddenly noticed the movement, waved his mechanical prosthetic sharply backward, and an energy beam shot at Wang. A look of anxiety flashed in Liam's eyes. He rushed to Wang's side without hesitation, using his own body to block the energy beam.
"Liam!" Everyone shouted in unison. Liam only felt a sharp pain in his back, the energy in his body was instantly disordered, his brain was stabbed like countless needles, his eyes went black, and he almost fell to the ground. But he didn't give up. Gritting his teeth, he turned around and rushed to Logan again. This time, his eyes became more firm, and a clear light suddenly flashed in his brain. He began to try to use his brain to actively control the disordered energy in his body. The golden and black energy gradually stabilized under his control.
"I didn't expect that your brain could actively control energy in this situation." A look of surprise flashed in Logan's eyes, but it was soon replaced by greed. "But it's useless. Today, you must become our experimental subject!" After speaking, Logan pressed the button on his mechanical prosthetic. The mechanical prosthetic transformed instantly into a huge energy cannon, whose muzzle was aimed at Liam. "This is an energy cannon transformed from star-patterned ore and dark chip semi-finished products. It is enough to completely destroy your consciousness and extract your symbiotic energy!"
Just as Logan was about to fire the energy cannon, Elena suddenly shouted: "Success! We have cracked the main control system!" As soon as the words fell, the energy gun muzzles around the equipment room closed instantly, the alloy door opened slowly, and the energy lock was successfully lifted. At the same time, Elena activated the self-destruct program of the equipment room through the main control system, and the countdown began to appear on the screen: 10, 9, 8... "Logan, your plan has failed. This place is going to explode soon. You'd better escape quickly!"
Logan's face changed, his eyes were firmly locked on Elena, and his tone was full of anger: "Damn it! You ruined the leader's plan, I won't let you go!" After speaking, Logan suddenly pressed the launch button of the energy cannon, and a huge energy beam shot at Elena. A look of determination flashed in Liam's eyes. His figure flashed, and he instantly stood in front of Elena, gathering all the energy in his body to form a huge energy shield to block the energy beam.
"Boom——" With a loud noise, the energy shield shattered instantly. Liam was thrown heavily to the ground, spit blood, and the energy in his body was almost exhausted. The hum in his brain sounded again, but this time, he did not feel the restlessness of dark energy. Instead, he felt that his brain became extremely clear, as if something had been broken. Dr. Gray immediately rushed over, picked up the energy monitor, and the curve on the screen, although still fluctuating, had stabilized a lot. Moreover, Liam's brain development progress had unconsciously increased to 32% in the fierce battle just now!
"Great! Liam, your brain development progress has improved, and the dark energy has also stabilized!" A look of surprise appeared on Dr. Gray's face, and he immediately injected the energy syringe into Liam's body. "This medicine can help you completely stabilize your energy and restore your physical strength. Let's get out of here quickly, the self-destruct program is coming to an end!"
Liam nodded, stood up slowly with the support of Kane and Wang, and everyone quickly ran towards the door of the equipment room. Looking at the back of everyone fleeing, Logan was full of unwillingness, but he also knew that if he didn't leave, he would be swallowed by the explosion. He had to grit his teeth and turn around to flee in another direction. Just as everyone ran out of the equipment room, a deafening explosion came from behind. The equipment room was instantly engulfed in flames, and gravel and ice chips flew all over the sky.
Everyone ran along the ice tunnel for about ten minutes before stopping, leaning against the cold wall and gasping for breath. Kane wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at everyone, and said with relief: "Fortunately, we cracked the main control system in time, otherwise, we would all die here today." Elena nodded, her eyes fell on Liam, and she was full of worry: "Liam, how are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Your brain just suffered a strong energy impact, don't force yourself."
Liam shook his head, felt the stable energy in his body, and the unprecedented clarity in his brain, and said with a trace of surprise: "I'm fine, but I feel very strange. When I blocked the energy beam just now, I suddenly understood how to use my brain to actively control the energy in my body. Moreover, I can feel that the connection between my brain and symbiotic energy has become closer."
Dr. Gray smiled, raised the energy monitor in his hand, and said to everyone: "This is a breakthrough in a desperate situation! Although the fierce battle just now damaged Liam's physical body, it also forced his brain to deeply connect with energy. In addition, his physical body is strong enough to bear the energy impact, and the faint influence of the spiritual energy crystal's aura has made his brain development progress increase to 32%, and the dark energy has also been initially controlled."
Wang suddenly opened his mouth, pointed at the screen of the portable AI equipment, and said with surprise: "Everyone, look! When I cracked the main control system, I accidentally downloaded some research and development data of the Shadow Organization. It mentions that there is a secret laboratory on the second basement floor, which not only has a semi-finished dark brain chip, but also a fragment of the spiritual energy crystal! Moreover, the data also mentions that star-patterned ore can not only assist in stabilizing dark energy, but also fuse with the energy of the spiritual energy crystal to increase the speed of brain development!"
When everyone heard this, surprise appeared in their eyes. Elena took the AI equipment, carefully checked the research and development data, and said with firmness: "Great! This is the key to our breakthrough! As long as we can get the spiritual energy crystal fragment, we can further promote Liam's brain development, and at the same time crack the secret of the Shadow Organization's chip research and development and stop their conspiracy. However, we must also be careful. The Shadow Organization will definitely arrange heavy troops to guard the secret laboratory. This time, we can't be careless anymore."
Liam clenched his fists, the energy in his body surged slightly, and his eyes were full of firmness: "Don't worry! I can already control the energy in my body. This time, I will definitely protect everyone, get the spiritual energy crystal fragment, and stop the Shadow Organization's conspiracy!" Kane also nodded, raised his energy rifle, and said firmly: "That's right! Let's work together, we will definitely succeed!"
Just as everyone was about to set off for the secret laboratory on the second basement floor, Liam suddenly frowned, his eyes became solemn, and the energy in his body was slightly restless: "No! I feel that a strong dark energy is approaching us, and this energy is mixed with a strong chip aura, which is more powerful than Logan's energy. It should be the leader of the Shadow Organization who has come in person!"
Everyone's faces suddenly became solemn. After a fierce battle just now, everyone's physical strength and energy were greatly consumed, and the leader of the Shadow Organization came in person, which was undoubtedly worse. Elena took a deep breath, and a firm light flashed in her eyes: "Everyone, don't panic. We have obtained the research and development data now and know the location of the secret laboratory. As long as we rush there as soon as possible and get the spiritual energy crystal fragment, we will have the capital to compete with them. Liam, you are responsible for the front vigilance, Kane, you are responsible for the rear cover, let's go quickly!"
Everyone immediately took action. Liam walked in the front, the energy in his body surged slightly, and his brain kept perceiving the surrounding dark energy fluctuations; Kane walked in the back, vigilantly scanning the surrounding environment; Elena, Wang and Dr. Gray walked in the middle, quickly moving towards the second basement floor. In the cold ice tunnel, the footsteps were clear and hurried. A greater crisis was waiting for them ahead, and Liam's brain development path would usher in a new breakthrough in this crisis.