Lyra's Mechanical Heart vibrated violently within her chest cavity, the quantum signals transmitting from the core of the Symbiosis Bridge striking her neural pathways like heavy mallets. Ice Drip's holographic projection flickered continuously, overlaying the energy spectrum of the anomalous creatures with that of the Symbiosis Bridge. The intersecting lines traced an eerie mandala pattern in the darkness, their edges glowing with a cold, metallic sheen.
"The energy fluctuations exhibit periodic pulses, showing a 17.32% homology with the chaotic frequency of the anomalous creatures," Ice Drip's voice carried a rare tremor. "But we built the Symbiosis Bridge with our own hands as the hub of civilization. How could this..."
Memories suddenly flashed back to the day the Symbiosis Bridge was erected. Chen Mo's Mother stood within the Quantum Mist, her silver hair dyed by data streams into a flowing galaxy. "When civilization casts aside differences, it attains eternal peace." Back then, Lyra had looked up at her gentle profile, grasping those words like a lifeline and etching them into her mechanical memory. At this moment, those words felt like sharp barbs, piercing every gap between her gears. More ironically, the white hair at Chen Mo's Mother's temples now gradually merged in Lyra's memory with the metallic textures of The Furnace conduits.
Chapter 117