Lin Zhen’s gaze turned vicious as he clenched his right hand tightly toward Yun Ruoxi.
[Metal Reconstruction]
Crack! The iron chains binding Yun Ruoxi suddenly twisted, with countless sharp spikes sprouting wildly from the surface.
Like venomous snakes, they coiled tightly around her limbs and joints, straining with all their might to pin her in place and render her immobile.
But fortunately, Jinsique finally reacted at this moment.
In the underlying logic coded by Dr. Forefinger, it would interfere with every action Yun Ruoxi took with an intense desire for control.
Unless Yun Ruoxi was out of signal range, or the enemy she encountered was too powerful for Jinsique A to continue micromanaging in battle, forcing it to hand control back to the original Ye Lan’s combat instincts to complete the mission.
And now, it was the second scenario.
Lin Zhen’s strength far exceeded expectations, to the point where he could even deliver a devastating blow to Dark Dust.
So Jinsique hesitated no longer and completely released all restrictions.
[Detected lethal danger. Re-evaluating mission difficulty. According to Protection Regulations Article 3, autonomous attack permission is now granted.]
The scarlet light cluster floating on the faceplate instantly stabilized, no longer flickering or wavering. It solidified into two static points of light, cold and murderous.
“When was the last time I used telekinesis this freely on my original body? It must have been months, right?”
After regaining control of her telekinetic power, the oppressive feeling that Jinsique A had imposed on her vanished in an instant. Yun Ruoxi felt as if she had come back to life, every meridian in her body relaxing. She simply moved her mind.
The iron chains that had been tightly bound around her, forcing her to arch her back, raise her head, and stiffen her limbs, immediately broke apart inch by inch at her command.
Whoosh! Pure telekinesis enveloped her body, and Yun Ruoxi’s figure disappeared from the spot in an instant, leaving behind only a faint afterimage.
Not only did she effortlessly dodge this lightning strike, but she also used telekinetic-enhanced extreme speed to close the distance, reaching Lin Zhen in the blink of an eye.
Yun Ruoxi directly extended her right hand, her vast telekinesis surging toward Lin Zhen like an invisible giant hand, about to firmly clamp him in her grasp.
But at that moment, Yun Ruoxi suddenly realized that the buzzing alarm of her sixth sense in her mind had not stopped because she dodged the attack. Instead, it became even stronger.
‘What’s going on? What did I overlook?’
Yun Ruoxi paused for a split second. Now that she had autonomous combat permission, she no longer needed to deliberately hold back her power, so she directly expanded her senses domain to its fullest.
The next second, her pupils sharply contracted.
Eleven azure beams, more than twice as thin as before, shot diagonally from the ground around Yun Ruoxi, weaving into an impenetrable net that hurtled toward her vital points!
In that instant, a dense, suffocating premonition of death once again swallowed her like icy tides.
Yun Ruoxi looked up at Lin Zhen, a chill like being stared at by a venomous snake rising in her heart.
‘This guy… he even calculated this? Knowing she could dodge the lightning strike, he simply used himself as bait to set up a dragnet. But when were these star energy metal cones, thick as arms, that suddenly burst from underground, arranged?’
‘Wait. Could it be that each previous star energy metal cone was actually an independent miniature star energy electromagnetic cannon? That’s way too ridiculous. If it weren’t for me, any other Three-star star energy user would probably have capsized. No wonder he could become the protagonist…’
Yun Ruoxi took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent waves within her, and raised her hands slightly. A massive amount of telekinesis spread wildly in all directions, building layer after layer of heavy telekinetic shields in front of her.
These arm-thick metal cones, though not as powerful as the previous giant cone, were no less penetrative—in fact, even more so.
They pierced through each telekinetic shield like popping balloons, one layer after another. The crisp sounds of breaking echoed continuously in her ears, dense and hair-raising.
Yun Ruoxi’s expression grew more serious as she pushed her senses domain to the extreme, controlling every spatial fluctuation.
She did not hesitate to consume a sea of star energy, using telekinetic shields to obstruct layer by layer, forcibly creating extremely subtle speed differences among the simultaneously fired metal cones, tearing a momentary gap in the impenetrable net.
Such a gap might be impossible for others to catch. But for Yun Ruoxi, who possessed S-level brain computing power, it was enough to easily evade all attacks.
Whoosh! Yun Ruoxi, carrying Lin Zhen bound by Psychic Restraint, moved with the grace of a butterfly fluttering through the forest, teleporting rapidly through the dense attack net.
Each shift accurately avoided the strikes, not a single strand touched, her movements elegant to the extreme.
Even in the midst of dodging, she couldn’t help but throw a couple of provocative glances at Lin Zhen.
‘Your Sister Xi is always your Sister Xi! Just lie down obediently!’
Of course, the so-called provocation was only in Yun Ruoxi’s mind.
Strictly adhering to the character setting of Dark Dust, under Jinsique’s monitoring, she merely glanced faintly at Lin Zhen, her eyes as indifferent as a human looking down at an ant, without any emotional fluctuation.
But even if Yun Ruoxi had truly shown any emotion, Lin Zhen probably wouldn’t have noticed at this point. He was burning with anxiety because Yun Ruoxi had effortlessly countered his lethal attack, his eyes full of agitation!
Yun Ruoxi had guessed correctly. Each previous “lightning strike”—actually the huge metal cones fired by the star energy electromagnetic cannons orbiting in low Earth orbit—had a miniaturized star energy electromagnetic cannon hidden inside each one.
Although limited by size, the internal energy could only support a single firing. But their extraordinary concealment and power still made them his ultimate trump card.
“I can’t let this continue! If the micro electromagnetic cannons can’t do anything to it, then I’ll have no chance of winning from now on!” Lin Zhen gritted his teeth.
A flash of desperate madness flickered in the depths of his black eyes. He strained his supernatural power perception to extend out, tightly latching onto the last two star energy metal cones that were barely flying in.
Under electromagnetic propulsion, these metal cones were moving at speeds almost beyond his control, but by relying on the forced pull of his supernatural power, he could still cause slight angle deviations.
A slight deviation was enough! And in this desperate situation, because this time his target was no longer Dark Dust—but himself!
Whoosh! The two star energy metal cones slightly adjusted their trajectory, hurtling straight toward Lin Zhen’s back at devastating speed! They were so close that there was no time to dodge!
Yun Ruoxi’s pupils contracted sharply. She knew that because the mission required capture alive, she couldn’t let him die on the spot. So he forced her to take the hit to protect him, right?
Good. Very good! Yun Ruoxi was both angry and exasperated, almost laughing in spite of herself.
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