Chapter 445

"Hum!!!"

A roar that is low enough to transcend hearing and acts directly on the soul level comes from deep within the plane.

That is the instinctive anger and resistance of the plane's will after being "stung."

The light of the scarlet array that was originally running smoothly suddenly flourishes, and the rune chains flicker crazily, clearly bearing the terrifying pressure that has suddenly surged from within.

The tug-of-war between the restraint array and the living plane's will unfolds fiercely in the silent void.

Wei Wei Aola's figure has appeared at the core node of one of the restraint arrays.

Gao Jie Ming can see that she is pressing her hands into the void, and her massive spiritual power is integrated with the huge array under her feet.

She is trying to stabilize the array and suppress the plane's manic waking will.

However, the intensity of the living plane's struggle is beyond imagination.

Under Wei Wei Aola's full-force maintenance, the restraint array still emits a moan that it cannot bear, and the energy overload warning keeps screaming on Gao Jie Ming's console.

Those thick scarlet rune chains begin to show fine cracks, their light flickering, as if they could be snapped by the savage growth of power inside at any time.

Time passes minute by minute.

There is still no news from Mentor Clark and the Star Fall Wizard.

The communication channel is dead silent.

The expression on Wei Wei Aola's face is getting uglier and uglier; while she is doing her best to maintain the restraint array so that it doesn't collapse instantly, she frequently looks toward the plane, and the anxiety in her eyes is almost about to turn into substance.

Finally, she seems to have made up her mind.

An emergency attack command signal agreed upon in advance is transmitted into the warship's control system, synchronized and displayed on the main light screen in front of Gao Jie Ming, accompanied by a glaring red warning border.

The meaning of the signal is very simple: launch the annihilation attack immediately!

Wei Wei Aola's idea is very direct.

Mentor Clark carries a marker crystal, and the annihilation array's firepower will automatically avoid his signal area.

As long as it is not so unlucky that the first round of salvo happens to hit the precise coordinate where the mentor is, there is no need to worry about accidental injury.

Even if the old man is really that unlucky and a low-probability event occurs, with Mentor Clark's unfathomable strength and preparations, he can withstand an attack from the annihilation array without dying.

Since he can't be killed, there is no need to worry!

After all, the restraint array is now on the verge of its limit, and we can't wait any longer!

However, to Wei Wei Aola's astonishment, the attack command she issued is like a stone sinking into the sea.

The warship does not respond.

The three plane annihilation arrays remain in a pre-charging state, with no signs of further excitation.

"Gao Jie Ming?!" Wei Wei Aola's hurried communication connects immediately, her voice carrying disbelief and suppressed anger, "What's going on? Why haven't you launched the attack?! The restraint array can't hold on anymore! Once it completely breaks free, without having severely damaged it in advance, our three attack arrays simply can't withstand its impact!"

On the other end of the communication, Gao Jie Ming is silent for a moment.

His gaze is tightly locked on the deep spectrum analysis chart of the living plane's will fluctuations fed back by the detection array.

On that chart, the waveforms representing aggression and destructive tendencies indeed exist, and they are strengthening with the struggle.

But... there is another special "feeling" that he has keenly captured.

That is not malice, not a desire to attack.

That is... the restlessness of a newborn baby, the instinctive resistance to restraint, the violent "physiological reaction" to strange stimuli, mixed with a chaotic, bewildered restlessness that seems to want to find something but can't find the direction.

This feeling does not come from the wizard's data analysis model; it is more ethereal, more intuitive.

Gao Jie Ming is very clear that this feeling stems from his resonance as a cultivator with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and with the vitality of all things.

Cultivators are naturally connected to heaven and earth, so his "spiritual sense" is faintly telling him: the madness of this newborn plane consciousness at this moment is more like a giant baby struggling and crying because it is "hurt," "scared," and "uncomfortable," rather than a demon deliberately trying to destroy everything.

"Senior Sister," Gao Jie Ming's voice comes through the communication channel, unusually steady, even carrying a trace of soothing meaning, "Don't be anxious, observe a little longer. The restraint array can still hold on for a while."

"Observe what?!" Wei Wei Aola is almost about to roar, "The data has already explained everything! It's going wild! Its aggressive waveform is soaring! Gao Jie Ming, now is not the time to be soft-hearted!"

"I know the data," Gao Jie Ming still insists, his gaze not leaving the charts that look like messy waveforms to others, "but we should also believe in Mentor Clark's ability. With Mentor's strength, the current living plane simply can't stop him. Since Mentor hasn't come out until now, he must have his purpose."

"Perhaps... he is trying to communicate with this nascent intent? Or has found key clues about the Star Fall Wizard? If we use the annihilation array to bomb it now, we might destroy Mentor's plan, or even trigger unpredictable chain reactions."

He pauses and adds: "Senior Sister, please control yourself as much as possible, and don't use your laws of pain to actively stimulate and attack its consciousness core first. Although pain can suppress, it might also make it more manic and completely cut off the possibility of communication."

Wei Wei Aola on the other end is so angry that she is almost about to stomp her feet, but unfortunately, there is no ground to stomp in the void.

So she looks at the restraint array whose light is becoming dimmer and dimmer and has more and more cracks, and then looks at the warship direction that has no movement, her heart torn between heaven and man.

Data, reason, emergency plans, analyses from all aspects are screaming at her to forcibly take over the attack authority and let the enemy "quiet down" first.

But on the other side is her Junior Brother's unusually persistent, and even somewhat "stubborn," judgment.

Finally, Wei Wei Aola grinds her teeth fiercely.

"Okay! Gao Jie Ming, I'll believe you this once! And I'll believe that dead old man too!" Her voice carries the determination of going all out, "But if the restraint array really collapses, and there's still no news from inside... you know the consequences!"

She no longer demands an immediate attack but puts all her heart and soul into maintaining the stability of the restraint array, adopting gentle energy guidance and buffering as much as possible.

Feeling that Wei Wei Aola has been temporarily persuaded, Gao Jie Ming secretly breathes a sigh of relief.

But his back is actually already soaked with cold sweat.

He looks at the increasingly worse objective data on the screen and feels that trace of "intuition" in his heart that is becoming clearer and clearer but cannot be proven by any theory, the pressure is like a mountain.

He knows that his reasons actually can't stand up to scrutiny.

For wizards, "feeling" is the most unreliable thing.

He cannot explain, and even less dare he reveal his spiritual sense perception as a cultivator.

He can only wait silently for the result.

And outside the porthole, the living plane's struggle continues.

The scarlet light of the restraint array flickers in the impact of the green tide, like a candle in the wind.

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