Chapter 282: Bizarre Incident and a Turning Point

In the Chan dao Yuzhou, Ling Yue and Lin Li are locked in a life‑or‑death battle with the revived and stronger main umbilical cord, while Lín Jìn, after destroying an Observer experimental device, faces a new crisis.

From the core of the shattered experimental device, a wave of energy with a strange aura suddenly surged out. The wave spread rapidly, and wherever it reached the space rippled with a distortion. Lín Jìn tried to evade, but the wave moved at extreme speed and instantly enveloped him.

Lín Jìn only felt a dizzying spin; when he steadied himself, the surroundings had become extremely bizarre. The collapsed experimental device began to reassemble as if time were running backward, and the Observer soldiers he had defeated stood up one by one, their eyes hollower and exuding an ominous aura.

"What is happening?" Lín Jìn asked, gripping the Abyss Return Ruler cautiously, a wave of unease rising in his heart.

At that moment, a massive Container rose slowly from the ground. The Container was filled with a faintly glowing liquid, and at its center floated a bag of substance resembling breast milk, but the milk was an odd black‑purple, with faint currents coursing through it, clearly containing the previous viral power.

Before Lín Jìn could react, the revived Observer soldiers let out a strange howl in unison and lunged at him. Lín Jìn immediately swung the Abyss Return Ruler, unleashing a fierce sword technique and engaging the soldiers in fierce combat. Yet the soldiers seemed tireless, charging forward endlessly, and Lín Jìn began to be overwhelmed.

During the fierce battle, Lín Jìn was accidentally struck in the back by a soldier, stumbling forward and ending up close to the Container holding the viral milk. At that instant, the Container shattered, and the black‑purple viral milk spewed toward Lín Jìn, most of it splashing onto his body, with a portion rushing directly into his mouth.

Lín Jìn tried to spit it out, but the viral milk, upon contacting his mouth, quickly seeped in, sliding down his throat into his body. Lín Jìn felt a cold, evil force raging inside, and wherever it passed, his meridians burned with excruciating pain.

"Ah!" Lín Jìn cried out in pain, his muscles tensing, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

At that moment, an even stranger event occurred. Lín Jìn's teeth began to grow wildly, each becoming sharp and elongated, gradually transforming into dimensional cutters. These cutters glimmered with a cold light, emitting a powerful aura capable of tearing space.

Lín Jìn could feel that this power, birthed by the viral milk, was indeed strong but riddled with instability and evil. He strained to control it, preventing it from spiraling out of control.

Meanwhile, in the Chan dao Yuzhou, Ling Yue and Lin Li were struggling against the main umbilical cord. Empowered by Observer support, the main umbilical cord not only repaired its damaged parts but also spawned stronger defensive mechanisms. Thick beams of energy shot out from the main umbilical cord like spears, hurling toward Ling Yue and Lin Li.

Ling Yue wielded the God‑slaying Pump, continuously releasing data virus to counter it, while Lin Li used precise control over the data to guide the virus toward weak points in the main umbilical cord's defenses. Yet the main umbilical cord's counterattack was unusually fierce, making their situation increasingly perilous.

On the Observer's main control system side, Lín Jìn was forced to suck the viral milk in a nursing scene, which was transmitted through a special monitoring channel into the Observer's main brain system. The scene instantly triggered logical chaos within the Observer system.

The Observer's system runs on an extremely complex and precise logical algorithm, designed to ensure their experiments and plans proceed smoothly. However, forcing Lín Jìn to nurse in this scene, which contradicts its preset logic and moral ethics, was like dropping a grain of sand into a precision machine, instantly disrupting the entire system's operation.

The system's warning lights flickered wildly, and error codes swarmed across the screen like snowflakes. The system, which had previously coordinated the main umbilical cord's defenses and monitored all experimental devices methodically, fell into chaos.

"System chaos, initiating emergency Repair Program..." the Observer system repeated in its cold mechanical voice, but the Repair Program seemed powerless before this sudden turmoil.

Because of the system's chaos, the main umbilical cord's energy output became unstable. The previously regular energy beams turned erratic, sometimes strong, sometimes weak. This gave Ling Yue and Lin Li a chance to breathe.

"Ling Yue, the Observer system seems to be malfunctioning; the main umbilical cord's attack rhythm is messed up!" Lin Li shouted excitedly, having keenly sensed the change.

"Take this chance and increase the attack intensity!" a glimmer of hope flashed in Ling Yue's eyes; she immediately adjusted the God‑slaying Pump's parameters, injecting more data virus into the main umbilical cord.

On Lín Jìn's side, after painfully adapting to his teeth's transformation into dimensional cutters, he found that although the power was evil, his efforts gradually allowed partial control. Seeing the Observer soldiers still raging around him, Lín Jìn decided to use this new power to break through.

Lín Jìn opened his mouth, activating the dimensional cutters. Sharp beams of light shot from between his teeth like rotating blades, flying toward the Observer soldiers. Wherever the beams struck, the soldiers' bodies were instantly sliced into countless fragments, turning into clumps of black smoke that dissipated in the air.

Under the powerful force of the dimensional cutters, the surrounding Observer soldiers dwindled rapidly. Lín Jìn seized the opportunity to explore the reassembled experimental device, seeking a way to utterly destroy it and prevent the Observer system's restoration.

Lín Jìn dodged occasional energy turbulence while meticulously searching the experimental device. At last, in a hidden corner of the device, he discovered a crystal pulsing with blue light. The crystal's surface was etched with mysterious runes, and as the runes flickered, they emitted an aura tightly linked to the Observer system.

Lín Jìn guessed that this crystal was likely the key node through which the Observer system controlled the experimental device; destroying it might intensify the Observer system's chaos while completely annihilating the device.

Lín Jìn hesitated not a moment; he re‑activated the dimensional cutter and fired an even more powerful cutting beam at the blue crystal. When the beam struck, the crystal's surface burst with intense blue light, attempting to repel the beam's damage. Yet before the cutter's overwhelming force, the blue light dimmed, and the crystal developed cracks before booming—shattering.

With the blue crystal shattered, the entire experimental device shook violently again, more fiercely than before. The surrounding space began to collapse, black fissures spreading rapidly. The remaining Observer soldiers were instantly devoured by the massive force of the spatial collapse.

Lín Jìn knew the place had become extremely dangerous and needed to leave immediately. He focused his mind, using his perception of surrounding energy fluctuations to locate a passage to the outside. Lín Jìn's figure flashed as he surged toward the passage, escaping successfully before the collapsing space could completely engulf it.

Back in the Chan dao Yuzhou, Ling Yue and Lin Li seized the opportunity presented by the main umbilical cord's defensive breach caused by the Observer system's chaos, launching a full‑scale attack. Guided precisely by them, the data virus swarmed like a horde of frantic termites, rapidly gnawing at the core of the main umbilical cord. The cord emitted successive painful roars, causing the entire Chan dao Yuzhou to tremble with each howl.

"Push harder, we're about to succeed!" Ling Yue shouted loudly, her eyes filled with determination and anticipation.

Lin Li remained fully focused on controlling the data virus, sweat soaking her clothes, yet she showed no sign of slackening. Through their combined effort, the core of the main umbilical cord was gradually eroded by the data virus, and the cord's power continuously waned...