Chapter 793: The Truth

Data streams surged violently around the Sage.

"Warning: Your existence, your will, has itself become the greatest uncertainty.

Regardless of the essence of your power, the Fengqi Star Alliance has, based on existing data, elevated you and your associated forces to the 'top of the Extinction Sequence' threat level.

Your only path to survival is to cooperate with me, to cooperate with the Cyberk."

It extended a hand composed of pure data streams toward Yingzhou: "Cooperate with the research, provide data. Or, be forcibly parsed.

The choice is yours, but the result leads to only one outcome: the data will be acquired."

Yingzhou looked at that hand without substance and sneered.

"Want to study me? Then bring out your best!"

Before the words had even faded, the psychic energy within Yingzhou erupted with a boom! It was no longer a shield or lightning, but a powerful, tearing Psychic Shock wave that slammed fiercely into the Sage, and also into the flowing data walls all around!

The Sage's body, composed of data, rippled slightly in the shock wave but did not dissipate.

Its emotionless voice sounded once again.

"Resistance behavior, within prediction. Initiating forced parsing program. Spatial energy compression activated."

Hum—!

The entire space shook violently.

The flowing dark blue data walls all around suddenly lit up with blinding light, and a massive pressure squeezed in from all directions, intending to crush the space itself along with Yingzhou and Selina inside it.

The Sage hovered at the center of the compressed space, its data streams running at high speed.

"Your resistance will only accelerate the data collection process. Now, demonstrate the essence of your power."

"Demonstrate the essence of my power?"

Facing the terrifying pressure crushing in from all sides, Yingzhou's pupils turned pale gold.

"I don't even know what the essence of my own power is like!"

The psychic energy within Yingzhou erupted with unprecedented light.

It was no longer a shock wave, but condensed into a tangible golden giant fist, the fist's edge wreathed in violent energy that tore through space, smashing toward the data-composed humanoid Sage hovering at the center of the space!

"Psychic entity materialization! Level: Destruction Level! Data recording..."

The Sage's voice remained cold, but the speed of its data stream operation soared abruptly!

Boom—!!!

The golden psychic giant fist collided with the Sage's data-composed body.

Blinding golden light and dark blue data fragments intertwined and annihilated each other frantically!

Under this strike from Yingzhou, the Sage's seemingly solid data humanoid was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks! Dark blue light poured wildly out from the fissures.

"Structural stability: collapsing! Warning! Physical projection about to disintegrate!"

Bang—!!!

The Sage's data-composed humanoid shattered at the sound.

It turned into dark blue specks of light scattering across the sky, rapidly dimming and disappearing.

The violent compression of the entire space also stalled for a moment.

"Did it work?"

Yingzhou maintained his psychic energy protection and looked around vigilantly.

The light of the space Barrier was still blinding, and although the pressure had weakened, it had not disappeared.

"Parsing completion: 17%. Individual 'Human Leader' psychic characteristics: high cohesion, strong will-driven, possesses significant destructiveness toward data logic structures."

The Sage's emotionless voice sounded again; this time, it did not come from a single point, but the entire space itself was resonating!

Hum—!!!

At the center of the space, those dim, dissipating dark blue specks did not disappear completely, but converged rapidly.

A larger, more complex geometric structure was being built at high speed.

It was no longer a vague humanoid, but a massive cube that constantly rotated, nested, and flashed with billions of cold data streams.

Its surface was no longer flowing dark blue, but presented a deep dark gold, emitting oppressive and powerful energy fluctuations.

This cube itself changed, transforming back into a humanoid, this time a fully armed one.

"Individual 'Yingzhou', your resistance has provided precious data samples."

The Sage's voice continued to sound.

"But, this is the end.

This is the 'Logic Core' itself. Your psychic energy cannot shake the cornerstone of the rules."

Sss-sss-sss—!!!

As soon as the words fell, countless dark golden Energy Chains composed of pure energy shot out from every plane of the space.

These chains were more solid and deadlier than before; wherever they passed, even space was "frozen" and "parsed."

The Sage had only one goal—to pierce Yingzhou's psychic defense, stab directly into his body, and forcibly extract his power core!

At the same time, the pressure of the entire space suddenly increased to several times what it was before.

The air became like solidified cement, intending to fix Yingzhou and Selina completely in place, becoming specimens waiting to be slaughtered.

"Cornerstone of the rules? Then I'll smash it!"

Yingzhou's pupils contracted, the psychic energy within him running rapidly; he no longer attempted to resist all the chains head-on, but instantly drew them in and condensed them.

Hum!

The golden light on his body surface suddenly retracted, turning into a golden film of light as thin as a cicada's wing, clinging tightly to the surface of his body—an extremely compressed psychic armor!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Several dark golden chains stabbed fiercely onto the film of light.

A harsh grating sound rang out; the golden light flickered and fluctuated violently as a terrifying analytical force attempted to infiltrate and tear at Yingzhou's soul.

"Defense mode shifting! Psionic density surging! Anti-analysis attribute manifesting! Data updating..."

The Sage's voice carried a hint of "excitement."

But Yingzhou withstood it by sheer force of will.

A Psionic Greatsword coalesced in his right hand, and he slashed toward the several dark gold chains piercing his chest and left arm, wreathed in Psionic Flame!

"Break—for me!"

Sizzle—!!!

Violent psionic energy, carrying a will of destruction, surged back along the chains.

The several chains severed by Yingzhou instantly turned from dark gold to crimson, disintegrating into chaotic currents of raw energy!

"What?!"

The Sage's body stalled, experiencing a clear glitch and stutter for the first time.

A reverse energy surge? Severing dark gold chains with a single strike? This once again exceeded its logical deductions!

Now is the time!

Yingzhou's figure blurred instantly!

Under the immense spatial pressure and the strangulation of the remaining chains, he erupted with astonishing speed, aiming directly for the Sage hovering in the center of the space!

"Target behavior: high-speed approach! Intent: physical contact with core! Activating close-range defense matrix!"

The Sage reacted rapidly.

Countless tiny, high-speed rotating energy blades popped out from the surface of its body.

However, these energy blades did not harm Yingzhou in the slightest as he swung the Psionic Greatsword in his hand to hack at the Sage.

"This strike is for humanity!"

Boom—!!!

A strike, condensing all of Yingzhou's will, rage, and belief in protection, slammed into the Sage's dark gold shield.

Instantly, two powerful energies intertwined, causing the entire Center Building to begin collapsing.

Both sides continuously increased their energy output, and even the ground of the First Defense Zone began to shake.

Immediately following—

Crack!

A crisp shattering sound appeared at Yingzhou's ear.

But Yingzhou clearly saw that the Sage's dark gold shield before him showed no signs of breaking.

The next second, both sides broke free simultaneously; Yingzhou retreated two and a half steps, while the Sage slammed heavily into the wall, causing the entire wall to cave in.