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The Future Line of Collapsed Iron, You're Worth Anticipating Chapter 146 Mask Overwriting and the Spacetime Bridge "The spacetime bridge has been constructed for you." The figure of the Memory Maker began to fade, merging into the surrounding flowing data galaxy. "It will guide you straight to the eye of the storm." Before the words were finished, the space in front of Da Qiao silently twisted and rotated, opening a passage composed of rapidly flowing azure data and the light and shadow of shattered stars. At the end of the passage was a violent, flickering, and terrifying deep purple lightning. Da Qiao did not hesitate at all and stepped into it. The feeling of passing through the spacetime bridge was like being instantly decomposed and reassembled. Da Qiao appeared in the very center of the open-air training ground of Danheng Academy, which was also the core and most violent area of that strange purple lightning storm. This was no longer an ordinary scene. The sky seemed to be torn apart, and endless purple lightning poured down like a waterfall, but was restrained by an invisible force when it approached the ground, turning into huge, constantly exploding and reassembling lightning tornadoes, frantically tearing at space. The air was thick with the pungent smell of ozone and a primal, scorching heat, as if space itself were ionized. Deafening thunder was the only constant background noise. Yet, within the eye of this storm of destructive energy, all was relatively calm. Eleven figures, like ancient statues, stood silently, forming a perfect circle. Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. Eleven cold, golden zodiac masks reflected a chilling, eerie luster under the raging purple lightning. Tiny purple arcs of electricity crackled around them, resonating with the entire storm's domain, forming a powerful and stable energy matrix. Da Qiao's appearance did not immediately provoke an attack. The ram's head mask on her face emanated a shared aura, making her feel like a drop of water merging into the ocean, accepted as a member by this terrifying matrix. She calmly "observed" the matrix. Under the dual perception of her super consciousness and the Memory Replica Mask, she could "see" the complex links between the eleven masks, formed by pure energy and information flow. They supported each other, circulating endlessly, forming a near-perfect closed-loop defense. Forcibly removing any mask would instantly trigger an overload counterattack from the matrix and a reactive destruction protocol from the remaining masks. She needed to find a point of entry, an extremely brief, tiny gap created by natural energy fluctuations. Time passed amidst the roar of thunder. Like the most patient hunter, Da Qiao stood motionless, the gears in her left eye slowly turning with unprecedented precision, calculating every change in the massive data flow of the entire matrix. Finally! At the instant the energy of the masks representing "Bull" and "Tiger" intersected, a negligible resonant drop, lasting only a fraction of a second, appeared! Now! Da Qiao moved! Her movements were faster than the naked eye could perceive, like a golden shadow infused with lightning, rushing straight towards the golden mask representing "Bull"! Her right hand, with its claw-like fingers, didn't gather power at its tips, but rather shimmered with an extremely condensed, eerie blue data stream originating from the Memory Maker, precisely grasping at the edge of the mask! However, just as her fingertips were about to touch it— "Warning! Unauthorized access!" A cold, synthesized electromagnetic voice didn't travel through the air, but exploded directly within the matrix link! The entire matrix was instantly activated! Blinding purple-red light simultaneously erupted from the eye sockets of the other ten masks! Ten terrifying beams of destructive energy instantly condensed, about to bombard Da Qiao! The "Bull" mask even unleashed a strong resistance, attempting to repel her hand! At the critical moment! The gear in Da Qiao's left eye suddenly burst forth with a brilliant blue light! The power of the Memory Maker's overwriting was fully activated, surging wildly through the mask! "Permission Overwrite! Command: Hibernation Exit!" What she uttered wasn't a sound, but a torrent of information carrying the authority of the Memory Maker, forcefully crashing into the firewall of the "Bull" mask! Buzz—!! The golden bull's head mask trembled violently, its eyes flashing wildly with crimson light, a fierce conflict erupting between its overwriting authority and its own commands! The ten energy beams about to be launched were also momentarily delayed due to this sudden conflict in authorization! It was this negligible delay! Da Qiao's fingers ignored the violent resistance, the azure data stream like the strongest chains, forcefully breaking through the final defense and locking the mask's edge! "Peel off!" She uttered a low shout, her arm bursting with astonishing strength, and she ripped it off! *Crack!* A teeth-grinding metallic tearing sound rang out! The golden bull's head mask was actually ripped from its host! The instant the mask detached, the figure froze like a doll whose power had been cut, then dissipated into countless purple particles of light. The matrix balance was shattered! A terrifying energy turbulence erupted instantly! The light in the eyes of the remaining ten masks became extremely unstable, and even more violent energy began to converge! But Da Qiao did not pause for a moment! Taking advantage of the chain reaction and the larger energy gaps created by the matrix's imbalance, her figure moved like a ghost through the lightning! "Horse head! Peel off!" She appeared behind the dragon-faced figure, data streams swirling around her fingertips, precisely inserting into the gaps in the scales, and suddenly ripped it off! "Rabbit head! Peel off!" She ducked to avoid a sweeping lightning whip, grabbed the rabbit mask's chin with her backhand, and pulled it off with the force! "Snake head! Peel off!" She even withstood a purple electric snake that grazed past her, letting her left shoulder armor charred and broken, while her right hand, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, precisely severed the energy connection between the snake mask and the matrix, tearing it off fiercely! With each mask peeled off, a figure collapsed and dissipated, the matrix's power weakened, but the remaining masks' counterattacks became even more frenzied and chaotic! Lightning tornadoes began to lash the ground uncontrollably, blasting craters into the training ground! Da Qiao dodged and weaved in the raging energy storm, each move fraught with danger, each peel off accompanied by the price of withstanding attacks. Her movements grew faster, her calculations more precise, and her mastery of the power of memory more refined! Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, Rat, Tiger! Finally, only the tallest, most powerful, golden mask representing the "Dragon" remained! It seemed to realize its impending doom, gathering its last ounce of energy. The lightning surrounding it formed a tangible armor, and with a silent roar, it charged towards Da Qiao in its final assault! Da Qiao neither dodged nor evaded, her left eye burning with intense light as she met the attack head-on! At the moment of imminent collision, her body twisted at an incredible angle, avoiding the deadly lightning claws. Her right hand, fingers joined together, formed a hand blade, its fingertips gathering the final, most powerful stream of azure data. Like cleaving through the void, it pierced the energy connection core between the dragon head mask and its host's chest! "Final Agreement—Forced Lift!" Boom—!!! The enormous golden dragon head mask shattered into countless fragments! The figure also collapsed and vanished! The instant the last mask was peeled off—the purple thunderstorm that had raged for who knows how long seemed to have been paused. All the lightning tornadoes froze instantly, then rapidly dissipated, contracted, and vanished like a receding tide! In the blink of an eye, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing a long-lost, clear night sky and a dazzling sea of stars. It was as if that terrible disaster had never happened. Only the training ground, a mess as if it had been washed by a meteor shower, proved that what had just happened was not an illusion. The twelve golden zodiac masks floated silently in mid-air, slowly rotating around Cheng Da Qiao. The purple light in their eyes completely extinguished, replaced by a warm, restrained, almost slumbering golden luster. Da Qiao breathed slightly, the light in her left eye dimmed, and waves of overload pain surged throughout her body. But she had succeeded. The figure of the Memory Master in the Flowing Light Memory Court silently reappeared. He reached out, and the twelve masks, as if summoned, slowly flew towards him, ultimately reforming before him into a complete ring containing some ultimate mystery. "Now, reveal the hidden truth," the Memory Master's ethereal voice rang out. His hands pressed lightly on the mask ring, and a vast, star-like azure energy flowed into it. *Whoosh—!!!* The twelve masks simultaneously vibrated violently, erupting with unprecedented light! But this time, it was no longer the aggressive purple, but a pure gold mingled with the Memory Master's azure radiance! Countless torrents of information, imperceptible to the naked eye, were released from the masks, transforming into a towering pillar of data light! Within the pillar, countless fragmented images, distorted pieces of spacetime, chaotic causal lines, and massive amounts of memory quanta from the distant future surged, collided, and recombined wildly! Da Qiao's left eye was forced to operate at high speed again, struggling to capture those fleeting fragments: [... The image flickers: Zuo Jiang's figure stands atop ruins, his long sword gleaming with an unprecedented brilliance, his eyes cold and resolute...] [... A distorted audio clip: "... The protocol... Must be executed... Clear... Abnormal variables..."] [... A rapidly passing star map, the coordinates of Danheng Academy locked by a huge red marker...] [... A cold, emotionless, mechanical synthesized voice repeats: "Target confirmed... Zuo Jiang... Highest priority..."] [... From the shattered spacetime rift, countless mechanical creations similar to the twelve masks surge forth like a tide...] [... The final image: A huge, cold pupil, composed of pure data, seemingly enveloping the entire universe, slowly opens; in its core reflection is Zuo Jiang's shattered figure...] The sheer volume of information was enough to overwhelm any ordinary brain; even Da Qiao felt a sharp pain and dizziness in the core of her consciousness. That wasn't just memory; it was a quantum memory tidal wave from the future, filled with despair, war, and a chilling resolve! The light slowly faded, and the twelve masks lost all their luster, becoming dull and lifeless, like the most ordinary metal artifacts, floating silently. The Memory Maker was silent for a moment, its ethereal voice seeming to carry a subtle weight. "The torrent of memories originates from... A highly probable, dark branch of the future. Their goal... Remains constant." It slowly turned to Da Qiao, its gaze seemingly piercing through time and space: "Zuo Jiang." "He is the key. He is the center of all this storm. He is both the source of disaster and... The only hope." The night sky was silent, dotted with stars, as if the all-consuming thunderstorm and information frenzy of just now were merely a dream. But the Memory Maker's words and those fragmented future images weighed heavily on the depths of Da Qiao's consciousness.
