Jiang Baimian's consciousness fell back into her body, and she didn't know when tears had started sliding wetly down her face.

She closed her eyes, and without the slightest hesitation, bent down, picked up Shang Jianyao, and carried him on her back.

She then identified the direction and ran wildly towards the only exit.

...

Inside the mind world of "Zhuang Sheng," in that room filled with green.

The "Twisted Shadow," Winster Garland, also entered here, replacing "Si Ming," running towards the golden Buddha, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right.

Whether "Bodhi" used "Consciousness Stripping" or "Six Paths of Reincarnation," the "Twisted Shadow" was not affected in any way, because the other party had not aimed at him at all.

This was his ability, "Misjudgment"!

Under the "New World," this was called "drawing the human body," and now even Awakened abilities would "graze" past him!

In a few blinks, the "Twisted Shadow" appeared above the golden Buddha.

He held a materialized two-handed greatsword and slashed downwards.

Almost at the same time, "Bodhi," still entangled by "Si Ming," turned his body, allowing the two-handed greatsword to fall downwards from in front of his face.

"Foresight"!

This was "Bodhi's" domain's "Foresight" ability!

Seizing the opportunity when the "Twisted Shadow's" strike missed, "Bodhi" faced him head-on and reversed the use of "Telepathy."

This time, the "Twisted Shadow" had nowhere to hide.

A snake suddenly appeared in his mind, a twisted, wriggling snake.

The "Twisted Shadow" immediately screamed miserably, and without bothering to distinguish directions, ran wildly out of this room, not knowing where he went.

"Bodhi" had no time to follow up with another attack on the "Twisted Shadow" because "Si Ming" launched another attack.

"Consciousness Halt"!

"Consciousness Stripping"!

The two clashed, and both fell unconscious at the same time, but quickly woke up again.

"Si Ming" once again began to extract human consciousness from within "Pangu Biology."

Unlike before, when she couldn't carefully distinguish, she focused on covering everything above the 600th floor of the underground building. In this way, she could both obtain food, replenish her own consumption, and keep her state at its best, and convert a large number of "Heartless Ones" occupying the favorable terrain to block those traitors from escaping the company.

If she hadn't entered "Zhuang Sheng's" mind world and her ability to influence the outside world had been greatly reduced, she would have started from the exit of the underground building and not let a single employee leave "alive"!

"Si Ming's" aura instantly returned to its previous level, while "Bodhi" was visibly weaker.

Looking at the golden Buddha, "Si Ming" smiled slightly and said:

"I'll just use a stupid method to fight you head-on. I can constantly get replenishment, can you?

"If you extract human consciousness and extract the spiritual power of those monks to replenish yourself, how can you still have the nerve to say that the more you read Buddhist scriptures, the more regretful you become?"

"Bodhi" was silent.

Suddenly, his figure flashed and disappeared from there.

Immediately afterwards, "Bodhi" appeared in another direction.

Where he had just sat cross-legged, a cloud of mist was hazy and dreamlike.

This was "Dawn's" "Forced Sleep."

"Bodhi's" voice echoed:

"'Dawn,' aren't you on the 'Shattered Mirror' side?"

Because the enemy he was facing was not "Zhuang Sheng," "Dawn" had recovered his hearing.

Inside that dreamy mist, a morning light lit up and emitted a voice:

"'Shattered Mirror' couldn't trap that many Constellations, so it had to let 'Mandala' and me go."

...

"You Gu" cautiously moved forward step by step, worried that what she saw and encountered was not an illusion, but reality.

That would lead to her being ambushed.

For "Shattered Mirror," dealing with such a cautious opponent was the best thing, because her goal was just to delay. The more cautious the opponent, the more time they would spend in the illusion.

On the other side, "Golden Scale" had covered his eyes, otherwise he would definitely be driven to collapse by the extremely asymmetrical objects conjured up by "Shattered Mirror."

Even so, he was full of anger, because the "Shattered Mirror's" consciousness, which flickered on and off in his perception, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, was no longer a single mass, but had become an irregular shape.

"Damn it!" "Golden Scale" roared.

...

"Overseer" Jiang Xiaoyue walked through the rooms, and different "Zhuang Sheng" were doing different things.

Some of them were playing games, some were focused on scientific research, and they could no longer focus on stopping the enemy.

"Control Senses"!

Du Heng's voice resounded in these rooms:

"I know your price is arrogance, and I didn't expect you to listen to my orders in the first place, but I thought you would be too proud to join them."

"Overseer" Jiang Xiaoyue did not respond to him, she had long since blocked her hearing.

Behind her, "Truth," wearing a floral shirt and beach shorts, took advantage of the passage opened up by this Constellation to move forward smoothly, occasionally using his memory-related abilities to help "Overseer" and himself clear the effects brought about by "Sentimental Person," "Literary Youth," and "Fragile Heart."

They were not walking fast, but steadily, showing enough respect to "Zhuang Sheng."

...

As soon as "Double Sun" Brian Stanley entered the next room, he saw Shang Jianyao wearing gray camouflage.

Knowing that this guy was also from the "Zhuang Sheng" domain, he didn't dare to be careless and instantly shielded his hearing.

But Shang Jianyao didn't say anything, he directly started doing exercises.

Calisthenics!

Brian, who was over 1.8 meters tall with blond hair and blue eyes, was stunned for a moment and instinctively pointed out:

"Your movements are not quite right."

"Not quite right is right! Otherwise, how would I attract your attention?" Shang Jianyao muttered in a low voice.

"Double Sun" was about to make the other party forget some of the domain's abilities when he suddenly froze there.

"Why should I attack this person?

"What am I here to do?"

"..."

Such thoughts emerged in his mind, and he didn't know what he should do next.

In another room, "Mandala," surrounded by flowers, saw rows of red banners as soon as she entered.

The banners read:

"Warmly welcome the greatest Constellation, Ms. 'Mandala,' to come and guide us."

"You have a special temperament and are the most charming of all the Constellations."

"I have read all the papers you wrote back then. I couldn't understand them at all, but I was deeply shocked."

"..."

"Mandala" Sylvie stopped, looking left and right, and couldn't bear to leave for a moment.

...

Inside the small city called the Second Research Zone.

Jiang Baimian, wearing a military exoskeleton device and carrying Shang Jianyao on her back, once again implemented the strategy of first going straight, then detouring to find the exit.

She climbed over walls when she encountered them, and climbed onto houses when she encountered them, and quickly ran several hundred meters.

But when she thought that even so, it would take at least ten minutes, or even longer, to return to the tunnel entrance, she felt a little uncertain and worried.

"Once you enter the tunnel, it's much harder to leave the Eighth Research Institute than to walk through this city. It's indoors, still in the belly of the mountain, and there are many forks in the road. There's no good way other than to stop, think twice, and pass three times. Moreover, even if you stop, think twice, and pass three times, the number of times you get lost is mostly more than twice..." Jiang Baimian quickly thought, analyzing the current situation.

According to her judgment, if she wanted to escape to the edge of the explosive power of that small nuclear warhead and preserve herself, she would have to return to the hiding place where the jeep was parked.

And that would definitely not be done in half an hour.

Even if there was really half an hour, Jiang Baimian didn't have much confidence.

This was the best case scenario.

In the worst case, it wouldn't stop in a few hours.

Jiang Baimian's expression changed, and the few words Shang Jianyao said appeared in her mind:

"...The overall situation is still favorable to the Big Boss and the others. Even with me, it's estimated that it will only delay the time of defeat.

"We will try our best to leave you time to escape the Eighth Research Institute, and try our best to create an opportunity for you to detonate the nuclear bomb.

"That opportunity may be fleeting, you must seize it."

Thinking of this, Jiang Baimian couldn't help but mutter to herself in a low voice:

"Will there really be that opportunity?

"Can you really last more than half an hour?"

...

Once, twice, three times, "Si Ming" used the stupidest method to seek a head-on confrontation with "Bodhi."

Of course, "Bodhi" didn't dare to do this again. Not to mention the problem that consumption could not be replenished, just the fact that "Dawn" was watching from the sidelines made him dare not try easily.

If he really lost consciousness for a short time, "Dawn" would definitely not let go of the opportunity and would definitely add a "Forced Sleep" state to him.

In that case, with "Forced Sleep" and "Consciousness Halt" attacking alternately, he wouldn't even have a chance to resist.

He didn't care about his own consciousness dissipating and completely dying, he was just afraid of affecting the plan to end this disaster.

Seeing that his own consciousness had weakened to less than a third of its usual level, "Bodhi" had no choice but to reveal his trump card in advance.

In his "Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss," those monks heard his grand and solemn voice:

"The great tribulation has arrived. Those who are willing to give their lives for humanity should provide me with their spiritual power."

Most of the monks were already mentally prepared and raised their palms together:

"May Buddha have mercy."

They turned into rays of light and threw themselves into "Bodhi's" golden body like moths to a flame.

"Bodhi's" aura soared and returned to the level it was at when it first appeared.

"Si Ming" was not discouraged by this and once again began to extract human consciousness from the underground building of "Pangu Biology" and the people of Year-End City.

She was not afraid of consuming at all!

Moreover, the pace of the battle between the two sides was getting faster and faster. As long as "Bodhi" had no other trump cards, she was confident that she could consume this Constellation in ten minutes, severely injure him, and make him unable to affect herself.

In other rooms, the steadily advancing "You Gu" and "Golden Scale" broke through one illusion after another.

Although they had not yet injured "Shattered Mirror," they had greatly consumed the other party, and they themselves had enough replenishment.

Similarly, when "Double Sun" forgot what he should do, "Mandala" covered her eyes to avoid being influenced by the words used by people in the "Zhuang Sheng" domain.

Then, according to the coordinates of the core room, she went straight there, passing through doors if there were doors, and breaking through walls if there were no doors, regardless of the cost.

On the gray earth, a large number of humans turned into "Heartless Ones," causing chaos.

Only "Zhuang Sheng," who controlled the "New World," found it difficult to stop "Overseer" Jiang Xiaoyue and the unauthorized "Truth."

Shang Jianyao had only joined the battle later, and his consumption was not too great. He took the time to let the aggregate return to the core room and said to "Zhuang Sheng":

"Teacher Du Heng, do you have any trump cards, no, reserves?

"This is not a solution. At most fifteen minutes, no, ten minutes, and we will suffer a complete defeat."

Du Heng smiled bitterly:

"How could there be a pile of trump cards that others don't know about? Do you think others are fools?

"My trump card was originally you.

"Under normal circumstances, relying on 'Scorching Gate,' 'Last Man,' and 'Twisted Shadow' to delay for a while, and then letting 'Bodhi' and 'Shattered Mirror' betray at a critical moment, coupled with my own strength and authority, would be enough to buy the most generous time.

"To prevent accidents, I added you. I said it so solemnly before, but it was actually leaving you a glimmer of hope. If things really developed as I expected, you wouldn't have to join the battle, you could seize the opportunity, escape from here, and return to the gray earth.

"Who knew that from the beginning, half of my plan failed. Fortunately, you were able to step up.

"You, me, plus 'Shattered Mirror,' 'Bodhi,' with the control of the 'New World,' can still delay them for a while. The possibility of ending this disaster is still very high, but what I didn't expect was that they were so cold-blooded and cruel. They didn't compete in wisdom, they didn't compete in the application of abilities, they purely competed in consumption, built solid camps and fought foolish battles, and made the situation deteriorate so quickly."

Speaking of this, Du Heng paused for a moment:

"I can switch personalities, harden my heart, and consume against them. After all, this battle cannot be without sacrifices. I will be satisfied if I can save most of them.

"But I think 'Bodhi,' 'Shattered Mirror,' and you definitely won't do this. Relying on me alone won't delay for too long.

"If the situation really deteriorates to that extent, most of my personalities may rebel, making it impossible to reverse the situation."

Shang Jianyao was silent for a moment, and there was a demonic voice in his heart saying, "I can also do it."

But this was quickly suppressed by most of Shang Jianyao.

He asked:

"What about Wu Meng, what about 'Future,' can we use them?"

Du Heng shook his head:

"Wu Meng only managed to get some authority and barely protect himself. He is now waiting outside to see if there is a chance to profit.

"Use his authority to switch the room where he is imprisoned to the path of 'Truth' and the others?" Shang Jianyao suggested.

Du Heng shook his head again:

"Then he will only choose to cooperate with 'Si Ming' and the others.

"As for 'Future,' it is not an Awakened and cannot participate in this battle. Moreover, I have other things for it to do, such as eliminating hidden dangers."

Shang Jianyao thought of another thing and said with heartache:

"Why doesn't that nuclear warhead have a timed detonation function?"

"It's useless. If the electromagnetic environment doesn't return to normal and we don't gain the upper hand, even if it's timed, they will cancel it." Du Heng sighed.

"What can we do?" Shang Jianyao showed a troubled expression.

After a brief silence, a machine exploded with a bang in the room.

On the other side, the door became dim, as if it hid a faint female figure.

"You Gu"!

"Not good!" Du Heng's expression suddenly became solemn and serious, "'Shattered Mirror' can't hold on anymore!"

Compared to "Bodhi," who had monks providing replenishment, "Shattered Mirror," who had never told his subordinates about this, had been persevering all along.

The remaining machine lights in the room flickered violently, giving the feeling that they were about to explode as well.

The Constellations, including "Si Ming," who were still entangled with "Bodhi," Shang Jianyao, and "Zhuang Sheng," all smiled.

A smile of seeing the dawn of victory.

Just then, Shang Jianyao suddenly said "Huh."

...

Inside the vortex-shaped building, at the entrance to the core research area.

A pair of military boots suddenly appeared there.

These belonged to Jiang Baimian.

She was back here again.

Traces of tears were still visible around her eyes under the mask, but there was a faint smile on her lips.

Jiang Baimian carried Shang Jianyao on her back, walked to the side of the experimental cabin, and put him down.

Then, she extended her spirit and touched Shang Jianyao's consciousness.

This time, Jiang Baimian saw not only Shang Jianyao after the familiar darkness and faint light, but also flickering lights of various colors and almost collapsing doors.

In the consciousness exchange, she, without "wearing" the military exoskeleton device, smiled at Shang Jianyao and said:

"Damn, I got lost and went back to that machine."

Shang Jianyao was stunned for a moment and said loudly:

"Liar!"

Jiang Baimian restrained her smile and asked in a serious tone:

"If you could only restore the electromagnetic environment in the core research area to normal for one minute, could you do it?"

Shang Jianyao blurted out:

"Yes, but I refuse."

Jiang Baimian looked at him and said seriously:

"This is an order!"

Shang Jianyao was silent for several seconds before responding loudly with reddened eyes:

"Yes, Team Leader!"

Jiang Baimian showed a satisfied smile.

...

Inside the core room of the "New World," Du Heng also noticed Jiang Baimian's return.

He looked at Shang Jianyao in astonishment. Shang Jianyao nodded heavily to him and said:

"One minute."

"Okay." Du Heng smiled with relief.

He had originally planned to use his authority for a final gamble, and now he was not hesitating even more.

The entire "New World" suddenly contracted inward, turning into layers of barriers, wrapping "Si Ming" and other Constellations inside, making them like mosquitoes in amber.

Du Heng divided into many, turning into black shadows, wandering through the transparent barriers, blocking the attacks from "Si Ming" and other Constellations, preventing their power from seeping out.

He definitely couldn't do it alone. Shang Jianyao also divided into many selves who were honest, hateful of evil, and calm and rational, and also flew around the barriers in the form of black shadows, relying on the fact that their consumption was not so great, and fought against the Constellations such as "Mandala" and "Si Ming" again and again.

Seeing this, the weakened "Shattered Mirror," regardless of his own situation, also joined Du Heng and Shang Jianyao's ranks.

"Bodhi" followed closely behind.

"Truth" noticed something was wrong and shouted loudly:

"There must be something wrong with the core research area!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his own hand grabbed him, and he completely forgot what he wanted to do next.

"Truth" then saw a black shadow appear on the barrier next to him, a black shadow wearing a white mask.

"Last Man."

"You!" "Truth" exclaimed in horror.

"Last Man" replied softly:

"I've thought about it. If you win, I definitely won't survive. You're so arrogant that you won't allow a Constellation in the same domain as you to exist.

"And 'Si Ming' and the others will definitely help you."

"Truth" forcibly retorted:

"That's not true."

"Last Man" stopped talking and also turned into a black shadow and began to wander around.

"Scorching Gate" was also in the barrier, and she broke out with a strong desire to survive and began to resist.

"Si Ming" quickly knew what might happen. She looked at Shang Jianyao and asked:

"Are you really not afraid of death?

"Don't you miss the stable life in the company?

"You are already a Constellation. As long as you help us imprison 'Zhuang Sheng,' we are willing to acknowledge your position."

Except for two or three, most of Shang Jianyao laughed and said words that "Si Ming" could understand but could not understand from the bottom of her heart:

"For all of humanity!"

...

Da, a teardrop fell from the corner of Jiang Baimian's eye and hit the ground.

She had pushed up her mask and was only observing the instrument panel above with the corner of her eye to judge whether the electromagnetic environment here had returned to normal.

At this time, she vaguely heard a familiar female voice in her ear.

The voice from the Big Boss:

"Your parents, your brother and sister-in-law, and their children have all escaped from the underground building.

"Don't you want to reunite with them and plan to die here?

"There are still many places on the gray earth that you haven't been to, and there are still many folk customs that you haven't come into contact with. There are so many interesting books in the 'Old World' that you haven't read..."

Jiang Baimian was silent for a few seconds and sighed softly.

She turned a deaf ear and squatted down, took out the small blue-and-black speaker from Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack.

Then, she smiled at the "sleeping" Shang Jianyao:

"If you were awake at this moment of saving all of humanity, you would definitely ask for a song as background music.

"I'll satisfy you, but this time I'll play what I like."

Jiang Baimian then turned on the small speaker and picked out the song she wanted to play.

At this time, the electromagnetic environment had not returned to normal.

"Si Ming" once again looked at Shang Jianyao and said:

"Even if you can solve us and destroy the 'New World,' you can't completely end this disaster.

"So many Awakened are still alive, and the people from the Sixth and Eighth Research Institutes are still alive. They will definitely slowly explore ways to become stronger and explore plans to recreate a 'New World.'

"When that time comes, it will be another catastrophe!

"It's better for us to live and control this world and minimize the harm of the disaster."

"Golden Scale" and other Constellations also persuaded Shang Jianyao, "Shattered Mirror," and the others with similar reasons.

They all knew that the electromagnetic environment in the core research area would soon return to normal, and they would need three to five minutes to break through the shackles imposed by "Zhuang Sheng" and other Constellations using their authority and power without reservation.

The Shang Jianyaos smiled and solemnly said to the Constellations:

"There will be successors!"

...

Inside the vortex-shaped building, in the core research area.

Having chosen the song and waiting for the opportunity to arise, Jiang Baimian vaguely heard "Si Ming's" voice in her ear again:

"If you continue, I will now extract the consciousness of your parents and relatives!

"Let's all perish together!"

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"Good to reunite."

She then smiled sarcastically:

"If you could do it, you would have done it long ago..."

Before Jiang Baimian could finish speaking, she saw the instrument panels return to normal.

She stopped talking, sighed silently, and sent the detonation command to the nuclear bomb.

Soon, it would explode.

As long as the electromagnetic environment could remain normal.

Jiang Baimian sat down beside Shang Jianyao, pressed the small speaker, and closed her eyes.

The curses and threats of the Constellations echoed in her ears.

They had originally thought that the key to this battle was the balance of power between the Constellations, the struggle between them, and the chips they could each suppress.

Who knew that before the gods had decided the winner, mortals had dominated their lives.

Most of Shang Jianyao laughed, and tears flowed from their laughter.

In the relieved smiles of Du Heng, Li Hui, Lin Sui, and others, he shouted to the Constellations:

"Welcome the true New World!"

Amid the increasingly frantic and furious curses and threats of the Constellations, Jiang Baimian, with her eyes closed, heard the familiar music:

"Do you still remember the dream of your youth?

"Like a flower that never withers..."

She hummed along in her heart, and the white light exploded and instantly filled this space.

Rumble!

A huge mushroom cloud rose slowly in the valley, and the earth shook violently.

ps: There is another chapter at ten o'clock.