Free Web NovelAnd Lynn could clearly feel that in this mental space, besides the Colossus's hyper-dimensional perception, all normal senses were severely limited. Basically, once something was beyond two hundred meters, you couldn't perceive what was happening ahead through normal senses.
And then, in the next moment.
Just as Lynn stepped onto the desolate ground ahead—
Rumble—
A series of deafening roars, like the sky collapsing and the earth caving in, made the entire ground shake violently.
He jerked his head up.
In the bloody, void-like sky high above, a massive, shattered fist of flesh and blood tore violently through the thick blood mist. A pair of enormous, blood-red pupils surged within the fog, and then another thunderous impact echoed from afar.
"Colossus?!"
Lynn was shaken.
Though he couldn't see the full form, back in the Cursed City, he had briefly used the Colossus's Heart to manifest the massive Colossus Phantom through the Colossus Network link. So he instantly recognized those terrifying pupils as familiar.
But what was going on?
Why was there a projection of the Colossus here? And its size was already far beyond the phantom he had once transformed into.
And just as Lynn stared in tension—
The massive hand churning in the blood mist suddenly flickered like a ghostly illusion and vanished before his eyes.
As if.
It was fighting something.
And because of his appearance, it had simply disappeared into thin air.
"That's not the real Colossus."
Lynn narrowed his eyes, holding Zuo Zuo's hand as he slowly backed away through the blood mist. He had a vague feeling that the Colossus was most likely a projection born from someone's deep-seated grudges. The real Colossus could never appear here.
Ahead was a battlefield!
And if anyone had a deep conflict with the Colossus, the target was practically confirmed.
The God of All Machines!
Was it him?!
His fall had been the result of being jointly suppressed by Cyber and the Colossus back then. Although he claimed he was conserving his strength, failing to complete the Trinity at that moment would definitely have left a dark shadow in the depths of his heart.
And if his guess was correct—
Hum—
Almost as they retreated less than a few dozen meters, a massive, void-like phantom imprint stomped a footprint hundreds of meters wide onto the distant ground.
The ripple of psychic energy twisted the surrounding blood mist like a kaleidoscope.
Space cracked and shattered with a crunch.
It was as if, just moments ago, a psychic giant traveling between dimensions and reality had stepped out from not far away.
"Sir Aiwen?!"
Zuo Zuo looked up in shock, pointing abruptly at a detached, void-like face surging through the distant blood mist.
Lynn grabbed her waist, lunging backward in a burst of speed, and said calmly:
"No, it's Cyber."
And just as they burst into retreat, a furious dragon roar erupted from the deepest part of the blood mist. Silver particle beams churned the pervasive fog into a wild frenzy. Hearing that sound, he finally confirmed his guess.
It was the God of All Machines.
He, too, had been pulled into this deep mental space by the Colossus's Brain's awakening red light.
Those grudges he harbored, those things he loathed, had all been projected by this space and turned into obstacles against him.
Because this was his past failure.
Regardless of the reason, he was once the evil ghost jointly suppressed into this hell by Cyber and the Colossus!
And if that was the case.
Then what about those individual presences he had sensed through the hyper-dimensional perception earlier?
Lynn's eyes flickered as he thought carefully.
And then, in the next moment, he suddenly remembered that before he had transformed into the Colossus Phantom last time, he had sensed waves upon waves of wailing from the consciousnesses of Colossus parts, emanating from the distant Hive.
He jerked his head up.
"Have the Colossus's flesh and blood that the God of All Machines collected also been pulled in here?"
And if that was really the case.
Then what was the God of All Machines's goal?
Like the Flesh and Blood Cult, he had come here to obtain the Colossus's Brain. He must know many secrets about it, or there was a high probability he also knew they would be pulled into this mental space.
Lynn narrowed his eyes, his mind racing.
"He wants..."
"To use the hyper-dimensional link between the Colossus's flesh and blood to let them lead him to the true location of the Colossus's Brain's consciousness?"
In an instant, confirming this guess, Lynn sensed his own danger.
Because he and Zuo Zuo were, in name, the Colossus's Heart!
And as the second-in-command of the Colossus, though Zuo Zuo was crippled, under the passive hyper-dimensional perception and the inherent attraction and proximity between Colossus parts, they would be the best beacons and keys to finding the Colossus's Brain's consciousness!
Just like now.
They were indeed wandering aimlessly, but they had coincidentally encountered the Colossus's flesh and blood driven by the God of All Machines.
It had to be said—this was some kind of destined attraction.
"We need to get out of here!"
In that moment, Lynn didn't hesitate. He turned and dashed off in the opposite direction without looking back, dragging Zuo Zuo with him.
He sensed the crisis.
Because from the publicly available information, the Desire Mother Tree and the God of All Machines absolutely knew about his special connection to the Colossus. So if they wanted to find the Colossus's main consciousness, they would definitely come after him first.
And in this mental space, their fragile alliance with the Mechanical Cult could be broken at any moment.
And if they also understood the hyper-dimensional sensing between Colossus parts, they might use this trait to set a trap, lure him in, tie him up, and subject him to unimaginable imprisonment, humiliation, and taming!
He raced in the opposite direction, pulling Zuo Zuo along.
As they gradually distanced themselves, the furious roars from afar were slowly swallowed by the blood mist.
But after realizing this possible guess, Lynn no longer dared to wander aimlessly like before.
"Brain, where should we go now?"
Zuo Zuo turned her head, also seeing the gravity on Lynn's face.
Lynn adjusted his monocle and said deeply:
"We don't need a destination—we'll just go randomly. If I'm guessing right, no matter which direction we take, we'll eventually find the Colossus's Brain's consciousness."
He didn't tell Zuo Zuo the rest.
Three-fifths chance.
They had a three-fifths chance of encountering the three Roots: the God of All Machines, the Dominator, and the Desire Mother Tree. The other two-fifths chance was meeting Little One and Sir Aiwen.
The latter was a guarantee of safety.
And if it was the former, they could only pray that their luck was tough enough.
