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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4:The First Shadow: Symbiosis Awakening

Madam Hong's mechanical prosthesis pierced into the three-inch-deep crack of the bronze giant door, and the sound of gears biting startled the phosphorescent night owls. When these creatures with a wingspan of two meters took off, Su Ye saw the star pattern numbers on their wing membranes clearly - the gold-plated mark starting with X was the same as the bronze coffin subject code, and it was like a flowing curse in the green phosphorescent fire.

"The corpse incineration site of the first generation laboratory." Ye Wuhen's broken blade scraped the crack of the door, and the green smoke rising from the blade condensed into twelve painful human faces, "Each brick was soaked in 3,000 milliliters of star pattern blood, and the resentment nurtured these carrion night owls." His incomplete left hand pressed on Su Ye's glassy right arm, and those crystals were buzzing and resonating with the bronze door.

The Snow Shadow Wolf's icy claws scratched the seventh star pattern on the door, and the blue light bursting from the claw tip resonated with the contract pattern on the back of Su Ye's hand to produce a chime-like rhythm. When the last mark was completed, the sharp sound of nails scratching metal came from inside the door - the frequency precisely matched the termination code of the bronze box's self-destruction program, and every scratch made Su Ye's temple jump.

Mo Yan suddenly knelt on one knee, and the fire of the red lotus pattern burst out, reflecting the horrifying scene inside the door: twelve bronze coffins were arranged in the shape of the zodiac, and the star pattern chains woven into an energy spider web between the coffins. The inscription on the seventh coffin was oozing thick blood beads, and the number [X-1997] was twisted into a curled-up embryo in the plasma, resonating with the barcode on the back of Su Ye's neck like quantum entanglement.

"Don't touch the coffin lid!" As soon as Ling Shuang's ice soul spider silk touched the edge of the seventh coffin, the ice crystals condensed in the spider silk vaporized into poisonous mist. The vitrified area of ​​Su Ye's right arm suddenly spread and grew crystal thorns. The stinging sensation reminded him of the sampling needle inserted into his spine when he was a baby.

The air wave from the explosion of the seventh coffin overturned the three outer coffins, and the half-beast corpse suddenly sat up with the ancient jade fragment in his hand. The degree of vitrification of the right arm of this corpse was as high as 90%, and the star marrow catheter extending from the spine sprayed out a gelatinous liquid, which condensed in the air into a holographic log of July 15, 1997. The trembling voice of the female researcher carried the frequency fluctuations unique to Qing Lan: [Warning! The X-1997 embryo has star pattern backlash, and the fetal heart rate has exceeded 900 beats/minute... It is recommended to terminate the pregnancy immediately]

The Snow Shadow Wolf swelled to a young man in rage, and the ice crystal storm froze the joints of the corpse's limbs. But the gray mist bursting from the ancient jade fragments instantly melted the ice layer, and the corpse's glassy right hand clamped Su Ye's right arm like a venomous snake. The moment the two came into contact, the emergency lights on the dome of the laboratory all turned blood red, and the projected double helix star pattern map wrapped the two people into a cocoon.

"The gene map overlaps 99.7%." Madam Red's crystal heels crushed the experimental film on the ground, and the mechanical prosthetic eyes scanned the entangled star pattern light bands, "The mother beast completed the parasitism when you were a fetus." The mechanical prosthetic limb at the slit of her cheongsam suddenly ejected a sampling needle and pierced into the corpse's neck to extract black marrow fluid.

Su Ye's vitrified right arm began to erode the corpse in reverse, and the turbid astral marrow flowed back along the joint. The voice generator at the corpse's Adam's apple suddenly started, and the electronic synthesized sound shook the wall dust: "Destroy... failed product..." The armor plate on its left chest cracked, and the exposed mechanical heart was overclocked, pumping out not blood but ancient jade poison.

The time sand core between the eyebrows of the first generation corpse burst out with gamma-ray-level strong light, and the heavy rain condensed by the ancient jade energy poured down. The raindrops changed phase when they touched the Snow Shadow Wolf, transforming it into the Cang Yue astral marrow body. The moment the ice crystal claws tore the corpse's chest cavity, all human physiological monitors sounded the alarm at the same time. The star pattern structure on the surface of the corpse's heart formed a perfect mirror image with the contract pattern on Su Ye's right chest.

"Blood resonance!" Ye Wuhen's broken blade pierced through the corpse's brow. The star pattern that emerged when the blade devoured the ancient jade poison was synchronized with the corpse's heartbeat. "He is transforming you into a first-generation clone!" The broken blade suddenly grew flesh tentacles, proving that this weapon was originally a living creature.

Mo Yan's karmic fire and Ling Shuang's icy soul spider silk intertwined into purgatory shackles, but were absorbed by the time sand storm and transformed into energy supply. The three star marrow bombs thrown by Madam Hong exploded in the corpse's skull, and the shock wave burst out the fragments of Su Ye's embryonic memory:

In the constant temperature incubator, the baby's pink fingers touched the tip of the Snow Shadow Wolf cub's tail. The star pattern energy flowed in both directions through the artificial umbilical cord, engraving a symbiotic contract on the surface of both. Outside the glass cabin, Qing Lan, wearing a researcher's uniform, was engraving a seal on the Time Sand Core. The red lotus pendant on her neck and the ancient jade fragment in the corpse's hand produced a siphon effect.

The corpse suddenly grabbed Su Ye's left hand, and the Time Sand Core embedded in his palm like a magnet. A star pattern array with a diameter of 30 meters appeared on the floor of the laboratory. Twelve bronze coffins opened at the same time, and stretched out the arms of the first generation corpses wrapped in chains. The metal knuckles of those arms were all embedded with ancient jade fragments that originated from Mo Yan's birthmark.

At that time, the sand core was completely integrated into Su Ye's meridians, and the first generation corpse collapsed in quantum weathering. The glass right arm restored its flesh and blood, but the pupil had cracked into a star pattern gully - each facet reflected the image of the mother beast's compound eyes. Ling Shuang's Ice Soul Spider King suddenly ran away, and the eight compound eyes locked Su Ye's throat: "The mother beast is awakening through your optic nerves!"

Madam Hong picked up the remaining fragments of the time sand core, and the internal holographic projection showed the structural diagram of the academic underground base - hundreds of culture chambers were arranged in a star pattern array, and in each chamber, the same experimental subjects as Ling Shuang's clones were sleeping. The Snow Shadow Wolf let out a heartbreaking howl, and the ice crystal hair in the form of the Cang Yue faded to a dead gray. The swallowing star pattern that emerged on the claws resonated with the warning mark on the bottom of the twelfth coffin.

Mo Yan suddenly knelt down and vomited out his internal organs. The red lotus birthmark on his chest was peeling off his skin. The suspended blood beads formed a bloody warning: [All containers are nutrients. The first generation will return on the day when the star pattern is complete]. He grabbed Su Ye's bloodstained clothes and roared: "Your birth is a resurrection ceremony... We are all implanted..."

The roar of hydraulic machinery came from the underground waterway, and Qian Shisan's body crawled out of the shadows dragging the cable. The encrypted instructions projected by the electronic eye rolled on the wall: [Maternal synchronization rate 89%-Execute X-1997 recovery procedure]. The surface of the biological tentacles bursting out of its chest was densely covered with star pattern suckers that were the same as the roots of the mother beast.

Deep in Su Ye's retina, the shadow of the Snow Shadow Wolf cub was being devoured by the gray fog. In the pupils of the gradually clearer giant wolf's outline, blood-red numbers were beating in the same frequency as the bronze coffin's countdown. And in the palm of his right hand, which had regained consciousness, the beating rhythm of the Time Sand Core was completely synchronized with the heartbeat of the mother beast.

Qian Shisan's mechanical limbs spasmed in the sewage pool, and the exposed cables splashed with blue electric sparks. The scarlet beams from the electronic eyes penetrated the fifty-meter rock layer and marked the coordinates for the academic ancient jade shuttle. The manta ray-like aircraft smashed through the stalactites and rushed into the waterway. When the hatch opened, it poured out a pungent smell of preservatives and star marrow.

Twelve bronze beast puppets landed in a tactical formation, and their alloy joints made a humming sound of gears biting. Su Ye saw the star pattern fragments embedded in the joints of the puppets - the living tissue taken from the seventh coffin was pulsating, and the surface of each fragment floated with fluorescent numbers synchronized with the countdown on the back of his hand.

"Prioritize the recovery of X-1997!" The commander's ancient jade loudspeaker shattered three stalagmites, and the sound waves were mixed with encrypted instructions of Qinglan's voice pattern characteristics. The mantis blade arm of the first beast puppet pierced Su Ye's right shoulder deltoid muscle, and six vacuum tubes were inserted into the wound at the same time to extract blood. The scarlet liquid formed a biological armor on the surface of the puppet, and the armor pattern actually generated quantum entanglement with the micro star pattern on the Snow Shadow Wolf's paw pad.

The Snow Shadow Wolf switched to the Cang Yue form in a rage, and the ice crystal storm instantly froze the three beast puppets. Inside the ice layer, the sealed puppet body continued to absorb the energy of the clone cabin-Sister Ling Shuang's spider eggs expanded and contracted in the transparent cabin, and the holographic countdown on the surface of the egg membrane showed [Incubation Remaining: 71 hours]. The alloy teeth of the fourth beast puppet bit the wolf's tail, and Su Ye heard the crisp sound of the ice crystal mane breaking.

Mo Yan's red lotus fire exploded on the waterway dome, and the flames revealed more hidden clone pods. Each pod was soaked in amber energy liquid, and the spider eggs on the chests of the girls who looked 90% similar to Ling Shuang were connected to a neural network through the star pattern catheter. "This is a living energy matrix!" The boy used the red lotus blade to cut open the breastplate of the beast puppet, exposing the withering clones in the pod, "They are squeezing..."

The alarm of the self-destruction program interrupted the roar, and the frozen beast puppet suddenly exploded. Hundreds of holographic distress signals emerged from the ice crystal fragments, and the shadow of Ling Shuang's sister curled up in a fetal position in the blue light: "Sister... the bottom of the mother nest... prevent the embryo from awakening..."

The snow shadow wolf's icy hair faded to ashes, and its blue moon pupils cracked into spider web-like swallowing star patterns. The runaway ice blades burst out in a radial pattern, and Ling Shuang's left arm was cut with a ten-centimeter wound when he retreated. The spider emperor's poisonous silk instinctively entangled the wolf's claw joints. The ancient jade inhibitor thrown by Madam Hong decomposed in the air, and the time sand storm rolled the emerald green medicine into a reverse vortex - each drop of medicine reflected the image of the mother beast's compound eyes.

"Consciousness assimilation has reached a critical point!" Ye Wuhen used the broken blade to block the wolf's kiss, and the first-generation star pattern on the blade surface collided with the swallowing pattern to produce quantum sparks, "Use the umbilical cord memory for neural connection!"

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