"What is that..." Mo Chashu looked at the spectacle in the distant sky, unable to suppress her amazement.

She had quietly moved away from the battlefield several minutes ago, so she was now in a relatively safe location.

Of course, Mo Chashu's withdrawal was not due to fear, nor was it motivated by ideas such as "preserving strength"; she simply didn't want to be a burden...

The scene where Lute used Twenty-Three as bait to capture Feng Bujue without any effort had already illustrated many issues.

Mo Chashu may not have been particularly cunning, but she was still calm and resourceful. She knew... that as the battle had progressed to this point, she, as a machinery specialization player... would not be of much use even if she stayed on the battlefield; it would be better to slip away early to avoid dragging her teammates down.

And the reality proved that her judgment was indeed correct.

"That's tendriL_BArrAge_devAstAtor..." A gentle voice suddenly sounded from behind Mo Chashu.

"Who?" Mo Chashu's expression changed drastically, and she turned her head to look, extremely nervous.

As a result... what came into her view was an irregularly shaped black crystal body with a volume of about three cubic meters.

"I am the Shapeless Demon." The Shapeless Demon replied, pausing slightly before adding, "Don't worry, I am not your enemy."

"Is it an NPC..." Mo Chashu thought to herself, "Phew... you scared me."

"However..." The Shapeless Demon immediately said, "I suggest you... leave the scenario immediately."

"Huh?" Mo Chashu was stunned for a moment, "You don't have to tell me that... if I could force quit, I would have already..."

"You can." The Shapeless Demon interrupted, "In a little while... you will be able to..."

...

At the same time, above the battlefield.

"Is Brother Jue going to be okay..." Xiao Tan's figure reappeared.

At this moment, under the effect of the [Heaven and Earth Reversal Divine Skill], he was "falling" upwards.

In that critical moment just now, Xiao Tan had thought he was done for; although he had activated the divine skill based on instinct, it was clear... that this skill was not enough to get him out of danger.

Unexpectedly, at that instant, an unexpected change occurred... the flow of time around Xiao Tan suddenly slowed down... When he came back to his senses, he found that he had risen to a height of more than a hundred meters above Lute...

On the other side, several dozen meters from Lute's feet.

Gui Xiao was lying supine in a pit on the ground in a very strange posture, with several tentacles penetrating his body, but none of them had caused fatal injuries. His heart and lungs were obviously intact, but... it was unlikely that he could move. Unless Lute retracted her attack, Gui Xiao was basically pinned to death.

"Finally suppressed the 'container'..." Lute in the air muttered.

It seemed that this seemingly violent and indiscriminate attack technique could actually be fine-tuned. Gui Xiao's survival was not because he was lucky, but because Lute deliberately kept him alive.

"Although that kid in the sky's performance is a bit unexpected..." Lute continued, "Hum... but Feng Bujue is dead, there's nothing to..."

Di di—

Warning, firewall breached...

Core program abnormality...

Thought module... tzz...

A series of urgent prompts flashed before Lute's eyes.

And at this moment, Twenty-Three's shout came from afar.

"Feng Bujue! If you're still alive... answer me!"

"Ah... I'm here." Brother Jue's voice rang out, "Don't worry."

Before the words faded, the thousands of tentacles in mid-air collapsed in an instant, turning into a rain of blood that sprinkled down.

"What's going on?" Lute muttered in horror.

But in the next second, her expression turned cold again, and she smiled wickedly, "Heh... what do you think?"

This sentence, "What do you think?", although spoken from Lute's mouth, was in Feng Bujue's voice...

"What a joke..." Gui Xiao, lying on the ground, looked up at the sky and muttered, "How did this guy do it..."

In the distance, Twenty-Three's eyes were also filled with white light. "The code has changed..." She looked at Lute and asked tentatively, "Feng Bujue?"

"Yes, it's me." The other party replied, "Feels pretty good..."

"You..." Lute's voice returned at this moment, and the expression and temperament on her face also changed accordingly, "...How did you get into my body?"

"Ah... it's a long story..." Feng Bujue replied, "To put it simply... Although I got a certain boost under Zero's guidance, it's still far from the expected level. In a time-constrained situation, I came up with a method..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lute took over the body again and continued, "You... actually used yourself as a virus carrier... to infect me!"

"Hahahaha..." Feng Bujue laughed wildly, and Lute's perfect face was forced to make this very uncouth expression, "Actually... when you entered the first form, I've been waiting for an opportunity... The closer your data output is to its peak, the higher the success rate of my intrusion. And tendriL_BArrAge_devAstAtor... is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity."

At this time, in the eyes of others, Lute was like a schizophrenic, muttering to herself in two different voices. Only Twenty-Three and Gui Xiao could see... the fierce battle on the data level.

"Hmph... do you think you've won like this?" Lute's voice rose again, and the white light in her eyes suddenly intensified, as if she had begun to fight back.

"Yes, I've won." Feng Bujue interjected, "Everyone! Quit the scenario now!" He shouted, and then manipulated Lute's body to spin violently in mid-air, rushing straight towards the Sonic Tunnel...

"What do you think you're doing!" Lute shouted sharply.

Her face became distorted, and her body underwent strange changes... Clusters of dark red matter leaped and surged on the surface of her clothes (the clothes were also part of Lute's body, which would self-heal like skin).

"Of course, I know what I'm doing." Feng Bujue said, his voice firm and composed, "From beginning to end, my purpose has been very clear..." He paused, "I once asked you... 'Are you willing to give up'. At that time, you still had a way out... your partners hadn't all died yet, you could stop the plan and take them away. Unfortunately... you refused me."

As they spoke, the Sonic Tunnel was close at hand.

"And I... hate being rejected by others."

Boom—

The moment Lute rushed into the Sonic Tunnel, this dimensional rift collapsed.

A dark glow surged backward, and a sonic boom rang out.

In the next second, Lute's figure disappeared along with the Sonic Tunnel.

At the same time, the screens in the various broadcast areas of the game also turned pitch black...