Train Survival: I Became a White-Haired Hardcore Grinder Chapter 482: Stealth and Covert Movement

hefirsthalfofthevoyagewaseerilycalm.

utsidethewindowweresparsestardustandslowlyrotatingdarkmatterclouds;occasionally,brokenasteroidbeltspassedby,whichthe dawn nimblyavoided.

hissectorofspaceseedtohavebeenforgottenfortoolong;eventhecosmicbackgroundradiationfeltthinandancient.

BlueBirdidlytoyedwithawispoflightning."t'ssoquietit'sactuallycreepy."

ZiYuan glancedather."Quietisgood."

BaiCheng'sgazeremainedfixedonthenavigationscreen.

Whenathirdofthejourneytothetargetremained,thepathonthe starchart begantoshowsubtledistortions.

heyweren'tphysicalobstaclesbutripplesattheleveloflaws,likeripplessilentlyspreadingacrossacalmwatersurface.

"We'vereachedtheedgeofthespace-titurbulencezone,"sheremindedthemsoftly.

Almostsimultaneously,anice-bluegateoflightsilentlyunfoldedinthevoidahead.

hesceneinsidethegatewasblurred,asifseenthroughalayerofflowingwatermirror.twasa mirrorrefractionchannel constructedby engingxue,brieflysmoothingoutthesharpedgesoftheturbulence.

he dawn slidinsoundlessly.

hesceneryinsidethechannelwasstrangeanddistorted.Starsintheirvisionwerestretchedintomulticoloredribbons,theflowoftiseedtofluctuate,andafainttremorcafromthehull,asiftheyweretravelingthroughtheveinsofsogiantlifeform.

BaiCheng adjustedtheresonancefrequencyofthe oathofstarlight tosynchronizewiththechannel,whilethepagesofthe bookofcommonality automaticallyrecordedthechangesinlawsalongtheway.

ZiYuan'schanicalprostheticeyescannedforpotentiallurkingthreatswiththehighestprecision,whileBlueBird'slightningwoveadenseinductionnetovertheship'shull.

heforty-seven-minutejourneypassedintensesilence.

Whenthe dawn slidoutfromtheotherendofthechannel,thesightbeforethemmadeallthreepeopleonthebridgefreezeslightly.

twasn'tsograndbuildingorcomplexchanicalstructure.

twasa"planet."

Aslowlyrotatingdarkgraysphereinterwovenfromcountlesschainsoflaws.hechainswereasthickasmountainranges,theirsurfacesinscribedwith bserver runesevenmoreancientandcomplexthanthoseinthe SilentQuadrant.

herewerenolandsoroceansonthesphere'ssurface,onlyoccasionalgapsbetweenthechains.Deepwithinthosegaps,flowingdatalightwasfaintlyvisible,coldandorderly.

"he alidationField..."BlueBirdloweredhervoice."histhinglookssturdierthanaprison."

ZiYuan'schanicaleyelockedontoarelativelysmoothfissureonthesphere'ssurface.

"heentranceisthere.heintersectionnodesofthechainshaveregularenergytroughs.hetroughperiodlastsaboutthreeminutesandcanbeutilized."

BaiCheng nodded;the bookofcommonality hadalreadysynchronizedthescanningresults.

"hepathprovidedbythe moryPatroller pointstothatfissure.Preparetoinfiltrate.Rember,thetargetisonlythecoredatabase;avoidtriggeringanyvalidationprotocols."

ikeadeep-seafish,the dawn quietlyapproached,huggingtheshadowsofthechains.hemonttheenergytrougharrived,theship'shullslidsideways,accuratelypiercingthroughthefissure.

heviewinsidesuddenlyopenedup.

twasn'ttheexpectedchanicalhallordataabyss,butavast,abstractspaceconstructedoflightandshadow.

Countlesspalebluelightbandscrisscrossedintheair,formingacomplexthree-dinsionalnetwork.

Prismsofvaryingsizesfloatedatthenetworknodes,withvariousscenefragntsflashingrapidlywithinthem:theriseandfallofcivilizations,individualjoysandsorrows,thebirthandcollapseoflaws...thosewerevalidatedechorecords.

nthecenterofthespace,apurewhitetowerstoodsilently.hetowerhadnodoorsorwindows,anditssurfacewascoveredinwaterfall-likesilverdatastreams.hatwasthecoreofthe alidationField,wherethe ldbservers storedrawdata.

Buttheareaaroundthetowerwasnotempty.

welvesilver-white Constructsfloatedinmid-air.heyweresimpleinform,likearmoredhumanoidswithsmoothmirrorfacesreflectingtheflowinglightbandsaroundthem.

heymadenomovent,yettheyexudedaquietdeterrence,likesleepingguards.

"Automatedguards," ZiYuan'schanicaleyequicklyanalyzed.

"heirenergysignaturesaresimilartothe Adjudicators ofthe Judgntegion,buttheirstructureismoreancientandtheirlawcompatibilityishigher.nceactivated,theymightinvokethelawauthorityoftheentire alidationField forsuppression."

BlueBirdlickedherlips."Shouldweforceourwaythrough?"

BaiCheng staredatthe Constructs,thelightofthe oathofstarlight slightlycondensinginherpalm.

"o.herulesofthe alidationField arefortesting,notdestruction.Perhapswecan...applyforavalidation."

Shesteppedforwardandadjustedherresonancefrequencytoanopen,candidinquirywave,transmittingittowardthetower:

"StarfireArchives,applyingtoaccessthelawadaptabilitydataleftbythe ldbservers.Purpose:toprotectnewbornfaithandresistunnaturalstripping."

hemontthewaverippledout,themirrorfacesofthetwelve Constructslitupsimultaneously.

Coldscanningbeamsfell,envelopingthe dawn andthethreepeopleonthebridge.

herewasnohostilityinthebeams,onlyanearlycruelobjectivescrutiny,asifitwantedtocompletelyanalyzetheirexistencefromtheinsideout.

ipassedforafulltensecondsinsilence.

hen,oneofthe Constructsslowlyspoke,itsvoiceasmoothelectronicsynthesisdevoidofemotion:

"Applicationaccepted.alidationprotocolinitiated.estcontent:Proofof echoresilience'ssurvivalunderlawoppression.

Pass,andaccesstodesignateddatablockswillbegranted;fail,andtheapplicantswillbeincorporatedintothevalidationsamplelibraryforlong-termobservation."

BlueBird'slightningsuddenlyflared."Whatdoesthatan?fwedon'tpass,we'llbelockedupforexperints?!"

ZiYuan'slongbladewasalreadyunsheathedbyhalfaninch.

BaiCheng,however,raisedherhandtostopthem.ersilvereyeswerecalmasshelookedatthe Construct.

"Weacceptthetest."

Ripplesappearedonthe Construct'smirrorface.

henextmont,thesurroundingabstractspacebegantochangedrastically.

helightbandsconverged,theprismsfaded,andintheirplacewasavastexpanseofpurewhitevoid.

nthevoid,invisiblelawpressuresurgedfromalldirectionslikeatide.twasn'taidattheirphysicalbodiesbutacteddirectlyontheessenceoftheirexistence,attemptingtosqueeze,distort,orevennegatetheirresonancelinkwiththe StarfireArchives.

Withinthepressure,illusionsbegantoerge.

heyweremoryfragntsfromtheirjourney,replayinginthesharpestway: uDuo's raldetwork breakinginchbyinchinthepalelightstream;

Yuian's pureheartvine witheringfromabsorbingtoomuchpain;

ChiYan'sfleetturningintolightdustunderthe Worldovernnt'sfire; ZiYuan andBlueBirdbeingcrushedbylawchains;theArchive's keystone cracking,andthe riveroflight stoppingitsflow...

veryimagewasincrediblyreal,accompaniedbyprofoundpowerlessnessanddespair.

hiswasthevalidation—testingwhethertheycouldstillholdontothatsparkintheirheartsinthedeepestdarkness.

BlueBirdletoutamuffledgroan,herlightningflickeringunderthelawpressure.

heveinson ZiYuan'shandholdingthebladewereslightlyvisibleasherbladeintentclashedfiercelywiththepressure.

BaiCheng closedhereyes.

Shedidn'tfightthoseillusions,nordidsheforciblystabilizetheresonance.

Shesimplysankherconsciousnessintothedeepestpartofthe oathofstarlight,intoeverymontrecordedbythe bookofcommonality.