Xiaoman's finger hovered over the nuke launch button as the projection of the young Dr. Lin was breaking down into a stream of data. The Observer's hologram hovered around the gladiatorial arena: "Countdown is four minutes, resurrection coins can revive three teammates." Chu Yun hissed in his confining chains, the mech fragments were being absorbed by the system into gambling table chips.
When the countdown jumped to 00:03:47, Xiaoman suddenly turned the emitter to aim at his temple. The birthmark energy formed a counter-current vortex, pouring the gambling energy backwards into the Observer system. The starry dome of the gladiatorial arena suddenly cracks open, and real cosmic rays pierce in like sharp swords.
The silver throne of the Observer began to rust, and the players of the Higher Civilization screamed as the data dissipated. Xiao Man's birthmark cracked into thin slits, oozing out blue energy fluid that eroded the game rules. Chu Yun took the opportunity to break free of the chains and stabbed the throne base with the remnants of his mech - there was actually a backup of Dr. Shen's consciousness hidden there.
"This is the real Dr. Shen!" The instant the backup consciousness activated, the observer's perfect features began to distort. The holographic screen showed that all the bets were training procedures designed during Dr. Shen's lifetime to sift through the fires that could fight against higher civilizations. The projection of the young Dr. Lin suddenly materializes and shoves the resurrection coins at Xiaoman, "Use it for a more important moment."
Hongjun's remnant shadow is reborn from the ruins of data and merges with Dr. Shen's consciousness into a new form. She waved her hand to rewrite the rules of the game, and the gladiatorial arena turned into a joint command. When Chu Yun connected to the nerves of the mechs, he found that all the mechanical beasts were connected to his side's communication network-their core code hid a recording of Dr. Shen's last words.
The Observer System's true form is revealed: a mass of proliferating quantum clouds. Xiaoman injects the birthmark energy into the interstellar network, and the remnants of the metal rings across the universe combine to form a super-matrix. As the countdown reaches zero, the nuclear launcher transforms into a key and is inserted into the matrix core.
The quantum cloud collapses into a singularity under the matrix bombardment, spitting out a dormant pod. Inside the pod lies a young man with the same appearance as the Observer, with "Initial Test Body 007" tattooed on his chest. When Hongjun's shadow touched the dormant chamber, all the warships of the higher civilization suddenly ceased fire and sent a peace signal to the Federation.
Chu Yun finds Dr. Shen's log chip in the pod, and the last page reads, "What they fear is their own discarded humanity." Xiao Man's birthmark begins to fall off, revealing glowing interstellar coordinates underneath - pointing to pure white space beyond the universe. The projection of the young Dr. Lin smiles before dissipating, "I'll be waiting for you in the real world."