Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 654 Traces of Fragments Deep Within the Nebula and the Mother Nest's Frenzied Obstructi

Deep within the purple nebula, chaotic energy and siphon energy intertwine to form a disordered energy field.

The guardians, gatekeepers, and more than twenty streams of consciousness remnants swiftly traversed the energy field.

Behind them, the black energy spheres released by the Mother Nest's main consciousness projection were like a vengeful shadow, each energy fluctuation causing the surrounding nebula fragments to tremble violently, as if they were about to devour them at any moment.

"Quick! The energy ball is accelerating!"

The voice of the remnant soul of the star core was anxious. It sensed the energy fluctuations behind it getting closer and closer, and quickly released a wisp of consciousness light to probe the energy field in front of it. "According to the energy characteristics of the Chaos Guardian Rune fragment, it will emit a faint golden halo, which will be in stark contrast to the purple energy of the nebula. Everyone, look carefully!"

The guardian infused his eyes with four-colored energy to enhance his visual perception: "My energy resonates with the fragments of the guardian charm; once they get close, the energy will automatically vibrate."

There are still fifty minutes until the agreed rendezvous time between the mergers. We must find the fragment within thirty minutes, or we won't have time to evacuate.

The gatekeeper, wielding the Absolute End Key, continuously unleashed black light blades, severing the dark matter energy strands blocking his path:

"Although the Mother Nest's projection of its true consciousness is powerful, it also consumes a lot of energy. The energy ball just now has caused a slight disturbance in its chaotic energy. We still have a chance."

No one dared to slack off in the slightest. They scattered in the chaotic energy field, carefully searching for traces of the golden halo.

Deep within the purple nebula, besides the floating siphon energy crystals, there are also many abandoned incubation pods. These pods exude a decaying energy aura, clearly left behind during the early incubation of raiders by the Mother Nest.

"Over there! There's a golden halo!"

A remnant of a dimensional plant consciousness suddenly cried out in alarm, pointing behind a huge wreckage of a cultivation pod.

The group immediately flew towards the wreckage and, sure enough, saw a faint golden halo shining through the cracks in the wreckage. The energy fluctuations contained in the halo were exactly the same as the protective energy of the dimensional runes—this was a fragment of the Chaos Guardian Rune!

"found it!"

A flicker of excitement flashed in the guardian's eyes, and he immediately rushed forward, ready to retrieve the fragment.

Just then, the mother hive's main consciousness projection suddenly appeared above the wreckage, and black chaotic energy surged out like a tide, tightly enveloping the incubation chamber wreckage: "Want to take the fragments? Not so easy!"

The projected hands condensed into two black energy blades, which slashed at the guardian.

The gatekeeper immediately stepped in front of the guardian, wielding the Absolute End Key to unleash a black light blade that collided with the energy blade.

With a deafening roar, two streams of energy exploded in the void, blasting away the guardian's stream of consciousness, and the energy wisps at the corners of his mouth began to dissipate.

"The gatekeeper!"

The guardian immediately released four-colored energy, which transformed into a shield of light to block the next attack from the mother nest.

The remnants of consciousness also released their own energy, forming an energy array to attack the mother nest's main consciousness projection from the side, attempting to restrain its actions.

But the projection capabilities of the mother nest far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Ignoring the attacks of the remnants of consciousness, its chaotic energy suddenly surged, forming a massive energy vortex that devoured all the energy of the remnants of consciousness: "You think you can fight me with your defeated troops?"

The suction force of the energy vortex grew stronger and stronger, and several streams of light from the remnants of consciousness began to move uncontrollably toward the vortex, where they could be swallowed up at any moment.

Upon seeing this, the Guardian immediately fused the four-colored energy with the metallic energy of the incubation chamber wreckage, transforming it into a massive metallic barrier that stood in front of the remnant consciousness, temporarily resisting the vortex's suction force.

"We can't stay on the defensive forever!"

The Guardian's voice was resolute as he looked at the golden aura within the wreckage of the incubation chamber. "Gatekeeper, find a way to restrain the Mother Nest. I'll go get the fragment! Once we have the fragment, we can use its energy to temporarily suppress the Mother Nest!"

The gatekeeper nodded, channeling all his absolute power into the key: "Don't worry! I'll hold out until you get the fragment!"

He raised the key and charged at the projection of the Mother Nest's main consciousness. The black light blade released by the key became even sharper than before, directly piercing through the chaotic energy layer surrounding the projection and striking the projection's arm—a crack instantly appeared in the projection's arm, and chaotic energy began to leak out.

"Damn it!"

The mother nest's original consciousness projection let out an angry roar. It abandoned its attack on the remnant soul and turned to attack the gatekeeper.

The guardian took the opportunity to crawl into the wreckage of the incubation chamber and arrive at the location of the fragments.

The fragment was pinned down by a huge metal plate, which was wrapped with purple siphon energy, clearly an obstacle deliberately set up by the mother hive.

The guardian infused the metal plate with four colors of energy, attempting to lift it up.

But the metal plate was unusually heavy, and the siphon energy was constantly eroding his energy, causing his light stream to gradually dim: "No! The metal plate is too heavy, I need help!"

The remnants of the Star Core Consciousness and the Dimensional Plant Consciousness immediately rushed over, injecting their own energy into the Guardian to help him enhance his four-colored energies: "We're here to help you! Give it your all, the metal plate is about to move!"

With the combined efforts of the three, the metal plate was finally lifted up, creating a gap.

The guardian immediately reached out and took the fragment of the Chaos Guardian Rune from the crack.

The moment the fragment was acquired, a powerful golden light burst forth. The protective energy contained within the light instantly dispelled the surrounding siphon energy, and even caused the projection of the mother nest's main consciousness in the distance to pause briefly.

"The energy of the fragments can indeed suppress the mother nest!"

A hint of surprise flashed in the guardian's eyes. He immediately fused the energy of the fragment with his own four-colored energy, releasing a golden stream of light that struck the projection of the mother nest's main consciousness.

The projected body instantly developed numerous cracks, the chaotic energy leaked out even more severely, and its strength was significantly weakened.

"No! My plan won't fail like this!"

The projection of the mother nest let out a frantic roar, and suddenly made a decisive move.

He poured all his remaining chaotic energy into the wreckage of the incubation chamber, attempting to detonate it and perish with everyone else. "Even if I don't get the fragments, none of you will leave here alive!"

The wreckage of the incubation chamber began to tremble violently, and countless cracks appeared on its surface. Black chaotic energy continuously poured out from the cracks, indicating that an explosion was imminent.

The guardian's expression changed, and he immediately shouted, "Evacuate! The wreckage is about to explode!"

Without hesitation, everyone flew towards the location of the loophole in the dark matter trap array.

The Mother Nest's original consciousness projection watched the fleeing figures, a trace of resentment flashing in its eyes, before it dissipated along with the wreckage of the incubation chamber in a violent explosion.

However, its consciousness did not completely disappear. A faint signal of consciousness was transmitted into the depths of the chaotic space, clearly seeking help from the true entity.

The explosion of the incubation pod wreckage generated a massive energy shockwave that swept towards everyone.

The guardian immediately infused the energy from the Chaos Guardian Rune fragments into the four-colored energy, transforming it into a golden protective layer that enveloped everyone. The shockwave struck the protective layer, causing it to tremble violently, but it did not break, successfully protecting everyone.

"Thank goodness there's still some energy from the fragments!"

The fused entity's voice was filled with relief. She glanced back at the direction of the explosion, confirming that the projection of the mother nest had dissipated. "Now we need to hurry and merge with the fused entity. Time is running out!"

The group sped up, rushing toward the leak in the dark matter trap array.

Along the way, they encountered many low-dimensional consciousnesses that had regained their self-awareness. These consciousnesses had escaped from the Siphon Energy Mine and were wandering aimlessly in the nebula.

"We are the guardians of the multidimensional group, and we are evacuating!"

The guardians sent a safety signal to these consciousnesses: "The vulnerability in the dark matter trap array will close in twenty minutes. Those who want to leave, come with us!"

The lower-dimensional consciousnesses huddled together with the group, following them towards the breach. The group grew larger and larger, from the initial twenty-odd people to over a hundred—these consciousnesses, though weak in energy, were all driven by a yearning for freedom, and followed closely behind the guardians.