231: Chapter 231 Directly tampering with your underlying code!

However, the battle was far from over.

Those high-dimensional beings didn't possess the emotion of "fear" at all. The moment their companion was instantly killed, the remaining thirty-plus High-Dimensional Observers immediately executed a cold tactical counterattack.

"Target analysis complete. High-threat individual: Lightning Emitter (Su Xiaoxiao). Secondary threat individual: Defensive Barrier Provider (Lin Shan). Executing clearance command!"

More than thirty rotating geometric polyhedrons simultaneously locked onto Su Xiaoxiao in mid-air and Lin Shan, who stood before everyone.

Swish, swish, swish, swish—!!!

Over thirty "Dimensional Reduction Rays," thicker and more blindingly blue than before, acted like interlaced scythes of the Grim Reaper. Moving on trajectories exceeding the speed of light, they ruthlessly slashed toward the falling Nirvana Battle Team!

"Captain! Their attacks are locked onto Sister Xiao Xiao!" Li Murou cried out in alarm. She frantically plucked the strings of the harp of time reversal, attempting to use time deceleration to delay the rays' speed. However, this dimensional reduction strike ignored the constraints of time, instantly penetrating the obstruction of the sound waves.

"Want to touch my teammates? You'll have to go through my shield first!!!"

At the critical moment, a violent roar like that of an ancient ferocious beast exploded in front of the group!

It was Lin Shan!

This man, who was once seen as a cripple waiting for death in despair, was now like an immovable Demon God. His muscles were knotted, and dark gold patterns flowed beneath his skin like lava. Instead of retreating, he took a forceful step forward against the terrifying rays that could instantly vaporize a person!

"[Absolute Martyr: Causal Scapegoat]! Full power coverage!"

"[Wall of Sighs: Steel Bulwark]!!!"

Buzz—!!!

Lin Shan slammed two massive tower shields together. A dark gold energy shield expanded instantly, tightly protecting Chen Xi, Su Xiaoxiao, Li Murou, and Ye Fei behind him.

The moment those thirty-plus terrifying Dimensional Reduction Rays touched this dark gold shield, their trajectories were forcibly twisted by a bizarre power of causality, concentrating all the bombardment onto Lin Shan alone!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!!!

The terrifying high-dimensional energy acted like the sharpest meat grinder, frantically tearing at Lin Shan's flesh.

Even with the enhancement of the SS-grade core card [Indestructible Blood Core], Lin Shan's heavy armor was instantly decomposed into nothingness under the focused fire of thirty-plus Dimensional Reduction Rays. On his thick arms, flesh was stripped away layer by layer, even revealing the bones beneath that radiated a dark gold luster!

Arrghhhhhhh—!!!

Lin Shan let out a heart-wrenching roar toward the sky.

Tenfold pain amplification! It was an extreme agony as if his very soul was being sliced into a thousand pieces! Under such pain, an ordinary person's mind would collapse and they would die within a single second.

But Lin Shan did not retreat! In his bloodshot eyes, there wasn't a hint of fear or withdrawal; instead, a Masochistic Frenzy bordering on madness burned within them!

"Not enough... it's still not enough!!! You think this little bit of strength can kill my teammates?!"

"You alien pieces of trash, haven't you eaten?!! Give me everything you've got!!!"

Lin Shan wasn't crushed; instead, he let out a mad laugh amidst the horrific torture!

As the damage he sustained continued to accumulate, the passive attribute of the SS-grade [Indestructible Blood Core]—[Masochistic Frenzy]—was completely activated!

Boom—!!!

An extremely terrifying life energy erupted from Lin Shan's battered body!

The flesh decomposed by the rays was actually regenerating frantically at a speed ten times faster than the destruction! On his dark gold bones, tougher and thicker muscle fibers regrew. His aura, tested on the edge of life and death, began to skyrocket like a rocket!

Lv. 65... Lv. 68... Lv. 70!

"Is... is this the Captain's vision..." Behind him, Li Murou watched the bloody figure laughing in the destructive beams, so shocked she forgot to even play her zither. How the hell was this a tank? This was clearly a pervert dancing wildly on the edge of death!

"Warning! Target's vital signs show no sign of decay! Target's energy level is rising exponentially! Logical deduction conflict! Unable to comprehend this biological mechanism!"

For the first time, a slight stutter appeared in the cold mechanical voices of the High-Dimensional Observers. Their super AIs, capable of calculating galactic trajectories, simply could not understand an absurd existence like Lin Shan, who got stronger the more he was hit and more excited the more he was injured.

"There's still plenty you can't understand!"

The moment the High-Dimensional Observers fell into a brief logical deadlock, Chen Xi, who had been protected behind, had eyes as cold as blades.

The five of them finally crashed heavily onto the glacier, creating a massive deep crater.

Chen Xi slowly stood up straight in the crater and patted Lin Shan's mountain-like shoulder. "Good job, Lin Shan. Next, it's our turn to counterattack."

Chen Xi looked up, his crimson-gold eyes flashing with the extreme light of Miracle Deduction. During the brief exchange just now, his eyes had already firmly locked onto the energy structures of these high-dimensional beings.

"No flesh, no sense of pain, composed entirely of high-dimensional data and energy cores... No wonder physical attacks and conventional magic are so ineffective against you."

A cruel, cold smile curled at the corner of Chen Xi's mouth. He suddenly clenched his right hand in the air, and a blank card radiating chaotic light appeared between his fingertips.

"Since you are data... then I will directly tamper with your underlying code!"

On the ice field, the gale wrapped around crushed ice, whistling like blades.

As Chen Xi rose from the deep pit, a murderous aura a hundred times colder than the northern wind instantly swept across the entire battlefield.

After a brief logical stutter, the High-Dimensional Observers in the sky immediately readjusted their combat formation. They abandoned the ineffective focused fire on Lin Shan, the "logical error entity," and instead turned their featureless geometric heads in unison toward Chen Xi.

"Re-locking high-threat target. This biological individual radiates unknown high-dimensional fluctuations. Executing highest-level erasure program!"

The cold mechanical voice echoed over the glacier. The polyhedrons on the heads of the remaining thirty-plus High-Dimensional Observers rotated frantically. The originally blue energy began to transform into a deeper, pure black that represented total annihilation!

"Want to erase me?"

Facing the dozens of destructive black lights about to erupt, Chen Xi didn't show the slightest fear. Instead, he took a large step forward and spread his arms as if welcoming some grand blessing.

"Ye Fei! Suppress their energy circuits for me!" Chen Xi shouted.