The moment the "Basic Mimicry" interface was established, Shen Kai felt his consciousness being stripped from his physical body and immersed in an "information origin point." This was a place of complete silence and darkness where no known forms of matter or energy existed.
There, the physical laws of the universe and complex forms of energy were reduced to their most basic "information codes" and "possibilities of existence."
He could "see" with absolute clarity.
The searing energy fluctuations left in the air from Sergeant Marcus Jones's "Crimson" core were not yet fully dissipated. They were filled with an unyielding will to fight and a savage desire for destruction.
Not far away was the energy circulation pattern of the defensive field generated by the energy shield emitters on Captain Gestalt's "Fortress" basic-type exoskeleton. It was filled with a heavy and resilient will to protect.
And...
The "Wailing Aggregation," which had just devoured Sergeant Jones, turned its countless crimson tentacles and gaze filled with greed and malice toward the three survivors. Within its massive body was a detailed map of its "Turbid-Color Core," the key nodes of its energy flow, and its most fragile defensive weak points.
All of this was easily read, understood, and completely mastered by his incredible "Colorless Core" in just a few seconds.
[Energy Form... Simulation beginning...]
Within his brain—or rather, his perceptual network, now highly synchronized with the "Colorless Core"—countless data streams of the operational characteristics of other known "Iridescence Cores" and Federation standard-issue equipment flashed, collided, reorganized, and were analyzed like a bursting river of stars.
[Targets Acquired: "Crimson Core - Thermal Shock," "Lead-Gray Core - Guardian Field"... Data modules... Reconstructing and combining—!!!]
Shen Kai abruptly raised his hands, which were now covered in strange matte, neutral-colored armor.
He aimed his palms at the "Wailing Aggregation," which was moving on its thousand disgusting legs composed of countless human and animal limbs. It emitted a deafening, mixed wail as it prepared to devour the last three tiny living beings.
Unlike Ryan, there was no scorching flame condensing in his palms, nor the soft glow representing life that appeared for Nadeshiko.
But!
A bizarre "simulated combination burst" of energy was forming, containing a terrifying divine might that was overwhelmingly powerful. It was a mixture of the crimson, searing energy representing Sergeant Jones's core power—filled with endless rage and a savage will for destruction—and the lead-gray field energy waves representing the power of Captain Gestalt's exoskeleton—filled with resilient protection and a heavy defensive will.
Like an apocalyptic tide of boiling magma and collapsing mountains breaking free from a divine nine-layered punishment, the energy erupted violently from his seemingly empty, cold palms in a terrifying display that tore space and distorted light.
This unprecedented composite energy torrent contained the "Crimson" core's terrifying heat, capable of melting Federation special alloys in an instant, and the "Lead-Gray" core's nearly indestructible, heavy defensive properties.
Two terrifying powers, completely different and even conflicting in their energy attributes, were now forcibly and perfectly fused, compressed, and amplified by a higher-order, more fundamental "Colorless" power.
"BOOM—!!!!!!"
The "Colorless Torrent," formed from Shen Kai's will and the nascent power of his "Colorless Core" and wrapped in violent crimson and lead-gray energies representing the fallen's rage and the guardian's will, slammed head-on into the massive, bloated body of the "Wailing Aggregation."
The "Wailing Aggregation" was temporarily moving sluggishly due to its damaged core. It struck with unstoppable momentum and a devastating force that seemed as if it would purify the entire world.
Furthermore, under Shen Kai's precise guidance, which surpassed conventional locking mechanisms and operated on a near-conceptual level, the majority of the destructive power of this composite energy torrent was concentrated as if equipped with the most sophisticated guidance system. It blasted into the exact location of the giant "Turbid-Color Core," which was covered in terrifying cracks and emitting an unstable, purplish-black light.