Kaelen hauled violently upward on the reinforced rope chair, dragging Melvin rapidly away from the ancient stone slab. "I am pulling you out before that corpse consumes your entire celestial core, Supreme Master!"The crimson thread unwound aggressively, tearing microscopic energetic fibers directly from his Dantian. The biological unraveling caused searing neurological agony, threatening to collapse his newly forged meridian pathways completely before the extraction finished."The violent pulling sensation cuts off entirely at roughly eighty feet of vertical separation." Melvin collapsed against the climbing harness, clutching his aching abdomen.Descending the dark shaft two hours later, Melvin measured the invisible magnetic boundary meticulously. He ordered the descent stopped at precise ten-foot intervals while a federal medic read his fluctuating radial pulse. The precise diagnostic procedure required absolute silence, allowing the physician to map the exact atmospheric tension

"Stay alert, Supreme Master, for we do not know what offensive capabilities this growing monster possesses." Kaelen kept his hand firmly upon his heavy sword hilt.Melvin activated his celestial sight for a brief, agonizing reading, ignoring the sharp pain radiating behind his optic nerves. "The diagnostic burst reveals a dense river of grey energy flowing aggressively through the dark subterranean bedrock, bypassing the established valve network entirely. The thick supply is arriving directly from below, running up from the deep chamber's location."Kaelen tracked the subterranean flow, his jaw dropping in horror. "It feeds directly into the physical foundation of the synthetic body!"Melvin identified the fatal engineering flaw instantly, cursing his own strategic oversight. "Our newly excavated offset shaft opened a clear geological path that absolutely did not exist five days ago."State Auditor Chen frowned deeply, looking toward the distant excavation site with profound administ

State Auditor Chen signaled his heavy machinery operators with a glowing baton. "Walk the crane boom forward for every single seating inside the hundred-and-forty-foot margin!"Keying the metallic shafts cost Melvin six agonizing seconds of celestial sight per needle, demanding eighty-one total visual applications."I will execute the first fifty placements directly from the operator platform," Melvin stated, climbing the metal ladder slowly.The grueling procedure consumed nine continuous hours of extreme medical precision."I am reading your radial pulse every twenty minutes to ensure you survive this ordeal," a federal medic promised, pressing two fingers against Melvin's wrist.The final thirty-one geographic positions sat dangerously inside the crane's maximum physical reach, placing them completely outside its mechanical stability margin."I must walk these remaining placements on foot, forcing my fractured ribs to endure the structural stress," Melvin whispered, stepping down f

"Your statistical estimate off the transfer curve puts my standing afterward well below the Half-Step Heavenly realm," Melvin confirmed his impending permanent crippling.The surgical sacrifice demanded the total obliteration of his incredible martial cultivation.Running the grim numbers against the ninth seam's daily fill rate provided a terrifying countdown."We have exactly twenty-three days before the demonic vessel completes its ascension entirely on its own," Melvin announced to the silent pavilion.State Auditor Chen slammed his palms flat against the steel drafting table, his face turning bright red with administrative fury. "We must evacuate the western provinces immediately and hold this crater using heavy federal assets for as long as it takes!"Lady Beatrix stepped forward, her aristocratic voice cutting through the heated tactical debate like a razor. "I argue strongly for opening that hidden chamber right now and finishing the sixty-fourth carrier exactly where he lies!

"The ancient carrier's core is doing exactly what it did for a thousand years, processing the massive geological burden with the load back securely in his hands." Melvin explained the ancient hero's eternal, agonizing physiological duty.The sheer volume of celestial energy flooding the subterranean cavity triggered a massive biological response from the dormant crystalline seal. "The massive cap crystal has actively started to grow again from the ragged cut edges inward, rapidly petrifying the surrounding geology.""The ancient circulatory fold that produced this entire crater is actively reforming beneath our feet as the cap seals the earth." Melvin gripped the edge of his cot, realizing the devastating geographic consequences of their tactical victory.Projecting the rapid geological calcification rates, the administrator finalized her terrifying mathematical model. "My latest curve puts the complete geological closure occurring in exactly nine days!"Resting upon the sterile cot,