At nine o'clock in the evening, the Scavengers of Starfire Town had long since finished their day's labor, returning home to await the judgment of fate the next day.

At this moment, deep within the Iron Worm Forest, Ren Zhong and Ma Xiaoling stood facing each other solemnly.

Looking at Ren Zhong, who was wearing a Fourth Level exoskeleton suit directly opposite her, Ma Xiaoling felt perplexed.

On their way here, Ren Zhong had astonishingly asked her not to hold back, to go all out, and even to go for the kill if necessary.

She thought Ren Zhong was crazy.

Although she had just completed her advancement and had only recently switched to standard Fifth Level equipment, having not yet undergone personal modifications, her familiarity with the equipment was not yet at one hundred percent, Fifth Level is still Fifth Level—a fundamental change compared to Fourth Level.

Her armor's power range was ten thousand to fifty thousand kilowatts.

No matter how much Ren Zhong modified his Fourth Level exoskeleton, it couldn't possibly exceed ten thousand by far.

Her armor's strength and overall performance in all aspects were bound to vastly surpass Ren Zhong, and combined with their inherent abilities' gap, Ren Zhong's demand for her to adopt a life-or-death battle mindset seemed utterly reckless and suicidal.

Before making a move, Ma Xiaoling decided to give Ren Zhong one more chance, "Have I sparred with you so many times that it caused some misunderstanding?"

Ren Zhong was stunned, "Huh?"

"I have to tell you something."

"What?"

"I just realized it myself."

"Uh?"

"The family talent I acquired at the Fourth Level stage was to gain the Sixth Sense in advance. At the Fifth Level..."

Ren Zhong asked, "Is it to gain Time Intuition in advance?"

Ma Xiaoling shook her head, "Not quite, it allows me to enter a certain combat state."

"What state?"

"A state of complete emotional detachment, becoming absolutely calm, with no emotional fluctuations no matter what happens. I will use absolute rationality to achieve my combat objectives—in that state, I could be described as a killing machine. Unless the preset combat goals are achieved, I will never stop. My ancestors named this state Heartless. It's different from Time Intuition; its focus is not on the external environment or analyzing opponents, nor is it related to equipment. It is a self-discovery ability."

Ren Zhong paused, "Is that so."

This was indeed beyond his expectations.

In the previous timeline, even in the final moments of the ultimate life-or-death battle, she was constantly questioning herself.

This indicated that Ma Xiaoling did not exhibit an absolutely calm state; in other words, she did not activate "Heartless."

Ren Zhong had always thought she was going all out at that time, not realizing she had actually held something back.

This matched his suspicion.

If Source Star humans' brains were formed with atoms containing regular icosahedrons, then the quantum entanglement set forming Source Star humans' minds must be related to the regular icosahedron.

The regular icosahedron represents an electron motion pattern that shouldn't exist, so differences in thought processes between Source Star humans and Earth humans are reasonable.

"I see." Ren Zhong pondered for a moment, weighing the factors in his mind for a long while, then asked, "If you activate the Heartless state, can you turn it off?"

"When I reach the peak of the Fifth Level and my Brain Reaction Index approaches the 50,000 threshold, I should be able to turn it off myself, but not now. I've just grasped it, and am still very inexperienced; I can't easily turn it on and off. If I really activate Heartless, I will certainly use the amplifier to push the output power to almost fifty thousand. I have no idea what would happen. Well, let's spar normally. Stop risking your life."

"No, let it be this way."

Ma Xiaoling stared wide-eyed, "Huh?"

Ren Zhong laughed heartily, "As you are now, you should still be inferior to the Butcher. If I can't even surpass this hurdle, how could I possibly crush the Butcher? Tomorrow is my real life-or-death battle, so rest assured, I have confidence in myself. Let's go."

Ma Xiaoling: "This..."

Seeing her hesitating, Ren Zhong intentionally provoked, "Stop being so wishy-washy like an old woman!"

"Fine, let's do it! You asked for this!"

Ma Xiaoling closed her eyes.

Five minutes later, when she opened them again, her demeanor had completely changed, her gaze cold, her expression dark, and she was filled with murderous intent.

Ren Zhong asked, "Ready?"

"Yes."

The next second, her engines roared to life, the output power suddenly skyrocketing to fifty thousand kilowatts.

She lifted her Big Gun, pointing directly at Ren Zhong, "From now on, if you want to survive, the only way is to completely immobilize me or kill me."

Ren Zhong laughed heartily, "Good!"

He finally stopped holding back as well, drawing his Ice Flame Giant Blade, also using the amplifier to crank the power to fifty thousand kilowatts.

Ma Xiaoling's eyes narrowed slightly.

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