"Hello everyone, I am Lin Ran."
The main screen lit up once more, and Lin Ran's meticulously groomed, professional, and gentle face reappeared. His voice was steady and powerful, as if the earth-shaking explosion and chaos from moments ago had never happened.
"I am Su Xiaowei," Su Xiaowei's voice also regained its composure, carrying a perfectly measured apology.
"I'm very sorry to have kept you waiting. The violent energy reaction that occurred on L16-L17 just now was an... unexpected chain accident. Our preliminary judgment is that it was caused by an extremely rare destructive interference effect between Cifera's ability and the Skynet array's energy field, rather than a design flaw of the equipment itself or a conventional malfunction."
[Pfft! 'Accident'? 'Unexpected'? Commentator Su really knows how to talk!]
[Translation: Our top-tier equipment that we spent a fortune on was lit up like a firecracker by a tiny grenade!]
[Goddamn 'destructive interference effect,' I give a perfect score for that blame-shifting posture!]
[But the building really has a giant hole blown in it! Can Apex really tank this loss? President Wu is legendary!]
The bullet-chat immediately began to translate and tease.
Facing the precise interpretation of the bullet-chat, Lin Ran remained unfazed. Instead, he took the opportunity to throw out his carefully prepared technical explanation.
"Viewers," Lin Ran's voice carried an unquestionable sense of authority as he projected a processed 3D animation of simulated energy flow onto the main screen.
"I believe everyone has already learned from the previous broadcast that Miss Cifera's core ability is very likely the S rank superpower that manipulates spatial phases—Phase Sovereign."
As he spoke, he pointed to the energy model representing the Skynet array and the energy source representing Cifera in the animation.
"According to the latest assessment from our energy analysis team, at the moment Miss Cifera detonated those EMP grenades, she very likely activated her spatial manipulation ability simultaneously!"
The animation played a tiny, distorted crack that suddenly extended from the energy source representing Cifera, precisely connecting to the location of the core energy confinement field inside the Skynet array.
"Utilizing her superpower, she forcibly opened an extremely minute, temporary spatial rift passage inside the indestructible protective shell of the Skynet array!" Lin Ran's voice was categorical. "Because of this rift, the EMP pulse waves successfully bypassed all external defenses and were injected directly into the array's most fragile core."
The animation then clearly showed the simulated EMP pulse waves following that tiny spatial rift, pouring directly into the interior of the array and instantly striking the core confinement field.
"It was precisely this fatal combination of external EMP and internal spatial rifts that led to the instantaneous collapse of the confinement field, followed by the out-of-control collision of high-energy particle streams, which finally triggered the... violent explosion you all witnessed," Lin Ran concluded heavily, timely cutting the footage back to the drone shot of the massive gap in the building.
"This was not a simple EMP attack, but a precise internal deconstruction using spatial superpowers that ignores physical defenses! Its difficulty and danger level far exceed conventional understanding."
[Hiss... that sounds so plausible! Using a spatial crack as a conduit? You can play it like that?!]
[Even though it feels like a forced explanation, the logic actually seems self-consistent?]
[Wait! That's not right! Don't internal circuits of large military equipment have multiple layers of physical isolation and Faraday cage protection? Even if energy entered through a crack, shouldn't it be blocked by the internal layers of protection?]
[+1 to the guy above! Where are the Arasaka people? Come out and explain if your Skynet was a tofu-dreg project. Was the internal protection eaten by a dog?]
[(Arasaka Tech Certified ID) ... (Silence) ... Theoretically... if the crack opened precisely at the most core, relatively weak energy conversion node... and the EMP energy level was high enough... (voice getting smaller and smaller)]
[Understood! Boss Cifera not only opened a back door but also precisely located the heart and poured high-voltage electricity into it! This operation... I'm impressed!]
[Wait, if Cifera can open spatial cracks precisely into the core, why bother throwing EMP grenades and then putting in the effort to establish a spatial link to blow up the Skynet laser array? Wouldn't it be easier to just destroy the core directly with spatial abilities?]
[Maybe she likes art?]
[What does that have to do with art?]
[Because art is an explosion!]
After a brief moment of doubt, the bullet-chat was quickly led astray by Lin Ran's theory of internal precision demolition combined with spatial superpowers. They began to marvel at how high-end and artistic Cifera's operation was, and even the Arasaka employees started making excuses.
Watching the shift in the bullet-chat's direction, Lin Ran felt a secret sigh of relief.
Although the losses were heavy, at least their face was temporarily saved.
Seeing this, he immediately struck while the iron was hot, shifting his tone to display Apex Entertainment's wealth and perseverance.
"Of course, while the structural damage caused by this accident is significant for our Apex Entertainment Group, it remains within a controllable range," Lin Ran's tone carried a steady confidence. "President Wu has explicitly instructed that repair work will begin immediately. And more importantly—"
He looked into the camera with piercing eyes.
"This livestream will never be abandoned halfway because of an accident! We will continue to use all resources to track Miss Cifera's movements and present the subsequent development of this peak confrontation to everyone! No matter what lies ahead, Apex Entertainment will see this through to the end!"
These words, paired with the shocking sight of the massive hole in the drone footage and the engineering shuttles already being mobilized in the distance, somehow took on a tragic yet hardcore atmosphere.
[President Wu is magnificent!]
[Even though it must hurt the wallet, I respect this attitude!]
[Keep going, keep going! I love watching big bosses dismantle houses!]
[Where is Cifera? Find her! Don't let her get away!]
[Right, right, right! Quick, see where the boss went after blowing up the building! Did she go to the office?]
The attention of the bullet-chat was quickly pulled back to finding Cifera.
Lin Ran and Su Xiaowei glanced at each other and immediately switched the broadcast to the real-time search interface of multiple drones and surviving surveillance cameras.
On the screen, several small windows switched rapidly, showing the ruins of L16-L17 that were unrecognizable due to the explosion, the smoke-filled stairwell, and the relatively intact entrances to higher floors.
Just as the audience tensely followed the cameras to sweep for her—
"Found her!" Lin Ran's voice suddenly rose, carrying a trace of irrepressible excitement.
He then quickly locked onto the footage transmitted by one of the drones and enlarged it onto the main screen!