'He's still acting tough even after getting knocked back to the soul space. This guy's mouth is harder than his bones…'
'Bai Kong: Physical defeat doesn't mean a spiritual surrender! (Even though his spirit is almost beaten senseless).'
'Why do I suddenly think he's a little cute? +1.'
'Wake up, people! He's just a pig-headed fool acting tough after being beaten!'
The dimensional viewers couldn't help but mock Bai Kong, who was still talking big even after being thrashed by Tendo.
During this time, the camera briefly focused on Tendo.
After finishing his "lesson" for Bai Kong, Tendo deactivated the "Stellar Liberation" incantation within his body.
His body, which had been humming like an engine, and the terrifying stellar energy around him, which had seemed almost tangible, slowly returned to a state of calm.
If the dimensional viewers hadn't just witnessed Tendo's monstrous and domineering side, they might have thought he was a kind and gentle man.
As the camera shifted again, the scene followed Tendo's gaze toward the steam furnace in the distance.
However, when the dimensional viewers saw what was happening around the steam furnace, the comments on the screen suddenly went quiet.
Vivian had been pulled out of the scorching steam furnace by Yu Chen at some point.
Her soft, silvery-white hair, soaked with sweat, clung to her fair cheeks, creating a strange, broken beauty, as if she had been violated.
But in contrast to her slightly haggard expression, Vivian's eyes were all wrong.
Her normally clear eyes were now not only empty but also as cold as a frozen lake, sending a chill down one's spine.
Yu Chen continued to question her and tried to pull her away from the dangerous area as quickly as possible.
Especially from the dangerous man not far away.
But as he looked at the silent, head-bowed Vivian, not only Yu Chen but also the dimensional viewers felt a strange sense of foreboding.
And according to Murphy's Law, if something can go wrong, it will, no matter how small the probability.
Whoosh!
Just as Yu Chen was trying to awaken Vivian, a cold flash of light suddenly aimed for his chest.
In the nick of time, Yu Chen instinctively twisted his body, which prevented the attack from hitting a vital spot. It only grazed his shoulder, leaving a shallow wound.
Looking at the expressionless Vivian holding the "Second Hand Rapier" in front of him, Yu Chen shouted in disbelief, "Vivian, have you gone mad?!"
Vivian, however, seemed to not hear him at all.
The "Second Hand Rapier" in her hand gleamed with a cold, silver light as she began to furiously attack him from various tricky angles.
The killing intent in the sword wind was so strong that even the viewers across the dimensional screen could feel it.
It was as if in Vivian's eyes, Yu Chen wasn't a companion trying to save her but an enemy that had to be eliminated!
"Vice-Captain Yu," Tendo said, smiling as he explained the situation while leisurely walking toward the furnace.
"…A mechanized persona has no sense of good or evil. If you hold back, you might just get a sword through the heart from your 'companion'."
Yu Chen had no time to respond to Tendo's taunts. He had to dodge Vivian's deadly attacks while carefully controlling his strength so he wouldn't hurt her.
These two things alone consumed all his energy.
Not to mention he was already injured.
Tendo's casual hit earlier had caused him a lot of trouble, and his internal organs still ached faintly.
What puzzled Yu Chen and the dimensional viewers was that when Tendo calmly walked past Vivian, her cold and empty eyes seemed to not see him at all. She was still single-mindedly chasing Yu Chen.
It was as if an invisible barrier surrounded Tendo, completely isolating him from the chaotic scene.
Or perhaps Vivian's mechanized persona's rationality made her realize that she absolutely couldn't provoke Tendo at this moment, or she would be courting death.
The two completely different words, "insanity" and "rationality," strangely coexisted in Vivian at this moment.
Ignoring the two fighting next to him, Tendo arrived in front of the steam furnace and waved to a small girl, Danica, who was hiding in the shadow of a pipe next to it.
Seeing this, little Danica immediately scurried over.
As she passed by the intensely fighting Yu Chen and Vivian, she blinked curiously, showing no fear at all.
When she reached Tendo's side, Danica tilted her head up, pointed at Vivian's furious attacks on Yu Chen, and asked curiously, "Mr. Tendo, what's wrong with that big sister?"
Tendo looked down at her and said meaningfully, "It's nothing. She's just a pathetic soul who couldn't control her power and ended up being tamed by it instead."
After saying that, Tendo turned to face the steam furnace, whose engine was still humming and whose metal shell was turning slightly red from an energy overload. He said lightly, "Let's go, Danica. It's time to bring this play to a perfect close."
"Oh, okay."
Danica nodded, half-understanding. Her small hand lightly gripped Tendo's trouser leg, and she walked with him into the steaming white mist inside the furnace, quickly disappearing from sight.
The furnace door slowly closed, completely blocking out the sounds of the struggle outside.
Not long after Tendo left, Chen Kong, who had been unconscious, finally began to wake up slowly.
Thanks to Bai Kong's monstrous vitality, Chen Kong's body, which had been on the verge of collapse from Tendo's beating, not only showed no obvious injuries but could also move normally.
Although every movement caused a faint stinging pain throughout his body, the fact that he was still alive was already the best outcome, thanks to Tendo's lingering sentiment.
At the same time, after seeing that even Bai Kong couldn't hold back Tendo, Chen Kong could only place his hope of saving Vivian on convincing Tendo, even though he knew this idea was a joke.
After all, from the day he met Tendo, no one could influence Tendo's decisions except for Caroline, and even then, only on insignificant matters.
But what Chen Kong hadn't expected was to wake up and see not the unconvincible Tendo but a "berserk" Vivian and a barely surviving Yu Chen.
Without any hesitation, he immediately forced his tired body to join in the effort to help Vivian regain her sanity.
Meanwhile, although Tendo had already entered the steam furnace, he was still watching the events outside through the dimensional screen.
Tendo had not only expected this but had also already foreseen the outcome.
Just as the original plot had written, Chen Kong and Yu Chen would work together to awaken Vivian, allowing her to suppress her "mechanized persona" at the last moment and gain initial control of the powerful talent known as the "Myriad Machine Spark."
As for the twelve Gear Guardians fighting nearby?
They were merely background characters pre-written by the Stars Production Team, serving only to set the atmosphere for this "play."