Mist-shrouded dawn, the "Orange Mothership" hovered above Water 7 like a floating orange island.
Leon stood atop the command tower, the counter on his right hand ticking: 115:00:00 (frozen).[System Alert:Next node·Water-Core locked]Nami unfolded a water-topography chart, finger landing on a water-lined route: "Target: Water 7. The water-core lies at the base of the 'Elevator Tower'—backup port 07."Leon spawned "Water-Flow Stabilisers"—blue glowing wing-plates that generate buoyancy synchronized with the current, allowing the mothership to hover above the water surface without being swallowed by tides.They landed on "Water-Scooter Blocks", leaving two glowing water trails like pixel-outlined paths.
In the distance Water 7's landmark "Elevator Tower" soared, its blue-crystal body spouting a water column straight into the sky—an inverted waterfall.Below the tower a blue-haired teen blocked their way: "Humans? Why carry Sea-Prism scent?"Leon showed the pseudo Sea-Prism badge: "We are 'pixel envoys' here to purify the water-core—please guide us."The teen hesitated, but a water column slashed over—CP9 member "Lucci" arrived on the "Water-Cloud Ark", body wrapped in currents, voice like a tsunami: "Mortals, dare trespass in my domain!"Lucci raised his hand; "Water Iron Cannon" shot straight at the mothership—a one-metre-diameter high-pressure water column.
Leon instantly spawned a "bedrock dome" to shield the ship; the column struck the dome, erupting kilometre-wide mist yet failed to penetrate.Lucci's pupils shrank: "Blocked the water cannon? Interesting!"
He turned and flew toward the tower base, voice echoing: "Come to the base, defeat me, the water-core is yours; fail, and stay forever as water-cloud fuel!"Leon and Nami glanced at each other, nodding together: "Exactly what we want."At the tower base, suspended above the water, pure blue-crystal construction, the central altar hovered a fifteen-metre "Water-Core Heart"—surface covered with blue water-dust and black code, each beat releasing a ring of water-wave pulses.The system popped:[Backup Port 07:Water-Core Elevator Heart]
[Purification condition:defeat guardian BOSS·Water Lucci]The altar floor cracked; Lucci's whole-body water flow skyrocketed, transforming into a hundred-metre water dragon, mouth emitting synthetic sound: "Refuse purification—execute water formatting!"Battle erupted.
Lucci's tail swept the altar into a smooth plane; Leon kept spawning "bedrock platforms" and "redstone lightning rods" for aerial guerrilla strikes.Nami drove "Clima-Tact·Water Dragon", summoning a hundred-metre water whip that intertwined with Lucci's water dragon, forcibly contesting surface charge control.Final strike—
Leon raised the "Uranus Core" high; the core released a black absorption pulse, forcibly sucking Lucci's "water-cloud energy" into the core, the water flow evaporating instantly.Lucci let out a final electronic screech, body disintegrating into sky-wide blue water-mist, a reversed rainstorm.
The water-core heart stopped beating and transformed into the seventh "Uranus fragment".System prompts refreshed:[Backup port 07 purification complete]
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[Next node:Enies Lobby·Justice-Core]The blue-haired teen witnessed everything, eyes complex: "You... defeated the water god?"
Leon smiled: "No, we only defeated 'bondage'."He turned away, his back reflected in the water-mist like moving code.
Nami caught up and whispered: "You just said 'bondage'—what do you mean?"Leon gazed at the water surface reddened by sunset: "I mean this world will no longer be controlled by 'fate', but by 'choice'."Count-down 115 hours—continues.