"It's it!" Lin Mo's understanding flashed, a sharp, cold light flashing in his right eye. This dark purple light wasn't formed naturally, but rather a spatial anchor deliberately implanted and detonated by some force! The purpose was to hasten the collapse of this shelter! Who was it? A remnant of the Observer? Or some strange entity bred by this star region itself?

It must be cleared! Otherwise, the energy bubble will completely collapse in an instant!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Mo's only remaining, cracked right hand suddenly lifted up! His five fingers formed hooks, and dark golden energy frantically condensed and compressed at his fingertips, instantly transforming into a dark golden claw so condensed that it seemed capable of crushing stars! Space rippled slightly around the tip of his claw! His eyes were filled with only that flickering purple light, and all his strength and will were poured into this claw! His goal—to tear apart space and completely excavate that deadly "cancer"!

"Come out!"

Lin Mo let out a low roar from his throat, and his dark golden claws, with a violent will to tear everything apart, grabbed the core of the hideous crack and the dark purple light!

Just when the claws were about to touch the cracks——

“Don’t touch!”

Xu Shuangyao's voice was like an icy cone, piercing the soul with a rush and unprecedented fear. Her movements were as fast as lightning. The hand that wasn't embracing Chen Xing suddenly pressed down on Lin Mo's raised wrist with an icy touch! A flexible yet restraining force of ice-blue star flame instantly passed through, abruptly pinning Lin Mo's full-strength claw to the ground, just half a foot away from the crack!

Lin Mo's movements came to an abrupt halt! A flash of shock, anger, and confusion flashed across his right eye, and he suddenly turned to look at Xu Shuangyao.

Xu Shuangyao's icy blue pupils contracted to the extreme, like two frozen stars, staring intently, unblinking, at the faint purple light deep within the crack! Her body leaned forward slightly in extreme concentration, and all the fatigue and tenderness on her face disappeared, leaving only an almost cold sharpness that saw through a deadly trap!

"Look...look carefully..." Her voice was extremely low, with a barely perceptible tremor, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the icy abyss. "That light...there is something...inside..."

Lin Mo's heart suddenly sank! He suppressed the anger that was suppressed and the tremendous pressure brought by the continuous collapse of the boundary wall. The dark golden light in his left eye instantly focused, penetrating the violent energy turbulence, like the most sophisticated detector, firmly locking onto the core of the dark purple light!

Under the ultra-high intensity energy perception, the internal structure of that seemingly pure dark purple light was instantly magnified and analyzed in Lin Mo's "field of vision"!

That's not just a simple energy crystal!

At the core and deepest point of the dark purple light, an extremely tiny outline, almost merging with the light itself, was curled up! That outline... was surprisingly the shape of a bug!

A bizarre larva, composed of pure dark purple energy, curled up with countless limbs! It lay dormant in the center of the light, remarkably quiet, as if in the deepest slumber. Yet, Lin Mo's keen perception, rooted in the core of the starry sky, clearly detected a terrifying life force emanating from the larva: an aura of extreme greed, a thirst, a life force that seemed to devour all energy and matter! Its curled-up posture seemed to be gathering strength, awaiting... the moment it would be touched, activated!

trap!

A carefully laid, deadly energy trap!

That dark purple light spot was actually the egg case of this terrifying energy larva! If it was forcibly destroyed or touched by external forces, the dormant "space termites" inside would instantly erupt. Its devouring nature and the dark purple pollution it contained were enough to instantly contaminate or even severely damage Lin Mo's power core, and completely destroy this fragile "cradle of glimmering light"!

Cold sweat instantly soaked Lin Mo's back! If it weren't for Xu Shuangyao's insightful intuition and resolute intervention, the consequences of his claw strike would have been disastrous! He looked at Xu Shuangyao, his right eye filled with fear and indescribable solemnity. Her icy blue eyes were still fixed on the larva, and a fine layer of cold sweat oozed from her forehead.

"It's the 'Space Devouring Phantom Leech'..." Xu Shuangyao's voice was barely perceptible, clearly recognizing this terrifying existence from the ancient taboo records of the Starry Sky. "They feed on spatial barriers and high-level energy... dormant egg cases... extremely sensitive to physical and energy shocks... once activated..."

Before she finished speaking, as if to confirm her judgment, the dark purple larva curled up deep in the crack seemed to sense the threat posed by Lin Mo's claw that had just condensed terrifying power, and it squirmed very slightly!

Buzz!

A colder, more greedy devouring intent, like an invisible tentacle, instantly swept through Lin Mo and Xu Shuangyao's consciousness! The energy disorder at the edge of the crack suddenly intensified! The crack that Lin Mo had barely contained emitted another teeth-grinding "crackling" sound and began to spread at an accelerated speed! The dark purple light then intensified!

“Wow!!!!”

At this moment, Chen Xing, who had been curled up in Xu Shuangyao's arms and sleeping peacefully, suddenly burst into a sharp and piercing cry! This time, the cry was filled with extreme pain and fear, far more shrill than any previous one!

His tiny body struggled and twisted violently in Xu Shuangyao's arms! The soft, milky-white glow on his body flickered like a lightbulb with poor contact! Beneath his crystal-clear skin, the silvery light streams that symbolized the birth and death of stars suddenly became extremely violent, like billions of out-of-control silver snakes clashing and colliding wildly within his tiny body! As if ready to tear him apart from the inside out!

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