After the Abyss Rift closed, the world seemed to have returned to peace, but there was an unsettling smell of burning in the air.

Expert Hao, the environmental expert who was as thin as a bamboo pole, looked frighteningly pale and kept coughing while covering his mouth.

Bright red blood stained his fingers, and he raised the detector in his hand with trembling hands. A glaring red warning flashed on the screen.

"Cough cough...energy...energy is mutating! It is no longer stable! The demonstration house must...must be demolished immediately!" Expert Hao spoke intermittently, and every cough seemed as if he was going to cough out his lungs.

The demonstration house, which was the prototype of the future home built with new building materials, has now become the sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's head.

The crowd was in an uproar, and a feeling of unease spread like a plague.

An ordinary resident named Ge suddenly screamed in fear: "The roof... the roof is bleeding!"

Everyone looked up suddenly and saw that a sticky black liquid was oozing out from between the gray-white bricks of the roof of the demonstration house, like thick ink spreading on rice paper, with a disgusting fishy smell.

The blood-like color looked particularly strange under the gloomy sky, as if it was some kind of ominous omen.

"Oh my god, what the hell is this? Is this some kind of biohazard?" someone whispered, his voice trembling violently.

The black liquid flowed slowly along the wall, gathered into a small pool on the ground, and made a "sizzling" corrosion sound.

The smell of burning in the air became stronger, mixed with a faint smell of blood, making it difficult to breathe.

Mou Xuan's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

He grabbed Chen Yao's wrist and was about to pull her behind him, but he saw that the speed of the black liquid dripping suddenly increased, pouring down from the roof like a torrential rain.

"Yaoyao, be careful!" Mu Xuan pushed Chen Yao away without thinking.

A drop of black liquid splashed onto Mou Xuan's left arm, and a sharp burning pain came instantly.

He looked down and saw that the place where he was splashed quickly crystallized, and his skin became as transparent as glass. He could even see black liquid flowing inside, like tiny poisonous snakes.

Chen Yao screamed, and in panic she tore off the corner of her clothes and bandaged Mou Xuan's wound tightly.

"You are being stubborn again! Do you want to live?!" Her eyes were red and her tone was filled with worry and blame.

Engineer Xiao, who was pushed away, adjusted his glasses with a serious expression.

"Energy is spreading through the foundation, and the scope of contamination is expanding! The entire contaminated area must be blown up, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"

Blow up? This is the base they built with great effort!

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

At this moment, Chen Yao suddenly grabbed Mou Xuan's wrist, her eyes firm and resolute.

"Let me try! Let me use my energy to heal your arm!"

Her tone left no room for doubt, as if she had already made some important decision.

Mou Xuan was stunned, looking at the strange light flashing in Chen Yao's eyes, an inexplicable uneasiness surged in his heart... "Yaoyao, you..."

Mou Xuan felt as if time was being grabbed by an invisible hand and pulled into a long, thin sugar thread, with every second being infinitely stretched.

He could clearly see the dust floating in the air, hear the dull beating of his own heart, and even smell the faint scent of gardenia in Chen Yao's hair.

The fragrance is light and elegant, yet carries a hint of subtle bitterness, just like the current situation.

Chen Yao's face was close at hand, her eyelashes trembled slightly, fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, her lips were tightly pursed, and her face was as pale as a piece of thin paper.

Her hand, with a barely perceptible tremor, slowly placed on his left arm.

A warm current, with a slight tingling sensation, spread from the point of contact, like countless tiny ants crawling in his blood vessels.

The distance of 0.5 meters seemed like an insurmountable chasm at this moment.

For the first time, he felt her presence, her breath, her temperature, her worry, her determination so clearly... This feeling was like a jar of aged wine, slowly fermenting in his heart, mellow and strong.

"Idiot, stop being stubborn..." Chen Yao's voice was very soft, as soft as a feather falling on his heart.

Suddenly, there was a series of crisp "cracking" sounds in the demonstration room, like something breaking.

Then, the building materials stained with black liquid began to float up one by one, slowly rotating in the air, as if controlled by an invisible giant hand.

Expert Hao's weak voice came from a distance: "Energy...energy has crystallized! They have turned into high-purity energy crystals!" There was a hint of excitement in his voice, but it could not hide his fatigue and illness.

Energy crystallization?

Mou Xuan's heart moved, and a bold idea flashed through his mind.

If we could collect these crystals, wouldn't that solve the energy crisis?

He endured the burning pain in his arm, concentrated his mind, and mobilized his special powers.

The flow of time around slowed down again, almost stagnating.

He stretched out his right hand and waved gently at the crystal floating in the air.

Those crystals seemed to be attracted by something and flew towards him one after another. They gathered into a huge energy ball in front of him, emitting dazzling light.

This light is so pure and so powerful, as if it contains enough power to destroy everything.

"Wow, that's awesome! Brother Xuan is going to be amazing!" An exclamation came from afar, with a hint of unbelievable admiration.

Mou Xuan ignored the noise around him. He controlled the energy ball to move slowly and flew towards the direction of the abyss rift.

There is the source of energy leakage and also the only exit.

He wanted to send these crystals back to their original places and resolve this crisis once and for all.

However, at this moment, he felt a strong suction coming from Chen Yao's hand.

Her energy was continuously flowing into his body, interweaving with his own energy to form an even more powerful force.

This force was beyond his control and beyond his imagination.

His consciousness began to blur, everything in front of him became distorted, and the sounds in his ears gradually disappeared.

He felt like a fallen leaf caught in a huge storm, spinning and drifting involuntarily...

"Xuan...Brother Xuan..." Chen Yao's voice became farther and farther away, more and more blurred, and finally disappeared in his ears.

Before his last glimmer of consciousness disappeared, he saw the building materials suspended in the air suddenly lose control and fall down one after another, making a deafening noise...

After an unknown amount of time, Mou Xuan slowly opened his eyes.

He found himself lying on the ground, Chen Yao was holding him and sobbing softly.

Her shoulders trembled slightly, like a wounded bird.

"Xuan...Brother Xuan..." Her voice was hoarse and low, with a strong nasal tone.

"You...you have been in a coma for three days..."