Chapter 175 The Taking of Her

"Ah...uh...don't look..."

The king of the outer star field has never had his heart probed like this before.

But the unrestrained healing power left him no choice but to resist.

Green energy penetrated the deepest part of his consciousness. On the Voyager, as he locked the hatch, held her, and inhaled her fragrance, those evil thoughts were fully exposed.

Caesar trembled all over as the scent of the girl's hair, so close to his face, quietly entered his nose.

A gentle breeze blew in from outside, causing the gauze curtains of the resonance pool to flutter and casting blurry figures.

finally……

The healing process is nearing its end.

Ning Shuyin was already feeling some difficulty breathing. It was the first time she had realized that deep resonance therapy was like this.

No wonder Situ Linchen wanted to find a therapist through the Rose Club's matchmaking system.

Such undisguised intimacy of souls truly transcends what ordinary doctors would do.

Once she confirmed that the two people's consciousnesses had been repaired, she began to gradually withdraw her healing power.

But unexpectedly, those two people began to unconsciously pull at her energy to keep her there.

Her spirit was already exhausted. The double torment caused her superpowers to briefly become disordered and out of control.

Situ Linchen opened his eyes, his dark pupils churning with hidden currents.

"Come here!" He took Ning Shuyin's arm and pulled her towards him.

“Little one, he’s too rough. Come to me, I’ll be very gentle with you.”

Caesar then wrapped himself around from the other side.

His long arms encircled her slender waist, as if he wanted to take her away from Situ Linchen's embrace.

Swish—

Her healing power gradually began to spiral out of control due to the pull of two different supernatural abilities.

A chaotic and intensely hot energy storm formed in the pool.

The energy liquid began to boil due to overload, producing bubbling sounds.

Her vision began to darken.

Buzz—Buzz—Buzz—

The alarm in the resonance chamber was triggered, emitting a sharp sound.

Just then, bang!

The alloy door was forcibly broken open from the outside. Klose appeared in the doorway.

What he saw was this scene—

The pool water was boiling.

Ning Shuyin was restrained by two men, one on each side, her eyes tightly closed, as if she was on the verge of losing consciousness.

When Kross saw his master in danger, the forced loyalty he had been given ignited a furious rage in his golden eyes.

"Let her go."

The moment he finished speaking, he raised his hand. He spread his fingers, then slowly closed them.

Snap! Snap!

The entire resonance pool was frozen at a visible speed, starting from the edges.

The energy liquid, which was boiling violently just a second ago, has now turned into ice crystals filled with countless bubbles.

The two men, caught in a frenzy of instinct, were frozen in the moment of their struggle. Situ Linchen's arm was still wrapped around Ning Shuyin's shoulder, and Caesar's hand was still around her waist.

Only the pool water around Ning Shuyin remained rippling. Clearly, Kross's chill had bypassed her.

Situ Linchen's face turned cold, as if he wanted to summon the War God Armor, but when his gaze swept over the jagged, sharp ice shards beside Ning Shuyin, he forcefully suppressed the thought.

He was afraid the broken ice would hurt her.

Klose's figure was like a phantom in the night, stepping onto the solid ice without making a sound.

He walked step by step to the center of the pool, bent down, and gently lifted Ning Shuyin, pulling her away from the two men's arms. For a second, he was momentarily stunned as her warm, soft body fell into his embrace.

The moment Ning Shuyin was taken away, Situ Linchen and Caesar had no more scruples.

The thick ice layer shattered instantly—it was shaken apart from within by two powerful and pure energies.

The ice crystals transformed into countless sparkling fragments, which briefly floated in mid-air, like a shower of diamonds.

"Put her down!"

Seeing her wearing an almost transparent resonance suit and being held in Kross's arms, both men were filled with a desire to take her away.

Both Situ Linchen and Caesar emerged from the water, their bodies radiating energy.

Just as Caesar narrowed his eyes, and subtle ripples appeared in the space around him, intending to teleport and seize the person—

The alloy door of the resonance chamber was pushed open once again, and Zhou Zhiheng, looking dissatisfied, appeared in the doorway.

His gaze quickly swept over the mess in the room.

A frozen pool, two men burning with rage, and Kross, who was holding Ning Shuyin and exuding an aura that kept strangers at bay.

"Hmph, looks like things are quite lively here." He said irritably, "Have your treatments finished?"

No one answered him.

Both Situ Linchen and Caesar viewed him as another intruder they needed to be wary of.

Zhou Zhiheng didn't seem to be expecting an answer.

He glanced at Ning Shuyin, who was being held in Kross's arms, and after confirming that she was not in any danger, he looked away.

“You should be all better now, but something unexpected happened over there.” He spoke slowly, “Lorraine fainted.”

"What did you say?" Situ Linchen asked, somewhat incredulous.

He knew Loran's strength all too well.

A top genius in the fields of biology and medicine, he possesses extremely precise control over his body, not to mention the endless stream of life-saving drugs. Even if severely injured, he would never faint on the spot.

Zhou Zhiheng didn't repeat himself. He simply stepped aside to make way and gestured with his chin toward the monitoring room next door, indicating that they should go and see for themselves.

Three soaking wet people put on their outer robes and headed to the monitoring room next to the resonance chamber.

The room was a complete mess.

Lorraine collapsed onto the cold floor, her face deathly pale, with blue veins visible beneath her skin.

There was still a trace of blood on his lips.

On the indoor vital signs and safety instrument screen, all the data curves fluctuated wildly, and the alarm lights flashed incessantly.

Beside him lay an irregularly shaped crystal. The soft luster within the crystal had vanished, replaced by fine black cracks.

Ning Shuyin approached Loran with the help of Klose.

She took only one step closer and felt a cold, viscous energy swirling within his body.

Zhou Zhiheng walked up and kicked the dull crystal with his toe: "The problem is very likely here."

Caesar reached out and picked up the crystal, examining it in the light.

Everyone in the room seemed to be thinking of the same thing.

“They’ve been switched!” Caesar exclaimed.

The man in black stormed into the Shadow Abyss Auction House alone and snatched the crystals in full view of everyone.

Knowing full well that the auction house has a comprehensive security system, and knowing that such an annual auction will inevitably attract many powerful figures, they still went ahead with it despite the risks, which is probably their ultimate goal.

Situ Linchen and Caesar's faces both darkened.

If they hadn't given up the crystals for Ning Shuyin's right to receive treatment, they would probably be the ones lying here now.

“This is a vicious cycle,” Ning Shuyin said.

Everything is interconnected.

The mastermind's scheme, from the disappearance of Gu Lei to the guidance of the Star Palace, to the ambush by the mechanical race at the K100 Ruins, and then to the antidote at the Shadow Abyss Auction, was all meticulously planned.

"Let me check on his condition first," Ning Shuyin said.

Kross, however, showed displeasure. His master had just undergone a double therapy session that nearly drained him, and was now extremely weak.

“Master…” he tried to stop him.

But Ning Shuyin stopped him with a gesture.

Lorraine had been placed on a treatment bed. She sat down in front of the bed.

She appeared vulnerable from the exhaustion she had just endured, her breathing still a little unsteady, but her eyes were unusually focused.

Under the watchful eyes of four people, Ning Shuyin reached out and gently placed her hand on Luo Lan's forehead.

A warm, green energy slowly flowed from her palm, carefully probing into Loran's sea of ​​consciousness.

Ning Shuyin seemed to have seen something, and her brows furrowed even more.