The spider-web-like cracks in the energy bubble suddenly stopped spreading when Chen Xing's eyelashes trembled.
I tore open the space crack with my bare hands and grabbed the star crystal cluster, and Xu Shuangyao suddenly held my wrist.
"Don't touch it," her icy blue pupils reflected the curled-up insect shadows deep within the crystal cluster, "It's a trap."
Chen Xing's babbling voice exploded in his mind: "Hungry... Bugs... Delicious..."
When the annihilation beam penetrated the nebula, I pushed Xu Shuangyao and her son into the crack—
The touch of her armor fragments lingered in his palm, and behind him came the mechanical harmony of the Observer Fleet:
"High-dimensional larva detected, implementing mandatory containment protocols."
At the heart of the destructive nebula, the "Glimmering Cradle" clung like a stubborn bubble amidst a raging sea, struggling to maintain its tranquility. Raging energy currents relentlessly pounded its cracked walls, each impact causing the interwoven curtain of dark gold and icy blue light to twist violently, emitting a heart-wrenching groan. Outside, blazing planetary lava flows and silvery-white energy embers roared and blazed, illuminating this small space with a bizarre brilliance, as if transported to the heart of a cosmic furnace.
Lin Mo sat cross-legged in the center of the energy bubble, his body like cracked, ancient porcelain. The dark-gold nebula flowing from the shattered left side of his face slowly repaired itself, each subtle movement sending sharp pain through his entire body. Most of his mind was sunk deep into his left eye, struggling to channel the gentle yet powerful life force transmitted from the newly born star core, "Century Star." Like a tinkerer, he gradually reinforced the crumbling barrier of the "Glimmer Cradle." Dark-gold light flickered around him, like a candle in the wind.
Xu Shuangyao lay on her side beside him, her long, icy-blue hair spreading across the energy-filled ground like a flowing galaxy. One of her arms, in a gesture of absolute protection, gently embraced Chen Xing, who curled up in her embrace. The little creature's eyes were closed, their long eyelashes like butterfly wings, and they slept peacefully under a soft, milky halo. Their breathing was even and weak, and their lips occasionally moved unconsciously, emitting subtle, dreamlike moans. The tiny, diamond-shaped starlight mark on his chest rose and fell with his breathing, emitting the pure breath of life.
Xu Shuangyao's icy blue eyes lowered, their gaze fixed on Chen Xing's pure, flawless, sleeping face. The previous storm was gone, leaving only a nearly frozen, deep weariness and a cautious, protective presence etched deep into her bones. Her fingertips unconsciously and delicately brushed Chen Xing's smooth forehead, a gesture imbued with a sense of unfamiliarity yet profound cherishment. With each violent tremor from outside the energy bubble, her arms subconsciously tightened, her body tensing as if to isolate any external threats from her slender yet resilient back. The penetrating wound on her chest, nourished by the star core's vitality, had been covered by new, star-spangled ice crystals. But the weakness within was like a maggot on her tarsal bone, and every call of strength strained her fragile balance.
Silence. Only the faint breathing of the Morning Star, the groaning of the energy bubble's walls as they were overwhelmed, and the never-ending roar of destruction from the depths of the nebula.
The silver-white mark of order deep in Lin Mo's left eye suddenly jumped! An extremely subtle, yet ominous energy ripple penetrated his defenses, which he maintained with all his strength, and like an icy venomous snake, quietly slid into his perception range!
Almost at the same moment——
Snap!
A crisp, heart-pounding cracking sound suddenly exploded in the silent energy bubble!
Directly in front of Lin Mo and Xu Shuangyao, a new crack, like a flash of black lightning, appeared without warning! It spread ferociously, instantly covering half of the wall, its speed beyond imagination! At the edge of the crack, the previously stable dark gold and ice-blue energy flow became manic and chaotic. Strands of violent nebula turbulence, like piranhas smelling blood, frantically tried to penetrate the crack!
The collapse of the "Glimmer Cradle" suddenly accelerated!
Lin Mo groaned, the dark-gold flames in his left eye instantly surging! He forcibly suppressed the surging Qi and blood caused by the backlash of the ruptured boundary wall. All his strength, like a flood, rushed recklessly towards the newly formed crack, attempting to forcibly close it! Dark-gold energy threads, like a giant net repairing the sky, tightly wrapped around the edge of the crack, engaging in a fierce tug-of-war with the turbulent external currents! The boundary wall emitted a piercing groan, like metal being forcibly twisted. The crack's spread was forcibly curbed, but it continued to expand stubbornly, bit by bit!
"Ugh...!" The frantic outpouring of power caused dark golden stardust to seep out of the crack on Lin Mo's left cheek once again, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably. He clearly felt that this crack was unusual! It contained a cold, highly corrosive alien energy, like a cancer on the bone, frantically destroying the stable structure of the boundary wall!
"Lin Mo!" Xu Shuangyao's voice was filled with unprecedented tension. She subconsciously held Chen Xing even tighter in her arms. Ice-blue star flames instantly ignited her body. Though weak, they carried a rock-hard will to protect her, ready to fight off any incoming threat. Her gaze was sharp as a knife, instantly locking onto the core of the rift!
At the deepest point of the rift, at the center of the most intense energy conflict, a faint yet remarkably pure violet light, like a poisonous diamond buried deep in the mud, flickered with each expansion of the rift! The energy fluctuations it emanated were identical to the cold, corrosive energy from before! It was this force, like a precisely deployed "space termite," that was destroying the very foundation of the "Glimmer Cradle" from within and without!
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