The emotions of the two people, like two out-of-control pollution sources, madly infected and contaminated each other through that extremely unstable, intermittent symbiotic connection:
Pei Du's cold sense of nothingness, self-destructive tendencies, and deep hatred for the "perfect container" brought about by the whispers and illusions of the fungus master were like a black tide, repeatedly hitting Xu Shuangyao's already fragile mental dam.
The confusion, fear, bewilderment about the vague ideas of the plant network, and heart-wrenching guilt for Pei Du's tragic injuries caused by the mental erosion of Xu Shuangyao were like countless sharp needles, repeatedly pricking Pei Du's nerves that were on the verge of numbness.
They were like two drowning men, bound together in a raging storm, yet tearing at each other, locked in the shackles of symbiosis, sinking together in a vortex of pain and despair. Collapse seemed only a matter of time.
Pei Du struggled, using his still-moving left hand to prop up half his body. He glanced at his completely crippled right arm, resembling a monster's limb, then at Xu Shuangyao, curled up and dying not far away. An unprecedented exhaustion and... coldness washed over him.
Is it over?
At this moment, the intermittent symbiotic connection, in another faint sting, caught a trace of extremely subtle fluctuations from the depths of Xu Shuangyao's consciousness.
No more fear, no more guilt, no more confusion.
It was a deep, cold sorrow. A profound sadness, a sorrow that came from watching the life's work (both the plant network and Pei Du, the "vehicle") fall into irreversible destruction. It was like witnessing the falling of a star.
This sadness, faint but extremely clear, was like an ice-cold needle that instantly pierced Pei Du's heart, which was filled with violence and despair.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at Xu Shuangyao with bloodshot eyes.
Almost at the same time, Xu Shuangyao seemed to sense something, and turned her neck bit by bit with difficulty. Her eyes, which had lost focus due to pain and confusion, looked blankly at Pei Du's broken and mutated arm and the frozen, sculpture-like coldness on his face, but with a hint of indescribable complex emotions.
Their eyes met silently in the air of the ruins filled with dust and the smell of death.
There were no words. Only fragments of each other's deepest, most genuine emotions, transmitted through that fragile, symbiotic connection: his violence, emptiness, and unwillingness... her fear, confusion, and sorrow... and that faint, almost extinguished, confirmation of each other's existence at the bottom of the abyss of despair...
The next moment——
"Buzz!"
It's like an overloaded circuit finally blows!
The painful, thorny connection that had been forcibly penetrated deep within their consciousness suddenly snapped after carrying too much violent energy and extreme emotions! An intense feeling of dizziness and blankness, as if the brain had been instantly ripped out, struck them both fiercely!
"Well…"
"ah…"
Two short, muffled groans.
Pei Du and Xu Shuangyao's vision went dark at the same time, and they completely lost consciousness. Their bodies collapsed on the cold ruins like puppets with their strings cut.
The last faint glimmer of light from the Fusion Crown was completely extinguished. Only broken limbs, an unconscious figure, skin covered in dark red lines, and the cold and hungry will of the Fungus Master still looming over the ruins remained.
Silence, a deathly silence, enveloped this small corner. Only in the distance, the creeping sound of the roots of the animated plants resealing the passageway echoed lowly, like the breathing of a giant beast.
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