Every bar of growth means they are one step closer to life.
Finally, after spending nearly an hour and experiencing several dangerous situations, Collector Feng retreated with sweat all over his forehead: "Captain, the collector's energy... is full!"
"Okay!" Mu Xuan nodded approvingly, took the energy collector, and handed it to Xiao Shikong expert, "Mr. Xiao, it's up to you next."
Expert Xiao Shikong took the collector with an extremely focused expression.
He took out a peculiarly shaped metal disc from the toolbox he carried with him. It was covered with complex patterns and interfaces.
He connected the collector to the disc and began to quickly adjust various parameters on the disc.
"These stable space-time energies are like 'anchors'," Xiao, the space-time expert, explained as he operated. "What I need to do is to use these 'anchors' to build a relatively stable 'energy path' between the violent vortexes. This path will not be too wide, nor too long, but it should be enough for us to pass safely."
The patterns on the metal disc began to emit bright light, and a transformed, more refined and stable energy was guided out from the disc, like a flexible tentacle, cautiously exploring the entrance of the space-time channel.
“Buzz——”
When this energy touched the edge of the first space-time vortex, the violent vortex suddenly stagnated, and its rotation speed and suction force obviously weakened for a moment.
"It works!" Xiao Shikong expert
More stable energy was channeled out, and like experienced craftsmen, they skillfully shuttled, pulled and neutralized the violent whirlpools, trying to open up a safe channel.
Visible to the naked eye, in that chaotic energy curtain, a narrow passage emitting soft white light and wide enough for only one person to pass through is extending forward with difficulty.
Sometimes it is stable, and sometimes it is squeezed to the point of collapse by the surrounding vortex, but it can always be out of danger under the precise control of expert Xiao Shikong.
"The channel is being formed! But it is extremely unstable, we must hurry!" Expert Xiao Shikong had beads of sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that this kind of precise control was extremely exhausting for him.
"Everyone, get ready to enter!" Mou Xuan made a prompt decision and was the first to walk to the narrow passage emitting white light.
He could feel that although this passage seemed safe, there were still terrifying whirlpools on both sides that were enough to tear a person into pieces.
"I'll lead the way, Chen Yao will follow behind, and the rest of you should maintain formation and watch your step. Don't touch the vortex barriers on both sides of the passage!" Mou Xuan gave the order in a deep voice, with unquestionable majesty in his tone.
Chen Yao nodded firmly and walked to the end of the team.
She had an almost blind trust in Mou Xuan. Even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, she would not be afraid as long as Mou Xuan was there.
Mou Xuan took a deep breath and stepped into the shaky white passage.
As soon as he entered, a huge pulling force came from all directions, as if countless hands were tearing his body apart.
On both sides of the passage, violent whirlpools are very close. The whistling sounds they make when they rotate and the destructive energy contained in them are terrifying.
"Keep calm! Follow me!" Mou Xuan shouted in a low voice, and his time ability started to work quietly.
He did not attempt to change the flow of time on a large scale, which would instantly deplete his energy and possibly trigger a chain reaction of collapse in the channel.
He simply used his supernatural powers precisely in a very small range around himself and his teammates, and at certain critical moments, created a few tenths of a second of "absolute safety time" for them, which was enough for them to avoid the sudden surge in the vortex's suction force, or stabilize the channel barrier that was about to collapse.
"The energy of the left vortex is increasing, move to the right!" The voice of communication expert Li came through the short-range communicator, and her detector was still working tenaciously.
"Be careful! There is a crack in the barrier of the passage ahead!" Defender Peng shouted a warning.
Mou Xuan's eyes focused, and at the moment when the crack was about to spread, his time ability accurately covered it, and the expansion speed of the crack instantly became as slow as a snail.
At the same time, Xiao Shikong's expert also mobilized external energy in time to repair the cracks.
One step, two steps... every step was extremely difficult.
Several times, members of the Tao expedition team nearly fell because of fear, but were pulled back in time by their teammates.
Resource collector Feng Shikong held his collector tightly, fearing that any mistake might happen to this hard-earned result.
Inside the passage, the strange lights and distorted time and space kept changing like a kaleidoscope.
Sometimes they feel their bodies are infinitely stretched, and sometimes they feel they are compressed into a point.
The perception of time also became confusing, as if a long time had passed, and yet it seemed like only a moment.
I don’t know how long it took, but when Mou Xuan felt the pulling force around him suddenly eased and the dazzling distorted light and shadow in front of him gradually subsided, he knew that they had succeeded!
"call--"
When the last team member, Shen Yao, also staggered out of the passage, everyone collapsed to the ground with a sense of relief, gasping for breath.
They looked up and saw a familiar starry sky.
In the distance, a blue planet was floating quietly. It was the star region where the base they had been dreaming about day and night was located!
"We...we are back!" Team member Tao of the expedition cried with joy, his voice choked with sobs.
"Great! You're finally back!"
The joy of surviving the disaster filled everyone's heart.
However, Mou Xuan frowned slightly.
He was keenly aware that there was a vague... strange aura permeating the space surrounding the base.
It was an indescribable feeling of oppression, as if a giant beast was slowly awakening beneath the calm lake.
Just as they were preparing to adjust their status and contact the base, the expression of Li's communications expert suddenly changed drastically, and the detector in his hand issued a piercing alarm!
“Captain!!” Her voice became shrill due to extreme shock. “We have detected… detected an extremely powerful unknown energy source, which is approaching us at a high speed! Its energy level… is far beyond any energy body we have encountered before! And… and it exudes strong malice!”
Before he finished speaking, a terrifying and heart-pounding pressure swept over like an invisible wave!
Mou Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and alarm bells rang in his heart!
This pressure is several times more terrifying than the strongest enemy he faced in his previous life!
They had just escaped the deadly stranglehold of the space-time vortex. Are they going to be plunged into an even more desperate battle to the death? !
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