Chapter 35: Prepare, Recycle!

Liu Mu thought an energy riot would inevitably be an explosion; she suffered for her lack of culture and thought she was wrong.

In the blink of an eye, she slapped the rising stone hard, and using the reaction force, she pulled the female Researcher away from the large stone.

Just in the next second, dense cracking sounds rang out all around; large stones and small stones were all covered in cracks amidst the noise, and Liu Mu felt a force tearing inside her own body, as if it wanted to tear her apart as well.

The female Researcher she was pulling let out a scream at this moment, and when Liu Mu looked back, she saw that the skin all over the woman's body had also developed hair-thin slits, with dense, tiny beads of blood seeping out from these slits and floating in the air.

When Liu Mu realized that ordinary people simply could not withstand this energy riot and would likely shatter just like a lump of clay, her anger completely vanished.

Painful cries rang out one after another in the distance; a Researcher with an injured leg had blood spurting directly from the wound, as if something inside the body were squeezing it, and it looked like they were about to lose their life.

Liu Mu gritted her teeth, a bloody taste filling her mouth, "Xiao A, can this stone be sent into the system for isolation?"

"Three units of isolation space are required, Host. Please escape immediately; your body is currently not advised to approach this energy source."

If this were in some open area, Liu Mu could really have run away without looking back, but there was simply no path in this environment.

Of course, she didn't have the noble awareness to sacrifice herself for these people she wasn't familiar with.

"You need a path to escape, damn it, I'll fight it!"

Both sides of the canyon were hundred-meter steep slopes of over seventy degrees, giving her no chance to slip away.

Liu Mu flung the female Researcher aside, but unexpectedly, the latter suddenly begged for help, "Save me, I don't want to die, please don't leave me behind!"

The female Researcher waved her hands wildly in the air, and Liu Mu looked back, revealing an evil smile, "No, I'm going to save Doctor Xing."

In the female Researcher's confused, terrified, and desperate eyes, Liu Mu climbed onto the stones beside her, her suspended body moving extremely quickly toward the 'Giant Sun'.

Fortunately, this energy that disintegrated things from the inside did not affect her own strength, so she could slap those stones apart in advance, and the feedback force she received was enough for her to move quickly.

"Liu Mu, what are you doing?"

Tan Ziyan had long seen Liu Mu go down and originally wanted to send Xing Tianyang away as quickly as possible, but the turn of events was faster than his thoughts.

At this moment, he was also the first to discover that Liu Mu was about to approach the 'Giant Sun', so he successfully misunderstood, "Don't go over there, you can't control it alone, don't do anything stupid."

Xing Tianyang, however, did not think so; he hugged Tan Ziyan's thigh, trying his best to stabilize his figure, and didn't forget to shout, "According to my research, every time the Black Stone has an energy riot, as long as one creature can successfully undergo Mutation and absorb this energy, it can stop!"

Liu Mu ignored everyone, only extending one hand toward their direction, four fingers curled, middle finger straight, to indicate her unwillingness.

But even so, Tan Ziyan was unwilling to see her go to her death, "Doctor Xing, stop talking, you can't be sure at all. Girl, don't go over there, don't believe this old guy."

'Old guy' Xing Tianyang's eyes glowed, "Now is the best opportunity to verify it!"

Hearing such words, Tan Ziyan almost kicked him away.

At this moment, Liu Mu really couldn't hear what kind of nonsense they were chattering about; from hearing to smell to feeling, all her senses were completely captured by the 'Giant Sun' the moment she entered its ten-meter range.

That's right, just like how things nearby were attracted before, Liu Mu was now completely unable to notice anything else; all her perception was concentrated in one place, as if only she herself and this human-sized spherical stone remained in her world.

For a moment, she felt as if she were standing in a desolate, dead wasteland; there was no sky, no wind, no water, and not even light here. But she clearly realized—yes, realized, not saw—that massive object composed of multiple regular geometric shapes.

She could feel the full picture, yet it was hard to describe, impossible to depict, and could not be spoken of, standing in silent opposition to Liu Mu in a powerful, threatening posture.

Liu Mu felt an unprecedented fear; this fear was even greater than that moment of death in her previous life. She could not move, nor could she make a sound, as if her body were no longer her own.

At this very instant, a faint thought remained in her mind: no wonder Heitao A wouldn't let her get close; it turned out that not only could her body not withstand this kind of energy, but her spirit also could not bear such fear.

Yet, it was also within this sliver of lingering thought that she suddenly found a tiny gap to overcome this fear... That's right, she was someone who had already died once, what the hell was she afraid of!

If she died again this time, it wouldn't be too much to ask the system to resurrect her, right?!

"Hei," Liu Mu opened her wooden lips, trying her best to make a sound. Of course, the sound wasn't important; what was important was that she possessed such consciousness at this moment, "Tao, A!"

"I'm here, Host."

This broadcast-tone voice was completely a gospel of salvation. The moment the system appeared, Liu Mu found that she could move her body, "Prepare, recycle!"

And while discovering this, she gathered her strength in her feet again and tried her best to sprint forward, just like a sprinter; every muscle in her body erupted with force, squeezing out all her potential, just to cooperate with this seemingly simple action.

The suspended Tan Ziyan only saw the person who had suddenly stopped, and less than ten seconds later, running again in slow motion.

Saying anything was useless; he just felt that this "little sister" he hadn't even known for half a day was probably not worth the trouble.

As Liu Mu reached out toward the stone wrapped in a layer of Red Mist, Tan Ziyan closed his eyes in despair, only hoping that Liu Mu, along with them, wouldn't have to endure the pain of their bodies almost tearing and exploding, and would die quickly.

Of course, the death he envisioned did not arrive.

Facing the 'Giant Sun' which was covered in blood-colored, pupil-like marks, Liu Mu didn't even have time to produce emotions like rejection or disgust; in the next second, that feeling of confinement and overwhelming pressure suddenly disappeared.

Of course, the 'Giant Sun' under her palm also disappeared at the same time.

"The 'Giant Sun' Fragment has been recycled and placed in isolated storage. This recycling consumed a huge amount of energy; please check in time and pay sufficient supplies for replenishment."

Liu Mu stood in place, stunned for a moment, and then directly knelt down from exhaustion, "Take it, take it! Take it all!"

Facing the pressure of the 'Giant Sun' was countless times greater than fighting with a Mutated Animal; the mental consumption was more serious than the physical one, it was simply going to cost her her life.

Liu Mu couldn't really rest just like that; there were still a few strange birds in the sky that had been confined by the Black Stone. Now that they had gained their freedom, she feared they would immediately launch an attack on her.

In her consciousness, she paid the system a large amount of scrap as a supplement for this energy consumption. Her mind was no longer empty; she immediately gritted her teeth, stood up, and pulled out two Handguns.

Turning around, without even looking at the situation of the others, she fired a burst at the descending strange birds.

This time it wasn't a 'self-moving target'; several were actually hit in the head by her, but these beasts' heads were clearly not vital organs. They shook their heads a few times on the spot and actually rushed directly toward the direction of the canyon's exit to the sea.

Seeing that they weren't interested in fighting, Liu Mu was about to put away her guns, but an anxious male voice pierced her ears,

"Quick, catch them, I want them alive!"

Given the state of Liu Mu's physical exhaustion, being able to fire this burst had already reached her limit. Her pupils were uncontrollably dilating, and she cursed in a low voice, "You damn... if you want to catch them, go do it yourself, no one is stopping you. I can't hold on anymore, you guys... handle it yourselves."

After saying this, she collapsed headfirst.