Chapter 675: A Terrifying Loss

"Big brother, what happened to you?"

Returning to the small shop, Yoshino looked at the pale-faced Lingyun and asked with a worried expression.

"It's nothing, I just went to save someone, and the consumption was a bit high." Lingyun reached out to pat Yoshino's head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll be fine after resting for a little while."

"Wow, wow, wow, little brother, looking at you like this, the consumption really is quite severe!" Yoshinon suddenly popped out at this moment, clapping her hands as she spoke.

"Tsk, it's you again, you sharp-tongued Rabbit!" Lingyun looked at Yoshinon, his tone carrying a hint of malice.

"Oh, little brother, what are you planning to do to me with that look?" Yoshinon said.

A wicked smile appeared on Lingyun's face as he turned his head and said, "Tina, is the thing I asked you to prepare ready?"

"Big brother, it's ready!" Tina's figure suddenly appeared behind Lingyun, a small ribbon in her hand.

"Big brother, what is this?" Yoshino looked at the ribbon in Lingyun's hand with some curiosity.

"This? It's a prop specially made to punish a certain sharp-tongued Rabbit!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Sharp-tongued Rabbit? Eh, eh, eh? Is little brother talking about me? You should know, I am, mm-mm-mm—"

Just as Yoshinon was waving her hands to say something, Lingyun had already used extreme speed to tie the ribbon over Yoshinon's mouth, successfully forcing her words back.

"During this time, those children haven't complained little about you, this sharp-tongued Rabbit! So, as a small punishment, you'd better stay quiet for ten minutes!" Lingyun smiled somewhat maliciously.

With her mouth sealed, Yoshinon waved her hands rapidly, seemingly protesting to Lingyun, but because she could not speak, she looked quite comical.

"By the way, Lingyun, Nia she..." Tokisaki Kurumi said.

"As for that, let's put her in the Cloud Realm for now. Once I recover a little, I'll go check on her." Lingyun said.

"Alright." Tokisaki Kurumi nodded slightly.

The Void was seen to distort for a moment, and the figures of Lingyun and Tokisaki Kurumi both vanished into the Void. Yoshino, on the side, did not have a single change in her expression, clearly already accustomed to this situation.

"Looking at this, it's clear that Father's consumption this time was very severe." Yui, who had popped out from somewhere, looked at the place where Lingyun had disappeared and said.

"Very severe consumption? Will Brother Lingyun be alright?" Hearing Yui say this, a hint of worry could not help but appear on Yoshino's face.

"Don't worry, big brother has gone to the Cloud Realm now. With Sister Ruoxi there, he will definitely be fine!" Yui said with full confidence.

"Cloud Realm? Sister Ruoxi?" A bunch of question marks appeared over Yoshino's little head.

"Oh right, Yoshino, you haven't been to the Cloud Realm yet, nor have you met Sister Ruoxi. Don't worry, I'll introduce you when the time comes." Yui said with a smile.

Just as Lingyun was recovering his consumed Source Power in the Cloud Realm, Nilier Island, which had already become a desert island, also welcomed a guest.

A massive airship appeared in the sky, and several figures flew out from the airship, looking down at Nilier Island below.

"This, are we sure we didn't come to the wrong place?" A DEM company Wizard looked at Nilier Island below, feeling their voice trembling.

In their eyes, the entire Nilier Island looked as if hundreds of years had passed; it had completely become a ruin.

Ellen looked at Nilier Island below, her eyes also filled with suspicion and uncertainty. One had to know, from the time Nilier Island sent the message that they were under attack until now, only half an hour had passed. But now, this Nilier Island before them, was it really Nilier Island?

"Everyone disperse, form squads to enter Nilier Island, and collect useful information as much as possible!"

Ellen issued the order, then was the first to drive her Realizer and descend toward Nilier Island. This was her confidence in her own strength; she believed that even if she really encountered a Spirit, she would be able to capture it, just like she did with Bentiao Eya back in the day.

Several hours later, DEM company headquarters.

"What is the current situation on Nilier Island?"

Westcott, an executive director of DEM company and also one of its founders, sat on the sofa, looking at Ellen before him.

Ellen's expression was somewhat heavy as she handed a file in her hand to him. This file contained both photographs and videos.

Looking at the file in his hands, even Westcott could not help but fall into silence. Although he already had a bad feeling in his heart after receiving the distress signal from Nilier Island, seeing this report now still made his heart sink continuously.

Among the numerous photographs, there was one filled with mummified corpses; their twisted expressions easily made one think of Hell. From this photograph, it could be seen that these people must have encountered a massive disaster before they died, and they were all running toward the escape passage. But the moment they reached the entrance of the passage, an unknown disaster had already descended upon them, turning them into what they were now.

The other photographs were much the same, each one revealing extremely tragic information. The only common point was that the scenes shown in the photos did not look like they were from half an hour ago; instead, they looked as if they had experienced hundreds of years of wind and rain.

"I had the people in the laboratory conduct experiments on some things collected from Nilier Island, and they unanimously believe that these things only became like this after experiencing hundreds of years of time." Ellen's tone was full of heaviness.

"Only half an hour, yet Nilier Island looks as if hundreds of years have passed. The Spirit that attacked Nilier Island this time, this method is truly terrifying." Facing this situation, even a hint of heaviness appeared on Westcott's face. "What about the research data and such on Nilier Island?"

Ellen also shook her head: "Gone, completely gone. I already sent the best recovery personnel from DEM company to that place, but the conclusion they reached was that the other party used special means to completely destroy the research data, and coupled with the fact that too much time has passed, no data on the island can be recovered."

"Cannot be recovered?" Westcott's expression finally turned ugly.

Over these years, for the sake of the Spirit Reversal Experiment, DEM company had invested an unknown amount of manpower and material resources on Nilier Island, and even most of the top scientific researchers and top scientific equipment were in that place. But now, everything was gone, everything had gone down the drain. The loss of equipment was a small matter because it could be rebuilt, and the escape of a Spirit was also a small matter because it could be caught again. However, the loss of research data and scientific personnel was definitely a huge blow to DEM company.

Even Westcott, upon knowing that everything on Nilier Island was lost, felt his vision go black. Previously, he had quietly spread the information about Bentiao Eya being on Nilier Island, aiming to use her as bait to capture Tokisaki Kurumi. But in this current situation, it was equivalent to losing the bait and the fish; not only was Tokisaki Kurumi not caught, but he also lost the already captured Bentiao Eya and the entire Nilier Island.

"Nightmare absolutely could not have done this, she must have had a helper!" Westcott said.

"It's the Swordsman!" Mentioning this name, even Ellen's voice was trembling.

"Swordsman, I have remembered you! This matter, we are not finished!" Westcott said, gritting his teeth.