Chapter 43: Euler

This scene made Ding Mo clench his fists involuntarily.

Dong Xiaoyu, Lu Zhenhao... will everyone die?

The figures flying away shrank in his eyes, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

At this moment, Ding Mo could not help but ponder:

If everyone is going to die,

then how long can he himself survive?

Thinking of this, Ding Mo, who had only one limb left, suddenly gritted his teeth, a ruthless intent appearing in his eyes!

If the Task were to end like this, with everyone dead, he would absolutely not be reconciled!

Ding Mo used his hand to prop up his severed body, then exerted a sudden burst of strength, soaring into the air with the help of the immense power granted by the Mask.

And in this instant, he no longer used his authority to resist the suction force from the Crystal Coffin!

With the two forces combined, Ding Mo plummeted at extreme speed toward the direction where Dong Xiaoyu was.

Then, he passed her!

He crashed into "It" behind her!

"It," which was still clutching Dong Xiaoyu tightly, also noticed Ding Mo and raised its head at this moment.

But what greeted it was an angry fist!

Boom—

A dull sound of impact rang out as Ding Mo smashed his fist hard into its featureless face, causing its face to sink slightly!

"Like to grab, keep grabbing then!" While saying this, Ding Mo did not stop his hand.

In mid-air, his lone arm swung out again, smashing hard into its face once more.

Again and again, one punch, two punches, three punches... In the few short seconds of flying through the air, Ding Mo's fists landed like raindrops on its face, head, and chin.

Each punch utilized the suction force to pull his body, pouring kinetic energy into the next strike like a pendulum.

Soon, the high-intensity collision caused his bare fist to bleed and his finger bones to deform!

But the "Prince," its half-mask was also shattered, and its skull was severely deformed and even cracked!

Wisps of black blood flowed from the cracks!

This seemed to cause it to be unable to hold on any longer, and it loosened the hands that were tightly gripping Dong Xiaoyu.

Dong Xiaoyu then fell to the ground, escaping the fate of being dragged into the Crystal Coffin.

At this time, the two of them and the "Prince" had already flown in front of the Crystal Coffin.

After realizing what was happening, the "Prince" actually reached out its hand toward Ding Mo!

Seeing that it still wanted to struggle, Ding Mo did not indulge it; he used his lone arm to press down on its skull, intending to throw it hard toward the Crystal Coffin.

But he soon discovered that after the "Prince" grabbed him, he, having no feet, could not do this at all.

Looking at the mouth of the Crystal Coffin right before his eyes, Ding Mo could even feel an incomparably chilling aura faintly emanating from within!

This was the entrance to another world!

Ding Mo had the intention to rely on his authority to resist the suction again, but the "Prince" made him afraid to do so, fearing he wouldn't be able to send it back later.

Moreover, Ding Mo already had some speculations in his heart.

So, he pressed down on the "Prince" and, biting the bullet, plummeted toward "that world"!

The "Prince" flickered for a moment, but it could not break free from Ding Mo's control, so the two of them, together,

fell straight into the Crystal Coffin!

Just shortly after the "Prince" and Ding Mo disappeared inside, the lid of the Crystal Coffin closed and sealed automatically.

The surroundings, including the entire Hotel, suddenly fell into silence.

In the somewhat chaotic lobby, there was no one left.

"..."

Ding Mo, he was all alone, falling into a pitch-black, viscous world. A "water flow" that felt cold, as if it were dozens of degrees below zero yet not freezing, engulfed him and drifted him toward an unknown place.

Without feet, and with only one hand left, he had no way to swim; furthermore, the extremely chilling water wrapped around him, making him almost unable to move.

As for the "Prince," the moment they entered this world, Ding Mo had already let go of it. It did not pester him again.

What kind of world was this? Ding Mo did not understand; he only felt the "water flow" eroding him, his body gradually stiffening and dying,

and his eyelids becoming increasingly heavy.

Moreover, the Threshold that had been replenished to 100% was now plummeting wildly! Like a roller coaster, it headed straight for the limit of 20%!!

However... Ding Mo looked at the prompt on his retina:

【Ding!】

【Performance ended. You have completed this Task and are returning to the original world...】

【@%#@￥%... Error... Increasing power...】

【Return time, remaining 10... 9... 8...】

It was just that, in only a few seconds, Ding Mo seemed unable to hold on!

In the black ocean, he squinted his eyes, with only a tiny slit remaining, struggling to hold on.

Just at this moment,

another pale hand reached out from the churning undercurrent! It grabbed him!

A cold touch came, but a surge of power poured into Ding Mo's body, allowing him to take a deep breath and regain consciousness!

"Are you... Dong Xiaoyu?" Ding Mo looked at the newcomer in surprise.

At this time, Dong Xiaoyu, although still having only one arm, had completely changed from her previous weak and aged appearance; even her skin had become smooth!

Her exquisite face had also been restored, and she even carried a trace of a cold temperament.

"I'm not very sure either." Grabbing Ding Mo, Dong Xiaoyu looked at herself, also somewhat puzzled.

As her cold brows shifted, her dark hair was jet black; she looked simply like a perfect white porcelain doll.

Ever since she had climbed into the Crystal Coffin just now and arrived in this world to start searching for Ding Mo, she had felt something burrowing into her body.

It was probably the "seawater" all around, though she wasn't very sure.

In short, she was like a dried-out sponge, absorbing them. And then she became like this.

【5…4…3…】

"How did you get in?" Watching the countdown, Ding Mo let out a sigh of relief and asked.

It seemed now that the danger had finally been resolved.

"Me?" Dong Xiaoyu held his arm, the pair of eyes revealed by her Mask filled with a sense of earnestness:

"Wherever you go, I go."

That pair of pupils also seemed to have undergone a mutation, turning rose-purple, containing some kind of mysterious meaning.

"..." Ding Mo remained silent for a long time upon hearing this, and before he could reply,

the countdown ended.

The transparent Curtain appeared once again, the world slowed down, and time became extremely sluggish!

Ding Mo knew that the "Curtain" was the sign of teleportation!

At the same time,

Urgh!! A look of pain appeared on Ding Mo's face.

Damn it! It's tearing again!

So, does one have to experience the pain of "Soul Tearing" every time a Task ends?!

However, this time, the intensity didn't seem as strong as the last time?

Dong Xiaoyu, who was to the side, was also enveloped in the transparent Curtain, yet she was completely unaware of this scene—the expression on her face had frozen at the moment before the Curtain descended.

"... What?" This made Ding Mo feel that something was wrong.

Could it be that only his consciousness remained unaffected after this "Curtain" descended?

Just as he was pondering, the "Curtain" seemed ready... In Ding Mo's sensation, it was as if they had suddenly been pulled out of this world!

Soul, consciousness, or simply cognition? Ding Mo did not know what he and Dong Xiaoyu had become; in any case, they just shuttled through inexplicable and incomprehensible light and shadow like this.

During the shuttle, the two of them inevitably separated...

………………

Human Era 2025, Human Pollution Safety Handling Bureau,

somewhere in the base.

A figure with intact limbs appeared out of thin air inside a sealed facility.

This is... the Landing Room?

The figure was none other than Ding Mo; he looked at the copper walls and iron barriers, the lamp, and the bed, unable to help but show surprise.

As for the recovery of his own body, he didn't find it strange—it was common knowledge in the Isolation Zone that the body would be restored to its original state after completing a Task for the Typewriter.

As for the "Landing Room," it was actually a Standard Containment Room belonging to the Processing Bureau, or what one might call a "Standard Prison Cell."

In fact, it was similar to the room Ding Mo was in when he completed his first "Typewriter" Task.

As for why he returned here every time, Ding Mo hadn't understood before, thinking that the people at the Processing Bureau could control the "Typewriter," but now he understood.

The Typewriter was placed nearby the whole time; he had felt it when he was teleported by the "Curtain"!

By this time, the "Curtain" had already disappeared, and the world had returned to normal.

Seemingly detecting that a living creature had appeared in the room, the light on the ceiling turned on automatically.

This time, I actually didn't pass out? Ding Mo wondered to himself.

When he woke up last time, the light had already been on for a long time.

Thinking this, he glanced at his retina again: 【Threshold: 162%】

The Threshold limit had indeed risen again!

It was just that the increase was lower than last time, which should be related to the intensity of the pain just now...

Inside the room, it remained incomparably quiet—

Whether the people at the Processing Bureau hadn't discovered him yet or were temporarily too busy to deal with him, there had been no reaction for a long time now.

Having reached a conclusion regarding the increase, Ding Mo saw that there was still time, so he began to think about other matters.

This world, and even he himself, held too many mysteries.

For example, what exactly is the "Curtain"? Why can it teleport between worlds? What is the principle?

Perhaps these questions have no answers, because this world is just this crazy.

But, since it can be used, there must be a way to use it... Ding Mo thought, if he could also use the "Curtain," would there be a possibility of getting rid of the "Typewriter"?

At that time, he could shuttle between worlds, and who knows,

perhaps he could return to that original, peaceful world without any anomalies!

He could go back!