Interstellar travel, a beloved companion, a magnificent and turbulent otherworld.

Time flies

One hour later-----

The familiar spatial tremor was unexpected for Ye Zixuan and Mo Li, as they had experienced it before. He instinctively pulled her into his arms, his arms tightly around her waist, his large hand protecting her head, and said:

"Ah Li, don't be afraid, I'm always here."

Mo Li replied, "I will always be here."

After another minute of shaking, the familiar staircase leading to the third floor appeared before the two of them.

"Let's go up to the third floor."

As Mo Li spoke, she took his large hand, and then heard a hiss, as if someone had gasped for breath. She quickly pulled his hand up to check and found that it was covered in chilblains. Looking up, she saw that his face was also covered in chilblains. She could only carefully lead him up the stairs.

This was a short stopover, where the two could stay for about five minutes. The temperature here was constant. Mo Li immediately pulled open his clothes to check him. Because the action was too sudden, Ye Zixuan subconsciously protected himself. He was stunned by her indifferent glance and obediently let go of his clothes.

She quickly stripped him down to just a pair of underwear covering his most private parts. When she saw the horrific frostbite on his body, Mo Li's eyes instantly welled up with tears!

His frostbite was extremely severe; there wasn't a single patch of healthy flesh on his body. It was all red and purple, oozing blood. The most severely affected areas looked like balloons, with only a thin layer of skin, which was quite horrifying to look at.

"Even in this state, doesn't it hurt? Why didn't you say anything? You were still digging for crystals, are you stupid?"

Mo Li felt a sharp pain in her heart, and also felt a little guilty. She was of a high level, and because she also had the Fire Crystal Marrow, all kinds of sensations were very normal, so she subconsciously felt that he would be fine.

Completely forgetting that his mental strength and supernatural abilities were relatively low, he was imprisoned on the first and second floors of this seven-story torture chamber, and the punishment on each floor was unbearable for him.

Mo Li cupped his face and gently blew on it while choking back tears, saying, "I'm sorry, it was my negligence. If it weren't for this, you wouldn't have to suffer like this. Wait a moment, I'll treat you right away."

"How can I blame you? Ali, it's a blessing that you're alright! I'm fine. I'm a grown man, I can handle this little pain and itching."

"Idiot, big idiot, whether you can bear it or not is one thing, whether you should bear it or not is another. This could have been avoided. I was just being too presumptuous."

Mo Li took out the healing liquid that she had previously added to the spiritual spring for tempering from the spatial button. Because it was pre-packaged in a spray bottle, it was particularly convenient to use.

"Just bear with it for a moment. You will feel a little pain, numbness and itching when you first spray it on, but this feeling will subside quickly and your wound will heal rapidly."

"Don't worry, I can bear this little pain. Go ahead and do it, don't be shy."

"Ha, what are you saying? Fine, you're a real man who bleeds but doesn't cry, so you'd better hold on."

The first time using it, the feeling was really intense. Even though Ye Zixuan was mentally prepared, because her injury was quite severe, she was still tormented by the sensation when the medicine came into contact with her skin and cried out "Ah!"

Fortunately, this feeling only lasted about a minute, and it came and went quickly. Immediately afterwards, he felt the burning, tingling and itchy feeling gradually subside, replaced by a cool and refreshing sensation.

"Alright, we should go to the third floor now. This time we've learned our lesson, so we won't let you suffer for nothing."

Ye Zixuan always had the feeling that he was being protected by Mo Li. How to put it, he was secretly pleased. This feeling was similar to being a kept man, and upon closer inspection, it was not bad at all.

Two minutes later, the two successfully entered the third floor.

A stark contrast—hot, hot! A wave of intense heat swept over them, and Mo Li quickly took out two protective suits made of ice crystal marrow: "Put them on quickly." Soon, each of them was dressed in the suits, which armed them from head to toe, leaving not a single hair exposed.

Because Ice Crystal Marrow is so rare and ridiculously expensive, creating these two sets used up all of Mo Li's Ice Crystal Marrow stockpile, and also incurred a high crafting cost of ten million Star Coins. Fortunately, its size can be automatically adjusted according to the wearer's body shape.

Initially, it was just to fulfill my own temporary idea, thinking that it was better to be prepared. After the four family members finished showing it off, I put it away, and even said with a smile that if I had any extra ice crystals or ice crystal marrow in the future, I would make a set for each of them.

"I never expected to use it today. Ali, you are truly a treasure. Now I'm not afraid of getting hurt again. These layers of torture chambers are truly insane. Is it even possible for anyone to get out alive?"

Mo Li pointed to the pool of churning lava in front of him, and as the lava churned, the broken and severely eroded skeletons inside floated to the surface.

The combination of red and white has a somewhat eerie feel to it.

"Those are all human bones. Look at the number, how many people died?"

Ye Zixuan was greatly shocked, and felt a chill run down her spine.

"Didn't they answer your question well enough? Did anyone actually get out alive?"

The answer is yes, but it should be very rare!

Based on Mo Li's understanding of the space pirates, she was different. After all, she was a product of the trade. They wouldn't let her die in this punishment building until she had suffered unimaginable torment. They would probably time it well, and when they felt they were on their last breath, someone would come and take them out.

"We won't die here. At the very least, they won't let us die, since the deal needs to be completed."

Ye Zixuan was furious upon hearing this:

"Damn it, it's all because of those scum from the Beigong family and the royal family. As long as I can return to the capital planet alive, they will be my lifelong enemies. Beigong Xue'er and Di Dai must have been involved in this!"

"Pah! What national goddess, what most expensive princess? They're just two vicious women. I won't let them get away with it either. No one can hurt my Ali!"

Mo Li smiled and ruffled his hair: "Not bad, you've become smarter. We'll have a chance to get revenge. Besides, we still have Emperor Jue on our side."

"Hmph, he's useless now. I hope he won't disappoint us, or I won't let him off the hook."

"Let's not worry about the rest. Let's deal with what's in front of us first. Come on, let's investigate thoroughly. Yezi, you might even make a small fortune."

Mo Li had already had Xiao Teng extend the branches into the lava pool. She always trusted her intuition. At first glance, it seemed eerie, but she also felt that something good was hidden inside. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a large lava pool, especially since it wasn't naturally formed.

As it turned out, Mo Li's intuition was correct this time as well. One of the vines' very thin branches curled up a crystal-clear, fiery red, diamond-shaped stone and placed it in her hand.

The stone felt warm to the touch, unlike the scorching heat it displayed, with a cluster of flowing flames encircling its surface.

The top-grade fire crystal marrow, her eyes sparkled with a subtle smile, and she pointed to a small vine branch that seemed to be waiting for praise: "Well done, go and take everything away."

Mo Li stroked and played with the top-grade fire crystal marrow in her hand. It was more beautiful, of a higher grade, and older than the one she had taken out from the second-floor torture chamber. She was a little excited.