"Tear—ouch! It hurts so much..."

Zhao Chuan shook his head in pain, feeling as if countless needles were pricking his head. Everything in front of him became blurry, and he even saw double images.

He endured his physical discomfort, struggled to his feet, stood up unsteadily, and looked around.

"Where...where am I? Where is Funina?"

Zhao Chuan muttered to himself as he tried to stay awake.

He took a deep breath and mobilized the spiritual energy within his body, trying to make it flow through his body.

As the spiritual energy gradually spread throughout his body, Zhao Chuan's consciousness gradually became clearer.

When he saw his surroundings again, he was stunned.

All I could see were boxes, books, and test tubes scattered haphazardly on the ground.

Zhao Chuan raised his head and looked up, only to find that his head was covered by a large expanse of blue seawater.

The seawater was like a giant dome, isolating this land from the outside world.

"Is this a space carved out of the water? Or is the ceiling just a layer of transparent glass?"

Zhao Chuan muttered to himself in confusion.

"Where did Kofunina go? She's nowhere to be found..."

Zhao Chuan became somewhat anxious and began searching everywhere for Funina.

Zhao Chuan rummaged through a pile of miscellaneous items, growing increasingly anxious.

He called out Furnessa's name, hoping for a response.

Suddenly, he heard a faint sound, which seemed to be coming from a distance.

He was overjoyed and immediately ran in the direction of the sound.

Zhao Chuan walked to a door.

The door was enormous, round, and appeared indestructible.

Zhao Chuan, panting heavily, raised his hand and gently patted the large iron gate a few times. Then, he concentrated and used his spiritual power to investigate the situation inside the gate.

Through his spiritual perception, he saw a girl lying unconscious on the floor.

At that moment, the two mechanical guards seemed to sense the intrusion of the strangers, and they walked towards the girl with firm steps.

Zhao Chuan's heart tightened, and he quickly held his breath and focused his mind. After he clearly saw that the girl was Fu Ningna, he knew that he had to take action as soon as possible, otherwise Fu Ningna might be in danger.

Zhao Chuan then began to check the surrounding area for any mechanisms or buttons.

the other side.

"Where am I? My head hurts so much..."

Funina slowly opened her eyes, feeling a splitting headache. She instinctively clutched her head and groaned in pain.

Just then, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly entered her ears.

"Intruder detected, target confirmed, lock on..."

The sudden sound was like a thunderclap, instantly waking Funinna from her daze.

"What? A mechanical... mechanical guardian!"

Funina looked toward the source of the sound and saw two mechanical guards raising their dark gun barrels. A sense of fear welled up inside her, but at the same time, it aroused her strong will to survive.

Without hesitation, she quickly stood up and, with a graceful somersault, skillfully dodged the deadly projectiles fired by the mechanical guard.

"Oh my god! Help! Zhao Chuan, save me!"

As Funinna desperately fled, she screamed at the top of her lungs.

Her heart was pounding, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

At that moment, she had only one thought: to escape this dangerous place as soon as possible, find Zhao Chuan, and seek his help.

At this critical moment, Zhao Chuan finally lived up to expectations and successfully opened the gate! Two deafening gunshots rang out, followed by a flash of cold light. An extremely sharp spear sped away like lightning, piercing straight through the bodies of the two mechanical guards and stringing them together like skewers of roasted meat.

Zhao Chuan rushed into the room, ran to Funina's side, and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"I'm alright, thanks to your timely arrival. Where exactly is this place?"

Funina, still breathing heavily with lingering fear, shook her head and said.

“I’m not entirely sure either, but if I’m not mistaken, I can feel a strong resonance of water elements here.”

Zhao Chuan frowned, stared at his surroundings, and said in a serious tone.

Then, he bent down to pick up the spear from the ground, gripped it tightly, and led Funina toward the door.

"Zhao Chuan, this is where you woke up, right? We seem to be separated by only a door!"

After looking around, Funina spoke to Zhao Chuan.

A hint of curiosity flickered in her eyes.

"Yes, that's right. It looks like a laboratory built underwater, and it's very well sealed off, preventing seawater from seeping in."

Zhao Chuan held Funina's small hand and responded while looking around.

His eyes were filled with vigilance and contemplation.

At this moment, Funina seemed to realize the intimate actions between herself and Zhao Chuan, and a shy blush appeared on her face.

"Look, there seem to be some information reports or something over there."

She gently pulled her hand away from Zhao Chuan's and tried to change the subject, pointing to a box next to her.

"It looks like someone is conducting an experiment here."

After Zhao Chuan finished speaking, the two of them went to the pile of boxes.

Zhao Chuan and Fu Ningna carefully walked to the box and gently lifted the lid. When their eyes fell on what was inside, their expressions instantly turned to astonishment, their mouths gaping open, but they couldn't utter a single word.

The clever Zhao Chuan immediately understood the mystery, and Fu Ningna was equally surprised.

"Hair accessories, necklaces, makeup boxes... there are even clothes, necklaces, and dresses here!"

Funina stared in horror at the contents of the box, somewhat at a loss.

She then opened several other boxes, examining their contents one by one and naming each item. These were clearly girls' accessories and clothing. Was the experimenter a woman? Or was the subject of the experiment a woman? Worse still, this person might be a psychopath.

"Wait, there seem to be words on these items."

Zhao Chuan picked up a small box and examined it carefully.

"That's true, and each label has a different name. What's the point of separating women's products like this? Could it be that someone is a psychologically twisted pervert?"

The more Fu Ningna thought about it, the more frightened she became. She hurriedly hugged Zhao Chuan's arm tightly, and the little curiosity she had before vanished.

"If I'm not mistaken, these are the victims of the serial disappearances of teenage girls."

Zhao Chuan put down the small box and said.

"What? We accidentally entered the murderer's laboratory? Hahaha, as expected, I, Fulina, will be the first to know the truth of all this."

Funina adjusted her hat, smiled confidently, and said with a touch of arrogance.

"Cough cough, don't force yourself. You looked scared just now."

Zhao Chuan tapped Funina's head and said irritably.

"This is a major discovery! If we take this evidence back, that mysterious case will be solved."

"I'm not happy about it," said Funina, hands on her hips.

"Don't forget, this is someone else's territory! Those poor girls have already turned into puddles of water, and what about you? If you provoke that vicious murderer, your clothes will be lying all alone in that box!"

Zhao Chuan pointed to the pool not far away in a serious tone, trying to intimidate Funina.

"Ah, Zhao Chuan, you'll protect me, right? Please, please don't abandon me!"

Fu Ningna was indeed terrified. Her eyes were wet and she stared at Zhao Chuan with fear in her eyes, speaking in an almost pleading tone.

Her voice clearly trembled with a hint of grievance, like that of a frightened fawn.

Seeing how frightened Funina was, Zhao Chuan decided not to continue scaring her.

He then turned and walked towards the other side of the compartment where the boxes were placed. Funina followed closely behind him, cautiously peeking out half of her head, her eyes filled with curiosity and wariness as she looked around.

"Zhao Chuan, what is this? Is it still clothes? There are so many boxes over there, and here are more. How many young girls have been killed by this?!"

"Furina said, looking at the box in front of her."

"Hmm, not really. I sense a little water elemental power here, but not much, and there's no danger."

Zhao Chuan shook his head and said seriously, then opened the box and saw it was full of bottles.

"This is 'Les'!"

Looking at the bottle, Fulina, having followed this case for so long, naturally knew what it was. If it weren't for the opera house incident, it would be hard to imagine that the raw material for this beverage was actually the water of the Primordial Sea of ​​Fetus.

“There are still unfinished experimental samples there.”

Zhao Chuan pointed to the shelf on the left and said.

"It looks like this is the laboratory where the murderer made Les."

A surge of resentment rose in Funina's heart.

At this point, Zhao Chuan noticed the report on the table next to him.

"Experiment No. 16 aims to test and break through the original conclusions of Jacob Ingold's research on the Taiwan Strait."

The experiment failed; no one surfaced from the primordial sea of ​​conception. The twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth…thirtieth girl was dissolved.

After reading the contents of the paper, Zhao Chuan felt angry. He was only a nineteen-year-old boy and had never seen such a scene of experimenting with human lives. At this moment, he was no longer calm.

"Zhao Chuan, are you alright?"

Seeing Zhao Chuan standing still, Funina spoke up to remind him.

"I'm fine, these are all evidence."

Suppressing his anger, Zhao Chuan collected the evidence.

"Yes, that's all evidence..."

Funina nodded in agreement.

Just as Zhao Chuan and the others were busy collecting evidence, a strange and bizarre creature quietly rose slowly from the bottom of the pool next to them.

Its entire body is covered in a deep blue hue, and what is most striking is its solitary eye, set beneath its white downy neck, and a pair of blue wings that radiate a mysterious light.

Its lower body is accompanied by a fish tail that shimmers with a crystal-clear blue light.

The creature's face revealed an indescribable pain and resentment.

"Alright, that's about it. Let's hurry up and leave! I have a creepy feeling about this place; it's terrifying."

"Furina hugged herself tightly, trembling as she spoke, her voice filled with fear."

"Okay, let's go..."

After Zhao Chuan finished speaking, he led Funina toward the gate. Just then, they both heard a mournful sound.

"Vasher, it was you...you killed me, I'm going to kill you."

The monster burst out of the water, and a large amount of primordial sea water exploded in all directions like a fountain.

The monster also rushed out and attacked Zhao Chuan.

"careful!"

Zhao Chuan reacted quickly and used his spiritual power to create a barrier, protecting Funina behind him.

"This is a pure water spirit, how could it attack humans?"

Funina asked, puzzled, as she looked ahead.

"It's probably the murderer's doing. These might be pure water spirits formed from the vengeful spirits of those girls."

Zhao Chuan gritted his teeth and said, watching the pure water spirit flap its wings and condense a large jet of water to hit Zhao Chuan. Zhao Chuan could only grit his teeth and resist.

Zhao Chuan continuously poured spiritual energy into the barrier, while simultaneously summoning a longsword, which he controlled with one hand to slash at the pure water spirit.

However, the power of the pure water spirit was beyond imagination. It easily avoided Zhao Chuan's attack and used its wings to unleash even more powerful water spears.

Suddenly, the water sprite's attacks became increasingly fierce, catching Zhao Chuan off guard.

Just then, a water spear broke through the barrier with unstoppable force and struck Funina.

"Funina!"

Zhao Chuan exclaimed in surprise and turned to rush towards Funina.

She lay on the ground, pale-faced, with a trickle of blood at the corner of her mouth. At that moment, resentment flashed in Funina's eyes, and her head felt as if it were about to split open.

Zhao Chuan was extremely anxious. He held Fu Ningna in his arms and used his spiritual power to heal her.

However, Funina's injuries were very serious, and her breathing became weaker and weaker.

I can't let you die!

Zhao Chuan gritted his teeth and said, as he continuously channeled his spiritual power into Funina's body.

"Zhao Chuan, I don't want to die either, but that's the primordial water of the womb! What should I do? Am I going to die?"

Lying in Zhao Chuan's arms, Fu Ningna weakly cried to him, a hint of despair flashing in her eyes.

At the same time, the pure water spirit condensed a bubble and flew towards him.

"I won't let you die. Hold on, and I'll avenge you."

Zhao Chuan's eyes were filled with anger and determination. He put Fu Ningna down, and lightning crackled around him. The sword in his hand shone brightly with lightning, carrying a sharp sword aura, and he thrust it fiercely towards the Pure Water Sprite.

The attack finally struck the Water Sprite, which let out a scream and collapsed to the ground.

However, just as Zhao Chuan was about to finish off the enemy, the pure water sprite turned into bubbles and flew back into the pool.

Zhao Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was heavy because Fu Ningna's injuries were still serious.

He picked up Funina and channeled his spiritual energy into her body, but it was to no avail; it only slowed down her dissolving process.

“Zhao Chuan, thank you for your help all this time. I know I can't keep my promise to her... Fontaine's fate has come to an end, and I can't escape it either. I'm not reconciled, I'm really not reconciled... but this is fate’s arrangement.”

A hint of despair and resentment flashed in Fu Ningna's eyes as she weakly spoke to Zhao Chuan with her last ounce of strength.

Her voice trembled, and tears streamed down her cheeks, as if telling of her inner pain and helplessness.

Zhao Chuan looked at her silently, his heart filled with sorrow and pity.

"Don't say anything, stay awake. I can do it, I can save you. You have to hold on."

Zhao Chuan shook his head, unable to contain his grief any longer. He quickly formed a hand seal and channeled his spiritual power into Funina's body.

"Zhao Chuan, don't waste your energy. That's the water of the primordial womb. I can already feel my body slowly turning into water. Although you've injected some power into me to slow down the turning process and alleviate my pain, it's useless. The water of the primordial womb can't be eliminated right now, can it?"

"I can't believe it," Funina said, shaking her head with a sob in her voice.

"I can do it, I really can."

Zhao Chuan bit his lip, trying hard not to cry, but his voice was already hoarse. He gently held Funina's hand and said in a trembling voice.

Funina smiled, a hint of relief in her eyes.

In the final moments of her life, she felt reluctance, heartache, and emotion—emotions that were no longer lonely after five hundred years.

She knew that even if she left this world, someone in Fontaine would come to resolve the "prophecy crisis".

As her last breath faded, Funina's hand slowly fell to her sides, and her eyes closed forever.

Zhao Chuan stood quietly to the side, tears blurring his vision.

Slowly, Funina turned into water on the ground, about to merge with the earth. A sharp glint flashed in Zhao Chuan's eyes. He unleashed his spiritual power, enveloping the pool of water that Funina had turned into, along with her clothes.

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