Legendary Person: I brought my skills back to reality!

"Ugh!" Lin Ya let out a muffled groan, her body swaying involuntarily, her face turning pale instantly. If Xu Hao hadn't reacted quickly and caught her waist, she would have almost collapsed.

She felt as if her eyelids were filled with lead, and her brain was as if it were being soaked in warm water. An unprecedented sense of drowsiness welled up from the depths of her soul, tempting her to close her eyes and fall into a deep sleep.

Not only Lin Ya, but all the professionals, including Shi Shaowei and Tie Lan, felt the same intense impact. Some subconsciously tried to use their mental energy to resist, but found that their thinking became abnormally sluggish, as if they were stuck in a sticky swamp.

Their previously barely maintained lucidity now flickered like a candle in the wind, teetering on the brink of collapse. The radiance seemed to possess a life of its own, constantly seeping in, eroding, and eroding their willpower.

As the one with the strongest mental power, Xu Hao also felt the powerful guiding force, but his fused energy and tenacious will allowed him to remain relatively clear-headed.

He could sense that this wave of light was not a direct attack, but a deeper kind of "pollution" or "assimilation" targeting consciousness itself. It amplified fatigue, distorted the senses, and tried to pull their consciousness into a kind of "dream" or "static" state synchronized with that giant eye.

He held Lin Ya, who was almost unconscious, tightly in his arms. His eyes were more solemn than ever before. He looked around and found that everyone was shrouded in this hazy light. Everyone's face showed struggle and confusion, and their movements became slow and stiff.

They seemed to be entangled in an invisible spider web, or as if they had been thrown into a huge, warm amber, slowly solidifying.

The eerie, mysterious light slowly dissipated like the receding tide, and the heavy weariness lessened accordingly, though it did not completely disappear.

Xu Hao's consciousness seemed to struggle out of a sticky swamp, and he laboriously opened his heavy, leaden eyelids.

"Ugh..." A suppressed groan escaped his throat, accompanied by a severe headache and a feeling of weakness throughout his body. He found himself collapsed on a cold, hard ground.

He tried to mobilize the energy within his body, but only felt an empty void. The feeling of being closely connected with the fused energy was completely severed, as if the source of power had been instantly drained, leaving only a heart-palpitating emptiness and powerlessness.

This feeling disturbed him more than any physical pain.

Holy crap! Where did this come from?!

He forced himself to calm down, took a deep breath, and the cool air pierced his lungs, slightly dispelling his dizziness.

He concentrated his remaining spiritual energy and sensed inward. Although he had lost his power, the accompanying system was still there!

Xu Hao's tense nerves relaxed slightly.

He found a bottle of "Eternal Snow Frost" in his backpack, used all his strength to uncork it, and tilted his head back to drink the thick, snow-like liquid inside in one gulp.

An extreme chill instantly spread from his throat to his entire body, as if freezing his internal organs for a moment. But then, this chill transformed into a cool breeze, washing away his tired mind and weak body.

My headache has lessened considerably, and I've regained some strength in my limbs. Although I'm far from being at my peak, at least I'm no longer completely at the mercy of others.

Riding on this momentum of recovery, Xu Hao struggled to sit up and looked around.

He found himself in a strange and magnificent space, which looked like a corner of a huge underground palace.

The towering walls, constructed of huge, rough, grayish-white stones, extend upwards and disappear into the unseen darkness.

Every so often, an old-fashioned metal torch holder is embedded in the wall, with leaping flames burning on it, making a crackling sound. The orange-yellow light dispels some of the darkness, but also casts large, swaying, and distorted shadows on the ground and walls.

The overall color scheme of the space appears monotonous and oppressive, consisting of only the gray and white of the stone, the orange-yellow of the firelight, and shadows so thick they seem impenetrable.

The air was thick with a mixture of dust, dampness, and some indescribable ancient scent, cold and stagnant. The ground beneath my feet was made of the same stone slabs, polished quite smoothly, but the wear and tear of time was still visible.

Xu Hao's sharp gaze swept over every detail, but his heart grew heavier and heavier.

There was no Lin Ya, no Shi Shaowei, no Tie Lan, not a single team member. After that strange light, he seemed to have been teleported to this unknown place, and... he was all alone.

Xu Haoqiang propped himself up and warily surveyed the gloomy underground space.

As far as the eye could see, the massive stone walls were rough and cold, the flickering firelight casting twisted and dancing shadows upon them, adding to the eeriness. The air was thick with the mixed smells of dust and dampness, along with an indescribable sense of decay.

It's dimly lit, and it looks kind of familiar...

Isn't this the Unknown Dark Palace?!

It was in the unknown dark temple on the continent of Fama that Miaoyu found the controlled Director General and met Thursday for the first time.

Later, Xu Hao ordered the Liyue Pavilion's exploration team to search the continent of Fama for a long time, but they still couldn't find it. He then inquired about the location of the Unknown Dark Temple.

Strangely, after that, the specific information about the Unknown Dark Palace disappeared from her mind.

It was as if it had been sealed by some kind of force.

I never expected to find myself here.

He held onto the cold wall, moving carefully and quietly, trying not to make a sound.

Luckily, we didn't encounter any deer, sheep, or rake cats. Otherwise, things would have been terrible.

In my current state, I'm not afraid of encountering the Woma leader, but if I encounter these things, I'm definitely going to die.

In the end, there was nothing...

Their eyes searched carefully in the shadowy areas where the firelight couldn't reach.

Soon, his gaze settled on an area not far away. There, scattered were more than a dozen objects of varying sizes, shaped like giant silkworm cocoons.

These cocoons were a translucent grayish-white color, their surface seemingly covered by a viscous, slightly wriggling membrane that reflected an unusual luster in the firelight. Through that membrane, one could vaguely make out the outline of a human figure inside.

Xu Hao's heart tightened, and he quickly approached. He leaned closer to a larger cocoon, and by the firelight, he carefully examined the figure curled up inside, wearing familiar armor—it was Shi Shaowei!

Next to her was Tie Lan, her signature staff stuck diagonally inside the cocoon. Then came Mu Qing, Zi Yu, Miao Yu… and Lin Ya, who was hugging her knees tightly, pale-faced, seemingly having a nightmare.

Everyone was trapped inside these strange cocoons, motionless, as if they had lost all life.

This is... just like what I encountered back in Demon Dragon Ridge!

Having confirmed his companion's location, Xu Hao no longer hesitated. Although his body was weak and his mental strength was far from what it used to be, he immediately focused his mind and communicated with the teleportation ring on his hand and the memory set that came with it.

He silently chanted the incantation, "Unity of Heaven and Earth," while simultaneously mobilizing his remaining spiritual energy to activate the suit's function.

A faint light flashed on the ring, and a weak but clear spatial fluctuation spread out from him.