Legendary Person: I brought my skills back to reality!

As soon as Long finished speaking, the terrifying pressure that was like a solid mountain receded slowly like a tide. Although it was still heavy, it was no longer the kind of intensity that could crush a person instantly.

The cold, giant eye, suspended in the air, seemed to dim slightly, and finally, like a phantom, slowly dissipated into nothingness, as if it had never existed.

"..."

That cold, hollow voice completely disappeared from the depths of Xu Hao's consciousness.

A deathly silence fell over the surroundings, with only Xu Hao's heavy breathing and his companions' faint, unconscious breathing.

Xu Hao swayed his almost broken body and managed to stand up straight. He looked around, and this so-called "Unknown Dark Palace" was still so dark, oppressive, and full of unknowns and dangers.

Is the way back here? Go find it yourself?

This is not agreement at all, but a blatant insult and mockery!

Oboro didn't care whether he went back or not; it simply gave him a seemingly possible "task" as if it were teasing a child.

In reality, it was to let him personally experience the suffocating horror and grandeur of the Fama civilization in this despairing labyrinth, thereby completely destroying his last bit of will to resist.

Xu Hao clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms, drawing blood. He glanced at his still unconscious companions, a flicker of pain in his eyes, but more so a ruthless and resolute determination born of being driven to the brink.

"Let's go!" he growled, his voice hoarse. "We...we need to find a way!"

Whatever Oboro's purpose may be, their only option now is to continue exploring this perilous and unknown land. To find their way back, or... to find a glimmer of hope.

……

In the real world, deep underground in the strategic command center of the Bureau of Mystery, the air seemed to freeze.

The director stood in front of the huge electronic screen, his face ashen. The screen still displayed the chilling giant eye in the sky above Miami.

After the incident, he rushed back to his post immediately, but the situation he faced was a hundred times more difficult than he had anticipated.

At this moment, an elderly scientist with gray hair and thick glasses walked over hurriedly, holding a tablet computer in his hand. He looked tired, but his eyes were unusually bright, even somewhat excited.

"Director-General!" He walked up to the Director-General, his voice trembling slightly with excitement, "We've made a major discovery!"

The director turned his head and looked at him with sharp eyes: "Speak."

The elderly scientist immediately handed the tablet computer to the director, the screen displaying complex spectral analysis charts and energy fluctuation curves.

“We conducted continuous, high-precision detection and analysis of the energy field around that eye,”

He pointed to an unusually sharp peak on the screen, "Look here, this energy fluctuation pattern... we're very familiar with it!"

The director frowned slightly: "Familiar?"

"Yes!" The old scientist suddenly raised his voice, attracting the attention of several staff members around him. "Its basic characteristics are highly similar to the high-dimensional interference energy fluctuations that we first recorded in the Qingshan Village incident!"

That was the first time we encountered anomalous energy beyond our comprehension!

Qingshan Village! This name made the Director-General's pupils suddenly contract. That was the very beginning, the start of everything bizarre.

"However," the old scientist changed the subject, quickly swiping his finger across the tablet to bring up another set of comparative data.

"After our laboratory's tireless comparisons and modeling analyses, we have discovered an even more astonishing fact! The energy emanating from the eyes, while originating from the same source as the energy in the Qingshan Village incident, exhibits a near-perfect...reverse characteristic to the energy contained in the 'Spirit Awakening Stone' in a certain core nature!"

“Reverse characteristics?” the director repeated, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"It can be understood as a kind of 'negative energy' or 'reverse phase',"

The elderly scientist attempted to explain using more vivid language.

"Just like matter and antimatter, they have similar origins, but their essences are completely opposite."

The energy of the Enlightenment Stone tends to stabilize the real world and stimulate potential, while the energy emitted by this eye seems to be eroding and distorting reality, and has strong characteristics of mental pollution!

Our model simulations show that, theoretically, a violent annihilation reaction would occur once these two energies come into contact!

A brief silence fell over the command center, broken only by the low hum of the instruments. Everyone was stunned by the discovery. The Spirit Awakening Stones, the mysterious crystals mined from those Bull Demon Temples, which brought both power and strife, actually possessed energy properties opposite to the cataclysmic giant eye before them?

The senior scientist took a deep breath, his eyes becoming incredibly determined: "Director-General, based on this discovery, our laboratory has proposed a bold but theoretically feasible solution..."

Since their energy properties are opposite, perhaps... we can try using the energy of the Enlightenment Stone to neutralize or even destroy the energy field around that eye!

He paused for a moment, looked into the eyes of the Director General, and said, word by word, "We suggest that we immediately modify a batch of long-range missiles, using high-purity Enlightenment Stone powder or small raw stones as the core of the warhead, and accurately launch them into the energy-dense area near the giant eye, using the energy impact generated by their explosion to induce an annihilation reaction between the two energies!"

We have no other more effective means, and we have no time! We must try!

……

Unknown Dark Palace

The biting chill and mental exhaustion clung to him like maggots, gripping every cell. Xu Hao shook his head violently, trying to dispel the shadow left by the giant eye that seemed to tear his soul apart.

He took a deep breath; the air was cold and stagnant, carrying an indescribable stench of decay in his lungs.

He walked over to Shi Shaowei, who was closest to him, and gently patted his cheek, his voice hoarse: "Old Shi, wake up! Wake up!" Shi Shaowei's eyelids trembled a few times, and he let out a painful groan. His face was as pale as paper, clearly indicating that the mental shock he had just experienced had caused him great harm.

Xu Hao then turned to Lin Ya and the others, waking them up one by one. Each person seemed to have been pulled from deep water, carrying the bewilderment and weakness of someone who had survived a catastrophe.

When Lin Ya woke up, she clutched her throbbing forehead and asked weakly, "Xu Hao... that thing... is gone?"

"temporary."

Xu Hao helped her up, his gaze sweeping over the exhausted faces of the crowd. A pang of sorrow welled up in his heart, but it was quickly suppressed by a deeper resolve.

"It didn't intend to let us go, it just changed the way it tortured us. It said... the way back is in this godforsaken place, and we have to find it ourselves."