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Chapter 714 is just a bit of a disappointment.

But the messages these sentinels conveyed to her were all very negative.

Their souls cried out and struggled weakly, but were powerless to sink into this black swamp.

Yu Xia sensed their pain and watched them struggle helplessly, yet still wanting to reach out and grab her tightly, to grasp the power that could save them. A feeling of pity arose in her heart.

She raised a hand, and the golden flower gave them power, while her own spiritual energy, imbued with the scent of the ocean, surged into a giant wave that swept across the entire space.

The dense swamp was diluted and purified by the water flow; the power of gold and the ocean swallowed up and cleansed the pollution.

Fragments of the sentries' memories flashed before Yu Xia's eyes—

A border watchtower stands under a gray-black sky, surrounded by harsh conditions, devoid of normal flora and fauna, and even lacking clean water.

It often rains, but rainwater is corrosive and cannot be drunk.

The polluted land can no longer grow normal plants. Those plants that glow at night are either highly poisonous or more aggressive than some animals.

Not far from this border outpost lies a contaminated area, where alien species and pollutants frequently appear.

The sentries at the watchtower welcomed these things; they were their most delicious food.

Seeing these memories, Yu Xia finally understood where the pollution that made them different from others came from.

They had consumed too many alien species, some of which had likely parasitized them. However, some sentinels possessed strong enough willpower to remain mentally uncorrupted, thus maintaining a strange balance with the contamination within them.

Living in the presence of pollution is not a good thing; the inner beauty and emotions of the sentinels will be gradually eroded by the pollution.

Yu Xia was submerged in the water, looking down at the bottom.

The spot where she was standing had been cleaned and purified.

However, what was revealed was not the ground, but a red, spiderweb-like fungal carpet.

Between the spiderwebs are fragments of the mental landscape, emitting a faint white light due to purification, as if telling Yu Xia that they still exist.

Upon seeing this, Yu Xia's expression froze.

This mental landscape space is like an ordinary antique that has been buried underground for many years and is already on the verge of becoming extremely fragile.

Those net-like heterogeneous fungal mats actually served a protective function; otherwise, their mental landscape would have collapsed immediately.

It was these alien invasions that caused these sentinels to share a common mental landscape.

No wonder Kaiser could control them; he possessed energy ore imbued with the power of the Red God, allowing him to easily control these Sentinels whose bodies were completely corrupted and parasitized.

Yu Xia felt something was off again. With that energy ore, Cather wouldn't need her to go through all that trouble.

Sure enough, what he wanted most was to use that ore to control her.

Yu Xia placed her hand on her chest, feeling the power belonging to Selius. Fortunately, she had replaced the ore.

The sentries thrashed about in the water, washing away the black mud from their bodies.

Some of them regained consciousness and surfaced from the water, still dazed, only knowing that they were in the water.

They wanted to get ashore, so a small piece of land emerged from the water.

Some of the sentries climbed out of the water and onto the shore on their own, while others, exhausted, lay or sat on the ground.

At this moment, in their sight, the golden flower hung in the air like the sun, radiating a bright and warm light.

A sentry reached out and touched the "sun," revealing a bitter smile.

They didn't know how long it had been since they had felt such light, but alas, it was too late.

Yu Xia, seeing that the purification was almost complete, was about to withdraw the water flow when several fragments of memories flashed past her—

It was the same border watchtower she had just seen, but she recognized the people in the picture.

A teenager got into a fight with a group of sentries and was beaten until his face and body were covered in blood.

Yu Xia could only identify Alex from those cold, stubborn emerald eyes. Alex was no match for the four men and was knocked to the ground, then kicked against the wall by the sentry.

The scene flashes by, showing Alex sitting alone in a dark, cramped room, biting on bandages as he stitches himself up and applies medicine.

In places like this, food is scarce, let alone medicine.

Perhaps it was too painful, Alex's face was tense and his forehead was covered in sweat.

The scene shifts again, showing Alex sitting slenderly in front of a fire, roasting a piece of meat of unknown origin.

Beside him lay numerous corpses of contaminated materials and alien species.

As if sensing someone was watching him, Alex turned his head and his eyes met Yu Xia's for a moment.

The screen disappears.

Yu Xia was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and began searching quickly in the water.

Alex's memories appear here, and he is also within this mental landscape!

Yu Xiaxin's heart sank little by little; she wanted to see him, yet she didn't want to see him.

Whether he is there or not, it is a terrible thing.

Yu Xia searched the water but couldn't find Alex.

There were too many Sentinels present, and she couldn't sense Alex's presence either.

She pulled back the water, surfaced, and shouted Alex's name.

"Alex!"

Yu Xia searched everywhere for him, while the sentinels, now purified, silently watched her anxious search.

"Who is she looking for? Alex?" the sentry asked in surprise.

“Yes, Alex,” said one of their squad leaders, Sevi.

The sentries leaned against each other, looking much more relaxed.

"Look how anxious she is. Alex, that kid, always has such good luck."

Another sentry said, "He's probably pretty much dead by now."

"Should we talk to her? Stop looking. Even if we find her, it'll only be a disappointment."

"Those two brothers are ruthless towards their own people."

"Fighting each other, is that a tradition of the snake family?"

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"Alex! Where are you?"

Yu Xia's figure gradually disappeared into the darkness. The sentries who were resting saw her getting farther and farther away, while the "sun" was still shining overhead and had not moved. They all stood up, supporting themselves.

Their mental landscape is not closed off; the closer they get to the edge, the more dangerous it becomes.

There are also many lingering corpses of sentinels there. Their bodies are dead, but their consciousnesses are trapped inside due to contamination, tormenting the remaining sentinels.

"We can't let her get past here again." As Xiwei spoke, his figure transformed into a spiritual form and quickly swam towards Yu Xia's direction.

The other sentries also transformed into spiritual entities and followed behind him.

However, they were still a step too late.

Before the edge where the golden flower's light could reach, the swamp had already swallowed Ivy's figure.

"hiss!"

The sentries' eyes sharpened instantly. Just as they were about to search for someone in the swamp, the swamp suddenly churned violently, and hands lifted them up. Yu Xia was lifted high by these hands, and in her arms was Alex's semi-transparent body.