Golden Shovel Survival: One Lucky Star and One Colorful Hex

Chapter 263 The Void Experiment Base of the Black Rose!
In the dark cave, the sweet, pungent smell of decaying leaves and moss permeated the damp air.

At this moment, Zyra's upper body leaned weakly against the stone wall, her pale fingertips digging deeply into the cracks in the rock, her knuckles turning bluish-white from the excessive force. Her lower body had completely transformed into a giant vine, its thick stem coiling like a giant python, cracking the cave ceiling, with fluorescent magical elements surging between its dark green veins.

Mo Lang's pupils contracted sharply, because the violent magical elements were actually mixed with the power of the void!

That was the corrupting power that shared the same origin as the Watcher, and it was consuming Zyra's spirit along the veins of the vines.

"Uh-"

Zyra's scream suddenly rang out again, and several giant black flower buds suddenly bloomed at the top of the vines. The edges of the petals were covered with serrated barbs, but inside, a deep blue starry sky surged, like the color of the void.

She tilted her head back, as if trying her best to suppress the pain. Spiderweb-like black lines appeared on her neck, and her originally emerald green eyes were replaced by vertical pupils.

But when she saw Mo Lang appear, a hint of panic and tension immediately appeared in her eyes. She seemed not to want Mo Lang to see her in such a wretched state. Her voice was hoarse from the tearing of plant roots as she pleaded, "Please go back. I don't want you to see me like this."

"Do not move!"

Mo Lang placed one hand directly on a vine beside him and said in an unquestionable tone, "I can save you."

Mo Lang immediately saw Zyra's problem. She seemed to be corrupted by the power of the Void, and her body had absorbed so many violent magical elements from the Twisted Treeline. The two were directly raging within her, and Zyra couldn't suppress them at all.

If I hadn't come today, the other party would probably have become an even more terrifying being than the Darkin.

However, Mo Lang didn't have time to ask why the other party was corrupted by the void; saving people was the priority.

Just as Mo Lang placed his hand on the vine, Zyra's body suddenly trembled, and a blush appeared on her face. However, Mo Lang did not notice this and instead released his Void Power, carefully absorbing the Void Power within her body.

At the same time, the laws of creation surged forth, suppressing or purifying those raging magical elements.

Time passed slowly, and Zyra's breathing gradually calmed down. The pain she had been enduring on her face eased considerably, though her cheeks remained flushed and she kept her head down.

"Phew~ It's finally done!"

After completely transferring the Void power from Zyra's body to himself, Mo Lang let out a long breath.

"Hmm~"

But at that moment, Zyra suddenly made a strange sound, as if she was trying her best to endure something, wanting to scream but not daring to make a sound.

"Ok?"

Mo Lang looked at Zyra, who hadn't recovered yet, with a strange expression. What was that "sexy" commotion?
Just then, the flower buds on Zyra's vines burst into bloom, instantly filling the entire cave with pink pollen.

"Holy crap, Zyra, how did you suddenly bloom?"

Mo Lang waved his hand, his vision obscured by the dense pink pollen.

But the next second, he felt something was wrong. His whole body suddenly started to feel hot, just like the feeling of being drugged in TV dramas!
"Holy crap, what's with Zyra's pollen? You've come to terms with it, but I'm not ready yet!" Mo Lang panicked immediately.

The next second, he felt his mouth suddenly being sealed by soft lips.

This was like lighting a fuse for Mo Lang, and he immediately felt himself being enveloped by vines.

Only one thought remained.

Holy crap, Zyra, I treated you like a brother, and you actually want to...

……

……

Inside the underground cave, Mo Lang lay on a soft bed woven with vines, gazing at Zyra, whose face was flushed with shyness, his expression extremely complex.

"I don't need you to take responsibility."

Jera didn't dare look Mo Lang in the eye, and whispered with her head down.

“I will definitely take responsibility. Although I’m not a very loyal person, at least I’m responsible,” Mo Lang said, looking at Jera with a determined gaze.

He wouldn't call himself a devoted and good man, but he considered himself a responsible one.

"Young Master Mo..."

Upon hearing this, Jiela suddenly looked up at Mo Lang, her eyes red and pity-filled, making Mo Lang feel heartbroken.

"I...I didn't know this would happen. It's just that the vine you touched gave me a strange feeling, and then..." Jera lowered her head, too shy to continue.

"What's done is done, and I will take responsibility for you."

Mo Lang pinched Jera's cheek and said, "And next time something like this happens, you must let me know immediately, okay?"

"understood……"

"Jera said in a soft, sweet voice."

She lowered her head, not daring to look Mo Lang in the eye, like a bullied child, completely different from her previous aloof personality.

Or perhaps her aloofness is simply a result of her poor communication skills, a protective facade?

Actually, he was just a quiet, easily bullied person.
"By the way, how did you get corrupted by the power of the void?" Mo Lang remembered a crucial point.

"It must be because of this Void Crystal."

Zyra looked toward the wall to her left, where a purplish-red crystal was embedded. Cracks, like rifts in the void, appeared around the crystal, and void energy was being continuously absorbed by it through these cracks.

"There's actually a void rift here too!"

Upon seeing the crack, Mo Lang immediately recognized it as a void rift, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

However, this crack was extremely small, and only a continuous stream of void power could seep through it and be absorbed by the void crystal.

Then, as if it had a will, the void crystal began to expand the void rift, seemingly trying to draw more void power.

"Puff! Puff!"

"It still has a heartbeat!"

Just as Mo Lang finished dressing and walked over, he suddenly heard a faint heartbeat. He looked closely and discovered that the heartbeat was coming from the crystal core.

"Jera, do you know what this is?" Mo Lang asked curiously.

"When I was absorbing the remaining magical elements here, I read some ancient books. This place seemed to be a magical experimental base, but it's not actually one. This is a laboratory for researching the void!"

Zyra said with a solemn expression, "What they call Void Crystals seems to be a heart transplanted from a severely injured Void Monster."

"Therefore, I suspect that the experiment was actually conducted using the Black Rose tissue!"

(End of this chapter)