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"Click".

A crisp metallic clang rang out in the darkness.

That was the sound of the backup generator forcibly engaging gear.

A few seconds later, the emergency lights on the ceiling came on.

A dark red light flickered in the corridor.

The light of this color shone on the metal fragments scattered on the ground, giving off a rusty smell.

Li Haotian loosened the bundle of cables that were still sparking.

He patted the black ash off his palms and walked back.

"Brother Dazhu, can you hear me?"

Su Wan's voice came through the earpiece again, accompanied by static.

"The signal dropped for three seconds just now, it scared me to death."

"My surveillance footage is all pixelated. How's yours?"

Li Haotian stepped on and smashed an integrated circuit board that had fallen to the ground.

"The lights are on, but the color is too rustic, like an old-fashioned village mill."

As he spoke, he stepped across the two-meter-wide hole and returned to the center of the restaurant's ruins.

The large stainless steel pot filled with braised pork hadn't been poured out yet.

Lin Mo was squatting on the chair, holding a plastic fork in his hand.

She tilted her head, her purple eyes blinking in the red light.

"Haotian, the fire's gone out, the meat's getting cold quickly."

Lin Mo pointed to the stove with some worry.

Li Haotian chuckled and bent down to pick up the bowl that he had just squeezed out of shape.

He used a slotted spoon to scoop out the remaining pieces of meat from the bottom of the pot.

"Let's just eat this; it's better than drinking that purple soda."

He sat down next to Lin Mo with his bowl in his hand.

The researchers who were originally huddled under the table didn't dare to move at this moment.

They stared at Li Haotian's back, their eyes like they were looking at an ancient Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The two-meter-tall defense commander is still stuck in the crack in the wall.

Dozens of fully armed soldiers are now pointing their guns at their toes, not daring to breathe loudly.

"Brother Dazhu, although the surveillance cameras are black, I can feel the energy field on the island contracting."

Su Wan's voice became somewhat hurried.

"It felt strange, like a giant vacuum cleaner was working."

"The location is right where you are standing now, about ten meters underground."

Li Haotian was using a fork to poke at a piece of pork belly.

He carefully shook off the top layer of ginger slices and then brought it to Lin Mo's lips.

"Ten meters underground? Are you planning to burrow underground and escape?"

Lin Mo opened his mouth and bit into the piece of meat with a "whoosh".

She ate until her mouth was covered in glistening oil, a satisfied little expression on her face.

No, he's rising.

Su Wan's voice suddenly rose a pitch.

"It's not like a physical ascent in an elevator, it's an energy level transition!"

"Get off that table!"

Li Haotian raised an eyebrow.

He didn't move, but simply placed the stainless steel bowl he was holding face down on the table.

"Stop yelling, Silent Reading hasn't had enough to eat yet."

Lin Mo was chewing on the meat when his nose suddenly twitched twice.

She slammed her fork on the table, her brow furrowing deeply.

"Haotian, the bitterness has intensified again, like moldy tree bark."

The floor tiles in the center of the restaurant began to tremble without warning.

The once-solid marble floors are now bubbling with purple bubbles, like boiling water.

A purple light peeked out from the crack.

The light wasn't dazzling, but it carried a heavy, oppressive feeling that made one's heart ache.

It was as if the oxygen in the air had been sucked out instantly.

The researchers coughed painfully.

Several of the weaker individuals rolled their eyes and fainted.

Li Haotian stood up and pulled Lin Mo behind him.

He casually picked up the iron spoon that he had used as a weapon.

"Boss, your venue fee is pretty expensive. And now you want me to pay for removing the floor tiles?"

The purple light twisted rapidly in the air.

They came together and stretched out a human figure more than three meters tall.

That thing had no flesh and blood, nor was it a holographic projection like the one from before.

It is composed of countless tiny purple lightning bolts and black shadows.

Lightning danced in the shadows, making a rustling sound like thousands of silkworms eating mulberry leaves.

The outline of a human head takes shape at the top of the shadow.

That iconic monocle was also formed from pure purple light.

"Li Haotian".

The sound didn't come from the air.

It exploded directly in everyone's head.

Li Haotian rubbed his temples, looking at the purple energy ball with some disdain.

"Don't talk to me like that. Are we that close?"

He spat out the unlit cigarette butt from his mouth.

"Did you design it like a giant light bulb to save on electricity bills?"

The purple humanoid figure trembled slightly.

The air around it was ionized, emitting a pungent ozone smell.

"You have exceeded my expectations time and time again."

The boss's voice became hollow and distant, devoid of any emotion.

"From that abandoned laboratory in Jinghaiting to the underground lair of Donghai University."

"You have destroyed decades of my hard work, the ladder to eternity."

Li Haotian waved the iron spoon in his hand.

"Stairs? Do your stairs have tentacles?"

"I think you're just bored and have nothing better to do than build these kinds of illegal structures."

The boss's purple phantom took a step forward.

The restaurant's lighting couldn't withstand the interference of this strong magnetic field.

"Slap! Slap!"

Several lamps shattered, scattering fragments all over the ground.

"Humble carbon-based life forms are always clinging to this kind of inefficient warmth."

The boss pointed to Lin Mo behind Li Haotian.

"She doesn't belong to you, nor does she belong to this lower-dimensional world."

"She is the seed planted by the gods, the only key left to this planet by the Mirror Civilization."

"It's ridiculous that you'd trade a gold brick for braised pork."

Lin Mo peeked out from behind Li Haotian.

She stared at the purple light, and the purple lines in her eyes began to swirl wildly.

"You are the gold brick, your whole family is gold brick."

Lin Mo retorted loudly.

"You smell awful, like a rotten medicine bottle."

The boss's shadowy figure rippled violently.

It was as if those words had touched a nerve with him.

"It seems I'll have to take matters into my own hands and reclaim my 'collection'."

He raised one hand.

The purple shadow stretched out in mid-air.

Finally, it transformed into thin, long, purple tentacles, like strands of hair.

These tentacles twitched erratically in the air.

Any object touched by the tentacles, whether metal or stone, silently turned into purple powder.

Li Haotian narrowed his eyes.

The skin on the back of his hand had a dull golden-red tinge.

That scorching energy, originating from the ancient golden crow, began to surge through his blood.

"Recycle?"

Li Haotian sneered.

He slammed his right foot on the floor.

"I have a problem."

"Once something is in my pocket, even the King of Hell can't take it away."

"Not to mention you, you purple soot with no face at all."

The boss didn't waste any more words.

The purple tentacles accelerated instantly.

They wove a huge purple net, which covered the two of them from head to toe.

The air in the entire restaurant was vacuumed out by this net.

A dull sonic boom echoed all around.

"Brother Dazhu, don't take it head-on! His wavelength is off!"

Su Wan screamed into her earpiece.

Li Haotian had no intention of hiding at all.

He took a big step, the iron spoon in his hand leaving a golden-red afterimage.

"when!"

A crisp metallic clang echoed through the ground.

The iron spoon struck the net formed by the purple tentacles, producing a sound similar to striking a steel plate.

Golden-red flames and purple electric sparks intertwined.

The strong wind ruffled the hem of Li Haotian's clothes.

The muscles in his arm bulged suddenly, pressing the iron spoon down halfway.

"You're already out of energy?"

Li Haotian stared at the center of that purple light.

"If that's all you're capable of, I suggest you go back to being a third wheel."

The boss let out a cold snort.

The purple light suddenly became blinding.

The entire restaurant was bathed in this light, making it look like a giant purple sauna.

"Here, I am the Creator."

As he spoke, the surrounding rubble slowly rose to the surface.

Under the pull of the purple light, these pebbles recombine.

Less than three seconds.

Four giants made of metal and rubble blocked the four exits of the restaurant.

These giants were wreathed in purple lightning.

On their heads, there is a large, single purple eye.

"Kill the intruders and take the mother."

The boss gave the instructions.

The four giant monsters moved at the same time.

The entire island was as if it had been hit by a magnitude 5 earthquake, with pipes in the ceiling bursting one after another.

Cold water and steam sprayed everywhere.

Li Haotian exhaled a breath of stale air.

He tossed the iron spoon aside and reached down to touch his lower back.

There was a red-hot bronze dagger hidden there.

"Mo Mo, don't drink the orange juice yet."

Li Haotian turned his head and said something.

"Go squat in the corner, and remember to plug your ears."

Lin Mo obediently picked up the two bottles of orange juice and ran to the farthest load-bearing wall.

She squatted on the ground, her eyes wide open.

"Haotian, hit that glowing one, he's suffering the most!"

Li Haotian nodded.

He gripped the hilt of the dagger and slowly drew it out.

The moment the blade leaves the scabbard.

The entire dark and gloomy restaurant seemed to be bathed in the light of a small sun.

That oppressive purple hue quickly dissipated under the golden-red firelight.

Li Haotian stared at the purple humanoid figure in front of him that kept changing shape.

He stretched his neck.

The bones made a crisp sound.

"We haven't finished this meal yet, so let's stick to the rules of the underworld."

Li Haotian lowered his body slightly.

His heels had already left the ground.

"Or you can pay the bill and get out."

"Or, I'll send this puff of soot to meet the King of Hell."

The boss let out a mocking laugh.

"Then go collect your debt in the underworld."

The four giant stone monsters roared.

Their millstone-like fists slammed down hard on the spot where Li Haotian was.

The air was compressed to its limit at that moment.

And surrounded by many enemies.

The golden-red light did not extinguish; instead, it burst forth with unprecedented brightness.

"Whoosh!"

Li Haotian has disappeared.

Only a series of fragmented afterimages remained in the same spot.

One of the giants' heads exploded into a shower of stone fragments a hundredth of a second later.

Amidst the rubble, Li Haotian gripped his knife with one hand.

His figure appeared and disappeared amidst the purple lightning.

"Brother Dazhu, the energy reading is still rising!"

Su Wan frantically typed on the keyboard.

"This isn't a battle between humans, it's like two planets colliding!"

The alarm system on the entire Abyss Island was acting like it had gone mad.

All the horns that weren't broken were screaming.

"Warning! Core area collapse, danger level: Devastation!"

In a corner of the restaurant.

Lin Mo hugged the orange juice bottle and muttered to himself.

"Why does this guy talk so much? Why not just smash him?"

The purple light in her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

In the depths of her pupils, faintly.

A purple lily is quietly blooming.

That was some ancient will that had been dormant for thousands of years.

Amidst the clash of golden-red and purple light, it slowly opened its eyes.

The sound of the waves crashing grew heavier.

At this moment, the entire underwater base seemed to have transformed into an altar of some colossal creature.

Awaiting the final sacrifice.