Doomsday Reboot: My Superpowers Absorb Everything

The moment the golden powder landed on the bronze altar, Lin Ye heard the crisp sound of scales shattering. In the grooves paved with white-scaled snake scales, blue and golden light collided violently, like a red-hot iron plunged into ice water, emitting pungent white smoke. The golden cup in the Black Crow Hall leader's hand fell to the ground with a thud, blood splattering onto the rune chains. Suddenly, the red light reversed course, flowing along the chains into the incubation chambers—five chambers immersed in liquid. Simultaneously, the tumors on their chests throbbed violently, striking the glass walls with dull echoes.

"You ruined the ritual!" The leader's hoarse roar was laced with sobs as he lunged at the bronze box in the center of the altar. Inside was a red crystal the size of a pigeon's egg—the "mother core" extracted from Bloodface's heart. "If we melt this core, Container Six can evolve!"

As Lin Ye's energy blade struck the box, bronze fragments flew everywhere. Suddenly, the red crystal erupted with a blinding red light, like an open vertical pupil, locking onto his silver pattern. A piercing pain shot through his right arm, and the blue light of the silver pattern was suppressed by the red light, constantly retreating as if it were about to be completely swallowed up.

"This is a nucleus cultivated from the heart of a white-scaled snake cub!" The leader grinned savagely as he lunged forward, a bone knife covered in red freckles in his hand. "Your silver markings are no match for it!"

The moment the bone knife pierced through, Lin Ye suddenly changed his move, grabbing a handful of white-scaled snake scale powder with his left hand and scattering it at his opponent. The leader screamed in agony from the burning powder, and the instant the bone knife left his hand, the giant claw of Container Six smashed through the stone door at the entrance of the passage. Fungal hyphae spewing from the red tumor poured in like a waterfall, instantly wrapping around the leader's ankle.

"No--!"

The leader's screams were swallowed by the mycelium, and its body rapidly expanded in the red light, eventually merging with the mycelium of Container Six. The tumor on the container's chest split open, revealing the pulsating nucleus inside. Its previously cloudy eyes suddenly lit up with a red light, locking onto the cultivation chamber on the altar.

"It's going to devour the other containers!" Lin Ye's energy shield blocked the incubation chamber. The clash between the silver patterns and the red crystal had already caused his blood to surge, and blood kept spilling from the corners of his mouth. "We must destroy the incubation chamber before it fuses with the mother core!"

He rushed towards the nearest incubation chamber, his energy blade striking the glass wall but leaving only a shallow white mark. The glass was infused with red pupa mycelium, its hardness comparable to an alloy. Suddenly, the container inside the incubation chamber opened its eyes, a pale hand pressed against the glass, and an identical hand immediately mirrored itself outside, its sharp nails clawing towards Lin Ye's throat.

"Damn it, another mirror image!" Lin Ye dodged to the side, sweeping his energy blade across, but the energy blade reflected in the image made his arm go numb. He then realized that although these immature containers could not move freely, they could replicate external attack moves through the liquid in the cultivation chamber.

The giant claw of Container Six suddenly slammed into the edge of the altar, causing the entire underground space to shake violently. Lin Ye was jolted backward, crashing into the incubation chamber, where spiderweb-like cracks immediately spread across the glass walls. His eyes lit up—these containers are sensitive to shock!

"I've got an idea!" Lin Ye's energy blade stopped attacking the glass and instead slashed at the stone pillars of the altar. Each impact caused the incubation chamber to shake violently, the container inside emitted painful roars, and the mirroring ability became intermittent.

The Crimson Crystal Core seemed to sense the danger and suddenly flew out of the tumor in Container Six, crashing into the incubation chamber like a red meteor. Lin Ye's silver patterns erupted to their maximum, and dark purple energy wove into an impenetrable net in mid-air. The Crimson Crystal crashed into the net, emitting a piercing shriek, and cracks began to appear on its surface.

"Now!" Lin Ye grabbed the runic chain from the altar, wrapped one end around the energy blade, and swung the other end toward the giant claw of Container Six. The container instinctively grabbed the chain, and the red light from the red crystal mother core traveled along the chain, instantly exploding on its body—it turned out that these runes could not only transmit energy, but also backfire!

Container number six let out a deafening roar, its giant claws convulsing in the red light, and the fleshy growth on its chest swelled like a ripe fruit. Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Ye sprinkled the last handful of sunflower powder onto the cracks in the culture chamber. The golden powder seeped into the liquid through the cracks, and the fleshy growths in the containers suddenly contracted violently, smashing against the glass walls and creating more and more cracks.

"Click—"

The moment the first incubation chamber shattered, the container inside suddenly burst forth with a dazzling white light. Its body rapidly decomposed within the light, transforming into countless golden specks that merged into the sunflower powder. Immediately afterward, the second, the third... five containers shattered in succession, all the specks converging into a golden torrent that surged towards the red crystal core like a miniature sun.

The crimson crystal emitted a desperate shriek amidst the golden light. The crimson light quickly faded, revealing the skeletal remains of a white-scaled snake cub curled up inside. It turned out that the core of the mother core was actually made from the skeleton of a white-scaled snake cub!

Container No. 6 lost the support of the mother core, and its huge body began to collapse. The red sha mycelium receded like a tide, revealing the human body wrapped underneath—a boy about the same age as the child in the cryogenics room, with a scaly birthmark on his chest that had not been devoured.

Lin Ye's silvery light gently brushed against the boy's cheek. The instant the blue light seeped in, the boy suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils reflecting golden specks of light, like a starry sky. "Thank you..." the boy's voice was weak, his finger pointing below the altar, "There's... a seventh container... in..."

Before he could finish speaking, his body transformed into specks of light, merging with the golden torrent. Lin Ye's silver markings suddenly flared intensely, his senses spreading in the direction the boy had indicated—beneath the altar, in the soil, lay a gigantic red tumor, ten meters in diameter, covered with eyes the size of an infant's fist, staring intently at him, their pupils reflecting countless struggling figures.

"It's... the real Mother Nest!" Lin Ye's heart pounded wildly as he finally understood the purpose of the Black Raven Church's ritual—they weren't trying to cultivate six containers, but rather to use the energy from those six containers to awaken the Mother Nest hidden beneath the church's foundation!

The Mother Nest's eyes turned to him simultaneously, and countless red mycelium surged from the soil, coiling around his body like a giant red python. Lin Ye's energy shield rapidly thinned under the corrosion of the mycelium, and the blue light of the silver pattern grew dimmer and dimmer. He could feel his life force being sucked away by the Mother Nest little by little.

Just then, the church bells suddenly changed tone, no longer the dull "dong dong," but becoming crisp and rapid, as if someone were striking the bells with vines. Lin Ye's silver markings suddenly sensed a familiar green energy and quickly approached along the passage—it was Su Ya!

"Lin Ye! Catch this!" Su Ya's voice came from the entrance of the passage. Green energy, carrying a giant sunflower seed, flew towards him like a small cannonball. "This is a 'Purified Seed' cultivated using the bile of a white-scaled snake and the light spots of a container!"

Lin Ye caught the seed with all his might, and the blue light of the silver pattern merged instantly with the golden light of the seed. The seed sprouted rapidly in his palm, and the golden vines with scale-like thorns rushed towards the mother nest like an angry dragon. Wherever it passed, the red fungus melted away, revealing the fertile black soil beneath.

The mother nest let out a piercing scream, and blood-red tears streamed from all its eyes. Countless human skeletons seeped from the soil, all victims devoured by it. The purifying vines spread along the skeletons, and golden flowers bloomed on them, emitting a healing fragrance.

When the last flower bloomed, the mother nest completely collapsed, turning into a pool of clear spring water that nourished the black soil beneath its feet. Lin Ye slumped to the ground, watching the golden vines climb all over the underground space, thoroughly purifying the remaining red rashes mycelium. A sudden wave of unprecedented exhaustion washed over him.

Hurried footsteps echoed from the passageway. Su Ya stumbled in, a faint glow of green energy emanating from her palm. Seeing that Lin Ye was unharmed, tears welled up instantly. "You scared me to death..." she cried, throwing herself into his arms. "Skinny Monkey said you were trapped down there, I..."

Lin Ye held her tightly, the silver-patterned blue light intertwining with her green energy, and the weariness was gradually replaced by warmth. "It's over," he said softly, his chin resting on the top of her head. "The Mother Nest has been purified."

Skinny Monkey and Old Zheng ran in after them, and were stunned to see the golden flowers covering the ground and the clear spring water. "These...these are sunflowers?" Skinny Monkey's iron spear fell to the ground. "How come they look like little suns?"

Lin Ye picked up a golden petal, its surface faintly marked with silver veins. "They've absorbed the energy of the container and the essence of the mother nest; they're no longer ordinary sunflowers." He looked at the spring water, which reflected the church dome. "This spring water can purify the red rashes mycelium. We can channel it back to the fortress and completely cleanse the surrounding pollution."

The cleanup of the church lasted three days. Ironhoof soldiers irrigated the streets with purifying spring water, which quickly dissolved the red rashes, revealing the underlying bluestone pavement. Meanwhile, the migrants collected golden sunflower seeds, intending to take them back to the fortress to plant.

On the day he left the church, Lin Ye stood in front of the bell tower, watching Skinny Monkey and Old Zheng dismantle the eerie bell. The inside of the bell was covered with runes of the Black Crow Hall. After being poured with purifying spring water, the runes gradually faded, revealing the white snake scales embedded inside.

"So the bell's sound can control the Red Sha Corpse because of these scales." The skinny monkey used an iron spear to pick out a scale, which shimmered blue in the sunlight. "The Black Crow Hall is truly scheming."

Lin Ye put the scales into his backpack. The moment the silver pattern touched the scales, it suddenly reflected a blurry image—a vast grassland with herds of mutated horses running across it. At the foot of the distant mountains, a castle built of bones stood, with a blood-dripping skull painted on its flag.

"What...is that place?" Suya's green energy gently brushed across the scales, making the image clearer.

Lin Ye's silver scales flared intensely. He could feel the evil energy emanating from the image, more violent and primal than that of the Black Crow Hall and the Corpse Mother. "It's a new threat." He gripped the scales tightly, his eyes hardening. "But we have the purifying spring, the golden sunflowers, and each other."

On the way back, tiny green shoots had already sprouted on the land irrigated by the purified spring water. Looking at those tender shoots, Lin Ye suddenly remembered what the child in the freezer had said—"Seeds grow better in red sand soil."

Perhaps the disaster has never truly ended, but life will always find its way, taking root in the ruins and blooming in the face of adversity. Just like these sunflowers, even when contaminated by red rashes and exploited by the Black Crow Hall, they can ultimately transform into a power to purify everything, carrying hope and continuing to grow.

The fortress's outline grew clearer in the setting sun, and golden flowers bloomed all over the vines of the steel forest, like flowing sunlight adorning the high walls. Lin Ye reined in his horse and glanced back towards the old town; the church steeple shimmered in the twilight, like a star guarding this land.

He knew that a new journey was about to begin, and the shadow of the Castle of Bones awaited in the distance. But as long as they were together, as long as the seed was still growing, nothing could stop them from moving forward.

The silver pattern on my right arm felt gently warm, reflecting the golden glow of the setting sun, like an inextinguishable flame illuminating the way home.