Survival of the Nation: My luck was a tiny bit worse.

"There's a reaction; the black mist is repelling the crystals."

Leng Ruolan's brows remained furrowed.

"But the rejection isn't complete; it's still trying to spread in this direction."

Sure enough, after a brief pause, the black mist began to churn again.

However, its surging direction was clearly deviated from the location of the crystal, as if magnets were repelling each other, as if it were pushed away by an invisible force field.

Chen Hao, speaking through the telepathic stone: "Crystallization is effective, but a single fragment definitely can't suppress it. Check if there are any other remnants of abyssal energy nearby, and pile them together!"

Leng Ruolan agreed, then immediately went with Ou Yun to search for the fragments in the surrounding area after cutting off the communication stone.

Looking around, the bottom of this canyon is covered with rocks eroded by abyssal energy.

The purple veins on the rock face are dense and resemble capillaries.

Leng Ruolan drew her dagger, walked to the nearest rock wall, and used the tip of the dagger to pry open the purple patterns.

A palm-sized crystalline fragment broke off from the rock wall and fell to the ground.

Leng Ruolan bent down and picked up the shards—sure enough, they were frozen solid like popsicles.

Ou Yun took the fragment and subconsciously took two steps toward the crack.

Sure enough, the black mist reacted even more noticeably, and the edge became disordered, like smoke blown about by the wind.

Having witnessed the entire event, the European Games commentator issued a sharp critique: "The closer you get to it, the more repulsed you become."

Without further ado, she immediately pried off several more crystal fragments.

Ou Yun picked them up one by one, holding the crystals in his hands, the purple light shining even brighter—but they were a little cold to the touch.

Leng Ruolan moved closer to the edge of the black mist and began to carefully observe the ground beneath it.

The tentacles were still swaying slowly, but much slower than before, and looked somewhat like twitching, as if the rejection reaction was intensifying.

Some of the tentacles even began to show cracks on their surface, with mucus dripping down the cracks, only to freeze into ice beads before hitting the ground with a snap.

"It actually works somewhat."

Leng Ruolan felt slightly relieved and stood up. "But it's probably not that simple. It must have noticed this situation and won't let it go."

Ou Yun thought for a moment, then opened the backpack and poured all the crystal fragments into his palm.

There were about seven or eight pieces, the largest of which was about the size of a fist—and then they were piled up again.

"Zibeng!"

The next second, an extremely piercing screech came from within the black mist.

The black mist churned and billowed like steam from a freshly opened steamer, as if something was struggling inside—

Europe is the closest.

Suddenly, something jolted Leng Ruolan's heart, and she instinctively cried out, "Big brother, be careful—"

Okay, but it's too late.

Although Ou Yun himself felt that something was wrong, he wanted to back down, but of course it was too late.

He clearly felt a mysterious force seemingly trying to invade his consciousness—then whispered in his ear:

Let me have access! Let me have access! Let me have access!

"..."

moment.

Ou Yun's consciousness went haywire, and he suddenly felt something being slowly pulled out of his body...

He felt as if he had fallen into an abyss, surrounded by complete silence, unable to sense anything.

But soon.

A powerful, angry voice echoed in my mind:

"Dude, wake up, you bastard!!!"

My chin hurts.

Ou Yun suddenly felt as if he were a drowning person who was suddenly pulled to the surface by a strange force—and then like a tuna, he was netted and brought ashore.

"Big brother!"

"Big brother!!"

A familiar voice buzzed in my ears.

"..."

Wait, why is there a buzzing sound...?

Ou Yun struggled to open his eyelids, which felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, and finally managed to make out the blurry yet familiar figure.

The figure was riding on his back, his expression one of unprecedented anxiety.

"Big brother! Wake up!!"

Snapped.

a slap.

My head is buzzing.

Ou Yun suddenly opened his eyes.

woke up.

"My goodness, brother, you're finally awake!"

Leng Ruolan was sweating profusely, and when she saw that Ou Yun had finally opened his eyes, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"What am I doing...?"

Ou Yun sat up blankly and covered his face.

"You suddenly lost consciousness, did you know that?"

Leng Ruolan sighed, "Maybe you were too close to that thing..."

They had already left the area of ​​that black mist; at least, they were no longer visible within their field of vision.

Leng Ruolan had never been this flustered since she arrived in this forbidden area—

This guy, I clearly saw him standing just a second ago, and suddenly his body swayed and he fell down without any warning. His whole body was convulsing, like he was possessed.

Anyway, the moment I saw this guy fall down, I rushed over.

Although she herself couldn't figure out why she was so flustered, it was as if her body had already reacted subconsciously before her mind had even processed it.

"So that's how it is..."

Ou Yun's expression remained blank, then he looked around.

"Did I just faint?"

"yes……"

Leng Ruolan then recounted a part of it to him in its entirety.

"I've tried everything, but you still show no signs of waking up..."

There was no other way but to resort to vigilante justice.

"I hit a little too hard, please don't mind."

Leng Ruolan scratched the back of her head, looking unusually embarrassed. "Are you alright now?"

"It's okay..." I'm used to it.

The abyssal crystals are nice and cool, perfect for applying to the face.

Seeing this, Long Guo, who had witnessed the entire event, also breathed a sigh of relief:

"That was terrifying! I thought the invincible CEO Ou had finally fallen..."

"That's a grammatically incorrect sentence. How could the invincible CEO Ou possibly fall down!"

"Has Mr. Ou sensed the call of the forbidden zone?"

After resting for a while, Ou Yun asked Leng Ruolan, "What's the situation now?"

Leng Ruolan shrugged.

The black mist is now quite unstable due to the stimulation of crystallization.

"How is it unstable?"

"See for yourself."

Leng Ruolan lay behind the rock and pointed in a direction.

Ou Yun looked in the direction she was pointing—

From the small cracks beneath the black mist, countless tentacles stretched out, slowly enveloping the black mist above, making it completely airtight.

Ou Yun said "Oh," and added, "The defense mechanism has been triggered."

This outcome was within their expectations.

With the Abyss Bone Demon as their example, the two of them were able to remain calm when they saw monsters of similar level.

Ou Yun then asked, "Captain Leng, what do you think?"

Leng said it was probably going to be tough, "Big brother, do you want to open all the gold supply crates now?"

When Ou Yun opened the spatial ring, he found that there were still 3 left.

"They're all open? It feels a bit wasteful."

"Why don't you try it out first?"

"Well……"

Speaking of this, he subconsciously recalled that the last time he dealt with the Abyss Bone Demon, he used a controller—although it was a good thing.

However, this is an entity without a physical form, and they don't know its strength. Even if they manipulate the Cold Team to fight—

Just as he thought, if they couldn't win, they would be wiped out.

But what can we do then?

Wasn't their purpose to explore forbidden lands? Wasn't it to seek opportunities? Wasn't it to find a way out?

Isn't the forbidden area just a game?

The more difficult the dungeon, the richer the rewards!

They have no reason to miss out on such a reward!