I had already ascended to heaven when the spiritual energy began to recover?

"Evacuate! Everyone, evacuate immediately!"

Professor Sun hadn't finished speaking when

The recessed area in the dome of the circular space, inlaid with a dark red stone,

It suddenly exploded from the inside.

Debris rained down from the three-story-high dome.

It hit the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The crowd scattered and fled in panic.

And at the dented, blasted opening,

A thick, dark red cloud of gas rose from inside the dome.

It flows down along the engravings on the surface of the stone pillar.

Like a waterfall flowing backwards,

It was poured into the expanding halo at the base of the stone pillar.

The blurry outline inside the halo became several times clearer after the gas cloud entered.

It already has a general shape!

It resembles a stretched and distorted human figure.

But it has no limbs and no facial features.

Only a swirling mass of dark red mist was trying to mimic human posture.

Bai Sheng sat on his sofa at home, his brows furrowed.

Undisturbed, Bai Sheng was able to think normally.

He had a vague guess,

The murals on the wall were likely part of the seal.

The dark red powder was spread into the engravings.

A huge energy network is formed inside the entire ring-shaped space.

The builders used this net to disperse the energy of something.

It spreads to every corner of the wall, preventing it from coalescing into a shape.

But now someone has triggered the mechanism!

The energy network has been destroyed.

Moreover, during its restructuring process, it continues to release fluctuations that influence consciousness.

Moreover, the humanoid cloud of energy that appeared at the end...

Bai Sheng suddenly had a bold guess!

Could its essence be a remnant soul?

If my guess is correct

Bai Sheng really does have a chance.

The Soul-Capturing Charm is precisely its nemesis.

Without a word,

Bai Sheng conjured a clone.

He placed the Soul-Capturing Charm into the clone's hand.

"You! Kill that guy!"

Clone: ​​"..."

The interior of the circular space was in complete chaos.

Several technicians ran towards the wellhead.

The beam of the flashlight swayed wildly in the dark red space.

The ground was covered with dark red powder and gravel that had crumbled from the walls.

The halo around the base of the stone pillar is still expanding!

The human-shaped outline is becoming increasingly clear.

Bai Sheng's clone, positioned in the treetop, precisely locked its senses onto the halo of light at the base of the stone pillar.

He could sense it.

The internal structure of that remnant soul was unusually loose.

Although it is desperately trying to gather together, small fragments keep falling off from the edges during the process.

It was swallowed up by the halo and then spat out again.

Perhaps it has been separated for too long.

Having been scattered and sealed in the walls for many years, even now that the seal has been broken...

It is not something that can be accomplished in a short time to reform a complete form.

In a sense,

It's in pretty good shape right now.

At least it looks like a half-finished product.

That being was slow-moving and confused.

It seems that the only way to interfere with those present is by instinctively releasing fluctuations that affect consciousness.

It lacks any real offensive capability.

But once it has fully condensed...

The situation is uncertain.

Moreover, this instinctive mental influence is constantly strengthening.

These people are running around like headless flies!

It seems we can't even find an exit.

"Is the distortion of cognition really that severe? That exaggerated?"

Bai Sheng frowned.

This level of psychological influence,

This has far exceeded the human capacity to withstand it.

Even if a monster of immense strength were to appear in this era,

They won't be able to cause any trouble.

Even if you're incredibly strong, can you withstand a missile?

Can it withstand a nuclear bomb?

To humans, it was just a monster.

They seem to be no different from lions and tigers.

It's probably just a wild animal in the zoo.

But this kind of spiritual pollution,

Currently, there seems to be no solution.

……

Professor Sun was forcibly dragged up from the bottom of the exploration well by two security personnel.

He was already unconscious at this point.

A deep wound was smashed into the back of his head.

Blood trickled down the collar.

The stretcher was brought over.

The paramedics cut open his collar to apply pressure and stop the bleeding.

"Take a headcount!"

The security manager shouted loudly from the wellhead.

The names were called out one by one over the walkie-talkie. When the third name was called...

No one responded.

He called out again, but still no one responded.

A worker looked at the wellhead, his lips moved a few times before he finally spoke:

"Xiao, Xiao Liu is still down there, he was the last one running... I saw him running this way, he definitely ran this way!"

No one answered him.

The security supervisor was silent for a moment, then picked up the walkie-talkie:

"Seal off the well opening! Everyone, retreat beyond the warning line!"

Bai Sheng was on his own toilet.

With eyes closed, observe your surroundings.

The archaeological team's vehicle had already moved more than a meter off the ground.

Currently,

The wellhead was sealed off, and there was no one inside the cordon.

He quickly calculated the time window in his mind.

Without a doubt, this is a huge matter and cannot be left unresolved.

But even if the province sends someone back,

The earliest it can be done is after dawn tomorrow.

Now is the best time!

Under the cover of night,

Bai Sheng's clones quietly bypassed the cordon and found the transitional area between the ruins and the old locust tree.

Parting the stone slab,

The clone slipped inside sideways.

Feel your way down the narrow passage.

The inner wall of the underground passage

Extremely fine dark red powder remained.

The temperature decreases as you go down.

The air was filled with a kind of indescribable, sweet, rotten smell.

at the same time,

The vibration frequency of the Soul-Capturing Force was also getting faster and faster, and the purple light from the snake's eyes had changed from a steady flash to a continuous glow!

as predicted!

There are remnants of spirits around here!

It sensed it.

The stone pillar is not far ahead.

And the faintly pulsating energy halo at the base of the stone pillar.

Continue forward,

The interior of the circular space was a complete mess.

The ground was covered with rubble that had broken off from the dome, crisscrossing everywhere.

There were also several bodies of team members.

Bai Sheng's clone glanced over at once

The halo around the base of the stone pillar was still flickering faintly.

Inside the halo,

The semi-transparent humanoid outline was even more blurred than before.

Tiny fragments kept falling off the edges and then gathering together again.

Gathering together and then falling apart.

A futile attempt to regroup.

The clone slowly approached the stone pillar, hugging the edge of the wall.

Five steps in front of the stone pillar

"If I call your name, would you dare to answer?"

Simultaneously,

The clone draws the soul-capturing object to its front.

The snake's purple light struck precisely the center of the halo at the base of the stone pillar.

"Awoo!"

The halo emitted a very faint whimper.

Bone Cave

The dark red remnant soul huddled in a shadowy corner.

It still doesn't have a specific form here.

It was just a trembling mass of dark red mist.

Bai Sheng's consciousness walked up to the trembling, dark red mist.

He didn't rush to speak, but simply looked down at it.

"Who are you? Where am I?"

Holy crap, this guy can actually talk.

It took Bai Sheng some effort to decipher the complete sentence.

It was a woman's voice, and she sounded quite young.