With three superpowers at his fingertips, he could dominate the 1970s.

The air inside was a completely different world from the outside; it was cool and refreshing, with a hint of the sweetness of mountain spring water.

Jiang Zhiyu took a nap on the bamboo couch in the courtyard, and when she opened her eyes, she felt completely relaxed.

The burning sensation in my throat and the dry, peeling skin from yesterday's salt and alkali fumes are completely gone.

She sat up, stretched, and casually pulled out a tray of pre-prepared cooked food from the kitchen in the space. After eating and drinking her fill, she felt refreshed.

Jiang Zhiyu put down her bowl and chopsticks, got up and left the space. Her eyes lit up; it was still that endless expanse of white.

The salt crust rolled up and spread out layer by layer, under the scorching sun.

Seventeen peeked out from her mind.

"Host."

"Seventeen, can you sense what's going on in this place now?"

Seventeen flapped its wings a few times, its voice filled with frustration.

"I can't sense anything. The magnetic field here is ridiculously chaotic, and the energy flow is extremely disordered. I've been probing for ages and haven't detected anything. I'm getting dizzy."

Jiang Zhiyu frowned.

"Anyway, something's wrong with this place. It's like something has severed the magnetic field of this area, and the earth's veins have stopped flowing."

She paused for a moment, then suddenly thought of something.

"As Zhuge Yunhe said back then."

"When Xu Yunzi went out on a mission, he also used some kind of cutting technique. Could it be related to this place?"

Seventeen thought for a moment and shook his head.

"It shouldn't be related, host. Elder Xu's mission was in the Northeast, while this is the Northwest, which is almost half a country away."

Jiang Zhiyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good. I hope I'm just overthinking it."

She stopped worrying about it, took the SUV out of her storage space, and climbed back into the driver's seat. The place she had arrived at yesterday was only the outer edge of the salt lake.

The truly eerie places might be further in. The off-road vehicle restarted and continued deeper into the salt lake. The further they went, the more desolate it became, with nothing but whitish fish bones on the ground.

Jiang Zhiyu drove along, looking around, wondering how such a large lake could have dried up overnight.

As the car turned into a canyon, Seventeen suddenly spoke up.

"Host, the interference here is even worse. My head is buzzing. Maybe I should go into the space and hide for a bit. You can go in and see what's going on. It's even interfering with me like this."

Jiang Zhiyu's curiosity was immediately piqued.

"Okay, you can go in first."

She parked the SUV at the edge of the canyon entrance, stored it away, and walked alone into the depths of the canyon.

One minute, ten minutes, more than half an hour passed, and there were still steep rock walls on both sides, without even the slightest sign of anything unusual.

She quickly assessed the situation and realized that the canyon was almost over; should she turn back?

Jiang Zhiyu paused, then shook her head. Having come this far, she continued forward, but the moment she rounded the last bend in the mountain, she froze in place.

The right side of the canyon is blocked by rocks! Right in the middle.

A massive black rock cleaved an entire mountain range in two, standing between the two peaks.

Even though Jiang Zhiyu was still several kilometers away, she could see its outline at a glance; it was truly enormous.

Her head suddenly felt dizzy, and Seventeen's voice came from the space, trembling.

"Host, this stone is extraordinary; it's very powerful. I'm in so much pain. Not only does it have a strong magnetic field, but it also possesses an unknown energy."

Jiang Zhiyu was startled and instinctively tried to back away, but her feet wouldn't budge an inch.

She wanted to hide in the space, but she couldn't get in.

Jiang Zhiyu's heart sank instantly. Since transmigrating, she had never encountered such a situation.

What exactly is this stone? Just then, her space began to tremble violently. The stone and the space were pulling at each other, even trying to devour each other.

Jiang Zhiyu was also feeling terrible. Her head was buzzing, her body was trembling uncontrollably, and cold sweat was streaming down her back. Being pinned to the spot was not a pleasant feeling at all.

Seventeen, clinging to his last breath, spoke intermittently.

"Host, they're devouring each other; in the end, it'll be a battle of attrition."

Jiang Zhiyu was terrified. Her spatial ability was her last trump card, and if it were swallowed by this stone...

She didn't dare to think any further. Since neither side was willing to give in, the stalemate meant neither could do anything about the other.

Jiang Zhiyu gritted her teeth and tried to move her feet back, but didn't budge an inch.

She changed direction and walked towards the boulder.

it turns out.

Surprisingly smoothly, Jiang Zhiyu made up her mind.

I gambled.

She was covered in cold sweat as she walked step by step toward the boulder, her feet feeling like lead, each inch of movement like dragging a mountain.

Fortunately, the two sides were deadlocked. Although her journey was arduous, she was able to keep moving forward until she was only a few dozen meters away from the boulder.

The oppressive feeling made it difficult for her to even breathe, and Jiang Zhiyu didn't have time to think about anything else.

Having come this far, success or failure hinges on this moment; she absolutely cannot allow it to devour her space this time.

The two things are now locked in a stalemate, neither willing to yield, and neither able to do anything about the other. The variable lies with her.

Despite feeling intensely uncomfortable, Jiang Zhiyu continued forward, trembling, until she reached it and could truly see the stone clearly.

Its surface was pitch black, covered with a layer of gray, and densely covered with pores, making it look eerily alive.

It felt like it was about to swallow her whole. The space was in complete turmoil; the trees were shaking, the water was churning, and even Hu Batian's family was so frightened that they took off running and ran wildly toward the still courtyard.

The space was in complete chaos, like a real magnitude 8 earthquake was happening, except for that quiet little courtyard, which remained relatively still.

Jiang Zhiyu knew she couldn't hold on much longer. With her last bit of mental strength, she raised her hand and pressed it against the boulder.

It was icy cold, with an indescribable electric sensation that shot from my fingertips all the way to my heart.

Jiang Zhiyu gritted her teeth.

"Since you two are determined to fight to the death, it's either you devour me or I devour you, then I'll just take you in directly. Wouldn't that be the same as the space swallowing you?"

She exhausted her last bit of spiritual energy, and the boulder was forcibly taken inside.

The space was quiet for a moment, then it erupted into chaos, even more violently than before, comparable to an earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher.

Jiang Zhiyu was so shocked by the backlash that blood flowed from all seven orifices, her vision went black, and she collapsed to the ground.

The canyon returned to a deathly silence, with only the wind blowing through the rock walls on both sides, making a soft, grating sound.

Inside the space, on a bamboo couch in a quiet courtyard.

Seventeen small, silver-gray bodies lay quietly, their metallic wings folded at their sides, and the blue crystal on their chest flickering between light and shadow.

It's like it's entered a period of hibernation.