Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

The lightning barrier closed behind him again, cutting off all outside prying eyes and tracking.

Lin Xiao carried the unconscious Nelly and sped off in the direction indicated by the Storm Dragon.

He felt a sharp pain in the part of his right arm that was being eroded by the rules of the undead, but he dared not stop healing. The Omniscient Rule continued to scan the surrounding environment to confirm that there were no hidden hands left by the Shadowmoon Wolf King.

Three hundred miles is not a long distance for a sixth-level expert. Just a few minutes later, a building hidden in the valley came into view.

It was a square stone house built of dark blue lightning-struck rock, with a simple and unadorned exterior that blended almost seamlessly with the surrounding rocks.

If the omniscient rules hadn't detected the subtle lightning runes flowing across the surface of the stone house, Lin Xiao probably would have missed it entirely.

"This is it."

Lin Xiao landed in front of the stone house and placed her hand on the recessed area in the center of the stone door.

A ring of lightning patterns lit up the surface of the stone gate, confirming his presence; this was the temporary passage permission granted to him by the Storm Dragon.

With a soft click, the stone door slid open to both sides, revealing a simple yet fully functional interior space.

The stone house is about 30 square meters inside and is divided into two rooms, an inner room and an outer room.

The outer room contained a stone table and two stone chairs, and in the corner there were stone tanks for storing fresh water and emergency dry rations.

The inner room contained a stone bed covered with an unknown animal hide and a simple alchemy workbench.

Most importantly, the entire stone house was shrouded in a stable field of lightning rules. This field of rules not only blocked external detection but also interfered with the effects of most tracking spells.

Lin Xiao carefully placed Nelly on the stone bed, then breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat down against the wall.

A series of intense battles and escapes nearly exhausted the energy in his body. The fragments of rules within the Eternal Domain were dim and lifeless, and the three talent orbs also appeared exhausted.

He mustered his strength and first checked his injuries.

The deathly gray color on his right arm had spread to his elbow; it was a sign of the erosion caused by the rules of the dead. If left untreated, his entire arm would likely become necrotic.

Lin Xiao closed his eyes and concentrated, and the rule of the return of all things to their source began to operate.

A seven-colored halo lit up on the right arm, the omniscient rule precisely located every erosion node of the undead rule, and the manifest all things rule created targeted purification light spots.

By integrating the rules of all things, these points of light are woven into a fine purification network, like the most precise scalpel, peeling away and neutralizing the rules of the dead bit by bit.

This process lasted for a full hour.

When the last trace of deathly gray faded from his arm, Lin Xiao was covered in sweat and his face was deathly pale.

But at least, his arm was saved.

He swallowed two sixth-order energy crystals brought from the Eternal Alliance, sat cross-legged to regulate his breathing, and began to recover his depleted energy.

Two hours later, Lin Xiao's condition had recovered to 70%.

He opened his eyes and looked at Nelly on the stone bed.

The girl remained unconscious, her breath as weak as a candle flickering in the wind, still maintaining at the third level.

But more seriously, her very essence was damaged—a backlash from sacrificing her own rank to mobilize the essence of the mist.

Lin Xiao got up and walked to the bedside, gently pressing her hand on Nelly's forehead.

The omniscient rule and deconstruction are activated simultaneously, quickly assessing Nelly's current situation.

The results of the investigation made Lin Xiao frown.

Nelly's situation is worse than it appears.

Not only did her rank drop, but her soul structure also developed subtle cracks, caused by forcibly mobilizing primordial rules beyond her capacity.

The core of her talent for controlling fortune, the pale golden rune that floated deep within her consciousness, was now covered with spiderweb-like cracks and could shatter completely at any moment.

"The source is damaged... the soul is injured... the talent is on the verge of collapse..."

Lin Xiao muttered to himself, his eyes serious.

Such injuries are beyond the reach of conventional treatments and must be repaired at the level of the rules.

Fortunately, this is something he happens to excel at.

"All things return to their source; rules are traced back to their origin."

Lin Xiao placed his hands lightly above Nelly's body, and a seven-colored halo emanated from his palms, enveloping her entire body.

The omniscient rules were operating at full capacity, beginning to analyze the complete rule structure before Nelly was injured, just as one must first understand the original appearance of a broken antique before repairing it.

This is an extremely meticulous process.

As the embodiment of the will of the Mist World, Nelly's rules are far more complex than those of ordinary survivors, and she also possesses a trace of the characteristics of the Mist's origin.

Lin Xiao had to carefully separate her own parts, her innate talent and fortune, and the origin of the mist, just like disassembling the most intricate clock.

Only with accurate separation can targeted repairs be carried out.

Time passed quietly.

The Thunder Rule Field outside the stone house isolated all sound except for the faint humming sound emitted when Lin Xiao's rules were in operation.

Three hours later, Lin Xiao finally completed the rule tracing.

A complete three-dimensional structural diagram unfolded in his consciousness, marking all the damaged nodes in Nelly's body, soul, and talent.

"Next comes the repairs..."

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and took out the Creation Crystal that Yun Xi had given him from his bosom.

Fortunately, Yunxi gave him the Holy Crystal, otherwise Lin Xiao would have had to go through a lot of trouble.

The emerald green crystals emanated a gentle life energy, but that wasn't enough.

He needs to combine the power of creation with his own rules of the return of all things to their source to create a composite energy that can repair damage at the level of rules.

"Concretization and Rule Repair Framework"

Seven-colored light spots condensed in front of Lin Xiao, transforming into a three-dimensional energy frame, within which complex rune circuits flowed.

Lin Xiao placed the Creation Crystal in the center of the frame and simultaneously activated his own rule of merging all things to adjust the frequency of the frame to match Nelly's rule structure.

This is a creative attempt.

No one has ever attempted to combine the power of creation with the rule of the return of all things so deeply, let alone use it to heal the injuries of the will of the Mist World.

But Lin Xiao believed in his talent, especially his Myriad Flows, which had evolved from a 100% synthesis.

As the framework was adjusted, the Creation Crystal began to melt, and the emerald green life energy was enveloped, guided, and reorganized by a seven-colored halo, eventually transforming into a soft, pale golden light.

Within that stream of light, there was simultaneously the vitality of creation, the all-encompassing nature of all things, and even a trace of the concept of repair extracted from Lin Xiao's own talent.

"Fusion complete... Injection commencing."

Lin Xiao guided the pale golden light, slowly injecting it into Nelly's brow.

The moment the light flow entered her body, it immediately flowed along a preset trajectory, precisely targeting each damaged node.

At the cracks in the soul, streams of light, like the finest needle and thread, stitch the fragments back together.

Where the source is damaged, the light flows like sweet spring water, nourishing the parched structure of rules.

At the cracks in the talent rune, the light flowed like welding flames, reconnecting the broken parts.

The entire process was slow and steady.

Lin Xiao was completely focused on controlling every detail of the light flow, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

He must control the speed of the repair; too fast and it will cause rule conflicts, too slow and he may miss the best time to repair.

Two more hours passed.

When the last ray of light completed its mission and dissipated into Nelly's body, Lin Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, staggered back two steps, and leaned against the stone wall.

His energy was almost completely depleted again, but there was a sense of relief in his eyes.

On the stone bed, Nelly's complexion had regained its rosy hue, and her breathing had become steady and long.

Although his rank remains at the third level, the rift in his soul has healed, and the cracks in his talent runes have been repaired by 70%, so they will at least not continue to worsen.

As for the rest, it requires time and resources to nurture it slowly.

"We're safe for now..."

Lin Xiao murmured, turning her gaze to the only window of the stone house.

Outside the window, under the eternal crimson sky of the Dark Sun Forest, thunder rumbled in the clouds.

He knew that the twelve-hour protection period was passing by second by second.

Once the protection period ends, the Shadowmoon Wolf King will inevitably come after them again.

By then, they will have no way out.

"We must find a solution before that happens..."

Lin Xiao sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing to recover.

In his mind, the omniscient rules had already begun to deduce all the possibilities that would follow.

Nelly, lying on the stone bed, had her eyelashes flutter slightly, as if she was about to wake up.