Resolution (Part 1)

"Cooperate." Wei He pondered. "How can I verify what you've said? What if you're just deceiving—"

"That's simple." Black Eye One smiled.

He could tell that Wei He had already been tempted.

Raising a hand, he produced a pitch-black ball of light in his palm, constantly shifting and spinning.

The black light mass resembled a high-speed vortex, with wisps of silver light rippling outward around it.

"This is the Star Abyss Eye. Take it, and you will gain the authority to command lower-ranked beast tides. Likewise, you will gain the ability to resist erosion by radiation contamination.

"Also, if you wish to contact me, you can do so through it. No matter how far away, no matter where you are, it can cross all barriers and reach me."

Black Eye One gently extended his hand and placed the Star Abyss Eye before Wei He.

"If you've made up your mind, then lightly touch it." Black Eye One's voice was like a devil's temptation, echoes woven into its murmurs.

Wei He sat in silence, quietly watching the Star Abyss Eye within arm's reach.

Slap.

He abruptly raised his hand and seized it.

"No matter what, we need to try it once first."

The instant his palm touched the Star Abyss Eye, the surrounding space suddenly rippled and trembled.

All rigidity and stillness vanished.

Everything began flowing again.

Before him, Black Eye One gradually shattered apart amid strange laughter, then disappeared.

"What's wrong?"

Ten minutes later, after returning to the mothership.

Wei He kept recalling what had just happened.

That sudden, real solidification of everything around him might have been an illusion, or perhaps some special method.

But that cooperation...

"Nothing. I was just a little tired from collecting samples earlier." Wei He answered, no longer dwelling on it as he looked