All signs showed just how severely this Ancient Ruins had been eroded by the Primordial Ferocious Beasts.
Relying on its own strength alone, it was fundamentally incapable of activating the mysterious ability of Deduce the Future.
So...
"It needs me. It needs my brain!"
Meng Chao came to a conclusion. "Whether out of goodwill or malice, the control center of the Primordial Civilization needs the brains of bloodline inheritors of the 'ancients' to output surging computational power before it can restore part of its functions and resume its mission.
"Wait, not 'me,' but 'us'!"
As he remained free from the cycle for longer and longer, Meng Chao gradually recovered some of his senses and strength. His gaze grew sharper as well.
Through the crystal ravines that resembled crisscrossing cerebral grooves, he vaguely saw that besides himself and the charred corpse at his side, there were dozens of other figures. Some were embedded in hollows in the Ore Layer, while others were wrapped in hundreds or thousands of crystal threads and suspended upside down in midair like marionettes.
Meng Chao dimly recognized several familiar faces.
They were all rescue team members who had ventured deep into the ruins alongside him.
Meng Chao's heart clenched, and he hurriedly raced toward his comrades.
His blazing gaze swept across the surroundings in an instant before locking firmly onto a slender figure.
It was Lü Siya!
She too was entangled in crystal threads, hanging high in the center of a "cerebral groove" like an inverted cross.
For one moment, Meng Chao wanted to let out a hysterical roar.
The next moment, he saw clearly that although Lü Siya's face was pale, it did not yet bear signs of being scorched from within. Her chest was still rising and falling faintly.
She was still alive.
Most