Deep within the Mechanical Divine Domain.
Two days had passed in the temporary meditation area opened beside the repair chamber.
During that time, the Beyond-World Undead had only appeared briefly once. Their numbers were small, and Shen Yi had easily wiped them out.
Under Alvin's ongoing repairs and the deterrence of Shen Yi's power, the entire Mechanical Divine Domain had gained a rare chance to catch its breath.
Damaged pipes had been temporarily sealed, chaotic energy flows had been straightened out, and the injured Authority Holders were able to recover slowly in a relatively safe environment.
The scorched and bloody stench in the air had faded considerably, but the oppressive tension of surviving a disaster had not fully dissipated.
At the center of the meditation area, Shen Yi stood quietly.
Not far from him, Wen Ke'er sat cross-legged on a relatively level metal platform. Her face was ashen, even worse than it had been two days ago when the residual Black Fog inside her had first been exposed.
Ever since Shen Yi, in order to help her increase her strength as quickly as possible and hopefully suppress or even control the residual Black Fog within her, had deliberately given her a considerable share of ownerless primordial Rule Fragments from Alvin's stockpile and his own previous collection, she had devoted nearly all her time over the past two days to trying to guide and absorb the fragments' power.
But the results had been deeply discouraging.
No matter how hard she focused or how carefully she used her own power to make contact, resonate with, and draw in those multicolored fragments containing different rule properties, those powers seemed to possess an ingrained resistance toward her.
Under the guidance of her power, they would tremble faintly and circulate, yet they always seemed separated