She immediately looked at Shen Yi, then at the grayish-white crystal floating before her. Surprise, confusion, and a hint of unease appeared on her face.
"Shen Yi... I... I feel strange."
Wen Ke'er's voice was somewhat dry.
"It seems those Rule Fragments were transformed into something else by me... and my sense of rejection toward Beyond the World... seems to have lessened considerably."
She raised her hand and gently touched the grayish-white crystal.
The crystal felt slightly cool yet smooth and warm in her hand. Countless tiny Rule Veins seemed to flow slowly within it.
Lilith and Alvin were also staring intently at her, especially at the crystal in her hand.
The meditation area was silent.
Only the faint hum of the instruments inside the repair chamber could be heard, along with the occasional noise from the distant Mechanical Divine Domain, weakened after passing through layer upon layer of barriers.
Shen Yi stepped forward and took the Primordial Spirit Crystal from Wen Ke'er.
The instant it touched his hand, he sensed an incomparably pure source power of rules, entirely without any elemental inclination, gently permeating his senses.
This power was indeed as Lilith and Alvin had said. It could be easily absorbed and transformed by powers of any attribute, without the slightest obstruction.
He looked at Wen Ke'er and spoke slowly, his voice calm.
"How do you feel? Are you uncomfortable anywhere?"
Wen Ke'er carefully sensed her own condition, then shook her head.
"I'm not uncomfortable. I actually feel a little lighter."
"That sluggishness deep in my soul, and that feeling of being rejected, seem to have been partly dispelled by the transformation just now."
Shen Yi nodded and handed the Primordial Spirit Crystal back to her.
"Put it away for now. Don't show it carelessly."
Then he turned to