Through the cracked glass, he silently watched Su Li outside the door, her face covered in tears.
The next second.
"Bang!!!"
The enormous glass wall of the hibernation pod exploded!
It had not burst under the pressure of violent energy. Lin Feng had merely raised one finger and lightly tapped the inside of the glass. The instant that seemingly indestructible material structure touched his finger, its physical law of "strength" was forcibly rewritten as "fragility," turning it straight into glittering powder that fluttered through the air.
Nutrient fluid poured down like a waterfall, gathering into a puddle on the floor.
Bare-chested, Lin Feng slowly straightened up from the bottom of the pod.
He lowered his head slightly, looking at his hands, once again filled with power-power millions upon millions of times more terrifying than even at his peak-and gently clenched his fists.
Even the air developed tiny spatial wrinkles visible to the naked eye under that squeeze.
"I slept too long. My bones have gotten a little rusty."
Lin Feng's voice was somewhat hoarse, but his tone carried a long-absent ease and composure that brought a sting to the nose.
He raised his head, stepped out of the wreckage of the hibernation pod, and came before Su Li.
Without hesitation, without a moment's uncertainty.
Lin Feng reached out with the hand that had just mastered the universe's ultimate laws and gently, infinitely tenderly, cupped Su Li's haggard, tear-streaked face.
His thumb lightly brushed the dark circles at the corner of Su Li's eye. Feeling her body tremble uncontrollably from days of fear and exhaustion, a trace of profound pain flashed through his eyes.
"I'm sorry I left you to shoulder all this alone for so many days."
Lin Feng lowered his head slightly and rested his forehead against Su Li's,