He could not let Meimei approach the unknown and bizarre Strange Altar like this... From the instant he saw the ancient and bizarre altar, it gave him a terror unlike anything he had ever felt.
He did not know why he was afraid.
He only felt that this fear seemed innate... He even felt as though his thoughts had nearly frozen.
Without a second thought, Brother reached out to grab Xiaoya's arm.
Yet the moment he touched her, a strange force sent him, clad in light armor, flying backward. It felt as though a massive blunt weapon had struck his body, and he was thrown far away in an instant.
"Xiaoya!"
Brother climbed to his feet again, only to see that Xiaoya had already stepped onto the stairs leading to the ancient altar... Gritting his teeth, Brother immediately turned the armor's thrusters to maximum power.
But at that moment, an invisible wall appeared along the edge of the ancient altar, completely blocking him.
The normally calm boy finally showed terror on his face. No matter how clever and rational he was, he was still only an eleven- or twelve-year-old child at heart.
People called him a rare genius... But no matter how gifted someone was, even a genius would feel helpless at this moment.
All he could do was watch Xiaoya climb the stairs step by step.
All he could do was repeatedly slam into the invisible wall.
All he could do was scream Meimei's name again and again, begging her to regain consciousness in time.
"Xiaoya..."
At last, the little girl reached the altar... She stood at its center, before the enormous floating orb that resembled an eye, and even reached out to touch it!
Soon, Xiaoya's palm sank directly into the strange eye-like orb—or rather, it was sucked