Grey Dwarf Star, Steel Node City.
Sunlight pierced the heavy, gray clouds and spilled across the tower roofs of the upper district. A ray of daylight shone through the gap between the curtains into the elegantly furnished bedroom—on the luxurious bed, Luo's brows were tightly furrowed in sleep.
The Blonde Elf curled up in her nightmare, her body twitching faintly. After struggling countless times, she finally jolted awake from the nightmare.
Luo's eyes flew open, yet she remained curled stiffly on the bed, as if her mind had not fully returned to this body. Sunlight streamed through the window gap, and warm air blew in through the vents, but she still felt that the entire world was terrifyingly cold. The things from the nightmare still coiled around her mind, almost as if they had followed her into reality when she awoke—
The violent pain, the wails, the pleas and screams from behind the walls, the dying convulsions of those suffocating to death, the hands reaching out from the cages, the eyes pleading with her for help, and the spines hanging from the ceiling...
A sharp pain spread from the base of her skull to her tailbone, forcibly "starting up" her rigid body from its sluggish state. Luo could not help cursing aloud. In the midst of the pain, she clawed wildly at her back, and several more mechanical limbs extended uncontrollably from the living metal, stabbing randomly around her spine.
The horrifying process lasted for more than ten seconds. Once the pain had eased slightly, she struggled to climb out of bed, panting heavily as she muttered curses under her breath.
Before long, a strange, tranquil power surged from within her—like a warm flow of blood that did not belong to her, it rapidly dispelled and repaired the damage in