Just as the people of Skywater Academy stood helpless, watching the icy-blue chill about to completely freeze the young man's heart meridians while the crimson-gold blaze within him, no longer suppressed, was on the verge of erupting and burning him alive—
Bzzz!
Within the young man's body, an extraordinarily faint yet exceptionally tenacious strange energy, seemingly originating from the very source of life, suddenly awakened!
"Cough... cough cough..."
A suppressed, pained cough shattered the dead silence.
The silver-haired young man on the bed had his tightly shut eyelids tremble slightly. His thick lashes, frosted silver in color, slowly lifted, revealing a pair of... eyes that shook the soul!
At that moment, however, those heterochromatic eyes were filled with confusion, pain, and utter weakness.
"He's awake!" Shui Yue'er was the first to cry out in delight, breaking the heavy atmosphere.
Everyone's gaze immediately focused on him.
Teacher Han Yu and Shui Bing'er promptly stepped forward, their vigilance tempered with concern.
"How... do you feel?" Shui Bing'er's voice remained cool, though it carried a trace of softness that was difficult to detect. She stared intently into the young man's eyes, trying to find any clue within them.
The young man seemed to want to prop himself up, but the agonizing pain in his left shoulder made him let out a muffled groan, cold sweat instantly beading across his brow.
He looked blankly around him, his gaze sweeping across the unfamiliar faces of girls filled with worry and curiosity before finally settling on the wound on his shoulder, which continuously gave off a terrifying chill. The confusion in his eyes deepened.
"Uh... where... is this?" His voice was somewhat hoarse, carrying an unusual magnetism, yet his tone was exceedingly stiff and bewildered, as though he had not spoken in a very long time.