It roughly resembled a heart, complete with severed blood vessels and green blood. Within it lay a complex structure that looked like a fusion of plant roots and mechanical pump valves.
It pulsed at a slow rhythm. With every beat, it secreted a drop of crystal-clear liquid that radiated an utterly pure aura—Source Water.
This was the core organ upon which the Lord of Slumber depended for survival and the production of Source Water, a physical manifestation of part of its nature as an embodiment of a concept.
As the organ was torn away, the Lord of Slumber let out a despairing wail. Its entire form rapidly collapsed and dispersed into gray mist.
But this time, the mist no longer contained any consciousness. It became truly lifeless.
Having lost its master, the Land of Forgetting began to collapse without end.
Wu Heng held the faintly pulsing gray organ, spared the collapsing surroundings not even a glance, and turned to step into the shadows.
Beneath Morik Manor, in the laboratory.
The gray organ was secured onto a complex metal platform. Several thick pipes engraved with Siphon runes connected beneath the base.
The other ends of the pipes pierced deep beneath the manor, into an anchor point Wu Heng had opened with his power that connected to a certain place.
Wu Heng carried out a series of precise modifications on it.
The finished product looked like a hand-operated water pump with an eerie design.
The pump body was cast from dull metal, with the gray organ serving as its core. Through the observation window in the outer casing, it could still be seen pulsing slowly.
The pump's outlet was connected to a crystal container.
Wu Heng poured the few remaining drops of Source Water he had initially obtained from the organ into