Shuntian Sect in Panic

The moment they broke free, those things—whose nature remained unknown—began running toward the room's door.

This was when the advantage of Collectors never using the main entrance during archaeological work became fully apparent. The room's front door had never been opened; it remained exactly as it had been, completely untouched. The things that had separated from the twisted entity could only circle the room futilely in search of an exit, or repeatedly crash into places they believed they could break through.

At the same time, the Collectors noticed that the things separated from the twisted entity made no tangible physical contact with the room's walls or the inner side of the door, as if some barrier stood between them. Yet the roots controlled by the Collectors sensed nothing unusual.

"Catch them!"

Time was short, leaving the Collectors no room for much thought. They diverted a portion of their roots and began capturing the things that had separated from the twisted entity and were darting about the room.

This time, the Collectors had learned their lesson. Their roots wrapped each target tightly and seamlessly, shrinking every gap to an atomic scale. The entire object became a macromolecule.

Seeing this, the things separated from the twisted entity seemed to want to gather together again. But the Collectors, who had already anticipated this, gave them no opportunity. About twenty minutes later, the battle was over.

"Did any get away?"

One individual conducting the post-battle inspection asked this. The battle had been extremely chaotic, so they could not rule out the possibility that something had slipped through the net.

The Collectors had yet to determine the twisted entity's true nature. But judging by the intelligence it had displayed, if it could communicate normally with the natives and ran to their civilization to spread word