Pop!
With a crisp snap, Gelong—the closest one—had his viscous shell stretched infinitely long. One end was aimed at the center of the black hole, while the other desperately plunged into the depths of the Void Expanse, looking exactly like an earthworm.
"No, don't! Jiawen, don't!" he screamed desperately, but it was completely useless. One end had already plunged entirely into the black hole's center, and like a long snake caught by its tail, he was dragged inch by inch into the black hole.
Everyone watched helplessly as the increasingly elongated viscous creature became thinner and thinner. Even the phantoms of the Boundary Wall that kept appearing were completely swallowed by the black hole.
No!
A scorching scream rang out as all the viscous cores plunged straight into the black hole. Tiny fragments of crystals leaked from it as though it were excreting them. From time to time, Gelong's trembling could still be seen within the black hole: one was a crocodile-shaped creature, while another was a thin face of skin. They were desperately colliding, each impact warping the black hole, yet they could not break through it at all.
Woo! Woooo!
The mask produced nothing but piercing sounds, yet those sounds grew weaker and weaker. Finally, it almost clung to the black hole's surface. Amid layer upon layer of ripples, it was like a pig's face being continually heated—growing stickier, softer, until it finally turned into paste. The black hole gave a slight tremble, and it vanished completely.
Everyone sucked in a cold breath, Barto especially. Although he knew that breaking free would lead to battle, he had never imagined he would fall.
He knew Little Dot's origins very well. Once trapped within the Boundary Wall, he had surpassed generations of geniuses and followed the greatest captive within the