The Urge to Destroy

As Griseo tried to restore her painting of the laboratory, a deepening despair seeped into her. At the same time, the Signets of Decimation and Daybreak began to flicker, as though they sensed what was about to happen.

Ether Energy surged wildly through the room. Griseo's purple eyes began to change... Gray, black, dark red—ominous colors stained them one after another.

"Boss, what's happening to you?!"

Hearing the commotion from the next room, Cui Ji hurried over. But the moment she reached the doorway, her face went deathly pale.

Because what she saw was—

Inside the room, waves of force radiated from Griseo. The white sheet on the operating table snapped in the wind, and the surgical instruments on the cart hummed and rattled.

It did not stop there. The cultivation pods in the next room began to shake violently. Cracks spread across the glass, and nutrient fluid seeped through them, spilling over the floor.

"What's going on? What's happening?!"

The sudden disturbance sent Pardo rushing over too. She stood in the doorway beside Cui Ji.

Then they saw the scene Griseo had painted: Claire's opened chest on the operating table, Morel's eyes held open with tape and leaking blood, Doctor Lin's smile...

"Meow! Little Griseo, don't scare me!"

"Griseo, look at me!"

Pardo's voice trembled. That presence felt more and more like Brother Jie's. She rushed forward and grabbed Griseo, trying to snap her out of it.

"Boss!"

Even Cui Ji's voice rose, thick with tears.

The two of them tried to wake Griseo, but it did little good. It was as though her consciousness was no longer there.

As time passed, the color gathering around Griseo could no longer be called "black" or "gray." It was a chaotic hue closer to an abyss.

Cui Ji gritted her teeth,