Shen Bing and the others were all taken aback. Hadn't he been perfectly fine a moment ago? How had he ended up like this?
Master Qiao, standing beside them, remained utterly calm. "He's been infected by that special dark matter."
Then Master Qiao's figure flickered, and he vanished completely.
A few seconds later, he reappeared in the same spot and held out his hand. Light and shadow seemed to swirl in his palm.
"This is that dark matter. Normally, it's invisible to the naked eye, but I can make it visible by exciting it with energy," Master Qiao said. "You can think of it as a kind of high-energy oscillating particle. It can fuse with a particular type of dark matter unique to humans and damage the cellular structure of the human body. This man spent thirty seconds in the space on the other side. He's been severely ravaged by this dark matter. There's no saving him."
As Master Qiao finished speaking, the man's eyes closed amid his struggles.
Shen Bing recalled the epidemic that had struck this town, along with what Master Qiao had said earlier.
"Master Qiao, why doesn't this stuff affect us?"
This time, Master Qiao offered no explanation, because he didn't really understand it himself.
Just then, Luo Fei spoke. "Boss, I've already made some preliminary findings on that point. I've discussed everything related to this wormhole with several other professors at the Underground Research Base. This dark matter should be a substance that only poses a threat to ordinary people. We've named it C-1. But you, Thorne, and I can no longer be considered ordinary people."
Shen Bing immediately understood what Luo Fei meant.
Could he count as an ordinary person? Even if someone else said so, he would be too embarrassed to agree. And