Inside the Dawnbringer's medical bay.
Karin focused all her attention on maintaining the golden Sealing Formation surrounding Xingli. The star mark on her forehead and the Eye of Prophecy in her hands blazed as they waged a silent tug-of-war against the pulsing purple-black Deep Dream Seed. Beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks; the strain was clearly immense.
The Crystal Spirit, Little Star, had been placed on a specially designed analysis platform nearby. Deep blue and emerald light flowed through the core crystal as Little Star attempted to decipher environmental data from the Stillness Abyss and restore more memory fragments concerning the Doomsday Battlefield. Elder Mochen and Priest Lingxi anxiously monitored the ship's repair progress and the conditions outside.
Suddenly, Xingli, who had remained relatively stable until then, began convulsing violently! The purple-black mark on her forehead erupted with an unprecedented, blinding light, instantly breaking through several layers of Karin's golden Sealing Formation! A cold, evil surge of psychic energy, filled with endless temptation and whispers, poured from the mark like floodwater bursting through a dam. It swept through the entire medical bay, even penetrating the bulkheads and spreading beyond the ship!
"No!!" Karin spat out a mouthful of blood and staggered several steps backward under the powerful psychic impact. The Eye of Prophecy in her hands dimmed instantly and nearly slipped from her grasp. She forced herself to steady her mind, horror flashing through her eyes-this power far exceeded anything the Deep Dream Seed had displayed before! After the intense stimulation from the Origin mark's fluctuations and the spatial blast Lin Ye had triggered, it seemed to have undergone some unpredictable "evolution" or "deep awakening"!
"Warning! Unknown psychic contamination detected at extremely high intensity! Source: medical bay! The fluctuations are spreading and attempting to establish a connection with unknown