Liu Yue's blood dripped onto the scorched ground, leaving little spots behind.
Zhang Kun stared at the bloodstains. In that moment, he hated that his superpower could not be used to fight.
He had never envied Li Wanyun before, but as the others fell one after another, he began to envy her.
If he could fight too, could he stand shoulder to shoulder with them? Would he no longer have to watch helplessly as they fell?
He had never imagined this mission would turn out like this.
Just a few hours ago, everything had been fine.
When they reached the meteorites, the ground still held enough heat to burn, and the outdoor temperature was high too. Even after dark, the heat left them drenched in sweat.
But none of them were strangers to hardship. Academician Cheng and Dr. Zhao's Scientific Research Team began their inspection, and immediately reported back once they confirmed that this batch of meteorites carried large quantities of fragments.
Dr. Zhao could hardly wait to begin researching them, but Academician Cheng was more cautious. As the leader of the Scientific Research Team, he ordered that the meteorite fragments be sent back to Capital City first.
After that, they began removing the fragments.
There really were a lot of them. Dr. Zhao kept remarking that this final batch of meteorites carried almost as many fragments as the first. No wonder Stone City had been special in their previous life-both batches with the most fragments had landed in Stone City!
Once the fragments had been collected, Zhang Kun, Ke Jiaxue, and some of the soldiers guarding them prepared to fly back.
That was when disaster struck-
Academician Cheng turned into an Otherkind!
Academician Cheng, who had been perfectly fine a moment earlier, lunged at the students researching beside him.