The Fragments lay still, the blood-colored patterns on them flickering with an ominous red glow.
With two people and a cat in the room, the atmosphere was quiet and peaceful.
Sheng An spoke softly. "Little Fish must be taking this hard. I wonder if Li Wanyun and the others can comfort her."
Qi Lingwu rested his chin on Sheng An's head. Using so much mental power tormented his mind, leaving him with a constant needlelike pain inside his skull. He had to keep the Fragment on his tongue firmly suppressed, so he only nodded slightly. "Don't worry."
Li Wanyun might look as though she wanted everyone to stay the hell away from her, but she had a soft heart and plenty of experience. With her beside Jiang Yu now, they didn't need to worry too much.
She might always trick Jiang Yu, but she treated her very well.
Sheng An said, "The temperature and oxygen levels are dropping. Capital City Base is still doing all right, but things must be terrible elsewhere. I'm actually a little afraid we won't be able to deal with the Fragments before the world is destroyed."
With her eyes closed, she poured out her feelings in the quiet Laboratory.
Qi Lingwu rubbed his chin gently against her head.
Sheng An kept talking. "Hao Jingye must have left some information behind, but I have no idea where to start. I'm also afraid I won't be capable of finding what he left us. To keep helping us with the human side of himself after becoming Otherkind, he must have paid a terrible price too..."
Bearing the lives of everyone behind her and standing on the front line, Sheng An felt uncertainty and anxiety too.
That night, she talked at length.
Qi Lingwu wasn't one for talking, but