Qi Lingwu stumbled out of the room. Hearing the commotion, the people next door hurried out, looking bewildered.
Long Tianyu frowned at his retreating figure. "What happened?"
Li Wanyun said, "Isn't Captain Qi heading toward the Laboratory?"
Song Linwei looked puzzled.
Then his pupils contracted, and he raised his voice. "Oh no! Sister Sheng has already gone to examine the Fragments' memories!"
Before his words had finished echoing, Song Linwei was already running after him.
Long Tianyu vanished with a flash, and the others hurried to follow.
She was shouldering everything alone, and she had already begun.
They quickly reached the Sealed Laboratory, where the sight inside made their eyes widen-
The Fragment Egg hovered in midair, red patterns flowing across its surface. Sheng An stood before it with her hand on the Egg and her eyes closed. She seemed to have lost consciousness, yet she remained standing.
Behind her, an enormous clock had appeared. The white time hand carried a tremendous surge of energy as it forced its way into the Fragment Egg through the opening.
The Fragment in her mouth supplied an endless stream of energy. The Fragments, their energy, and Sheng An herself seemed to have become a single whole.
The silvery-white Laboratory, the eerie Fragment Egg with red patterns crisscrossing its silvery-white surface, Sheng An in her olive-green uniform beside it, and the enormous clock and time hand behind her...
The stark contrasts made the scene profoundly striking.
Qi Lingwu stood beside her, as though he had lost his soul.
Jiang Yu gritted her teeth. "Why did Sister Sheng start on her own? All alone? This is far too dangerous!"
"I want to go in too." Long Tianyu stepped forward and reached out.
Yet nothing happened when he placed his hand on it. His superpower flowed