Sweet Island, Forest of Abundance.
Quite a few Madmen remained here. With no way to transfer the energy and nutrients in their bodies to Yang Yi on the surface, they had nearly eaten themselves into balls.
Mars, Xiaoji, and Pink Butterfly were stationed here and had learned of the situation on the front lines. After briefly regrouping, they asked Mars to repair the two robots using flesh and blood as materials, restoring most of their functions. They then prepared to return to the Shelter through the Portal to support the front-line battlefield.
But...
Just as Mars was about to step into the Portal, he suddenly stopped and looked upward with a scorching gaze. His body turned to salt inch by inch, instantly becoming sea salt that scattered across the ground.
Yet this amount of salt was far too little for a body of Mars's size. It was more as though Mars had vanished. The overstuffed Madmen disappeared with him, as did Xiaoji and Pink Butterfly. They all vanished, leaving only a little sea salt as evidence that they had ever been there.
Similar scenes also occurred aboard the Shelter.
Wang Chong, whose legs had been blown off, was still waiting for Dara to come and treat him. Ordinary surgery and potions would struggle to restore his combat capability quickly, so he could only pin his hopes on the spell Divine Healing. It should allow him to recover as soon as possible and rejoin the battlefield.
But when Dara arrived, she found only some loose sea salt on the hospital bed. When she looked at the players in the neighboring beds, they merely shook their heads, saying that Wang Chong had suddenly "died" for no apparent reason. Then, as one of them spoke, he turned into sea salt himself.
Balot,