Dark Erosion

"Take a deep breath..."

A familiar voice suddenly came through.

It was Lanyu. Mo Ling recognized it.

"I can't breathe..." Mo Ling wanted to tell Lanyu, but he could not move now. His entire body had gone numb.

"You are being eroded by darkness," Lanyu suddenly said.

Dark Erosion? What did that mean?

Mo Ling wanted to ask, but he could not speak.

Yet Lanyu seemed to understand his current condition very well and continued.

"Do you know how light comes into being?"

"Light sources can generally be divided into three types..."

"The first is light produced by thermal effects. The orb of light above the Abyssal Hole is a good example. Because the surrounding environment is colder than the orb, it continuously releases energy in the form of electromagnetic waves to reach thermal equilibrium, until the surrounding temperature matches its own."

"The second is atomic transition. Fluorescent substances are excited by electromagnetic energy and emit light. Most artificial light sources use this principle."

"The third is light produced when charged particles within matter accelerate. These particles carry immense energy and spontaneously emit radiation, also known as high-energy particle luminescence."

"Have you noticed what these forms of light have in common?"

"They all demonstrate the 'transfer of energy.' In truth, light is energy. Only by carrying energy can it be called light."

"Once you understand this, you can understand why Dark Erosion occurs..."

"Absolute darkness represents an absolutely low energy level. Any light, any energy, will be 'swallowed' by such darkness, causing energy loss. The higher an object's energy level, the more easily it loses energy. You can understand this through temperature: when contact area and heat-transfer coefficient are fixed, the greater the temperature difference, the more efficient the heat transfer."

"The same applies to light. Darkness has a constant