Lan Shiyu hadn't rested. At this moment, he was still poring over the reports regarding the mine incident. Even though he had read them countless times, he still hoped to find something new within them.
Just then, something outside the window quietly erupted. A stream of azure light shot silently straight toward the heavens.
Lan Shiyu stood up and pulled open the curtains. His pupils suddenly dilated as he witnessed a scene he found hard to believe. The ruins where the satellite had fallen were now silently emitting a dazzling blue light, like a moon that had fallen to earth—bright and cold, illuminating the center of the town with crystal clarity.
Amidst the light, that wreckage, which had perhaps been abandoned for a hundred years, seemed to be undergoing a reversal of time!
The severely damaged main body was constantly repairing itself, transforming into a dazzling silver-white. Signal lights that had been silent for ages lit up one after another. The long-broken solar panels unfolded to both sides, like a giant bird being reborn.
Boom!
A roar sounded. The ruins beneath the satellite collapsed with a thunderous noise, and the massive satellite shot into the sky.
Its takeoff speed was unimaginably fast. The violent turbulence it stirred swept across the entire town, and in an instant, it vanished into the sky.
The thick clouds in the sky were also punched into a large hole by the airflow, briefly revealing the ink-black curtain of the night.
Lan Shiyu stood frozen in place, feeling nothing but utter shock.
Then the door was suddenly pushed open. It was Yan Jie who walked in: "Mr. Lan, the satellite!"
"I saw it!" Lan Shiyu tried his best to suppress the trembling in his voice.
"Sir, what on earth is this..."
Lan Shiyu shook his head. He suddenly remembered that Lin Niannian seemed to have said that Xiao Lin wanted to resurrect the satellite...
A white mask materialized out of thin air in Lan Shiyu's hand: "You immediately gather the personnel and go to the institute. I will go first."
On the other side, Liang Yuan's heart was filled with terror. Because Xiao Lin, whom he had been suppressing on the ground in a one-sided battle, suddenly became very strange...
His pupils had lost their luster, becoming pitch black, and he showed absolutely no reaction to his actions.
Liang Yuan couldn't understand this bizarre state. He only felt that Xiao Lin was no longer here; he had left in some extremely bizarre way!
"Kill you! Kill you! Kill you!"
This baseless fear was driving Liang Yuan to the brink of madness. He used the long blade in his hand to frantically chop at Xiao Lin's body.
But this did nothing to alleviate his fear; it only made him more terrified. Because no matter how he chopped, there wasn't a single wound on Xiao Lin.
He pressed the blade down against Xiao Lin's neck again.
He could feel the resistance from the blade, and see the blade completely sever Xiao Lin's neck. Even so... he had no way to destroy the integrity of this body!
Xiao Lin seemed to be dead, yet paradoxically, he couldn't be killed.
Like a shell that had completely detached from the rules, absurd to the point of madness. "Die!! Why won't you die? Why!!" Liang Yuan's fear grew stronger. He felt that something extremely terrifying was about to happen.
And at this moment, just as Liang Yuan suspected, Xiao Lin wasn't there. He was flying in the sky, breaking through the clouds at an unimaginable speed, reaching straight for the firmament.
The ground was becoming more and more distant. His vision was incredibly wide, his sight range extremely far, and his perception spanned from the heavens to the earth.
He saw the dim lights of the town, the bizarre creatures lurking in the ruins, and Lin Niannian hiding in a corner, trembling slightly.
Then he saw the institute. He saw Liang Yuan and himself.
A huge whistling sound rang out in the sky. Liang Yuan subconsciously looked up and saw in terror that the clouds were suddenly torn open into a large hole, as if instantly evaporated.
A blazing fireball burst out from within.
With the enhancement of his superpower, Liang Yuan's vision had become much stronger. When he saw the true face of the fireball, he froze, his eyes full of disbelief.
It was the satellite wreckage from Satellite Town.
But at this moment, enveloped in raging flames, it was cold and brand new, showing no signs of damage or disintegration even at limit speed.
The next second, it suddenly accelerated into a afterimage, as if drawing a long crimson line across the dark night sky—a line connecting from above the clouds down to the earth.
Death had arrived...
This was Liang Yuan's final thought at this moment.
Boom!!
The massive satellite crashed onto the ground with a thunderous roar. Black smoke mixed with a huge mushroom cloud soared into the sky.
A ring-shaped shockwave scattered outward. The surrounding ruins were flattened, raising black dust and smoke several meters high.
The moment the explosion occurred, those close by were instantly charred. Those slightly further away had their skin torn apart by the shockwave, their muscles and bodily moisture baked dry.
As for Liang Yuan, he was at the very center of the explosion, facing the satellite head-on!
He looked up to the sky and let out a roar, and then his body was smashed to pieces, ceasing to exist entirely.
Where the satellite fell, a massive crater with a diameter of over 20 meters was formed.
It was slanted in the very center of the crater, colorful and brand new as ever, like a giant sword descending from the heavens.
Flames, high heat, scorched earth, death. It seemed everything was burning and boiling. There was not a single living person left.
It wasn't until two minutes later that the starry sky in Xiao Lin's eyes, lying on the ground, disappeared.
He slowly stood up, looking at the burning crater and the satellite amidst the flames. Accompanying his breath, scorching hot air rushed into his lungs, bringing an uncomfortable burning sensation.
This was his first time killing in this world. But he felt no sadness, no joy, nor did he feel exhilarated. He just stood there in silence.
The core inside his body remained silent, resonating with the core inside the satellite.
Accompanying a thought in his mind, the next second, the satellite ignored gravity and shot into the sky, once again drawing a long crimson line, vanishing at the edge of the horizon. That large satellite, weighing 20 tons, returned to the sky, quietly watching the earth from a near-earth orbit outside the atmosphere.
He closed his eyes and perceived the core inside his body. It was pitch black, quiet, but much dimmer.
However, the loss didn't just come from Liang Yuan's attacks. It also came from the consumption of driving the satellite and the impact of the explosion.
But he wasn't injured, nor did he feel any pain or discomfort. He tried holding his breath, and he succeeded. The scorching hot air was blocked outside, and he didn't feel the slightest bit uncomfortable.
"Holy shit, I seem to have become a bit awesome..." Xiao Lin muttered to himself.
He thought, could he cover his head with a blanket when he sleeps in the future? He wouldn't have to fear mosquitoes at all?
Wait, if a mosquito sucks on him... would it suck out blood or some weird stuff?
Xiao Lin forced himself to stop daydreaming. He planned to go find Lin Niannian first.
That girl had a gunshot wound and was still in such a dangerous place. That really wasn't good.
Tonight he could help her bandage her wound and let her rest at his place.