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Li Xingyuan braced his arm and used his elbow to pierce an invisible membrane. A sharp, acrid smell assaulted his nostrils. He could barely see; his eyes were nearly glued shut by the viscous liquid.
His body wanted to stay—every part of him yearned to remain, cradled in this warm, amniotic embrace, returning to an ancient rhythm of life.
Damn it all.
Li Xingyuan forced his eyes open and took two more steps forward, squeezing through one mass of soft mud into another. Wasn’t Chen Yingyao supposed to clear the way for him? Was this what clearing the path meant?
Then, Li Xingyuan began to feel cold—as though he were standing directly under a high-powered air conditioner on the hottest summer day. The strange clinging sensation gradually faded, and he found himself in a vast, open space, like a plaza. At its center stood something—a door?
Was it truly a door? Where was the frame, where was the keyhole? It resembled a tightly closed eyelid made of flesh, or perhaps a cocoon standing upright at the heart of the chamber. It breathed—an otherworldly chill emanated from it, biting into Li Xingyuan’s skin with an unimaginable frost.
"Mr. Li." Chen Yingyao's voice echoed from the opposite side. Li Xingyuan looked up toward the sound and saw that Chen Yingyuan's entire body had vanished into the shadows. What remained was grotesquely swollen, sprouting limbs no human form should possess. Even the faint outline revealed an undeniable truth—that thing was no longer human.
"Close this door."
Li Xingyuan turned his gaze back to the object suspended in the center. Where was the keyhole? As soon as he thought it, a faint lock appeared in his vision, flickering erratically as if reluctant to be seen.
Should he really close this door? If it was a trap—
Li Xingyuan strode purposefully toward the center. He hadn’t come here to second-guess himself; there was no time for such doubts.
As he approached, the hanging cocoon trembled slightly, sensing his presence. It exhaled a sigh-like sound, its "eyelids" quivering. It didn’t need a key to open—it was already partially ajar.
Suddenly, it unfolded, like bat wings spreading wide or a bizarre figure throwing off its cloak. It opened, revealing the realm beyond—
Terror. Pure terror.
Li Xingyuan's ears rang. Even his mind betrayed him now.
Hallucinations flooded his consciousness, conjured by his frenzied brain. He saw it—the entity that had come to Earth during the last Black Tide—not just the most recent one, but the primordial tide that surged through the cosmos eons ago. This visitor, arriving from the frigid depths of distant stars, was not merely a guest—it was Earth’s earliest master, the source of all life.
The black water churned—a true ocean of darkness. Compared to it, the black liquid Li Xingyuan had witnessed in Fengyuan Town was but a drop in the bucket.
It roiled ceaselessly, birthing countless nameless monstrosities within itself, only for them to vanish moments later. Its thunderous roar echoed like rolling drums, then erupted into crackling lightning-like bursts. It lacked consciousness—or rather, to it, all conscious beings might as well have been nothingness. It did not see Li Xingyuan, nor did it need to. For it was Li Xingyuan—it was every person, every bird, every beast, every plant, every fungus.
There it sat, enthroned in horrific majesty amidst icy winds, boiling endlessly, screaming without end.
Li Xingyuan reached out his hand. He had waited so long for this moment. He wanted to return—to merge with the darkness, the void, the supreme Ubbo-Sathla!
But once again, the light inside his skull intervened. With ruthless precision, it severed this line of thought, slicing through his chaotic impulses like a knife cutting through butter. It forced him to retain his painful yet lucid awareness, gripping him tightly—him, Li Xingyuan, as an individual distinct from the primordial source of all life.
Li Xingyuan screamed, only realizing afterward that the sound came from his own throat. Could these screams even belong to him?
He clenched his fingers, which still spasmed uncontrollably, reaching desperately toward the terrifying Ubbo-Sathla. His longing to return was so intense that it threatened to tear his very body apart.
"Shit." Li Xingyuan pressed his toes against the ground, struggling fiercely against his own body. Something seemed to wrap around him, holding him back from plunging into the abyss.
"Mr. Li!" Chen Yingyao’s voice warped into a shriek, like the cry of some monstrous bird. "Close this door!"
The bloated figure—its details obscured—blocked the encroaching darkness, its twisted, chaotic form shielding Li Xingyuan.
Some doors were meant to remain open, while others must forever be sealed—permanently shut.
His finger responded to this imperative, transforming into a skeletal key. Its desire to close the gate overpowered its yearning to return to Ubbo-Sathla. It leapt forward, plunging into the eerie keyhole.
The cocoon emitted a horrifying groan. It had no choice but to close—it was the fate of the door. Unable to resist the bond between lock and key, its flesh quivered, split open, and splattered onto Li Xingyuan.
In the instant before it fully collapsed, Chen Yingyao moved. His massive body, slow yet graceful, leapt toward the other side of the door. His voice laughed—a chorus of countless voices—as his enormous form twisted and contorted mid-air, shrinking into a single dark point, insignificant as a droplet merging into the ocean. He plunged into the dark sea, becoming part of Ubbo-Sathla—just as all life would eventually become part of Ubbo-Sathla.
Li Xingyuan staggered backward, trembling. The cocoon closed permanently. Through this portal, Ubbo-Sathla could no longer reach outward, nor could any life pass inward to join it.
He sank to the ground, his mind overwhelmed by the images he had just witnessed. It took a long while for him to regain his senses.
Time to run. Old Liu was about to blow the place sky-high.
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