Chapter 500: Suppressed Memories
From that moment on, she decided to seal away the memories of her childhood.
As her circle of friends grew, she finally emerged from the grip of hatred and sorrow.
But now, these sealed memories had been unearthed.
They were like a thorn, piercing Mu Qing’s heart and scraping against the very edge of her emotional limits.
Her spiritual world became extremely unstable, her emotions like a volcano simmering under pressure, building power for an eruption.
At this moment, Hei Gu remained unaware.
It continued to observe the mental images in Mu Qing’s mind. When it saw her voluntarily join the research project, bound to the experimental table and screaming in agony, a flicker of confusion appeared in its eyes.
It suddenly realized that Mu Qing’s power might have been a product of the laboratory.
The Scarlet Research Institute was behind it all.
Hei Gu decided to report this crucial information upon its return. To him, this was no trivial matter.
If the Scarlet Research Institute could mass-produce creatures with such terrifying combat power, they would inevitably become a threat to the Spirit Energy Clan’s future plans.
As Hei Gu continued to observe the scenes of Mu Qing’s inner fear, it suddenly sensed something was wrong.
A scarlet light pierced through the darkness of Mu Qing’s spiritual world, appearing in its Sea of Consciousness.
Sensing the anomaly, Hei Gu didn’t hesitate. The purple ring on its finger flashed, yanking it back to reality from Mu Qing’s Sea of Consciousness.
Opening its eyes to look at Mu Qing, it saw her body trembling violently, as if struggling against an unknown restraint.
This sight stunned Hei Gu.
It had never witnessed a lifeform capable of resisting the power of “Miracle Illusion.”
Mu Qing’s strength was far more terrifying than it had imagined.
Meanwhile, in Mu Qing’s spiritual world, scarlet lights pierced through the pitch-black darkness one after another, gradually illuminating her inner world.
As the dark world was riddled with holes under the onslaught of scarlet light,
Mu Qing’s pent-up emotions finally erupted.
A blurry phantom of a ferocious beast materialized above her head, roaring skyward.
The earth-shattering roar seemed to announce to the world: its king had returned.
The overwhelming pressure that seemed to survey the world froze Hei Gu in place.
The blurry ferocious beast slowly lowered its head, its gaze locking onto Hei Gu.
In that moment of eye contact, Hei Gu felt a pressure unlike any it had ever experienced.
It was like an ant gazing up at the vast starry sky, suddenly realizing its own insignificance against the boundless cosmos.
Those emotionless scarlet eyes burned into its soul like an indelible mark, a brand it could never erase.
In its dazed state, it saw a corpse mountain stretching for countless miles, a blood sea swirling around it.
Its own corpse was buried at the very bottom of the corpse mountain, the blood seeping through it, submerging half its body…
The soul-deep tremor made Hei Gu forget the danger that was closing in.
Hei Gu’s failed attempt had allowed it to glimpse the deepest pain in Mu Qing’s heart.
Feng Qi had seen these visions too.
But he was not Feng Qi.
At that moment, Mu Qing slowly opened her eyes, scarlet flames blazing in their depths.
Her fist clenched slowly.
Tendrils of scarlet energy began to emerge from the jade-colored arcs of electricity that swirled around her.
As Mu Qing’s qi momentum surged, the ground trembled, and cracks raced outward from her position like lightning.
Where the cracks spread, their destructive force pulverized the shattered stones into dust.
From above, the scene was clear:
In an instant, a Scarlet Domain centered on Mu Qing had enveloped a radius of one kilometer, and it continued to expand outward.
At that moment, a fine, persistent rain began to fall from the sky.
But the raindrops were the color of blood.
Mu Qing extended her right hand and pressed her index finger to Hei Gu’s chest.
In an instant, Hei Gu was engulfed in scarlet light. His body, constructed from energy, was replaced by the dominant scarlet energy, and his form completely disintegrated and vanished.
A purple ring, however, remained unaffected. It shimmered faintly as it fell from the air.
It landed on the ground with a crisp clatter.
Even after killing Hei Gu, the scarlet glow in Mu Qing’s eyes did not fade.
Her icy gaze swept across the surroundings, and her clenched fist, charged with momentum, pulsed with scarlet light.
The memories in Mu Qing’s mind continued to churn.
Countless images of despair flashed through her mind like a slideshow.
But just as she was about to strike the immobilized domain warriors, the scarlet light in her eyes rapidly faded.
The scene in her mind now focused on the moment the harmonica shattered.
The destruction of her family’s last memento filled her heart with despair.
Yet, a white harmonica materialized in her mind, along with Feng Qi’s sunlit smile.
The rage in her heart was instantly suppressed by reason.
It was as if Mu Qing from countless timelines had written in her diary:
“No matter what hardships I face, no matter how desperate I feel, he remains the safe harbor in the depths of my heart.”
The scarlet hue in her eyes rapidly faded as she regained her senses.
Gazing at the scene before her, now resembling a ruin, she momentarily faltered before resolutely striding toward the entrance of the Technology Research Institute.
She knew Feng Qi urgently needed her support.
Only she could lead him out of this danger.
Now, she could only hope the Spirit Energy Clan hadn’t yet found Feng Qi within the Technology Research Institute.
Inside the top secret room of the Technology Research Institute, Feng Qi continued sifting through the scattered files and documents, searching for any information related to Little Black.
For files he couldn’t understand, he relied solely on the diagrams to confirm his findings.
After searching for a long time, a brand-new document caught his attention.
This document was clearly incomplete, with the page number “03” in the upper left corner, indicating it was the third page of a complete document. The other pages must have been mixed in with the scattered documents.
The first thing that caught his eye was the five large characters: “Infinite Research Lab.”
What drew his attention was the first image in the document: it was the mysterious Mo.
In the picture, Mo was confined within a cage entirely constructed of energy, with blue bracelets on his wrists and ankles. He was smiling directly at the camera.
(End of the Chapter)