Su Xi was running continuously, but as the strange sounds from the giant wolves behind her became more piercing, she suddenly felt an unspeakable fatigue.
A desire to sleep quickly occupied her mind.
Soon, amidst these bizarre sounds, her forward speed began to slow down.
As her running speed decreased, what made her even more panicked was that not only was she not moving forward, but her body was rapidly moving backward.
In just a short while, she felt the distance between herself and the wolf pack constantly shortening.
???
Faced with this bizarre situation, Su Xi quickly looked at the ground, wanting to know if it was all a hallucination.
But she soon discovered that it was not a hallucination at all; it was real. Her feet were not moving, but the entire ground was moving backward.
"Damn it!"
Upon discovering this situation, Su Xi cursed, knowing she couldn't be dragged back.
Otherwise, whatever was behind her would be beyond her control.
And since those things behind her could drag her away, they must possess powerful means. Once engaged, she would surely face great danger.
Su Xi knew she couldn't rush things. She forcibly regained her composure and sped up her charge forward.
For now, she didn't need to figure out what was happening; she needed to leave this place as quickly as possible.
However, even though she had exerted all her strength, it was useless.
Her body remained out of control, being pulled backward bit by bit. Seeing this, she didn't hold back and rapidly increased her power output.
Yet, her forward momentum was no match for the pull from behind. It merely created a stalemate, leaving her unable to move.
She was afraid that a single misstep would drag her away.
Before Su Xi could figure out what this strange thing was, she suddenly noticed the giant wolves behind her spitting out orbs of light.
These orbs of light, of various colors, floated in the strange dark air, looking very bizarre and exuding a chilling sensation.
At the same time, these orbs of light formed extremely strange patterns in the sky, sealing Su Xi in the center.
As these orbs floated in the sky, Su Xi immediately felt a stronger pull from behind, rendering her unable to control her body any longer. She was pulled back like a kite whose string had snapped.
"I'll be damned~~"
Su Xi cried out, trying to release her frustration through sound. But her efforts were in vain. She could only be dragged back helplessly, unable to move.
Li Qiuyu, held in Su Xi's hand, prayed incessantly for Su Xi not to let go.
Otherwise, his current weakened body would surely turn to dust if subjected to such torment, and he wouldn't be able to get close to anything.
At the same time, his face showed disbelief, as if he had no idea what was happening. After living for so many years, he had never encountered anything so strange.
However, having followed Li Qiuse for so many years, he knew that the problem was definitely not simple.
Su Xi's body spun continuously in the air until she could no longer keep track of what was happening, then it stopped moving.
The prolonged spinning left Su Xi feeling dizzy. Upon landing, she couldn't support herself and fell heavily to the ground, feeling disoriented.
If not for the protection of her mecha, Su Xi felt she would have been shattered into pieces by that fall.
"Damn it."
Su Xi lay there for a while, regaining some mobility. She cursed and struggled to stand up from the ground.
However, due to spinning so many times, Su Xi's head was still spinning, making her movements somewhat clumsy.
Li Qiuyu, held in Su Xi's hand, felt even worse. Although a soul entity wouldn't vomit, the feeling of dizziness wouldn't disappear.
The nauseous and uncomfortable feeling made him want to cry.
He had never done anything bad in his life, so why was he encountering all these misfortunes?
Su Xi quickly recovered and hastily surveyed her surroundings.
Since these people had gone to such great lengths to bring her here, they must have a purpose beyond just having tea.
The area before her was still dark, but it was much brighter than the places before. Su Xi could faintly make out the outline of a house in front of her.
She found herself in what seemed to be a garden, surrounded by various plants. In the center of the garden, there were beautiful flowers and tall trees…
Everything she had seen in normal life was present here.
If there was anything different, it was that all these plants were black, giving off a strange aura.
What on earth was this place?
Su Xi frowned, looking at everything around her.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Even though she didn't understand the nature of this strange place, Su Xi decided to walk towards the small courtyard.
Rather than guessing endlessly here, it was better to go and see what was there.
Based on the tracks, it didn't look like anyone was around. Perhaps there was something inside that could explain the strangeness of this place.
With that thought, Su Xi pushed open the small door of the thatched cottage and went in.
Upon entering, she saw a table and teapots inside the thatched cottage, just like in the human world. In the inner room, there were rows of bookshelves covered with countless books.
Su Xi found this increasingly bizarre.
Did people actually read books in this Seventh World?
In such a dark place, were these books called "dark books"?
"Do you know what this place is?" Su Xi looked at Li Qiuyu in her hand and asked, looking down.
Since Li Qiuyu had followed Li Qiuse for so many years, he might know something.
Li Qiuyu shook his head and said, "I don't know what kind of hellish place this is either. I've never seen anything so bizarre before."
Not only was Su Xi surprised, but Li Qiuyu also found it very strange.
Su Xi asked in surprise, "You don't know?"
Li Qiuyu and Li Qiuse were practically one entity; how could there be something he didn't know?
Sensing Su Xi's strange gaze, Li Qiuyu immediately became indignant. "If you don't have anything useful to say, can you please stop talking nonsense?"
"Although I was raised by Li Qiuse, I only merged with him completely a day or two ago. I can't access many of his memories."
"Li Qiuse did so many wicked things; how could I possibly know everything? I'm just a person, not a god."
Hearing Li Qiuyu's complaint, Su Xi shook her head, feeling a sense of helplessness.
Someone always falters at crucial moments. What was the use of him?
A waste of land?
Li Qiuyu felt Su Xi's disdain and wanted to curse.
But considering that he still needed to rely on Su Xi, he swallowed the vulgarities that were on the tip of his tongue and dared not speak carelessly.
To survive, he would endure this indignity.
Su Xi stopped paying attention to Li Qiuyu and began to examine the strange room.
The items in the room were unremarkable. In the human world, no one would even glance at them; they were ordinary to the extreme.
However, the Seventh World was no ordinary place; it was a newly opened world. The appearance of such things in this new world was not simple.
The only explanation was that someone had been here before, leaving behind traces of habitation.
Seeing this, Su Xi's gaze fell on the ancient books on the bookshelf.
After all, if there was anything valuable in this room, these ancient books might contain something worth studying.
With that thought, Su Xi resolutely walked towards the bookshelf, preparing to see what was written inside.
She swept away the dust with her hand and picked up a book.
Hmm?
As soon as she opened the first page, an incredulous surge coursed through Su Xi's mind.
A perfectly good book was written in English?
What the hell?
Looking at the screen full of abcds, Su Xi felt overwhelmed.
She had never even passed CET-6 before; how could she understand this incomprehensible text?
Su Xi couldn't believe it and quickly picked up other books, checking them one by one.
After checking all the books before her, she discovered that everything was the same. All the books were written in English.
And all this English was in print.
???
Su Xi's confusion deepened upon discovering this.
In a place of ancient culture, there were these things written by Englishmen.
Although she was grumbling internally, Su Xi had already thought of a possibility.
Since this place wasn't created by Li Qiuse, perhaps it was a space discovered by the people behind Li Qiuse, and they had conducted some research missions here.
After all, some experiments were too cruel to be permitted in normal interstellar society. For the sake of scientific progress, many people chose alternative paths.
Conducting them in sparsely populated areas would eliminate many troubles. People on low-level planets had no human rights and no say in the matter.
With this conjecture, Su Xi immediately opened her supercomputer for retrieval and translation.
After a period of retrieval and translation, Su Xi's expression gradually turned grim.
Indeed, these ancient books did not record anything else but experimental data.
And this was no ordinary experiment; it was a forbidden live mutation experiment by the international community.
The Seventh World was originally a space accidentally discovered by interstellar explorers, and they had conducted a series of mutation experiments here.
Through these mutation experiments, they obtained a large amount of radiation data.
They had originally intended to control human changes in this way, allowing them to rapidly increase their strength.
However, due to an accident, the mutated creatures became too powerful to control, and everyone left behind their experimental data, remaining there forever.
"Damn it."
Su Xi cursed, feeling that these people deserved their fate.
If they hadn't conducted these perverse experiments, they wouldn't have caused such great danger and ended up killing themselves.
Mutation?
Suddenly, Su Xi's scalp tingled.
Although many years had passed, it was hard to guarantee that those mutated creatures were still alive. If they were, she would be in grave danger.
Just as Su Xi was praying inwardly, she suddenly heard footsteps approaching from the doorway.
From the sound of the footsteps alone, it was clear that there were quite a few people entering.
Have people really come?