Breathing and heartbeat stopped.

The raging nuclear meltdown core had now disappeared from Verina's sight.

Not a single crystal remained.

Verina tilted her head back, staring in disbelief at everything before her.

At this moment, Mingxi stood alone in a large, circular crater that looked like it had been bombed by a nuclear bomb, her head bowed.

The training uniform he was wearing had turned to ashes, but his body was covered with a layer of flowing dark gold patterns, like a living tattoo.

Beneath those dark gold lines, the muscle lines were so perfect they seemed inhuman, and every inch of skin contained explosive power.

Her hair, as black as ebony, reached her ankles and moved on its own even without wind.

What's most striking is her figure!

Her breasts were like steamed buns, her waist was as slender as a queen bee's, and her legs were long and her buttocks were like peaches!

"Holy crap! Ke Yi, you're a woman!" Verina was practically going crazy.

Ke Yi, you deceived her feelings!

Mingxi then realized that her body had returned to normal. She immediately used her mental power to cover her entire body, putting on a layer of male skin.

She still found it a little hard to accept running naked in public.

Fortunately, dark gold patterns appeared on her body, making it look like she was wearing a specially made outfit, so she wasn't completely naked.

Yes.

She transformed into Turan Yulanka not because of the Star God Scepter, nor because the Star God Scepter was unusable in the Crimson Corridor, but because the Star God Scepter was not currently in her possession.

Her transformation was entirely due to her own abilities.

Mental power simulation.

Don't ask, the answer is that it's a form of spiritual power that can be materialized—that's how awesome it is!

She, Mingxi, is a little bit more capable, so it's not a big problem!

⌯'ㅅ'⌯

As Mingxi took a step forward, ripples spread through the surrounding space.

The air around her parted automatically, and even dust seemed unable to get within three meters of her.

She stood there, like a deity walking among humans.

The next second, the deity covered his upper and lower body with his hands, ran to a man who had been dead for who knows how long, and quickly stripped him of his clothes.

Verina: "..."

"Don't just stand there! Get out of here right now! It might get even more dangerous later!"

Mingxi seemed oblivious to Verina's speechlessness, and continued to remind her while getting dressed.

The core {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} of the nuclear meltdown reactor has been completely annihilated, and all the destructive energy has become the tools for forging every cell in her body.

It helped her break through her physical limits.

However, it seems that it was not successful.

Still need to go.

Just one step away from the goal!

The door was right there, but I just couldn't push it open.

This feeling is not pleasant.

However, the current situation doesn't allow her to be upset, as Lagoli is perfectly fine.

He disconnected from the core of the nuclear meltdown reactor in time during the core meltdown, so he did not dissipate along with it.

At this moment, he had completely merged with the star core embryo, becoming a half-human monster.

His lower body had transformed into a flowing stream of dark purple energy, rolling with clusters of wildly pulsating light.

Its upper body still barely retained a human shape, but lava-like patterns were visible beneath its skin, its long hair stood on end, and its eyes contained two swirling black vortexes.

What's even more terrifying is that his mouth was closed, and the lower half of his face was as smooth as a peeled egg.

Extremely bizarre.

"You destroyed the source of my life! You actually managed to destroy it!"

Lagoli's voice suddenly rang in their minds, filled with anger and shock.

Verina's face turned pale as she crawled out of the pile of corpses.

She discovered that everyone she had recently encountered was a pervert.

This Zetalem planet is too terrifying, she wants to go back to the Cloud Sea!

After the initial anger and shock, Lagoli quickly calmed down, his gaze towards Mingxi filled with inquiry.

"You're not from the Turan tribe, so who are you?"

Mingxi, of course, could not answer him.

Lagoli didn't seem to care about her answer either, "Who you are doesn't matter anymore."

It doesn't matter if the core of the nuclear meltdown reactor is destroyed.

Do you know why?

Because something even more advanced is hidden within your body!

Yes...yes!

You are the final piece of the puzzle that completes my life's transformation!

He opened his arms, and the energy in the entire spherical space began to surge wildly!

Verina's face turned deathly pale: "It's over! This thing clearly wants to devour you!"

Before he finished speaking, dozens of tentacles suddenly split off from the energy flow in Lagoli's lower body and shot towards Mingxi like lightning!

Mingxi did not retreat.

She didn't even look at the tentacles.

Her gaze fell on her palm—there lay a grayish-white, crystalline stone, a stone that felt familiar to her.

In fact, the core of the nuclear meltdown reactor did not completely disappear; the stone in her hand remained.

She couldn't sense any energy from it; it was as if it were just an ordinary stone.

Apart from being slightly hot, there are no other special characteristics.

But is it really just an ordinary stone?

"I see......"

She muttered to herself, then made a gesture that neither Verina nor Lagoli could understand.

She slammed the grayish-white stone hard against her chest!

"Are you crazy?!" Verina screamed.

But the next second, something unexpected happened!

The moment the stone touched Mingxi's body, it seeped into her skin like water dissolving into the sea.

Immediately afterwards—

"Buzz—"

A silent ripple spread out from the center of the dawn.

Wherever the ripples passed, the oppressive magnetic field within the crimson corridor, which had imprisoned all items and summoning abilities, melted away as quickly as ice and snow exposed to sunlight!

Verina was the first to sense the change.

She can now sense the items on her body and her pet space.

With a soft "clang," the short blade in his hand began to activate its attributes and functions layer by layer!

Not only her, but all the hunters who were struggling to survive in the beast tide at this moment, and even those ferocious beasts, aliens and supernatural beings, all sensed it at the same time.

The restrictions have been lifted!

Area C, Fungal Forest.

Derek Shadowsong was being relentlessly chased by a pack of crazed radiated wolves, his crossbow was long out of bolts, and most of his armor was shattered.

He collapsed beneath a giant umbrella-shaped mushroom, closing his eyes in despair.

"It's over... I'm really going to die in this godforsaken place today..."

Suddenly, he felt a tremor in his mental sea.

It's his pet space!

Derek suddenly opened his eyes and formed a hand seal in ecstasy.

Sure enough, his pet space successfully became a spiritual void.

Although I don't know what happened, but—

"Come forth, my Ironhide Raptor! Charizard! Scizor!"

Three beams of light flashed, and three menacing pet beasts appeared before him.

The pack of radiated wolves braked sharply and growled warily.

Derek sprang to his feet, pointed at the wolves, his voice distorted with excitement: "Crush them all for me!!!"

Area B, Corrosive Swamp.

The survivors of the Iron Oath mercenary group formed a circle, back to back, to fend off the mutated mud golem giants that kept crawling out of the mud.

They were out of ammunition and everyone was wounded.

"Commander! We can't hold on any longer!"

A young mercenary cried out.

The bald-headed regimental commander gritted his teeth, about to give the order for a final desperate attempt.

The light-body ring on his wrist suddenly activated automatically with a "click".

The commander's eyes widened instantly, and he roared almost instinctively.

"Everyone! Summon your pets! Now!!"

The next second, more than a dozen beams of light exploded in the swamp!

Mightyena, Skarmory, Dracovish... While none of them are top-tier fighters, they're enough!

"Fight back! Fight back, you bastards!"

The bald-headed regimental commander rode on the back of a fire-breathing camel, looking like a madman.

Various locations in Zone D.

"My pet space can now become ethereal!"

"My defensive item has blocked the alien's attack!!"

"The spatial artifacts can be opened! There are supplies! There are weapons!"

Shouts of surprise, roars of excitement, cries of relief after surviving a disaster...

The sounds echoed throughout the Crimson Corridor.

Nobody knows why.

But at this moment, all the hunters who were still alive by chance, as well as the spectators who were swept up in the chaos of the beast tide, discovered that all the restrictions here had disappeared.

Beastmasters, your combat power will skyrocket!

What was initially a one-sided massacre has begun to see sporadic sparks of counterattack!

The beast tide is still terrifying, but it is no longer a desperate torrent.

And the root of all this lies in...

Within a spherical space.

Dr. Lagoli's tentacles were blocked by an invisible barrier three meters away from Mingxi.

"What...what did you do?!"

For the first time, Lagoli's voice betrayed surprise and anger.

"No! That was... a celestial remnant!"

The reason why the core of that nuclear meltdown reactor was unstable and had such a large amount of energy is now clear.

It is because there is also a special entity inside it.

Moreover, it was not man-made, but rather the true core of a planet.

Unlike a stellar embryo, this stone is the last remnant of a planet after its death, also known as a stellar remnant.

Mingxi and Jin Yuanbao had seen similar beings when they lay among the star trails, which is why she felt a sense of familiarity.

Only then can one realize that this stone is a remnant of a star.

"...It wants to absorb it?! No! That's mine!!"

Mingxi slowly raised her head.

Her eyes were now a deep, dark color, with swirling nebulae that seemed to encompass the entire universe.

Her aura was rising steadily, the surrounding air began to distort, and the ground trembled slightly.

"your?"

Mingxi spoke, her voice soft yet clearly drowning out all the roar, "Excuse me, do you think it would dare answer if you called its name?"

Star Relics are said to be the essence left behind by a planet, and may very well contain the rules of time and space, life and destruction.

If absorbed by a newly formed stellar embryo, it can indeed accelerate its growth.

However, a star embryo created by humans and existing in a human body, with selfishness, desire, and chaos, would be far from a good thing for the creatures on the planet, even if it were to grow into a life-bearing planet.

Therefore, Mingxi would rather destroy the Star Relic than give it to Lagoli.

Besides, she can also use Star Relic.

She was still a hair's breadth away from using the nuclear meltdown reactor core, so she would use this stellar remnant to break open that closed door!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The entire scarlet corridor began to shake violently like never before!

It's not a localized collapse; it's a complete collapse that starts from the deepest foundation and spreads from the inside out!

The loud crash of the metal structure breaking was like the howl of a giant beast, and deep, bottomless cracks spread across the ground, walls, and ceiling!

Fiery magma and high-pressure steam erupted from the cracks!

Even more terrifying is Zetalem itself!

This artificial planet, composed of countless broken modules, is now groaning under its unbearable burden.

The massive hinge connecting the fractured module is breaking, and the energy transmission pipe is exploding!

This multifaceted star began to twist, break, and recombine at a speed visible to the naked eye!

And the sky directly above the Crimson Corridor—

A massive, dark golden energy vortex is forming!

The vortex, with a diameter of over ten kilometers, rotates slowly, and within it, one can vaguely see illusions of shattered stars and distorted spacetime!

A terrifying pressure poured down from the center of the vortex, causing all energy readings on the surface of Zetalem to exceed their maximum levels!

Yunhai Star, and indeed the entire universe, is once again besieged by strange phenomena!

"Again?...What on earth is going on?!"

Even though they had become accustomed to the changes on the planet, the people on the planet still felt an unprecedented sense of fear and unease.

Because a situation like today has never happened before.

Everyone looked up at the sky.

Darion Shadowsong, the father of Verina and Derek, and the patriarch of the Shadowraven family, was also staring intently at the sky, speaking slowly and deliberately:

"It's another celestial phenomenon. So the reason that phenomenon suddenly disappeared was because the evolution failed. But why did it try again so quickly?"

"Such a terrifying phenomenon directly affects the entire planet... Could it be that there are truly extraordinary beings breaking through their limits? And thus triggering a cosmic-level resonance?"

"...Breaking through the limits?"

Beside Darian stood Carlisle, the patriarch of the Margaret family. "You mean...god-level?! Are there really extraordinary beings who can break through to become gods?"

Darian did not answer, because he did not know either.

God-level extraordinary beings—that's a realm that exists only in theory in all known civilizations!

But didn't a god-level pet appear at the Starry Sea Cup not long ago?

Even if it's just a unique evolution.

But it proves that the existence of god-level pets is not a myth.

Extraordinary beings are those who can break through racial barriers and reach the realm of gods!

Unlike Darian, Carlisle, and other self-righteous people, Verina, who was witnessing it firsthand, felt her worldview collapsing.

She could feel the terrifying pressure emanating from Mingxi.

It was even more terrifying than the god-like appearance from before.

At the same time, it wasn't just her worldview that collapsed, but also the entire Crimson Corridor.

"This guy is really going to destroy this place!"

"This guy is a lunatic too, no, a crazy woman! Seriously, why would someone like her..."

She had already guessed Mingxi's true identity to some extent, because with such a powerful being, she could only think of one person.

So it's really hard to understand why she's so reckless.

Time and time again, he pushed himself into a desperate situation.

Are all the chosen ones of heaven produced in this kind of madness?!

Remembering Mingxi's instructions, Verina dared not linger any longer. She gritted her teeth, took one last look at the figure standing motionless in the center of the collapse, and turned around without hesitation, rushing back to the passage she had come from.

The world is vast, but one's own life is the most important.

Large chunks of the ceiling in the spherical space began to fall.

And Mingxi finally moved.

She took a step forward.

With just one step, the ground beneath her feet solidified into a dark golden crystal.

The collapsed rubble turned to dust within ten meters of her.