The tremor of the laboratory became more and more intense. Gravel fell from the ceiling like a rainstorm, cracks on the walls spread continuously, and the harsh sound of collapse echoed one after another. The collapse of the underground base was counting down. The golden and black light and crystal light around Liam intertwined and wrapped around him. His brain development progress stayed at 41%. The symbiotic energy in his body perfectly merged with the spiritual energy crystal energy, emitting a much stronger fluctuation than before. But facing the seriously injured but still violent clone and the Shadow Leader who was full of energy and killing intent, he still fell into a dilemma——he had to protect his seriously injured companions behind him, deal with the fatal attacks from both sides, and completely end this conspiracy before the base collapsed.
"Liam, don't get distracted! I'll protect everyone, you focus on dealing with them!" A weak but firm voice came. Elena struggled to prop up her body, surrounded by a faint crystal energy. The energy overflowing during the crystal awakening not only repaired part of her injuries but also temporarily awakened the hidden energy perception in her body. She stretched out her hand tremblingly, gathered a faint energy, and formed a thin energy shield around Dr. Gray, Wang, and the comatose Kane, barely resisting the impact of gravel and scattered energy shock waves.
Wang supported the experimental platform and struggled to move his body. His eyes swept over the collapsing environment around him, and he shouted anxiously: "Liam, there's no time to delay! The base will collapse completely in at most ten minutes. We must defeat them as soon as possible, find an exit to escape, otherwise everyone will be buried here!" As soon as he finished speaking, a huge piece of gravel crashed down, just hitting the experimental instrument beside him. The instrument was instantly smashed into pieces, and gravel splashed. Wang couldn't dodge in time, his arm was scratched, and blood flowed continuously, but he still stared firmly at the battlefield and refused to back down.
The Shadow Leader slowly stood up, and the dark energy around him surged again. His scarlet eyes were firmly locked on Liam, and his tone was full of anger and unwillingness: "Damn crystal fragment, it can actually burst out such powerful energy and increase your brain development progress! But do you think you can reverse the situation with 41% development? Wishful thinking!" As soon as the words fell, he raised his hand and waved. The dark energy around him instantly gathered, and the damaged dark energy shield took shape again, stronger than before. At the same time, he issued a low command to the seriously injured clone, "Kill him! Even if you try your best, tear him to pieces and absorb his symbiotic energy!"
The clone let out a low roar, and the dark energy around him was frantically restless. Although he was seriously injured by Liam, the dark energy in his body was in chaos, and the dark chip in his brain also had cracks, but under the command of the Shadow Leader, he still erupted with the last violent power. His figure flashed and rushed to Liam. He gathered the remaining dark energy in his hands, formed a distorted energy blade, and slashed fiercely at Liam's neck——this blow used all his strength, every move was fatal, leaving no room for maneuver.
Liam's eyes condensed, without the slightest fear. The golden and black crystal energy in his body instantly gathered. His figure dodged sideways like a ghost, and at the same time raised his hand and waved. A sharp golden and black energy blade shot out instantly, slashing fiercely at the clone's arm. With a crisp "click", the clone's arm was hit by the energy blade, the dark energy collapsed instantly, and the arm hung down weakly. Black blood gushed out, but he still didn't stop. He gathered dark energy in his other hand and smashed it fiercely at Liam's chest.
"Bang——" Liam was hit by the fist, and a sharp pain came from his chest. Blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and his body couldn't help but take a few steps back. But he didn't back down at all. Taking advantage of the clone's old injury recurring and energy chaos, his figure flashed and rushed to the clone instantly. He held the clone's head tightly with both hands, and the golden and black crystal energy poured into the clone's body continuously, completely destroying the dark chip in his brain and devouring the remaining dark energy in his body.
The clone struggled violently, making painful roars. The dark energy around him continued to collapse. The emptiness in his eyes was gradually replaced by clarity. He looked at Liam, who was exactly like himself, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, as if he was wondering about his own existence, or repenting for what he had done. A few seconds later, the clone's body began to become transparent, the dark energy in his body was completely devoured, the dark chip in his brain was completely destroyed, and finally turned into a wisp of black smoke, dissipating in the air of the laboratory and disappearing completely.
"No——! My perfect experimental product!" Seeing the clone being completely destroyed, the Shadow Leader let out an angry roar. The dark energy around him instantly surged to the extreme. His scarlet eyes emitted cold killing intent. "Liam, I want you to die! I want you to be buried with the clone! I want to absorb your symbiotic energy and crystal energy to complete my conspiracy!"
As soon as the words fell, the Shadow Leader's figure flashed and rushed to Liam instantly. His fist, filled with destructive dark energy, smashed fiercely at Liam's chest. This punch gathered all his energy, stronger than any previous attack. The air was distorted by this powerful energy, making a harsh whistling sound. Liam had just destroyed the clone, and the energy in his body was greatly consumed. A slight dizziness came from his brain, and he couldn't dodge completely. He could only forcefully gather the remaining golden and black crystal energy in his body to form an energy shield to resist this fatal blow.
"Boom——" The dark energy collided violently with the golden and black crystal energy, making a deafening explosion. The energy shock wave swept the entire field. Most of the walls of the laboratory collapsed instantly, gravel flew all over the sky, the energy shield set up by Elena shattered instantly, Dr. Gray, Wang, and Elena were thrown away by the shock wave, hit the ground hard, spit blood, their injuries worsened again, and the comatose Kane was also hit by gravel, his brows frowned tightly, and his breath became weaker.
Liam was thrown away by the shock wave, hitting the experimental platform in the center of the laboratory hard. The experimental platform was instantly smashed. The spiritual energy crystal fragment flew out of the container and floated beside Liam. Pure energy poured into Liam's body continuously, repairing his damaged physical body and supplementing the energy he consumed. His brain development progress also slowly improved under the nourishment of crystal energy, 41%, 42%, 43%... gradually moving towards a higher level.
"Liam!" Elena struggled to prop up her body, her eyes full of anxiety and worry. Looking at the spiritual energy crystal fragment floating beside Liam, she suddenly thought of the Shadow Organization's R&D data she had copied, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her eyes. She shouted anxiously: "Liam, be careful! The Shadow Leader also has a dark brain chip implanted in his body, and his brain development progress has long exceeded 50%. The reason he can control a lot of dark energy is because of the chip! The spiritual energy crystal fragment can not only restrain dark energy but also destroy dark chips. You must use crystal energy to destroy the chip in his body to completely defeat him!"
Liam slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes were shining with firm light. Elena's words awakened him. He finally understood why the Shadow Leader could control such powerful dark energy, why he could forcibly develop the clone's brain. It turned out that all of this was due to the dark brain chip. He stretched out his hand and held the spiritual energy crystal fragment floating beside him. The crystal fragment merged into his body instantly. The pure crystal energy perfectly merged with his symbiotic energy. His brain development progress instantly increased to 45%, and the energy in his body became much stronger and purer than before.
Looking at Liam's change, the Shadow Leader's eyes were full of shock and fear. He never thought that the spiritual energy crystal fragment could perfectly merge with Liam's body and increase his brain development progress so quickly. "Impossible! This is impossible! How could the spiritual energy crystal fragment merge completely into your body? How could it make your brain development progress increase so fast? This is impossible!"
Liam slowly stood up. The golden and black crystal light around him became more dazzling, and the energy fluctuation in his body became stronger and stronger. He looked at the panicked Shadow Leader in front of him and said in a cold tone: "Shadow Leader, your conspiracy ends here! You control others with dark chips, conduct experiments on living people, and realize your ambition with clones. Everything you do is evil and will never succeed! Today, I will use the power of the spiritual energy crystal fragment to destroy your dark chip, end your evil conspiracy, and avenge those innocent people!"
As soon as the words fell, Liam's figure flashed and rushed to the Shadow Leader instantly. All the golden and black crystal energy in his body gathered in his hand, forming a huge energy long sword. The long sword emitted dazzling light, containing pure crystal energy and powerful symbiotic energy, stabbing fiercely at the Shadow Leader's chest——his target was the dark brain chip in the Shadow Leader's body.
The Shadow Leader's face changed drastically. He quickly gathered the dark energy in his body to form a solid energy shield. At the same time, he raised his hand and waved, and countless dark energy beams shot out instantly, shooting at Liam, trying to block Liam's attack. But at this time, Liam's brain development progress had reached 45%, and the golden and black crystal energy he controlled could easily restrain dark energy. He just turned slightly sideways to avoid all the dark energy beams, and the energy long sword in his hand stabbed fiercely at the Shadow Leader's energy shield.
With a crisp "click", dense cracks appeared on the Shadow Leader's energy shield. Only a few seconds later, the energy shield shattered completely. The energy long sword stabbed fiercely into the Shadow Leader's chest. The golden and black crystal energy poured into the Shadow Leader's body continuously, destroying the dark energy in his body and impacting the dark brain chip in his body. The Shadow Leader let out a painful roar, the dark energy around him continued to collapse, his scarlet eyes gradually lost their light, and his body began to tremble slightly.
"No——! I'm not reconciled! I spent so much effort and paid so much to realize my conspiracy and control the entire world. How could I fail like this?" The Shadow Leader struggled, trying to pull out the energy long sword from his chest, trying to gather the remaining dark energy in his body to make a final counterattack. But the dark energy in his body was being quickly devoured by the golden and black crystal energy, and the dark brain chip was also being continuously destroyed. He couldn't gather any energy at all, so he could only watch his strength dissipate little by little.
Liam held the energy long sword tightly and injected the golden and black crystal energy in his body again. He said in a cold tone: "This is what you deserve! You hurt so many innocent people and destroyed so many families. Your conspiracy should never have been realized. Your failure is inevitable!"
A few seconds later, the dark brain chip in the Shadow Leader's body was completely destroyed, and the dark energy in his body was completely devoured. His body began to shrink, his scarlet eyes completely lost their light, and he no longer had the previous pressure and killing intent. Finally, he fell to the ground and lost his life completely. The leader of the Shadow Organization, this evil devil who did all kinds of evil and tried to control the world, was finally completely defeated.
At the moment the Shadow Leader was completely defeated, the laboratory trembled violently again. The ceiling above began to collapse on a large scale, huge gravel kept falling, and huge cracks appeared on the floor of the laboratory. Obviously, the base had reached the edge of complete collapse, and the time left for them to escape was less than three minutes.
"Liam, hurry up! We must leave here as soon as possible, the base is about to collapse completely!" Elena struggled to stand up and shouted anxiously. She supported Dr. Gray, and Wang also struggled to stand up and walked to the comatose Kane, trying to lift him up. But Kane was seriously injured and his body was heavy. Wang couldn't lift him up alone, so he could only look at Liam anxiously.
Liam quickly pulled out the energy long sword, and the energy in his body gathered again. He quickly walked to Kane's side, carefully lifted him up, and carried him on his shoulders. He said firmly: "Everyone follow me, I know where the exit is! When I destroyed the clone just now, I sensed an emergency exit on the second basement floor, behind the laboratory. We must get there as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!"
After speaking, Liam carried Kane on his shoulders and ran quickly towards the back of the laboratory. Elena, Dr. Gray, and Wang followed closely behind him. Along the way, gravel kept falling, and the ground kept collapsing. They carefully avoided gravel and cracks and walked hard. While running, Liam used the golden and black crystal energy in his body to block the flying gravel and scattered energy shock waves for his companions behind him, protecting their safety.
Just as they were about to reach the emergency exit, a huge piece of gravel crashed down, just blocking their way and blocking the exit. The gravel was huge and could not be moved at all. Moreover, the ground around them was still collapsing, and more and more gravel fell, blocking the exit tightly.
"No! The exit is blocked!" Wang looked at the gravel in front of him, his eyes full of despair. "What should we do? The base is about to collapse completely, the exit is blocked, and we can't escape here at all. Are we really going to be buried here?"
Dr. Gray's face also turned pale. He looked at the comatose Kane, the injured Elena and Wang beside him, then at the gravel in front of him, and said in a heavy tone: "Don't give up, we still have hope! Liam, your brain development has reached 45%, and you can control the energy of the spiritual energy crystal fragment. You must have a way to open the exit and take us out of here!"
Elena also nodded, her eyes full of trust, and said firmly: "Liam, we believe in you! You can definitely do it. No matter what difficulties we encounter, we will be with you. We must leave here together, stop the remaining conspiracy of the Shadow Organization, and let those innocent people rest in peace!"
Looking at his companions who trusted him, and at the gravel and the collapsing environment in front of him, the firmness in Liam's heart ignited again. He gently put Kane on the ground, took a deep breath, gathered all the golden and black crystal energy in his body, concentrated his brain, and perceived the energy fluctuations around him, trying to find a way to open the exit. He could feel that the energy of the spiritual energy crystal fragment was surging in his body, resonating strongly with the surrounding energy, as if guiding him to find a way out.
A few seconds later, a flash of inspiration flashed in Liam's eyes. He found that although the gravel blocking the exit was hard, the energy fluctuation contained in it could be neutralized by the spiritual energy crystal energy. As long as he gathered the golden and black crystal energy in his body into a powerful energy beam and shot it at the weak point of the gravel, he could shatter the gravel and open the exit. But doing so would consume all the remaining energy in his body, and might even cause his brain development progress to regress and his brain to be seriously damaged.
"Liam, what's wrong? Is there no way?" Seeing that Liam hadn't moved for a long time, Wang asked anxiously.
Liam shook his head and said firmly: "I have a way, but I need to consume all the energy in my body, which may damage my brain, but I will definitely take everyone out of here, I promise!"
"No! Liam, you can't do this!" Elena quickly stopped him. "If you consume all your energy and damage your brain, even if we open the exit, you will be in danger of life! We can't let you pay such a big price for us!"
"There's no time to hesitate!" Liam said firmly. "The base is about to collapse completely. We have no other choice. Only in this way can we leave here together! Don't worry, I'll be fine, I can hold on!"
After speaking, Liam no longer hesitated. All the golden and black crystal energy in his body gathered in his hand, forming a huge energy beam. The beam emitted dazzling light, containing all his energy and faith. He stared firmly at the weak point of the gravel, his eyes firm, and suddenly shot the energy beam out. "Boom——" The energy beam hit the weak point of the gravel fiercely, making a deafening explosion. The gravel was instantly shattered and scattered all over the ground. The emergency exit was finally opened!
But Liam, because he consumed all his energy, his brain was slightly damaged, his legs went weak, and he fell down. The light in his eyes gradually dimmed, the golden and black crystal light around him also dissipated, and the energy of the spiritual energy crystal fragment temporarily fell into silence in his body and no longer surged.
"Liam!" Everyone shouted in unison, their eyes full of anxiety and worry. They quickly rushed to Liam's side and lifted him up. Elena quickly took out an energy syringe from her backpack and injected it into Liam's body. She said anxiously: "Liam, hold on! You must not be有事. We have defeated the Shadow Leader, we have opened the exit, and we will leave here soon. You must hold on!"
After the injection, Liam's breath gradually stabilized, and the light in his eyes recovered a little. He looked at his anxious companions around him, and a weak smile appeared on his lips. He said weakly: "Everyone... it's good that everyone is okay... we... we leave here quickly..."
Wang carried Liam on his shoulders, Dr. Gray and Elena lifted the comatose Kane, and ran quickly towards the emergency exit. At this time, the laboratory had completely collapsed, and gravel kept falling behind them. The ground kept collapsing. They tried their best and finally rushed out of the emergency exit and came to the outside of the underground base.
The sunlight outside was dazzling, and the breeze blew. There was no longer the smell of blood and chemicals in the laboratory in the air, but fresh air instead. They had just rushed out of the base when the underground base collapsed completely, turning into a pile of ruins. The secret base of the Shadow Organization, this place where all kinds of evil were done, was finally completely destroyed.
Everyone sat on the ground, gasping for breath, their faces full of exhaustion and scars, but their eyes were full of joy and hope——they defeated the Shadow Leader, destroyed the secret base of the Shadow Organization, stopped the evil conspiracy of the Shadow Organization, rescued each other, and finally survived.
Elena sat beside Liam, gently stroking his forehead, her eyes full of tenderness and worry: "Liam, thank you. If it weren't for you, all of us would not have survived. If you hadn't persisted, we would not have been able to stop the Shadow Leader's conspiracy. Rest well. When you recover your energy, we will go back together, treat everyone's injuries, sort out the R&D data of the Shadow Organization, and completely eliminate the remaining forces of the Shadow Organization."
Liam nodded and said weakly: "Okay... but I have a question... why did the spiritual energy crystal fragment choose me actively? Why did it merge perfectly with my symbiotic energy? What other secrets are there on it?"
Elena frowned and said in a solemn tone: "Regarding the secrets of the spiritual energy crystal fragment, I saw some records in the copied R&D data. It is not just a crystal that can improve brain development progress and restrain dark energy. There is also a huge secret hidden in it——it is an energy crystal left by an alien civilization in ancient times, containing infinite energy. Moreover, it has a companion, another spiritual energy crystal fragment. Only when the two fragments are combined can it exert its true power."
"Another spiritual energy crystal fragment?" A trace of surprise flashed in Liam's eyes. "Where is it? Is the Shadow Organization also looking for it?"
Elena nodded and said in a solemn tone: "Yes, the R&D data of the Shadow Organization records that the other spiritual energy crystal fragment is hidden at the other end of the world. The reason why the Shadow Leader spent so much effort to cultivate clones and forcibly develop the brain is to find the other spiritual energy crystal fragment, combine the two fragments, absorb the infinite energy in them, and realize his ambition of controlling the world. Although we defeated the Shadow Leader and destroyed his base, the remaining forces of the Shadow Organization are still there. They will definitely continue to look for the other spiritual energy crystal fragment. Our battle is not over yet."
Liam slowly closed his eyes, and Elena's words echoed in his brain. He knew that what Elena said was right. Although they defeated the Shadow Leader and stopped the immediate conspiracy, the remaining forces of the Shadow Organization were still there, the other spiritual energy crystal fragment had not been found, and a greater crisis was still ahead. His path of brain development was still continuing, and his mission was not yet completed.
The sun was still dazzling, and the breeze was still blowing. Everyone sat on the ground, resting and recovering their energy. They knew that the road ahead would be full of difficulties and dangers, but they also believed that as long as they united as one, as long as Liam could continue to improve his brain development progress and control the power of the spiritual energy crystal fragment, they would definitely find the other spiritual energy crystal fragment, completely eliminate the remaining forces of the Shadow Organization, stop all evil conspiracies, protect this world, and protect each other. And the secrets of the spiritual energy crystal fragment and the truth of the ancient alien civilization will be gradually revealed in their next journey.