I never upgrade

Chapter 5: Self-Destruction on the Spot, Rebirth at the Start

Xu Lun held his breath, his eyes fixed on the dark, withered branch, watching it approach him like a slowly crawling venomous snake.

Suddenly! The arm accelerated, like a venomous snake launching an attack, and instantly grabbed Xu Lun's arm!

The stinging sensation immediately traveled up his forearm and quickly rushed into his brain, making Xu Lun's head buzz. The pain then reached his heart, which he felt pounding violently in his chest!

The next second, before he could react, the remaining shadowy figures swarmed forward! Like hyenas fighting over food, they all stretched out their arms, grabbing at the arm with the bracelet on Xu Lun's wrist—

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Just as those countless withered black claws were about to seize Xu Lun.

The bracelet shone brightly, suddenly releasing countless dazzling purple rays, like sharp blades piercing the darkness, piercing all the shadows in the room with a thousand arrows, leaving them riddled with holes!

Xu Lun was almost blinded by the bright light and instinctively closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, perhaps due to the strong light, everything in front of him had turned gray.

Or rather, the whole world turned gray.

The room was the same one, but the shadowy figures had vanished.

However, a pool of dark liquid appeared on the ground, and it continued to spread.

Is the water pipe leaking?

No, that color is too dark, and it looks heavy.

Judging from the direction of its spread, it seems to have originated from beneath one's own feet.

Xu Lun slowly looked down and saw that he was wearing shoes and standing in the center of the dark liquid.

His heart skipped a beat.

It was as if I suddenly understood something.

My gaze shifted to the left, and I saw my arm, which was only half its original length, gushing water like a tap that had been turned on.

Xu Lun's vision blurred, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

The dark liquid splashed all over his face.

Xu Lun braced himself on the floor with his right arm, looking at his disheveled and lost face reflected on the surface of the dark liquid.

The next second, he couldn't help but laugh. Looking at himself in the mirror, he chuckled foolishly and burst into loud laughter.

Water droplets kept dripping down his face; he couldn't tell whether it was the dark liquid that had just been on him or his own tears.

Xu Lun laughed and cried at the same time, making strange noises as he unrestrainedly expressed his various emotions until he finally lost consciousness.

......

He didn't know how much time had passed, but when he woke up again, he felt as if he were lying on a soft and comfortable bed.

Xu Lun rolled over, closed his eyes groggily, and didn't want to get up right away.

He felt like he had never slept in such a comfortable bed in his entire life.

This reminded him of his childhood, a time when he felt comfortable and safe with his parents by his side.

But soon, a woman's cold voice shattered the tranquility in his heart:

"Now that you're awake, don't go back to sleep. Time is of the essence, and there are still many questions I need to ask you. You'd better answer truthfully."

Before he could even open his eyes to see what was going on, the words had barely left his mouth.

The comfortable bed beneath him suddenly began to move.

With a faint sound of some kind of motor running, the upper part of the bed is slowly rising.

Feeling his upper body being gradually lifted up, Xu Lun suddenly opened his eyes.

At the same time, the dim surroundings were illuminated by lights, and the glaring light made him instinctively close his eyes again.

As the headboard continued to rise, and reached a certain angle, he felt that the blanket covering him was about to slip off.

His skin was in complete intimate contact with the comfortable, silky fabric of the blanket—it felt as if he wasn't wearing any clothes!

Just as the blanket slipped off his shoulder, Xu Lun suddenly raised his hand and grabbed it.

When he opened his eyes again, what came into view was his perfectly intact left hand, and—a gold bracelet on his wrist.

Xu Lun's heart skipped a beat. Several images flashed through his mind: a gray room, dark liquid, a severed left arm...

He snapped out of his daze and stared at his left hand, which had instinctively gripped the blanket, and the bracelet on his wrist.

At this moment, the crystal section of the bracelet no longer emitted any brilliance and became extremely ordinary.

Is it just my imagination?

Xu Lun felt very unfamiliar; his left hand, which he remembered, was gone.

However, it now grows safely and unharmed at the end of the arm, giving the impression that it is as good as new.

And that bracelet.

He remembered that this thing had emitted a dazzling light, and then the next second, his left hand, along with the bracelet, disappeared.

Xu Lun stared at his left hand, lost in thought for a long time, until the woman's cold voice rang out again:

"I can see you have a lot of questions, but that's okay, we do too. So I think we have a lot to talk about."

Following the direction of the sound, Xu Lun looked up:

There was a young and beautiful woman sitting on a chair by the wall.

She had long chestnut hair, which was tied up at the back of her head with hair clips, leaving only a wisp of bangs in front, which fell naturally along the curve of her face.

She was wearing a cobalt blue trench coat, her arms crossed, and dark stockings on her legs. She was leaning back in a chair, observing Xu Lun sitting on the bed.

Xu Lun didn't know what to say, but he subconsciously moved his lips: "Where is this..."

"We detected an unusual energy fluctuation in the [616] universe, and thus found your location."

Unfortunately, the location where you were found seems to have been affected by that energy fluctuation. All the surrounding surveillance cameras were damaged, and we were unable to extract any useful video footage to prove what exactly happened at that time.

That's why we brought you back.

Now, we need your cooperation to answer what happened before you lost consciousness.

If you're curious about where this is, I can only say I have no comment.

Let's just assume this is a hospital.

The woman offered an explanation.

Xu Lun ignored her words, instead his gaze swept over her head and noticed something extremely large and wide, resembling a porthole, on her left side behind her:

Outside the window, there was a vast sea of ​​stars, and not far away, a spherical celestial body floating in the sea of ​​stars, surrounded by a halo.

Holy crap... is this outer space?!

Xu Lun was starting to feel dizzy and disoriented. Where was he doing this?

Is this really not a dream?

At this very moment, he had already left Earth and was lying in the cabin of a spaceship!?