176: Back to human society! Help Little Red!

In the chaotic void stream.

Lu Yuan tightly hugged Little Red, the light of Infinite Shuttle flickering erratically.

"Damn it... it's endless!"

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth, sensing the increasingly close pressure from behind.

The old monster, the High Priest, clearly didn't intend to let him go.

If this continued, before his Source Power was exhausted, he and Little Red would be caught by that old thing and blasted to smithereens!

He had to find a way to escape!

He frantically activated Dimensional Walker, sensing every ripple of space around him.

Searching for an opportunity to leave this desperate place.

Suddenly!

Lu Yuan's spirit lifted.

He sensed a weak point in space!

It seemed to connect to a relatively stable space!

"That's it!"

A decisive look flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes.

He poured his remaining Source Power, all-in, into the Infinite Shuttle card!

"O-P-E-N-U-P!!!"

The gold card erupted with an unprecedented brilliant light!

Lu Yuan's figure turned into a meteor, crashing fiercely into that weak point in space!

"Rip—!!!"

A sound like cloth being torn echoed.

The spatial barrier shattered in response!

A huge suction force came, and Lu Yuan's consciousness blurred for a moment.

Immediately after, he felt his body lighten, and the raging, man-eating chaotic void stream around him disappeared.

In its place was the sensation of weightlessness from a rapid descent!

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

The biting night wind whistled past his ears.

Lu Yuan forced his eyes open.

What met his gaze was an endless, brightly lit city below!

"This... this is... Mobei Province City?!"

Lu Yuan's heart jolted, then a surge of post-disaster euphoria washed over him.

He had actually escaped from the chaotic void stream!

And returned directly to human society!

"Bang!"

He crashed heavily into a derelict construction site on the city's outskirts.

The huge impact created a shallow crater in the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

But he was unharmed.

"Cough cough..." Lu Yuan struggled to climb out of the pit, "Little Red! Hold on!"

He dared not delay for a moment.

The impact of his fall was not small, and it quickly attracted the attention of nearby patrol personnel.

Several strong flashlights shone over, accompanied by wary shouts.

"Who's there?!"

"Stay where you are! Don't move!"

However, before those people could approach, a faint blue giant light curtain in the sky above the city flickered slightly.

An invisible pressure instantly enveloped the area, forcibly suppressing the commotion.

Lu Yuan looked up, only to see the faint blue light curtain covering the entire city, with runes flowing on it, emitting vast Source Power fluctuations.

"Nine Heavens Grand Array?"

Lu Yuan understood.

It seemed the High Priest's commotion was indeed significant.

The entire city had entered a state of maximum alert.

On the streets, fully armed military Card Masters and city guards were visible everywhere, creating a tense atmosphere.

"I must find a place to settle down quickly and treat Little Red!"

Lu Yuan avoided the patrol teams' sight, winding his way towards a relatively secluded area.

His current attire was truly a mess.

The Mobei Nine Heavens Academy's spare combat uniform Lin Wei had given him had long been torn to shreds in the chaotic void stream, covered in dust and unknown stains.

However, it was also fortunate he was wearing this uniform.

When he arrived at a small, inconspicuous hotel, the sleepy-eyed middle-aged uncle at the front desk, upon seeing the faintly visible academy emblem on his clothes, became noticeably more polite.

"This... student, are you from Nine Heavens Academy?" The uncle pushed up his glasses.

Lu Yuan nodded, his voice a little hoarse: "Yes, I just returned from a mission, had a bit of an accident. Get me a room."

"Oh, oh, alright, alright." The uncle quickly started working, "The city is under martial law now, it's not easy for students from the academy to return. How about a standard room?"

"That's fine." Lu Yuan just wanted to settle down quickly now.

"Need to register identity card..."

Lu Yuan frowned, his identity card had long been lost.

He touched his face, revealing a wry smile: "My identity card... I lost it during a special mission in the secret realm. Will this work?"

He pulled out a simple identity tag from his embrace, temporarily made by the Leimeng Squad, with his name engraved on it. Although crude, it indeed bore the academy's mark.

The uncle took it, looked at it, then scrutinized Lu Yuan's disheveled but undeniably heroic appearance, and his iconic tattered uniform, and nodded.

"Alright. But checks are strict lately, student, try not to run around too much."

"I understand."

"The room fee is three hundred a day, face payment supported."

Lu Yuan's heart settled slightly; thankfully, the technology tree in this world was quite practical.

He leaned his face towards a small device on the counter.

"Beep. Payment successful."

After getting the room card, Lu Yuan hurried to the room, locking the door behind him.

His first action was to gently place Little Red, whom he had been holding, on the bed.

At this moment, Little Red's body had become somewhat translucent, as if it could dissipate at any moment.

The flame of life was extremely weak.

"Little Red! Hold on!"

Lu Yuan was burning with anxiety, and quickly rummaged through his simple vine card pack.

The squad had previously given him a few healing cards and potions for self-preservation.

However, the effect was minimal.

Those healing methods, which were highly effective for demonic beasts or Card Masters, were like a stone sinking into the sea when used on Little Red, causing no ripple.

After all, it wasn't a product of the Source Power system... "How could this be..."

Cold sweat seeped from Lu Yuan's forehead.

Little Red's aura continued to weaken.

Could it be... there really was no other way?

Lu Yuan clenched his fists, no!

There must be a way!

As the saying goes, within three steps, there must be an antidote!

A flash of inspiration struck Lu Yuan's mind, and he suddenly thought of something!

The flame heart crown!

Little Red itself was a Flame Sprite, and the fire-attributed energy of the flame heart crown could be said to be of the same origin!

Although he didn't know what the crown's exact function was, now, he could only treat a dead horse as if it were alive!

No sooner said than done!

Lu Yuan concentrated, his mind sinking into the card slot on his chest.

the crown totem mark representing the flame heart crown, burning with a faint gold-red flame, trembled slightly.

The next moment, a crown of supreme majesty appeared in Lu Yuan's hand.

"Hiss!"

As soon as the crown appeared, an unimaginable scorching aura rushed towards him!

Lu Yuan only felt his palm burning hot, as if he was holding a red-hot branding iron!

His palm instantly turned crimson from the heat, even emitting wisps of smoke!

But Lu Yuan paid no attention to any of this right now.

He was surprised to find that from the flame heart crown, a pure and ultimate fire-attributed energy, yet not belonging to any known Source Power system of the Card Continent, was flowing like a trickling stream, automatically towards Little Red on the bed!

A strange scene unfolded!

Under the nourishment of that mysterious fire-attributed energy, Little Red, who had been translucent and dim, began to solidify again!

The faint flame of life on its body, as if it had received the purest fuel, began to burn anew, and became increasingly vigorous!

"It's... it's working!"

Lu Yuan was ecstatic!

He carefully brought the flame heart crown closer to Little Red.

More fire-attributed energy flowed into Little Red's body.

Little Red's previously curled-up body gradually stretched out.

The luster on its body went from dim to bright, and then to brilliant!

Its life aura climbed steadily!

It was even stronger than its previous peak state!

Just as Lu Yuan thought Little Red was about to awaken—

Little Red's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open!

In those small flame eyes, there was no longer the previous fear, but a lively brilliance!

It looked at Lu Yuan, then at the flame heart crown floating above its head.

Then, it opened its small mouth and let out a sound that, though childish, was incredibly clear, and enough to make Lu Yuan gape in astonishment—

"Holy crap!"