Former Water Crane Race Ark.
Abandoned city, Central Temple.
Inside the dark, half-destroyed main hall, surrounded by countless corpses, a solitary figure sat.
This figure was human in height, but in other respects, it bore almost no resemblance to a person.
It had long arms ending in sharp claws, a long mouth filled with sharp teeth, bulging muscles, and strangely shaped legs.
This creature held tightly to a cube, identical to the one Lin Yi had used to install the Space-Time Filter.
The figure had been sitting there all day.
The cube suddenly began to emit a red light, and moments later, it turned to liquid and was absorbed by the creature's palm.
The creature let out a howl of pain, its body rapidly turning red. Alert messages began appearing before its eyes:
[Alert!]
Derivative, zombie type, mutant Level.
Level 3, request evolution permission.
Alert! All conditions met.
Upgrade granted.
Evolution permitted.
Selecting evolution type...
[Alert!]
