Then his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and blood tears continuously seeped from his eyes.

Soon, his vision was dyed blood red.

But he gritted his teeth, using a trembling finger to viciously stab the back of his neck, his nails dug deeply into the skin, and blood slid down his cheeks.

This wasn't self-mutilation.

The biological chip of the Moon Eclipse Clan buried in the back of his neck was finally activated under the stimulation of severe pain and fresh blood.

His pupils suddenly contracted, and fine silver patterns emerged in the whites of his eyes, like some ancient runes flowing through his blood vessels.

"Message… transmission…."

With every word he uttered, his throat felt like it was being scraped by a blade.

The sinister figure in the black mist grew more solid, but Yu Chuan could no longer see it.

This creature resembling the Evil Spirit in the Monster World game, under the Black Tide System, was utterly beyond his strength to resist.

Before even making contact, his body was already hard to sustain.

Blood also seeped from his nasal cavity, and a tearing pain transmitted from his eardrum.

But no matter the cost, he must send the intelligence back to the Earth Alliance, which was the ultimate mission of the monitoring station "Guardian."

Even at the cost of his life, he had to sound the warning whistle of the Alien Race's invasion of Earth.

At this moment, the surging black mist approached, and the right arm was the first to contact the mist, disappearing instantly.

The viscous dark matter climbed along the collarbone like a living thing.

Yu Chuan could clearly perceive that the right side of his body was melting away quickly like sugar thrown into hot coffee, a piercing pain through the spine exploding countless golden stars in his vision.

"Damn it, so unlucky... I'll never get to retire."

At the last moment of his life, a thought popped into Yu Chuan's mind.

Assuming nothing unexpected happened, he was only two years away from a beautiful retirement life, about to embrace the happiest time of his life.

But the unexpected still came.

Fortunately, the Human Clan Federation would take care of his parents…

"Am I really going to die? I'm still so young…."

Just as Yu Chuan's consciousness was about to sink into eternal darkness, a roaring sound like magma surged through his blood vessels suddenly. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

A familiar voice arose in his mind, instantly awakening his fading consciousness.

[Challenger Tips: Detected player's life signs below safety line, eroded by non-terrestrial natural power, player body transformation mode forcibly activated.]

Huh?

Hearing the Challenger Tips from Monster World appearing in the real world, Yu Chuan was completely stunned.

Upon opening his eyes, he found his vision astonishingly clear, the black substance that had devoured nearly half his body seemed to have been paused.

Bound by some invisible power.

[Challenger Tips: Transformation completed, player body strength synchronization rate: 4.7%, sacrificial power deduction: 32931 points, balance: 0 (this transformation is temporarily open, subsequent strength increases of the game body will gradually increase the sacrificial power consumption cost).]

When the words "Transformation Completed" exploded in Yu Chuan's mind.

He felt a scorching torrent shattering the brink of death's neural barrier, from the disappeared severed right arm, red-golden Gang Qi erupted like a volcano, each stream of air accompanied by the explosive sound of forged metal clashing.

The withered blood vessels suddenly boiled.

The Qi Blood Energy erupted like sparks from the heart, intertwining at the severed arm, reshaping bones, and nerve pathways reknit in the fiery flames.

He instinctively inhaled, white airflow converged in his mouth, accelerating the body's recovery speed.

The black mist devouring his body suddenly emitted a sharp scream, retreating frantically like a living being scorched by a branding iron.

Yu Chuan looked down at his newborn palm, beneath the skin now flowed not blood, but a liquid-like Gang Qi.

Every heartbeat at this moment triggered tremors in the surrounding air.

Without the black mist's confinement, the ice crystals blowing in from the outside sublimated directly into billowing steam from the high temperature diffused on his body surface.

The Gang Qi swirling around his body ascended, his body at this moment had completely transformed into a roaring melting furnace.

He instinctively clenched his fist, attempting to control the operation of Gang Qi.

Boom!

Red Air Flow blossomed like a lotus at his feet, the surging energy rising from underfoot, cloaking the whole body in burning Red Air Flow.

This was precisely the Life Soul Characteristic of Gang Qi that he frequently used in Monster World.

He suddenly lifted his head, the Gang Qi projecting out of his body became frenzied.

The black mist ahead violently surged, the dark matter capable of dissolving all metal, yet in the face of the violently erupting Gang Qi, it seemed to meet its nemesis, retracting backward.

Seeing this scene, Yu Chuan, who had realized it, instantly widened his eyes:

"Eh, damn, Gang Qi!"

He instinctively activated decomposition to scan, the information presented in his mind left him stunned on the spot:

"Ah, Black Tide?!"