Chapter 76: The Eternal Day

This gaze lasted only for a moment, and without the passive focus of his super potential, Zhao Kuor wouldn't have noticed it.

His brows furrowed deeply. Zhao Kuor understood that the entity sealed within the crystal was likely the evil god from the legends of the Eternal Station. Moreover, the entity had already detected the presence of both him and Tang Yingying.

However, from the current situation, it seemed that although the evil god had awakened, it was still restrained by the mysterious crystal and chains.

This eased Zhao Kuor's mind somewhat. He and Tang Yingying hid at the corner of the spiral staircase, quietly observing the unfolding events.

Meanwhile, Kriminna was kneeling on the ground, lost in a daze.

The young man sealed within the crystal gazed at the girl not far away, his tone mocking: "A sister who deeply loves her brother, even though she knows he doesn't love her back, still throws herself into the flames like a moth."

It seemed he possessed the power to see through people's hearts. With just one glance, he had uncovered the secret buried deep within Kriminna's heart.

Zhou Xing, standing behind, slightly turned his gaze, his eyes falling on Kriminna's back.

Although he had long noticed that Kriminna's feelings for Jon were somewhat unusual, he hadn't expected them to be this extreme.

Kriminna slowly raised her head. She was still somewhat confused, her consciousness half-submerged in a nearly hazy illusion.

In her eyes, the man sealed within the crystal seemed to transform into Jon, her brother, the person closest to her in the world.

Kriminna spoke softly, asking, "Brother? Why not? After all, we're not blood-related, are we? I love you more than I love myself, so why have you never accepted me?"

But the man in the crystal laughed and said, "How could a shepherd fall in love with his sheep? Even if he raised the sheep from birth, it was only to one day slaughter it, eat its flesh, and wear its skin."

"Kriminna, poor girl, come to me. Let me tell you the truth."

The light emanating from the crystal grew more hazy, and under its influence, Kriminna's state became increasingly abnormal.

Not only Kriminna, but even Zhou Xing fell into a hallucination-like existence.

He seemed to see the doctor and Jon leading the lower-class people to victory in the war. They entered a magnificent palace, becoming the new rulers of the City of Tomorrow.

Kriminna was bewitched by the man in the crystal. Her eyes grew vacant as she slowly stood up.

The young man's whispers possessed the power to manipulate minds, continuously echoing within the range of the light.

He softly recounted a past unknown to anyone.

After the fifth great upheaval, the proxy of the Eternal Station, the young man known in history as a deity, had quietly awakened.

However, due to the seal of the crystal, his power could not return to the real world.

Thus, the young man spent a long time using forbidden techniques to send his offspring out of the cave, abandoning them outside the industrial waste pile on the thirteenth floor, and giving a dream prophecy to a certain research-obsessed individual.

Later, this offspring was found by a young worker named Jon, who named her Kriminna and brought her to the lower levels.

Eventually, the doctor discovered this girl who had appeared in his prophetic dream. Through a series of meticulous plans, he helped Jon rise to become the leader of the Blaze Gang.

The doctor told Jon that Kriminna's blood could awaken the sealed evil god.

Of course, Jon would not agree. In every great upheaval, the evil god had brought near-infinite disaster to the Eternal Station.

But in the end, he was persuaded by the doctor, because he understood that after layers of exploitation, the power of the lower-class people was insignificant compared to the upper class.

Even with the [Death's Roar], it only gave them enough leverage to confront the despicable parasites of the upper class.

Only with the support of the evil god could the lower class have any hope of winning.

"Humans always seek dominance. For this position, they are willing to kill, to gamble on a illusory possibility. Kriminna, you love him, but he loves the entire lower class more. Isn't that a tragedy?"

As he watched the girl slowly approach, a hint of pity appeared in the young man's eyes.

But at that moment, Kriminna's footsteps suddenly stopped. Her previously vacant eyes gradually regained clarity. Around her neck, a jade pendant began to emit a faint glow.

[Heart-Guarding Jade]

[Rare-grade item: Increases the wearer's sanity value, reducing the risk of being bewitched or hallucinating.]

At this critical moment, the jade pendant Jon had given to his sister played its role.

This pendant was a gift from Jon to her when she turned eighteen, and Kriminna had worn it ever since.

Now it seemed that the pendant's existence was meant for this very moment...

As she stared at the crystal now within arm's reach, Kriminna forcefully wiped the tears from her face.

She could feel that the young man—no, the evil god—was speaking the truth. She began to understand why the doctor and her brother had abandoned so many more qualified candidates and insisted on sending her here to awaken this ancient evil god.

But Kriminna's expression quickly shifted to one of determination. She pulled out a small box from her chest: "Even if all of this is true, even if I really am your descendant, so what? I've always remembered that I am Kriminna, Jon's sister, a lower-class citizen of the Eternal Station!"

Kriminna opened the box, and a nuclear bomb appeared on the ground before her.

Clearly, the box was also a magical item, capable of storing objects, similar to the ring Tang Yingying had obtained from Zhao Kuor.

The young man's eyes narrowed slightly: "Death's Roar, the thing left behind by that man. This is your final trump card, isn't it?"

Zhao Kuor, hiding at the corner of the staircase, also narrowed his eyes.

According to the doctor, the blueprint for Death's Roar had been given to him by his future self, along with the already shattered Lucky Dice.

But now, this evil god clearly recognized Death's Roar. Could it be that his future self had also had contact with the evil god?

Could it be that during the fifth great upheaval, the young man sealed in the crystal had fully awakened and interacted with him?

Zhao Kuor's mind raced, trying to piece together the most plausible explanation.

Kriminna's expression was stubborn as she said, "The doctor said that Death's Roar can destroy the entire Eternal Station. Once the station is destroyed, you too will vanish into nothingness."

Hearing this, the young man sealed in the crystal laughed: "Hahaha, look at me now. I might as well be dead. Do you think I fear death? Do you really think I fear death?"

"Detonate it, Kriminna. Let the Eternal Station fall into eternal destruction, and end this cycle once and for all!"

As he spoke, a gust of wind swept through the entire cavern.