Chapter 55

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Very well aware of how dangerous the location of this Inhuman temple is, Liu Rui'an naturally wouldn't be as foolish as the black man in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." to fumble around carelessly.

After landing at the bottom of the tunnel, he didn't even touch the ground but instead hovered in the air with Skye in his arms, then flew forward along the underground passage.

"Liu, it's so dark here." Skye, huddled in someone's arms, could only see endless darkness.

"Sorry, I forgot you can't see."

Liu Rui'an apologized, then took out a spherical device from his body. After activating it, he used his powers to make it float above their heads.

Soon, the pitch-black darkness was dispelled by a soft white light.

"What is this place?" Skye couldn't help but ask, looking at the surroundings with a historical atmosphere.

"It's a temple." Liu Rui'an, who had no intention of hiding anything from her, answered.

"A temple?" Skye, who didn't expect this answer, paused and then asked, "What kind of temple?"

"An Inhuman temple." Liu Rui'an, who was using his telepathic radar to sense the environment of the underground temple, continued to explain.

"Inhuman?"

Clan, homeland, answers to all the questions...

Faced with this answer, Skye immediately associated it with something someone had said before.

"That's right, your father is human, but your mother is a member of a race called the Inhumans." Liu Rui'an, who continued to hold her and hover in the air, explained.

"This... This is impossible!!"

Even though Skye had some guesses before coming out, she never expected to face such an answer.

"Do you not believe what I'm saying, or are you unable to face your true identity?" Liu Rui'an, who stopped walking, asked in return.

"No, I can't be an Inhuman, I'm a human!!" Skye, who couldn't accept her true identity for a moment, struggled to say.

"Skye!" Liu Rui'an, who used a bit of his telepathic ability, said after letting her out of his embrace:

"I'm sure you've seen the abilities I've displayed. Do you think I'm human?"

She wanted to say that he wasn't human, but the words on the tip of Skye's tongue turned into:

"No! I don't know."

"In a certain sense, I'm not human, but from another perspective, I am still human." Liu Rui'an, who didn't intend to reveal his true situation, could only answer by changing the subject:

"Or, to be more precise, my current state is what humans will evolve into. Or, I am the future of humanity."

"The future of humanity?" Skye, who never expected such an answer, was momentarily stunned and couldn't speak.

"Skye, don't reject your true identity." Liu Rui'an, who floated in front of her with purple light flickering in his eyes, said:

"Only by facing it and acknowledging it can you calmly face your life and future."

Skye, who originally couldn't face the answer just now, gradually calmed down.

"Are you comforting me?" Skye, who noticed the change in her mood, asked straightly.

"Sorry, I'm just worried about you." Liu Rui'an, who didn't sense any anger or similar emotions from her, said with a bitter smile.

"No need to apologize."

Even though she knew her mood change was definitely related to his abilities, Skye couldn't feel any anger.

Instead, with a bitter expression, she asked hopefully, "Are you my clan member?"

"Sort of." Liu Rui'an gave an ambiguous answer.

"Sort of? Are you or aren't you?" Skye pressed.

"I'm in the same situation as you; I'm not officially an Inhuman yet until a certain ceremony is performed." Liu Rui'an, who didn't reveal his true situation, continued to change the subject.

"So, you came here with me to perform that ceremony?" Skye, who thought she had figured out some truth, asked.

"Exactly." Liu Rui'an answered straightforwardly.

"Does that ceremony require the obelisk?" Skye, whose gaze fell on the metal box he was carrying, asked.

"You're very smart, you're right again." Liu Rui'an nodded and answered.

"What will happen after we perform this ceremony?" Skye, who had unconsciously started to see this guy as her own, asked.

"We will evolve and gain abilities." Liu Rui'an, who temporarily took on the role of a mentor, explained.

"Gain abilities? Like the ones you have?" Skye, who immediately thought of his abilities, continued to ask.

"No, no, no, there are many kinds of abilities. No one can know what specific abilities we will get before the ceremony." Liu Rui'an shook his head and answered.

"But why do you already have abilities and still need to perform this ceremony?" Skye, who quickly grasped the key point, asked.

"My situation is a bit special, but I will perform the ceremony with you." Liu Rui'an, who didn't explain much, said.

Faced with this answer that wasn't really an answer, and a promise that wasn't really a promise, Skye was silent for a while before she opened her arms and said:

"Even though I still can't accept the fact that I'm not human, you're right, facts are facts. Running away is not as good as facing them."

"Trust me, my princess, your choice is very correct."

Liu Rui'an, who floated in front of her and held her soft body in his arms again, still had purple light flickering in his eyes.

After "convincing" Skye, their next actions naturally became smoother.

With his telepathic radar as a guide, Liu Rui'an quickly arrived at the core area of the temple in the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." plot.

In the center of the core area, surrounded by layers of stone walls, was a cylindrical stone platform enveloped by a white light column. Liu Rui'an landed here gracefully.

"We're here." Feeling the delicate body in his arms still tightly hugging him, Liu Rui'an smiled and said.

"Ah! We're here?" Skye, who finally realized her behavior was a bit inappropriate, hurriedly retreated from his embrace.

"Come, Skye, place the obelisk from the box on the stone platform." Liu Rui'an, who took out the metal box, said.

"Just place it there?" Skye, who took the metal box, asked.

"Yes, just place it there."

Liu Rui'an nodded and, while speaking, began to subtly alter his own genes.

After "inviting" Skye to his territory, the Starling, as per Liu Rui'an's instructions, would extract a certain amount of blood from her every night while she was asleep.

In addition to being used for research on the Inhumans, this blood was also absorbed by Liu Rui'an.

Since the Inhumans look no different from normal humans on the outside, Liu Rui'an's changes naturally didn't attract Skye's attention.

Just as Skye was about to carefully place the obelisk on the platform, she found that the obelisk in her hand suddenly emitted a light like flames.

In addition, mysterious patterns appeared on the surface of the obelisk as the light flowed.

"Don't be nervous, it's fine." Liu Rui'an, who saw the change in the obelisk, promptly reassured her.

Almost as soon as the obelisk was fully lit, it detached from Skye's hand under an invisible force and slowly floated onto the stone platform enveloped by the white light.

The layers of stone walls that surrounded the entire core area began to move after the obelisk landed on the platform, quickly sealing off the entire core area.

"Don't be nervous, I'm with you." Liu Rui'an, who sensed the girl's mood, walked up and held her hand, comforting her.

"I'm fine, I'm okay." Skye, looking at him, managed to smile.

As the two were talking, the obelisk on the platform began to change.

When the originally seamless obelisk opened on its own, pale blue crystal clusters grew out from inside.

"Pretty, isn't it?" Liu Rui'an, who still held the girl's hand, said, looking at the crystal clusters.

"Pretty, yes." Skye, who managed to smile, said.

Almost as soon as the two finished speaking, a ring of mist spread out from the crystal like a shockwave.

The impact was not very strong and did not affect Liu Rui'an, who was well-prepared.

However, Skye, caught off guard, fell backward and was pulled into his arms.

"Don't worry, this is the mist produced by the Terrigen crystal, it's beneficial to us." Liu Rui'an, with the girl in his arms, smiled and reassured her.

"Terrigen crystal?" Skye, who had no idea, didn't care about the somewhat intimate position and asked urgently.

"I'll explain the details later." Liu Rui'an, looking at the girl in his arms who looked like a curious baby, smiled and said:

"We will soon enter a carbonized state, just relax your body, don't be nervous or afraid."

"Carbonized?"

Before Skye could understand what he meant, she found her hand beginning to carbonize, turning black and numb from the fingertips and quickly spreading to her head.

Fortunately, Liu Rui'an had reassured her in time; otherwise, even though Skye was a high-level hacker in the Rising Tide organization and knew some hidden abnormal events, experiencing it firsthand would have been a completely different matter, and she might have reacted violently.

As Skye watched herself being carbonized, Liu Rui'an's condition was similar.

The same was that his body was also being carbonized, but different was that the carbonization was much slower than Skye's.

Most importantly, although the carbonized parts of his body were stiff and immobile, he did not lose sensation.

Of course, Liu Rui'an, who didn't know Skye's feelings, was also unaware of his own uniqueness.

However, this wasn't the most critical part.

When the carbonization reached his head, Liu Rui'an, who hadn't felt any abnormalities before, suddenly felt a blackout and then lost consciousness.

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