Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Chapter 1340 The Autistic Brother's Plea for Help

It must be said that the locations of these explosions were indeed very ingenious, all of them chosen at the main passages and key nodes inside the fortress.

During his infiltration, the mad doctor spent nearly forty minutes figuring out the structure inside the fortress, noting which areas were load-bearing walls, which were gathering points for the earth-walking species, and which passages were essential routes for the fission species patrols. He marked all of these in his mind.

The explosives were miniature bombs he carried with him. They were small, each only the size of a thumb, but they were filled with highly concentrated energy crystals. The shockwave released when they exploded was enough to destroy all structures within a radius of twenty meters.

Of course, besides the mad doctor's own bombs, Su Xiao and Lin Yi also sponsored a lot.

The first explosion came from the direction of the barracks in the southeast corner of the fortress, followed by the supply warehouse on the north side, and then both ends of the central passage.

Explosions rang out one after another, with the intervals getting shorter and the sounds becoming more and more frequent, like a string of lit firecrackers exploding along the fuse.

These explosions precisely cut off the aliens' pursuit route, blocking the ground creatures that were trying to flank them in the collapsed passage.

From a distance, the entire alien fortress looked like a giant beast writhing in agony as if it had been set ablaze.

Orange-red flames surged from the breach, climbing up the surface of the city wall and scorching the gray-white boulders until they turned black and cracked.

But what truly threw the aliens into chaos was the solar flames left behind after the Apollo explosion. Those golden-red flames burned continuously at the broken sections of the city wall, on the wreckage of buildings, and at the entrances to the passageways. The temperature was so high that it distorted and deformed the air. The snow within a 20-meter radius evaporated completely within seconds, leaving no water vapor behind, and was directly decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen ions.

Even more troublesome than the solar flames were the green flames left behind by the explosion of Adis. The green flames were not like ordinary combustion phenomena, but more like some kind of active consuming entity.

It spreads slowly on the ground, but once it comes into contact with organic matter, it attaches firmly and then penetrates into the interior at an astonishing speed.

Solar flames burn at extremely high temperatures and then extinguish.

Unlike other flames, the flames of the Adis burn continuously until they completely burn through the substrate.

The aliens reacted quite quickly when they first saw the green flames.

Many ground creatures had their paths blocked by the green flames in the patrol passages. Seeing that the flames were not fierce and were spreading slowly, they relied on their thick scales, which provided them with extremely high fire resistance, and rushed in to try to extinguish the flames by rolling on the ground.

The lead group of ground creatures rushed into the green flames, curling up and rolling around on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames by rubbing their scales against the ground.

Instead of extinguishing the flames, these alien species became moving torches.

After the green flames touched the scales, they didn't stay on the surface. Instead, they penetrated downwards along the gaps between the scales, directly contacting the oily soft tissue beneath the scales.

The terrestrial species naturally have glands that secrete lubricating fluid in the gaps between their scales. When the green flames adhere to these fluids, they become fuel, and within seconds the fire transforms from a small flame into a raging inferno engulfing the entire creature.

Being burned by Adis was certainly unpleasant. The ignited earth creatures lost their minds in excruciating pain and began to run wildly inside the fortress.

A flaming ground creature ran across the supply storage area, its tail sweeping across a stack of wooden crates, instantly igniting them.

Two burning ground creatures collided in a narrow passage, rolling over each other and transferring the flames to one another before separating and running off in different directions.

The explosions set up by the mad doctor not only cut off the pursuit route but also drove the burning ground creatures deeper into the fortress.

They were disoriented by the scorching flames and instinctively fled from the pain, thus carrying the flames to areas that might have been saved.

The fire inside the fortress got out of control within minutes, turning from a localized fire into a full-blown blaze.

Outside the fortress, the retreating horde of the Paradise of Reincarnation was rapidly moving north.

Lin Yi walked in the middle of the group, the Black and White Rose already sheathed.

He glanced back at the burning fortress in the distance, where orange-red and green flames intertwined in the night, creating an eerie scene reflected at the bottom of the low-hanging clouds, like a painting that had been splashed with too much paint.

The explosions continued, changing from frequent bursts to sporadic muffled thuds, with increasingly longer intervals, indicating that the main structure inside the fortress was disintegrating from the inside out.

The team has been retreating since they left the fortress breach, and although the journey has not been long, they have already left the burning fortress far behind.

The distance was far enough that the brightness of the firelight changed from blinding to a layer of orange-red halo in the background, and the sound of the explosion changed from deafening to a continuous muffled sound like distant thunder.

The group's physical strength had been significantly depleted, especially the students carrying equipment and the wounded. Their steps were becoming heavier, and each step left a deeper imprint on the snow.

King Kong walked at the front of the group, having reverted to his giant ape form and reverted to a human body just over two meters tall.

He was shirtless, and the new wounds on his skin were particularly conspicuous in the low temperature. The teeth marks from the giant wolf on his left arm had mostly healed under Lin Yi's healing technique, with only a few light red marks remaining on the skin.

When he walks, his left arm is slightly stiffer than his right arm, but it no longer affects his normal movements.

Ronnie walked beside him, still clutching her phone, but the screen was dark, probably because the battery was dead.

Seien Mika walked beside Lin Yi, the long-haired woman being carried on her shoulder like a sack of flour.

The long-haired woman remained motionless after being knocked unconscious, her breathing was steady, and her pulse was normal; she appeared to have simply entered a deep sleep.

As she walked, Wei Hua glanced at the person on her shoulder to make sure they hadn't woken up, then continued on her way.

She slowed down a bit from where she started, after all, fighting a boss-level monster would take a toll on her stamina, no matter how strong she was.

Upon arriving at the base camp, the searchlights on the city wall immediately swept over us.

The beam of light paused briefly at the front of the line before moving away, and the steel gate on the inner side of the city wall slowly opened, making a creaking sound.

Light from inside the camp shone through the crack in the door, casting a warm yellow glow on the snow, a stark contrast to the cold, gray light outside the city.

The SRT students on duty stood on both sides of the gate, their guns pointed downwards, their eyes quickly scanning each person entering the city. After confirming that no aliens were mixed in with the group, they nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

Lin Yi walked through the gate without stopping and continued inside. The scene inside the base camp was not much different from when they set off. The alloy plate buildings on both sides of the main road still maintained their original layout, but it was clear that the engineering students had added a few new temporary warehouses and a few more canvas sheds during their absence.

The automatic meal dispensing machine was still running, but the queue at the cafeteria entrance was much shorter than in the morning. Most students had already eaten and were sitting in twos and threes in tents to rest or warming themselves around the heater.

Lin Yi walked along the main road and turned into the area where the medical tents were located. The canvas curtain at the entrance of the tent was lifted by a corner, and the light inside leaked out through the gap, casting a small yellow spot on the snow.

Just as he was about to lift the curtain and go inside, a series of hurried footsteps came from the other side of the main road.

Lin Yi turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw his autistic brother running over from the other side of the main road.

His pace was faster than ever before, and he carried a person on his back, whose limbs hung limply at the sides of his autistic brother's body, swaying weakly with the rhythm of his running.

When the autistic boy reached the entrance of the medical tent, he didn't slow down and rushed straight through the curtain.

His breathing was heavy, but it wasn't the panting that comes after strenuous exercise; rather, it was a suppressed tension churning in his chest.

He placed the person on his back onto the innermost cot in the medical tent quickly, but very gently, as if afraid of hurting the other person.

When Lin Yi followed him into the tent, he saw the autistic brother lying on the cot.

The autistic boy's face was even paler than before, almost a bloodless, ashen white.

His eyes were closed, his eyelids trembled slightly but he didn't open them, and there was a thin layer of dry, flaky skin on his lips.

His breathing rate was very low, with long intervals between each breath, as if his body was automatically entering a low-power mode to conserve remaining energy.

"Doctor, come quickly and see my brother." The autistic younger brother stood by the cot, his hands hanging at his sides, his fingers slightly curled.

His voice was much faster than before; the slow, deliberate rhythm had disappeared, replaced by a rapid, almost anxious pace.

Lin Yi didn't ask any more questions and quickly walked to the cot.

He first placed two fingers on the side of the autistic man's neck to feel the strength and frequency of his pulse, and then opened his eyelids to look at his pupils.

The pupils reacted more slowly than expected, with a noticeable delay in contraction in response to light stimulation, but their shape remained a normal round.

He looked down and examined the autistic man's hands. The skin temperature at the fingertips was low, and the blood flow in the capillaries under the nails was slower than normal.

"How did it get like this?"

The autistic younger brother stood by the bed, his hands hanging at his sides, and began to explain what had happened to them.

"When we retreated and covered the rear, Bai Ye took Bubuwang and went first, while my brother and I stayed behind to hold off the pursuing alien species. At first, things went smoothly. The earth-walking species couldn't catch up, and my brother also took down a few of the fission species with his gun. Then an elite-level fission species appeared. It didn't attack with its claws or energy, but instead released a kind of spore, a highly active spore."

"Once the spores invade a wound, antidotes are useless. They don't enter the body; they only grow on the surface of the skin near the wound. At first, it's slow, but one spore multiplies into two, then two into four, and in just a few seconds, they multiply to a terrifying number. The spores form a hardened structure on the skin like purple coral. Although it's not fatal, it restricts joint movement and affects mobility."

"My brother was hit on one arm by a spore from that elite fission species. He didn't treat the wound but kept fighting. He said he would treat it after he finished fighting, but the spores covered the outside of his arm within seconds, and his finger movements became noticeably slower."

The younger brother, who was autistic, paused here, his gaze falling on his older brother's face on the bed, as if to confirm that the other was still breathing, before continuing.

"That's not the most troublesome thing. The real trouble is those things that are pouring out of the underground passage. It should be that the aliens have deployed a modified fission army underground to protect their king. Those fissions are completely different from ordinary fissions. They are wearing full-body heavy armor, each piece of which is measured in tons."

"There were about forty or fifty of those heavily armored mutants. The ground shook when they poured out of the tunnel. Their attack method was very troublesome. Each one could release a shockwave that paralyzed any target it came into contact with, and this paralysis effect could stack infinitely. One shockwave would only stun you for less than a second, but two released together would stun you for two seconds, three would stun you for three seconds, and if dozens of them released them at the same time, even if you were the boss, you would be frozen in place and unable to move."

"They had a huge advantage in the narrow terrain of the closed passage. After being attacked by several at the same time, Bai Ye's movement speed dropped significantly, and my brother and I were also affected several times. If they continued to pile up, we would all be dragged to death in the passage. My brother didn't discuss it with me at the time. He just raised his gun and killed thirty heavily armored soldiers in less than a second."

"But after firing the last shot, he couldn't stand up anymore. The iron pipe in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell forward as if all his strength had been drained away."

After the autistic brother finished speaking, he didn't say anything more. He stood by the bed, looking at the person on the bed, his lips pressed into a thin line.

After listening to the younger brother's description, Lin Yi had a general understanding of the older brother's situation.

Severe mental exhaustion leads to a deep, self-protective hibernation of consciousness. This is a forced measure by the body to prevent mental energy from being depleted to the point of damaging the very essence of the soul.

However, the autistic brother's overdraft was more severe than that of ordinary mental energy depletion because his talent was very special. Every shot required him to infuse mental energy to maintain accuracy and penetration.

The cumulative effect of more than thirty instantaneous extractions of mental energy is equivalent to repeatedly squeezing the mental energy bar to its limit and then refilling it again in a very short period of time. This kind of rhythm consumes mental energy several times more than continuous consumption.

The soul has been partially damaged, and energy is depleted; these are typical complications of mental exhaustion.

"The damage to his soul isn't a major issue, but the energy depletion will take time to replenish. He needs to lie down, which may take a night. He'll be mostly recovered once he wakes up. He should rest more for the next few days and avoid any high-intensity mental exertion for the time being."

After hearing this, the autistic boy's shoulders relaxed a little, but the breath he was holding in was still visible on his face.

He stood silently by the bed for a while, then turned around, walked to the tent entrance, and lifted the curtain slightly to look outside.

There was nothing unusual outside; the snow was still falling, leaving a thin layer of frost on the ground.

The wind outside the curtain was not strong, but the occasional footsteps and whispers of patrolling could be heard from the distant city wall.

He lowered the curtain and walked back to the bedside, sat down on the folding stool next to the cot, spread his legs, put his hands on his knees, and hunched over, staring at the ground.

Lin Yi began to treat the autistic brother's condition. As several soul revival and deep healing spells were cast on the autistic brother, his complexion improved significantly.

After dealing with the autistic brother's problem, Lin Yi asked the autistic brother to keep an eye on things here and call him if there were any problems.

Lin Yi is exhausted and needs a good rest. (End of Chapter)