I’m Trapped in a Cube - Chapter 109

Mo Ling was still confused when that darkness suddenly vanished, and his view zoomed out in an instant, suddenly coming to a high vantage point, overlooking the entire Needle Stone Forest .

Looking down, he actually saw the floating cube in the air, as well as Li Luo and Shi Beng standing on the ground-everything seemed frozen in place.

Time had stopped.

What was going on?

Perplexed, Mo Ling realized that, without noticing, he was now wearing the speaking bracelet on his hand, and as he wondered, it spoke for him.

“What’s going on?”

“This is the farewell ceremony!” The Ancient Mineral Tribe suddenly appeared in the air beside him, explaining to Mo Ling.

Mo Ling wanted to ask more, but the Ancient Mineral Tribe pointed excitedly at the Needle Stone Forest, shouting, “Look, look!”

Following his finger, Mo Ling saw an utterly astonishing scene.

Countless relics burst through the ground of the Needle Stone Forest, glowing with arcs of light as they shot into the sky, all sorts of objects commonly seen in daily life.

But there were also some extremely strange ones, like the red headscarf ,drawing the eye and looking completely out of place in the environment.

These relics emerged from all over the Needle Stone Forest, shooting up into the sky, their glows trailing rainbow illusions.

A golden apple radiating dazzling light.

Boots with feathered wings.

A bronze, ancient shield covered in patterns.

A sapphire-clear trident.

……

These unusual relics emitted strange glows, rapidly rising into the sky.

Soon they reached different heights, each surrounded by a halo of light, like dazzling lamps hung above the Needle Stone Forest.

“What was he doing?”

Mo Ling turned to look at the Ancient Mineral Tribe.

He was now watching the relics with excitement and anticipation.

Noticing Mo Ling looking at him, the Ancient Mineral Tribe hurriedly gestured for Mo Ling to turn back. “Don’t look at me, look over there, get ready! It’s about to start! Farewell ceremony!”

Suddenly, the glow of one relic spread out, rapidly expanding.

Next, cracks covered the surface of the relic, and its restrained energy seeped out, spreading everywhere.

Boom!

With a thunderous explosion, this red relic burst in the sky, creating a spherical void, wild energy tearing within.

Then, as if triggering a chain reaction, countless relics exploded one after another in the sky, brilliant streams of energy bursting forth.

The sky was instantly painted in a riot of color.

“That’s anger and ruby! Like thunder before spring rain.”

“That’s sadness and lapis lazuli! Like waves on a summer beach.”

“That’s pride and gold! Like wheat in autumn fields.”

“That’s resolve and diamond! Like a river frozen in winter.”

……

“Do you see? Emotions are as beautiful as gems!” The Ancient Mineral Tribe shouted, raising his arm.

Mo Ling was so stunned he could only stand there.

This was a relic fireworks show!

All of them were relics created by the Ancient Mineral Tribe, possessing both material and emotional powers!

The Ancient Mineral Tribe suddenly looked expectantly at a patch of darkness in the sky.

“That’s fear and black basalt, it will devour everything!”

Black, tentacle-like energy kept spreading in the sky, seeping into other colors and staining them black.

But when it touched a blinding white light, it met fierce resistance, even being devoured in return.

“What’s that?” Mo Ling asked curiously.

“That’s also fear-fear at high temperature, blazing magma.” The Ancient Mineral Tribe watched the light with satisfaction, as if remembering something.

The light forced the black energy back, growing ever brighter, eventually trapping the black energy and swallowing it completely.

After this, the white energy floated quietly in the air.

Like a blazing sun.

However, that sun also slowly dissipated, streams of colored light escaping from it like meteors streaking across the sky.

Those were the other emotions.

Watching those dazzling energy streams, the Ancient Mineral Tribe said softly, “The reason fear can devour other emotions is because it’s the source of emotion itself.”

“Life arises from the fear of increasing entropy. As organisms become more complex, all kinds of emotional controls are born from the fear of death.”

“That’s a powerful inner drive,” the Ancient Mineral Tribe sighed.

Mo Ling was so shocked he couldn’t speak, only watching the fireworks still blooming in the sky.

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

Who could deny it? Mo Ling nodded. “But did you really blow them all up?”

“There are still some left. For example, your bracelet is one of them.” The Ancient Mineral Tribe pointed at Mo Ling’s wrist. “It can speak according to your thoughts, and the cost is that you can’t speak while wearing it. Pretty useful, right?”

Mo Ling looked down at the unremarkable stone bracelet, surprised it was also a relic.

He wanted to ask more, but when he looked up, the Ancient Mineral Tribe had disappeared.

Only the fireworks of relics remained, the gathered energy unable to dissipate.

Where did he go?

While Mo Ling was still confused, the ground began to shake, and the stone pillars in the Needle Stone Forest started to sway.

“The ground was rising!”

Mo Ling was certain he wasn’t mistaken.

The stone pillars stretched upward, the ground outside the forest cracked, and the rocky floor inside the forest steadily rose.

“What was happening?”

As the ground rose, Mo Ling finally saw clearly-

-the Needle Stone Forest was the top of a creature’s head!

It was an unprecedented shock. The entire Needle Stone Forest rose from the earth, the head slowly emerging, and Mo Ling saw that familiar face.

The Ancient Mineral Tribe!

A giant hand broke through the ground, and this terrifying stone god walked out from the earth, towering so high that Mo Ling could only look up at his ankle.

A deep voice echoed from the sky.

“I said I’d come see you off myself.”

The stone giant looked at Mo Ling floating in midair, showing a nostalgic smile.

Then he placed his hand on his chest and bowed deeply to Mo Ling.

Falling stones followed the glow of emotions, the stone giant bathed in a multicolored rain of light, waving farewell to Mo Ling.

“Head for the bottom of the Abyss .”

“This time I can’t go with you. I’m really too tired.”

After saying this, the stone giant’s body slowly solidified along with the falling lights.

He reached out and tapped Mo Ling’s cube head in the sky.

Mo Ling’s vision suddenly shrank, and he felt himself falling, an endless sense of loss filling his heart.

Just as he was about to hit the ground, he suddenly landed inside the cube, collapsing to the floor.

Everything outside the cube resumed moving.

A gentle breeze swept by.

Sand on the dunes slowly rolled down.

Shi Beng and Li Luo were whispering to each other, their voices brushing Mo Ling’s eardrums like the murmurs outside a house during sleep.

……

“Is that an aurora?”

“Seems like it.”

It’s a new year-let’s set off some fireworks