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The array began to glow softly at first, then more brightly, its light reflecting off the polished floor beneath the volunteers. Shaddad and Jabba were already dripping with sweat, their breaths coming faster as the heat and tension of the moment pressed down on them…
Seconds after the array activated fully, something remarkable finally began to occur: a shimmering, viscous liquid, alternately gleaming white and soft blue, started gathering beneath the volunteers' feet. Slowly, carefully, it seeped into the soles of their feet, penetrating upwards with deliberate, methodical precision.
Although the process looked extremely painful to any observer, only faint expressions of mild discomfort flickered across their faces—no one cried out, no one flinched. Their determination, trained through countless trials, prevented any outward show of suffering.
