Consciousness flickered back in brief bursts. Sterile white metal walls streaked past. The faint hum of air ventilation. The sensation of floating as his medical stretcher hovered above the floor. He caught a glimpse through an observation window—not sky, but the endless blue-black void of the ocean depths, illuminated by spotlights from a colossal structure. An underwater base.
He was brought to a medical laboratory far more advanced than anything Heze had seen, even on Vega Terra. Researchers in white protective gear surrounded him, their voices calm and analytical as they attached strange sensors to his shattered body.
Massive tissue damage across the torso and upper extremities. Multiple bone fractures. Lungs filled with seawater.
Odd. Vital signs are nearly nonexistent, yet there's no energy reading at all. As if the subject is a biological void.
Nihil could feel the first droplet of his energy returning. A tiny spark in an ocean of exhaustion.
[Capacity: 0/40 → 1/40]
