The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 408 Poke Poke Poke

After hearing this, Lin Xiyue nodded in understanding.

"Where are we going? Is there really nothing I can do to help?"

Then, she asked curiously.

"Of course I can't help. But I can tell you where we need to go."

Li Si shook his head and refused in a cold tone.

"See that? That's our destination. We're almost there."

After saying that, he pointed to a spot not far away and continued.

Lin Xiyue looked in the direction Li Si pointed with great curiosity. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that the dirty ground was littered with many broken walls and ruins, as if it had been ravaged by a fierce storm.

Through the shattered walls, one could vaguely discern that this should have been a detached little house, but it had been horribly destroyed in the aftermath of Meros's fierce battle.

"What's there...?"

Just as Lin Xiyue opened her mouth to ask what was going on, before she could finish speaking, a dazzling red light shot out from beneath their feet like lightning, heading straight for the ruins.

That was an attack launched by Earl beneath their feet.

"Boom—"

With a deafening roar, Earl's attack, as powerful as a thunderbolt, slammed into the ruins.

In an instant, smoke and dust billowed, and rubble flew everywhere. The already dilapidated ruins were completely transformed by the powerful impact.

The remaining stones of varying sizes were instantly reduced to dust by this terrifying attack, and scattered like smoke when blown by the wind.

In this breathtaking scene, what was originally hidden in the ruins was finally completely exposed to Lin Xiyue and the other two.

Deep within these ruins lies a strange object, shaped like a perfect Rubik's Cube, with all six sides neatly divided into 3x3 squares, each square slightly different in color.

When sunlight falls on this object, it begins to silently absorb the bright rays of the sun.

Standing on Earl's back, Lin Xiyue stared intently at the strange object. She could clearly sense that the light seemed to be swallowed up by something the moment it touched the object, dimming by a shade.

"What is this thing? Is it a Rubik's Cube?"

This strange phenomenon aroused Lin Xiyue's suspicions, and she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Filled with doubt, Lin Xiyue decided to explore this "Rubik's Cube" further.

Her hand unconsciously reached into her own space, and after groping around for a while, she pulled out a clothes-pinch stick.

This clothes-cutting stick isn't your average clothes-cutting stick; it's the kind that's extendable, making it very convenient for everyday use.

Lin Xiyue gently pressed the button on the clothes-spreading stick, and it quickly extended several meters, like a flexible snake, stretching straight towards the "Rubik's Cube" on the ground.

"No, this isn't an ordinary device. It has a unique function: it can recharge itself by absorbing light energy. When it absorbs a certain amount, it will automatically open as if by magic and release what's inside."

Li Si explained with great interest, his eyes fixed on Lin Xi's movements.

Of course, he was so relaxed because he saw that Lin Xiyue did not touch the "Rubik's Cube" directly with her hands like ordinary people, but carefully used a stick to probe it.

"But what's with this stick? Why would you keep something so useless in your storage space?"

However, when he saw the clothes-forking stick that was not usually placed in the space, he still asked about it.

"Oh? You mean this? Actually, this is just a clothes hanger I bought before, and I haven't had a chance to put it home yet. The clothes hanger at home suddenly broke for some reason, so I just grabbed this one to use. I can't just start using this weird-looking thing, can I?"

Lin Xiyue thought for a moment, then replied with a hint of helplessness.

After saying that, Lin Xiyue ignored Li Si and continued to focus on poking the "Rubik's Cube" with the clothes-poke stick. She mainly wanted to see if each face of the thing was exactly the same as a regular Rubik's Cube.

That's why Lin Xiyue didn't realize this at all. When she talked about how the clothes-pole suddenly broke down for some reason, Earl, who was carrying them, suddenly trembled.

That's right, the clothes hanger was actually broken when Earl was home alone. He didn't know anything about this unfamiliar item at first, so after accidentally breaking it, he just threw it into a corner. Fortunately, Lin Xiyue hadn't found out that he was the one who broke it.

Just then, Lin Xiyue, holding the clothes-prying stick, kept poking at the so-called "Rubik's Cube," making it wobble and teeter on the verge of collapse.

Suddenly, one of the cubes on the Rubik's Cube began to loosen, and as it loosened, a bright blue light shot out.

"What is this...?"

Upon seeing this, Lin Xiyue stared in astonishment, instinctively wanting to ask Li Si what was going on.

However, before she could finish speaking, Li Si suddenly grabbed her clothes and dragged her back several steps.

"Don't move! Earl, run! Judging from this energy fluctuation, it's very likely a bomb!"

Upon seeing the blue light, Li Si's expression instantly turned serious. Without hesitation, he pulled Lin Xiyue back and shouted at Earl to leave the dangerous area immediately.

"Roar--"

With a roar, Earl swiftly enveloped the mysterious "Cube" with an energy shield, as if afraid it would explode at any moment.

At the same time, Earl himself retreated rapidly like an arrow, maintaining a safe distance from the "Rubik's Cube".

Just three seconds later, a crisp "crack" sound suddenly came from the location of the "Rubik's Cube," as if something had been torn apart.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling light erupted like a volcanic eruption, instantly illuminating the entire space.

The light expanded rapidly at an astonishing speed, spreading to a radius of more than two hundred meters in the blink of an eye, like a giant sphere of light, dazzling and mesmerizing.

Even though Lin Xiyue and the others were more than 300 meters away from the "Rubik's Cube," the intense light was still clearly visible, and they could even feel the scorching heat, as if it would devour everything.

Time ticked by, and Lin Xiyue watched this spectacular scene with bated breath.

Five minutes later, the light finally began to recede, like a balloon that had been blown up too much slowly deflating.

As the light contracted, the space it occupied collapsed, eventually returning to the original location of the "Rubik's Cube" and then disappearing quietly, as if it had never existed.

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