Some people say that the flame represents hope.

At night, the flame can dispel the darkness, ward off the cold winter, and bring warmth to the world.

It has been said that the flame represents despair.

Because it can burn everything and destroy people's hopes, including lives.

So, the flame is both hope and despair.

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In the sea of fire, Xia Feng finally found Ifrit, and at the last moment before his consciousness disappeared, he hugged the little fire dragon tightly into his arms.

Afterwards, everyone standing on the periphery of the flames saw a scene that they would never forget.

The flames that rose from Base Four suddenly exploded, and the irregular flames gradually took shape, transforming into a fiery red illusory beast.

This flame beast was 100 meters tall, made of red flames, and its head had two horns, making it impossible to tell for a moment whether it was real or an illusion caused by flames.

"Roar!"

Under the gaze of everyone, a earth-shattering scream came from the flames that opened to the sky.

Then, the Flame Behemoth's body began to disintegrate, and the flames gradually dissipated in the air.

Sereya's eyes flickered, and she muttered to herself.

"This kid..... He did it! ”

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[June 5th] This day is permanently recorded in the archives of the Rhine's life, and the No. 4 experimental base in the Buda region of Colombia completely disappeared from the map on this day, along with dozens of staff members who would have time to evacuate in the future.

The loss of Rhine's life this time is incalculable, but the impact of this incident is more profound than the material loss.

In the last era, the war caused by the four ancient stones destroyed a brilliant civilization, and there is no doubt that the power contained in the stone was far more than the destruction of Base Four, which was the power that made Rhine life willing to take this risk and experiment.

Because of its remote location, the spread of this incident was controlled by the high-level of Rhine Life in time, and the next day, the major media in Colombia immediately released a piece of news.

According to reports in the news, on June 5, the Rhine Life Laboratory, a well-known biotechnology research institution in Colombia, carried out a destruction of waste source stone fuel in the Buda region.

Afterwards, Rhine Life strictly banned the specific content of this incident, except for the Hemer white-faced owl and other important positions, all the scientific researchers involved in the experiment were put on a long vacation, led by a special person to an unknown island that the outside world could not contact, and began fishing.

This incident was included in the top secret file of Rhine Life, and no one except for the data administrator and a few core members had access to it, and the name of this file was - Fire Demon Incident.

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According to the Special Events Officer of the Defence Section who was present at the day, their team entered the area immediately after the flames were extinguished.

Soon, they found Subject 019 standing in the center of the area, and from the outside, she was not traumatized.

Subsequently, the Defense Division discovered a black, non-slippery humanoid object near 019, which resembled charcoal and emitted a roasted meat-like aroma.

Later, after many identifications, it was determined that this humanoid object was Subject 020 who had entered the flames before, and his name was Xia Feng.

Soon, Ifrit, who fell into a coma, and Xia Feng, whose fate is unknown, were loaded onto the transport plane and sent to the No. 3 experimental base of Rhine Life.

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June 9th.

On the fourth day of Xia Feng's delivery to Experimental Base 3.

Unlike Base 4, which conducts special experiments, Base 3 is dedicated to medical research dedicated to human body repair, but it is not too closed, and in addition to research, it also receives some special patients who are sent for emergency treatment.

The turtle leaned listlessly against the wall outside the hospital room with large dark circles under his eyes.

That's when she overheard Hemmer talking to a man in a white coat.

"Dr. Gran, you're trying to figure it out!"

"I'm sorry, Dr. Hermer, we've done our best, and it's a miracle he's survived so far."

"Is it really hopeless?"

"With deep burns all over his body and an uncontrollable infection, I can only tell the truth that he is hopeless."

The turtle withdrew his gaze from the two of them, crouched down, and buried his face deep in his knees.

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June 17th.

The turtle was still crouching outside Xia Feng's hospital room, and Ifrit, who had already woken up, walked up to her and handed her a candy.

At this moment, two doctor-looking men walked out of the room, apparently having just finished their daily routine examination of the patient.

The two of them talked as they walked.

"It's all like this, how can he still be alive."

"I don't know, although I can see that his body tissues are recovering on their own, but this rate is far less rapid than the infection has worsened, compared to the day he first arrived, his burns were severe enough to die several times."

"yes, it's been a long time, maybe it's a freak."

"I think, no matter how strange it is, it's probably only two days to die."

Hearing their words, the turtle at the door pursed his lips, and his eyes dimmed.

The little fire dragon walked behind one of them in two steps, then jumped and rode on the man's neck, scratching and biting, biting and shouting as he returned.

"You guy, you're not going to do it!"

"Ouch, whose child is this, damn it, my hair!"

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During this period, Hemmer and Serrea also came to visit countless times, Hemmer is an expert in the field of source stones and ore diseases, but her specialty is a little wrong for normal burns and human repair, so she can only ask her colleagues about the situation.

However, the results are desperate.

After more than ten days of treatment, Xia Feng's severe burns did not improve at all, but showed signs of deterioration, this is not that the medical ability of Rhine Life is not good, this is not something that can be saved by medicine and surgery, like Xia Feng, the whole person seems to be burned into charcoal, and can maintain vital signs without dying, to be honest, this is perverted enough.

Everyone who came to visit had a sad expression.

Hemer, Serea, Aina, the white-faced owl, the turtle, and even Mel, who is not very familiar with Xia Feng, all cried with sad faces.

It is already an irreparable fact that Base 4 was destroyed by the power of the Fire Demon, but in the midst of despair, Xia Feng did not make this despair deeper, that is, Ifrit, as an experimental subject, did not die.

It is precisely because of this that everyone is more sad.

Unless a miracle happens, the fire feather summer breeze is hopeless, but because it won't happen, it's called a miracle.

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However, the real miracle is that after you have buried your dead friend in the grave and dried his tears, he suddenly crawls out of the coffin and compares scissor hands to you with a smirk.

On June 24, the Rhein Life No. 3 experimental base.

A milky white light appeared in the ward, and then, the light spread rapidly, blowing away the white clouds in the sky, and finally disappeared into the air.

These days, Turtle Turtle has been keeping watch outside the ward, and she can't stay in the ward for long because of air pollution, although Hemmer has arranged a separate room for her, she still stays at the door of the ward most of the time to rest.

"Squeak!"

The door to the ward was pushed open from the inside.

The turtle, who had fallen asleep against the corner, was awakened, raised her little head, and she squinted and turned her head.

In sight, Xia Feng, whose whole body was wrapped like a mummy, appeared in front of the door.

I saw him raise his hand and rip off the gauze on his face, revealing the smooth skin inside.

Lowering his head, he frowned and stared at the turtle turtle and said with some dissatisfaction.

"What are you doing here, laying eggs?"

The turtle did not lay eggs, but her mouth gradually changed into the shape of an egg.

A moment later, a breathtaking voice came out of her mouth.

"Turtle turtle, the big windmill has cheated the corpse!"