Reborn One Week Before the Apocalypse

Chapter 463 -453: The Meaning of Persistence

But Tang Mo knew she couldn’t give up now. She had to persevere, no matter the consequences.

Because she was all too aware of her body’s current condition. Whether she succeeded or failed, her Sea of Consciousness was already damaged beyond recognition.

If she failed this time, she wouldn’t be able to recover anytime soon. The Space Pearl was on her now, and everyone was waiting for her.

She couldn’t fall yet.

Tang Mo’s Spirit Pearl was almost depleted. Luckily, she had already placed all the energy-providing treasures from her Space around herself.

She rapidly absorbed everything around her that she could. These items transformed into energy, entered her Sea of Consciousness, and were then channeled through the Spirit Pearl to the Space Pearl.

Because all of Tang Mo’s spiritual power was focused on this tug-of-war, she couldn’t pay attention to everything at once. As a result, the barrier outside her tent loosened slightly.

But even that slight loosening allowed a huge amount of energy to leak out.

The first to sense it was Jingjing. It was inherently of the Spiritual Attribute. Although it was usually just an idle Little Fox, the spiritual power it possessed was immense—almost on par with a Spirit Power Pearl.

Plus, since Jingjing was contracted to Tang Mo, it was the first to sense something was wrong when the barrier loosened.

Jingjing, which had been lying leisurely at the entrance to the tent, suddenly shot to its feet. It then started pawing forcefully at the tent, trying to get inside.

But the barrier had only loosened, not disappeared, so Jingjing couldn’t get in.

‘Momo is in danger in there!’

This was the only thing on Jingjing’s mind. The more it failed to get in, the more anxious it became, and it pawed at the tent with even greater force.

“Jingjing, no! Momo’s in there, and she can’t be disturbed right now.”

Both Lin Yi and Xiao Tao knew that if Tang Mo said she didn’t want to be disturbed, it meant she was doing something important and they absolutely could not interrupt her.

Lin Yi was an ordinary person, and Xiao Tao’s was the Strength Attribute, so neither of them could sense the energy fluctuations leaking from the tent after the barrier loosened.

Xiao Tao tried to hold back the suddenly agitated Jingjing to keep it from disturbing Tang Mo, but in its frenzy, Jingjing was too strong for even her to restrain.

Xiao Tao tried to forcibly carry Jingjing away but was met with a kick. The force was so great that it sent Xiao Tao, a Strength Attribute superpower user, stumbling back several steps.

Xiao Tao froze, stunned.

Of course, she wasn’t stunned because the kick hurt. She had just never seen Jingjing act like this before.

She’d spent a lot of time with Jingjing. The little fox had such a good temperament; it didn’t even get mad when Yangyang and Xianxian teased it. ‘What’s wrong with it now?’

Seeing Jingjing in this state, Zhima, Yangyang, and Xianxian all took a few steps back, not daring to approach. But their eyes all held the same look of concern.

They weren’t scared, just worried about what on earth was wrong with Jingjing.

“It looks like Momo has run into some trouble in there,” Lin Yi said worriedly, her gaze fixed on the tent.

Meanwhile, inside the protective circle, the eyes of every Spirit Attribute Superpower User suddenly shot wide open.

They all suddenly felt an incredibly potent spiritual power emerge within the protective circle.

The power was so fierce and profound that it made them feel like small animals sensing a tiger’s aura, causing them to tremble uncontrollably with the urge to submit.

Everyone followed the direction of the power, wanting to see just who this formidable being was.

But as their gazes all turned toward the far end of the protective circle, the same thought arose in everyone’s mind.

‘Tang Mo is back.’

But what was this “ferocious tiger,” Tang Mo, doing right now?

BANG!

After she gritted her teeth and endured, the Space Pearl in Tang Mo’s mind finally gave way. Like bursting floodgates, it detonated, unleashing a massive surge of energy that instantly flooded her Sea of Consciousness.

The feeling of that immense energy rampaging through her Sea of Consciousness was all too familiar. Tang Mo knew that this time, she had successfully completed the fusion.

The Space Power erupting from the explosion instantly devoured and dissolved the Jade Pendant. Only then was the fusion between the Space Pearl and the Jade Pendant truly complete.

Tang Mo had fused with the Space Pearl, but not because she had fused it with the Jade Pendant.

The Jade Pendant’s energy was simply too minuscule compared to the Space Pearl’s, so after being repelled, it couldn’t get close at all.

Instead, it was Tang Mo’s own spiritual power, continuously surging into the Space Pearl, that had forced the energy within to accumulate to the point of detonation.

Before this, Tang Mo had never imagined completing the fusion of an Attribute Pearl inside her body this way.

After all, it was an incredibly insane and dangerous method. Not only did one have to endure immense pain, but failure could very well lead to the destruction of her entire Sea of Consciousness.

However, by a strange twist of fate, Tang Mo had ended up using this very method.

And most importantly, she had succeeded.

She hadn’t just successfully fused with the Space Pearl; she had also allowed the Jade Pendant to merge perfectly into her body, becoming a part of her own energy.

From this moment on, Tang Mo was no longer just a person who possessed a Space Treasure.

The Space now truly belonged to her, a part of her very body.

And now, Tang Mo had finally succeeded in obtaining the spatial attribute. She was no longer a person with a Space Attribute Value of 0.

As for the energy in the nearly depleted Spirit Pearl, it wasn’t just fully replenished—it became even more abundant.

That spiritual power had been poured into the Space Pearl, but it had never actually left Tang Mo’s Sea of Consciousness.

When the Space Pearl shattered, that energy naturally returned to her Sea of Consciousness, where it was absorbed by the Spirit Power Pearl.

Furthermore, it absorbed not only the original energy but also the energy from all the Exotic Treasure Crystal Stones Tang Mo had just drawn from.

The Spirit Pearl grew fuller and more powerful, becoming even stronger than the other pearls Tang Mo had already fused with.

“I… succeeded.”

Sweat trickled from Tang Mo’s forehead to the corner of her mouth, finally dripping onto the bedding beneath her.

But Tang Mo was smiling, happy because her perseverance and effort had not been in vain. She had succeeded.

After uttering those last words, Tang Mo could no longer support her body and collapsed heavily onto the mat beside her.

The moment Tang Mo collapsed, the barrier on the tent finally vanished.

Tang Mo didn’t have a single ounce of strength left.

At that very moment, every survivor in the world simultaneously received a high-priority notification on their ID Watch:

[Congratulations to the human Tang Mo for completing the Illusion Realm mission and successfully obtaining and fusing the Space Pearl. Humanity has now collected all the Attribute Pearls. As long as they are successfully fused, any wish can be granted. Good luck to you all.]

Below this message were over a hundred pages of detailed explanations written in dense text, all concerning the rules for fusing the five Attribute Pearls.