By the time Lu Ban reached the well, he had already stumbled upon the dark pillar outside.
The black pillar stood immobile, but no one knew the terror within it that could destroy the world.
Lu Ban was carried back to the beach and placed on the gravel, where the tide would periodically come in, submerging his deformed protective suit.
"Is your friend okay?"
Old Song pointed to the lump that was Lu Ban and asked Shia.
"He should be fine," Shia replied.
Shia removed her outer protective suit. Her armor was already distorted. Tentacles that had grown from inside her body had burst through the armor, attempting to twist her neck.
A giant picked up a scanner-like device. The end emitted a pale purple light which shone on Shia, causing the tentacles to wither and die off. Shia, unembarrassed, directly pulled off the drooping tentacles and threw them on the ground.