"Quick! hold him down!" the woman in the white robe ordered.
The surrounding black-robed men immediately came to the man's side and chanted a mysterious incantation. Invisible forces acted on the man who was struggling crazily.
His body was forcibly bound to the crystal.
The white-robed woman slowly extended her pale hand, and wisps of long silver streams were engraved on the man's body.
After an unknown amount of time, an even shriller scream followed.
The lines on the man's body suddenly became bright, and then dimmed. The man fell on the crystal, and there was no more movement.
"Failed again?" On the high platform, Nuss turned his head solemnly and looked at the woman. He said, "We have already wasted a large number of experimenters and Source Fluids. You are always unable to give me a desired result!"
The white-robed woman slowly said, "Failure will only bring us closer to success!"