Me? I was transported into a book? And I became a vicious villain?

Chu Mengmeng suddenly opened her eyes and found herself still in the secret room. The old diary was lying quietly at her feet, with the pages scattered all over the floor. Was everything just a dream? She rubbed her temples and tried to recall the contents of the diary.

"Mengmeng, are you okay?" Xiao Yichen's anxious voice came from outside the secret room. He had been waiting anxiously outside the passage, worried that Chu Mengmeng would be in danger.

Chu Mengmeng took a deep breath, picked up the diary again, sorted out her messy thoughts, and smiled at Xiao Yichen, "I'm fine, I just found some interesting things."

She pulled Xiao Yichen to the stone table, pointed to a passage in the diary and said, "Look here, the diary says that if you want to unlock the seal of the ruins, you must find the 'Tears of the Stars'."

Xiao Yichen frowned slightly, "Tears of the Stars? What is that?"

"The diary doesn't give detailed information," Chu Mengmeng shook her head, "but I have a feeling that this 'Tears of the Stars' is probably hidden in this secret room."

The two began to carefully search every corner of the secret room, hoping to find clues about the "Tears of the Stars". At this moment, an old man in a gray robe appeared behind them silently.

"Are you two looking for the 'Tears of the Stars'?" The old man asked in a low voice with a hint of mystery.

Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen turned around in surprise and looked at the old man who suddenly appeared with caution, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The old man smiled and did not answer their question. Instead, he pointed to the ceiling in the center of the secret room and said, "'Tears of the Stars' is right there."

Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen looked in the direction the old man's finger pointed, and saw a fist-sized blue gem inlaid on the ceiling, emitting a faint glow under the dim light.

"Is this the 'Tears of the Stars'?" Chu Mengmeng asked in surprise.

The old man nodded and said, "If you want to take down the 'Tears of the Stars', you must use your purest inner strength to smash it."

Xiao Yichen took a deep breath, placed his palm on the blue gem, and slowly used his internal force. As the internal force was injected, the blue gem began to vibrate violently, and the entire secret room began to buzz. Fine beads of sweat oozed from Xiao Yichen's forehead, and the light of the blue gem became brighter and brighter, as if it would explode at any time. At this critical moment, he suddenly felt a powerful force coming from Chu Mengmeng's palm and merging into his body. This force was warm and gentle, but it carried an indestructible will, guiding his internal force and accurately impacting the core of the blue gem.

With a crisp "crack" sound, the blue gem instantly shattered into countless pieces, turning into tiny starlights and dissipating into the air. At the same time, the ground in the center of the secret room slowly cracked, revealing a deep passage leading down.

"It seems that we have found the right way." Chu Mengmeng's eyes sparkled with excitement as she took the lead and walked into the passage. Xiao Yichen and the old man in gray robe followed closely behind. The three of them walked down the passage and finally came to a huge metal door.

The metal door was engraved with complex patterns, exuding an ancient and mysterious atmosphere. The gray-robed old man walked forward, pressed his palm on the door, and chanted an obscure spell in a low voice. As the spell sounded, the patterns on the metal door gradually lit up, emitting a dazzling golden light, and slowly opened to both sides, revealing a vast and futuristic space.

"This... what is this place?" Chu Mengmeng covered her mouth in surprise. The scene before her was completely beyond her imagination.

What came into view was a huge laboratory, with all kinds of strange instruments and equipment filling the entire space, flashing a cold metallic light. In the center of the room, a human figure was immersed in a huge transparent container, and countless pipes connected the container and the surrounding instruments, emitting a faint blue light.

"This... seems to be a secret laboratory." Xiao Yichen looked around, frowning, "I seem to have seen the words on those instruments somewhere..."

The gray-robed old man pointed to a row of bookshelves in the corner of the room and said, "There are some research records there that may help answer your questions."

Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen immediately walked to the bookshelf and flipped through the ancient research materials. As they read deeper, their faces became more and more solemn.

"So... all this is true..." Xiao Yichen's fingers trembled slightly, his eyes filled with shock and anger.

He finally understood that the toxin hidden in his body was not accidental, but a carefully planned conspiracy, and the target of this conspiracy was his family - the once glorious Xiao family. "We must find the antidote, and find out who is behind all this!" Chu Mengmeng clenched her fists, with a determined light in her eyes. Xiao Yichen took a deep breath, suppressed his surging emotions, and scanned the rows of research records on the bookshelf, trying to find clues from them.

Although the laboratory is old, it is well preserved. Although the various instruments and equipment are covered with dust, they still exude a cold metallic texture. Chu Mengmeng carefully avoided the debris and messy wires on the ground, carefully observing each instrument, trying to find information related to Xiao Yichen's toxin.

Suddenly, she noticed an instrument in the corner. Unlike other cold metals, the shell of this instrument was made of a warm jade with complex patterns carved on it, emitting a faint light.

"What is this?" Chu Mengmeng walked forward curiously and gently stroked the surface of the jade.

"Be careful!" Xiao Yichen noticed that she was approaching the strange instrument, and suddenly felt uneasy in his heart. He subconsciously reached out to grab her.

However, it was too late. The moment Chu Mengmeng's fingers touched the surface of the jade, a dazzling white light burst out from the instrument, the entire laboratory shook violently, and the surrounding instruments and equipment issued shrill alarms.

"Oh no, we seem to have triggered some mechanism!" Chu Mengmeng's face turned pale, and she took a few steps back in panic, but was tripped by the wire behind her and was about to fall to the ground.

At the critical moment, Xiao Yichen rushed forward in time, hugged her tightly, and used his body to protect her from getting hurt. The two hugged each other tightly, feeling each other's body temperature, and in the violent vibration, they actually had a strange sense of security.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Xiao Yichen looked down at Chu Mengmeng in his arms and comforted her softly.

At this moment, the transparent container in the center of the laboratory suddenly made a crisp shattering sound, and the blue liquid in the container rolled violently as if it was boiling. A huge black shadow was looming in the liquid, as if something terrible was about to break out of its cocoon.