A Solitary Star

The dream shattered, then reassembled.

The setting sun reappeared in view, and the crystal ball suddenly began to glow.

Zhang Shiwen turned around. The masked figure behind her was suddenly drawn into the crystal ball. Immediately afterward, the ball abruptly shattered, transforming into countless beams of light that shot into the sky, then turned into a hazy mist before vanishing completely.

Her gaze fell upon the restroom ahead, then suddenly shifted in the opposite direction as she quickly walked away.

Zhang Shiwen did not go to meet Liu Xiaoxiao. Perhaps she did not know what state of mind she should use to face him—so Liu Xiaoxiao thought.

The scene before him changed once more, and a bookstore appeared.

Liu Xiaoxiao lowered his head and discovered that he seemed able to move.

Judging by his clothes, this seemed to be his body in reality.

However, the people around him seemed unable to see him. They even passed directly through his body.

"Looks like this is just an illusory body." Liu Xiaoxiao steadied himself, looked around, and fixed his gaze on Zhang Shiwen not far away.

Zhang Shiwen slowly walked toward the bookstore, then entered it.

Liu Xiaoxiao hurried after her. The space around them suddenly changed, becoming an Azure Space.

Of course, he was no stranger to this place. The beginning and end of every century-long cycle had been here.

"Welcome—should I say that?" Chaos appeared out of thin air, clad in a black robe.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Shiwen's tone was exceedingly calm.

"According to our agreement, I invited you here to take part in an experiment." Chaos explained to Zhang Shiwen roughly the same things he had told Liu Xiaoxiao and the others before. "Now then, please enter the Simulation Pod and spend these one hundred and five