Saten Ruiko had considered finding treasure, but the treasure she had imagined was either gold and silver jewels or exquisite antique artworks. She never would have imagined, not even in her wildest dreams, that she would find a person.
Wait, hadn't Mr. Fang Zheng and Miss Philly said this city had been overrun for nearly a hundred years?
Remembering Philly's introduction aboard the Void Radiance Ship, Ruizi felt a chill run down her spine.
Could this person already be dead... no, that wasn't right either.
If she had died, she would have turned into bones over the past century. Besides, Saten Ruiko took a closer look and found that this was just an ordinary box. There were not even any wires connected to it, nor was it anything like one of those glass tanks from movies. What was more, the girl's chest rose and fell slightly, proving that she was still breathing!
She was just asleep!
"Are you okay?"
Ruizi curiously crouched beside the box, carefully extending a finger to poke the girl's cheek.
Wow, what a pretty girl. Her skin was so pale, soft, and smooth, and her eyelashes were so long. She looked absolutely beautiful...
Ruizi stared at the girl before her, completely captivated. Under her gaze, the girl slowly opened her eyes.
"Wah!"
Ruizi jumped in fright and hurriedly stood up. The girl slowly rose under Ruizi's watchful gaze, then stepped out of the box.
"Um... hello?"
Looking at the girl before her, Saten Ruiko cautiously greeted her.
"My name is Saten Ruiko. What's your name? Can you understand what I'm saying?"
"..."
The girl slowly raised her head, as if thinking—or perhaps as though she had only just awakened from a deep dream and had yet to come to her senses. Then, without a word, she