Shi Wo surely knew that he was speaking rather improperly, but what he had experienced was truly bizarre, and for a moment, he found it hard to describe.
He stood stiffly in the doorway and forced himself to open his mouth again, wanting to explain. "I..."
His voice caught again before he continued, "I... need a cup of water."
Great Lord Zhong Kai showed little reaction to this seemingly ordinary yet especially absurd request under the circumstances. His gaze swept toward the wall, where the water dispenser stood.
Trembling, Shi Wo stepped back inside, picked up a cup, and went to fill it, but his hand was visibly shaking.
The temperature-controlled water flowed into the cup, only to immediately boil, bubbling over and turning into a mass of water vapor, yet without any obvious rise in temperature.
Shi Wo was now like a startled bird. As though bitten by something venomous, he instinctively flung the cup away.
Yet the cup did not fall. The rising water vapor wrapped around it and held it suspended. The vapor then became a hand, followed by a somewhat faint, indistinct body.
The body quickly solidified, and its face came into clear view. It was Tai Yu, whose "visit" Shi Wo had reported earlier.
In the Central Star Zone, Water Vapor Clones like this were not particularly rare. At the very least, Shi Wo understood the principle the instant he saw one.
The problem was that he clearly knew Tai Yu's Real Body had to still be on You Chong Star, separated from Star Ring City by more than a hundred thousand kilometers of vast Starry Sky.
Moreover, he had appeared right beside Great Lord Zhong Kai. The Great Monarch's majesty and control over the surrounding Spacetime were far more than mere words.
In truth,