Time passed like a white colt glimpsed through a crack, and three months flew by in the blink of an eye.
Within the illusion.
The desolate village stood on scorched earth. Deep, unfathomable cracks covered the land like pores on skin.
Jiang You withdrew her hand.
The enormous monster crashed to the ground with a boom, churning the earth. Various smaller monsters crawled out and devoured its corpse as swiftly as microorganisms, until only a pale skeleton remained.
Giant carrion birds shrieked as they flew over the village. Their feathers had long since vanished, replaced by thin, fleshy wings and bodies covered in tumors. Four bulging eyes on either side of their pointed heads greedily surveyed the ground below.
Each of those carrion birds had a wingspan of five or six meters when spread wide.
The meat tasted horribly sour and foul, but at least it was edible.
It was one of the few dishes on the menu Jiang You had developed over the past three months.
After entering this illusion, she still felt hungry just as before.
However, space could not be opened within the illusion.
She had no weapons. At first, she was not skilled enough at controlling the fire seed, and for most of the first month, she spent her time desperately fleeing.
Every night, when she slept, the howling cold wind covered the sounds of approaching monsters, so she did not dare fall asleep.
Every night was unbearably long. She had to keep every nerve taut and stay on guard. When she finally endured the night and dawn pulled open the pale belly of the sky, she would let out a sigh of relief.
Then she would begin searching for food.
In her weakness, she could only eat the tiny insects in the soil. Those insects