The world had always been this silent. Especially after Durandal's world-destroying strike had annihilated Shadow of Chaos's clone. Before him lay only the deep-space sea of stars, rippling like water, where stars flickered into being and vanished before his eyes—a beauty more magnificent than the aurora.
It was just a little too quiet.
Damnably quiet.
If only there were a cute, chatty girl beside him. Even if Bronya were seriously analyzing the financial market in his ear, it would still be far better than this empty silence. All sorts of strange thoughts rose in Zhao Bai's mind, only to fade away again.
They said there were many worlds.
They were bubbles floating one by one, while the Sea of Quanta was the overflowing water. Living creatures were rejected by the Sea of Quanta, and after staying too long, they could even die from it—just like people who had already gone ashore could not survive for long after returning to the water.
They said that if one got lost in the Sea of Quanta, they might accidentally wander into another world.
Fortunately, Zhao Bai remembered the way he had come.
Just as he lamented the lack of a cute girl at his side to liven things up, a capricious wind suddenly swept through the void before him. A giant scarlet claw came straight at him, carrying a pungent stench of blood. A sudden sense of danger struck him, and Zhao Bai instinctively rolled backward to dodge the attack.
The sound of the wind stopped.
He had even suspected that he would fail to evade it in time and be seriously injured, but unexpectedly, that sharp attack stopped in an instant.
"Honestly, I don't know what to do with you."
He heard a childish yet profound voice.
Then came the sound of