It turned out that happy times were always short!
Wasn't that so?
In the blink of an eye, morning had arrived in Sea City. Sunlight streamed through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, spreading a golden veil across the pale carpet and polished floor. By now, the entire city had fully awakened, and many people were already at work.
Of course, some might still have been on their way to work. After all, quite a few people had great jobs with nine-to-five schedules from Monday to Friday, jobs where they did not even need to clock in.
"..."
Chen Ya slowly sat up in bed, then raised her slender hand to remove the visor from her head and open her eyes.
Her movements were slow, not because she was still sleepy, but because... she was experiencing a strange state she had never felt before.
Her body was fully awake, yet her consciousness still lingered in the afterglow of another world.
"..."
After thinking for a moment, she put the visor back on.
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Seeing the single notification inside the visor, she paused before reluctantly taking it off again. Then she lowered her head and looked at her other slender hand, the one not holding the visor.
That hand was still fair and delicate, with smooth skin and nails painted a pale pink.
Then she clenched her fist, loosened it, and clenched it again... Her fingers were nimble, her sense of touch keen. Beneath the skin were soft fat and slender bones.
It was not green.
Nor was it thick and clumsy.
And it certainly did not have only four fingers and thick nails.
Without a doubt, this was a human hand.
It was Chen Ya's