As he spoke, a black tear fell from the statue's eye.
Watching the statue's somewhat crazed appearance, Chen Changsheng said calmly, "Whatever grievances you have, save your sorrow for later."
"Right now, I want to know where this Life Spore you spoke of came from."
Faced with Chen Changsheng's words, the emotionally unhinged statue immediately retorted.
"What do you know!"
"Five million years passed in the blink of an eye. Do you know what that feels like?"
"Everything I knew vanished. This entire world had long since lost all trace of us."
"That boundless loneliness was enough to crumble everything in the world."
The statue wept as it recounted its hardships, while Chen Changsheng stood where he was and quietly listened to it all.
"So you mean you were trapped in some chaotic space for over ten thousand years, and when you came out, five million years had already passed in the outside world?"
"That's right!"
"Then you should be happy!"
"After all, living beings capable of surviving five million years are as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns."
Chen Changsheng tossed out a casual remark, but the statue's reaction became even more violent.
"This is not a good thing. It's a curse!"
"Do you know what 'time' truly is? Time without all things beneath heaven is meaningless."
"Once time loses its meaning, it is no longer a blessing, but an endless curse."
"Those who have always pursued time will one day sink into time itself!"
At those words, Chen Changsheng suddenly fell silent.
Meanwhile, the statue, still venting its emotions, continued to prattle on.
"I was trapped in that space for roughly over ten thousand years."
"That damned place had no sound, no color, no light, and no darkness."
"In there, I couldn't even distinguish up from down,