While searching for food, Ye Nan saw Mirai staring at her without blinking. Suddenly, he felt a chill run down his spine. Then he found some food and worked even harder.
However, despite Ye Nan's hard work, she searched everywhere and found nothing but a snake, then ran away.
Just like that, without realizing it, Ye Nan gradually extended her search farther away. When she turned around, she had left Mirai's line of sight, yet Mirai did not seem to notice.
At that moment, Mirai's eyes were fixed solely on an extraordinarily beautiful flower—the very flower Ye Nan had been staring at earlier.
"This flower... it's truly beautiful..."
It was a flower very similar to a lily, except its petals were blue. Stars seemed to adorn the petals, making it exceptionally beautiful that day.
As Mirai gazed at the flower, his vision became somewhat blurry.
This unknown yet exceptionally beautiful flower seemed to possess a kind of magic. Delicate blue petals released hazy threads that ensnared lost travelers.
As Mirai's eyes grew blurry, the flower seemed to become somewhat spirited. Its pink stamens suddenly trembled, and a burst of pink pollen sprayed out, rushing straight toward Mirai's nose.
This pink pollen appeared harmless. It triggered neither the warning system in Mirai's mind nor his instincts. It entered his body through his nose without any obstruction.
The moment the pollen entered Mirai's body, its target was clear—it struck directly at Mirai's brain!
Boom.
After the powder poured into Mirai's brain, his eyes began to change with a roar. The initial blur transformed into... an illusion!
If one looked closely into Mirai's eyes, one could clearly see that there truly was an illusion within them. Yet everything in that illusion was incomplete and painfully glaring, like a dream. At that moment, Mirai's