"Perfect! So... fragile, yet radiant..."
Tivan stared fixedly at the bracelet in Su Ming's hand.
"This is called a bracelet."
Su Ming's voice carried the lazy satisfaction of a successful prank:
"It comes from an ancient Earth tree called red sandalwood. Mortals must nourish it with their body heat for a hundred years before it develops a patina."
He deliberately paused, admiring Tivan's pupils as they began to tremble:
"Of course, the one in my hand... has a little something extra."
He lightly tapped a wooden bead with his fingertip, and one "golden star" abruptly enlarged.
Tivan sucked in a sharp breath—
That was not a mineral crystal at all, but a real star compressed into the wood's cells!!
Within the star's phantom image, lava, oceans, and forests could be clearly seen...
To fool Tivan, Su Ming had pulled a little trick here.
He had injected a wisp of Reality Stone energy into the bracelet.
Making it exceptionally deceptive.
Tivan had a discerning eye. An ordinary bracelet might not have fooled him.
To squeeze a little more information out of Tivan, Su Ming had really put in the effort.
"Every bead..."
Su Ming slowly rolled the bracelet between his fingers, suppressing his laughter as he spoke solemnly:
"Contains a primordial galaxy I folded up. Every time you rub it, you accelerate the birth, collision, and Annihilation of those galaxies..."
Su Ming suddenly raised the bracelet beside Tivan's ear:
"Click!"
A crisp snap rang out.
But in Tivan's ears, it was like the Big Bang.
In an instant, he imagined the rise and fall of countless stars.
Tivan's lips trembled. How was this a bracelet?
This was clearly a cosmic chronicle held in one's hand!
"As for the patina?"
Su Ming chuckled softly.
"It is merely the tears of entropy. Mortals