A Familiar Feeling-How Strikingly Similar

Yuan Shikai sat alone aboard a spaceship set to autopilot.

After making all the preparations, Voyager watched him depart. Only those summoned by the great spirit could go before her; no one else could seek an audience of their own accord.

The spaceship had already been programmed to return automatically, so there was no need to worry about being unable to get back.

Yuan Shikai was about to set foot on this planet that had awakened to its own will and meet this being who transcended everything.

According to Voyager, this ancient Great Elf had existed for over ten thousand years. She had witnessed the beginning of this universe, watched its course unfold, and would someday witness its end.

The spaceship was about to land in a forest. Blue water covered seventy percent of the planet's surface, while land and forests occupied the remaining thirty percent.

The instant the spaceship approached the ground, the forest on the planet's surface drew back on its own, forming a natural harbor large enough to accommodate it.

After Yuan Shikai stepped off the spaceship, the forest parted on its own to open a path, seemingly guiding him onward.

Following its guidance, he arrived before a cave blocked by densely tangled thorns, which parted automatically.

Once Yuan Shikai stepped inside, the thorns returned to their original positions, continuing their duty of guarding the cave.

Inside the cave, glowing mushrooms lit the way forward. Yuan Shikai did not know how long he walked. Time seemed to lose its meaning here, until he finally reached the end—a pool of water.

When Yuan Shikai approached the pool, its water slowly gathered in the air, forming a human silhouette.

Then a voice rang out in Yuan Shikai's mind, seemingly communicating directly through thought.

At first, he could not understand