Loneliness, Soul Fusion

Back in his dormitory, Green shut the door behind him. A faint white light flashed across it as a defensive warning spell activated. He had no desire to be disturbed while meditating. However unlikely it was, he wanted no accidents.

Green walked slowly to his bed and sat down. Closing his eyes, he sank his awareness into his Mental Space. There, amid the darkness, a book floated, giving off a white glow.

The Chip had helped Green organize its contents, but because the words carried power, it had screened them off after intervening. Green would have to absorb them little by little himself.

In his Mental Space, Green looked at the book's cover. It was black, without a single decorative pattern. Only five large characters were printed on its surface: Extreme Meditation Method. Green reached out with his Mental Power and touched it.

"On the road in pursuit of Truth, you will pay the price of losing everything. Without an enduring, unyielding will, you will die on that road!" — Aofa Weilinclai Lachiliu.

A strange voice echoed through Green's mind. The power within the words took hold again.

Green found himself in boundless darkness. His eyes had lost their purpose here. He could sense his own existence, but he could not see himself.

In that infinite darkness, everything lost its meaning.

A will bent on pursuing Eternity entered his mind, followed by the loneliness of having lost everything.

Green felt his own will beginning to wear away in the boundless dark.

[Abnormal fluctuations detected in subject's Mental Power. Initiating interference immediately!]

A strange coolness swept over him. White cracks spread through the Dark Space, and the whole place shattered like glass. In the blink of an eye, Green was back in his Mental Space. Nothing around him had