After returning to the Lu Family home from Cixin Orphanage, Lu Xiaoxiao was still feeling a little unsettled.
Instead of greeting her family first as she usually did, she went straight to her room and gently locked the door behind her.
Dusk had fallen outside, and the lingering sunset bathed the room in warm gold. But the one Lu Xiaoxiao wanted to see most right now was the soul who had been "watching" all this from another dimension.
She kicked off her shoes, flopped onto the soft bed, and took a deep breath. Then she closed her eyes and silently called out in her heart, waiting for that familiar tug-waiting to be pulled into the damp, dark Bug Space.
Yet when her awareness cleared again, the sight before her left her stunned.
Gone were the suffocating, seemingly endless darkness and the cold standing water that had been everywhere. In their place was an environment that was... much brighter.
Though it was still vast and empty, its boundaries indistinct, the oppressive, despair-inducing darkness had receded. A hazy glow, like the light of dawn, now softly illuminated her surroundings.
The "ground" beneath her feet had become dry and solid, too. Though she still could not tell what it was made of, that damp, clammy feeling had vanished completely!
"Whoa!" Lu Xiaoxiao exclaimed despite herself. "This place can change? Then what was the point of getting my butt wet before?"
Jokes aside, once her amazement passed, Lu Xiaoxiao gradually realized that the space probably changed according to the Original Host Lu Xiaoxiao's state of mind.
The dampness and darkness before had likely reflected the Original Host's pain and confusion after giving up on life. Now, the brightness and dryness probably meant that, after learning the truth, the ice encasing her heart was beginning