The sky seemed to be gradually darkening, perhaps because night was falling, or perhaps because of the light reflected by that diamond-shaped moon in the sky that kept chasing travelers.
By convention, that constantly shifting, luminous geometric object in the sky should perhaps have been called a moon. Ever since Jiang Yu had fallen into this sea of sand, that thing had been hanging overhead.
Jiang Yu kept walking forward, and whenever he looked up at different times, the luminous object's shape was different. It was diamond-shaped now, but two minutes earlier, it had been jagged. In truth, it was hard to identify that thing as any kind of celestial body. It was more like a reflective object with countless faces, with light reflected from different faces becoming visible when viewed from different angles.
Whatever the case, the existence of this thing defied ordinary common sense.
The sky over the sea of sand was dotted with stars, just like an ordinary night sky, yet that night sky was anything but ordinary. It was not so dark, but instead carried a hazy glow, as though some luminous object were hiding behind the surging, spreading, mistlike nebulae. Along the horizon, auroras of various colors stretched out like rushing rivers, colliding and spilling into a vast, multicolored ocean.
"Hss..."
March 7th suddenly frowned and clenched her teeth. She briefly stopped where she stood, bent forward slightly, and raised a hand to clutch her head.
The ghostly blue flames clinging to her trembled twice, then gradually weakened. A moment earlier, Cirrus had sensed March 7th's consciousness beginning to awaken, so she had loosened her control over this body.
At that moment, March 7th only felt that her head hurt terribly, unbearably, and her consciousness was somewhat hazy. Even standing still, she felt dizzy and