"Clang..."
The kettle clattered to the ground. Some of the splashing droplets landed on Lin Xue's skirt, while others hung in midair, frozen by the Stillness Realm.
Lin Xue, who had stood motionless like a figure in a painting, quietly stepped out of that painting. Her eyelashes stirred, and she awoke.
Life returned to Lin Xue's vacant eyes. She looked at Mu You before her, then at her own clothes, then at the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings.
After a brief moment of confusion, she quickly understood.
"Right, we entered the Time Prison together..."
Lin Xue read far more than Mu You and possessed far greater knowledge. The breadth of her reading left him dumbfounded: astronomy, geography, chemistry, medicine, mechanics, physics, even floriculture, fashion design, and all sorts of other disciplines-she had explored them all.
"Besides, with two people, we could also do some... more interesting things... for a change of pace..."
"Xiao Xue?"
If they were injured, their wounds would gradually heal within a few seconds to an hour, depending on the severity. Even near-fatal injuries could quickly heal completely.
Thus, in this world, suicide by physical means was impossible. There was only one way to die here: suffer a mental breakdown and then be dissolved by the prison's rules.
"What next? Do you want to stay here, or..." Mu You asked Lin Xue for her opinion.
The two barely spoke during the day and seldom disturbed each other's activities.
In this world, anything altered by human hands could not be restored, so any rubbish they produced had to be dealt with immediately, or the whole city would soon become a mess.
Mu You gave a dry laugh. He admitted that Lin Xue's slightly suggestive remark, combined with her behavior, had successfully sent his thoughts astray.
He believed Lin Xue