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When will my real-world self recover?
"It will probably take two or three days for mental strength to recover."
"Does that mean I'll have to stay here for three days...?"
"It shouldn't be necessary. It's common knowledge that the flow of time in dreams differs from that in the real world."
Little White sat on the rock, idly asking and answering his own questions.
Whenever Xiaobai asks a question, the answer will automatically appear in her mind without any hesitation.
"She can find the answer to any question in a second..."
"Since we're just killing time anyway, why don't we try solving Goldbach's Conjecture..."
Xiao Bai had barely finished speaking.
Suddenly, an earthquake struck the seabed.
The surrounding scenery began to flicker between light and dark, the giant ship in front of them swayed precariously, and a muffled rumbling sound came from the sea, shaking the entire underwater world.
It seemed as if this entire dream world was about to crumble in just a few words.
Xiaobai quickly grabbed the rock beneath her. She wasn't sure where she would end up if this dream world shattered, but it was probably not a good thing, so she immediately shouted.
"I'm not trying anymore! I'm not trying anymore! I'm not trying anymore!"
"Let's leave Goldbach's Conjecture to the brilliant mathematicians!"
really.
Just after Xiaobai finished speaking, the flickering light and shadow around them stabilized, the swaying giant ship stopped moving, and the rumbling sounds around them slowly disappeared. However, the light and shadow at the boundary still appeared fragmented, as if the traces of the previous world turmoil were forever left in this world.
Once Xiaobai realized that it was safe around her, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sigh...it seems that forcing myself to think about things that I can't reach a conclusion about with my own abilities is still not working..."
"Dreams are such fragile things..."
Xiao Bai gazed at the broken traces at the edge of the world, as if this dream would collapse completely under the pressure if it encountered even the slightest impact.
Xiao Bai was still shaken.
"I think I'll just stay here and not think about anything..."
Little White lay sprawled on the rocks, staring intently at the boundless sea.
In the underwater world, there are no clocks, and the concept of time becomes completely blurred at this moment.
Little White was afraid that something might go wrong in this dream world, so she stayed on the rocks as much as possible. Sometimes she would sit with her legs wrapped around her, and when she got tired of sitting, she would lie on her side. After lying down for a while, she would lie on the rocks and kick her legs. When she was really bored, she would sit on the edge of the rocks and play with the mud and sand on the ground with the soles of her feet.
The rocks gradually warmed from Xiaobai's body heat. After what felt like several hours, the unchanging dream world finally began to change.
The boundaries of the dream world began to blur, and layers of warm waves flowed from the far distance to the center of the giant ship, which emitted a warm glow.
The sweeping warm wave abruptly lifted Little White from the rocks, carrying her back the way she came.
Xiao Bai realized that she seemed to be able to leave this dream world.
"Phew, all is well..."
As Little White looked down at the increasingly smaller giant ship beneath him and the endless, dark seabed, he couldn't help but sigh softly.
Meanwhile, the warm sunlight enveloped Little White.
Xiao Bai's consciousness faded away.
……
Xiao Bai opened his eyes.
Before Xiaobai could properly observe the world before her, suddenly, figures running from all directions knocked her to the ground.
"oops!"
Xiaobai was thrown to the ground by a figure. She rubbed her bottom and was about to stand up to see what was happening when she heard a loud rumbling sound of buildings collapsing.
"Boom——"
"Boom——"
Buildings on both sides of the street kept collapsing, and many people were trapped under the broken walls and rubble.
Xiao Bai subconsciously looked up. The sky above him was sometimes bright and sometimes dark, with rolling dark clouds, thunder and lightning, and the earth was shaking slightly.
"Huh? Where is this...?" Xiaobai sat on the ground, looking at the scene before her in surprise, "My spiritual world?"
Xiao Bai looked around.
Sure enough, those fleeing through the streets with their arms raised were the villagers living in the spiritual world, namely the deep-sea giants.
Xiao Bai then realized that after waking up from the dream, he had not returned to the real world, but had immediately returned to the mental world.
"This is... Dafeng Village, right? How did my mental world become like this..." Xiaobai murmured as she got up. She looked at the sky that was sometimes bright and sometimes dark, and the buildings that were constantly collapsing all around her, her eyes full of confusion.
Just as Xiaobai was stunned, suddenly, with a creaking sound, a building next to him collapsed and crashed down in front of Xiaobai, burying several fleeing deep-sea phoenixes in the ruins.
The deep-sea giants in the spiritual world are almost immortal due to their special composition. However, apart from their inability to die and their inability to be injured, they are almost no different from ordinary humans in real life. When crushed by a huge building, even the deep-sea giants can only obediently be crushed under the rubble, struggling endlessly like a group of earthworms crushed by corn cobs.
Chapter 2179 The Fall of the Deep Sea Will
In the spiritual world, the deep-sea Taihou are all emotionless and dazed. Whether they are escaping or being crushed by buildings, they all have the same cute and innocent look on their faces, but their body language is very rich and cartoonish.
Xiaobai gazed at the deep-sea giants pounding the floor amidst the ruins before her and gently raised her hand.
The building that had been crushing the deep-sea giants was broken down into its most basic building materials in a flash of white light and neatly stacked on the side of the street. The deep-sea giants, who had been dying under the weight of the building just a moment ago, were finally freed.
The rescued deep-sea giants got up one after another, scratching their heads, seemingly wondering how the building that had been pressing down on them could have suddenly disappeared. But soon, they noticed Shiro raising his hand not far away, and all their doubts were resolved. They quickly ran to Shiro, raising their hands and shouting as if to thank Shiro for the rescue and to celebrate Shiro's return.
"Little Red, are you alright?" Little White asked the deep-sea giant phoenixes in front of him.
The deep-sea giants nodded and then shook their heads, then pointed to the other companions trapped under buildings on the street behind them, and then to the flickering sky.
Xiaobai isn't quite sure what it's trying to convey, but it's probably something like an abnormality in the mental world.
Xiaobai reached out and patted the head of the Deep Sea Taihou, soothing them.
"How long has the spiritual world been like this? How did it become like this? Did the Will of the Deep Sea tell you about this?" Xiaobai asked the Deep Sea Phoenixes.
The deep-sea giant phoenixes looked at each other, staring innocently at Little White, and shook their heads.
He seemed to know nothing about it.
"Sigh..." Xiaobai sighed, glancing up at the messy street and the villa perched atop the mountain at the edge of her vision. "Then you guys find a safe place to hide first, I'll go find the Will of the Deep Sea..."
Upon hearing that Xiaobai wanted to find the Will of the Deep Sea, the Deep Sea Phoenixes all nodded and raised their hands to see him off.
Xiaobai bid farewell to the deep-sea giants and headed towards the villa atop the mountain.
Along the way, whenever Shiro sees a deep-sea Taihou trapped under buildings, he will rescue them. After walking the entire Taihou Street, although the people have been rescued, the sky is still sometimes bright and sometimes dark, with rolling dark clouds, thunder, and the earth continuing to shake. His mental world, which is on the verge of collapse, shows no sign of returning to normal.
As Xiaobai walked, her brows furrowed in confusion.
How did my mental world become like this...?
The spiritual world should operate under the management of the Deep Sea Will. As long as there are no problems with the Deep Sea Will, the spiritual world should function normally...
Could it be that something happened to the will of the deep sea?
Thinking of this, Xiaobai's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a little nervous.
But the tension quickly dissipated.
The will of the deep sea in her spiritual world is almost invincible, so she shouldn't have any problems with her personal safety.
As Xiao Bai thought this through, he rushed to the villa of the Deep Sea Will.
Perhaps because of the presence of the Deep Sea Will as the administrator, the villa of the Deep Sea Will was not affected by the spiritual world. Even though the Great Phoenix Village was almost destroyed by the earthquake, not a single brick or tile fell from the villa.
Xiao Bai stood at the villa entrance and glanced habitually at the flower bed in front of it.
The giant phoenix that used to water plants here is gone.
"Hmm... That's strange." Xiaobai muttered as she pushed open the door and entered the villa.
The villa was quiet, and Deep Sea Will was nowhere to be seen in the living room.
"Deep Sea Will?" Xiao Bai called out twice towards the villa from the entrance, but no one answered.
Xiao Bai was stunned for a while, then looked up at the ceiling.
Xiao Bai thoughtfully closed the door behind him and walked straight upstairs.
Upon reaching the second floor of the villa and turning the corner, Xiaobai finally saw the person in front of the bedroom door of the Deep Sea Will.
The deep-sea taihou who had been watering the flower bed by the door was now sitting on the ground with a bowl of ramen. Beside her were several plates full of dishes, as well as various snacks and black tea. She was staring helplessly at the tightly closed door in front of her.
"Little Red, you're here." Little White walked towards Deep Sea Taihou and greeted her. "What are you doing here? Is the Deep Sea Will in the bedroom?"
The Deep Sea Taihou turned to look at Xiaobai. Upon seeing Xiaobai, a hint of excitement, as if she had seen a savior, finally appeared on her previously helpless expression.
The Deep Sea Phoenix nodded rapidly at Shiro, indicating that the Deep Sea Will was in the bedroom.
The Deep Sea Taihou watering the flowers at the villa entrance is the mother of all Deep Sea Taihou in the spiritual world, and the bridge for communication among all Deep Sea Taihou. Therefore, she knows clearly what is happening in Taihou Village, even without leaving her house.
Xiaobai walked up to the Deep Sea Phoenix and looked down at the plates laid out around her.
It seems that the Deep Sea Taifeng had been guarding this place for a long time before I arrived. The dishes on these plates were probably prepared by the Deep Sea Taifeng in order to get the Deep Sea Will to come out.
Tears welled up in the eyes of the deep-sea giant phoenix, its pitiful expression almost flowing like a stream.
Xiaobai stopped in front of the Deep Sea Taifeng and patted her on the shoulder.
"It's okay, I'll come."
After Xiaobai finished speaking, he placed his hand on the doorknob of Deep Sea Will's bedroom and gently pulled it open.
—The will of the deep sea did not lock the door.
After all, the Deep Sea Will has the highest level of authority in this spiritual world. Even if she deliberately doesn't lock the door, in this extremely idealistic world, as long as she doesn't want to come out, no one else can open her bedroom.
As for Xiaobai...
Xiao Bai's authority in the spiritual world is at the extra-legal level. Although it's not much higher than that of the Deep Sea Will, entering the Deep Sea Will's boudoir is still no problem.
Xiaobai opened the door to the Deep Sea Will and went inside.
Xiaobai released her hand, and the door to the Deep Sea Will closed automatically, keeping the Deep Sea Phoenix outside.
Xiao Bai ignored the closed door and instead looked around the room of the Deep Sea Will.
The figure of the Deep Sea Will was not "present" in the bedroom, but the bedding in the bedroom had bulged up into a bulge the size of a person.
Seeing the "bag" in front of him, Xiaobai secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately.
At least we can be certain what danger the deep-sea will encountered.
Xiao Bai carefully sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out to pat the bulge on the bed.
"The will of the deep sea is me," Xiaobai said to the bulging bulge.
"..."
The blankets didn't respond immediately, but simply twitched slightly twice, avoiding Xiaobai's hand.
Xiao Bai blinked and stared blankly at the bundle of bedding in front of her for a while.
Huh?
The will of the deep sea seems to be throwing a tantrum.
"The will of the deep sea...?" Little White shrank his neck and spoke cautiously.
The bundle formed by the bedding remained unmoved.
"Um... are you angry with me?"
"..."
broken.
When a girl doesn't speak, it means she agrees.
Xiao Bai's heart was pounding as she tried to figure out when she had upset the will of the deep sea.
"Um... I... Will of the Deep Sea, I... I should have contacted you more often lately... I've been busy with Chapter Eight and neglected you, I'm so sorry..."
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