Tasia walked on the beach, fine sand seeping into her pink slippers. She walked forward along the boundary between water and sand. The waves kept washing over her. Those small white waves were like a group of naughty children, laughing and playing and rolling over her ankles. They were cool and comfortable.
However, the sea farther away was not as calm as here. Tasya found that no matter which direction she looked, there were rolling dark clouds, shining lightning and surging waves. However, they were isolated from this land by an unknown force and could not get close to here.
Tasia has gradually come to believe that this world is not the real world.
Although Tasya had only seen the sea once, she knew that the real sea was not like this. After walking out of the big house with a strange style, she found many strange things, such as the glowing cubes suspended in the sky, the huge steel ship floating in the sea, and this little thing in front of her.
It was a small silver dragon floating in the air. It looked like a small snake, but it had four claws. When Tasya saw it, it was flying out of a fruit tree, holding a red berry in each of its front paws and one in its mouth.
It seemed a little embarrassed when Tasya caught it eating, and hurriedly swallowed the fruit in its mouth. However, the fruit was a little too big for its throat, and the little silver dragon was choked by the fruit. It tumbled in the air for a long time before it managed to steady itself. However, the two fruits in its claws were crushed.
The little silver dragon looked at the fruit on the ground with a sad expression. Tasia thought the little silver dragon was very cute. Its expression was very lively. When it looked at her, it was curious and concerned, unlike the crabs on the ground, which could only crawl around blankly. So she reached out and picked the fullest fruit from the bush and handed it to it. The little silver dragon took the fruit, held it with its two claws and started to eat it. While eating, it circled around Tasia, as if it recognized this new friend.
"It seems like you guys get along well." A person suddenly appeared in front of Tasya.
"Xiao Chen!" Tasia exclaimed. She covered her mouth with both hands, but the joy in her expression could not be concealed.
"Let me introduce you. His name is 'Xiaobai'. He is the first resident here, and you are the second."
"Your inhabitants? Is this really your meditation space?"
"That's right." Xiao Chen nodded, "I'm sorry I couldn't be with you when you woke up. My residence was just attacked by the Shadow Group. Although Li Jia and his men successfully repelled the enemy, some of our people also died. But there are still many things to deal with."
"It's unbelievable. I mean, from the information I've studied, I haven't seen that the mage's meditation space is so large and so real. It took me a long time to be sure that I'm not on an island in the south."
"Hehe, I do have a good talent in this area." Xiao Chenyao pointed to the sea not far away and said, "Although the space for activities is a little smaller now, give me some time and I will make the island bigger and bigger. The next step is to expand the land to that location, and add some trees, mountains, waterfalls and other things to the island. Oh, and some simple small animals."
"Like one of those silly crab-like things?"
"Haha, yes. Otherwise this world would be too lonely. I can't create real souls yet, so they are indeed a little silly." The little silver dragon came up to Xiao Chen when it saw him appear, and wrapped itself around his arm. This was its usual way of begging for food. Xiao Chen smiled and said to it, "Ah, I won't be lonely with you, right? Tasia, let's go, this little guy is greedy, let's go back to the house, I'll make you something delicious."
Tasia followed Xiao Chen to the villa. She asked softly, "Has my body in that world completely disappeared?"
"Yes. I'm very sorry." Xiao Chen thought of the body that disappeared into the air, and for some reason he felt depressed.
Tasia stopped walking, turned her head away, and sobbed softly.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you." Xiao Chen whispered as he looked at her shaking shoulders.
"It's really strange. I had already accepted this matter in my heart, but why do I feel like something is poking me when I think about it..." Tasia turned her back and wiped her tears. "I should be thankful that I was able to escape here, but why can't I stop crying?"
"If my body was gone, I would cry my eyes out. You are much stronger than I thought."
Tasia cried for a while, wiped her tears with her shawl, turned her head, looked at Xiao Chen with red eyes and asked: "Did you create this body of mine? Why did you create something as useless as tears?"
"No, this is your own body. Your soul and your mental power remember what you look like. They constructed your current body based on your true appearance.
At most, I provided some raw materials, because when your soul came here, your mental power had been severely damaged, and the mental power you carried alone was not enough to condense into a body. Therefore, I merged part of my mental power into your soul.
Besides, don't you think being able to cry is a good thing? A person is someone who can laugh, cry, eat and sleep. If I really created you, I would definitely give you all the functions of a real person, so that you can feel alive."
“How can I still be considered alive in my current state?” Tashia sighed. “I can’t even tell if I really have consciousness or if I am just a projection of myself in your soul. Just like… those crabs.”
Xiao Chen stretched out a hand and held it in the air. A moment later, an ice cream cone appeared in his hand. He held the ice cream in front of Tasia's mouth and said, "Lick it."
Tasia looked at Xiao Chen at a loss.
"Try it." Xiao Chen encouraged with a smile.
Tasya moved closer to the cone and touched it with the tip of her tongue.
"Is it tasty?"
"Um."
Xiao Chen took one of her hands and put the ice cream cone in her hand.
Tasya added another sip, and then couldn't stop eating the cone.
"You've never had this ice cream before?"
"No, it's really delicious."
"Yes. If you are just a collection of past memories, how can you make comments on things you have never seen?" Xiao Chen looked at her with a smile. "You can feel new things, enjoy the beauty of life, and express your opinions on things you have never seen. Who can say that you are not alive? Not only are you alive, but you can live a more wonderful life than others."
"Well... I can feel happy." Tasia stretched out her left hand and used her thumb and index finger to measure a very short distance. "Although I only have a little bit of happiness now, there is a lot of unhappiness."
"Ha, come with me, let's go find more happiness."