At the same time, Xiao Chen was in his own meditation world.
He was sitting on a reef, watching a small speedboat in the distance, riding the wind and waves back from the thundering sea.
The one driving the boat was Tasia. She was working on the transformation of spiritual power day after day. Tasia moored the boat to the dock and walked down from the boat holding a small box.
This boat was specially made by Xiao Chen for Tasia, to sail to the edge of the safe sea to collect the subconscious spiritual power. He wanted to go with Tasia, but was rejected by Tasia.
You can't always be here with me, when you're not here, I have to learn to survive here on my own. She said.
She walked slowly, the sea breeze blowing up her skirt and silver hair. Xiao Chen jumped down from the rock and asked, "How was the harvest?"
She smiled and said, "More than last time. Actually, I don't know when the last time was. There is only daytime here, no night. When I feel tired, I sleep. When I wake up, I read a book and collect spiritual energy. This goes on and on. I can't remember the days and can't feel the time." Tasia's box is filled with small gray stones. She temporarily molded the spiritual energy she collected into this shape and slowly processed it when she returned to the island.
Xiao Chen was about to use his mind to help her lift the box, but Tasia grabbed it and held it in her arms again.
"Don't do that, just let me hold it. I don't like the feeling that everything can be solved by the mind. It makes me feel unreal."
Xiao Chen followed him to a small house on the beach. It was called a house, but in fact it was just a simple shed. But every wooden strip inside was made by Tasia using her own spiritual power. She would transform the stones into one or two meter long strips each time, and then slowly make them into wood textures like painting. Unlike Xiao Chen who could make a realistic tree with just one thought, Tasia, who did not have the inheritance of the Dream Tower, had a hard time doing the same thing, as if Xiao Chen was a skilled painter, and she was a child who had just learned to hold a pen. But she slowly built this house like Yugong moving a mountain.
However, the spiritual power she honed in this way was her own. These "materials" from Xiao Chen's subconscious mind became hers.
Therefore, this hut is very different in Xiao Chen's world. He cannot directly manipulate and spy on this house with his consciousness. Just like Tasia's body, it is an untouchable black hole in his meditation space.
"Shouldn't you be busy? Why are you looking at me here?" Tasia sat on a small stool and started making new wooden strips.
"Huh? Just wanted to see if there was anything I could help you with. Do you want me to leave?"
Tasia rolled her eyes at him: "How could that be."
"I'm afraid you won't be used to it. After all, this is a very lonely world."
"In fact, the world outside is also very lonely, isn't it?" Seeing Xiao Chen hesitate, Tasia said, "So you don't think so. Maybe there are people out there who can understand you."
Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Probably."
"But I didn't. Ever since I took on the mission of the Seven Towers, I have been alone. Even Belia only knows a small part of it. This is the source of loneliness. I just walked forward silently until I met you.
These days I have been thinking back on how we met, and how we got to this point. Now it seems that this is why I insisted on being with you that night. I... It turns out that I was afraid of moving forward alone. "
"But now it's okay. I don't have to worry about you leaving me anymore." Tasya said, "Every time I think about myself dying and want to cry, I think about it like this. Thinking about it like this makes me feel less sad."
Xiao Chen touched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Tasia, there is something I must tell you. I have someone I want to pursue."
"What do you want to say? I'm just talking about our current situation. I'm really tied to you and can't go anywhere, right?"
"That's right. Uh, I want to tell you that the person's name is Luo Ling, and she'll be here soon. Come to the capital to meet me."
"Why tell me this? The outside world has nothing to do with me."
"Ah, I mean, maybe I'll be busy and have less time to come over. If you have any requests, you can tell me and I'll prepare in advance."
Tasia stared at him steadily, and Xiao Chen was at a loss as to what to do.
"Sometimes you are really self-righteous and annoying." She threw down the wooden board in her hand and said, "Forget it, can I really ask for anything?"
"Of course. I will do it if I can."
"I want to look at the stars."
"What? Look at the stars? There's only daytime here, and I never thought I'd need the night..."
"Can you understand the pain of a person who lives in the daytime all the time?"
"It's a little scary to think about it. Especially when you want to stay in bed." Xiao Chen agreed.
“So, I want to look at the stars.”
"Okay." Xiao Chen sat down cross-legged, and the world began to change.
Suddenly, the "sun" dimmed, and a layer of black fog appeared around it. Then the whole world rushed from noon to dusk, and from dusk to night as if the fast-forward button was pressed.
But this night was a bit monotonous because there was neither moon nor stars.
Xiao Chen looked up at the sky and said, "I only remember the general appearance of the starry sky in my hometown, but I am not familiar with the starry sky here. Can you tell me where to place the stars?"
"Just do it as you remember."
"Okay." As Xiao Chen finished speaking, dots of light began to appear in the sky. The first to appear was the Big Dipper, also known as the Ursa Major, followed by Draco, Leo, Bootes... Xiao Chen only remembered the general appearance of the famous constellations, and simply added many constellations from the other hemisphere. Those constellations that would never appear together were displayed in the sky.
"The stars in your hometown are so beautiful." Tasia stood up, looked up and slowly turned around, "But they don't twinkle yet."
Then the stars began to twinkle.
"You know what? Lonely people often like the starry sky."
"Why?" Xiao Chen looked very sleepy. This earth-shaking action had exhausted all his energy.
"Because there are some things that you can't say to people, but you can say them to them."
"Really..." Xiao Chen's eyelids kept drooping, and he could no longer hold on. He sat on the beach and fell asleep. Just before he fell asleep, he felt as if a pair of hands were embracing his body, and a head was resting on his shoulder, saying softly, "Thank you..."