This is a dim starry sky, the stars are fading, and it is filled with death.
In the pitch-black curtain, only sporadic points of light were flickering, and such light was like a flame in the wind, and it seemed that it would be completely extinguished in the next second, thus plunging the starry sky into eternal darkness.
The man sat on a bench, surrounded by the starry sky.
Something seemed to be wriggling in the dim starry sky, and it reached out to the man. An invisible force surged around him, gently caressing him, lifting his body, causing the man to rise slightly from the bench, and even his entire body left the bench and rose towards the dim starry sky.
This "ascent" proceeds slowly, and no one knows how long it will take for the man to truly ascend into the starry sky, but what is known is that as long as the status quo is maintained, no matter how long the time is, it will pass in a flash.
Just like that, at a certain moment, the "rise" suddenly encountered resistance.
In the long period of ignorance, some force was at work. It made a vague roar, but was blocked by layers and turned into a whisper. However, it was such a faint sound that seemed to awaken something, just like the fluttering wings of a butterfly, awakening a storm that swept everything.
Below the bench, the entire space began to become violently agitated, causing the starry sky below the bench to slightly distort.
The sound of splashing water was heard.
The hideous shadow broke through the water surface under the bench, splashing countless water droplets, each of which reflected the dim starry sky. It was so calm and transparent that its reflection gave people the illusion of being in the starry sky.
Monsters appeared in the water, roaring and rushing out of the water, stretching out their shriveled, pale, scarred arms. One after another, they pressed together until they could touch the man's ankles, followed by his calves, waist and abdomen.
Countless withered hands grabbed the man and fought for him, they were like hungry ghouls, crying like babies, until the invisible force gave up on the man and dragged him back to the surface of the lake.
The man fell down and lay on the calm water. He was as motionless as a corpse, neither rising into the starry sky nor sinking into the water.
After an unknown amount of time, he woke up from his deep sleep, but he did not open his eyes. His consciousness was chaotic, and it could even be said that he had no sense of "self" at this moment.
During this long silence, time became extremely slow, or fast. No one knew whether it took him a few minutes or hundreds of years. In any case, he began to try to control this body.
First, he controlled his body, slowly turned his head, and stared at the starry sky. Then, he began to understand the outside world, and he began to understand everything he saw, the dark "color", the dim "stars", and the endless "starry sky".
Different concepts and words were dug out from his dusty memory, more and more, so he began to try to "think".
Until he touched something.
An incomprehensible word, a heavy character, a key to open the door.
"I am… "
He muttered in a low voice, and a slight glow appeared in his gray-blue eyes.
"ah!"