Chapter 40: The Cocoon

A long, long time ago, at the beginning of the birth, all things, all one, had come to an end.

Maintaining the balance between collapse and remodeling, a new life in the name of 'ruined miรจ'...... Order, Law, Fate, Cause and Effect......

Nothing can resist, nothing can hinder, void, chaos...... It is a torrent in which the origin of the world can also be involved......

In the Void -

The girl stood between this shore and the other shore.

Smile softly.

"Can't get to the 'tomorrow' ...... you're in"

"Can't see the future ...... you're in"

"I'm sorry ......"

"I'm sorry......"

And then ...... Goodbye......"

"Favorite ......" -

Sunlight seeped through the gaps in the curtains.

The soft touch of the pillow in your arms.

The familiar smell of fragrance came from beside him.

Keep sleeping.

Or, just don't want to get up.

"Hey~"

Feel the touch of the palm of your forehead.

Open your eyes slightly.

"Good morning."

Rubbing his eyes slightly, he sat up.

"Don't move ......"

Reach out and gently stroke the hair on your forehead.

"My hair is messing up again......"

A smile that shines brighter than the sun.

"Hmm...... Sister. โ€

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•

Deep Sea -

A world engulfed in endless darkness.

In all directions, invisible silk threads dragged the body deeper into the depths......

This is a world where neither light nor sound exists......

Even if they shouted loudly, no sound could be heard.

Even with all the strength of the body, you can't move a single bit.

The feeling of pain and exhaustion gradually faded......

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

"Connecting this shore with the other, between the worlds and the worlds, the existence of zร i......"

"Why was it born, why was ......it ruined"

"What does not exist in this world......

"Matter, existence, reality, illusory......"

"From the very beginning, no one really understood ......"

"Until the end of the day, no one can get the 'real' ......"

"...... of unclear significance"

"Construction, Analyzing Possibilities - No Zร i ......"

"All we know is a speck of dust in the endless sea of stars......"

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

"Boundless, without beginning and without end......"

"Netherworld, Abyss, Chaos, Nothingness......"

"The deepest layer, all things, all the one, the past, the present, the end of the future......"

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

Confusion -

โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•

The mountains, surrounded by lush trees, resemble a large green umbrella.

The girl stood in the shade of a tree, and on the back of her hand was a black butterfly with wings spreading.

When I turned around, I reflected the vast and colorful world in my pupils......

"What are you doing?"

"Hmmm......"

The hands in sight were extremely immature, probably slightly different from usual.

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

"Sister...... Sister? โ€

The figure in front of him gradually overlapped with the outline in his impression.

"What's the matter, I don't even know my sister anymore?"

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

No matter what time you are mistaken......

In the depths of memory, nothing can replace it......

"Sister......

Laughed softly.

"What are you doing here?"

"Didn't you say that you would come out together, because today is Xi'er you...... Ninth birthday. โ€

The hair is blowing in the wind, even if she is still young, her face is already so beautiful that she is a girl.

A smile that has never been shown in front of others.

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

What's on the other side of the mountain?

Somewhere above the ground, where is there that is not artificially attained......

There were many things she didn't know, or rather, most of the things in this world that she hadn't seen.

Although she is a little different from the world's perception of a 'child', she is only nine years old this year.

The palms of the two hands are tightly interlocked.

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•โ€•

Invisible ripples emerged in the void.

Slimmer than dust, more complicated than starlight.

Quietly suspended in mid-air, a thread, a thread of almost eternal light.

That's something between the existence of zร i and the absence of zร i.

At the beginning of its birth, it was something that did not belong to this world......

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

Dense trees overhead, thick and staggered vines, clumped vegetation everywhere.

The stone steps at your feet stretch out of reach.

I'm already a little tired......

This body is not able to support long-term movement.

As if sensing something, the back in front of him suddenly stopped.

"Just rest here for a while."

Carefully wipe the rock surface next to the mountain trail, and gently pat the empty space next to you with your palm.

Sit down side by side.

"Cake, do you want to eat it?"

"Hmm."

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

A whirlpool, formless and formless, born from the void, swallows every qiฤ“ into it.

Layers of fish-scale-like ripples overlapped and intertwined, imprinted into the deepest part of the void.

Cracks, strands spread across the surface of the void.

Broken, reborn.

Overlapping alternately, repeating the cycle......

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

"Ahh

Take a step back and shrink behind the girl's back.

"Don't be afraid, it's a cicada."

The girl turned around with two fingers holding the cicada's wings.

"Cicadas?"

"To put it simply...... Flying bugs. โ€

"Flying...... Bugs? โ€

"Well, but I don't have a few days to live."

"Why?"

"The laws of nature...... Or rather, that's the limit to it. โ€

His fingertips tapped the transparent cicada wings.

"Can't you live any longer?"

"Everything in this world is relative, there is never true perfection, even the hardest materials can be fragile in some cases, the more powerful things are, the more likely they are to be mutilated, there is no absolute strength in the world, and there is no absolute weakness. This cicada has only a few days of life on the ground, but if you count the life span of the ground, it is already able to surpass most insects. Life and death, born in ruin...... Difficult to peel off, disobedient, antagonistic, dependent ......"

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

At that time, she didn't really understand the meaning of this sentence......

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

Cocoon of the Void.

Substances and forms that do not exist in the world.

Not even its 'save zร i' can be proven.

However, at this moment.

The invisible vortex expands and spreads with the birth of the cocoon.

Until there is no boundary......

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

"Xi'er, look."

The girl's figure was not far away, turning around and smiling softly.

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

What is there on the other side of the mountain?

Step by step, step forward.

In the field of vision, endless mountain peaks spread across the vast land.

In the distance, the fields above the ground were as small as a grid, and the sea of clouds covered the sky like an ocean of turquoise to the horizon, so white that there was not a trace of variegation, covering the sea of clouds at the top of the blue sky dome......

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

Well.

The dark pupils reflect the colorful colors.

This is the world I'm in.

This is the world 'we're in'......