Chapter 10: 10 误入异空间

Breaking free from the strange state, Qin Su opened her eyes to see the abnormality of the room, a flash of shock passing through her eyes. "What is this?" The things floating in the room were clusters of star-like specks, a mixture of milky white and gold. Upon closer observation, the two colors shifted back and forth, making them quite beautiful to look at.

She reached out a finger to touch a small light cluster, and her fingertip was enveloped by a warm orb of light. A cool, comfortable sensation flowed from her fingertip to her brain. Qin Su’s spirit lifted; she let go of her hand and found that the small light cluster she had touched had dimmed significantly. Driven by curiosity, she tried touching a second and third cluster, and without exception, they all lost their color.

"Dong... dong... dong..." One sound after another rang in her ears, becoming increasingly clear, as if dissatisfied with Qin Su's neglect.

"This is..." Qin Su frowned, unable to discern the source of the sound. She stood up and left the room. As the door opened, the small light clusters filled the room and streamed out in a single file, swirling in the air as if inviting Qin Su to follow. They then rotated and flew off in a certain direction. After a moment of hesitation, Qin Su hurried after them.

As if sensing Qin Su's approach, the frequency of the sounds grew faster and faster, like the playing of a joyful melody.

Intertwining bamboo shadows and splashing silver light made the bamboo forest appear even more mysterious. It felt as though an unknown barrier shrouded this grove, exuding a sense of isolation and vicissitude, as if cut off from the world. Qin Su hesitated for a moment before stepping inside; the sense of familiarity emanating from the small light clusters caused her to subconsciously set aside her worries and follow them at a steady pace.

The milky white light clusters drifted and floated like the flowing water sleeves of a dancing performer, winding forward and leading Qin Su through the barrier of the bamboo forest into this space untouched by anyone.

Qin Su was shocked by the scene before her.

Star-like specks danced across the sky; they were everywhere, above and below. Entering this place was like being placed in a galaxy, an unreal dreamscape. Small light clusters, no larger than a fingertip, were scattered in every corner of this world, appearing to chase and play with one another, like a starry sky that had fallen into the mortal realm. It was a beauty so profound it felt unreal.

The tiny light clusters rotated around Qin Su as if saying goodbye, before quickly merging into the surroundings and vanishing.

Having accidentally stumbled into this world, Qin Su felt as though she had arrived in a dreamlike starry sky. Being as tiny as a speck of dust, she could not see the boundaries of this world.

"Dong... dong... dong..."

The rhythmic, powerful sound rang out once more. Qin Su was no longer on guard; filled with curiosity, she approached the center. Passing through the small star clusters that covered the mountain, she saw a milky white egg rolling back and forth at the center of the star clusters. Every time it touched the ground, it emitted a "dong" sound, one beat after another, extremely rhythmic.

Having inherited the memories of the little Qin Su, she learned that this world possessed not only combat methods like magic and battle qi, but also another special combat skill—summoning spirit pets.

One would subdue a powerful magical beast and sign a contract with it to become a spirit pet. During battle, the master could summon the spirit pet to fight at any time. Some people even began cultivating their spirit pets from the moment they were in an egg, right up until birth.

Common contracts included master-servant contracts and equal contracts. The most mysterious among them was the Blood Contract from the magical beast world. The higher the level of a magical beast, the less likely it was to be easily subdued by humans; some even possessed intelligence no lower than that of humans. When captured, these proud and powerful creatures would refuse the contracts of the human world, thus establishing a Blood Contract to fight side-by-side with their master for the duration of the master's life. If the master passed away naturally, the magical beast, whose lifespan was longer than a human's, would dissolve the Blood Contract and return to the magical beast forest.

However, due to the mystery of the Blood Contract, not everyone knew how to use it.

The milky white eggshell was as smooth as a mirror, yet it was not like a mirror, for it did not reflect even a single shadow. The eggshell seemed to isolate the outside world, forming an independent space within.

Observing closely, Qin Su discovered to her surprise that as soon as the milky white light clusters touched the eggshell, they vanished without a trace, as if... they were being eaten by the eggshell.

A bold thought occurred to Qin Su. She extended her index finger, slowly bringing her fingertip closer to the eggshell, and, driven by curiosity, poked it.