Published: March 2, 2025
At the same time, in the underground cave of the New Hope Gathering Place, the river water flowing into the cave had gathered into a puddle, calm and undisturbed. A wisp of faint green mist floated up from the surface of the puddle, as if alive, slowly rising and spreading through the soil into the New Hope Gathering Place. However, the New Hope Gathering Place had already been battered to a near-death state by the first wave of plague. Even if more toxic mist seeped in, it seemed to be of little concern...
Amidst this pervasive toxic mist, a white light spot, imperceptible to the naked eye, slowly condensed, grew, and expanded through spiritual perception. Around the light spot, extinguished soul flames, like swallows returning to their nests, continuously merged into the light spot from the surroundings.
When the white light spot grew to a certain extent, a newly born will slowly awakened from within it.
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Lolo only felt that she had a strange dream. In the dream, she was commanding the ant race to dig tunnels. Who would have known that while digging, they unearthed a stream of faint green water that carried a captivating aroma, prompting Lolo to uncontrollably taste it.
After that, Lolo only remembered arriving in a heavenly place, surrounded by delicious food within reach, while a tremendous sense of joy filled her heart, making her feel light as if she could fly...
And then...
What happened next?
She did not dwell on these trivial questions. The moment her consciousness awakened, Lolo suddenly discovered a terrifying phenomenon—her body was gone...
"My body... my body..."
Although her original body was ugly and weak, it was nonetheless her assurance for survival. But now, Lolo could completely sense that she did not exist, surrounded by dissipating white light and floating, continuously entering her consciousness white light spots.
The white light spot brought a wonderful sense of peace and comfort to Lolo. This feeling constantly comforted Lolo's confused and panicked heart, allowing her to quickly calm down even in the bizarre situation of realizing that her "body was gone."
The newly born consciousness slowly spread out, and her perceptual abilities expanded. Then Lolo perceived the situation in the external world—surrounded by green river water and drifting toxic mist, while she had now turned into a small round ball radiating dull light, quietly floating in the space. Even when Lolo thought of "moving a little," the small round ball showed no signs of movement.
Only consciousness, no body; at this moment, Lolo felt as if she was isolated from this world, able to see and hear but unable to affect the outside world in the slightest.
"What should I do..."
Faced with this strange situation, Lolo felt lost.
But soon, that feeling of confusion disappeared—an underlying message surged from the depths of her consciousness, the vast amount of information causing a tremor in Lolo's awareness. After considerable effort, she finally comprehended the information buried deep within her consciousness.
"Consolidate... merge... heart of the swarm..."
The newly born consciousness muttered some strange vocabulary, and in the next second, the pure white consciousness aggregate suddenly changed!
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Centered around the consciousness aggregate—also known as the white light ball—waves of energy rapidly radiated outward. The consciousness entity naturally could not provide energy for this action; the energy used to emit the waves came entirely from within the consciousness entity, from a tiny grayish-white light point.
This was the "gift" that earth's will had left for Lolo.
As the ripples spread, the previously silent puddle suddenly stirred with waves, and small yet pure soul energies quickly emerged, rapidly flowing into the consciousness aggregate.
Various emotions, memories, and complex thoughts merged together, then quickly converged with Lolo as the main subject, fueled by the energy from the grayish-white light point, continuously strengthening the soul energy of the newly born consciousness aggregate!