I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

This prompted Shen Xi to let out a cold laugh that held no clear meaning.

"Nana, please focus on the important part." Cheng Fei coughed lightly.

Asuna Nagasaki continued, "The scythe is called the Abyss Devourer, which can draw energy from battle. It also carries the Time Goddess's pocket watch, which can consume energy to accelerate itself..."

"Looks like this is it." Cheng Fei snapped his fingers. "So she doesn't have any special abilities, she's just very well equipped."

"Looks like we can't steal abilities from Cheng Feiyu anymore." Shen Xi felt a sense of schadenfreude.

"Teacher Shen, I've told you so many times, I really didn't steal it," the boy said helplessly.

Shen Xi ignored him and said to herself, "But where did this accessory come from? Trash, I order you to go and get me one too."

“Teacher Shen, I know you’re very envious, but instead of ordering me around, why don’t you recover the memories of the Celestial Queen yourself, and then open your Royal Treasury and take it from there?” The boy shrugged.

"I knew Cheng Feiyu was useless." Shen Xi replied with a disdainful snort.

While the two were having their usual cryptic conversation, there was another listener (including Isena) who seemed to want to express something.

The slender, dark red roots that had been hanging down beside the map table suddenly began to sway and gesture.

“Luca, I think you’re absolutely right. You don’t need to say anything more,” Cheng Fei said, sounding helpless.

The boy had become accustomed to this situation. Every time he and Shen Xi communicated in the dimensional rift, the World Tree would extend its roots to listen in and occasionally express its opinions in this way, though no one could ever understand them.

At this moment, Nagasaki Asuna, who was also staring at the roots and gestures, blinked and hesitated. "Eh... you said you've seen it before?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the roots seemed to have found a kindred spirit and immediately stretched out in front of her, gesturing rapidly as if they were using sign language.

Asuna Nagasaki frowned slightly, looking troubled, and continued speaking to herself, "Could you slow down a bit? It's a bit too fast."

Cheng Fei and Shen Xi were both stunned by what they saw.

"Nana, can you understand what she's trying to say?" Cheng Fei hesitated.

Nagasaki Asuna didn't have this ability before.

At the same time, the sweet girl nodded repeatedly at the roots being gestured, making sounds that seemed to indicate understanding, "Hmm... Oh... I see."

Cheng Fei and Shen Xi exchanged a glance, both feeling as if they had seen a ghost.

Under their gazes, Nagasaki Asuna turned around and said, "Um, I don't know why, but I think I suddenly understand a little bit of what Luca-san means?"

She made a slight gesture.

"How is this possible?" Shen Xi frowned.

Cheng Fei pondered for a second and realized something.

Asuna Nagasaki's perception has increased to 11 points; this transcendent level of perception might have caused a qualitative change in her abilities...

This was something he hadn't expected at all.

"What did the World Tree just say?" Shen Xi asked directly.

"Well," Nagasaki Asuna glanced at the root beside her, pondered for a second, "I'm not really sure either, it seems to be about someone she knew when she was little?"

"Who?" Shen Xi's eyes narrowed.

"The person we just mentioned," Nagasaki Asuna pursed her lips, as if sensing something, "could it be that Iris?"

The roots immediately stretched out in front of her and gestured for a while.

"No? Then who is it?" Nagasaki Asuna tilted her head, thinking seriously for a moment. "Could it be the Goddess of Time and Space?"

The roots gestured again, but no pattern could be discerned from the surface.

"Eh, really?" Nagasaki Asuna's eyes widened slightly.

Shen Xi realized something and glared at Cheng Fei. "Trash, does the Goddess of Time really exist?"

"Uh, Teacher Shen, you're asking me?" The boy pointed to himself.

"Don't you know?" Shen Xi narrowed her eyes, her sharp gaze scrutinizing him.

"How would I know that?" the boy exclaimed in shock. "You shouldn't be asking Teacher Shen yourself. You're the Celestial Queen, and that pocket watch is part of your collection. If there really is a Goddess of Time and Space, you must know her, right?"

The aloof girl raised her chin without any guilt, "How would I know?"

At this moment, the roots began to gesture again.

"What is that vixen saying now?" Shen Xi immediately looked at Nagasaki Asuna.

"Hmm... she said she wanted to show it to us?" The sweet girl listened intently.

"Show it to us?" Cheng Fei immediately understood that World Tree planned to show a movie.

The moment he had this thought, the world before him was plunged into darkness.

It wasn't completely dark. On the pitch-black curtain in front of him, countless thin blue lines were growing. The boy turned around and saw the same number of thin lines moving away behind him, but they were red.

A meteorite floats silently in the vacuum, seemingly still, yet also appearing to be moving at high speed.

He immediately realized that this was a vision of the World Tree traveling through the universe before it reached its place of fall, and those thin lines were blue-shifted and red-shifted starlight.

The solitary journey did not last long; the World Tree's movement gradually slowed down, evidenced by the reduced degree of starlight blueshift and redshift.

Ahead on the deep and desolate flight path, a violently rotating celestial body appeared in the vacuum. A magnificent beam of light, measured in astronomical units in diameter, continuously shot out from the surface of the celestial body, shining like a lighthouse in the night sky as the celestial body rotated.

Based on the knowledge he gained from deciphering the Twin Bodies world, Cheng Fei guessed that it should be a pulsar.

Neutron stars, formed from the collapse of dead stars, are in a state of high-speed rotation and possess terrifying magnetic fields, constantly emitting high-energy rays into the universe.

The trajectory of the World Tree seed appears to have been merely a fleeting glimpse as it passed by the pulsar in the distance.

However, during this process, near that most extreme and turbulent star in the universe, a human figure shrouded in a hazy halo appeared.

The figure glanced back at the World Tree, seemingly unconcerned, and focused its attention on the pulsar.

A small, white hand reached out towards the pulsar and then gently grasped it.

An invisible force spread out, instantly enveloping the surrounding space, which was measured in light-years, including the pulsar.

The next instant, the pulsar, which was spinning at a terrifying speed, gradually stagnated and finally collapsed and went out.

The meteorite containing the World Tree seed passed by and was briefly frozen. After the two exchanged information through some kind of fluctuation, the meteorite regained its freedom and continued to fly into the depths of the universe at a constant speed.

The illusion has ended.

When Cheng Fei opened his eyes, Shen Xi and Nagasaki Asuna also woke up at the same time.

The three of them exchanged a glance and remained silent for a moment.

"Teacher Shen, what do you think?" Cheng Fei asked after thinking for a moment.

Shen Xi paused for a second, then looked at the drooping roots. "Was that the Goddess of Time and Space just now?"

The roots gestured, but the movements still showed no discernible pattern.

“She said yes, that it was something the other person told her back then using ripples in the world... in short, it was something like that.” Nagasaki Asuna looked conflicted, as if she couldn’t fully understand the meaning Roots was trying to convey.

"Teacher Shen, it seems that even you Protoss aren't invincible in the multiverse?" Cheng Fei rubbed his chin, then suddenly clapped his hands, looking somewhat gloating.

"What's Cheng Feiyu so excited about?" Shen Xi squinted at him.

"Really?" the boy asked casually. "I just thought that goddess of time and space was pretty powerful. She crushed a pulsar with one hand. Didn't you find that impressive?"

He mimicked the movements of the figure in the illusion, reaching out to shake Shen Xi's hand. Naturally, nothing happened, but it left that beautiful yet cold face with a subtle sense of displeasure.

"She's very capable, so what does that have to do with you, you thieving rat?" Shen Xi's voice turned cold and displeased.

"It's okay, although I want to emphasize again that I really didn't steal it." The boy sheepishly withdrew his hand and bowed his head honestly.

"So when Luca was talking about childhood, she was referring to the seed stage?" Nagasaki Asuna looked at the roots with great interest.

The roots immediately began to gesture at her.

Although no pattern could be discerned, Cheng Fei tentatively guessed that it indicated agreement.

"Nana, how exactly did you understand her sign language?" the boy asked curiously.

Shen Xi also stared at him without saying a word.

"Well, it's not really about looking, it's about feeling with your heart? That's how I started to understand what she meant." The sweet girl put her hand to her chest.

"I understand. You are indeed a very thoughtful person." The young man glanced at the full rise and fall of her chest and nodded seriously.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was struck from an unknown source under the table.

Shen Xi stroked her chin thoughtfully, then asked, "Leaving aside that so-called Goddess of Time and Space, that vixen, when did you begin to understand the language of the World Tree?"

"I don't know either?" Nagasaki Asuna looked puzzled. "It's probably just recently. Anyway, nothing like this has ever happened before."

Shen Xi became suspicious, "Anything else has changed besides this?"

"Nothing found yet?" The sweet girl tilted her head with her hands behind her back.

"Why do you think you've changed like this?" The cool girl's gaze sharpened.

Nagasaki Asuna looked at her and shook her head, her pink sideburns swaying, her face full of innocent confusion.

Cheng Fei watched this scene unfold without making a sound.

Shen Xi looked at the boy again, narrowing her eyes.

"Teacher Shen, you don't suspect me again, do you?" The boy was startled, and the suddenness of the question seemed genuine.

Shen Xi stared at him without saying a word, her small face expressionless.

Cheng Fei thought she was going to use safe words again.

"So before the World Tree arrived at the place of its fall, it encountered an unknown creature called the Goddess of Time and Space, and there is a piece of equipment called the Goddess of Time and Space's pocket watch in the corridor that can speed up the user." The aloof girl changed the subject, still staring at him.

The boy simply nodded without saying a word.

After a brief standoff, Shen Xi looked away, her eyes lowered as if she had lost interest. "If Cheng Feiyu doesn't want to explain, then so be it. That's enough for today."

913. Lin Xuanqi saw Nagasaki Asuna.

Cheng Fei took off his helmet and breathed a sigh of relief.

A WeChat notification sounded; it was a message from my tea ceremony teacher.

"Cheng Fei, so it's because we haven't been using any tools lately that Nana's senses have become stronger?"

"It's not a very big deal, is it?"

"Hey, why is Cheng Fei treating Nana like this now? I'm really curious."

"You don't like it?"

"I love it. It always makes me so happy, and it keeps me in a good mood for a long time. This is Nana's real cure."

"Whatever makes you happy."

"So, does Cheng Fei treat Nana this way because he likes her, or is there another reason?"

"Regardless of any other reason, my liking for Nana is genuine."

"Hehehe~ I feel like I'm going to faint."

"If you feel dizzy, go to sleep. Goodnight."

"Goodnight~ Nana is going to dream about being Cheng Fei's little cream puff now."

"?"

After waiting for half a minute, I still didn't receive a reply.

The boy remained silent for a moment, then decided not to investigate what Nagasaki Asuna was researching all day long.

Outside the rented room window, the night in Academy City was as still as water, but if you listened carefully, you could faintly hear the noise of the night market.

Apart from not being as hot as in the height of summer, autumn doesn't seem to bring much; everything remains as ordinary as ever.

A goddess of time and space—does such a thing really exist in the world?

The boy lay down and pondered, slowly reaching his hand toward the ceiling.

Asuna Nagasaki's first anniversary reward is "The Hymn of the Goddess of Life," so the Goddess of Life might actually exist.

And so on, there may be even more gods, each with a similar supernatural ability as their one-year anniversary reward.