That voice... is it the Flower Goddess?

Hearing that familiar voice, exactly the same as the one he had heard in the forest temple, Zero felt relieved and calmed down.

She didn't speak again, and closed her eyes and concentrated as the Flower Goddess had instructed.

The voice continued, "Listen, what you are seeing now is not the real world; everything is an illusion."

phantom?

Zero closed her eyes tightly, her thoughts drifting back to the scene she had witnessed, following the voice of the Flower Goddess…

"Don't think about what you saw before. You just need to know that none of this is real."

As if sensing Zero's thoughts, an ethereal voice interrupted Zero's train of thought.

Zero was jolted awake and quickly snapped out of her reverie.

Yes, the Flower Goddess said before that everything here was an illusion. He was still thinking about what had happened before, and he almost fell into it again...

Thinking of this, Zero closed her eyes again and sat down on the ground. She placed her hands on her knees and took a few deep breaths, gradually calming her mind.

"Don't think about what you see or hear right now. Just focus on your surroundings."

Don't look, don't listen, feel with your heart...

Gradually, a white, blank space appeared in Zero's mind.

The white-glowing land was vast and boundless, revealing the unknown everywhere. Zero saw himself appearing in that open space, walking forward continuously.

His walking posture was just like the pedestrians he had seen in the capital before, his eyes were devoid of any emotion, and he only knew how to move forward...

What's going on?

How did he end up there...?

Suddenly, Zero, who was walking, turned around, looked up, seemingly gazing at something, then turned back and continued walking aimlessly...

This scene made Zero's heart skip a beat in disbelief, and at that moment, the white-glowing land in front of him trembled as if an earthquake had struck.

Zero quickly focused his mind, and the White Light Land returned to its initial state.

"What you feel from the heart is the most real. Similarly, if you want to crack it, you must find a way to crack it. You can carefully observe what characteristics are here."

The Flower Goddess offered a word of advice and then fell silent.

Cracking...

Observe the characteristics...

Zero carefully sensed the place—all he could see was white, and "himself" that was constantly moving forward.

What's missing here...?

Oh, right!

Just like the outside world, this place shares the same characteristic: stillness.

The solution is to make this place no longer quiet!

So how do we crack it...?

He couldn't think of anything else right now; the moment he was distracted, the White Light Land almost collapsed.

I want to break the silence, but I can't let myself get distracted. It's a contradiction no matter how you look at it...

Unless there is an external force blocking it...

Oh, right!

Doesn't he still have his own space? That space is another world in itself; if he enters that space, there won't be any conflict...

With this in mind, Zero entered the space with a single thought.

Sure enough, as soon as they entered the space, the quiet atmosphere and the eerie sense of oppression that permeated the surroundings vanished without a trace.

The person who created this illusion probably never imagined they had a space of their own.

However, if Zero has no space, he really would be trapped here and die...

Upon entering the space, Zero didn't linger, quickly dispelling the illusion and stepping out. She found herself standing on a cliff face…

If it had been any later, he wouldn't have dared to think any further...

Looking around, Zero realized her location; it was only about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea to get to Sunset Forest. But recalling what had just happened, she still felt a lingering fear…