"Roses, daffodils, lilies, roses, carnations... Seems like I bought a few too many. There are several types of seeds I don't recognize."
Xin Yu rolled up his sleeves, wearing a straw hat, and started digging pits in the yard with a shovel in hand.
After digging just a shallow pit, Xin Yu randomly selected some seeds from the bag and tossed them into the hole. Some of these plants had rather demanding survival requirements, but he didn't pay much attention, just tossing them in.
This couldn't help but make one wonder if he was truly planting flowers. It felt more like a child acting on a whim, completely ignorant of how to plant things, just digging a random hole based on their own understanding, tossing in seeds, and covering them with dirt.
Xin Yu turned over the soil in his small yard, planting a large portion of the seeds from the bag. Afterward, he wiped his forehead, which hadn't broken a sweat at all, then glanced around to ensure no one was watching before closing his eyes, focusing his mind to sense the surrounding "spiritual energy."
The spiritual energy flowing automatically within his body was attracting the external spiritual energy. Originally, he could only guide the energy flow within his body, achieving internal vision. But now, he could already use his internal energy to communicate with external energy, reaching the legendary realm of projecting divine sense.
He could clearly feel the extremely subtle energies floating around, as well as the tiny yet tenacious life force contained within the plants.
Xin Yu extended his left hand. A slit suddenly appeared on his left wrist, right over the artery, and a large amount of blood spurted out.
The blood splattered onto the soil, and in just a moment, it completely merged into the earth.
The wound on Xin Yu's left wrist healed completely in mere moments, leaving no scar. His expression showed no pain or weakness, as if the scene of blood spraying out just now was merely an illusion.
And the soil where the seeds were buried suddenly began to tremble slightly, one spot after another, as if something underneath was about to break through the earth.
Suddenly, tender green shoots broke through the soil's constraint, one after another, poking their heads out from the dim underground.
"Mm, using my blood as nourishment and a medium for energy conduction, stimulating the growth of the plant's own life force through spiritual energy, indeed works. Probably won't be long before my yard is filled with flowers..."
"Unfortunately, my current cultivation realm isn't high enough. If I could reach the Golden Core realm, I probably wouldn't need to use blood as a medium like this. Then I could make a sea of flowers bloom on barren land in mere moments."
"...Once I save up enough money, I'll go to a desert and create an oasis. That would both fulfill my promise to Lei Anmi and help many people."
Xin Yu adjusted the straw hat on his head, shouldered the shovel, turned, and went back into the house, leaving only the newly sprouted tender shoots swaying gently in the breeze.
And the very next second after the youth stepped into his house, the surrounding environment blurred again. His expression shifted from the earlier contentment to slight astonishment, then quickly settled into calmness. There was nothing left to be surprised about; getting used to it was key.
...
Moon...
"Kiana, what you're saying is too unbelievable. Emotionally, I want to believe you, but rationally, I cannot accept this matter." Dr. Einstein, her hair still in its usual messy state, spoke in a calm tone.
"Dr. Einstein is right. This kind of thing really only seems to exist in science fiction novels. Although that man did indeed nearly achieve the goal of reversing time, fundamentally, that was a large-scale, destructive reshaping. But what you're describing, being able to freely travel between past and future... that's truly hard to believe." Dr. Tesla, with her red twin tails, strongly agreed with Dr. Einstein beside her. If it weren't Kiana, already the Herrscher of Finality, saying this, anyone else would have been dismissed as joking.
"...It's hard to say for sure. After all, there are infinitely many World Bubbles, and infinitely numerous similar yet different branch worlds. Plus, considering the mystery behind Honkai, it's difficult to definitively say whether such an ability exists or not," stated Welt Yang, the renowned comeback specialist of the Honkai series.
"I am very certain it wasn't something I imagined. And shortly after that youth left, memories of experiences with him inexplicably surfaced in my mind. These experiences felt like things I had originally forgotten in some corner being rediscovered, without any abruptness or sudden sense of unfamiliarity," Kiana insisted.
"...But even so, we have no way to interfere with past spacetime. Unless that youth can appear before us once again."
Also participating in this online meeting were the members of St. Freya Academy. Among them, Raiden Mei, who had been listening quietly, suddenly spoke up.
"Actually, just now, when Kiana suddenly mentioned the youth she met, memories that seemed forgotten also suddenly resurfaced in my mind. It seems I've met the person she's talking about too."
"...If, if we could really get that person's help, could it be possible to bring back those who died?"
"Himeko..."
"Cecilia..."
"...Damn! So, does this mean that for that person, all time—past, future, present—is actually simultaneous?! If he changes something in the past, our future perception of that event becomes twofold: one being what we originally experienced, and the other being after his change..." Tesla's expression twisted slightly. An ability that fundamentally violated everything she had learned in her life... could it actually exist?!
Just as everyone was reeling from this revelation, Kiana suddenly sensed something appear behind her. She turned her head and saw a youth wearing a straw hat and carrying a shovel, looking around.
"Where is this place now? Looks so sci-fi."
Xin Yu realized this time he seemed to have transmigrated into the kind of high-tech base that only appears in science fiction movies.
And the surrounding "spiritual energy" seems quite abundant here, far exceeding the place I lived by countless times.
If I could cultivate here, I could probably break through from the Qi Refining stage to Foundation Establishment in just half a month at most!
I wonder how long I can stay here this time.
"Xin Yu!"
Xin Yu suddenly heard someone call his name. Looking over, he realized he saw someone familiar.
"Uh, oh! It's Moon Kiana."
"...Hey! Why does that name sound like some alternate version of a character from a gacha game?" Kiana retorted.
"Now is not the time for retorts!!!" shouted a certain lobster doctor.