Pretending To Be A Boss

Tang Xian had long been accustomed to the nights in the mining area.

Today, the sky was clear, and the stars above the mining area were beautiful.

Ever since he discovered Baichuan City, Tang Xian hardly found any opportunity to appreciate the night in the mining area.

He walked along the edge of the safe zone with Bai Mansheng and Tang Feiji, gradually venturing out.

Their aim was to find a suitable beast for experimentation.

Thinking about it, he felt he had a certain affinity with creatures like the Cerberus.

Why not experiment on the Cerberus? Even if the experiment failed, he would still have a consolation prize.

With that thought, Tang Xian headed northward.

In the past, the red soil forest was home to canine creatures like the bone hyenas and Cerberus.

But now that the red soil forest was gone, they had to walk towards the tree sea.

They were now on the border of Southern Amara Continent, and since it was a safe zone, there wasn't a single perfect-level creature here.

Tang Xian was not in a hurry; he was looking at the starry sky.

Not seeing old friends in the starter area made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

This discomfort, while stargazing, was slowly dispersed by other thoughts.

Bai Mansheng followed Tang Xian's gaze and asked,

"Is there something in the sky?"

"The starry sky is beautiful; you should look at it more often," he replied.

"But when you look at it every day, it loses its wonder," she commented.

Tang Xian nodded. Bai Mansheng, a literary woman used to peaceful times by the brook, presumably had her share of gazing up at the night sky alone.

After all, beauty is a subjective feeling that one gets tired of over time. People's affection for all things tends to undergo a seven-year itch, unless it is perpetually out of reach.

Tang Xian said,

"I used to live in the Pyramid. I'm not sure what the real world's starry sky is like since I can't imagine things I've never seen. Sometimes I even wonder if the sky outside... also has a ceiling."

"When I was eighteen, I went to the mining area to take the examination and saw the sky for the first time. But I truly saw the night sky only after becoming a temporary worker."

"An old employee told me that nights in the mining area are very dangerous. That old employee was probably my first friend during my time as a temporary worker."

Shaking his head, Tang Xian continued,

"Anyway, I saw the real starry sky. And not long ago, during the nights in Baichuan City, I would also look up at the sky. That's when I realized that both starry skies are the same. At least, I can't tell the difference."

Bai Mansheng heard the implication and said,

"Are you suggesting that the Human World and the mining area might not be that far apart?"

Tang Xian looked at the familiar constellations in the sky and said,

"I don't know. The universe is vast. Even if the distance between the two worlds is short, it's beyond human reach by foot.

But this has given me some inspiration."

"What inspiration?" she inquired.

"We might know how to create transfer fissures, but no one understands the principle. We are sure they can only be used between the mining area and the Human World.

Some creatures are recorded to have existed even before humans discovered the mining area.

In the Primordial Era, there was the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas.' As if by some coincidence, some of the Judgment Chiefs I know of now match the descriptions in that book."

"Sometimes I wonder if long ago, there were higher intelligent species inviting some people to another world, or inviting some creatures from another world to the Human World?"

"Your imagination really is rich. So, you're saying that the two worlds have been connected since ancient times?" she asked.

Bai Mansheng didn't know much about the history of the Beast World.

"These are only baseless thoughts," Tang Xian said.

The races in this world are too diverse for every species to fully understand its own history.

Perhaps only the Courts of the Beasts systematically compile and organize the history of all beast races to form a complete history of the Beast World.

Tang Xian did not expect Bai Mansheng, Qing Jiuyu, and Tang Feiji to know much history.

That was something to learn at the Courts of the Beasts.

Tang Feiji was not interested in this topic; he thought that the beauty of the starry sky was not as good as the Soul Crystals of the Undersea City.

After all, they are both twinkling.

Bai Mansheng, however, seemed contemplative as she said,

"So the moon I saw in the Tianque Plains is the same one you saw in the Human World? Does that make it 'Bright moon on the sea; we share this hour together'?"

Tang Xian was not surprised that Bai, who enjoyed listening to stories, was familiar with idioms and Tang poetry.

In fact, Soul Crystals allowing cataclysmic-level boss creatures to communicate with humans had many facets worth exploring.

Tang Xian nodded and said,

"Yes, if the starry sky is the same, then the moon is the same moon."

Bai Mansheng suddenly felt joyous as she said,

"That's great. It feels as if when I'm looking at the moon, I can also see you, as if we're looking at each other. Human language is truly beautiful. Maybe next time you could give me a selection of poems."

Tang Xian raised an eyebrow, with a face full of question marks, and said,

"Why are you rounding up like that?"

"Rounding up?" she echoed.

According to the records on Weibo, this is a mindset most commonly associated with single homebodies," he explained.

Bai Mansheng became even more puzzled.

Tang Xian explained,

"Aragaki Yui lives on Earth, and so do I. Round it up and Aragaki Yui and I are living together.

Aragaki Yui is kissing the air, and I'm kissing the air, round it up and it's like Aragaki Yui is kissing me.

Aragaki Yui is sleeping in bed, and I'm sleeping in bed, round it up and it's like Aragaki Yui and I are sharing the bed.

Aragaki Yui loves the world, and I love the world, round it up and it's like Aragaki Yui loves me." Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire