Just as she was about to scold Baozi, Shitou suddenly felt a darkness before her eyes. When she could see the objects in front of her again, she was horrified to find that she had been moved to a different place!
"Bao...baozi?!" Stone cried out in panic. What was going on? Had he been swallowed whole by some kind of magical beast? But that didn't seem like it either. This place didn't look like internal organs at all; it looked more like a room.
Wait, a room?
Suddenly, it dawned on her—she'd been swallowed by a steamed bun again?! She immediately panicked. Based on her past experience, going inside a steamed bun's belly was absolutely harmless, and normally, Shi Tou wouldn't be angry. But what time was it? Some unknown magical beast was eyeing her menacingly!
You see, Baozi can only let your soul enter its body; your own body is still outside! Waaah, I'm doomed, I'm doomed! Now that I'm soulless, the body outside is really a delicious, fat piece of meat!
Although I have a great figure, without an ounce of fat...
"You damn steamed bun! Let me out! Get out, get out, get out!" Stone was frantic, but no matter how much she shouted, the big steamed bun still didn't appear.
Forcing herself to calm down, Shi Tou took a few deep breaths and looked around. Looking around, she realized there was a problem.
Although she hadn't been inside the steamed bun shop many times, the impression it left was very deep. In her memory, that room was incredibly bright, from the floor to the walls to the ceiling, all made of an extremely smooth, tempered glass-like material. But here…
Stone crouched down and tapped the ground with his hand. It was hard, but somewhat rough. It felt like uneven, small pebbles. After feeling it carefully, Stone suddenly realized that the texture of the ground was very familiar.
Looking around, the light here was dim, unlike the bright room inside Baozi's body, but it wasn't so dim that you couldn't see anything clearly. Having spent eight years in the underground kingdom of the dwarfs, Stone's night vision was, to say the least, quite good.
This appeared to be a very large room. Stone wasn't sure of its exact size, due to the darkness. She could only see things within about a hundred meters. As far as her eye could see, there was an open space, resembling a large plaza.
After hesitating for a moment, and with no response to Baozi's calls, Stone decided to explore the area first. Although he didn't know exactly where he was, Stone felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Taking careful steps, Stone chose a direction and cautiously walked forward. Although Stone walked very slowly, she reached the end after ten minutes. At the end was a wall, which felt the same as the ground. Frowning and thinking for a moment, Stone decided to continue walking along the wall, counting as she went.
About two hours later, Stone sat down on the ground with a thud. Although he still didn't know where he was, Stone's fear was far greater than before.
Based on her observations over the past two hours, it was a huge room. The room was a perfect cube, with the floor and walls made of the same material. The ceiling was too high for her to touch, but it looked about the same size.
In this room, the place where Stone first stood was probably in the very center. It took her about ten minutes to walk from the center to the wall. Each wall took about 20 minutes, and she counted as she walked, taking more than 1,000 steps for each wall.
In her past life, she could walk about a meter per step, but now that she's small and has short legs, she definitely can't walk a meter. But even if she can only walk half a meter per step, then each of these walls would be at least 500 meters long, and probably more.
Even by the smallest possible size, the enormous room she was in was at least 2,500 square meters. In her previous life, that would have been the size of a large factory, but where was she? This was another world, a world with underdeveloped technology. How could such a huge room have been built?
Sitting on the ground against the wall, Shi Tou suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. Could it be that she had been abducted by aliens? Or was there really a Time Travel Administration Bureau in the world?
With his lips pursed, Stone was at a loss for what to do. Having lost Baozi, who had always been by his side, and also the Dwarf Kingdom and the Crimson Forest that he had become familiar with, Stone felt that his future was very uncertain!
"Giggle, Baozi is finally alive! This magic overdraft is no joke!"
Just as Stone was about to break down, Baozi's voice suddenly rang out beside her. Stone jumped up from the ground with a start, looking around in surprise: "Baozi? Baozi, where are you?"
"Gah gah?" A dark shadow darted out of the stone's pocket, and then with a "pop," the shadow transformed into a plump, white steamed bun: "Master, you're craving steamed buns, aren't you?"
Stone stared blankly at the steamed bun that had popped out of his pocket, feeling deeply depressed.
Damn it, she kept calling for Baozi, but never reached into her pocket: "You... how did you get in my pocket? And why didn't you answer me when I called you?"
"Giggle, Baozi has been in Master's pocket the whole time! Baozi just ran out of magic power, so it fell asleep! Baozi didn't hear anything!" Baozi innocently wiggled its little bottom and said proudly, "Master, isn't Baozi amazing! Baozi can control Kagaral's pursuit now!"
Shi Tou, who was about to vent his anger on Baozi, was stunned when he heard this.
Kagalal's pursuit? Isn't that just that hideous ring?
Swallowing hard, Stone vaguely guessed the truth: "Baozi. You mean, you just overused your magic power to control Kagaral's pursuit?"
Baozi bounced up and down decisively to show its approval: "Giggle, yes! Baozi's magic power was too low. Baozi didn't know it would overdraw its magic power! But, thankfully Baozi succeeded, otherwise, Baozi and its master would both turn into monster poop!"
Warcraft poop...
Stone felt utterly helpless at Baozi's choice of words. Baozi, you could have just said they'd be eaten, even though saying that would make her shudder. But... poop and all that, she felt disgusted too!
Sighing helplessly, Shi Tou shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off Bao Zi's words: "Bao Zi, do you mean we're inside that ring right now?" That's the only possibility. But then again, can a spatial ring hold people? Why did the novels she'd read always say that spatial rings didn't have air and couldn't hold living things?
"Giggle! Yes, yes! Master, you're so smart!" Baozi seemed to notice that its master's expression was a bit bad, and after thinking for a moment, decided to try to flatter him. However, it didn't expect that Shitou's expression would worsen after hearing its words.
Shi Tou felt hurt again. Bao Zi had made it so obvious, how could she not have guessed? Besides, if she could feel happy being praised for being smart by a Bao Zi, then she would truly have fallen.
Forget it, let's not argue with a steamed bun: "By the way, steamed bun, why can people stay inside the ring? Aren't spatial rings generally not meant to hold living things?"
"Gah? You can't put living things in here? Why can't you put living things in here?" Baozi was stunned for a moment and asked Shitou in confusion, "Master is talking about the dead zone?"
"Dead Zone?" Stone repeated, "What's that?"
Baozi stared blankly for a while, seemingly thinking about something, before slowly telling Shitou what was going on.
It turns out that in this world, there are two types of people who can create spatial items: one-in-a-million spatial magicians and powerhouses of nine stars or higher. Although both types can create spatial items, there is a world of difference between them.
It's said that magicians are the darlings of the heavens, and spatial magicians are the darlings among darlings. Spatial magicians are born that way; depending on the amount of magic power they possess, they can create different spatial items, the difference lying in the size of those items.
To give an example, a one-star space mage can create a space item of about ten cubic meters, while a nine-star space mage can create a space item of about ten thousand cubic meters. The spatial structure of the two is exactly the same, only the volume is different.
What's most enviable about space mages is that crafting spatial items isn't difficult for them; a one-star space mage can create at least ten spatial items a year. Of course, that's assuming they don't have to do anything else and just stay home as a craftsman.
The space created by a nine-star powerhouse is completely different from that of a space mage. A space mage uses their special abilities to find free-floating spaces and then solidify them into spatial objects. A nine-star powerhouse, on the other hand, slowly shapes a space using their own magic power. The biggest difference between the two is that a space mage may create countless spatial objects in their lifetime, while a nine-star powerhouse can generally only create one spatial object in their lifetime.
"Hehe, all the spatial items made by spatial mages are dead zones! The space inside a dead zone is dead, without any life force, and you can't put living things in it or upgrade it!" Baozi explained smugly as he jumped around happily.
Stone nodded thoughtfully: "So, Kagaral's pursuit wasn't created by a space mage, but by a nine-star powerhouse, right?"
Suddenly, Stone's gossipy nature kicked in: "Hey, Baozi, tell me, was this ring made by someone named Kagaral?"
Baozi was stunned for a moment, looking at the stone with a blank expression, before finally saying, "Huh? Kagaral's pursuit wasn't something you created yourself, Master?"
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☆, Chapter 92 The Birth of a Generation of Foodies
What?!
Stone felt like he was about to swear. What a joke! He actually made that hideously ugly ring himself? And he even gave it such a suggestive name! Damn it!
Wait, something's not right!
Stone slapped his forehead hard; he'd almost been tricked by the steamed bun. Was that steamed bun referring to its former owner? What did that have to do with her? At most, she'd just been in someone else's body!
Thinking of this, Stone felt relieved. Thank goodness, he wasn't that stupid!
"Baozi, you said this space was created by your ex... oh, I mean, by me? Does that make me a nine-star mage?" Seriously? That sounds pretty awesome, but why is he so clueless?
Baozi bounced up and down without hesitation: "Giggle, yes, yes! Master is so amazing! Nobody is as amazing as Master!"
"Really?" Stone was a little skeptical. In her opinion, a strong person must have an unyielding heart, not a brain that lacks common sense.
"Gaga, of course it's true! Master is so amazing! Even Kagaral can't beat you!" Baozi was very smug, as if the amazing being it was talking about wasn't a stone, but itself.
Stone was even more unsettled. "Kagalal's Pursuit"—the name sounded like a romantic story. She'd assumed someone named Kagalal had a crush on Baozi's ex-owner and had given her the ring! But in the end, it turned out the ring was something she'd made herself…
"Baozi. Um...was I very vain before? Was I very confident?" Stone hesitated for a long time before finally changing the way he addressed his silly owner to "I". Waaah, I'm not silly at all!
"Giggle, Master, you finally admitted it! Waaah! Baozi is so touched, so touched!" Baozi suddenly started to cry softly. Although it didn't have the same forceful wailing as before, this way of crying still made people feel heartbroken.
Stone winced as if he had a toothache: "Hey, Baozi, stop crying. Tell me again, how did you get this ring? Why did you give it such a weird name?" The last question was the one she really wanted to ask. Damn, it's okay to be confident, but don't be narcissistic!
“Gaga, Kagaral’s pursuit was created by the master himself! The name was also thought of by the master himself!” Baozi answered the stone’s question while crying and sobbing.
But clearly, this answer made Stone's teeth ache again. Forget about that for now; the important thing is... how to get out of this hellhole.
Reaching out to hug Baozi, Shi Tou began to look around the room again: "Hey, Baozi, why is there nothing here?" It doesn't make sense. If it were as Baozi said, a space created by a nine-star mage should have mountains, water, and life, so why is there nothing here except air?
Baozi looked at the stone strangely: "Hehe, Kagaral's pursuit wasn't created by the master himself, was it? Even the master doesn't know, so how would Baozi know?"
Well, she had to admit that what Baozi said actually made a little bit of sense.
Suddenly, Stone remembered something very important: "Right, we're inside the ring now? So where is the ring? If that monster eats the ring, will we be able to get out?"
Baozi looked at the stone with utter disdain: "Hehe, isn't Kagaral's pursuit in Master's pocket? Baozi was just with it! Master is such a careless idiot!"
Stone was depressed again. He reached into his pocket and, sure enough, pulled out the hideously ugly ring. Looking at the ring in his palm, Stone was utterly helpless: "What's going on? Didn't we go inside the ring? Why is the ring still with me? This is so strange!"
This is simply against common scientific sense!
Stone, so engrossed in grasping scientific common sense, seemed to have forgotten that this wasn't her original world. You ask if science exists in this other world? Yes, it does!
"Hehe, Baozi always thought Master wasn't very smart, but Baozi really didn't know Master could be so incredibly stupid!" Baozi spun around smugly, its tone quite irritating: "The key is the key to unlocking the lock, but after unlocking the lock, the key must be inserted into the lock, right?"
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Hearing Baozi's very simple analogy, Shi Tou was speechless: "So, this ring is like a key to this space? And not that we're inside the ring?" Is that what you mean?
"Hehe, why is Master so..." Baozi was about to sigh, but when it saw its master's sinister gaze, it swallowed its words back: "For example, if a person has a house, and the key to entering the house is a key, does that mean that when he enters the house, he enters the key?"
This metaphor was so simple that Shi Tou couldn't help but burst into tears. She thought of her friend's little child, who was only about 20 months old before Shi Tou's time travel, just beginning to understand things. Once, Shi Tou saw her friend teaching him not to put his fingers in his mouth—such a simple thing, yet her friend spent over two hours explaining it before finally getting the little boy to understand.
At that moment, Shi Tou suddenly realized that Bao Zi's tone of voice was exactly the same as when her best friend scolded her son...
Waaaaah, I can't live like this anymore!
"Baozi, I understand." Stone silently shed tears in his heart, but still had to pretend to be stubborn. That feeling was truly...sigh!
"Gaga, Master is so smart!" Baozi remembered that Master used to say this when he was teased to tears, and immediately used the exact words to encourage (or sarcastically?!) Stone.
Taking a deep breath, Stone calmed himself down. Forget it, considering our past lives, we're all old now, let's not stoop to Baozi's level!
Just as Shi Tou was encouraging himself, a muffled groan suddenly came from his stomach.
Stone was utterly bewildered; she had completely forgotten that she hadn't eaten in ages. Her last meal was at home, then she was tricked by Fire Pliers into collecting ore, and upon returning to the surface, she encountered danger and hid inside the ring. Finally, she walked around this enormous room for almost two hours, her stomach growling with hunger.
"Baozi, is there anything to eat here?" Shi Tou looked down at the steamed bun in his arms and asked expectantly.
Baozi decisively twisted its body: "Hehe, Baozi doesn't know either! But Baozi has been asleep for hundreds of years, and you, Master, have been dead for hundreds of years. Even if there is food, it was placed here by Master hundreds of years ago!"
Ugh, that's disgusting!
Originally, Shi Tou's stomach was empty, and a feeling of hunger filled her mind. But after Bao Zi said that, the feeling of hunger suddenly turned into a feeling of nausea, and her empty stomach started to churn with acid.
"You..." Stone didn't even have the energy to be angry with Baozi anymore. After thinking for a moment, she made another request: "Shall we go out now? That magical beast has probably left by now, right?"
Baozi suddenly fell silent, and at that moment, Shi Tou had a bad feeling.
“Baozi…” Shi Tou stared at Baozi menacingly, his malicious gaze revealing a murderous aura.