Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

"hiss..."

The girl lying on the bed in the apartment couldn't help but curl up because of the headache that was hard to ignore. After she finally recovered a little, she didn't have time to observe the surrounding environment before a cheerful yet familiar voice sounded in her mind.

Master! Master! You're awake!

"what happened?"

After regaining consciousness, Xia Jiumeng endured the pain in her brain and propped herself up to sit up, asking while looking at the scene around her.

This is a room that looks very warm and clean. It should be a girl's bedroom.

[Master! I saved you!] A snow-white kitten meowed and jumped onto Xia Jiumeng's legs, proudly asking for credit.

She recognized that the kitten in front of her was probably possessed by her companion system.

"help me?"

"What is this place? How did I end up here?"

"Also, how did you become like this?"

Shouldn't it be a mechanical creature? How did it become a cat?

The cat, pushed away by its owner, stepped on the bed unhappily.

[Master, when you jumped into the vortex, your mental power suddenly collapsed, and you can no longer reach the connection point you originally located.]

I could only urgently search through the starry sea of your spiritual chain for the nearest world connection point. I found a nearly dim connection point with a life form whose spiritual power fluctuations were exactly the same as yours. I mobilized all my energy to establish a connection.

Xia Jiumeng nodded. "So I am here?"

[That's true, but my energy is also exhausted.]

Even the mechanical life form that he had obtained with great difficulty was destroyed.

It lowered its head somewhat disappointedly.

Xia Jiumeng roughly knew what was going on. Seeing its lost look, she reached out and touched its new "body" to comfort it.

"Don't worry, just be alive. If you lose something, there will be something else in the future."

【Yes, I know, Master.】

The kitten nodded vigorously, thinking that there would be no problem since the owner was so capable.

But now this place is a million miles away from the world that the master originally connected to. What should he do?

"The same mental fluctuations? Does that mean I'm occupying someone else's body?"

Compared to its entanglement, Xia Jiumeng immediately stood up and walked towards the mirror in the bedroom after hearing its speed. She felt a little disgusted with using someone else's body.

Although she also knew that she would definitely not be able to keep her body from being torn apart by the vortex.

"No, Master, this life form has no other life characteristics except for its mental fluctuations, which are the same as yours." The kitten jumped off the bed and explained.

[Some exist like backup carriers.]

How could it possibly find a body for its owner to use?

It felt quite guilty when it first came here, but it was also shocked when it saw this body.

"Backup carrier?"

Because of the headache and the unfamiliarity with this body, Xia Jiumeng had difficulty walking.

Xia Jiumeng had heard of this thing. In the Kester galaxy, technology is highly developed, and many powerful people mostly have their own backup carriers.

It is equivalent to your own backup body. After all, the more powerful a person is, the more afraid he is of an accident.

If an accident or death occurs, as long as the spiritual power is not destroyed, there is a chance of "resurrection" because they can wake up in the carrier's body through a directional spiritual power transmission bound to their carrier, but their strength and lifespan will definitely not be as good as their original body.

Some ancient Chinese people called mental power the soul.

But Xia Jiumeng has never been interested in these things.

So even though she stood at the top of the empire, she never prepared such things for herself, because she had no need for them and was unwilling to use them.

She only likes the original.

This is also the reason why those who want to capture her as a 'key' dare not act rashly, because she is 'unique'.

【Yes. 】

"How could my carrier appear in a place like this?" Xia Jiumeng had already walked in front of the mirror. She frowned when she saw the 'carrier' in the mirror that looked exactly like her original body.

Ever since she realized her difference, she has been very cautious, not collecting genetic data or core mental fluctuations.

How could anyone possibly replicate a carrier that could perfectly carry her mental power?

That’s right, in the few minutes it took Xia Jiumeng to walk from the bed to the mirror, she already felt the perfect fit between this body and her mental strength, as if they were tailor-made.

This made her certain that this body was a replica of her, but how was it possible?

[Master, Xiaoqi... Xiaoqi doesn't know what's going on either.] The cat squatted beside her, somewhat bewildered.

It knows that what its master fears most is someone copying her, and has always been very vigilant in this regard. As her companion system, it does not know when its master's body is copied. This is a dereliction of duty.

Although she was unhappy, Xia Jiumeng also knew that she was able to survive thanks to this "carrier", and there was no point in worrying about it now.

It’s better to understand the current situation.

"Forget it, what is this place?"

[Master, this seems like a low-level world...and the civilization and technology here seem very backward.]

Xiao Qi felt a little guilty [There is only one planet here now...]

“???” Xia Jiumeng was a little confused.

Ever since she upgraded her mental power to 5s, she has known some of the rules governing the operation of the world and a lot of mysterious knowledge.

There are countless worlds outside this world, which are even larger than the vast sea of stars.

The world she lives in is just a tiny speck of dust among countless grains of sand.

However, because her growth reached the limit of the world, the world she was in got further opportunities.

The world core crystal was born in the hive.

She originally planned to take him back as a bargaining chip. After all, the benefits were tempting enough to make them stop looking at her.

Then she wouldn't have to be so cautious anymore.

Unexpectedly, they actually used their 'sister' to destroy her and capture her for research.

This undoubtedly touched her sore spot, and she went all out.

My main point is that if I don’t have a good time, you won’t have an easy time either.

[Master, I'm sorry, it's Xiaoqi's fault...]

The pure white cat hung its head in frustration, its deep blue eyes glistening with tears.

The master is so weak now, and this place is far away from the star field that the master originally planned. I don’t know if there is anything in this world that can help the master recover.

If this is an ordinary, undeveloped world, the owner will probably be trapped here and die...

Thinking of the star map that the owner shared with it immediately after upgrading to five seconds, and the owner's grand ideal of traveling to a more advanced civilization where birds fly freely in the sky, Xiao Qi was so ashamed that he wanted to freeze his computer.

Woo woo woo, o(╥﹏╥)o.

A gentle hand rubbed its head, interrupting its self-abandoned mood.

"Forget it, anywhere is fine, as long as it's not there." Xia Jiumeng sighed.

She had always intended to escape and it didn't matter where she went.

When she first learned the information, she wanted to go to the deep space world she played in?

After all, anything can generate a world.

As a result, she exhausted all her mental energy and couldn't find it in the star map, so she gave up.

Maybe that world didn't even come into being.

"Do you have information about this world?" Xia Jiumeng sat on the sofa holding it.

Xiao Qi stretched out her soft paw pads. [Master... I've searched, but this world is a little strange...]

"How strange?" Xia Jiumeng was curious.

[The core of this world is broken, and there are huge holes in time and space. It's like... a world that has been forcibly pieced together.]

Xiao Qi looked at the information in surprise.

Because of its owner, it has acquired some special abilities, such as simple communication with the consciousness of some lower-level worlds.

But this consciousness was fragmented and confused. After trying so hard to communicate for a long time, it only got this result.

"Was it pierced like a sieve?" Xia Jiumeng raised her eyebrows.

Ever since she knew the secrets of the world, she has been madly studying all kinds of knowledge and even read a lot of novels.

It should be said that interstellar people's imagination is somewhat lacking, and she still obtained a lot of knowledge from the legends, novels and ancient books left by ancient China.

It really proves the old saying that the end of technology is metaphysics.

Who would have thought that the three thousand worlds of our ancient ancestors were actually real.

Although he had nothing, he had grasped the truth that people tens of thousands of years later could not grasp.

The ancients never lied to me.

And 5s has already stepped into the threshold of "God".

It's a pity that she died before she could even start the experiment.

However, a new world and a new beginning.

[That's not the case... It's just that this world's self-development and evolution failed several times and ended up in destruction. Then, the newly born world consciousness directly pieced together a new world from those failed fragments, attempting to re-evolve and find a way out. However, the previous failures led to the unexplained damage and loss of the world's core, and the world fell to the brink of collapse...]

After Xiao Qi finished speaking, he looked at Xia Jiumeng cautiously.

"That is to say, this world is unstable and I may die at any time?" Xia Jiumeng narrowed his eyes.

It doesn't seem like good news~

[Master... I don't have enough energy right now. The other connection points on the star map are a little far away.]

【Would you consider helping the world? 】

Xia Jiumeng was such a smart person that she instantly understood what was going on and let Xiaoqi go.

"Go ahead."

Xiao Qi's whole body stiffened, and he began to rub Xia Jiumeng's feet like an idiot.

[Master, what are you talking about? Xiaoqi doesn't understand~]

"Don't give me that. Don't forget that you are my companion system. How could I not know you?"

Xia Jiumeng kicked it away expressionlessly.

Xiao Qi was exposed and could only cry and hug her ankles and wail.

[Master, woo woo, Xiao Qi didn't do anything to let you down.]

「That’s right, that’s right...」

"Hurry up and speak, stop dithering."

"Just now, when we were acquiring the world information, the world consciousness offered to trade with us. If...if we help retrieve the missing world core fragments, then...they'll agree to one of our requests and pay me with merit as a reward." Xiao Qi made up his mind and told me everything.

"Is that so?"

Xia Jiumeng reached out and hugged Xiaoqi. She did not doubt Xiaoqi's words because Xiaoqi was absolutely loyal to her.

Merit is a good thing. She remembered that the power of merit in the memories she gained seemed to be the universal currency of many worlds, and it was also a powerful force with no side effects.

It was indeed tempting given her current situation.

Moreover, she didn't want to fall into the tiger's mouth just after escaping from the wolf's pit.

She can live peacefully when the world is stable.

She is already an immortal being, and it won't be too late for her to leave once she has stored enough energy.

After all, she hasn't found the world they are in yet...

She used to be unable to touch them because of the screen, but now she has the ability to find them.

She wanted to be with them.

After thinking about it, she decided to agree, "Okay, but you have to give me the basic information and provide help when needed."

She was not taken advantage of.

Xiao Qi nodded and began to communicate with the world consciousness. After a few minutes, Xiao Qi opened his eyes again.

"Well, Master, it said it was born not long ago, and in its current state it's having trouble maintaining consciousness. It only woke up desperately because it sensed our arrival and wanted to try to save itself."

"I'm afraid I can't help you much, but it says you should know about this world."

Xia Jiumeng was stunned for a moment and then sneered, "I know?"

"I don't know a damn thing."

Her mind is blank now, how could she know?

"Then ask it what's wrong with this body?"

Xiao Qi asked again, "It said you made this yourself."

"how is this possible?"

"I have never been to this world!"

She dreamed it up?!

This was also the first time for her to leave her own world and go outside. How did she get the ability to prepare a carrier for herself in another world in advance?

Funny?

Xiao Qi knew that his master was angry, and hurriedly tried to contact the world consciousness, but this time there was no response.

[Oh, it doesn't respond....]

"Heh, it turns out that this kind of thing isn't honest even when it's just born."

Xia Jiumeng looked at the contract mark that appeared between her eyebrows and smiled coldly.

Being calculated.

But she would naturally do it since she had promised it. She just hoped that 'it' would not lie to her. Otherwise, a low-level world with a newly born consciousness would not want to know what it was like for a madman with a mental power of 5s to go crazy.

.......

After knowing the general situation, Xia Jiumeng went straight back to her bedroom and continued to sleep.

It’s such nice weather, why not sleep?

Xiao Qi looked at his master's actions with some surprise [Master? You don't have any plans?]

"What's the plan? The best plan is to take it one step at a time."

"The task now is to sleep."

[....You weren't like this before~] Xiaoqi was a little depressed.

Master Kester is obviously a cold and extremely self-disciplined person. He plans everything to the minute and acts strictly according to the plan.

Why did you suddenly become so casual?

"Xiao Qi, if I hadn't been careful in that situation, I would have become a pile of experimental data long ago." Xia Jiumeng nodded helplessly at the cat's head in front of her.

She had severed the connection between this guy and the main brain a long time ago because she didn't want those people to use it to plot against her. Many of the things Xiaoqi had learned over the years were taught by her personally, which inevitably made it seem a little naive.

[I'm sorry, Master....] Xiao Qi also realized that he had said the wrong thing and apologized with some sadness.

"It's okay, we're free now."

"Let bygones be bygones."

She hugged Xiao Qi and comforted him.

[Master~] Xiao Qi hugged Xia Jiumeng’s neck with emotion.

The master is always so nice~ Woohoo, meeting the master is the luckiest thing in its life~

"Okay, go to sleep."

Xia Jiumeng hugged it and fell into the bed, figuring out her current situation. She was tired and sleepy and just wanted to have a good sleep.

Let’s talk about the others when they wake up.