After that time she was injured, although Shen Biqian could use some healing techniques, fractures were not something that healed easily. So these past few days she had been resting quietly in her room.
That day, she exited her cultivation and let out a long sigh. There was almost no fire-element spiritual energy in the air, so her fire-element cultivation had stalled at the second flame with no progress at all. Her wood-element cultivation also slowed sharply after forming the third leaf, so she had barely improved these days.
Su Jianmo also did not allow her to go out until she fully recovered. Bored, she lay on the bed and suddenly remembered the strange voice and the space it had brought her into. She felt she should take this opportunity to explore it properly—perhaps there would be unexpected gains.
“Hey, I want to take a look inside your space.”
The usually relaxed voice immediately tensed up when he heard her. Ever since she casually mentioned it that day, she had never brought up the space again. He thought she had forgotten it—he didn’t expect her to bring it up again now.
“No way. Do you think my space is something you can just enter whenever you want?”
Shen Biqian listened to his deliberately arrogant tone and said unhurriedly, “If you don’t let me in, believe it or not, I’ll cut off your spiritual energy supply.”
Did he really think she had been idle these past days?
She was never a passive person—she always preferred taking initiative. The space might be in his control, but if he was nervous, that meant she definitely had leverage over him.
These days she had been studying the Five Elements technique he gave her and discovered that the flame in her dantian and this space seemed to have a strange connection. She suspected the space depended on her spiritual energy supply. That was why she dared to say this today.
“Ha… ha, what are you talking about?”
“If I’m talking nonsense, why are you nervous?” Shen Biqian said calmly. “So, are you letting me in or not?”
The voice cursed inwardly:
Scheming, cunning woman!
If he had a physical body, he would probably be jumping in anger. But he was also afraid she might really cut off the spiritual energy source—after all, his true body’s awakening depended on that nourishment.
“Hmph… I’ll let you act smug a little longer. Once my true body awakens, I’ll deal with you!”
Shen Biqian only felt a brief dizziness, and when she opened her eyes again, she had already been brought into the space.
She looked around. It was still a starry cosmic void, but now there seemed to be spiritual energy inside. This should be the result of her cultivation—the space was indeed connected to her dantian.
“Hey, am I entering this space physically or as consciousness?”
“Of course it’s your consciousness. Only I can enter here physically.”
“I see.” She sounded slightly disappointed. If she could enter physically, she could hide here when fighting monsters. That would give her an extra layer of safety. Unfortunately, she couldn’t.
“How big is this space? It looks like the entire universe is inside it.”
The voice, hearing her admiration, immediately became smug again.
“Infinitely large. As big as my consciousness is, that’s how big it is.”
Amazing!
Shen Biqian raised an eyebrow and suddenly smiled sweetly.
The voice immediately became alert again. Every time she showed that kind of smile, it meant trouble.
As expected, she said, “Can you focus your consciousness on Earth? Looking at endless planets isn’t that interesting. Earth’s plants and scenery are much better.”
“…No,” he refused instinctively, wary of being tricked.
“But since this space is powered by my spiritual energy, I should have some say too, right?”
She instantly hit his weak point. He hesitated, then reluctantly agreed.
“Fine.”
The scene immediately changed. A lush green forest appeared before her.
“This is Earth?”
“Probably,” the voice answered uncertainly.
“Give me an open area!” Shen Biqian said excitedly. “Oh right, can I bring things into this space?”
“This…” he hesitated for a long time. “…Yes.”
“Great!”
With confirmation, she became delighted. With his help, she found a very suitable open area. She planned to farm here.
In this apocalypse where monsters roamed everywhere, food was the most important resource. The supermarket supplies were limited—they would eventually run out. Farming was essential for survival.
In the following days, Shen Biqian planted the seeds she had asked Xia Saisong to collect into the space. Although she didn’t know much about farming, she had asked her parents for guidance, and with the space’s spiritual energy nourishing the crops, they grew extremely well and fast. Within a few days, the wheat had already reached the height of her calf—it would likely be ready for harvest soon.
Shen Biqian was very excited and spent most of her time in the space tending the crops, which also increased her interactions with the voice.
Most of the time, he was actually asleep, trying to recover his true body. But seeing her constantly busy in his space made him unable to sleep.
Every day they argued back and forth. At first, he found her irritating, but gradually he realized she wasn’t so bad. Being with her was much more lively than being alone.
Even though she often made him furious, he found that feeling… strangely enjoyable.
Perhaps because his true body was still asleep, many of his memories were missing—he couldn’t even remember his name or identity. But the feeling of loneliness and fear of isolation was deeply engraved in him, as if carved into his bones.
He would never forget it.
Perhaps his true body was just too powerful. Didn’t they say that true masters are always lonely?
He couldn’t help but feel a little smug. There was no helping it—he had been constantly suppressed by Shen Biqian. If he didn’t entertain himself a bit, he was afraid he would really be driven mad by her.
“Mm.”
After finishing planting the crops, Shen Biqian flopped onto a patch of empty ground beside her.
“Tired to death.”
These past few days, she had gained a much clearer understanding of this space. She could bring all kinds of things inside, and she could also take things out. However, living beings could not be brought in. It was basically equivalent to an oversized spatial ring.
This realization made her very happy. Having such a space was extremely convenient for her.
After exiting the space, she went to look for Su Jianmo. Recently, she had no idea what he had been doing—he had become very mysterious, always staying alone in his room.
“Greetings, City Lord.”
Shen Biqian smiled awkwardly. “Uh… hello.”
Then she quickly walked away with her head down. Forgive her—no matter how many days she had been called “City Lord,” it still felt extremely awkward.
This was Xia Saisong’s idea. He wanted to establish a force in this apocalypse to protect his family and more people, so “Peace City” was born. Using Sunshine Residence as the base, he had also recruited more people recently, and Peace City had started to take shape.
She, relying on the cultivation technique she had “pitted” out of that voice, was elected as the City Lord. Xia Saisong himself became the Deputy City Lord. Originally, she had only given them the technique to improve everyone’s overall strength, but she never expected to be made City Lord because of it.
Shen Biqian had not even reached Su Jianmo’s room when a blood-soaked man rushed in, panting heavily. His eyes lit up the moment he saw her.
“City Lord! A large wave of monsters is attacking the city—Deputy City Lord can’t hold them back anymore. Please hurry!”