Evolving infinitely from ground zero

"Mom, what did that stele in the dream exactly look like? Can you describe the details? I'll see if I can draw it."

Lin Zichen took a piece of drawing paper and a charcoal pencil, asking excitedly.

He felt as though he had glimpsed a secret, a secret why he was so powerful.

His own strength, it seemed, could not be separated from the Abyss of the Origin Land.

Now, he couldn't wait to witness everything in the dream and couldn't stand to wait for the dreams to show it slowly.

"Let me think, let me see how to describe the details to you,"

After speaking, Zhang Wanxin fell into reminiscence, organizing her thoughts on how to describe the appearance of the stele.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

About half a minute later, she organized her thoughts and began to describe, "The stele was very square, and also very thick, by estimate, it was more than two meters long and over a meter wide, looking like a coffin."

"The color of the stele was gray with four characters on top, in black. The font seemed to resemble Kai style, but it appeared more scribbled."

"Also, the edges of the stele were covered with lots of strange moss, which was golden yellow and emitted specks of golden light, looking quite fantastical…"

"Oh yes, the ground beneath the stele was as hard as cement..."

...

Zhang Wanxin described the coffin she saw with utmost detail, trying not to miss any particulars.

Over ten minutes later,

Lin Zichen finished a rough sketch and placed it before Zhang Wanxin, asking, "Mom, does the stele look like this?"

Zhang Wanxin glanced at it, "It's quite similar, but there are still some differences in the details."

At that moment, Shen Qinghan on the side held up her own drawing paper for display, asking, "Aunt Xin, what about the one I drew?"

Just as Lin Zichen had been drawing, she had been drawing as well.

She had always liked drawing since she was young, which was one of her few talents as a child, and she was very confident in her drawing skills.

Zhang Wanxin turned her head to look at her drawing, her eyes lighting up immediately:

"Yes, it looks just like this!"

"Han Han, the stele you drew is almost identical to the one I saw in my dream!""

"Indeed, when it comes to drawing, my darling Han Han is much more impressive!""

Zhang Wanxin lavished praise on Shen Qinghan without stinginess, addressing her affectionately as 'my Han Han,' treating her like her own daughter.

Shen Qinghan felt embarrassed being praised so much, but she was delighted inside.

Being able to outshine Lin Zichen in some areas made her feel very happy, as if she was no longer just riding on coattails.

Lin Zichen glanced over Shen Qinghan's drawing and found it indeed better than his.

It just goes to show, no matter how strong one's Tianren Wisdom Root is, without putting some thought into it, one can still not match someone born with talent and who puts in effort.

...

In the following days,

Lin Zichen spent most of his time pestering Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin, constantly inquiring about everything they saw in their dreams.

After many days of effort, with Shen Qinghan's help, he nearly replicated the environments of his parents' dreams on paper.

Upon comparison, Lin Zichen found that the environments in both of his parents' dreams were exactly the same.

There was the stele engraved with "Child of the Abyss."

There were various buildings made of stone that emitted an ancient and weathered aura.

There were also the biologically improbable Abyss Butterflies.

Considering the presence of these buildings, Lin Zichen deduced that this so-called "Abyss" of the Life Forbidden Zone might be an ancient civilization lost in the sands of time."

...

Days passed one after the other.

During this period, Lin Zichen continued observing his parents to see if having their Sea of Consciousness fully comprised of Source Crystals made them unique in any way.

After observing intently for over ten days, he found nothing unusual.

Having their entire Sea of Consciousness as Source Crystals seemed to have no obvious impact on Lin Yansheng and Zhang Wanxin.

"Strange, with such a large chunk of Source Crystal in my parents' Sea of Consciousness, they should be very strong by all accounts, so why do they seem so ordinary?"

Lin Zichen was utterly puzzled and very troubled.

For, since a bit of Source Crystal had formed in his own Sea of Consciousness, he was acutely aware of an extremely potent energy within his body.

This special energy, if not unexpected, would be the Origin Force.

With this additional Origin Force in his Sea of Consciousness, his Biological Level that had just surpassed the Rare Eighth Order threshold, had jumped straight to Great Perfection of the Rare Eighth Order, barely a step away from the Rare Ninth Order.

This was a very straightforward enhancement.

Yet, his parents, who owned a Source Crystal larger than an iceberg, showed no signs of any enhancement, which was too strange.

Wait a minute!

Could it be... that the Source Crystal in their Sea of Consciousness only served a nurturing function?

That is, the reason my sister and I were so exceptional from birth was because of the enhancement from the Source Crystal in our parents' Sea of Consciousness?

But no, this explanation still feels forced, and many things don't add up…"

Lin Zichen's thoughts ran wild as he struggled to find a reasonable explanation.

Unfortunately, after a long time thinking, he couldn't find an explanation that satisfied him.

...

Time flew by.

The time for the home visit was nearly over.

It was time to return to the Origin Land.

The day before going back to the Origin Land, Lin Zichen visited Yuan Dongzhi and Liu Chuanwu with Shen Qinghan.

On their way to the Yuan Family, the most prominent family in Nanjiang,

Lin Zichen asked Shen Qinghan beside him, "Having slept at my place for so long, have you never once dreamed about the Abyss Butterfly?"

During this home visit, Lin Zichen had had three dreams related to the Abyss Butterfly.

Each time, the Source Crystals in his Sea of Consciousness grew a bit more.