In a grassland near two mountains surrounded by forest,Kai and Ruby walked deeper into the woods until they reached a clearing in the middle of the field, encircled by towering trees. The moon shone brightly in the night sky at the spot where a spaceship had crashed, not far from Kai's dwelling at night.
Kai asked again with a doubtful expression,"Power... does it really exist?"
Ruby, walking in the form of a cat while looking ahead, replied,"Yes, the power of every living being arises from actions. Those actions result in a power greater than all living creatures. Let me give you an example: someone who loves planting trees—those trees will help him, allowing him to control the forest. That is the reward for what he has done. Meow."
Kai asked further with a serious expression,"Then if I only do good things, everything will help me, right? ... But if I do bad things, will everything abandon me?"
Ruby nodded slightly, with a faint smile on her feline face,"That's right... meow. If we do bad things, those forces will not give us power, and they may even abandon us altogether. Meow."
The two continued walking through the shadowy forest until they reached the foot of a mountain with a vast meadow.
"We're here, meow meow. This is our ship,"Ruby said while gazing at a spaceship parked in a wide clearing near the mountain."Mas must have returned already. I'll go talk to him. You wait here, meow."
Ruby walked about thirty meters toward the ship.
"Mas," Ruby called softly as she approached.
"What is it, Ruby... I'm busy right now..."a voice replied calmly, with a hint of irritation."Besides, you weren't the one guarding the ship,"Mas continued, turning his back to Ruby while repairing the spaceship, firmly holding a repair tool.
"I just went for a walk and met a strange person... so I invited him to join us on our journey, meow," Ruby replied brightly.
"Interesting, is that so," Mas answered in a flat tone.
Ruby responded with a serious look, kneeling down in her cat form,"Yes, I saw something in him. It's very interesting. Meow."
Just as he finished repairing the ship, Mas said,"We'll be continuing our journey soon... Ruby, go bring him here. If he wants to come along, I won't stop him... but our journey is dangerous. Did you tell him that yet?"
Ruby replied,"No, I didn't, meow,"then walked back toward Kai, who was waiting.
Mas stood in silence, scratching his head slightly.
"Hah... that's just like you, Ruby."
"Come on, Kai, we're about to leave. Are you ready?"
Kai followed Ruby to the spaceship and greeted Mas."Hello, Mr. Mas… I heard from that cat that you're letting me join your journey."
"Wow, this is a spaceship, right? Amazing! This is the first time I've ever seen one," Kai said with great excitement, turning to Mas and thinking to himself,
"So this is Mas, the one they said comes from Titan. He must be around 190 centimeters tall."
With a hopeful expression, he muttered softly,"Space, huh... I wonder what it will be like."
"Welcome, fellow traveler. I'm Mas. And that cat's name is Ruby, which you already know... Space is dangerous," Mas said seriously, looking straight at Kai.
Kai replied with confidence,"I'm ready. No matter how dangerous it is, I want to see what lies beyond human imagination. I'll go."
Mas turned, opening the hatch as he stepped into the ship."Come on. I'll take you out there."
Ruby, still in her cat form, and Kai boarded the ship. Mas sat down in the cockpit and said,"Come on, my love."
The spaceship began to lift off from the grassy field, rising above the surrounding forest into the night sky, climbing higher and higher.
Kai sat by the window inside, deep in thought.
"Wow, we're flying! We're really flying! Amazing," he said with an excited face, gazing out at the view through the ship's window.
"It's amazing, isn't it, meow," Ruby looked at Kai with a gentle smile, her expression filled with affection.
Meanwhile, in the vast multiverse, a planet was destroyed with a single stroke of a finger. The world split in two and exploded into fragments. Floating in the boundless void was a small, adorable girl with short golden hair, wearing a white dress. Her sparkling eyes glowed, surrounded by golden rings of light encircling her arms and legs. She hovered silently in space, her expression calm, as if such destruction were an ordinary event.
… {Esev, Ruler of the Northern Continent} …