With a "perception" that Yu Sheng himself could not fully understand yet, he felt a connection established with the valley. His consciousness surged among the rocks and soil, traversing the shifting depths of the forest, immersing itself in the water and wind here. Then, through countless pairs of misshapen, twisted eyes, he observed the sky above the valley.
That giant eye, large enough to cover the entire sky, watched over the earth with calm indifference, unchanging from beginning to end, as if a non-human observer contemplated the goings-on within a petri dish.
But Yu Sheng could feel that the eye had noticed him— the moment he established a connection with the valley, that eye's gaze fell accurately upon his "body."
