Separated

Su Li slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes were met with a light blue ceiling.

"Where...", She pulled herself up and looked around. She was in an unfamiliar room. The owner seems to like the color light blue so much that everything here was light blue, even the color of the light came from outside became light blue because of the filter of the window.

"Are you awake?", A voice of a woman sounded from her side.

"Who?", Su Li turned toward the direction of the voice and saw a woman wearing a light blue dress. The woman herself was really beautiful, crystal light blue eyes and Silk black hair, Pure white skin, and a noble temperament showed all around her action.

"You should have introduced yourself before asking others", The woman didn't answer and said. She also came to her and sit on the chair next to the bed.

"Ah... umm, my name is Su Li...", Su Li became embarrassed.

"Just call me Wei Lan, everyone calls me that", The woman answered.

"U-um Miss Wei Lan, where am I?", Su Li politely asked.

"You're in my place, I saw you lying unconscious on the ground when I'm outside, so I bring you here", Wei Lan said bluntly.

"Ah, then where is my friend? are they here?", Su Li asked after remembering what happened before.

"Friend? you were alone when I found you", Wei Lan said.

"What?!", Su Li was shocked.

"Are you sure they are not in the area?", Su Li asked again.

"No, I felt a space-time disturbation when I found you, it looks like you were separated when going through the space-time hole", Wei Lan explained.

"T-then does that mean they can be close?", Su Li thought that they might just be separated by a few distances.

"If you're lucky, if not, then you could be separated by half a world", Wei Lan said.

"N-no way... please tell me you're joking", Su Li turned pale.

"I'm not, space teleportation technique you used is probably used at its lowest efficiency, that is why this happens", Wei Lan still had the same expression from beginning to the end, like she didn't care about anything.

"T-then there's a chance they can be close, right?", Su Li asked.

"Indeed, but now that I see your body after you woke up, it seems like you encountered a space storm while inside the space-time hole, it's lucky for you to survive. As for searching? try it, if you can stand that is", Wei Lan expressionlessly said.

"...", Su Li tried to leave the bed but realize that she cannot move her legs.

"W-what is happening?", Su Li tried hard to move her legs but it stayed in place.

"The space storm is a dangerous place you see. Luckily, space energy only seeps a little into your legs and has not gone to your heart or brain else, you won't be alive till now", Wei Lan said.

"T-then does this mean, m-my friends also got something like this?", Su Li was terrified when thinking about it happen, especially when she thought it happen to her friends.

"There is a chance they could also go through a different space hole than yours. So you need not worry too much", Wei Lan calmed her down.

"T-then, how can I search for them?", Su Li asked.

"...You should rest first, I will make food for you", Wei Lan didn't answer her question.

"Ah, wait...", Su Li tried to stop her but Wei Lan was already gone.

...

Su Li immediately thought of something.

"Let's log out and see Xiao Ling's condition first", Su Li lay on the bed again.

She closed her eyes and tried to think of logging out.

...

...

After a few seconds, she opened her eyes but she was still in the same place.

"What?", Su Li was confused by it, so she tries again.

Again.

And again.

But the result is still the same.

"...System?", Su Li called out for the system she never heard of again for a while.

*I'm here, host*

"Why can't I log out?", Su Li asked the system.

*Answering to host, the connection between the worlds was being disturbed by something so host won't be able to communicate with the other side*

"Really?!", Su Li almost shouted, her face turned white pale.

"I-is there no other way?", Su Li asked again, searching for a little hope.

*There is, but it would require the host is strong enough to cross yourself to the other side*.

"Really?! h-how strong do I need to be?", Su Li became excited.

*The woman host was with just now, if the host can hold one of her attacks then the host can do it*.

"Is she really strong?", Su Li asked, very surprised by the information the system gave her.

*...*.

"System?", Su Li called out.

*...*.

"Hah... it does it again", Su Li still remembers the last time the system did this, so this means she can't know about it or something.

"Then this means she was really strong right?", Su Li clench her fist.

"I hope they are all fine", Su Li was not just talking about Huang Xue and Xiao Ling. But also her father and mother in the real world.

At this time, the door to the room was opened and Wei Lan came in with a bowl of food.

"Eat", She gave Su Li the bowl and a spoon.

"Umm...", Su Li looked at the food and feel unsure whether to eat it or not. The food itself didn't really smell bad, but the visual is horrible. It was almost like the ingredients were just cut and put together and then dipped into black ink.

"Eat", Wei Lan said again.

"...", Su Li bite the bullet and ate a spoonful. And just like she thought, it tastes horrible, not only it was soggy, it was bland as well.

"...", Wei Lan on the side looked at her intently.

"...", Su Li can only force herself to eat it. Each bite tastes more horrible than the last, and after the last bite, Su Li already lay lifelessly on the bed, wondering why she lived.

"Done?", Wei Lan asked.

"Y-yes, it tastes...", Su Li wanted to say it was good but.

"Horrible right? I know", Wei Lan immediately interrupted.

"That's...", Su Li wanted to deny it but it all shown on her face.

"It's fine, everyone says so as well", Wei Lan picked the bowl and put it on the side of the bed.

"U-um, miss Wei Lan, about my legs...", Su Li wanted to ask about when can she move her legs.

"Try moving it now", Wei Lan immediately said.

"Huh?", Su Li was confused, now? didn't she try to move just a while ago? what difference would it make if she try it now?

"Just try it", Wei Lan didn't explain anyway.

"...", Su Li tried to move her left leg first, and to her surprise, although it felt a little weird, she can move now move it. Is it because of the food just now?.

"It might be a little uncomfortable since there's still a little bit of residue on your inner part of the bones, but at least now you can walk", Wei Lan said.

"Will there be any problem?", Su Li asked.

"No, in fact, you're really lucky, the residue itself isn't dangerous and it helped you in some way", Wei Lan answered.

"Thank you very much for helping me!", Su Li thanked her with her whole heart.

"It's nothing...", Wei Lan waved her hand.

"Anyway, you... ", Wei Lan wanted to say something but stopped.

"Yes?", Su Li looked at her confusedly.

"Nothing, you can move now, so you can leave if you want to", Wei Lan said and then stood up, wanting to leave the room.

"Wait, how can I pay you back?", Su Li called out to her. How ungrateful can she be if she just left just like that?.

"...Stay", Wei Lan stopped and said with a voice so small that Su Li cannot hear it.

"Huh? umm... did you say something?", Su Li asked since she saw her stopped and her mouth seems to move a little. After a few days in this world, Su Li notices that her sight seems to be sharpened by a lot that she can catch this kind of small details.

"It's nothing, you don't need to pay me, you can leave", Wei Lan said and proceed to leave the room.

"...Wai-", Su Li stopped mid-way since she saw her closing the door already.

"...", What would she do?