C493 From Despair to Hope

That kind of half-awake and half-dream state didn't last long.

Suddenly, I opened my eyes.

I appeared in a barren mountain.

There were dead trees, mottled rocks, dry soil... but there was no life at all.

I couldn't hear the sound of insects or birds, and I couldn't see any small animals.

The entire mountain seemed to be dead.

For some reason