The morning after it pupated, something unexpected happened.
When Lu You went to check on the pupa as usual, she was ecstatic to find that at the top of the smooth pupal shell, where it had been perfectly seamless, two small, round, Spiritual eyes like black obsidian had "opened" out of thin air!
The two pea-sized eyeballs swiveled about nimbly, curiously sizing up the outside world and clearly transmitting Mianmian's conscious awareness:
"Master, I'm awake now!"
The fact that Mianmian could sense the changes within the pupa was completely unexpected.
After all, even in the previous dream simulations, it had remained asleep, its consciousness only clearing right before it was about to transform into a butterfly.
The sight left Lu You and Gu Ming, who had rushed over after hearing the news, both surprised and delighted, but they knew they couldn't be complacent.
