At first, Li Luo thought she was imagining things.
Amidst the hard coal, she had touched something as soft as a sponge. It was squishy.
After poking it a few times, Li Luo realized it was definitely something out of the ordinary.
Brushing aside the surrounding coal, Li Luo reached in and dug the soft object out.
The object was the size of a soccer ball, bigger than the surrounding chunks of coal. Stranger still, it was extremely soft. No matter how she squeezed it, it wouldn't break, just like a highly resilient sponge.
Through the thick black cloth, Li Luo could barely make out the object's shape.
It looked like a ball of coal—round and plump. It would spring back whenever she pressed on it.
It felt so good in her hands that Li Luo couldn't resist squishing the coal ball into various shapes. But as soon as she let go, it would bounce back to its original form.
"What is this thing?"
Holding the soft coal ball, Li Luo grew even more confused.
