"The last time I came here, the starlight wasn't this brilliant... There were plenty of stars in the sky back then, but their light didn't reach into the forest. Only a little bit shone through the cracks between the ancient trees."
"Tell me," Zhou Chao said, confused, "if the Eye of the Stars had already appeared when humanity first set foot on this Sky Island, then why wasn't this Starlight Forest here when we installed the beacon?"
"What exactly was it like here back then?" Li Luo pressed.
"Lots of trees, and lots of stars in the sky. That was it. We walked into this forest, installed the beacon, and got attacked by some animated objects along the way. But we defeated them without any trouble..." Zhou Chao recounted the Sky Island Investigation Team's first foray into the Central Forest, his voice trailing off as he recalled the memory.
