Actually, Yu Sheng wanted to emphasize that after practicing and adapting for this period of time, he had made significant progress in "pinching" houses in the valley. The two rows of ancient and majestic pillars on both sides of the teleportation gate on the platform were the best evidence. He didn't dare to say he could create a luxury hotel for the orphanage children, but making two rows of housing was no problem. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt it would be better to just prepare the foundation.

Mainly because the Special Service Bureau had prepared all the materials over there, and it'd be a waste not to take advantage of it...

Of course, to prove his craftsmanship, while leveling the foundation, he still diverted some attention to create a building at the end of the planned campsite.

Soil and rocks reassembled deep within the earth, rising with a deep, buzzing rumble. They interwove on the surface like living limbs, stacking, thickening layer by layer to form gray-white bases, walls, pillars, and roofs, then further creating doors, windows, and simple decorations on the walls. Attracted by the noise, Erin ran over curiously to look at the large building rising at the end of the wasteland. She turned her head and asked, "What's this?"

"Having only a bunch of mobile homes in the camp is a bit monotonous. No matter how comfortable it is, it still feels like fleeing from a disaster. I built a 'castle' for Little Red Riding Hood and the others," Yu Sheng explained happily to the little puppet, "It can also serve as the 'office' for the 'Fairy Tales' organization—if nothing else, it can be used as a warehouse. When the Special Service Bureau's construction team arrives, we can ask them to help with the electricity."

Erin was stunned hearing this. She climbed onto Yu Sheng's shoulder, shading her eyes with her hand, staring at the gray-white building with a stone texture for a long time, and muttered, "If you hadn't told me, I'd have thought it was a scenic public toilet with multiple courtyards..."

Yu Sheng reached out to throw the puppet off his shoulder: "…Can we drop this topic?!"

Erin immediately jumped off Yu Sheng's shoulder, laughing and running in circles, saying, "Alright, alright, I won't mess around anymore—honestly, this does look pretty good, a bit rough, but still impressive. It has that mysterious alien ruin vibe from game CGs..."

Yu Sheng suspected this puppet was subtly mocking his hard-earned building as abstract, but he had no evidence.

Though he didn't mind, especially since Hu Li beside him was already wagging his tail in worship, creating a dust storm...

The basic part of the camp was soon completed.

"Next, we need to coordinate with the Special Service Bureau," Yu Sheng said gently as he watched the final piece of the foundation harden and take on a rocky texture. He relaxed his somewhat tense mind and took out his phone to check the time, "… It's okay, it was faster than expected."

Erin curiously climbed onto Yu Sheng's arm to look at the phone screen: "Isn't it late? Aren't they resting over at the Special Service Bureau?"

"They said all personnel and materials are on 24-hour standby, the upcoming construction and relocation work is done in shifts, people stop but the work doesn't," Yu Sheng said, dialing Baili Qing's number, "In this kind of matter, they are very reliable... Hello? This is Yu Sheng, we're ready here."

From the other end of the line came Baili Qing's calm voice: "Okay, come directly to my office."

"To be fair, she is really cool," Yu Sheng froze for a moment, hanging up the phone, and quietly muttered to Erin and Hu Li, "No wonder she's called the Ironclad Expression..."

The next second, a voice from the phone drifted: "I'm not the Ironclad Expression."

Yu Sheng: "..."

Silently hanging up, he smiled wryly: "This touchscreen is not working well."

A phantom door opened in mid-air, a temporary passage leading directly from the Exotic Realm Valley to the director's office in the headquarters of the Special Service Bureau. Yu Sheng stepped out with a stern face and saw Baili Qing, also with a stern face, and Song Cheng, who could barely maintain his composure.

He realized that when he was complaining about a certain lady's Ironclad Expression, it seemed there was more than one listener—Captain Song had a face that screamed "Oh crap, I heard something I shouldn't have while being with my superior, this job is doomed."

Everyone tacitly avoided mentioning the phone conversation, and then Baili Qing personally led Yu Sheng and others into another elevator in the corridor.

In this peculiar headquarters of the Special Service Bureau, almost all special floors were connected by these bizarre elevators—they didn't necessarily move in any particular direction. Yu Sheng first felt the elevator going up, then after a dozen floors, he noticed the arrow above the cabin turned directly downward. Before he could think about it, he saw the arrow rotate ninety degrees, indicating the cabin was moving sideways. After a while, he felt the entire elevator jolt, and a soft synthesized female voice announced: "Transfer layer—port reached."

As the elevator door opened, an incredibly vast space appeared before Yu Sheng's eyes.

A bit dazed, he led Erin and Hu Li out of the elevator, finding himself standing on a metal platform. Surrounding the platform was a massive artificial island, with the extensive ground featuring dozens of large buildings neatly arranged like warehouses. Many unmanned transport vehicles were running between the warehouses and the distant port facilities. Beyond this exceedingly spacious area was a boundless... ocean.

Yu Sheng subconsciously looked at the shimmering ocean and saw many large transport ships painted with the Special Service Bureau's emblem docked at the man-made coast. He saw another ship leaving the port and gradually accelerating towards the vast ocean. The next second, a chaotic light screen suddenly appeared on the sea, and the transport ship seemed to pass through an invisible "gap," quickly vanishing into that chaotic light screen.

The faint sound of machinery came from behind. Yu Sheng turned to see the elevator door had closed, and the entire cabin was connected to the platform edge by a series of sturdy tracks. As the mechanical devices on the tracks activated, the entire cabin began to retreat swiftly, disappearing into another chaotic light screen in the blink of an eye.

After holding it in for a long time, Yu Sheng finally couldn't help but speak: "…Where have you taken me? Is this still the Boundary Land?"

"This is the 'Border', and the place before you is both a storage facility and a transportation hub," Song Cheng smiled, "You know, the entire Boundary Land is actually a closed space, different from the normal universe outside. The people here... excluding you, us ordinary people can only leave through fixed 'natural passages.' These passages can be big or small. Small ones might be a drawer in some office at the Special Service Bureau headquarters. As for larger ones... a station, the end of a tunnel, or like what you see here, a port."

As Song Cheng spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the shimmering sea in the distance.

"You can only reach here through a 'shortcut,' which is part of the shortcut network, with a depth of 1 and a danger level of 0. This sea area overlaps with a sea area on a certain planet 'outside.' Crossing the light curtain you just saw, you would be outside Boundary Land. Of course, we can't go over now. To exit from here, we need to get a permit from the Council first..."

Song Cheng suddenly stopped, staring fixedly at Yu Sheng.

"...You won't suddenly open a door to go out from here, will you?" he asked nervously.

Yu Sheng found the reaction somewhat amusing and frustrating: "I'm not that idle."

"Oh."

Song Cheng nodded, but within two seconds, he nervously confirmed again: "You really won't go out from here, right?"

"To open a door, I first need precise coordinates, and besides, the coordinates only affect where I go, not where I open from," Yu Sheng spread his hands helplessly, "If I really want to leave, I can open a door at home, no need to cause trouble for you here."

"Oh, that's fine," Song Cheng nodded again, then smiled a bit embarrassedly, "Don't blame me for talking too much, it's just that this place is quite sensitive."

Yu Sheng thought about it and felt that this might be the difference between crossing from a border no-man's land and breaking out of customs - although both are technically smuggling, the latter is a bit more blatant...

Soon, Baili Qing and Song Cheng led Yu Sheng's group away from the metal platform and to the entrance of a large warehouse.

The reception personnel were already waiting there - along with them were a Special Service Bureau engineering team, a dozen large transport vehicles, and various materials loaded on the trucks.

Transporting enough materials to build a temporary settlement and the accompanying construction team from the real world to the Exotic Realm Valley could not realistically be done through a basement door.

Baili Qing had obviously considered this point, which is why she brought Yu Sheng here.

"You said you needed a door big enough, preferably one through which large trucks could pass," Baili Qing said, pointing to the warehouse beside her, "A door with a tangible reality can effectively save your energy when opening the door - how about this door?"

Yu Sheng looked up and glanced at the warehouse door, wide enough for two container trucks to pass through side by side.

"...To be honest, it's my first time opening a door this size, I'm curious if it'll work," he rubbed his chin, gradually showing an eager expression, "Let's give it a try."

Hearing Yu Sheng say that he wasn't sure either and could only try, Song Cheng instinctively frowned: "Uh, what if it doesn't work?"

"If it doesn't work, we'll have to unload the stuff from the trucks, break them down, and gradually transport them through Hu Li's tail," said Yu Sheng, turning to look at Hu Li, "Can you fit them in?"

Hu Li looked up at the dozen large trucks, thinking carefully.

"The entire truck definitely can't fit, even with the shrinking technique, each item would need to be under four meters..." demon fox girl gestured as she talked.

Yu Sheng acknowledged, turning to Song Cheng: "That's quite limiting, let's hope opening the door goes smoothly."

Song Cheng looked a bit stunned - mainly because he wasn't quite used to Yu Sheng's highly jumpy thought process...

Clearly, as a busy middle-aged office worker, he didn't yet have a deep enough understanding of the peculiarities around Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng, however, didn't pay attention to Song Cheng's reaction. He had already approached the giant door, placing his hand on its frame.

As long as it's a door... it should open, right?

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