After an extremely tense and thrilling commotion, Yu Sheng finally managed to detach those doll heads hanging from the cruise missile (no mistake). The good news is that there were no accidents—although Hu Li seemed still a bit unsatisfied, and a few children who didn't get a turn looked somewhat disappointed...

"Actually it's quite safe," Hu Li was still muttering on the side, "I didn't even let my tail fly too high—and even if they did fall off, I could catch them right away. The kids back in my hometown often play like this..."

"Can the martial virtues in your hometown be the same as here?" Yu Sheng glared at her, "The kids in your place probably can do sword flight when they're still in kindergarten!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the area where the other children were resting. Hu Li paused for a moment and then hurriedly followed, explaining as she did, "No, Savior, in our place, we start sword flying in elementary school..."

Yu Sheng almost stumbled and fell to the ground...

The members of "Fairy Tales" on the platform in the distance had actually noticed the commotion here earlier. When Yu Sheng walked over, several "parents" had already come forward to greet him, with Snow White still smiling, "Actually, there's no need to be too nervous. We've confirmed with Miss Hu Li about the safety. Her... um, tail control skills are quite amazing..."

Yu Sheng looked at the familiar faces in front of him, then back at the fox girl who was smiling warmly, and couldn't help but scratch his head, "Why does it feel like in just this short time, you all have already become familiar... and both the adults and the kids have adapted as if they're back home."

"This place is even better than we imagined, unbelievably so," the "Fire Stick" with shoulder-length hair smiled gently and said softly, "And we must thank Miss Erin. She quickly familiarized us with the surroundings and helped the kids relax—actually, everyone was still a bit nervous at first. After all, just a moment ago, everyone was surrounded by leaking, out-of-control illusions, and some people are still asleep in the tents now. Miss Erin confirmed their situation in Sanctuary Wilderness."

"I see? Then she is quite reliable," Yu Sheng couldn't help but laugh and comment. Then he looked around, "Where is Erin?"

As soon as he spoke, he heard the puppet's scream from behind him, "Yu Sheng, you jerk! You dare ask! Come and help already!"

Yu Sheng turned his head and saw that Erin was still being chased by a bunch of kids, but the kids chasing her were obviously a new batch—the previous batch of doll heads was now chasing the "King" all over the place.

As the puppet ran past, Yu Sheng reached out and picked her up, looking helplessly at the kids surrounding them, "Alright, alright, scatter, scatter. Erin is tired, let her rest for a bit."

The kids obediently scattered.

Yu Sheng then looked at the puppet lying limp on his shoulder, "Come on, can't handle a bunch of six or seven-year-old kids? What about your super magic, super strength, and super skills?"

"How could I? They're all little beansprouts with tiny arms and legs. If I got serious, you'd have to call the Special Service Bureau to explain why you need forty-plus child hospital beds in under a second!" Erin hung limply on Yu Sheng's shoulder, still talking tough, "I was just going easy on them... Oh, I'm exhausted... why do human cubs have so much energy..."

Yu Sheng laughed, sitting down at the edge of the platform with the puppet, looking into the distance.

This valley had never been so lively.

Some children were eating and resting on the grass around the platform. Some older children were helping at the makeshift camp. Recently awakened children and "parents" were coming out of the tent zone, looking around with curiosity and a bit of restraint. Meanwhile, a group of energetic little ones were running wildly at the grass edge in the distance, chasing the tabby cat named "King."

There was no grim, tense atmosphere, nor a panicky, oppressive "escape" mood—at least the youngest children had completely relaxed, enjoying this place without worries.

"This is nice, kids should be like this," Yu Sheng murmured to himself, "When we gathered at the orphanage before, they were all too considerate... too considerate."

"Be nervous when you need to be nervous, relax when you need to relax," Little Red Riding Hood's voice came from beside him. Yu Sheng didn't turn his head, but in the corner of his eye, he saw a figure in red already sitting next to him. The girl sat on the edge of the platform with him, letting her legs dangle in the air, "I told them the danger stage is over, this is a safe place, they can play to their heart's content—just don't leave the grass area."

"...Do you know what time it is?" Yu Sheng asked casually.

Little Red Riding Hood just tilted her head.

"It's half past four in the morning," Yu Sheng said with a twitch of his mouth, "They're so energetic... their schedule is ruined on the first day."

"What can we do? We gathered urgently at two-thirty, by the time we got here it was broad daylight, everyone was energized—and there weren't enough sleeping places, so later on when they get tired, they can only squeeze into tents or roll up in sleeping bags directly on the grass," Little Red Riding Hood said, her voice seemingly complaining, yet she always had a faint smile on her face, "Hey, it's kind of fun."

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow, not expecting her to describe her feelings with such a word, "Kind of fun?"

"...Running out of the orphanage in the middle of the night, everyone carrying hastily packed luggage, to this 'wild place,' then setting up a makeshift camp with the adults, helping out, messing things up, running around everywhere—and even getting to skim low to the ground holding onto a fox tail," Little Red Riding Hood said slowly, "It's like jumping from one dream to another, chaotic, a bit reckless, even a little... mischievous?"

She tilted her head, looking at Yu Sheng, "Tell me, isn't it a bit mischievous?"

Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "…That's right, it's a bit of a mess."

The children living in that orphanage usually had very few opportunities for such "messing around."

They had always been well-behaved. In their short lives of just over a decade, they always had to be well-behaved.

Generations of Little Red Riding Hoods and Snow Whites probably had the chance to mess around only today, in this hurried and somewhat chaotic "emergency shelter"— many unexpected things happened, doing many things they had never done before, people running in the front, nightmares chasing behind.

And they still won the race.

Now they can rest in a shelter, even if it's 4:30 in the morning, they don't have to sleep.

If only this could continue.

"…How's the situation at the orphanage?" Little Red Riding Hood suddenly broke the silence, turning to look at Yu Sheng, "It seems you lingered there after we left? Did something happen?"

"I saw the illusion of a 'Hunter,' but I'm not sure if it was the aftermath of a subset 'overflow,'" Yu Sheng replied frankly, "I didn't get a chance to communicate with him before he disappeared. After that, I checked the entire East Building and found nothing abnormal—the West Building I didn't have time to check, but I didn't hear anything unusual either.

"Then the takeover team from the Special Service Bureau arrived, led by Li Lin, who you know—they've sealed off the area around the orphanage. They'll be stationed there for the foreseeable future with a lot of specialized equipment; they seem quite professional."

"That's good," Little Red Riding Hood sighed lightly, then hesitated, "We left in such a hurry and didn't manage to bring many things. If you have time later..."

"No problem, I can go back and get them for you, I can open doors anytime and it's easy to deliver here," Yu Sheng smiled and nodded, "There are also the 'employees' from the Council, they should be coming over soon. Teacher Su knows the orphanage well, if there's anything we can't find, we can ask him for help. Don't worry, everything will get back on track—For now, just don't think about anything, we made it through the night safely, the most important thing now is to rest."

Little Red Riding Hood slowly nodded: "Mm."

Yu Sheng stretched out long and then lay back on the platform.

As his nerves relaxed, he finally felt a bit tired.

Erin, who was perched on his shoulder, did a quick somersault, seamlessly transitioning from lying to sitting on Yu Sheng's chest, then lay back down to rest.

Little Red Riding Hood was a bit stunned at this sight, and after a while, she met Erin's gaze: "...Impressive skills."

Erin poked Yu Sheng's chin: "This guy is so careless, if you were in his place, you could get skilled too."

Yu Sheng half-closed his eyes, blocking the doll's hand based on feeling: "Normally, you should walk on your own, not sit on my shoulders so confidently."

Erin: "Talk about that after you make my 1.67-meter-tall body!"

Footsteps sounded from nearby, and the resting Yu Sheng opened his eyes. He saw a thin, young man in a Special Service Bureau uniform standing next to him—clearly from the camp over there.

Yu Sheng quickly sat up while the young man waved his hand with a smile: "No need to get up—you keep resting. I just came to let you know that the temporary kitchen is ready to cook, we'll have breakfast at 5:30, made hot soup, buns, and porridge for the kids, but the cafeteria isn't set up yet, where should we eat?"

"Oh, that's all?" Hearing it was just a small matter, Yu Sheng smiled and slapped the ground, "That's easy."

In the next second, accompanied by the sound of rocks grinding and a low rumble, a fifty-meter-long table rose from the center of the platform—use the word, a root!

On both sides of the table, neatly arranged, were over a hundred chairs... actually, they were just a bunch of stone stools.

"I can't make complicated stuff, but setting up a dining table is simple," Yu Sheng glanced at the young man who was stunned with admiration, his face full of pride, "Have your people join us for breakfast later, after working all night, it's time to have a hot meal with the kids in the morning."

"…Alright!"

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