This was the children's first meal in the valley—after a night of hurried transfer and the brief chaos and excitement of arriving at their new home, they gathered around the large dining table on the platform. The staff sent by the Special Service Bureau to the valley prepared steaming hot buns, rice porridge, and hot soup for everyone. Despite the haste, this wasn't exactly a sumptuous meal, but a hot breakfast at this moment was enough to make everyone feel at ease.

Yu Sheng sat at one end of the long dining table (which was really long), Hu Li sat to his right, and Erin sat on the table. The youngest children, led by their older brothers and sisters, arranged themselves on both sides of the table according to their eating positions in the orphanage. Small plates were already placed in front of them. The "guardians" and the staff together moved large soup pots and steamers to the table, then began serving everyone.

The kids found this novel and fun. This open valley was completely different from the old, dilapidated orphanage and the crowded city scenes they were used to. Sitting in such an open outdoor space, around a super-large table, and eating with the adults was an unprecedented experience for them. Even the unusually well-behaved and rule-abiding children from the "Fairy Tales" organization couldn't help but chatter non-stop at this moment.

Of course, it wasn't just the children who felt this novelty. In fact, the staff sent by the Special Service Bureau also found it quite novel—if nothing else, at least they had never seen a fifty-meter-long dining table...

Little Red Riding Hood helped serve the children and then came over to sit next to Yu Sheng, muttering, "Honestly, isn't it a bit exaggerated to make such a big table..."

"I just thought the first meal should have a bit of a ritual feeling," Yu Sheng was also quite embarrassed, "so I gathered everyone around one table."

"Yes, there's certainly a sense of ritual—but think about the people who have to serve the food," Little Red Riding Hood pouted, then stood up to grab a steaming hot bun, blew on it vigorously, and took a big bite, "Ah, hot, hot, hot..."

"It just got steamed, of course, it's hot," Yu Sheng found it somewhat funny. Normally, he saw Little Red Riding Hood with a stern, mature look, but the more he interacted with her, the more he realized that this "guardian" who cared for a large group of younger siblings also had quite a childish side, "Eat slowly."

Little Red Riding Hood, while inhaling hard, looked at Hu Li on the other side of the table, who was wolfing down buns: "I saw her eating fast and thought they had already cooled down."

"... She cultivates immortality. She can eat barbecue with two slices of pork belly and a piece of charcoal, are you using her as a reference?"

"... I was wrong."

Yu Sheng smiled helplessly, then heard his phone ring from his pocket. He quickly took it out—Baili Qing's name appeared on the caller ID.

After answering, the cool voice of the woman director immediately sounded: "Open a door to connect to the underground parking lot of the Special Service Bureau—the staff dispatched by the Council to the orphanage have arrived."

"Uh... oh, okay."

Probably because he had been up all night and his mind was a bit sluggish, Yu Sheng took a moment to understand what was happening. He quickly agreed while hurriedly getting up to prepare the door. After confirming he had really hung up the call, he couldn't help but whisper to Erin, "Is it my illusion, or did Baili Qing's voice just sound a bit cheerful..."

Erin tugged at Yu Sheng's hair: "Nonsense, it's half past five in the morning, and she finally gets to call you outside of working hours to urge you to work—usually, you just report, and the Special Service Bureau jumps up from their desks. Now she has to urge you to open the door. If it were me, I'd be laughing out loud."

Yu Sheng frowned: "... Is it that exaggerated?"

"My spiritual intuition says so."

It was evident that the biggest commonality between Erin and Yu Sheng was that their spiritual intuition seldom did any proper work.

At this moment, Yu Sheng had already reached into the air. He was already quite familiar with "connecting" to the Special Service Bureau. Plus, he didn't need to open a very large door to let in a few people, so in the blink of an eye, an illusory door had already appeared in the air—then he slightly exerted force and the door opened out of thin air.

The children curiously looked over, and Yu Sheng's face broke into a smile as he happily waved to everyone, "Look who's here!"

The nearest little one finally jumped up from his seat first: "It's Teacher Su!"

The familiar faces of the teachers appeared on the platform one by one. These teachers from the Council, who had been with the children at the orphanage for years, arrived with smiles on their faces after receiving an urgent notice from their superiors early in the morning.

"Yes, your favorite Teacher Su—here's Teacher Li and Teacher Sun as well, along with your favorite winter vacation homework..."

One of the cheerful teachers greeted the children, then pointed to the pile of things on the trailer they had brought, telling the children the good news that even in the valley, "camping" wouldn't exempt them from their lessons.

Cries of protest immediately erupted from both sides of the long dining table—along with the adults' gloating laughter.

"Thank goodness I don't have to be like them..." Little Red Riding Hood muttered.

But before she finished speaking, Teacher Su walked over and placed a large bag on the table: "Your class teacher asked me to give this to you— even if you're on leave, you still have to do your assignments, and there's also the mock exam papers at the end of the month. It's based on your self-discipline, once you finish I'll help send them off."

Little Red Riding Hood: "..."

"Bai Xue, Long Hair, and the ones over there—don't rejoice too soon, the cart here is filled with your assignments. Before we came, the Council had already arranged to contact your respective school teachers. Come and get your assignments, including the mock exam papers for the end of the month."

Instantly, a joyful atmosphere filled both sides of the long table.

Anyway, Yu Sheng was watching and chuckling from the side.

But after laughing, he still reminded them: "Eat first, eat first. The kids were dragged out of bed at 2:30 AM, and now finally get to have a hot meal. After eating, they need to settle down and rest. Homework and catch-up lessons can wait. You guys should come over and eat too—just a few more pairs of chopsticks. After eating, I'll take you on a tour to get familiar with the place."

After all the hustle and bustle, when everyone had finished eating, Yu Sheng led the "employees" sent by the Council on a tour around the campgrounds; it was already past 9 AM.

The second batch of construction workers arranged by the Special Service Bureau entered the valley according to the scheduled time, replacing the first batch of workers who had been busy since last night. They continued with the final touches on the organization center and prepared to start other agreed-upon construction projects.

The organization center itself was already almost complete.

Standing on a high slope near the platform, Yu Sheng looked at the neat and brand-new "campgrounds", observing the older members of "Fairy Tales" familiarizing themselves with various facilities under the guidance of the workers, handing over keys to critical equipment like generators and water pumps. Beside them, the white prefab house rooftops glimmered under the clear sky, the hardened pavement was broad and tidy, and teens and several teachers carried packaged daily-use items along paths between houses. The "King" was leading a team of Near Guard Knights capturing children around the camp to send them back to sleep, occasionally stopping to explain to various little heads why they had to sleep during the day...

Honestly, this organization center couldn't be called glamorous or grand, but it had a comforting, settling feeling. It fully met the living needs of everyone in the orphanage, perhaps still inconvenient in many aspects, but it seemed… Little Red Riding Hood and the others had started to like this place.

As for Yu Sheng, he was the happiest of all.

Directly connected to this valley, he seemed to also feel the change in its "atmosphere", a subtle difference. If you had to describe it... it's as if under this eternally bright, clear blue sky, a humble yet vibrant "town" had appeared, bursting with life from this new town, slowly "nourishing" this place.

Yu Sheng felt he liked this vitality, liked the changes in the valley, liked this "nourishing," which seemed to make him feel more truly "alive"—a feeling of "being alive" that seemed even more real than his own heartbeat.

He didn't understand what this feeling was but the joy in his heart made him think it was a good thing.

Then Yu Sheng turned his gaze toward the Teleportation Gate platform.

The newly built pump houses and generator houses were situated between the camp and the Teleportation Gate platform, now workers were extending pipes and lines, connecting them to another construction site beside the platform.

This was the agreement previously made between Yu Sheng and Baili Qing: The travel agency would open this valley and the crash point within it to the Special Service Bureau for research purposes, while the Bureau would fund and man a series of construction projects in the valley—including solving water and electricity issues, and setting up an intelligent vegetable greenhouse...

The nightmare overflow incident at the orphanage was an unforeseen accident but now everything seemed to be rapidly improving and falling into place.

With a pleasant and relaxing mood, Yu Sheng returned to No. 66 Wutong Road. He planned to take a good nap before the Special Service Bureau called him to open the door again.

Hu Li lent him a tail to cuddle, Erin promised that his rebar and stone body wouldn't abruptly jump onto the bed again, the room temperature was just right, and with the curtains drawn, the brightness of the room was perfect—there couldn't be a better napping environment, thought Yu Sheng.

Then he hugged the warm, furry fox tail, happily closed his eyes.

Next thing he knew, oh crap, the Black Forest.

The sound of a baby's crying filled his ears.

Yu Sheng: "…fuck."

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