Yu Sheng explained his intentions to Little Red Riding Hood, and the girl's eyes lit up immediately.

"Oh! Are we finally getting a 'special door'? That's great! Teacher Su was just telling me yesterday that having to find you to open the door after work is really inconvenient, and the long-haired princess has been complaining to me about it all the time... Where are you planning to set it up?"

"This side is easier to handle," Yu Sheng raised his hand and pointed to not far away, "Just find a spacious and stable place near the resettlement point, set up the door, and it's done. I think the open space in the middle of the town is perfect. The key is the 'outside' door— it needs to be set up in the real world, unseen by ordinary people, not too remote, considering your future needs when going out, and convenience for 'employees' like Teacher Su going to and from work."

"Set it up at Green Origin Square," the long-haired princess chimed in, "There are plenty of milk tea shops there—"

However, no one paid her any attention.

Little Red Riding Hood lowered her head and thought seriously for a while, seemingly coming up with an idea.

"Why not set it up at the old orphanage site?" She raised her head, looking serious, "Look, first we are already familiar with that place. Although we live in a new home now, if the 'home door' is near the old orphanage gate, going out is not much different from before, and Teacher Su and others don't have to change routes for work. Secondly, our orphanage has always been a node-blocked area. Now that the Dark Angel incident just ended, the nodes likely haven't been dismantled yet. We just need to inform the Special Service Bureau to set up the door there. No need to worry about ordinary people seeing the Teleportation Gate and no need to build new node shields."

"Of course, the only issue is that it has been razed to the ground. It's likely still a pile of ruins, so we don't know if there's a place to set up the door..."

Listening to the girl's analysis, Yu Sheng's eyes lit up and couldn't help but admire, "High school students really have sharp minds, indeed… How about we go over there and take a look first?"

Little Red Riding Hood thought for a moment and lightly nodded, "Yes, just as well... I want to see what it looks like now."

The long-haired princess jumped in again upon hearing this, "Where to? Our 'old home'? Hey, I wanna go! I haven't visited since the incident ended... Ah, I didn't have time to bring out many of my things, lots of novels and several figurines... Are you guys taking me?"

By this time, Yu Sheng already pulled open a door leading to the old orphanage site, and Little Red Riding Hood turned to the constantly babbling roommate: "If you keep dawdling, you're really staying behind— if you want to come, just come. Why so much talk?"

The long-haired princess instantly beamed and quickly walked over, "Hey! Alright!"

Crossing the door took only a moment, and the view before them transformed— they had returned from the idyllic valley to the front of the old orphanage gate.

But of course, everything before them was no longer the same as in their memories.

The façade of the high, mottled walls had been almost completely shattered in the final burst of the Dark Angel. Now, only piles of broken bricks lay collapsed by the roadside. The two main buildings once transformed into the umbilical cord of the Angel's Embryo also turned into giant wreckage within the ruins after the umbilical cord severed. The former outdoor activity area, where children used to laugh and play, once soaked by nightmare material, now stood cleared of nightmares. The swings, slides, and seesaws had all turned to broken pieces exhibiting a charred texture.

And the large sandbox now was but a burnt, hardened depression.

Little Red Riding Hood stood silently, looking at the scene before them.

The long-haired princess who followed through the door widened her eyes at the ruins. After a while, she forced out a seemingly carefree smile, took a deep breath, and patted Yu Sheng on the shoulder, "Brother, just like you said, it's all collapsed. Totally collapsed."

Yu Sheng said nothing, just patted Little Red Riding Hood on the back.

There was, of course, more than just ruins here.

Personnel from the Special Service Bureau were present— the cleanup teams.

Technicians were detected the environment, and fully armed Special Service Bureau officers maintained a vigilant stance. The cleanup crew worked, surrounded by roaring heavy demolition equipment.

Among the Special Service Bureau officers on site, Yu Sheng saw a familiar figure: Li Lin.

He, too, saw Yu Sheng and quickly walked over.

Clad in protective gear and heavily armed, Li Lin looked much more reliable than usual. Upon his arrival, he greeted Yu Sheng and the others and then focused on Little Red Riding Hood, "Came to visit today?"

Little Red Riding Hood nodded, and Yu Sheng explained, "Not just visiting. There's something else— I plan to set up a permanent Teleportation Gate here."

Li Lin's expression turned serious instantly, "Permanent Teleportation Gate?"

"The 'Fairy Tales' relocated to my backyard, I'm preparing a convenient passage for them to the real world," Yu Sheng explained, "I already discussed this with your bureau chief, but the location hasn't been decided until now. We just had a discussion and feel this place is suitable— the surrounding 'nodes' haven't been dismantled, right?"

"Of course not," Li Lin nodded hastily, "Even if you hadn't come, those nodes would remain. This area was parasitized by the Angel, and screening would take at least ten years before any development evaluation... You're really setting up the door here?"

"Mm," Yu Sheng didn't feel any psychological burden. After all, he knew Anka Aela's situation the best. There was certainly no problem with the Special Service Bureau following the procedure, but he knew this place was actually quite safe, "I just don't know how the cleanup progress inside is, and if there's a spot for me to 'work'?"

Li Lin's expression visibly showed a bit of nervousness — maybe with three parts excitement and two parts anticipation: "Uh, what do you need to open a fixed door? How big a space? What materials? Do we need to clear the surrounding area first? Should I quickly call Engineer Sun to get you a temporary shed or something?"

Yu Sheng was a bit bewildered by this barrage of questions. He felt that Li Lin's excitement made it seem like the door was not for the orphanage kids, but for his own house. He then instinctively asked, "Does Engineer Sun handle this too?"

Before Li Lin could speak, Erin, perched on his shoulder, said softly, "That's how our construction brother is."

Yu Sheng touched the tip of his nose awkwardly, "Alright... but it's not that troublesome. No need to clear the area either; just find a cleaned spot that won't get in the way in the future. As for materials, it's simple. The main item is a door, just an ordinary door, to serve as a 'carrier.' The auxiliary materials..."

He paused here and took a light breath.

Li Lin's sense of foreboding immediately rose.

If he had a richer vocabulary, his spiritual intuition would be bouncing all over the place.

Yu Sheng exhaled, "Five bundles of ritual candles, three barrels of rose essential oil, each 2.5L, twelve pounds of Crystal Dust, two thermoses of Spirit Communication Ink, and then four roasted chickens, twenty buns, twenty steamed buns, two boxes of sausages — and twenty skewers of grilled mushrooms."

"I, I, I," the long-haired princess beside them raised her hand energetically, "I also want a ticket to the X-star concert!"

Little Red Riding Hood immediately nudged the long-haired princess's arm, "What do you need that for? Can't you have the mermaid sing a concert for you later? Even the audience's chaotic screams can be recreated, just close your eyes and it'll feel like you're there."

"It's not the same!"

Li Lin was dumbfounded, staring at his phone's notepad for a long time before forcing out, "Brother Yu, this... I have to report this to the chief."

Yu Sheng thought about who Li Lin's superior was and couldn't help but laugh, "It's okay, go ahead and report."

"You really want me to report as you said?"

"Yes, do it."

Li Lin walked aside and dialed Captain Song, "Hello? Chief, I have a situation here... Yu Sheng came to me and said he wants to open a fixed door and needed some 'materials'... How did you know about the grilled mushrooms?!"

A moment later, the young Special Service Bureau officer returned with a strange expression, "The chief approved it."

Yu Sheng just looked at him, smiling.

"The door you need is right here," Li Lin cleared his throat, quickly regaining his composure, "If it's just an ordinary door, we dismantled quite a few intact ones from the ruins, all ready to use. The other 'auxiliary materials' will be delivered in a bit; taking the shortcut, it should be here in about half an hour. As for the open space you need..."

He said, pointing to a corner of the orphanage ruins.

"There should be good, it's one of the few undamaged spots in the whole compound, quite a coincidence that when the 'umbilical cord' broke and debris fell from the sky, it didn't hit that spot. You can put the door there, and we can have Engineer Sun come over to build a covering for it, or even a house. This spot could become the new 'Fairy Tales' headquarters' 'reception room' in the future..."

While Li Lin babbled on, Yu Sheng followed his finger and saw a piece of still-intact ground in the ruins.

It was at the edge of the old outdoor activity area. Beside the open space was a tree, also undamaged, and nearby was a brick wall, half-collapsed, with a small stubborn section still standing next to the fallen swing set.

Yu Sheng looked at the place for a long time.

He remembered that long, long ago, there was a Cinderella who lived to 26 years old, standing by that brick wall and swing set, quietly smiling, watching Old Zheng who was then still called little Zheng.

There was also a young Little Red Riding Hood, planting a tree with the then-young Wang Jiajia in that open space, and now that tree had grown tall.

In the future, there would be a door here too.

Leading to a sunny valley.

"Okay," Yu Sheng slowly smiled, "I think this place is pretty good."

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