Seele arranged two adjacent rooms for Ryn and Penglaiji Ryn... well, actually it was one room, divided by a wooden plank.
Seele even had the two of them help her move the wooden plank over.
"A bed, a lamp, a small cabinet... a perfect bedroom. This room will be yours from now on. You can use all the facilities here as you please, just make yourselves at home." Seele clapped her hands and introduced the room to them.
Ryn looked up at the dilapidated ceiling, feeling like it could collapse at any moment. Large patches of paint had peeled off the walls, revealing the steel bars, concrete, and electrical wires inside.
This was bad. Although he had been a vagrant before, he had gotten used to the good life and it was a bit hard to go back now.
"Just make do with it. It's already quite good to have a relatively intact room like this now..." Seele said in the manner of an experienced person, patting Ryn's shoulder earnestly.
"Alright, I won't disturb you two any longer. You must be exhausted today, right? Get some rest early, good night." Seele waved goodbye to them and then skipped away.
Ryn and Penglaiji Ryn were left in the room, staring at each other.
"Which side do you want?"
Ryn pointed to the two rooms on the left and right of the wooden plank. Because it was one room divided into two, one room had a window and the other did not.
"This one outside, I want to see more of the outside view." Penglaiji Ryn pointed to the outer room with the window.
"Alright. Good night, rest early."
"Mm."
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Ryn created a small black hole in his room, controlling its force so as not to alert Penglaiji Ryn outside. After setting up a warning system in the room, he slipped into the black hole.
When he had no money and no power, he ate raw Honkai Beasts with Kiana and slept on the streets. Now that he had power and wealth, to still sleep in a shabby little room, wouldn't that make his power and wealth pointless!
Ryn blissfully lay in the space within the black hole. A long time ago, he had built a small house inside. Because spacetime is distorted by gravity, the time inside the black hole was not synchronized with the outside world, and Ryn could freely change the time inside the black hole.
So, hehehe... don't get the wrong idea, it just means he could get more sleep.
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As the night deepened, everyone fell into a deep sleep.
Penglaiji Ryn, who had lost her memory, was no exception, but her dream was a little different...
In her dream, Penglaiji Ryn came to a magnificent building. This building was both incredibly familiar and completely strange to her.
A place that felt familiar yet she didn't know what it was, a gray sky and cold air, with distorted light radiating across the dead earth.
Penglaiji Ryn didn't know how she got here, nor why she came here. But an unknown force in her heart guided her forward...
As she walked, the scene before her gradually became clearer, yet she still couldn't remember its origin. The feeling that was on the tip of her tongue made Penglaiji Ryn's heart beat faster. This feeling was like entering a spinning spiral; the exit was clearly ahead, yet she couldn't reach it.
Gradually, Penglaiji Ryn saw a beam of light, a beacon, a destination...
And at the destination... was a sleeping girl.
The girl's eyes were closed, as if she were in a dream she could never wake from. Her face always wore a sad expression. In this empty world, who was she waiting for...
Penglaiji Ryn felt an indescribable emotion swirling in her chest. Looking at the sleeping girl, she seemed to remember something and walked towards her, wanting to wake her up.
"..."
Her outstretched hand stopped, and Penglaiji Ryn pulled it back. The confusion and fear of her memory loss had always haunted her. Even if she woke the girl up, what could she do? She couldn't do anything by herself, she would only cause trouble for others...
As Penglaiji Ryn turned to leave, a piercing alarm sounded in her ears, startling her awake from the dream.
"So... it was just a dream..."
Penglaiji Ryn opened her eyes and saw the unfamiliar ceiling.
"Warning! Warning! The base is under attack, entering level one alert! Entering level one alert!"
Ryn got dressed and walked out of his room, glancing at Penglaiji Ryn. A strange fluctuation had just occurred around Penglaiji Ryn, and then the base was attacked.
"What happened, Big Brother?" Penglaiji Ryn looked at Ryn in confusion. The piercing alarm made her a little flustered, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.
"Let's go out and see. If it's a Honkai Beast attack, we can help out."
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"All units, attention! Counterattack immediately! We must stop them from entering!"
Outside, before they even saw anyone, Ryn and the other heard Bronya's loud commands, mobilizing people from various departments.
Strong explosions came from the ground, accompanied by loud and intense shouting, shaking the entire underground station.
Bronya was calmly giving orders, but upon hearing the commotion, her face turned grim. She immediately shouted to Seele.
"Seele, take the first squad and come with me. The defenses at the entrance may have been breached. We must immediately stop the Honkai creatures from breaking into the station."
"Understood."
Seele's face was also devoid of its daytime smile. The situation was more troublesome than they had imagined.
This was an isolated island surrounded by the sea on all four sides, with only one path leading to it. Without a Herrscher to lead them, the Honkai creatures were a disorganized mess, and in recent years, only scattered Honkai creatures had attacked. Why, why was there such a large-scale attack now...
"We want to go too, we can help." Penglaiji Ryn called out to Bronya, she also wanted to do her part for everyone.
Seele was overjoyed to see the two of them and was about to greet them, but Bronya immediately stopped them with a stern voice.
"No, you stay here. Fighting Honkai creatures requires training. Sending in inexperienced people will only get them killed."
"Don't say that, we're very good fighters. After all, we survived out there on our own until now. Right, little sis?" Ryn put his arm around Penglaiji Ryn and winked at her where Bronya couldn't see.
Penglaiji Ryn understood Ryn's meaning. With someone backing her up, her voice was no longer weak.
"Big Brother is right, we can be of help to everyone."
"No, stay here. I will protect you. Fighting the Honkai is not as..." Bronya's words were cut off by Seele.
"Alright, alright, Big Sis. Ryn and his sister are really strong, I might not even be a match for them."
"That's still a no, the battlefield is not a place where being a good fighter guarantees survival." Bronya had sternly rejected Ryn and the others' request.
"Just trust me, Big Sis. They're really strong." Seele pushed Bronya away, then turned and winked at Ryn and Penglaiji Ryn.
"I believe in your strength, but I also hope you know your own limits. If you run into danger, hide and wait for our rescue! Don't try to take them on by yourselves!"