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"I haven't even pressed the start button yet!"

The lights in the laboratory were still bright, and the core of the device was calmly emitting a blue light, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

Besides the vague warmth in Zhou Yuan's chest...

Chapter 39: A Farewell Gift from the Lord (Mist)

Silence, a rare silence. The laboratory fell into an eerie silence, and even the air seemed to be frozen.

"..."

The puppet in the black tower fell into a rare state of contemplation, its amethyst-like eyes had lost their former brilliance, and the whole person seemed to be paused.

"Don't talk! I'm thinking!"

She suddenly raised her hand, and her mechanical fingers accurately covered Zhou Yuan's mouth as he was about to speak.

This action caused the little black tower doll standing outside the door to tilt its head unconsciously, and its gray-brown hair swayed.

Time passed minute by minute, and Heita finally slowly put down his hand, with an unprecedented sense of bewilderment in his voice:

"You mean... you just met four Star Gods at the same time, and they gave you... gifts?"

"Hmm... maybe that's it?"

Zhou Yuan touched his chest uncertainly, where there was still a strange warmth.

"..."

Heita fell silent again, his delicate face gradually became "dead fish-like", and even the lily hair ornament on his head drooped down wilted.

She mechanically turned around and began to frantically enter codes into the control panel, her fingers so fast that afterimages almost appeared.

"Black Tower?"

Zhou Yuan called out tentatively.

"It's okay, you can go now."

Her voice suddenly became extremely calm, even a little detached.

"This 'simulated universe' has no meaning to you anymore."

When she said the last few words, her tone rose subtly, as if she was holding back something.

"Uh... okay, I'll be leaving then?"

Zhou Yuan cautiously took a few steps back, and after confirming that the black tower showed no signs of sudden outburst, he gently closed the door of the laboratory.

Outside the door, the little black tower doll had been waiting quietly for a long time.

Seeing Zhou Yuan coming out, she bowed gracefully, the hem of her purple skirt drawing a perfect arc.

Under the light of the corridor, a gentle light flashed in the doll's eyes, which was completely different from the original.

……

Xing looked at Zhou Yuan's departing back, then looked at the black tower puppet standing there in thought, and couldn't help but point at himself:

"what about me?"

The black tower then withdrew his gaze, and his amethyst-like eyes swept lightly over the gray-haired girl:

"Don't leave."

Her mechanical fingers tapped the control panel lightly.

"The experiment continues, but he doesn't need it anymore."

"Tsk..."

Xing curled her lips and muttered softly:

"What a double standard... You two are having an affair..."

"Ok?"

Heita suddenly narrowed her eyes, and the pearls on Lily's hair accessories swayed gently as she turned her head.

"What were you talking about just now?"

"No! Nothing!"

Xing shuddered and quickly waved his hands to deny it.

“I’d love to be part of the experiment!”

However, the Black Tower did not activate the device immediately.

She looked quietly in the direction Zhou Yuan left, complex data streams flowing in her purple eyes.

The light from the lab cast tiny shadows on her gray-brown hair, making it difficult to see her expression at the moment.

The blue light from the control panel reflected on her delicate face, making her pensive expression even more mysterious.

After a long moment, she sighed softly and turned to the holographic projection screen to operate it.

But no one noticed that her fingertips paused for a barely noticeable moment when entering the start command.

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【Black Tower Space Station Corridor】

Zhou Yuan's fingertips gently stroked the holographic screen, deleting and revising the text in the dialog box:

"Recorder Zhou Yuan: Fu Xuan, I'm planning to go back..."

When the send button was pressed, he caught a glimpse of the little black tower doll leaning quietly against the wall, its gray-brown eyelashes casting tiny shadows under the corridor light, as if silently waiting for something.

"Taibu Fuxuan: Eh? Are you going back so soon? (Message retracted)"

"Taibu Fuxuan: Don't you want to go back to the Immortal Boat and sit for a while..."

Looking at this line of words that seemed to cover up something, Zhou Yuan's mouth corners unconsciously rose.

"Recordist Zhou Yuan: No need, it's too troublesome to go there now..."

Just as he was about to reply, a dark blue [Administrator Authority] icon suddenly flashed in the corner of the interface.

"Position transmission?"

He murmured softly, his fingertips hovering over the dangerous button.

The little black tower puppet seemed to sense something was wrong and suddenly rushed over, wrapping its arms tightly around his waist.

But the transmission process has already started——

The space was like a scroll torn apart by an invisible hand, and the distorted blue light engulfed the two of them.

At the last moment, Zhou Yuan only had time to see the alarm red light exploding in the puppet's eyes, and her hand reaching out to the void but grabbing nothing.

……

The bathroom of the Luofu Fairy Boat was shrouded in mist. Fu Xuan was resting his chin on the edge of the bathtub, and his pink hair, pierced by a jade hairpin, was stained with crystal water droplets.

She stared at the private chat interface floating in front of her and suddenly frowned.

"This idiot can't even speak a complete sentence..."

she muttered.

Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden crisp sound like shattering glass above his head.

She formed hand seals reflexively, but froze the moment she saw who was coming.

"Zhou Yuan, you——!"

Wow!

The sandalwood bathtub groaned under the heavy pressure. In the steaming mist, Zhou Yuan leaned awkwardly on the edge of the tub, his nose almost touching her wet eyelashes.

There were only a few pitiful flower petals between the two of them, rising and falling with the waves.

He could clearly see the water droplets lingering on the other person's eyelashes, and...

"Ahem... this was an accident..."

Zhou Yuan turned his head away, but heard another sound of space tearing behind him——

The little black tower doll landed precisely between the two of them, and there was a hint of human confusion on her little face.

She tilted her head to look at Fu Xuan, whose face was flushed, then turned to look at Zhou Yuan, who was stiff all over, and finally wiped her wet cheek slowly.

The bath towel in his hand was deformed by Fu Xuan's pulling, and the hot steam rising from above his head was enough to boil an egg.

Her trembling fingers pointed at the two culprits in turn:

"you you..."

Her tone was flustered, and the words she wanted to say were stuck for a moment.

"and this..."

When I saw the doll's face clearly, I suddenly got stuck.

"Is this from the Black Tower...?"

The little black tower doll was now standing obediently outside the wooden barrel, wringing the water out of its hair.

Noticing the gaze, she tilted her head and gave a mechanical smile:

"Abnormal vital signs detected, calm handling recommended."

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Zhou Yuan held the sachet embroidered with astrological patterns in his hand, and a faint scent of agarwood wafted from his fingertips.

He turned his head and saw that Fu Xuan still had his eyes lowered, with the ends of his pink hair still stained with wet water droplets, which shone with fine golden light in the sunlight.

"Then...I'll take my leave first?"

He spoke softly, unconsciously stroking the tassels on the edge of the sachet.

The little black tower doll stood quietly in front of the portal, its gray-brown hair gently blown by the breeze.

Fu Xuan turned his face away, but the tips of his ears were quietly flushed:

"Well...be careful on the road."

Her voice was as soft as a falling peach petal, but when Zhou Yuan turned around, she couldn't help but add:

"Remember... come visit often."

The last few words almost melted away in the wind blowing through the hall, but Zhou Yuan still caught them.

He stopped and looked back, just in time to meet Fu Xuan's hurriedly evasive gaze.

Their eyes met briefly in the air, then moved away, like two clouds passing by each other.

The light curtain of the portal rippled, gently separating the two figures.

Fu Xuan looked at the gradually fading blue light, his fingertips unconsciously touching the collar of his yukata——

There was still a lingering breath of stars that did not belong to the Immortal Boat.

Chapter 40: Be a maid, little black tower!

Returning to the Scarlet Devil Mansion again, Zhou Yuan brought a new member to greet everyone.

Remlia leaned lazily on the carved armchair, her scarlet eyes slightly narrowed, looking back and forth between Zhou Yuan and the small black tower doll behind him.

"So, this doll..."

She tapped the armrest with her slender fingers, her voice filled with curiosity.

"Is this the visitor from another world you mentioned?"