Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

"No, no, you slept very well last night." Su Yang scratched his head, looking a little flustered, clearly not expecting Lin Anlan to ask about last night right away.

"Is that so? Then you brought me back last night... Hmm, it's nothing." Lin Anlan continued to ask, but then stopped abruptly.

"Breakfast is ready, let's eat together." Su Yang also wanted to end the topic as soon as possible, so he quickly invited Lin Anlan to sit down and have breakfast together.

"Aren't you going to invite Miss Litt along?" Lin Anlan stared intently at Su Yang, making him feel uneasy. He didn't understand why Lin Anlan would stare at him like that every time she mentioned Lena.

"Okay, I'll go call her then." With that, Su Yang was about to go upstairs, but he stopped after taking a few steps, turned to Lin Anlan, and said awkwardly, "Anlan, it would be more appropriate for you to go."

Lin Anlan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go then."

Su Yang returned to the dining table to set the table. A moment later, he heard a loud knocking on the door upstairs, so loud that Su Yang could hear it. Shortly after, Lin Anlan came downstairs alone and sat down at the table, casually eating breakfast. Then, Lena, still sleepy-eyed, came down, plopped down at the table, and after a while, said in a slightly languid voice, "Anlan, next time you wake me up, could you please not knock so loudly? I was just startled awake."

"Hey, hold on, you were calling me Miss Lin yesterday, why are you calling me by my name today? That's a quick change. Don't forget, we're still competitors." Lin Anlan interrupted Lena as soon as she heard her call her name.

Su Yang, who was listening from the side, was stunned. What competition? What were they competing for?

Then Lin Anlan continued to ask, "Are you really planning to stay here forever? If Duke Litt comes looking for trouble, we won't be able to handle it. Don't tell me we've abducted the Duke's daughter."

Hearing this, and considering everything that had happened before, Su Yang began to understand. Had Lin Anlan and Lena always been at odds? But they'd only known each other for a few days; there was no need for such malice. Could it be because of him? Did Lin Anlan like him?

Thinking of this, Su Yang dared not continue to think. He had never imagined what it would feel like to like someone, nor had he ever experienced what is called love. In his world, loneliness seemed to be the only constant theme, so he never dared to hope for those unattainable friendships or love.

Su Yang banished these thoughts and strange ideas, handing Lena a breakfast in an attempt to interrupt their conversation. This tactic worked quite well on Lena. Perhaps because she was used to a life of luxury, she didn't seem to be very sensitive to these little schemes. Upon seeing the breakfast Su Yang offered, her mood immediately changed, and she happily began to eat, praising Su Yang's cooking skills as she ate.

After finally finishing breakfast, Su Yang quickly tidied up the tableware and went to the study to take out the relics left by Gu Wushuang. Before, after finishing construction every day, he was so tired when he returned to his room that he had no extra energy to study the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Lock. Even if he had the energy to study it, he would only take a few glances before thinking about how to crack it in his mind, and he would fall asleep soon, like being hypnotized. Now that the farm has been rebuilt, he finally has time to study it properly.

Su Yang held the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Lock and turned it around and around, unable to find a starting point for a long time. He was so anxious that he wanted to smash the wooden Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Lock. Just as he was scratching his head in frustration, Lin Anlan and Lena came over. After all, it concerned her master's belongings, and Lena was quite curious and wanted to know what was inside.

The three of them worked on the wooden box all morning but still couldn't open it. With lunchtime approaching, Su Yang simply tossed the box aside and turned to prepare lunch, leaving Lin Anlan and Lena to continue their research.

However, neither of them had ever seen anything with this structure before, let alone figured it out. After lunch, Lin Anlan and Lena both gave up. One returned to the Duke's mansion, while the other collapsed on the sofa in a daze.

After seeing Lena off, Su Yang continued his research. He leaned back in his chair, recalling the solution, while constantly rotating the wooden box. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a mechanism coming from inside the box. Su Yang immediately sat up straight, gently picked up the box, shook it a few times, and rotated it a few more times. Finally, he heard the mechanism sound again and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.

Putting down the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Lock, Su Yang stared at it in a daze, constantly recalling the rotation solution in his mind. Suddenly, he remembered a video he had seen before, which might be able to solve it. So Su Yang turned the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Lock over, rotated it again, and gently tried to pry it open to both sides. Sure enough, the wooden box began to loosen and was slowly opened.

The wooden box contained two wooden bolts. The centrifugal force generated by the rotation could throw the bolts to one side, thus releasing the two fastened parts. After rotating twice in both directions, the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Lock would be unlocked. Once the connection point was found, the two sides could be pulled apart to unlock it.

As the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Lock was unlocked, a folded piece of paper fell out, accompanied by a fragrance. Su Yang recognized the fragrance; it seemed to be the scent of osmanthus. There was nothing else besides that.

Su Yang couldn't help but wonder, was this the only thing locked up with the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Lock? Su Yang opened the note and saw that it was no longer written in classical Chinese, but in pinyin. Su Yang guessed that Gu Wushuang must have left behind very important information, and that the pinyin was definitely something that people in this world couldn't decipher.

Following the pinyin on the slip of paper, Su Yang read it out one by one. He found a new piece of paper and tried to combine them. After about two hours, he finally deciphered it completely. Gu Wushuang wrote on the slip of paper: "There are seven elemental stones in this world. I speculate that these seven elemental stones are the important items for maintaining the stable operation of this world. Perhaps collecting them all will allow us to find a way back. But I am old now. It took me more than twenty years to find out the whereabouts of all the elemental stones. I only know where they are, but I don't know which element they are. They are located in the Kingdom of Delin, the Heavenly Fortune Empire, the Mermaid Tribe, the Western Demon Kingdom, the Wanji Mountain Island, the Elf Tribe, and the Lone Dragon Mountain Range. Alas, I can only wish you all the best in finding them and finding your way home. In addition, as a reward for unlocking my Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Lock, it will naturally appear as long as you match this pair."

Su Yang continued reading and saw two blank lines. Below, it read, "From the lotus, one obtains the lotus root," and then nothing more. Su Yang was somewhat shocked and filled with admiration. Gu Wushuang, as a transmigrator, had gathered the most crucial information about this world without any guidance and was even willing to share it, as if he knew other transmigrators would come to this world. However, Su Yang had never seen the elemental stone in person and couldn't immediately understand what it was. But Su Yang was quite interested in the reward Gu Wushuang mentioned, so he picked up the note and began to ponder the solution to the last couplet.