Collapse, survive

Seele beamed, "I guarantee it's very clean inside. It's a perfect place for those wanderers whose homes were swallowed up by the Rift to find a new home."

"A wanderer?"

The Star Core Spirit, who had been waiting for the solution, was like a curious child—no, she was.

"They were a bunch of homeless guys, most of them were fairly honest, but with so many people, it was inevitable that some troublemakers would sneak in. As a result, the homeless would fight with the miners every few days and often steal their supplies—and that was just the tip of the iceberg."

The bigger ones need not be mentioned; she doesn't want to talk about them.

"Fortunately, the situation has improved a lot in the past two days. Speaking of which, the weather is indeed much warmer today."

Natasha smiled gently.

"It will be warm tomorrow too."

Fang Jie didn't mind continuing to clear the rift, clear the ice and snow, and practice his skills before the star core was sealed by the star core essence.

He doesn't have much to explore or develop in the lower levels; he can just focus on fighting and killing.

Preparing the anti-bell winning formula has kept him busy enough.

Seele sighed, "That would be great, but I can't be with you tomorrow. The mine is the lifeline underground. We must ensure the supply of mineral marrow so that we can get the supplies allocated to us on the surface from the transport line."

She was also somewhat insincere, probably not wanting to appear weak. She had pushed herself to make Fang Jie 'stop' earlier, which caused her to become dehydrated. She needed to rest and do some light work.

She's so weak right now, she can't even resist his inhuman torment...

Otherwise, she probably would have wanted to continue working on important projects.

"You probably need to talk to me about something too."

Seele looked at the other outsider, her tone unusually kind: "If it's related to the subterranean fire, Chief Oleg led the fire into the mining area and entrusted the town's security to me. I'm going to provide support... You can come with me tomorrow."

Xing's eyes lit up. Dan Heng and San Yueqi hadn't even seen her, but she, the great pioneer, had already successfully completed her mission!

"Yeah."

The raccoon nodded.

"She seems a little..."

Coupled with the quirk of writing on her face and her erratic behavior, Seele wasn't quite sure. She glanced at the guy on her back, Bronya, who was still asleep: "Before that, we need to take care of this guy's matter. She's a Silvermane Iron Guard, isn't she?"

"Probably so."

The star is uncertain.

Take Jepard, for example; who knows if he still counts as a Silvermane Guard?

Midlife crisis, lost my job, terrible.

"That's it. There aren't many things I haven't seen underground. I never expected to meet a 'young lady' from above. She's the one you were talking about, Fang Jie... Where are you?"

It's gone now.

"Shhh."

Natasha shook her head at her, and finally took Bronya from her, placing her on a chair: "Don't disturb her yet."

Because Fang Jie was captured by Ling.

……

……

"What are you doing?"

Fang Jie wasn't afraid of her at all. Even if he went to the farthest place today, there was still the erosion of the rift... Damn it!

Fang Jie wasn't afraid of her and followed her defiantly.

The claim of arresting someone is a slander.

Ling looked agitated and uneasy, not because Fang Jie was attacking her defenses today. She whispered a reminder: "Hey, she's about to wake up."

"I'm not saying hello."

Fang Jiechao defiantly replied, "Call me Fang Xin the arsonist."

Ling ignored her; she had her own worries.

Upon hearing this good news, Fang Jie exclaimed, "Dr. Natasha's healing skills are amazing!"

"You mean Yae Sakura woke up? That's great! Did you slap her to teach her a lesson? You're the one who should..."

"Shut up."

Bell led him to the ward, where the sleeping shrine maiden finally woke up, staring blankly at Fang Jie as he entered...

And the bell that shielded him.

Her little face was filled with 'unwillingness to face'.

"Ask him anything you want to ask."

Ling's tone was indifferent.

"It's you, sir. May I ask... where am I?"

Yae Sakura also recognized Fang Jie. In her memory, they had fought to the death before. She was powerless to resist the fox demon and became its accomplice, which led him to use the strange move "Changing Heaven and Earth" and finally collapsed in the snow.

When I woke up again, the fox demon... was gone.

Yae Sakura couldn't sense Rin's presence, and she felt as if she had turned back into a human. This should have been a happy thing, but she felt somewhat lost.

And, there's also a... exquisite and beautiful child in the ward.

However, she didn't seem to like talking, ignored me, looked impatient, and seemed to be there for no apparent reason.

Thankfully, Fang Jie arrived; Yae Sakura had too many questions.

“Let’s take it one step at a time; we have plenty of time to talk.”

Fang Jie was less carefree now, and skillfully pulled out a jar of tree sap and handed it to her: "It's better to drink something if you've just woken up."

"Thank you."

Yae Sakura held the wine in both hands, ignoring whether it was appropriate for him to hand the wine to the patient, and she wasn't in a hurry to drink it. She was more concerned about other things, and looked at him with expectant eyes, waiting for him to explain.

"This is Belloberg, the lower district, Natasha's clinic. Natasha is a beautiful and kind doctor; she's the one who cured you."

Ling had no objection to the other woman's explanation; she no longer wanted to have anything to do with her.

Fang Jie turned his head to look at that deliberately indifferent face, and suddenly laughed: "Just kidding, it was Ling who saved you."

"you……!!"

Ling was furious, baring her teeth and claws, and bit him on the shoulder.

She did what she wanted to do.

What steel-like bio-force field, what iron block that even the Wind-Stirring One cannot break? Immediately, a sharp pain, or rather, an injection of 'pain' information, came from the shoulder.

The Milky Way is not lacking in the 'pain' of even a stone shattered into atoms, where each atom would wail in agony—that's quite abstract.

Thankfully, it wasn't a bell.

She was just an idiot; she self-destructed.

Seeing this scene, Yae Sakura realized that she was just a country girl, not a fool. When she wasn't deceiving herself, she was quite perceptive, just like Rin was also very smart. She immediately confirmed that the person in front of her was as she thought.

The fox spirit... Rin, transformed into human form.

"So she is Rin, the person you wanted to save..."

Yae Sakura certainly remembered that scene; she told Fang Jie not to worry about her and to join her in killing the fox demon.

Fang Jie responded: I'm going to let her go; you're just an extra.

They are not enemies.

"It seems you have succeeded."

Yae Sakura stared at Rin, who showed no evil intentions except for her indifference. Was she really such a small child? Was this what she was really like?

how……

They look so alike.

Feeling the ears she now possessed, Yae Sakura wasn't sure if she had truly returned to being human; humans didn't have ears like these, did they?

"Let's call it a success for now. Rin is a good girl, gentle, kind, and considerate..."

Sir, you've been bitten and are bleeding.

No problem at all; Fang Jie didn't even flinch as he grabbed Ling's ear with his other hand.

He took a bite too!

"Ow~"

Ling couldn't afford to lose any more. She shoved Fang Jie aside, desperately trying to save her precious ear, her face contorted with rage: "You bastard!"

"Just like me, gentle, kind and considerate, I mean originally."

Fang Jie ignored Ling nonchalantly, believing that the awakened Yae Sakura could be a cornerstone of peace, so she wouldn't take action.

Besides, what's the point of taking action? Are you really that good at fighting? To survive in this world, you need power and connections.

He continued explaining the current situation to Yae Sakura: "It's a long story. If Rin is willing to tell you, let her do so. But what I can tell you is,"

Fang Jie had already considered how to face the awakened Yae Sakura, and his final thought was to inform her of the current situation and respect her own decision.

"Welcome to the new world, Miss Yae Sakura."

applaud.

The Star Core Spirit clapped its hands, looking at the pretty older sister with curiosity.

She still wanted to touch the bell...

Fang Jie grinned, startling the child into taking a step back and raising his hands... not to surrender, but to block; crossed in front of his chest, they could defend against any enemy.

I'm hitting, hitting, hitting, hitting—

—I'm on guard, on guard, on guard.

Afterimages crisscrossed in the sky, a great battle obliterated the universe.

"And who is this gentleman?"

Upon seeing the Star Core Spirit, Yae Sakura didn't recognize her, but she sensed a radiant vitality emanating from her, a warmth that felt familiar.

"My name is Xing, you can also call me A-Xing, that's what my friends call me."

Starbaby loves making friends. While beating up Fang Jie, he didn't even care about Bronya and just left her to the ruthless and merciless Seele. She must have already been thrown out of the clinic by Seele.

She introduced herself with a proud expression, and that aura... well, Yae Sakura was a little dazed.

"Lord Hoshi, greetings. I am Yae Sakura, a... shrine maiden."

Then she fell silent, unsure of what to say.

As if waking from a dream, everything had changed. Only a few familiar scenes and familiar faces still held a certain place in her heart. Apart from that...

You are not her.

Even though you have a similar temperament, you're not even white-haired.

"Alright, go back to sleep. March 7th and Danheng are waiting for you."

Seeing the awkward situation, mainly because it seemed like he was about to lose, Fang Jie quickly used the despicable trick of an adult, seemingly stopping and advising Xing to quickly return to the right path, go find your star core, and not to branch out randomly.

Xingxin believed it and remembered her companions.

There is a flaw!

Fang Jie reached out his hand—

Sneak attack!

"Don't touch my head!"

The Star Core Spirit quickly swatted away the claw.

Because of his outstanding height, Xingbao hasn't even touched his head yet, and March 7th doesn't like to jump... wait, it seems like nobody likes to jump.

She automatically ignored the hopping and skipping she had learned from Fang Jie, and suddenly had an expression on her face as if she had discovered the truth of the world.