Looking at the unknown creatures in front of her, Herta was almost unable to hold herself back and wanted to go up and grab a few to dissect.
After licking the corner of her lips, Herta asked Jing Yuan, "You wouldn't mind if I call a friend over to the Luofu, would you?"
"Miss Herta, please feel free."
Jing Yuan smiled and gestured with his hand.
Someone Herta would call a friend was probably only those geniuses who, like her, belonged to the Genius Society.
After realizing this...
Not to mention one person, even if Herta called over dozens or hundreds, Jing Yuan wouldn't refuse.
That was, assuming Herta even had that many friends in the Genius Society.
A moment later, aboard a spacecraft, Ruan Mei, who was carefully baking pastries, received a communication from Herta.
She stopped what she was doing and looked at the projection beside her.
There was some confusion on her face. She had only just left not long ago, so why was Herta suddenly contacting her again?
"Herta, did something happen at the space station again?"
Ruan Mei suspected that person hadn't given up on the space station and was still watching it from the shadows.
Just waiting for her and Screwllum to leave before making a comeback.
"No."
Facing her question, Herta shook her head.
Although she didn't know the exact situation at the space station, with Asta there, she felt very at ease.
Over the years, she had always seen Asta's capabilities with her own eyes.
And her connection to the space station hadn't been cut off.
If anything happened, Asta would contact her.
Looking at the scene before her, Herta didn't waste words and said directly, "I discovered unknown lifeforms here. I think you'll be very interested."
Even she, who didn't specialize in biology, found them extremely interesting.
Not to mention Ruan Mei, who explored life itself.
"Oh?" Ruan Mei put down what she was holding, took off her gloves, and a trace of curiosity appeared on her face.
"Do you have images?"
Herta aimed the camera downward at the monsters fighting with the Cloud Knights.
The moment they appeared before Ruan Mei's eyes, her breathing paused and her gaze locked tightly onto the creatures in the image.
Only after a long time did she return to normal, but her once steady breathing had turned slightly hurried.
After quite a while, Ruan Mei finally steadied her breathing again.
But it still couldn't hide the excitement on her face.
'I remember Herta is at the Luofu right now.'
A virtual keyboard appeared beside her hand, and her slender fingers moved quickly across it.
When the final character was entered, the keyboard disappeared and the spacecraft's engines suddenly flared brightly.
At the same time, the system announcement sounded.
"Coordinates: Xianzhou Luofu! Preparing to warp!"
The ship's broadcast was also heard by Herta, but her expression didn't change at all.
She knew the other party would definitely come.
Or rather, it would have been strange if she didn't.
———
Inside Levi's home, Qingque, bored out of her mind, sat cross-legged on the bed, propping her chin up with both hands as she watched the Flame Greatsword flicker like it was breathing.
Just as she was starting to doze off, the sword lit up blue again, and the figures of Levi and the other two returned to the room.
"Lord Yukong, are you satisfied?"
After steadying herself, Yukong shook her head when she heard how Levi addressed her.
"Just call me by my name. I don't dare accept being called 'Lord.'"
After what she had just seen, who on the Luofu would dare let him call them "Lord"?
Levi replied, "Lord Yukong, there's no need to mind it. I'm just used to calling elders 'Lord.'"
Looking at his smiling face, Yukong somehow felt like he was saying she was old.
She sighed.
Well, she really wasn't young anymore.
If the Foxians hadn't also received blessings from the Abundance, and didn't age slowly like other races...
She would probably already be a white-haired old woman by now.
The image of the daughter entrusted to her by a fallen comrade suddenly appeared in her mind. Yukong pressed a hand to her forehead, feeling a headache coming on.
After saying goodbye to Levi together with Tingyun, she received another order from Jing Yuan.
Arrange manpower and space to settle the residents of the Alchemy Commission.
Returning to her work mindset, Yukong frowned and asked, "The Alchemy Commission's domain was destroyed?"
If something this serious had happened, why was she only hearing about it now?
"Reporting to Master Helm Officer, at present the Alchemy Commission… not just the Alchemy Commission, all areas near the Ancient Sea have been completely sealed off!"
After hearing this, Yukong's frown deepened.
She couldn't understand the reason behind those actions.
And the person reporting the news clearly didn't know the reason either.
Anyway, with so many areas now sealed off, all the livable places on the Luofu were full, and many people still had nowhere to stay.
Jing Yuan was the Luofu's general. He couldn't just let them end up on the streets.
They could only notify the other six commissions to find places to temporarily house these people.
Although Yukong had her doubts, she couldn't just ignore it.
So she coordinated with the other six commissions to clear space at the port, setting up tents to temporarily house these people there.
"Strange… I keep feeling like I forgot something…"
Facing the mirror, Levi splashed some water on his face. Looking at his puzzled reflection, he thought carefully for a moment.
"Forget it!"
After rinsing his mouth, he smiled at his reflection and gave himself a thumbs-up.
"If I can't remember it, then it can't be anything important!"
He glanced at the streets outside, which had completely turned into a night scene.
Usually at this hour, there would still be people outside.
But today, something this big had happened on the Luofu.
The commotion from the Alchemy Commission had been heard loud and clear across the entire Luofu.
It had scared people so much that hardly anyone dared to go out at night.
Even if they couldn't sleep, they stayed inside their homes to pass the time and wouldn't step outside at all.
This situation would probably continue until Jing Yuan issued a notice saying the crisis was over.
Back when the Stellaron erupted, the people of the Luofu hadn't been so frightened that they stopped going out at night.
That just showed how shocking the events at the Alchemy Commission really were.
After washing up, Levi walked out of the bathroom and looked at Qingque, who was lying flat on the bed playing on her jade abacus.
With dead fish eyes, he said, "It's the middle of the night. Why aren't you going back to sleep? What are you doing hanging around here?"
This wasn't a hotel.
And even if it were, Qingque hadn't paid anything yet.
Besides... This was a single bed. There was no way two people could sleep on it.
What exactly was Qingque planning by sticking around here?
Make him sleep on the floor?
Qingque hadn't expected Levi to actually try to chase her away.
Her eyes widened slightly.
How could he bear to drive away a beautiful girl like her?
Qingque pinched her soft waist. She was willing to bet no man could bring himself to kick her out.
"That just means you haven't met me!"
Levi opened the door and pointed at the pitch-black street outside.
The moon hadn't risen yet, and the streetlights hadn't turned on.
At this time, the streets were at their darkest.
"Move it!"
Looking at the darkness outside, Qingque felt like something was waiting inside it for her to walk in.
She swallowed and gave an awkward smile. "Um, look, it's already so late. Could you maybe…"
"No."
"Why not?!"
It was so dark out. Wasn't he worried she might run into bad people?
Seeing how timid she looked, Levi sighed. "I don't mind telling you the reason…"
Qingque leaned closer to listen.
"I like sleeping naked."
"..."
"And?" Seeing Levi not say anything else for a long time, Qingque asked on her own.
"That's it."
"..."
"Well... if I really had to add another reason… the bed's too small."
"Besides, I'm a respectable homebound man. I don't want to lose my purity."
"..."