Yu Sheng didn't waste any words. After Little Red Riding Hood's confirmation, he directly opened a door in the corridor in front of the long-haired princess and Xiao Xiao (of course, he casually checked in with a keypress).

A phantom door glowing faintly appeared out of thin air, revealing an unfamiliar landscape beyond it.

"Wow..." The long-haired princess instantly widened her eyes, staring at the scene in astonishment, "What is... this?"

While maintaining the doorway, Yu Sheng casually said, "My ability. Hasn't Little Red Riding Hood told you about it?"

"Uh, she mentioned it a little, but I didn't expect it to be like this," the astonishment on the long-haired princess's face persisted, her curiosity piqued even more when looking towards the landscape on the other side of the door, "What's on the other side of the door?"

"Interested? You can all go together," Yu Sheng said with a smile, calmly extending the invitation, then turned his gaze to Xiao Xiao, "Want to go and play? It's hard to find such a spacious place in Boundary City."

Xiao Xiao immediately looked up with an inquiring and cautious gaze at her "parent."

Little Red Riding Hood was full of doubts. For some reason, she always felt the landscape beyond the door was vaguely familiar, yet couldn't be sure due to the perspective. But after noticing the smirk on Yu Sheng's face, she could affirm that it was a safe place—so, after a brief hesitation, she nodded to the long-haired princess, "Come with us. Since Yu Sheng said you could also go, it should be safe."

"Uh... okay, then I'll go tell the others, I'll be right back!"

The long-haired princess said as she turned and ran quickly down the corridor. A few minutes later, she came running back hurriedly—with a little backpack in her hand: "I'm back, I'm back, we can set off now."

Yu Sheng looked puzzled at the thing in her hand, "Uh... what's this?"

"Water bottle, tissues, snacks, and bandaids. When kids go out, they need to bring these," the long-haired princess said while putting the little backpack on Xiao Xiao, "Ah right, and a hat. Xiao Xiao forgot hers, wait for me..."

"We're not going on a picnic," Yu Sheng said with a laugh and a cry, "and there are no cars or intersections there. Besides, I can open the door to come back at any time if necessary."

"Ah? Oh, right," the long-haired princess belatedly realized and snapped out of her daze. She was a bit impulsive and careless, "So what's on the other side?"

"It's nothing, just a patch of vegetable fields," Erin said offhandedly.

The long-haired princess was full of question marks, but before she could ask further, Little Red Riding Hood had already stepped through the door. Hu Li and Erin followed, while Yu Sheng controlled the doorway with one hand and motioned for her and Xiao Xiao to come along with the other: "Go ahead, you'll be in for a surprise."

A momentary sense of weightlessness and dizziness, and the brief confusion caused by the change of environment—within less than a second, those who stepped through the door had already left the orphanage, standing between an expansive heaven and earth.

The long-haired princess looked around at the place with blue skies, tall mountains, and vast valleys in astonishment, and then noticed that Xiao Xiao, who had come with her, had also widened her eyes—this girl, who was always a bit nervous and restrained in unfamiliar environments and usually didn't take the initiative to speak, had an oddly fascinating glow on her face, clearly impacted by the incredible scenery.

"Wow—"

Xiao Xiao finally exclaimed, her face bursting into a big smile. She raised her hand, pointing towards the far-off mountain range and the fallow land covered in a light layer of green, then giggled with laughter.

I couldn't tell what she was laughing at, but it was clear that the child was very happy.

However, Little Red Riding Hood, who had crossed the door ahead, stood still in place. She seemed not to hear the laughter behind her; she just stared blankly at the high mountains on both sides of the valley, her expression gradually changing from vacant to surprised, and even a hint of anxiety appeared.

She finally recognized this place—while it had changed drastically, she could still identify the outline of the entire valley.

But the next second, she saw those things that were even more astonishing.

She noticed the wide open platform at the heart of the valley (she was standing right beside it at the moment), noted the vast stretches of vegetable fields that were clearly leveled by humans, the unfinished water channel on one side of the platform, and... the unattractive makeshift toilet on the edge of the platform.

The girl's train of thought was blocked by this mismatched scene, and she couldn't figure out any conclusion after racking her brains.

She could only look up at Yu Sheng, only to see Yu Sheng was looking back at her with the same smirking expression.

"Do you remember what I told you? I said I was going to get rid of the Black Forest, even solve the 'Fairy Tales' problem," Yu Sheng approached Little Red Riding Hood, slowly saying, "You told me 'Fairy Tales' couldn't be eradicated because the Exotic Realm is just like that—but I don't think so. Now take a look at this place. This is my 'evidence' for you."

"This is... Nightfall Valley?" Little Red Riding Hood finally broke the silence, yet unsure how to continue. She realized unimaginable changes had taken place here, but reason made her afraid to contemplate what it all meant.

"I used to call it that name, but now I'm planning on renaming it," said Yu Sheng, lifting his head and gazing at the distant scenery, "Ever since the Big Eyes left, there hasn't been nightfall here anymore. Now I'm actually more worried about how to establish a normal day and night cycle—constantly having daylight is not good for growing many vegetables, but I don't know how to manage greenhouses."

Little Red Riding Hood blinked, her ears following the conversation, though her thoughts had not caught up.

She found that the biggest problem when dealing with Yu Sheng and his group (although whether they counted as people was questionable) was that she could never keep up with their train of thought.

However, after a couple of seconds, she finally caught on: "Wait! What about the Hunger Entity that used to occupy this place?"

"It's gone," Yu Sheng spread his hands, "The dish you saw when I left you at home for dinner last time was the last one."

Beside him, Erin added with her head raised: "By the way, he's quite regretful about it."

Little Red Riding Hood: "...?"

She was lost again.

"Hunger Entity... gone?" It took another few seconds for Little Red Riding Hood to fully grasp the situation and a series of storm-like chain deductions born from reason followed swiftly. She finally realized what the words Yu Sheng nonchalantly said meant, "Wait! Do you mean, there will never again be a 'Hunger' entity here?"

Yu Sheng nodded: "That's right—In the future, not only will there not be a 'Hunger' here, but I'm also planning to turn this place into the food production base for the travel agency's meat and vegetables, although it's just at the initial stage now."

Little Red Riding Hood did not pay attention to what Yu Sheng said in the latter half. She quickly stepped forward two steps, her eyes suddenly sharp as a wolf's: "So, the rules of the Exotic Realm have been permanently changed? No...the rules of the Exotic Realm are its essence, changes in rules also mean... the original 'Exotic Realm' has been extinguished? No, that's still not right, the valley is clearly still here..."

"Baili Qing had a way of putting it quite aptly," Yu Sheng, seeing Little Red Riding Hood emotionally confused, smiled and waved his hand in front of her to signal her to calm down, "This valley, now, is like an empty shell left after being eaten out—the rules that once filled this shell and the entities that came into being along with the rules have been eroded away during that feast. The remaining valley is merely a harmless shell."

Saying this, he paused, then added: "Also, this 'shell' seems to be 'connected' with No. 66 Wutong Road now, although I haven't yet figured out the space-time structure between them, you can consider that you are standing in the 'courtyard' of No. 66 Wutong Road right now."

Little Red Riding Hood did not make a sound.

She seemed to be completely missing Yu Sheng's latter words.

She just stood there motionlessly for a long time, her eyes as if frozen in place, intently looking at the distant clear sky and the healed land, looking at the pale greenery on the hillside, looking at... this 'Exotic Realm' no longer filled with hunger and despair.

Cheerful footsteps came from the side; it was Xiao Xiao, the child in the orphanage who always hung her head and stayed silent. She now wore a brilliant smile as she trotted all the way to Little Red Riding Hood, reaching out with her hand to present a handful of wild grass: "Red Hat Sister! Flowers!"

The next second, the little girl froze, maintaining the gesture of raising her hand, and looked up anxiously: "Why are you crying? Does it hurt? Is your body going to crack open too?"

As she said the last words, the child was visibly frightened.

But Little Red Riding Hood suddenly lowered her head, she swiftly wiped her face, then raised her head with a smile in her eyes, took the bundle of wild grass from Xiao Xiao's hand, and ruffled her hair: "No, the cold wind just blew into my eyes... This is just a bunch of wild grass, there are no flowers, right?"

"They fell on the road," Xiao Xiao smiled again, "Then the wind blew them away, you have to pretend they're still in your hand..."

"…Alright, they are still here," said Little Red Riding Hood, and she ruffled the girl's hair even more, "Thank you for the flowers."

She then straightened up, searching for the figure of the long-haired princess.

She saw the long-haired princess had climbed onto that strange platform at some point and was curiously studying something next to that weird and ugly "house". After a while, she suddenly lifted her head and excitedly waved her arms in their direction.

"Hey! Little Red Riding Hood! There are chickens next to this toilet! A whole flock!"

Little Red Riding Hood squinted against the bright daylight, thinking—it's good, there are suddenly things to look forward to in life again—good.

Only Yu Sheng suddenly wasn't very happy.

"That's not a toilet!" he shouted and jumped at the girl on the platform, "It's the Phase One project of our club headquarters!"

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