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In the Communications Room, Caroline was swiftly clearing away traces from the livestream backend.

Her slender fingers danced across the Smart Machine keyboard. Her green eyes were focused and cool as she overlooked no residual data that might expose information about the base.

Jing Liuli crouched nearby, holding a piece of Star Fruit Jerky and feeding it bit by bit to the Spirit Fox while muttering to herself.

"The fans all said you were cute just now. Shall I bring you on camera again next time?"

"But Caroline can't find out, or she'll scold me again."

Ding!

The moment Jing Liuli finished speaking, notifications suddenly began popping up one after another on her portable terminal.

She opened it and saw that, aside from private messages from her fans and updates from her fan club—

There were also collaboration invitations from several top Federation entertainment companies.

"Don't even think about secretly bringing the Spirit Fox onto a livestream. If there's another slip-up, you'll not only have to sort twice as many Mechanoid Parts, you'll also be banned from eating Star Fruit Mousse for a week."

"And turn off your terminal notifications. Don't disrupt my data analysis. Your fans' enthusiasm is almost as relentless as Tie Jin's Mechanoid Signal."

Hearing that, Jing Liuli immediately stood up.

Like a child, she hurried over to Caroline, took her arm, and gently shook it.

"Don't be like that, Caroline. I'll definitely tell you beforehand next time, okay?"

"I can't live without Star Fruit Mousse, and I can't just ignore my fans' messages either! They're still waiting for my replies!"

As she spoke, Jing Liuli quickly responded to a private message from one of her pinned fans.

Seeing her like this, Caroline sighed. "Fine. Be careful next time."

With that, Caroline switched the display to a