"The familiar ceiling. Uh, where's the ceiling?"
Lu PingAn woke up in the middle of the "sea."
When he looked up, he saw only the boundless sky, while the clear seawater beneath his feet brimmed with the power of life.
"Has the Incubation Pool become the Sea of Life now?"
His rule-based ability gave him feedback. The Incubation Pool, once used to hatch and reshape life, had become an ocean that nurtured life.
It took Lu PingAn quite a while to swim back from the sea.
"You people really know how to enjoy yourselves. Isn't it working hours right now?"
Having just crawled out of the sea, he was greeted by a barbecue feast on the beach.
Seeing the Panda Man in baggy shorts and a hawaiian shirt, eating skewers of meat, Lu PingAn walked over and directly took half the food from the grill.
There were some family members nearby as well, all familiar faces. The Panda Man's entire family was there.
"Heh, something happened a while back. I took the blame and got kicked out of my post for a while."
The unemployed Panda Man was taking it rather well, even handing Lu Mouren a beer.
In a sense, this meeting had been inevitable. It was not merely bad luck that had led the boss to catch an office worker slacking off; this was also the secret Core Area of the Courtyard, and people without sufficient clearance had no chance of entering.
And among those who had come in and used cooking smoke to lure Lu PingAn ashore, there were only these few.
"You got dismissed? Tell me about it. Let your brother have a laugh."
"Too troublesome."
The Panda Man patted his belly, looking completely unconcerned.
"I'm on vacation today. If you want to know, go ask