That afternoon.
14:02.
William was still working in the study, approving documents and reviewing files, while Serena sat on the study sofa, helping handle the company's various affairs.
Suddenly.
The vacant look on Serena's face returned to normal, and the blue light in her eyes faded. She turned toward William, who was seated behind the desk, and said:
"William, do you remember the Hell we visited together?"
"Hm?" William shifted his gaze from the computer screen and looked at Serena for a moment. "Of course. Wasn't that when you confessed your feelings to me?"
Hearing this, two blushes appeared on Serena's cyborg cheeks, just as they would on a human's.
"Heh, all right. I'm done teasing you. Tell me, what happened?" William waved his hand with a laugh.
After composing herself, Serena reported to William, "A spatial rift suddenly appeared above the artificial desert on Mars. Lieutenant General Victor has already dispatched ground forces to blockade it.
Although Mars hasn't been invaded by any anomalous phenomena, according to the ground forces' report, they can clearly hear terrifying sobbing from the other side of the rift, along with the screams of some kind of creature.
Based on the information transmitted by the ground forces, I judge that the spatial rift leads to the Hell we encountered back then."
"Oh? Is that so?" William recalled the matter with a slight frown. "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would've almost forgotten that Hell existed. By the way...
"How is that muscular man who saved us back then? Could he not have come out of that rift? I remember telling Victor that if he came to our universe, we had to treat him well."
"No." Serena shook her head slightly. "That unknown man hasn't appeared since he came to Mars for supplies three years