Yu Sheng spent a long time explaining to Little Red Riding Hood how the spaceship in front of them had come to be—while also giving Eileen and the others a rough account of what had happened after he had followed this "tower" and become lost in deep space.
The little doll's reaction was to stand there blankly for a long while before using her astonishing wisdom to condense Yu Sheng's lengthy explanation into six characters, not counting punctuation: "We have a spaceship!?"
Yu Sheng: "...That's the conclusion."
Eileen's eyes widened. "Holy crap, you said you were going to buy an electric scooter before, but you never did! Do you even have a driver's license? Can a C-class license drive this thing?"
Yu Sheng had no idea how the little thing's thoughts had made such a leap, and he found it both funny and exasperating. "This isn't the same thing."
"I-I'm a little confused. Let me sort this out." Eileen waved her hands repeatedly. Then, apparently after thinking about who knew what, she climbed onto Yu Sheng's shoulder and started giggling foolishly. "Hehe, a spaceship! Feels like we just bought some huge piece of furniture for the house... It really is huge! What are we going to use this spaceship for later? Traveling far away? Exploring outside The Crossroads?"
"I haven't thought that far ahead." Yu Sheng spoke very seriously. He raised a hand and rubbed Eileen's head, then turned to the others. "Do you want to go inside and take a look?"
"Yes, yes!" Little Red Riding Hood immediately nodded repeatedly. "This is my first time seeing something like this..."
"Indeed, it couldn't be better." Xuan Che nodded as well, clearly very interested. "The Hermetic Society is a thorn in the side of our Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain, but those