After returning from the chaos deep within death, Yu Sheng opened his eyes in the captain's cabin of the Otherworld Inn. But he did not return to the bridge to reunite with the others right away. Instead, he dimmed the lights, sat in the chair, and emptied his mind, savoring this brief moment of peace in the gloom.
His newborn body was strong and brimming with energy, but he had just weathered a crisis that spanned the stars. The fatigue accumulated in his subconscious could not be resolved by a single resurrection. On top of that, all the things he had learned while in contact with the Star Proliferation Body were still swirling in the depths of his mind. Yu Sheng felt as if his head were a noisy mess, and he needed some time to sort out his thoughts.
He rested with his eyes closed in the gloom for quite a while before he suddenly heard the faint sliding sound of the cabin door. Then, a light, nearly imperceptible footstep approached. When he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of bright golden-red eyes peering at him in the darkness. Noticing that she had been spotted, the eyes curved slightly, and a pair of large, furry ears twitched in front of Yu Sheng. Fox Girl let out a silly giggle. "Hehe..."
"If my ears weren't sharp, you would've scared me half to death when I opened my eyes." Yu Sheng exhaled and smiled as he raised his hand to rub the fur behind those ears. "How do you walk without making a sound?"
Huli squatted directly on the floor beside him and happily tilted her head up. "I wasn't wearing shoes~"
Yu Sheng: "..."
That made perfect sense.
In the gloom, a large furry tail silently draped itself over