Everything fell silent in the darkness.
Yu Sheng tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
He thought about many things: Dark Angel, the large group of people he currently knew, the valley's future development plans, and even his old home—that place where blood-red sunlight flowed. He realized that he hadn't thought about home in a very long time. In fact... even that image had begun to fade slightly in his memory.
He turned over again and saw the Ominous Wandering Star and Eileen's framed pictures sitting quietly on the bedside table. A trace of silvery light filtered in with the darkness outside the window. Three full moons hung high in the alien sky, while the orbital mobile Immortal Boat, "Chang Mi Hall," flew slowly across the night sky between "Taiyou" and "Chang'an," looking like a tiny silver star.
Yu Sheng realized something—although he complained all day about Eileen being restless in her sleep, complained about her wriggling and rolling around, grinding her teeth, and talking in her sleep at night, today, with the doll who crawled all over the bed missing from his side... he actually couldn't sleep.
A faint click came from the darkness. One of the boxes in the corner opened, and a pair of scarlet eyes cautiously peered out from beneath the lid.
Those eyes met Yu Sheng's, which were staring wide open as he lay on his side.
"—Hah!"
A hissing sound came from inside the box.
Yu Sheng clicked his tongue and shifted to the side.
A tiny shadow shot out of the box and began rolling all over the bed, wriggling sideways, spinning in place, and shoving its head into the sheets like a bulldozer...
Yu Sheng thought for a moment, then looked at the little doll rolling