He Yuxia had just woken up and still seemed a little dazed, blankly surveying her surroundings.
The Forgotten's temporary base was naturally nowhere near as comfortable as where she had originally lived. The buildings were makeshift, even crude—after all, no one planned to be cooped up here for the rest of their lives. Night Sin City was just nearby. Better to mine more ore, meet the quota sooner, and trade up for something better...
But that was not what caught her attention. After looking around, she spotted Shen He sitting off to the side, keeping watch.
"Y-you, who are you...?"
He Yuxia immediately became alert. Her mind cleared considerably as she shrank back.
"You're awake?"
Shen He came back to his senses as well and hurriedly tried to calm her down. "Don't be nervous, miss. I... I'm not a bad person."
"Not necessarily. Bad people always say they aren't bad people."
He Yuxia remained wary.
"..."
Shen He was speechless. How was he supposed to respond to that?
Fortunately, Miss He Er's reaction seemed to be merely stress-induced. After sitting there blankly for a while longer, she fully regained her clarity and sorted out the situation.
"This is The Forgotten's base?"
She asked tentatively, "I remember being attacked by something, then I lost consciousness... Did you save me?"
"When I found you, miss, you had fainted near the mines outside the base."
Shen He nodded, then shook his head. "As for an attack, that's probably unlikely. The doctor said you inhaled too much Rust Fog in a short period of time. Your body couldn't adapt, so you fell unconscious... You probably saw hallucinations because of that."
That was the truth.
Even outside the city, there was little chance of being attacked. It was not as if there were wild beasts