Duck (cont.)

Several silver-white chains shot out of thin air, tightly gripping the nearby slabs that had not yet collapsed. Sie's body jerked to a halt, finally stopping her fall.

Then she spotted the toy box falling deeper below and hurriedly cried, "My toy box—"

You're still worrying about that stupid box? Do you know we almost died without even leaving a body behind?

In an instant, the "other self" responded.

"Please." Sie's voice was almost pleading.

Tch.

"Sie" ultimately threw out several chains and swiftly swung downward.

Clatter.

The sound of chains scraping against each other rang out. As if it had eyes, the iron chain lashed precisely beside the box, wrapping around it again and again until it was firmly bound.

After doing all that, "Sie" said impatiently:

Don't resist. Hand control of the body over to me. It's time to go back.

"O-Okay..."

When Sie opened the toy box, a blinding white light suddenly flashed before her eyes.

When she came back to her senses, she realized she had arrived somewhere strange.

She cautiously examined the objects in the bedroom. The more she looked, the stranger it seemed, and she could not help but wonder.

—Where am I? This doesn't look like the Sea of Quantum.

Then the door was slammed open with a bang.

Ren Yu appeared in the doorway with a ferocious look, his icy gaze sweeping through the room.

It finally settled on her.

Sie was immediately startled. She instinctively clutched the bedsheet beneath her tightly, panic filling her heart.

—Who is he?

—S-So scary!

Meanwhile, Ren Yu fell into thought.

—The suitcase belonging to the Calamity Music Box called Seele had somehow silently finished charging its energy.

—Then its original owner had actually appeared in my room.

—Sie Fulei.

What was this supposed to be?

He had originally planned to go fish her out of the Sea of Quantum.

But now, she had run out on her own instead.

Come to think of it, the reason he had crossed over here with Beng Beng's warehouse had quite a lot to do with this Sie.

That was precisely why Ren Yu had wanted to rescue her from the Sea of Quantum.

Putting those thoughts aside, he decided to test this Sie first.

Ren Yu rubbed his face and put on a smile he considered fairly satisfactory. In a gentle voice, he said, "Hello, Miss Sie."

"..."

There was no response.

Sie gripped the bedsheet with both hands and warily watched the black-haired man before her, her face full of distrust.

—How does he know my name?

Could the reason she had come here also have something to do with him?

Although she had finally left the Sea of Quantum as she had wished, Sie did not feel the slightest bit happy.

Instead, fear of the unknown gradually spread through her heart.

What did he want?

Why had he targeted her?

As she thought, a trace of red slowly crept into Sie's eyes.

She seemed frightened—terrified, even—and even her aura began to change.

"Don't worry. I mean you no harm. I just want to ask you a few questions."

Ren Yu tried his best to soften his tone and appear harmless.

However, Sie did not seem to buy it and remained on guard against him.

Ren Yu scratched his head. This was troublesome.

Did he really look that much like a bad guy? Couldn't they even carry on the most basic conversation?

But the next moment, something happened that caught him by surprise.

The Sie before him had somehow calmed down, a smile now hanging at the corner of her lips as she looked at him teasingly.

After a long while, she finally replied slowly:

"Sure. You ask one question, and I'll ask one too."

Hearing that tone, Ren Yu understood at once. The other "Sie" had taken over.

Fine. In a situation like this, talking to "Sie" would work too. After all, the real one was simply far too timid.

Ren Yu promptly replied, "Alright. Then, ladies first—you ask first."

Sie did not stand on ceremony and directly asked, "Where is this?"

"Here?"