Collapse, survive

My butt doesn't hurt anymore, but my heart aches. We promised to explore together.

How could I suffer such a huge loss?

In an inconspicuous corner, a yellow, waist-high trash can stands quietly, witnessing the internal strife within the company.

"Snapped!"

Xing, in a fierce and aggressive manner, retaliated and discovered yet another characteristic of Fang Jie.

"Humph!"

Only then did she storm off to see her friends: Bronya, Silva, Jepard, and others, as well as Pera, Clara, Hook...

Fang Jie looked at Xi'er, who seemed amused, and shrugged.

"Luckily, she didn't immediately rummage through the trash cans and then come after us."

That scene is unbearable to imagine.

How novel! Otherwise, why would Fang Jie call it a hero saving a beauty?

In short, after a round of back-and-forth, Seele has fully recovered her energy, no longer frowning her pretty brows, and is much cuter now.

"Let's go, let's keep playing, there are still so many places we want to go."

"This direction, towards the orphanage?"

Seele's tone softened noticeably.

"Yeah, and then you can recommend some places to go. Today is all yours."

Returning to familiar places, Fang Jie clearly intended to visit many locations, pretending to admire the scenery.

"Okay, I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Seele held her head high and spoke with a fierce and fearless tone: "Darling!"

"Hi~"

The attack was so brutal that Fang Jie had absolutely no chance to resist. He was like a supporting character who had been hit by the protagonist in a movie, and he fell down immediately.

Compared to Bronya, who uses strange emojis, Seele is the fashionable one, strolling leisurely through the increasingly changing lower levels of Beloborg.

"Speaking of which, how have you been lately?"

"Great! I went on a adventure on the Immortal Ship and it was thrilling from start to finish. How about you?"

"That's good too. After the influence of the star core dissipated, the atmosphere in Belloberg was noticeably more cheerful. This is inseparable from your efforts. However, it's still early, and many people need to adapt to the new era and record the past more truthfully and objectively."

Clearly, Belloberg is getting better now, so she is indeed doing well.

A good mood is naturally a good thing.

"That's good. I won't be as busy for a while, so I can stay in Belloberg longer. You have to treat me well, Seele."

"No problem. Do you need me to arrange a place for you to stay? You can't always stay in hotels."

"Okay, where do you live?"

Hello, let's live together.

The solution is extremely straightforward.

Seele tossed her purple hair, and the other party answered directly and simply: "My place isn't suitable yet. Wait a moment while I tidy up. Let me take you to Bronya's house first."

Hmm, something's not right with you.

Why did you take me to her house?

When Fang Jie stared at her like that, Xi'er muttered, "Why is she looking at me like that? Her family is very nice."

This is where Seele's insecurity lies: she wants to present a better version of herself, but she doesn't know what constitutes a better version, so she looks to others for inspiration.

Bronya is a great prospect no matter how you look at it.

But Fang Jie didn't care: "I'm going to your place and calling Bronya over."

Hey, that's way too far!

Xi'er was speechless, especially since Fang Jie kept holding her hand and saying such things. "I thought I was already carefree and straightforward enough, but you're even more direct, aren't you?"

She couldn't help but recall the scene where Fang Jie hugged Bronya and winked at her.

happy.

With a forceful shove, she pushed aside Fang Jie, who was making faces at her, and strode confidently with her long legs: "Then follow me, but don't you dare laugh at how simple my place is."

I wanted you to see high society and be exposed to its culture.

You rude man!

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Chapter 148 On the Compatibility of Seele and the Gem.

Belloberg's savior is back!

Filled with curiosity and excitement, Xing stepped back into Belloberg's territory. Looking back, it all seemed like it had just happened not long ago, which was indeed the case.

This was her first stop after officially becoming a nameless traveler, a successful and perfect start.

compare to……

This tiny explanation is laughable.

"He actually left me to go play by myself, damn it, isn't this just like March?"

She couldn't help but recall how she had been tricked by Sambo, losing all her gold coins and then falling into a deep sleep. When she woke up again, she saw March 7th battling Hook, the two locked in a fierce struggle, a game between a not-so-big adult and a very small child, all for the sake of, well, Danheng's whereabouts.

Yes, Danheng did it too.

He abandoned her, ventured out on his own, transformed into a cold-faced little green dragon, and went to fight.

Xing was in a terrible mood and decided to abandon everyone to go explore this time.

Perhaps some wondrous adventure will unfold this time? Who knows...

But Fang Jie's decision to abandon her was definitely not as simple as running off to play children's games or finding an adult to box with.

……

……

"Wuhu~"

Fang Jie was rummaging through drawers and cabinets, becoming a true anonymous guest.

No ordinary villagers were injured in the process; he was rummaging through Seele's room, which she was happy to let him explore.

"Hey, you're rummaging through my dirty clothes!"

Xi'er quickly tried to salvage the situation, both for Fang Jie's image and for her own.

Fang Jie finally saw her shyness and became smug: "This won't do, Xi'er. The house has no sense of life at all. It's so shabby. And the biggest room is used to grow plants. By the way, what are all these?"

Fang Jie was thrown into the air after stepping on a strange, large mushroom.

Then, they tirelessly stomped on the mushroom repeatedly. This mushroom was strange, mainly because it had some unclear meaning and the characteristic of bouncing off anything standing on its head when pressed.

For a room, that's flying very high!

Seele didn't find it childish at all; she sat on the flower-covered swing and watched him frolic.

"Some small discoveries outside: compared to the temperature in Belleberg, it's not suitable for large-scale restoration of many ecosystems right now, but the tundra is very suitable, and mushrooms are also a good direction."

She gave a casual explanation.

The tundra she spoke of was a room filled with strangely shaped patches of light, emitting a faint green glow, extending deep into the room.

Besides these mosses, the room is also filled with a large number of fungi and spores that do not require sunlight, growing silently, blooming, and spewing out colorful mist, making the place seem like a mysterious and magical jungle.

The two of them once worked together on Belloberg's ancient gene seed bank, discovering many valuable 'economic crops'. After all, in the process of transforming from an industrial planet to a tourist planet, agricultural planets were also a major development direction in the past.

After Fang Jie left, Seele continued her work, and as she liked to explore the outside world, she would occasionally discover ancient gene samples, which she would either cultivate in the laboratory or simply at home.

This is what led to the fantastical botanical garden that Fang Jie saw before him. The strange mushrooms that could bounce him away were nothing compared to the glowing mushrooms, the giant mushrooms, the burning mushrooms...

With a bit of power developed based on the Laws of Life and Death, Seele is now a renowned scientist.

No wonder she subconsciously wanted to tidy up before letting Fang Jie move in; otherwise, what difference would it make from living in a laboratory?

It doesn't feel like a home.

Fang Jie didn't mind at all. He rummaged through boxes and cabinets and found some good stuff. Xi'er's flower swing was one of his slight modifications. There were also these wonderful treasures that Xing would definitely want to measure the height of.

Among them, those glowing tundras were the ones Seele valued most, she proudly gestured for Fang Jie to see.

"These, um, you prepared them for the Rift."

Fang Jie observed for a while and praised Xi'er's ingenuity.

This luminescent moss is extremely corrosive. When accumulated, it forms an energy flow that can replenish the world from everything eroded by the rift. For example, it can be harvested regularly to obtain this 'biomass' in a life-like way, and it has many uses.

The rift is there; we have to find a way to face and resolve it. Sealing it is not enough.

Today, many remnants of the Rift still exist in Beloborg. As a unique space that is integrated in terms of space, the Rift not only has a constant stream of monsters that can spawn from other planets and airspace, but also involves basic resource interaction.

In the Milky Way, any basic resource is both abundant and far from sufficient; even air is a precious resource that many planets lack.

The Earth Marrow was almost depleted, but Fang Jie gave it a boost of imaginary energy. However, Yalilo-VI could no longer serve as a mining planet. Seele's current exploration was essentially a matter of making a living off the land and water.

It's a bit dangerous, though. These things were once familiar to Uncle Yang, who thought they looked like something out of a distorted art style.

Seele understood, shook her head and sighed. She was only giving in to Fang Jie: "It's difficult and dangerous. If the Legion weren't still likely to come back at any time, Bronya wouldn't have agreed to this. It's too radical. She doesn't think we have the ability to counterattack. She wants to explore and develop the planets beyond Beloborg itself."

It's not a matter of right or wrong between Seele and Bronya; they simply have differing ideologies.

What to do with the sealed rift, what to do with the legion that may return at any time, and how to allocate limited resources for the future...

Bronya wanted to slow things down and allow the civilization, which had just emerged from a doomsday crisis but was still facing great danger, to recover.

Without pausing, Seele immediately began preparing to deal with the future crisis.

Of course, there is also the reason of revenge for everything suffered in the past.

This minor disagreement doesn't prevent them from working together, and Belloberg is indeed improving.

Before Fang Jie, Seele looked at her nascent exploration, towards the glowing tundra stretching deep into a dark, inconspicuous crack—a path extending into the rift itself.

It's not just about taking back everything that was taken from Belloborg, but about taking back a whole new world from the Rift.

Seele also saw affirmation and admiration in his eyes—

As expected of the [Hunter], I wouldn't be surprised if she launched a grand expedition one day.

After all, Belloborg currently lacks a way to leave the planet and go to space, and even with the help of the galactic orbit, it is not able to build a spaceship in a short period of time.

The situation is different when it comes to rifts. Putting aside the dangers, the principle of "if the enemy can go there, so can I" applies.

At the very least, we must ascertain the airspace environment of the Yalillow-VI, establish a rift defense line, and block the dangers that hinder the revival of Belloberg. These tundra areas are essentially multifunctional creations of infrastructure and early warning mechanisms.

Putting aside the difficulty of exploring the Black Tower, which even the Black Tower couldn't be bothered to delve into, Seele is still quite ambitious.

Fang Jie thought it was great.

Why should she care about the Black Tower? She was too lazy to care about such a trivial matter that even the Legion could exploit. But Seele might not necessarily lose to the Legion, and there was no reason why the monsters could exploit her but she couldn't.

"Go for it. I believe in you. Even if you encounter any problems that you can't solve, I will definitely help you."

He gave her a thumbs up, respecting her choice and offering encouragement.

Dignity is a very delicate thing; once it is lost, it is very difficult to regain. Whether or not to vent one's anger is a choice only one can make.

Seele has passed the stage where she needed to emphasize these things, but Fang Jie's affirmation still put her in a great mood.

I'll just forbid him from 'Wuhu' anymore, and make him come over and swing on the swing!

Despite the complicated and entangled nature of the experience, it was actually quite enjoyable.

The floral scent mingled with the girl's natural fragrance. Seele's personality has always been clean and decisive. Now that Fang Jie has come to live with her, she is dressed even more revealingly.

Compared to the still-lingering ice and snow outside Belleburg, this place is truly warm.

If she's just wearing a crop top, she's a cool Seele. But if she takes off all her coats, doesn't like wearing Belleberg's signature stockings, and is only wearing a black tube top with purple trim and swimsuit-like shorts that barely cover her triangle and reveal her V-line, with her long legs and bare feet, swaying on a swing covered with lush green flowers, she becomes a seductive Seele.

With a gentle swing, she caught Fang Jie, who was bouncing on the mushroom, and with a hook of her legs, pulled him onto the swing, entwining them together.