In the full-scale simulation room beneath the Alloy Building.
Sunshine and gentle breeze, the air cool and pleasant.
A handsome male student about 190 centimeters tall sat on the ground, his face full of concentration as he maintained the mechanical arm guard the girl had given him.
“The trailer PV is being recalled!”
“That was way too fast!”
“Unstoppable, this production team—the content of the trailer PV is actually the opening of the first episode. Are they that afraid of spoilers?”
Just as shown in the trailer PV.
After finishing the maintenance.
Lin Zhen looked at the mechanical arm guard and actively recalled what had happened that day.
The anime used montage and fragmented editing techniques, quickly going over that segment of the story through Lin Zhen’s perspective, helping the audience rapidly recall the ending of the first season.
And this was also a common method used by most anime sequels to help viewers quickly immerse themselves in the plot.
As the memories progressed, the barrage began to explode.
“Xi Animation Studio is unstoppable—they can stab me again with this!”
“This is a backstab ambush!”
“Sigh, the more I watch, the more it hurts. I’ve always wanted to rewatch the first season, but every time I see how adorable Xiao Xi is in the third episode, I remember the ending, and it hurts so much I can’t keep watching.”
Lin Zhen slowly lowered the mechanical arm guard, staring at the edge of the prairie, falling into silence.
Since two years ago.
After successfully enrolling in the Institute of Universal Science and Technology, he gradually pushed everything from the battle camp—even Yun Ruoxi—to the back of his mind amid his increasingly busy studies and training.
That memory, once so vivid it felt right in front of him, began to fade in his mind, no longer alive.
He himself was completely unaware.
Until that day, when he saw the mechanical arm guard buried deep in his box, covered in dust, and he couldn’t immediately recall the scene from that day. Only then did he suddenly wake up.
Anyone could forget Yun Ruoxi, but he could not.
He could not let that beautiful memory fade on its own just to become stronger and rescue Yun Ruoxi.
Because this memory belonged not only to him, but even more to Yun Ruoxi.
If Yun Ruoxi had forgotten everything in the Saint hand society, then it was up to him to deliver this memory to her.
So since two years ago.
On this day—the day he escaped from the battle camp—he would lock himself in his room alone, ignoring everyone else.
He carefully maintained the mechanical arm guard Yun Ruoxi had given him, then worked hard to recall every detail of the time he spent with her five years ago, constantly deepening his memory of the past.
And this had become one of the driving forces behind his growth.
Now, after two years, that memory had not only not blurred, but had become even clearer.
Whenever Lin Zhen closed his eyes and thought for a moment, he could see Yun Ruoxi’s smiling face, and could almost hear her soft whispers and laughter in his ear again.
His companions, like Yun Che, had said he was a little obsessed after learning what he was doing.
But Lin Zhen didn’t care.
Because if even he gave up remembering that time, then the girl he loved would truly cease to exist.
Lin Zhen recalled the past, recalled that kiss, recalled the scene where the girl threw herself in front of an attack to save him.
He kept remembering the past.
“Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi…”
Once again, he couldn’t help the tears falling from his eyes.
Then.
Beneath the simulated large tree.
A handsome male student 190 centimeters tall, like a little child, pounded the ground and cried loudly.
“Lao Zhen, this feels like it’s become an obsession (scared).”
“If the girl you liked as a child saved you like that, and then was captured and mind-controlled, you’d be the same.”
“Wait, Lao Zhen isn’t going to turn dark, is he?”
“To be honest, looking at the first season’s plot, it really did resemble that brain-dead fan theory about raising a boss by suicide, except Xiao Xi wasn’t hostile and didn’t kill herself.”
“I saw a hugely popular Star Dust doujin on the user site before, talking about what would happen if Lao Xi deceived Lin Zhen with hostile intent and got caught, then got a good personality correction from Lao Zhen.”
“Details on that personality correction.”
“There’s no need to go into that much detail in the barrage—it’s starting to scare me.”
In the pale System Space, a girl about 178 centimeters tall sat leaning back in an ergonomic chair, her hands folded and supporting her chin, watching the anime screen. A smile touched her lips as she said softly:
“As if!”
“Even though that doujin got lucky and hit on the truth by accident, I’m not about to let Lin Zhen discover it! Given how twisted he is right now… that doujin might even be a little too tame!”
Yun Ruoxi stood up from the ergonomic chair.
Her slender curves—full in the right places—were perfectly displayed.
A soft waist that could be held with one hand, yet when flexed, revealed eight-pack abs.
Long, fair, straight legs that were absolutely stunning.
A modest B-grade chest.
No one was here to appreciate it.
Two years had passed. Now sixteen years old, she had largely fulfilled her potential in looks, possessing breathtaking beauty and a figure that almost no one could fault.
If she hadn’t fulfilled her combat talent even more—making a fierce name for herself in the Saint hand society, and due to mind control, behaving like a wooden doll toward the organization’s image—her appearance might have attracted the attention of some second-generation rich kids in the Saint hand society, or even higher-ups looking to improve their bloodline.
“After waiting two years, the second season has finally aired.”
Yun Ruoxi looked at the anime screen on the computer and let out a relieved sigh.
These two years hadn’t been captured on camera, but what she had gone through was hardly simpler or easier than the main plot of the series.
Life-and-death crises, being suspected by the Saint hand society, being mind-controlled again, major battles…
The bitterness was hard to put into words, known only to herself.
But fortunately, she had the authority of a Theater Edition screenwriter, so she had cut those unspeakable events from her memory and placed them as scenes in the Theater Edition.
She planned to let the audience suffer a little too, absorbing the negative emotions she had accumulated over these two years.
Yun Ruoxi looked to the right.
On the editing computer that the System Space had prepared for her, there was a prominent notification from the system.
[The Theater Edition source material has passed system review. Please confirm the release date and promotional plan]
This Theater Edition played an important role in her plan—like the fuse of a bomb, the key to stirring the audience’s emotions.
“Not yet.”
Yun Ruoxi looked away.
So she couldn’t just pick any time to release it. It had to be when the second season’s plot reached a certain critical point.
“That settles it. The first episode of the second season has nothing to do with me, or with the other me… for now!”
Leaving the System Space, Yun Ruoxi opened her eyes, and two completely different worlds appeared before her.
On the left was the silver-gray cabin wall of the spaceship.
Outside the porthole was the deep Star Sea.
Shi Linglin, who had hardly changed in two years, stood respectfully at her left side, dressed in a maid outfit, her head slightly lowered.
And behind her.
A group of pretty girls in the same maid outfits stood.
Sensing the girl’s awakening, Shi Linglin opened her eyes.
“Big Sister, there’s still one day until we reach the destination. You can rest a bit more.”