Real world.
Royal Palace.
The Emperor had slept for forty minutes and was now awake.
Wearing a helmet connected to the central intelligence, he sat on the Dragon Throne, yawning and said,
"Everyone's back, where's Little Wu?"
People looked towards Xia Huilan.
Her back turned to them, Xia Huilan stared blankly at the screen, silent as if her spirit had wandered off elsewhere.
Xia Ni apologetically said, "Sorry, we'll be leaving in a moment."
"Haha, no worries, you're friends of Little Wu, and thus friends of mine, feel free to look around, take your time," the Emperor said with a dismissive wave of his hand.
"Brother Zhao, I have a favor to ask," Li Kunlun said, fist cupped in his other hand.
"Oh? Speak," the Emperor said.
One was a man in his fifties, and the other a teenager, yet they spoke as peers, which seemed rather odd.