A magical scene unfolded at this moment! The giant monster, upon seeing the stone, actually came to a stop and slowly sank back into the depths of the sea.

As the monster retreated, the entire sea area became bright, revealing the creature's body... Oh my, it's hard to imagine. Could it be the most powerful dominator on this planet?

Normally, any monster could be easily dealt with using advanced weapons.

But if it was that monster just now, even if they put in all their effort, they probably wouldn't have a way to deal with it. It would be extremely difficult to even scratch its surface.

"Our speed has picked up!" Rena exclaimed happily, sweat already dripping down her face.

At this speed, Juxi and Rena finally escaped the water's surface and safely arrived near the harbor in the shortest amount of time.

Although the monster, which could rival a small planet, didn't catch up, it was still better to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.

"Phew!" Juxi took off the respirator connecting to the submarine on the shore and let out a long breath.

He had finally escaped death, and now he needed to breathe in the fresh air, completely ignoring Rena beside him.

Juxi couldn't believe Rena had committed such a dangerous act without thinking. Was it all just for a batch of colorful stones?

"I mean, seriously?" Juxi's face turned ugly as he yelled at Rena. "Why didn't you inform the administrators beforehand about such a dangerous thing like going underwater?"

"I...I...I just wanted to surprise the administrator," Rena mumbled, realizing how serious the situation had become.

"A surprise?!" Juxi didn't know what to say to her anymore.

"This surprise almost made us send out a spacecraft to rescue you. Is that what you call a surprise?"

Upon hearing that a spacecraft was almost deployed, Rena finally realized the severity of her actions and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't know there would be such a terrifying monster underwater. I just heard from the administrator that there were colorful and beautiful stones down there, and I wanted to collect some to give as a gift..."

"Okay, okay, I don't want to hear about this anymore. After all, I also have a part in this mistake, as I didn't warn you yesterday. So, let's just temporarily go back for now," Juxi interrupted Rena.

Juxi knew that he was partly responsible for the incident and if Administrator Yukari blamed anyone, he would be the first to be punished!

On the way back to the treehouse gathering place, Juxi's heart was troubled by anxiety.

He was contemplating whether he should voluntarily admit his mistake or...

"Hey!" Chiyori banged on the table and said, "The administrator is here, how can you sleep..."

"Alright, let Juxi go rest first. After all, he saved Rena's life, isn't that right?" Yukari interjected in a gentle tone, interrupting Chiyori's words. She then gently assisted Juxi to the door, whispering something in his ear.

"Go back and rest well. Consider this your redemption for your actions! Remember, I won't allow you to make such foolish mistakes again!"

Yukari's eyes were cold, causing Juxi's heart to tremble.

In this situation, he could only stiffly nod in agreement, accepting her words.

"Alright then!"

Yukari regained her original tone and raised her voice, "Juxi, you have done a great job sacrificing yourself to save others this time. We will send you some brainwashing nutrition products to make up for it. Take a good rest!"

"And...what about my punishment?" asked Nian with a trembling voice.

She still felt extremely guilty and desperately wanted to receive the so-called punishment.

"Well, that's simple. Although I don't really want to punish you, what you did this time was indeed too extreme, especially without my permission, allowing the submarine to go underwater... Hmph! Your punishment will be to clean the newly constructed square! Don't underestimate this punishment, because the workload there is much greater than you can imagine!" answered Yukari.

In the end, Yukari couldn't bring herself to harshly punish her, so she had to show mercy this time. Otherwise, Nian would have been locked up in the spaceship prison.

Fortunately, there were only children in the survivors' base, and none of them had any ill intentions towards each other. Therefore, the law naturally wouldn't impose on these kind-hearted children.

However, if enough time passed, who could guarantee that no one would develop ill intentions?

Therefore, Yukari never really trusted anyone, which was why the adults chose her. If it weren't for Juxi's situation not being so simple, Yukari might have eliminated the robot army directly.

As long as the robot army remained in Yukari's hands, no one among the survivors would dare to cause trouble—unless they were tired of living!

"Anyway, from now on, everyone needs to show restraint. If the same thing happens again, I won't be able to continue protecting any of you!" said Yukari. While speaking, she deliberately glanced around and knew that her warning had already had a sufficient effect.

"Now that the farce is over, everyone should rest well. I still have work to do... By the way, Chiyori is equally capable of handling this matter, so let her stay and help me," Yukari added.

"Then what about me? I also want to help you. Please let me assist," Nian eagerly asked.

"You?" Yukari frowned and recalled, "Although we are short on manpower for this task, don't you still have unfinished work?"

"Oh yeah, oh yeah, it seems that the punishment for Miss Troublemaker hasn't been fulfilled yet," Chiyori gloated by the side.

"Chiyori!" Yukari sternly rebuked, "Stop teasing Nian and go finish your own work. Afterward, you can go make a mess and I won't care."

After being scolded by Yukari, Chiyori could only answer obediently, "Yes..."

...

Back in the room, Yu Nai grabbed Juxi's hand and asked, "Juxi, are you alright? And, when you went underwater just now..."

She said a lot, but Juxi couldn't listen to any of it. "Stop talking, I just want to calm down and have some time to myself, okay?"

"...Alright," Yu Nai let go of Juxi's hand and watched him return to his own room.

Yu Nai knew that Juxi wasn't feeling well right now. Even though Nian was no longer in danger, everything was due to his carelessness. He should bear the blame for everything!

After pacing back and forth in the room for a moment, Juxi couldn't help it anymore and rushed out of the library, taking a glance at the newly constructed treehouse square.

Around the square, the robots were still working on the stability and symmetry of the floor tiles, some waiting to be inspected. Most of them were separated by a light wall, afraid that someone might accidentally step in.

In the center of the square, Ren was tirelessly working, cleaning the dust off the ground.

"It's all my fault... it's all my fault... it's all my fault!"

Ren looked at the new dust constantly accumulating on the ground, but there was no resentment towards anyone. He kept blaming himself for acting so foolishly in the heat of the moment.

The little robots were also continuously covering new areas, causing the whole square to be filled with smoke and the dust to accumulate even faster.

In this situation, unless everything was cleaned up in one go at the end, any effort made would be in vain.

"Ren..."

Juxi couldn't hold back and took the broom from Ren, saying, "Don't blame yourself alone there. Let me accompany you in sweeping…"

"No!!!" Without waiting for Juxi to take the broom, Ren snatched it back and said, "You don't understand! You don't underst… No matter what, this is all my fault. I don't need your sympathy!"

No matter how Ren yelled at him, Juxi kept a smile on his face and said, "Ren, I don't want to sympathize with you. I just think it's a bit boring and want to chat with someone, that's all, right?"

Although Juxi tried his best to come up with a lie, Ren didn't buy it and said, "Chat? That's a joke. Because you saved me, you want us to chat about your glorious achievements?"

"Well... how about we chat about what we should eat tonight?" Juxi really didn't know what to say. Ren was simply a quarrelsome machine.

But the more it was like this, the more Juxi was determined to persist.

"I know you're blaming yourself. You're afraid of making mistakes because... you see Yukari as your sister, don't you?"

Juxi knew what Ren was thinking in his heart, or at least that's what he thought.

To this answer, Juxi felt that he was close to the truth. Otherwise, why...

"Actually... I've fallen in love with Yukari!" Suddenly, a shocking statement slipped out, causing Juxi to drop the broom in his hands, stunned.

"Ah?"

Juxi felt like he misheard himself. A girl falling in love with another girl... that's a bit too much, isn't it?

"Are you... Are you joking?"

In any case, Juxi couldn't accept this answer!

But no matter what, when it came to such questions about girls, there was only one word that could explain it, and that was "girl love".

"You've gone too far." Juxi lowered his voice and said, "You're a girl, how can you... Ugh! No matter what, saying something like this is enough to make people burst into laughter. Can you please use your brain before speaking next time?"

He had completely forgotten his guilt and now he only wanted to know how Ren could fall in love with Administrator Yukari!