Chapter 662: No Regrets for Entering the East?

An unfamiliar ceiling.

Su Lin wasn't joking this time, nor was he recycling a tired meme—he genuinely didn't recognize the ceiling above him.

A wooden ceiling lamp with ridged hexagonal frames, a tatami room with obvious Japanese style, permeated with an old-fashioned, aged aura.

'Did I get beaten up upon entering this world?'

A thick cotton quilt covered him; the weakness and exhaustion, like after being forcibly ejected from a dungeon, quickly gave Su Lin a hypothesis.

Probably the heavenly blessing had worn off, and the new injuries created by Teacher Yan Sen had erupted.

He hadn't expected that damn Neet would actually drag him to see a doctor—otherwise, he'd have at least had time to recover, enough to walk again.

Lower body.

Come to think of it, why do my feet feel so heavy?

Su Lin pulled back the quilt and saw a girl curled up, shivering, with crumpled rabbit ears on her head.

She trembled beneath the covers, purple-brown hair falling, wearing a Sui Xifu coat, a red tie, and a pink pleated skirt.

'Eh?!'

Startled, she scrambled backward, yet remained trapped within the confines of the quilt.

Wait a moment.

It's not even Mid-Autumn Festival—who stuffed a moon rabbit into my quilt? Where's the mooncake?

Trying to distract himself and act normal, Su Lin shifted his feet, attempting to move away from this scenario that would surely trigger a door-kick ambush.

But.

The rabbit-eared girl, her flushed face illuminated by the ambient light, gathered her courage and grabbed Su Lin's legs:

'Aba… Aba.'

'It's my first time… I'll serve you well… Waaah.'

Coach, isn't this plot twist a bit off?

Is this that classic porn scandal from TV dramas?

Su Lin, expressionless, summoned the Azure Phantasm and lifted the rabbit-eared girl—who was mumbling incoherently, her rationality long gone, tears streaking her face.

He cautiously scanned the surroundings, suspecting hidden cameras or recorders somewhere nearby.

'Nothing?'

Then how do you explain this non-human girl before me?

Shhh!

A paper sliding door, distinctly retro in style, slid open.

Hanyue of Mount Penglai entered, carrying a short, light-pink Gothic-style dress-wearing rabbit-eared girl.

'Do you prefer a more brutal approach?' Hanyue stared at the lifted rabbit-eared girl and said coldly:

'Rin, did you follow what I told you?!'

'Your Highness, I… I…' Rin stammered.

'You're first, then the order,' Hanyue pulled out her phone and displayed a color manga, surprised: 'Then it's my turn and Di's turn.'

She set down the girl named Yinfan Di and pushed her forward, then began removing her own coat, leaving only a thin nightgown.

'Why are you still standing there dumbly?'

Hanyue pointed at the bedding spread on the floor and said: 'Begin the Fantasia Gardenization Plan.'

Su Lin, stunned, released the rabbit-eared girl covering her face and asked: 'Did you not grow a brain when you were resurrected last time?'

No, she can still communicate—her brain must still be there.

'Did you fail to regain your IQ after collecting the achievement of gazing directly at Azathoth?'

Facing this question, Hanyue half-closed her eyes and studied him for a moment:

'Hey, I prepared this dream scenario for you, and you're not reacting at all—are you even a man?'

'Who dreamed of this?' Su Lin now suspected her brain had been grafted onto a doujinshi.

Kleine, you've done too many bad things.

'You're not being honest at all—you're denying it now.' Hanyue tapped her phone twice and opened a recording.

【Have you ever read my doujinshi?】

【Of course!】

【Have you ever… gone through it?】

【Ah, this… I have, more than once! Thank you for the treat!】

【To be honest, among all the characters in Fantasia, who do you like most?】

【I love Princess Hanyue of Mount Penglai the most!!! Black long straight hair is the best!!!】

'I was ready for blood to flow like a river,' Hanyue spread her hands.

Identical voice.

Mr. Su is a respectable man—even during his online trolling phase, he'd never say such things. Who else could it be? Need I ask?

'Su Tuoni, I'm going to kill you.' Su Lin controlled his toes, refusing to dig holes into the tatami to avoid compensation.

'Just be honest,' Hanyue turned her head away, clicking her tongue in annoyance: 'Don't you know that wooden male leads in light novels are no longer popular?'

'By 2024, they've gone from popular to toilet paper.'

Su Lin retracted the Azure Phantasm and leaned against the wall, asking: 'And in my current state, what exactly do you expect me to do?'

'Just click auto-play in the top-right corner.'

Hanyue waved her hand, removed her nightgown, revealing an underlayer of formal attire: 'Follow me.'

This black-to-black Neet.

Letting go of the rabbit-eared girl who seemed defenseless, the girl resembling a ten-year-old, Inaba no Mikoto, regarded Su Lin with curiosity instead, compared to the relieved Lingxian.

The lucky white rabbit seems to possess the ability to bestow luck.

Su Lin suddenly remembered this, and after locking eyes with the girl for a moment, he asked the one ahead: "Can I take her home?"

"?"

Inaba no Mikoto's rabbit ears shot straight up, and with extraordinary leaping ability, she vanished in a flash at the end of the corridor.

Ah, she ran off.

I originally planned to place Bai Qian, Will, Inaba no Mikoto, and Su Tuoni's heads at the four cardinal directions for the Infinite Fortune Ritual.

Too bad. So very unfortunate.

"Three years minimum, death penalty maximum."

Hanyue, with a mischievous grin and hands behind her back, said: "But if you become a son-in-law of Eternity Pavilion, I can arrange a warm-bed maid for you~."

"Have you been obsessed with ancient-style NTR series lately?" Su Lin glanced down.

The corridor floor was laid with smooth wooden planks that emitted faint creaks underfoot, and one side featured rows of traditional paper windows.

Through the semi-transparent paper windows, sunlight spilled softly, yet offered no warmth—only a hazy glow.

"Here." Hanyue slid open a door and stepped inside: "Yuyin, the patient is awake~."

Su Lin followed behind. To his surprise, several familiar faces were there: Yao Chen, Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan, Ye Fan, Shi Hao, Teacher Yan Sen—all present.

The room held alchemical furnaces, fire cauldrons, test tubes, and alchemy equipment; to an outsider, it might seem like an exhibition on the history of medicine across time and cultures.

A distinctive aroma, blending various herbal plants, lingered in the air.

"Awake?" The woman holding a test tube had a cold demeanor, yet her voice remained warm.

She possessed an astonishing volume of hair—white, tied into a ponytail—and wore a robe of red and purple, embroidered with constellations.

She scrutinized Su Lin meticulously, then spoke again: "Miracle."

A medical miracle?

Su Lin, puzzled, pointed to himself.

The intellectual woman called Yuyin by Hanyue was Yuyin Yonglin, one of the Three Eights of Gensokyo—the one who created the Pill of Eternity that allowed Hanyue to repeatedly cheat death.

"Enough." Yuyin Yonglin handed the test tube's contents to Yao Chen.

"Using the blood-qi of Dragon's Blood Vine as the main ingredient to boost the dosage of auxiliary herbs, accelerating absorption—so this is how it can be combined."

Yao Chen lightly sniffed the potion, his eyes gleaming:

"But this will cause depletion side effects in the user—though only under normal circumstances."

He passed the potion to Ye Fan, who glanced at it, then drank it all at once.

The lingering dark god's cosmic energy within his Wheel Sea surged violently, then merged with the blood mist bursting from Ye Fan's pores.

Like specks of starlight, within the mist, a magnificent pillar of creation formed, resembling a cosmic nebula.

Within the undulating Wheel Sea, the mist grew denser, permeating the body's acupoints and flowing along the meridians.

Finally, Ye Fan exhaled a long, turbid breath, opened his eyes, and nodded with delight:

"Would you be interested in opening a hospital in Zhutiancheng?"

Not missing a single business opportunity, huh.

Su Lin once again bowed inwardly to Ye Fan's grand ambition and Sihe Academy.

After preparing another test tube of medicine for Shi Hao, Yuyin Yonglin finally regarded Su Lin with a gaze he recognized all too well.

"Could you cooperate with me on some experiments?"

Hard to hold it together.

Is Su Lin, in the eyes of these mad scientists, some kind of precious experimental specimen?

"Are you sure you found me a doctor?" Su Lin asked Hanyue.

There's a certain aesthetic to being about to be laid on an autopsy table.

"Haha, my apologies," Yuyin Yonglin said, her eyes clearly tinged with regret. She smiled: "You must be Su Lin?"

"I am Su Lin."

Upon hearing Su Lin's answer, Yuyin Yonglin's gaze grew complex.

"Princess has been under your care," she said, pulling a small notebook from a drawer, rubbing her forehead, and asking:

"Forgive my boldness, but these entries here—"

What the hell?

Su Lin leaned forward and saw the notebook read:

【"04.24, went to the Numeral Tree with Su Lin. The warmest place in the world is at its top."

"04.25, went to the Hakkaisan Shrine with Su Lin. Someone was holding a wedding there."

"04.26, went to Pinocconi with Su Lin. The nightmare was terrifying—but with Su Lin there, it wasn't."

"Su Lin is the best."】

Some informed individuals suppressed their laughter, then immediately switched to solemn, shocked expressions as if utterly unaware.

"Didn't you burn that notebook?"

The Sky Manifestation seized Hanyue, who was trying to flee and had already reached the corridor's corner, dragging her back.

Hanyue scribbled on the notebook: 【Hehe~ (/≧▽≦)/】

Old woman, what are you doing, acting cute?!

"I threw it in my room when I came back—why are you invading my privacy, Yuyin?!"

"Who do you think cleans up the trash in your room?"

"Uh…"

Kaguya poked her index finger and smiled awkwardly: "Isn't it Reisen?"

As if long accustomed to Kaguya's antics, Yuyin Yonglin sighed and let the matter drop, turning instead to gaze at the Azure Celestial Phenomenon behind Su Lin.

Gradually, her pupils contracted, and she seemed to drift beyond the heavens.

"Physician, can we still save him?"

"."

Yuyin Yonglin withdrew her gaze and looked at Su Lin: "Are you a god, an immortal, or an angel?"

"I'm human."

"?"

After asking some questions, observing Su Lin's 'digital avatar' for a while, and conducting routine tests such as pulse-checking and blood-drawing, Yuyin Yonglin fell into deep thought.

"The physical body and soul should have ceased to exist long ago; the spirit-body bears traces of indestructibility. A shattered world."

"From the world's perspective, complete restoration is impossible."

"Maintenance? Filling? Healing? Perhaps improvement along these lines is possible."

After consulting with the expert team and discussing Su Lin's condition, Yuyin Yonglin said:

"Further research is needed, but there's no need to worry excessively. You are friends of Her Highness; please stay at Eternity Pavilion for a few days."

Dr. Nice.

Su Lin's brow relaxed slightly, and he walked out of the room with the others.

"Your Highness," Yuyin Yonglin said, "stay behind."

Kaguya grinned and shut the door, sealing it with Eternity Moment: "What's up, Yonglin?"

"These people? Forget it, nothing much," Yuyin Yonglin rubbed her temple and chuckled bitterly. "You really know how to give me trouble."

"But isn't it interesting?" Kaguya tilted her head and asked.

"Neither Gensokyo nor the Moon Capital has ever seen people or events like this!"

"Kaguya," Yuyin Yonglin glanced at her and handed over the small notebook. "Be careful you don't get lost in your own game."

"What do you mean, Yonglin?" Kaguya kept smiling.

Yuyin Yonglin shook her head and said nothing more.

"You mean me?" Hōrai-san Kaguya tucked away the notebook, stood still for a moment, then smiled and walked away with light steps.

In the evening.

In a courtyard of dry landscape, stone lanterns, a small pond, and meticulously pruned vegetation.

"Why did you all come too?"

Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan was part of the medical team, Ye Fan and Shi Hao were fellow patients—what were these people doing, dragging around suitcases like they were on a trip?

"A pilgrimage to the holy sites!" Huai Shi said. "I'm a hardcore otaku."

"At least protect this last patch of purity from your hands," Lu Mingfei muttered nonsense: "No regrets in this life for the East; may I be reborn in Gensokyo next life!"

Actually, it was during class on Water Mirror Peak that Yi Leina had sent him those question marks in the chat group, plus openly pricing and teaching Dragon-Slaying Magic to students of the Tianshen Sect, which had made him uneasy.

So when Kaguya asked in the group if anyone else wanted to come over, he decided to come early and hide.

"I was planning to play the new Black Myth during my nap."

Kleine pressed his calculator and said:

"All my snacks, drinks, and console are gone. The crime scene left only a monocle. Any ideas?"

The culprit must be Amon—who else could it be?

The snacks and drinks were probably eaten by Star-Bao; don't shove that string of numbers in front of me.

Though letting in one outsider is fine, bringing in so many at once—

Su Lin glanced at Kaguya, who smiled and waved her hand.

"Just don't devour the Great Barrier, okay~"

Ugh, that devour joke again.

"Eternity Pavilion has little to offer you all—please make yourselves at home," Kaguya said with graceful, masked smiles.

"Though I am not truly the master here, I extend Eternity Pavilion's greetings to you all."

"Welcome to Gensokyo, the land beloved by the gods."