"It's not glass," Gu Wanyin said. "It's a barrier fragment I brought back from the demon realm."
"Barrier?"
Zhuang Xiaoxia, being a smart person, immediately understood her meaning: "Are you saying this thing has powerful defensive properties?"
"That's right," Gu Wanyin said. "Although this barrier was broken by my friend, she used something quite extraordinary to do it. So I don't think this necessarily means the barrier is weak. Perhaps it could have miraculous effects against zombies, natural disasters, and the like? Of course, this is just my guess."
In truth, she would have preferred to get a piece of the rebels' barrier.
After all, even Gu Han's giant hammer couldn't break that one.
But since that barrier hadn't broken, she couldn't get any fragments. Plus, she was in a hurry to bring Nine-Tails and the others back for treatment, so she couldn't stay there to wrestle with the barrier.
"I see!" Zhuang Xiaoxia's eyes lit up. "We should find time to study it! See if we can discover any special properties!"
"Mm, if you need any help, just let me know."
"Okay!"
Actually, Gu Wanyin hadn't expected that things from the demon realm could be studied alongside science.
But ever since she transmigrated, many things couldn't be judged by common sense.
Moreover, this was a fictional world, so the science here might differ from the science in her previous world. Thinking about it that way, there was no need to be too surprised...
...
After resting for a few days in the hotel, Nine-Tails and the other demons had recovered significantly.
Although they had been severely injured before, after taking the pills from the hotel and doing some cultivation, they naturally recovered quickly.
Gu Wanyin was running on a treadmill with Bai Shuwen in the gym when she saw the Demon King leading a group of demons towards them.
"Boss Gu."
"Give me a moment."
Gu Wanyin let the treadmill slowly come to a stop, then stepped off and asked, "Is something the matter?"
The Demon King, Long Yu, appeared to be a beautiful girl of about twenty, with two dragon horns on her head giving her an especially mischievous look.
But at this moment, her expression was solemn. Upon hearing Gu Wanyin's question, she directly knelt on one knee before her.
As she knelt, the demons behind her followed suit, kneeling on one knee.
Gu Wanyin: "..."
The first thought in her mind was: With so many demons kneeling to her at once, would it shorten her lifespan?
Kneeling on one knee should be fine, right?
What were they doing? This was a bit awkward!
What a predicament!
Bai Shuwen was stunned, nearly falling off the treadmill.
"What are you doing?" Gu Wanyin said quickly after recovering from her shock. "Please stand up."
"Boss Gu, you are our benefactor," Long Yu said solemnly. "So we are here to express our gratitude. From now on, at your command, all of us demons will do everything in our power to repay your kindness."
Gu Wanyin gave a dry laugh and said, "Actually, I didn't do it to help you. I'm not interested in the grudges of the demon realm... I just wanted to save Nine-Tails and the others. I didn't want to see them die, that's all."
Besides, when it came down to it, it was because she had an invincibility buff that she could act so fearlessly.
Without this buff, she might not have dared to go.
Hearing her say this, Nine-Tails' eyes reddened, looking at Gu Wanyin with a gaze that seemed to sparkle with stars.
Long Yu smiled faintly and said, "Regardless of your intentions, the end result was that you saved my life and gave us a chance to breathe and counterattack."
Gu Wanyin realized she was right.
If she and Gu Han hadn't gone, the Demon King's barrier would have been breached by the rebels before long.
In that case, they wouldn't have lasted until reinforcements arrived, and it would have been over for all of them.
"If that's the case, then you should all come and spend more at my hotel in the future," Gu Wanyin said with a smile. "That would be the best way to repay me."
After all, she didn't lack for anything else.
It was just points that she could never earn enough of.
"No problem," Long Yu agreed immediately. "Once I've completely defeated the rebels and peace is restored to the demon realm, I will vigorously promote your hotel throughout the entire demon world."
"Great!" Gu Wanyin was delighted. "I just hope we'll have enough rooms then. Oh, and please stand up now, this is getting awkward."
Only then did Long Yu and the demons behind her all stand up.
"Oh, right! There's one more thing. When I was in the river before, I saw something called stamina seaweed," Gu Wanyin added.
"Yes," Long Yu nodded. "Stamina seaweed is very common in the demon realm, and it grows extremely fast."
"After you've resolved all your issues, could you send some stamina seaweed over to me?" Gu Wanyin said. "I have a feeling it might be useful."
"That's even simpler," Long Yu smiled. "We have as much stamina seaweed as you could want."
After chatting briefly, Long Yu and the other demons left, while Nine-Tails, Tree Spirit, and Cat Er stayed behind.
Nine-Tails hugged Gu Wanyin, crying, "Wanyin, you're so good to us. I really never thought you'd come to save us! If it weren't for you, we might already be dead by now!"
"That's right," Tree Spirit also held Gu Wanyin's hand. "From now on, you're our little sister. Your business is our business!"
While marveling at how beautiful Nine-Tails looked even when crying, Gu Wanyin thought to herself that becoming sisters with demons who were several thousand years old seemed a bit too fantastical.
Cat Er had also wanted to say something to Gu Wanyin.
But just as she opened her mouth, she suddenly seemed to remember something and transformed back into her cat form, then rubbed her head against Gu Wanyin's leg.
Gu Wanyin: "..."
Don't do this, it's too unfair, it's melting my heart!
Was she afraid of ruining her cool image, so she turned back into a cat?
Just at that moment, Gu Wanyin's pet cat, French Fry, somehow escaped from the room and ran into the gym.
Seeing Cat Er, its round eyes lit up, and it ran over to her, meowing incessantly.
Cat Er turned aloof towards it, turning her back and ignoring it.
French Fry didn't mind, still meowing at Cat Er and constantly circling behind her.
...
After a few more days of recovery at the hotel, the demons were ready to return to the demon realm and launch their counterattack.
"Are you sure it's okay?" Xu Shi was a bit worried. "Weren't you previously..."
"The reason Long She succeeded before was because I was completely off guard, always treating him as my most trusted elder brother," Long Yu's eyes glinted coldly. "But this time, I won't be so foolish."
Gu Wanyin felt she was right.
After all, she was the Demon King. If she got serious, how could she not have some capabilities?
"The eagle went back to check, and the reinforcements are all ready. Don't worry," Nine-Tails said to Gu Wanyin. "You went through so much trouble to rescue us, we absolutely won't make the same mistakes as before."
Gu Wanyin nodded, watching the demons walk into the portal.
After seeing the demons off, she had just returned to her room when she saw that the tablet used to communicate with the survival base was showing an incoming call.
