Night fell, and the train had been traveling at full speed for nearly half a day along the energy path outlined by Leng Ningxue. Outside the window, the fog remained thick, like ink that would never dissipate.

Bai Cheng stood before the control panel, her brows slightly furrowed. The path's length far exceeded expectations. Even with the train moving at full speed, ahead lay only endless mist and silent seas.

She had sent Employees in element power vehicles to scout both sides, but they returned late at night, having found no islands or unusual traces.

"Could my judgment really be wrong?" Bai Cheng murmured to herself, her fingertips unconsciously tapping the edge of the nautical chart.

Yu Nian approached from behind, her wet hair still dripping water, clearly having just bathed.

She patted Bai Cheng's shoulder and laughed heartily, "Don't fret! Even if this path is wrong, aren't we still heading deeper into the Infinite Realm? It's better than staying put."

Leng Ningxue also walked over slowly, the faint light of the control panel reflected in her cold eyes. Her voice was clear but gentle: "Although the energy trajectory has no end, it remains continuous.

If it were a trap, it would be overly long. Perhaps... this is simply a vast, unrecorded sea area."

Bai Cheng looked at the two of them and finally smiled in relief: "Alright, no more investigations tonight. Let's just go with the flow."

This slightly long journey, instead, became a rare period of leisure for the three after days of rushing about.

Yu Nian was in high spirits. Earlier, she had asked Lan Xiaoyu to section off a corner in the third-floor living area and construct a simple hot spring bath using collected warm stones and energy-conducting crystal ore.

At this moment, the pool water was steaming, with hot vapor wafting up.

"Sister Xue, are you really not coming for a soak?" Yu Nian called out from the edge of the pool.

Leng Ningxue immediately got goosebumps upon hearing this. Her ear tips turned slightly red, and she shook her head, "No."

"Come on, come on, it's very warm!"

"No."

"If you don't come, I'll have to pull you in myself!"

Hearing this, Leng Ningxue immediately took a cautious step back.

But unexpectedly, Yu Nian launched a sudden attack, swiftly scooping up a handful of warm water and splashing it at her.

As a King-level powerhouse, she naturally had this reaction.

Leng Ningxue subconsciously moved to freeze the warm water, but at the instant her ability activated, she suddenly felt the space before her distort.

She instinctively looked at Bai Cheng, only to see her pretending to look out the window nonchalantly, though the mischievous smile she couldn't suppress had already given her away.

Leng Ningxue was caught off guard, her light clothing instantly soaked, clinging to her skin and outlining the vague contours of her slender neck and ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) delicate waist. Amidst the shimmering water, her undulating curves were faintly discernible.

Bai Cheng couldn't help but chuckle, "Indeed, beautiful."

Leng Ningxue glared at her, both shy and annoyed, her cheeks flushed like sunset clouds, which only made her icy skin and jade bones appear even more exquisite.

She instinctively wrapped her arms around herself to cover up. Before she could finish speaking, Bai Cheng suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, giving a gentle tug—with a splash, Leng Ningxue tumbled into the pool, water splashing everywhere.

"You... you two!" She hastily submerged herself, revealing only half of her flushed face, her eyes wet as she glared at the two laughing women.

Yu Nian and Bai Cheng exchanged smiles and began playfully splashing water at each other, the sounds of water and laughter gently echoing in the compartment.

The hot spring mist was hazy. Leng Ningxue initially huddled in a corner of the pool, but gradually, the warmth relaxed her.

Suddenly, she felt a light touch on her chest, which startled her into standing up abruptly—"Ah!"

Water droplets slid down her smooth skin. In the swirling mist, her figure was like jade, her fair skin completely exposed.

Yu Nian blinked, smiling, "You usually wrap yourself up so tightly, I didn't expect you to be so well-endowed and perfectly clean."

Leng Ningxue's face instantly turned crimson with shame and anger. She lunged forward to cover Yu Nian's mouth.

Bai Cheng laughed and stopped her. The three immediately dissolved into a playful tussle, water churning, and the once quiet bathroom filled with lighthearted laughter.

After a long while, they finally stopped, panting, leaning against the edge of the pool and gazing out at the flowing dense fog and night outside the window.

"Who cares if the path has an end," Yu Nian sighed, looking up, "at least right now... it's pretty good."

Bai Cheng smiled faintly, while Leng Ningxue quietly submerged herself in the water, leaving only a pair of still-shy eyes, silently gazing out at the endless journey ahead.

Night deepened.

The warmth of the hot spring still lingered on their skin as the three returned to their respective bedrooms.

Bai Cheng and Yu Nian's beds were adjacent, while Leng Ningxue chose the window-side position.

The exhaustion from days of travel finally caught up, and they soon fell into a deep sleep.

The train continued to travel through the mist, silent and unmoving.

However, at some point, a faint, almost imperceptible pale pink color seemed to seep into the thick, inky mist outside the window.

The color was ethereal, like newly bloomed peach petals dissolving into the night. It drifted with the faint breeze stirred by the train's movement, silently clinging to the exterior of the carriage, and then, through tiny cracks, it slowly permeated the interior.

The three sleeping women were completely unaware.

Leng Ningxue frowned in her dream.

The dream was hazy and warm, as if someone was gently embracing her, their fingertips tracing her spine with a thrilling warmth.

She struggled slightly in her dream, eventually melting completely.

"Mm..." A very soft moan escaped her lips.

She suddenly startled awake, opening her eyes, her chest heaving. In the darkness, she could only hear her own somewhat rapid breathing.

The coldness beneath her instantly brought her to full consciousness.

Leng Ningxue stiffened for a moment, her earlobes burning hot.

She sat up somewhat flustered, the thin blanket slipping off. The cool air touched her skin, yet it still couldn't suppress this chaotic feeling.

Using the faint light filtering through the window, blurred by the pink mist, she subconsciously looked at the opposite bed, then froze.

One of Yu Nian and Bai Cheng's beds was empty, and on the other bed, two figures were intimately nestled together under the same blanket.

Yu Nian's arm was draped around Bai Cheng's waist, and Bai Cheng's cheek rested against Yu Nian's hair. Both were fast asleep, their breaths mingling, their posture one of complete trust and closeness.

Where the corner of the blanket had slipped, fair shoulders and necks were exposed, outlining tender lines in the ambiguous light.

Leng Ningxue averted her gaze, but her heart rate did not calm. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

She took a deep breath, trying to dispel the strange sensation from her dream, but was startled to find that the tingling and longing deep within her body, which had carried over from the dream, had not vanished upon waking.

Instead, it clung to her, ethereal and pervasive, like the pale pink color silently diffused in the air.

Not only that, when she focused her perception, the entire train compartment seemed enveloped in an extremely faint, warm, and seductive aura.

It wasn't a specific scent or sound, but more like an atmosphere that directly affected perception, quietly loosening the shackles of reason and stirring the most primal strings.

She was not ignorant of the world and immediately realized that this environment was unusual.

Was it that unknown pink element outside the window? It was silently influencing everything here.

However... Leng Ningxue assessed her own state. Aside from the heart-fluttering sensation that made her face flush, there was no discomfort or danger warning.

On the contrary, her nerves, taut for many days, strangely relaxed in this atmosphere. A soft part of her, long suppressed, belonging to 'human' rather than 'expert,' seemed to have been gently touched.

She looked at the two women embracing in sleep. In their dreams, they unconsciously snuggled closer to each other, and Bai Cheng even had a serene smile on her lips.

This scene was not unpleasant; in fact... it was somewhat warm.

The long journey, the unknown path ahead, the responsibilities on their shoulders, were all temporarily cut off by this hazy night and invisible aura.

Leng Ningxue was silent for a moment.

She did not call out to wake them, nor did she attempt to dispel the pervasive pink haze.

Since there was no immediate harm, perhaps... this accidental anomaly was merely an insignificant interlude in this endless journey, an unexpected, unspoken relaxation of a taut string.

She lay down again, pulled the thin blanket up to her chin, and turned to face the flowing, hazy light and shadows outside the window.

The lingering sensation deep within her body had not yet subsided, like warm water gently rippling in a pool.

She closed her eyes, no longer trying to resist or delve deeper, simply letting her consciousness drift in this strange and soft night, listening to the evenly intertwined breathing beside her, until sleep slowly descended once more.