Entering the chamber, two guards quickly approach them.

Cautious Guard: "You two! Halt!"

??: "Hold on."

**Cautious Guard: “**Lady Xinyi...”

**Xinyi: ”**Relax, they're our honored guests. No need to be tense. In a single day, we've greeted both the Magistrate of Jinzhou and her trusted Counselor in Hongzhen. I can only assume something significant happened. It's been a while, Changli.”

Changli: “I heard you stepped down from your position and moved to the countryside. And now here we are, meeting again after all this time, in such unfortunate circumstances…”

**Xinyi: ”**For years I lived secluded, no longer concerning myself with the matters beyond Hongzhen. But the current situation in Jinzhou is volatile... It has reunited us in an unpredictable moment. And you, young sir/lady... What shall I call you?”

**Rover: “**Rover.”

**Xinyi: ”**My name is Xinyi. Pleased to make your acquaintance. Please follow me this way. It's not safe to talk here.”

Walking through the sanctuary, Rover can interact with some of the citizens who have escaped the ravages of the Temporal Disruptions and the Fractsidus:

Optional Bing'ge Dialogue - Act 7 Optional Uncle Fu Dialogue - Act 7 Optional Elderly Couple Dialogue - Act 7 Optional Yucang and Huilang Catch Up - Act 7

As Rover walk through the hallways, they overhear two people talking.

Female Hongzhen Resident: “The Nexus is completely out of commission… Can't tell if it's the Temporal Disruption or the Fractsidus' doing.”

Male Hongzhen Resident: “So we can't use our Terminals to locate those missing people?”

Female Hongzhen Resident: “Nah, we can't…”

As Rover walks further, they see a mother begging.

Alarmed Hongzhen Resident: “Please, I need to go…”

Young Female: “Sorry, ma'am. You must stay here. It's too dangerous.”

Alarmed Hongzhen Resident: ”My child... She's been... the Temporal Disruption...I'm begging you, please... I need to go save her…”

Young Female: “…”