Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 352: "Missing Blood

Chapter 352: Chapter 352: "Missing Blood

Yu Sheng revealed all the intelligence he had obtained through Dead Communication, and then added various speculations he made from those vague phrases.

"...He mentioned that ’the Emperor’s illusion isn’t confined to just one place,’ and I think this means there’s more than one entrance to this Exotic Realm. That’s how they could sneak in despite Qianfeng Ling Mountain’s people having sealed the mine entrance.

"Moreover, these four words, ’Emperor’s Dreamscape,’ also caught my attention. Does it mean this Exotic Realm is essentially a Dream Realm? Or that its entrance is a Dream Realm? Or perhaps its activation conditions and control methods are connected to the Dream Realm?

"Based on the current information, each time this Exotic Realm is opened, the explorers see different situations inside. Theoretically, this process is supposed to be random. Yet, these black-clothed individuals entered the same desert as us and could ambush around these Siege Giant Divine Soldiers in advance. This indicates that they must have found some way to stably enter a chosen ’scene’ in the Exotic Realm, and even predict which scene people entering from other entrances would encounter. Of course, it could just be a pure coincidence, but the probability of that is too low.

"The Emperor’s Legacy, Emperor’s Dreamscape—all this intelligence revolves around an ’Emperor,’ yet we have no idea who this ’Emperor’ actually is..."

Yu Sheng paused here and couldn’t help but turn to look at Xuan Che again: "Doesn’t your Taixu Spirit Hub have any legends about this? Like some ancient power whose legacy turns into a Secret Realm after death..."

Xuan Che had been furrowing his brows slightly and listening intently from the start, but now he shook his head with a solemn expression.

"If there were such a powerful figure, I would definitely know," he said in a deep voice, "And in fact, forget about ’legacy turning into a Secret Realm after death,’ I’ve never even heard of any elder on Taixu Star having the title ’Emperor.’

"Huh? This title of ’Emperor’ never existed at all?" Yu Sheng was genuinely surprised this time, "I thought it was a pretty common title among you Cultivate Immortality folks..."

"No," Xuan Che looked puzzled, "Where did you get that impression from?"

Yu Sheng: "..."

He thought about it but was too embarrassed to tell the other that it was from reading novels—and he often wrote about it in his own novels...

The limited intelligence left the group’s discussions and speculations without direction for a moment. Seeing this, Erin looked around, grabbed Yu Sheng’s pants, and pointed to the other scattered corpses in black clothing: "Why not ask the rest of them too while it’s still fresh."

Yu Sheng couldn’t help but twitch an eye: "Why does every decent topic sound like it’s been filtered through a laxative bundle when it comes out of your mouth..."

"Your words sting even more," Erin stood hands on hips, chest thrust forward defiantly, "And tell me, what’s normal about your ability to press souls after death?"

Yu Sheng looked up at the sky, pondering that this shortie was right.

Then he interrogated each corpse at the scene one by one.

The whole process felt long to him but only took a moment for Erin and the others—they saw Yu Sheng stand in front of each corpse for just a second or two and then quickly walk back.

Hu Li noticed the slightly disappointed look on Yu Sheng’s face: "Savior, no findings?"

"Ah, every situation is worse than the last," Yu Sheng sighed, "The souls of those killed by Luna were completely burned out, and those defeated by you and Erin had only a few muddled mutterings left. Only the one slapped to death by Xuan Che could utter a few clear keywords at least."

Erin listened blankly, turned her head to glance at Xuan Che with full admiration: "It still takes a benevolent doctor, huh?"

Yu Sheng: "...Take the gods, knocking someone dead with a slap counts as benevolence?"

Erin: "Among us, it sure does. At least it was vividly alive when freshly slapped."

Xuan Che listened beside them as his expression grew more complex, feeling the topic was taking a bizarre turn, yet he hesitated to interject or stay silent, so he awkwardly smiled and then shifted the topic: "Anyway, it’s best to send these remains back as well. Spirit Storage Peak has many forensic experts, and while they may lack Mr. Yu’s divine skills, they might still find some clues on the bodies. Together with the one we captured alive... we might uncover the origins of this so-called ’Emperor.’

"Alright, I’ll open another portal for you," Yu Sheng nodded, then casually opened a doorway to Queyun Palace, "Go call some people over to help move them."

Soon, the bodies of these black-clothed cultivators were sent to Qianfeng Ling Mountain.

After dealing with this, Yu Sheng strolled over to the collapsed Siege Giant Divine Soldiers in the yellow sands.

He reached out to touch the armor on these giant Mechanical Men, his gaze sweeping over their imposing and majestic forms, the Mechanical Puppets buried in the sands lying silent in the world. Faces covered in steel seemed to hold secrets from millions of years past tightly, with a slightly desolate atmosphere prevailing in the air.

The armor was cold, rough to the touch. In this Exotic Realm, space-time was distorted, and no one could say how long these enormous ’soldiers’ had been buried here. But seeing their intact and majestic state, Yu Sheng even had the illusion that they could wake up at any time and take to the battlefield again.

Clearly, he wasn’t the only one who felt this way.

"I keep feeling these big guys could start moving at any moment," Hu Li, still in demon fox form, also walked over and nudged a Siege Giant Divine Soldier in front of Yu Sheng with his muzzle, "The exterior doesn’t look damaged at all."

"I’ve checked the insides of some of these Mechanical Men," Xuan Che said from the side, "It’s not just empty-shell illusions. There are indeed machinations inside, but their cores are complex and strange, and I can’t make sense of the principles, nor do I know if they can be activated still."

Yu Sheng pondered for a moment, an idea sprouting in his mind.

He turned back to look at the idle Artificial Saintess in the distance: "Luna, stab me."

Luna reacted for a moment, raising her head dumbly, seeming a bit puzzled at first, but after a while she walked over, her tone full of hesitation: "...Should I stab to kill?"

Yu Sheng almost choked on her words: "...What are you thinking, I’m asking you to help me draw some blood! With you here, I’m too lazy to stab myself!"

Only then did Luna understand—after all, she’s new to the gang, although most affected by Yu Sheng’s blood, she was evidently not yet familiar with the "workflow" at the travel agency. However, she adapted rather quickly and after confirming Yu Sheng’s command, she immediately raised her hand, without blinking () slashed down, giving Yu Sheng a long cut on his hand.

The speed was so fast that Yu Sheng didn’t even feel any pain.

Then he directly pressed his hand against the hull of the Siege Giant Divine Soldier.

Blood flowed out and quickly, as if absorbed by a sponge, was swiftly taken in by that cold and rough armor.

Seeing this, Erin muttered softly: "I just knew there would be a healthy and moderate blood sacrifice."

Xuan Che didn’t say anything, simply widened his eyes slightly, watching Yu Sheng’s magical "operation."

...How should I put it, it looks just like an evil cultivator.

But because he’s so capable and one of us, we can only say he’s an innovative, mainstream faction with insight and subjective initiative.

A moment later, Yu Sheng withdrew his hand, looking up at the "Siege Giant Divine Soldiers" in front of him with furrowed brows.

Erin immediately reacted: "Oh, what’s the matter?"

"It feels... not quite normal," Yu Sheng continued to frown, his expression full of confusion, "the blood was absorbed by something, but I didn’t sense any ’connection’ from these ’Giant Divine Soldiers’. On the contrary, I only felt a hollow void behind them, as if... the blood had fallen into the void."

As he spoke, he reached out to knock on the armor of the giant soldiers.

The solid touch conveyed through his fingers confirmed that these things were indeed present here.

Then where did the blood he released go?

Yu Sheng moved toward a few other Siege Giant Divine Soldiers, replicating the procedure several times.

The result was the same, his blood was absorbed yet no connection was established with these massive mechanical puppets.

A vague feeling of emptiness flashed subtly the moment the blood disappeared—though it only lasted for a moment.

Yu Sheng’s frown deepened, with increasingly bold guesses stirring involuntarily in his heart.

Hu Li noticed the change in Yu Sheng’s expression: "Savior, have you thought of something?"

"...Either the blood really ’dispersed into thin air’, or they flowed to something much larger," Yu Sheng raised his head, his gaze seeming to pierce through these majestic and stern figures buried in sand, "something so enormous that the connection built from this little blood isn’t sufficient to relay any effective information, so large that it’s difficult to glimpse the whole picture at a glance..."

Hu Li slowly lowered her body, cheek against Yu Sheng’s body, tail wrapping around as well.

Yu Sheng glanced back at the Great Demon Fox nudging over.

"...Uh, are you freaking out?"

"Savior, you’re speaking rather fearfully." Hu Li said, moving her body, seemingly trying to curl herself into a fox ball behind Yu Sheng—but her snout was taller than a human.

Yu Sheng: "..."

Feeling a bit speechless, Yu Sheng took a deep breath, while rubbing the fluffy cheeks of the Great Demon Fox before turning around: "Let’s get out of this place first, we’ve spent enough time in this Exotic Realm."

Hu Li immediately let out an "Oh," blinking before reverting to her human form.

Yu Sheng looked at the girl with a mix of amusement and helplessness, then casually opened a door leading to the outside world.

Outside was the scenery near the entrance of the mine park’s inclined shaft.

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