Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 383 Damage Situation

Chapter 383: Chapter 383 Damage Situation

In the depths of the Demon Suppression Tower, within the well-like "Core Containment Area," True Man Yuanling and True Man Qianji were gravely examining the condition of various facilities. Just then, Yu Sheng and his group pushed the door open and entered, witnessing the two elderly men engrossed in their work.

"I came to check on the situation and also to bring Sect Leader Yuan Hao over," Yu Sheng said to Yuanling, "How are things here?"

"As you can see, everything is in disarray," True Man Yuanling sighed, raising his hand to point within the shaft, "This is probably the biggest accident the Demon Suppression Tower has seen since its construction—luckily, the control was fairly timely."

Yu Sheng looked in the direction True Man Yuanling pointed.

They were now positioned mid-way in the shaft, on a semicircular platform extending from the shaft’s wall. Beyond the platform, one could see that many long bridges embedded in the shaft’s wall had already been damaged. Numerous Spirit Mountain disciples from the Artifact Refining Sect flew in mid-air, inspecting the condition of the connecting bridges. Many containment compartments on the wall had either collapsed or were emitting smoke and mist. Personnel guarding the Demon Suppression Tower were clearing the collapsed areas with the aid of large Mechanical Men.

But more alarming than the collapse of those compartments was a crack that nearly ran vertically through the entire shaft—a crack in the extremely sturdy shaft wall, of unknown construction material, which seemed forcibly torn open. The astonishing fissure twisted upward into the endless hazy heights and downward, disappearing at the bottom of the shaft. The widest part of the crack could reach dozens of meters, and even now, sparks and flashes from the breaking of spiritual materials occasionally burst forth from the crevice.

"Oh my C..." Erin, sitting on Yu Sheng’s shoulder, was dumbfounded, "No wonder so many demons and ghosts escaped outside, your whole Containment Zone is split apart?"

Next to them, True Man Qianji let out a long sigh, "Ah, the situation is indeed extremely perilous; even I was taken aback when I arrived."

"Ahem, even for me, handling this situation is quite troublesome," True Man Yuanling also sighed, "Primarily because the damage inside here far exceeds what you perceive—after the core arrays of the Demon Suppression Tower stalled, many fierce demon beasts suppressed at the bottom launched a simultaneous assault. Among them are some with Spiritual Wisdom; perceiving the weakening of prohibitions, they began to destroy from bottom to top, inside out, layer by layer. About half of what you encountered outside has been ’conveniently’ set free to create chaos."

"Thus, the situation down below is very complex, not just structural damage but also various evil demon beasts, demon cultivators, and even toxic gas and pollution left by entities that lost control—clearing it will also take some time."

"Fortunately, the Demon Suppression Tower is spacious, with many unused floors undamaged. The captured demons can be temporarily transferred there..."

Hearing the old man’s continuous murmuring about the current predicament, Erin couldn’t hold back any longer: "I’ve wanted to ask, you’ve confined so many demons and ghosts in here, and quite a few would certainly cause global chaos if they escaped. Why not just kill them outright? At least eliminate the most dangerous and hopeless batch; why keep them as ticking time bombs?"

"It’s not that easy," before Yuanling could answer, Master Yuan Hao next to him shook his head helplessly, "The demons you mentioned that can be killed outright are indeed executed once we verify their identities and crimes. Those remaining, who are long confined in the Demon Suppression Tower, are kept for a reason.

"One reason is that they are not deserving of death and still have a chance to return to the right path, like the Snake Princess, who is confined in the Demon Suppression Tower as a chance for repentance;

"Another situation involves some strange entities that are extremely difficult to ’kill’. Destroying them forcefully might unleash pollution and backlash that exceed the risks posed during containment. Weighing the risks, confinement is the only option;

"There are even more special cases, such as certain ancient beasts or demon cultivators who have comprehended some Dao. These ’prisoners’ have connected with the cycles of heaven and earth, their life and death impacting far beyond themselves. Slaying them directly could damage the Taixu Spirit Hub or even the environment of the entire Feiyu Star Domain in the short term, causing natural disasters that harm the populace, hence they are confined in the tower to be slowly refined. This process can take centuries or millennia until they can be harmlessly ’dissolved’."

Yu Sheng listened in bewilderment, "...Is this even possible?!"

"Indeed," True Man Yuanling beside him nodded with a bitter smile, full of helplessness, "Recently, an ancient beast connected to the earth veins tried to break free and was forcefully slain by me and Qianji. Originally, it was to be refined for 800 years at the bottom. With its death, it departed cleanly, but just now Eight Gates Star reported a shift of at least 2 degrees in the local magnetic pole...the impact on local harvests remains unknown."

This time, Yu Sheng was genuinely shocked, "...Isn’t all this cultivating immortality stuff rather absurd?"

Even Erin, on his shoulder, was somewhat befuddled by all this yet suddenly turned to Hu Li beside her, "Hey, silly fox, do the Immortals from your homeland experience similar situations?"

Hu Li pondered for a moment and shook his head, "Never heard of such a thing; perhaps it’s due to different world rules? Besides, on our side, most planets’ parameters are machine-controlled, so if magnetic poles deviate, they self-correct..."

Erin: "...Isn’t this even more absurd!"

Beside them, both Yuan Hao and Qianji were stunned for a few seconds upon hearing Hu Li’s words, then their eyes lit up simultaneously, "How does that work?"

"Let’s not talk about principles yet; she only has a primary school education and can’t explain it clearly to you," Yu Sheng hurriedly interrupted upon seeing the two technical Immortals wanting to consult a cyber fox who dropped out of elementary school about planetary control theory (mainly because if he didn’t interrupt, it wouldn’t make sense even with long, complex sentences). "Right now, the main thing is to figure out how this ’accident’ happened and whether... it might happen again."

As soon as Yu Sheng said this, True Man Yuanling’s expression changed subtly: "You mean..."

"The rift that Zheng Zhi observed still exists," Yu Sheng said with a grave expression, "it’s just temporarily in a stable state."

"It’s over there," Zheng Zhi immediately nodded and pointed to a spot not far away, "it basically coincides with the physical rift on the inner wall and extends downward. But I can’t really see how far it extends... it’s too dark down there to see clearly."

True Man Yuanling furrowed his brows, pinched his beard, and quickly made a decision after a few seconds of thought: "Then I’ll take you to the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower and let this Zheng Dao You use his Spiritual Eye to see what’s actually going on down there. Senior Brother, you and Elder Qianji stay here to continue checking and confirming the condition of the nearby damage."

"Of course," Master Yuan Hao said casually, but soon remembered something, reaching into his sleeve to take out an object — it was his red brick. "The earth veins down there are chaotic. I’m afraid there might still be some mischievous creatures acting up. You should take my ’Ten Directions Heaven-Suppressing Ruler’ down there for self-defense."

True Man Yuanling glanced at the "weapon" his Senior Brother took out, and the muscles on his face visibly twitched as he tried to maintain his expression: "Senior Brother, you know I’m not good with weapons. Your ’Heaven-Suppressing Ruler,’ uh, I’m not used to it."

"Alright then... do you want this Primordial Demon Suppressing斗? How about the Heavenly Demon Suppressing Hammer? The Four Directions Spirit Seal? The Heaven Flipping Chapter?"

As he spoke, Master Yuan Hao pulled out a large number of Divine Weapons he personally crafted from his sleeve, instantly filling the platform with spiritual light and spiritual energy. There was even a continuous sound of Artifact Spirit resonances that sounded like celestial music. Yu Sheng looked closely and saw all sorts of bricks in the red light — some with edges, some with blades, some with handles, some with chains, some with inverted teeth, and even two bricks linked by an iron rod in the middle that looked like a dumbbell but was named "Heaven and Earth Boundless Demon-Sweeping Pestle"...

Let’s put it this way, if these things weren’t emitting golden light and overflowing with spiritual energy, with a bit of concrete, this pile could make a wall!

True Man Yuanling’s face was turning green. Seeing that his Senior Brother was about to take out more stuff, he quickly pulled Yu Sheng towards the edge of the platform. With a wave of his horsetail whisk, a floating round platform emitting a faint light appeared from nowhere. As it carried everyone toward the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower, Master Yuan Hao’s head popped out from the edge of the platform above, still holding a brick that gleamed with cold light: "Do you want the Infinite Treasure Seal—"

"Put it away!" True Man Yuanling shouted from the round platform while controlling it to descend, "Don’t let that thing fall and destroy the earth veins!"

After shouting, he turned his attention back, noticing that Yu Sheng and others were looking at him, making the elder’s expression a bit awkward.

Yu Sheng couldn’t hold it in: "Xuan Che, this Master Uncle of yours... is he really the Artifact Refining Grandmaster here?"

"...Yes."

Yu Sheng’s mouth twitched: "His sense of aesthetics is quite unique."

"You don’t understand, Senior Brother’s artifact refining skills... are indeed top-notch. It’s just that his nature is rather carefree," True Man Yuanling thought for a moment, feeling the need to defend his Senior Brother a bit (perhaps also for the sect’s reputation). "The Magic Treasures he refines are designed to be the most practical, but their power is not to be underestimated."

Yu Sheng then recalled the Great Wilderness Meteor Crystal being smashed into pieces by Master Yuan Hao’s brick and instantly found these words highly credible.

That was truly a brick with power, beauty, and special effects...

While they were speaking, the round platform beneath them moved rapidly, passing through the ’shaft area’ in the middle of the Demon Suppression Tower. After traversing a series of passages engraved with various talismans and inscriptions, Yu Sheng noticed that the architectural structure below changed.

The "well wall" filled with numerous cells and caves came to an end. Below that, there was a deep, vertical cavern, within which spiritual light flickered intermittently, as if it were breathing and pulsing.

"Down below is the earth vein," True Man Yuanling explained beside him, "The Star Core Power of the Taixu Spirit Hub is contained within it."