Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 395 Emergency Rescue

Chapter 395: Chapter 395 Emergency Rescue

At the moment they saw that giant rift, Zheng Zhi gasped in shock, while also not forgetting Yu Sheng’s earlier reminder to "report immediately if you see anything unusual." He shouted on the spot, "I see it! The tower ahead has a rift now! Just like the one at Qianfeng Ling Mountain!"

However, before his words fell, that gigantic rift that reached the heavens suddenly disappeared from his view, and the terrifying and bizarre scene was like an abruptly ended dream realm.

The group suddenly halted, and Yu Sheng turned to look at Zheng Zhi: "Another rift? How large? In what state?"

Zheng Zhi also stopped, staring in shock at the distant silhouette of the Refining Tower shrouded in the rain. His expression suddenly turned uncertain: "Uh, it suddenly disappeared again... it only appeared for a few seconds."

A flash of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, and the intense light illuminated part of the majestic structure of the Ancient Refining Tower. Yu Sheng instinctively turned to look at the tower, seeing it as a hazy silhouette in the rain. The part that was illuminated seemed to come alive, trembling in the dim light.

And the next second, before he could think about the rift Zheng Zhi just saw and which suddenly disappeared, he smelled a strong scent of blood emanating nearby—very close, very intense that even he could smell it.

The group had completely left the city’s last bustling area, entering the abandoned zones adjacent to the former mining facilities, and that scent came from a nearby cluster of old buildings.

Yu Sheng, carrying Erin in his arms, was at the forefront and first stepped into this maze-like place, a complex of buildings connected by numerous giant pipelines, conveyor cables, and mechanism tracks.

Towering industrial structures encircled the mountain-like Refining Tower, and the once rumbling machinery now lay silently in the perpetual equatorial rain season. These pitch-black workshops and massive mechanical constructs were like gigantic skeletons, silently washed by rain and empty.

Yu Sheng knew that buildings like these surrounded the Refining Tower near Mo City, serving as auxiliary facilities for the past mining operations, refining, and processing procedures. But as mining projects gradually ceased, these large and complex aging factories were hard to dismantle or repurpose, so most of the city areas adjacent to the Refining Tower turned into Mo City’s "Rust Belt," except for a few transformed into tourist attractions.

Aside from the periodically operated mechanism tools that come to check the structural stability of these city areas, these regions seemed completely forgotten by everyone.

"Radar, there’s a reaction."

Luna whispered, and then suddenly bent over, opening a weapons compartment on her leg beneath her nun dress’s hem, equipping her fingers with sharp blades.

Hu Li’s tail slowly rose behind her, and she looked toward a not-so-distant place, with a faint light flashing in her eyes. A cluster of Fox Fire flared around her, the ghostly flames spread along the paper oil umbrella in her hand, burning without harming the umbrella. It was as if it transformed into a flaming canopy, becoming more luminous in the rain curtain.

Erin crawled out of Yu Sheng’s clothes and lay nervously on his shoulder, cautiously rubbing an Electric Light Ball in her hands—the body she was using today was made of Spiritual Fox Mysterious Iron.

Yu Sheng raised his head, noticing that the roof of a nearby workshop had collapsed as if it had been hit by something recently.

They cautiously approached that workshop and then suddenly, Hu Li’s ears twitched.

She heard a voice, tense and urgent, coming through the rain—

"...Uncle Grandpa, hang in there, don’t sleep, don’t fall asleep, the pill is about to take effect... Uncle Grandpa, you have turned back to your original form! Hold on!"

Yu Sheng also heard it, and he quickly exchanged a glance with the demon fox girl before rapidly heading towards the direction of the voice.

Rounding a wall that too had collapsed from an impact, he finally saw the source of the voice and the bloody scent—he saw a girl in a red dress kneeling in the rain, desperately trying to save her companion. The one she was trying to save was a giant demon fox—about half the size of Hu Li’s original form, bearing six tails. But now, the demon fox’s straw-colored fur was drenched with blood, its breath weak, clearly in dire straits.

Almost at the same moment, the girl in red also noticed Yu Sheng’s group suddenly appearing nearby. Her body shuddered, and she looked up sharply: "Uncle Grandpa, someone’s coming!"

Immediately, she noticed Hu Li standing beside Yu Sheng, her fox fire-laden paper oil umbrella in hand, the nine tails behind her gently swaying.

The girl in red paused, her nose twitching rapidly, her face showing surprise mixed with elation—as though she’d suddenly grabbed a lifeline. She quickly got up, stumbling and rushing over, "Silver Fox Immortal! It-it’s me! We met once at Taiyou... Can you help my Uncle Grandpa, he’s...?"

Before she could finish, Master Yuan Hao suddenly flashed over to the side of the weakened and transformed six-tailed demon fox, briskly saying, "Lass, don’t panic, let me see."

Simultaneously, Yu Sheng’s gaze fell on the girl in red’s back—he saw five golden fox tails.

The tail, which should normally be very beautiful and lively, now obviously injured and soaked by rain, hung low and dispiritedly, looking pitiful.

"Hey! Silly fox!" Erin immediately looked up and glanced at Hu Li beside her, "Your distant relative!"

Hu Li didn’t pay attention to the little puppet’s words, she just walked up next to the girl in the red dress. After pondering for a few seconds, she moved closer to sniff the other’s scent—the latter tensed all over in an instant, even her wet tail puffed up in the rain—and only then did Hu Li suddenly realize, "Oh! It’s you!"

She came over and poked Yu Sheng’s arm with her tail: "Savior, the Jade-faced Golden-haired Five-tailed Fox that we encountered before on the Immortal Boat Platform at Taiyou..."

"I know," Yu Sheng nodded, "I guessed it."

He could only guess—after all, it was his first time seeing this local fox in human form, and he didn’t have Hu Li’s ability to recognize people by scent alone.

While talking, Yu Sheng and the others had already arrived beside the unfamiliar demon fox lying on the ground, near death. At this moment, Master Yuan Hao was pressing his hand on the latter, aiding in calming the injuries, while the girl in the red dress stood nervously beside Hu Li, full of worry.

"What’s your situation? Weren’t you at Taiyou before, how did you end up here? How did he get injured? Were you attacked?" Yu Sheng asked a series of questions casually.

"I, my granduncle and I were guided by an Immortal to come here seeking opportunities, but once we got here, my granduncle suddenly sensed something and said there was danger," the girl in the red dress quickly replied, speaking in rapid-fire, "We wanted to run away quickly, but as soon as we set off, we fell into a bizarre place, where we encountered a group of black-clad freaks and many magical creatures attacking us..."

"We tried our best but couldn’t beat them, and couldn’t find a way out. But later, somehow, those black-clad guys seemed to suddenly receive some command and withdrew completely, so my granduncle and I managed to escape, ending up here by accident..."

The Five-tailed Demon Fox before them rattled off a bunch of things as if spilling beans, the content somewhat chaotic, uncertain whether it was because her mind was still a bit muddled or the events happened too abruptly.

Yu Sheng listened in bafflement, subconsciously furrowing his brows: "Ah, guided by an Immortal? Seeking opportunities here?"

As he spoke, he raised his head, looking at the rain-soaked factories, pipelines, and that mountain-like Refining Tower, blinking his eyes.

"... Seeking opportunities in the old industrial area’s abandoned mines at the border?"

He felt that something seemed off about the whole thing.

However, the little puppet on his shoulder suddenly spoke up: "Hey, change the wording to ’Heading to the border’s ancient relics of spiritual veins seeking remnants of ancient times,’ doesn’t that sound much more reasonable?"

"Well, when you put it like that, it does sound much more reasonable," Yu Sheng stroked his chin, then abruptly realized, "Wait, how do you know this... Have you been immersed in novels lately?!"

"Yeah, yeah, I’m using your account to read them," Erin nodded without hesitation, then looked at Master Yuan Hao who was busy saving the injured, "Hey, how’s the situation? Can he be saved?"

"Normally, he can’t be saved," Master Yuan Hao, without lifting his head, started with a fright, then shifted his tone, "But meeting me is his blessing—as long as he has the will to survive, I can keep his vitality intact. Though the conditions here are limited, I can only maintain his life force; truly saving him... Perhaps my junior needs to take action, he’s a master in the medical path."

"Then I’ll open a portal now, you send him over?" Yu Sheng quickly suggested.

"Hold on, let me stabilize him a bit more," Master Yuan Hao waved his hand, "Right now his heart veins are completely broken, moving him might kill him... Don’t worry, it’ll be fine in a moment."

Master Yuan Hao’s words were both alarming and casually understated, leaving the Five-tailed Golden Fox next to him gaping, but judging by the old handsome man’s demeanor, he seemed pretty confident.

Erin, laying on Yu Sheng’s shoulder, curiously scrutinized the demon fox lying on the ground, not sure what she was pondering, and then suddenly came out with a line: "Hey, Yu Sheng, this fox looks a bit ugly."

Cold sweat broke out on Yu Sheng’s forehead: "Hey, that’s impolite."

"But really a bit ugly, much uglier than silly fox’s original form, face is square, head is also square..."

Cold sweat intensified on Yu Sheng’s forehead, he glanced at the Six-tailed Demon Fox lying on the ground in a semi-comatose state, actually feeling a bit unable to hold back: "There are many types of foxes, this kind is called the Tibetan Fox..."