Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 406: Their "Target

Chapter 406: Chapter 406: Their "Target

Actually, Yu Sheng had long wanted to try mass-producing Erins; this idea had been lingering in his mind for at least half a month now.

There wasn’t really any reason; he just thought it was interesting—like most of his ideas, it popped up without any reason.

Of course, now there’s a legitimate reason: to develop Erin’s combat potential, to conveniently deal with troublesome enemies like that priest.

And as the person involved in this plan, the little puppet obviously supported it—after all, Erin and Yu Sheng have always been on the same wavelength regarding these "whimsical ideas"; the former is the one who fears the world will not be chaotic enough, while the latter is responsible for ensuring it is completely chaotic...

So the two of them discussed, immediately hitting it off, plotting together, getting along like partners in crime...

"There’s just one problem," Yu Sheng pondered seriously, rubbing his chin as he began to think about the details of this plan. "It’s not hard to make a bunch of mass-produced bodies for you, but can you control them when the time comes? You’re already managing four at once, I recall you were stumbling trying to control two at the start."

Erin listened and also began to think seriously. After a moment, she started speaking while continuing to emit sparks: "I think I can do it. Remember when I told you at first, my body can actually operate on ’low bandwidth’? Just give a few basic commands, and ’she’ can move on her own. After all, speaking from the perspective of puppet alchemy, a puppet becomes a complete ’life’ after spirit injection, possessing basic spirituality. Even if left idle for long, it might develop spiritual wisdom on its own...

"Of course, given that I’ll definitely establish a connection with those bodies, we might not need to consider this final possibility—after all, if it’s just to get those shells to move and act as cannon fodder during a fight, I should be able to control them."

She paused for a bit, thought seriously again for a while, and then continued, "Moreover, even considering these factors, how many shells I can ultimately control is currently unknown; we’ll have to wait for the mass-produced ones to be created for actual testing."

Yu Sheng listened dumbfoundedly to Erin’s serious analysis. Seeing her thoughtful expression now, he immediately felt a bit incredulous.

He was used to this little puppet’s usual carefree state and never thought she could actually think seriously about matters. At that moment, he couldn’t help but marvel—indeed, one should specialize in their field; she knows her own situation best. This little thing can’t even competently kill a minion in gameplay or manage to buy equipment outside the base without spending three minutes tinkering on high ground, yet look at her professionalism in puppet control; it’s practically a Sacred Body of innate split personality.

Erin immediately keenly noticed the change in Yu Sheng’s gaze on her, "swoosh," lifting her head, "Why do I feel like you’re thinking bad things about me?"

"You’re mistaken," Yu Sheng waved it off casually, "I was just marveling at how amazing you are."

"Of course," Erin immediately beamed with pride, her slight suspicion not lasting even two seconds, "I’m telling you, I’ve realized I’m absolutely talented at controlling clones! At first, indeed, managing two bodies was difficult, but now managing four is like child’s play... Overall, it comes down to practice! Once you get the mass production going, I really want to try. I want to know how many clones I can manage at once..."

"Alright, I’ll prepare properly," Yu Sheng smiled, then turned towards the coffee table, "But for now, we need to research Yun Qingzi and the suddenly emerged ’Venerate Saints Monastery’ to figure out what’s going on."

Upon hearing this, the seasoned uncle and nephew across the coffee table immediately perked up their attention, and even Luna, who was spacing out by the window, took two steps closer.

"I just can’t figure out how those mysterious cultists hooked up with someone like Yun Qingzi," Yu Sheng muttered, shaking his head as he sat down on the sofa, "Logically, their styles and influence should be worlds apart."

"Indeed, the Venerate Saints Monastery rarely operates in the Feiyu Star Domain, and that ’priest’ showing up so suddenly surprised me," Master Yuan Hao nodded but then shifted his tone, "But on the other hand—they indeed hadn’t appeared before, but recently, the Qianfeng Ling Mountain caught some of those heretical outsiders at the border."

Yu Sheng furrowed his brow slightly, looking pensive.

Of course, he remembered Xuan Che had mentioned this to him before, and one of his original intentions for visiting the Feiyu Star Domain was out of curiosity about those cultists’ suspicious activities here—though once here, many unexpected incidents happened, postponing this matter.

"You mean... the Hidden Monastery nests you found in the border area back then?" Yu Sheng asked, somewhat hesitantly but soon curious, "But weren’t you someone who didn’t care much? How come you know these details?"

Master Yuan Hao’s face was momentarily awkward: "Over the years...indeed, due to certain reasons, I didn’t personally oversee the affairs of Qianfeng Ling Mountain, but I still have access to information, and since returning, I’ve learned a lot from my junior brothers."

"Oh," Yu Sheng stroked his chin, opting not to delve further into the sensitive topic that embarrassed the veteran uncle, instead quickly returning to the main subject, "But from what I know, those Hidden Monastery nests you discovered back then weren’t even in this area."

As soon as he finished speaking, Master Yuan Hao on the opposite side hadn’t had a chance to respond when a familiar voice came from outside the window: "That can only mean that those lairs we discovered earlier were just some ’marginal outposts’ hovering outside, and the places those Evil Demons have rooted themselves in the Feiyu Star Domain have always been in ’Shuji’!"

Yu Sheng raised his head upon hearing this voice and saw a ray of light piercing through the rain curtain outside the window. Accompanied by the voice, it suddenly slid through the window gap and flew inside.

During this time, the steel wire rope Erin used for "discharging" and acting as a ground wire was still draped over the windowsill (which was also why the window was ajar).

Everything happened too suddenly for Yu Sheng to manage a warning. As soon as he raised his hand, he saw the ray of light brush past the steel wire rope on the windowsill...

In the next instant, there was a crisp "pop," and everyone saw a nearly seven or eight-meter-long zigzagging electric arc with green-purple spiritual light puncture the air, connecting Erin’s arm on one end and the ray of light flying in on the other—a blink later, the steel wire rope acting as a conductor vaporized, and Xuan Che flew out from the light like a ball of lightning. With a shout, he soared over the entire hall and solidly smacked against the wall on the opposite side with a "thump."

However, truth be told, cultivating immortality does wonder for one’s physique; Xuan Che, pinned against the wall, sprung back up in just one second. In the blink of an eye, he shoved a handful of unknown pills into his mouth and turned abruptly as if facing a formidable enemy: "Who, who unleashed Divine Thunder!"

As Xuan Che uttered these words, residual electricity continually crackled around him, and his hair stood on end; his eyes glanced in different directions in the room before his gaze finally focused after several seconds. Then, he saw the small puppet sitting in the living room, staring at him in bewilderment and the electricity flowing around the puppet.

The room was very quiet.

Even Yu Sheng, who often dealt with strange individuals, couldn’t quite figure out how to navigate this awkward moment.

In the end, it was Erin who broke the silence. She looked down at her palm, then exclaimed in surprise as she glanced at Yu Sheng: "Hey! I’ve discharged half!"

The next second, she stood up quickly, staring straight at Xuan Che: "Don’t move there!"

Xuan Che broke into a cold sweat instantly, his face turning pale (it was unclear whether it was from fright or the earlier electric shock): "Miss Erin, calm down!"

"Calm down my ass! I have this body just for gaming when it feels good—now like this, I don’t even dare touch my phone!" Erin loudly babbled, "Bear with it, treat it as crossing a tribulation, a zap and it’s over—"

Xuan Che looked horrified and turned to Yu Sheng: "Mr. Yu, save me!"

"Erin, sit back down, don’t cause trouble now!" Finally, Yu Sheng couldn’t take it anymore and spoke to calm Erin down, and when the small puppet muttered and sat back in the center of the living room, he then turned his gaze to Xuan Che. "You... Hey, this interruption broke my train of thought, where was I... Oh right, the Venerate Saints Monastery. You met the City Lord of Mo City? Did you hear any intelligence related to those cultists?"

By now, Xuan Che also breathed a sigh of relief and, while carefully avoiding Erin as he walked over, tidied his hair and clothes: "Sigh, I didn’t gather any intelligence after all—neither the Evil Demons of the Hidden Monastery nor those Black-clothed Cultivators are known by the City Lord here... Though it’s too early to draw conclusions now, in my opinion, whether it’s the city lord of Mo City or Shuji’s Star Guardian Elder, they have indeed been somewhat neglectful over these years."

He said this while sitting down beside Yu Sheng, simultaneously organizing his thoughts: "However, on my way back, I did ponder some things."

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

"About why that ’Hidden Monastery’ would be entangled with Yun Qingzi," Xuan Che said slowly, "Earlier... before I ’came in,’ I heard you discussing, and like you said, the Hidden Monastery originally had nothing to do with someone like Yun Qingzi, but if they have a common ’goal,’ wouldn’t that be another matter?"

"A common goal..." Yu Sheng repeated these words, his expression gradually turning solemn.

Although it wasn’t clear what Yun Qingzi intended, Yu Sheng was aware of the ’goal’ of the Venerate Saints Monastery, or at least their biggest goal in the near future.

"Dark Angel!"