Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 415: Guard-3

Chapter 415: Chapter 415: Guard-3

True Man Yuanhe waved away the floating illusion in front of him, and the last scene before the illusion dissipated showed exactly the appearance of the "Omen Wandering Star" from the Snake Princess’s perspective.

"The thing at the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower has been very restless these past two days," True Man Yuanhe said somewhat seriously, "Today I had the Snake Princess go probe it, and it seems like it has indeed learned something."

"Omen Wandering Star... This demon, besides devouring the earth’s veins, also possesses some power of prophecy," True Man Yuanling, standing to the side, nodded slightly upon hearing this, "Or more precisely, it has the ability to foresee ’omens’—during the several centuries it has been suppressed in the Taixu Spirit Hub, it accurately predicted several major disasters on this planet. Its words can’t be fully believed, but they can’t be ignored either."

The two brothers stood under the corridor outside the main hall of Queyun Palace facing the Cloud Sea, watching the distant clouds rise and fall, each lost in thought.

"Actually, I have often wondered, the Omen Wandering Star has no goodwill towards us, yet every time a major disaster is about to occur on this planet, it insists on issuing a warning—even though it always uses harsh words," True Man Yuanhe opened with some confusion, "If it truly wanted to mock the world’s people, wouldn’t it be better to keep silent?"

"That’s precisely what I can’t figure out either," True Man Yuanling shook his head, "I once asked it, and its attitude was apparently evasive. Clearly, this ’warning’ is intentional, yet also somewhat unwilling—it led me to speculate that this might be the ’path’ that the demon is bound to, but the specifics of this ’path’ are unclear to me."

"The Omen Wandering Star also follows a ’path’? That’s interesting; I’ve never considered it from that angle before."

"It’s merely idle speculation and can’t be taken as fact. That ’Outer Heaven Demon’ has wandered the star river for countless years, who knows the details about it," True Man Yuanling said casually, then shifted the topic, "But back to business, I still think sending the Snake Princess over is not prudent... she’s not exactly easy to handle."

"I actually know that demon’s nature is not bad," Yuanhe shook his head lightly, "I know you all think she’s mad and irredeemable, but she’s been improving over the years—she understands reason but just can’t control herself. This time, I had her help; she cursed fiercely, but in reality, she was very happy, and dealing with the ’Omen Wandering Star’ requires her kind of seemingly mad and carefree demeanor."

"I really didn’t see her ’happiness’ and ’clarity of mind,’ but since you say so, it might indeed be so," True Man Yuanling stroked his beard, with a slight sense of emotion creeping into his tone, "Over these years, you’ve poured so much effort into treating her, almost like she’s become half a daughter to you, a demon locked in the Demon Suppression Tower."

"...Seventy years ago, five hundred and forty households from White Spring Village knelt by the roadside begging me to spare that Snake Demon’s life, so I had no choice, knowing right then I got myself into this trouble," True Man Yuanhe said with a somewhat helpless sigh, "After all, who could have imagined, in the interstellar era, one could still find such a simple village on the Taixu Star and within it, such an honest ’Mountain God’—didn’t know how people in Netherworld Valley did census and Immortal records in those years."

True Man Yuanling laughed but said nothing, just continued to stroke his beard while looking at the Cloud Sea, a thoughtful expression on his face.

One wonders how things are on the "Expert’s" side and whether all is going well with Xuan Che...

...

From space, Guard-3 appeared to be an unremarkable grey-black rocky planet with large dark reddish patches, possessing a dusty quality against the pitch-black space backdrop, drifting alone in a cold orbit.

This planet had no large natural satellites, only a few small rocky satellites, more like "big rocks," orbiting in several rather unstable paths around it, and among them, two satellites’ orbits had already been noticeably shifted due to gravitational perturbations from surrounding celestial bodies, very likely to completely break away from Guard-3 and be flung into deep space to become comets or possibly captured by the sun someday in the future.

Combining the information reviewed before departure with the sights now before him, Yu Sheng’s first impression of Guard-3 was a veritable backwater, even in today’s interstellar era, where colonized stars and expansion points were omnipresent in the Feiyu Star Domain; it still hasn’t been included in any development plans, remaining a barren star.

The Silver White Demon Fox slowed its speed in space, drawing an elegant fox line as it began orbiting above the equator of Guard-3, seeking a target landing point and observing the planet.

"Ugly as sin," Erin popped out her head from under Yu Sheng’s arm, peeking over the edge of the Silver Fox’s back, muttering, "No wonder no one lives on this planet."

"...Whether a planet is inhabited has nothing to do with its ugliness; as long as the ecological dome is up, people can live on it. This planet hasn’t been developed purely because it lacks earth veins, making it a ’Deserted Star,’ and for the ’Immortals’ of Feiyu Star Domain, it’s not worth the cost to terraform," Yu Sheng explained to Erin, knowing she likely had no patience for such explanations, "Planets without earth veins generally have thin Spiritual Energy and their ecosystems are prone to mutation and pollution."

Erin thought for a moment and reached an important conclusion: "...At any rate, it’s ugly as sin."

Luna silently watched the little puppet for a few seconds, then suddenly remarked: "Erin, shallow."

Erin considered this: "C-type buckle, your accent is really heavy, I must say..."

Luna ignored her, only continuing to observe the planet’s surface alongside Yu Sheng as if pondering something deeply, then after a while, she broke the silence: "Dead air."

Erin tilted her head up: "What?"

Luna remained silent, just pointing to the dull grey barren planet below.

"She says this planet is shrouded in a layer of death," Yu Sheng said, although he often couldn’t directly understand Luna’s slow and succinct sentences, through the connection established via blood, he could often "hear" the "thoughts" Luna conveyed along with her words—at this moment, upon understanding Luna’s meaning, a hint of seriousness appeared in his expression.

Erin didn’t understand the meaning of what Yu Sheng and Luna were saying for a moment, and she scratched her head: "Of course, it looks just deathly still."

"No, ’deathly still’ and ’shrouded with an air of death’ are two different things," Yu Sheng shook his head, "Luna means there’s a kind of deathly atmosphere on this planet..."

"...Is there a difference?"

"Yes," Yu Sheng said slowly, "in most cases, the prerequisite for death is... having been alive."

Hu Li began to slowly lower her altitude; she had already found the "battlefield ruins" mentioned by Xuan Che.

It was a dark impact crater clearly visible from space, with a vast area permanently reshaped by an astonishing force. The edges of the crater were jagged, showing folds and fractures formed by the intense compression and uplift of the stratum in a short time. The center of the crater had a grey-black glassy texture, with large crystals that formed after melting and cooling, retaining a rippled surface during solidification. Distant sunlight shone on that glass body, giving off a fragmented halo.

During this process, Yu Sheng actually never saw the "dead air" that Luna mentioned—somehow, many of Luna’s new "skills" seemed to stem from his influence, yet he himself didn’t possess the corresponding abilities, like dragging people into the Soul Wilderness to beat them up, or using his "gaze" to scan for the presence of death. He couldn’t figure out how any of this worked.

But even so, he still vaguely "felt" the strangeness of this planet.

He indeed felt as if he was gradually approaching a gigantic... corpse.

In a daze, Yu Sheng felt that he was connecting this to something else, and after trying to recall for a moment, he realized where this familiarity came from—

It was when he first approached "Shuji."

At that time, he felt Shuji’s weakness, felt that the planet was in some strange "sub-healthy" state!

Erin felt Yu Sheng hold her arm a bit tighter, and she curiously looked up, scrutinizing his expression.

"...You have a blood calamity!" the small puppet suddenly blurted out loudly.

Yu Sheng was startled by the sudden shout of the puppet, and quickly lowered his head: "...Why are you making such a fuss!"

"You have a blood calamity again!" the small puppet proudly repeated again, though it was unclear what she had to be proud about.

Yu Sheng, on the other hand, laughed: "You say that as if I don’t often have blood calamities. But you, can you only predict my blood calamities and not say something good? Like predicting when I’ll hit the jackpot on my first try..."

"I can’t do that. If I could predict that, I’d surely do it for myself first," Erin said righteously, "I can only predict unlucky things! Especially your unlucky things!"

Yu Sheng: "..."

And at that moment, a layer of scorching glow appeared around Hu Li—the Nine-Tailed Fox began to enter the atmosphere.

Although Guard-3 was desolate, it had a not-too-thin atmosphere, which was toxic to ordinary carbon-based lifeforms. However, for Yu Sheng, who could hold his breath in a vacuum, Erin, who didn’t need to breathe, and Hu Li, who could traverse space with her flesh body, it was not a problem.

The Silver Fox, like a meteor, cut a burning crimson track through the atmosphere and finally landed on the inner side of the ring mountain at the edge of the impact crater.

"We have landed."

Yu Sheng casually sent a message to Xuan Che and then patted the back of the Nine-Tailed Fox, signaling her to head towards the center of the impact crater.

Meanwhile, his gaze slowly swept the surroundings once more.

Could there be traces of some "Dark Angel" lingering here?

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