Alien Hotel.

Chapter 401 Two-line investigation
In the endless wilderness shrouded by the gray sky, rain curtains fell from the sky, and there was a vague message hidden in it——

This rain comes from "Shuji". It falls from the real world, crosses the border between life and death, falls in the wilderness of the soul, and sprinkles this illusion in front of life.

but why?
Yu Sheng looked at the "water drops" that kept appearing and disappearing in his hands, frowning slightly: "Are you saying that this rain suddenly appeared after my 'death'?"

"Yes," Luna nodded. "The knights and I just patrolled the wilderness and found that the rain is not very widespread. It only rains from here to the Fire Guardian Cathedral. But for some reason, as long as you are within its coverage, you will have the illusion that the rain is endless."

"…This is not an illusion. This is a projection of the feeling from the real world, because in Shuji, this eternal rainy season really covers the entire equator," Yu Sheng exhaled softly, suppressing a bunch of messy but illogical guesses in his mind and said, "Apart from this rain, are there any other changes in the wilderness? Does this rain have any impact on other areas?"

"No," Luna shook her head, "We checked everywhere, and everything outside is very 'calm', just like usual."

"Then just ignore it for now," Yu Sheng said, "If its scope suddenly expands, or if there are any other changes, report to me."

Luna nodded, but then hesitated and said, "...You mean it's harmless here?"

"It's harmless," Yu Sheng said as he sensed the scope and impact of this "illusion rain" through his connection with the wilderness. "But as for how this rain was 'projected' here, I still have to investigate it. Anyway, it's not something that can be rushed."

"Okay, I understand. Everything is as you say."

Yu Sheng nodded slightly, then relaxed his mind and took a step back - the next second, he "fell" into the world of the living.

A moment of weightlessness and dislocation of perception came like a tide, and then receded like a tide. After this familiar feeling faded, he opened his eyes and saw that he was walking in the desolate rain in the real world.

He walked through the rain and saw an abandoned factory building standing at the end of his sight. Luna, dressed as a nun, was standing in the corner of the factory's side wall, waving at him.

A smile appeared on Yu Sheng's face, and he walked over quickly. Then at first sight he saw the Jade-faced Golden Fox who was slowly waking up surrounded by a crowd of people, as well as Hu Li and his nephew who were busy around him.

Then he saw two little dolls jumping up and down behind the crowd.

One of them was filthy as if she had just crawled out of a mud pit, and the other one was even more outrageous, with electric lights all over her body and jumping around like a spirit. Everyone tried to keep a distance from her, and Hu Li even drooped all three of her tails to the ground as a ground line. Every time Irene approached, she looked as if she was facing a formidable enemy...

Although Luna had mentioned this to Yu Sheng in the Wilderness of Souls, he was still shocked when he saw Irene's current appearance. At the moment when he was stunned, the puppets in the factory also noticed the figure at the door. The two dwarfs immediately ran over happily, shouting as they ran: "Hey, Yu Sheng is back! Yu Sheng is back!"

The two puppets, one looking like a mud ball and the other emitting lightning, rushed straight towards Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng's blood ran cold when he saw this scene, and he didn't even know which one to hide from first. As a result, during the two seconds of hesitation, both puppets jumped on him. The mud ball one was fine, with only a circle of marks on its chest, but the one emitting lightning hit him directly in the face with a crackling sound...

In just a moment, Yu Sheng felt that he had almost returned to the chaos after death. He almost didn't live for five minutes in this life...

“Don’t mess with Xinhao!” Yu Sheng’s eyes went dark for two or three seconds, and then he struggled to detach Irene (Pika) from his head from the impact of the thunderbolt. However, he couldn’t just throw this thing away (mainly because she jumped at him so happily, it would be a shame to throw her away), so he could only endure the electric shock while carefully holding her collar by the scruff of the neck to keep a distance from his head, “From now on, don’t jump on me until the excess energy in this body of yours is released!”

As a result, Irene didn't seem to hear what Yu Sheng said at all. She was lifted up in the air and kept shouting excitedly: "Hey, let me tell you, I was really awesome just now! I fired a light cannon..."

"I already know the general situation - I heard Luna tell me before I came back." Yu Sheng knew that if this little thing started talking, she would chatter for half an hour without stopping, so he interrupted her immediately. "To be honest, you did have the highest output this time. I'll buy you all the event skins for this month."

When Irene heard this, her eyes lit up (really bright, even sparkling): "Okay!!"

After carefully placing the two dolls on the ground, Yu Sheng quickly walked to the side of Master Yuan Hao.

Zhenren Yuanhao was in a trance for a moment. In this extremely brief moment, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, but the next second he seemed to have forgotten the feeling of incongruity in his heart. He only felt that Yu Sheng had never been away, but had just left his sight for a moment.

"The wounded can be moved now, right?" Yu Sheng looked down at the Tibetan fox on the ground, breathing steadily and seemingly just sleeping, "I'll open the door and send him to Qianfeng Lingshan." The last bit of doubt in Yuan Hao Zhenren's mind about Yu Sheng's brief absence and sudden appearance also completely disappeared. He nodded immediately after hearing this, "There is no problem with moving. I have just contacted Junior Brother and asked him to make preparations. You can open the door directly in front of the main hall of Queyun Palace."

Yu Sheng had already stretched out his hand in the air at this time. After turning back to confirm the size of the Tibetan fox, he took a deep breath, and a door that was many times wider than normal slowly opened in his hand.

Opposite the door is the familiar scenery of Qianfeng Lingshan, as well as Yuan Ling and Yuan He who are leading the team personally.

…It looked like a joint examination by a medical expert and a veterinary expert, which was very consistent with the actual situation of the injured.

Zhenren Yuanhao raised his hand, and the still sleeping Tibetan fox was sent through the gate.

Then Yu Sheng turned around again and saw the golden fox Linglong standing not far away with her eyes wide open.

The local fox stared in amazement at the door that Yu Sheng had opened, as if the aftereffects of being electrocuted by Irene just now had not yet fully healed. His eyes were still a little straight at this moment, but there was obviously a bit of nervousness and worry in those straight eyes, and it was obvious that he was afraid that something had happened to his relatives.

"You can come with them," Yu Sheng waved to the golden fox girl, "You are injured as well, let Yuan He Zhenren take a look at you when we get there."

"Ah... OK!" Linglong was stunned for a moment, nodded quickly, then hesitated and came to the door, but she was cautious and didn't dare to go in directly. It was obvious that she had never seen such "immortal method" and was very nervous for a moment.

But Irene (Pika) on the side had no patience. When the little puppet saw Linglong's hesitation, she ran over and poked one of the other's tails with her finger: "Scare——!"

Crackling, sparks flying.

Linglong let out an "Ao" and jumped to the Thousand Peaks Spiritual Mountain.

Yu Sheng then closed the door casually.

"Alright, let them both recuperate in Qianfeng Lingshan first," Yu Sheng clapped his hands, "Let's check this place again before we go back to see if there are any clues we missed - and then see if Xuan Che has made any progress."

……

The rain became lighter, drizzling as if it would stop at any moment, but it never really stopped. It just varied in volume, outlining an erratic and illusory scenery outside the window.

The sky was as gloomy and dark as ever. Even when the rain was the lightest, the thick clouds covered the entire city like the night. Even if a faint sunlight occasionally penetrated the clouds, casting some mottled and suspicious "light" on the cloud base and some nearby high-rise buildings, the sunlight seemed like a false illusion in the night and would disappear in a moment.

A woman with extraordinary aura, bright appearance and graceful temperament stood in front of the window, calmly looking at the rainy Mo City outside the window.

The woman was wearing a black dress with gold patterns on it. Her long black hair almost reached her ankles. The hem of her dress was embroidered with a swirling cloud pattern in ink with extremely exquisite techniques. That pattern was exactly the ornamentation of the famous Shuji family, the Mohist school.

She is the Lord of Mo City, Mo Ran.

"It's always like this here. It seems to rain all the time, only getting lighter occasionally. There are 460 days in a year, 400 of which are rainy seasons, and the remaining 60 days are not very sunny. It's just that after the rain stops, you can occasionally see some sunshine through the clouds. So for many outsiders, this is really not a good place for health care." Mo Ran turned around and looked at the guests in the room. "So if you are not used to living in the city, I can arrange another place for you to live. On the top of the No. 7 refining tower, the Mo family built a cloud courtyard. Although it is not very spacious, it at least has some sunshine."

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord City. However, I often travel for my master, and I am used to going with the flow while enjoying the scenery. This 'rainy season' in Mo City is a rather novel experience for me," Xuan Che sat not far from the window with a smile on his face. "Also, Lord City, you don't have to bother making other arrangements. I am only here to do some private investigations under the order of my master. The situation is special, and I don't want to alert everyone. I hope you understand."

"Mo Ran understands," Mo Ran turned towards Xuan Che and bowed slightly to greet him, "The Shuji Mo family has been under the protection of the Thousand Peaks Spiritual Mountain for generations, and that is why they have this foundation. Now that the master has given the order, the Mo family will fully cooperate."

(End of this chapter)