Alien Hotel.

Chapter 403 Deep Underground
The silence of the great sage cast a depressing atmosphere over the hall of the underground palace, but the high-level technical monk standing closest to the sage saw another complex expression besides anger in the great sage's gloomy look - it was a mixture of doubt and solemn thinking.

This made the high-level technical monks subconsciously turn their heads and look at the scene presented in the holographic projection together with the great sage.

That was the last scene the clone saw before his death—a woman in a black dress and red eyes floating in the sky, with a destructive light brewing at her fingertips.

The entire picture is covered with a layer of strong and brilliant colors, as if it was a "wrong rendering" caused by the confusion of neurons in the moment of brain death of the recorder. The vague female figure is outlined by large patches of black and blood, and the sky in the background is also rippling with circles of spreading deep purple or dark red outlines, as if there is a huge shadow projected from behind her in the clouds, overlooking in the direction of the view.

"…First, report what happened here to the Holy Land, including the original data of these memory fragments," the Great Sage suddenly spoke, "and you continue to try to restore the information in these fragments…especially the information of this 'doll'."

The high-level technical monk bowed deeply: "Yes."

The great sage hummed, then stood up from his seat—a large number of connecting cables fell off from behind him on their own, like tentacles with their own lives.

He turned and walked towards the depths of the underground palace hall, and stopped when passing by the culture chambers, lowering his head slightly to look at one of the containers.

A low and slight buzzing sound came from the tubular container that was tilted and fixed on the ground. The lights on its surface flickered regularly, indicating that a newly mature clone was sleeping inside it, and the blank brain was waiting for a new personality to be transferred - and his current body was also lying in such a culture chamber a few dozen minutes ago.

The sudden death of his previous body disrupted many of his plans, forcing him to hastily transfer his consciousness to his new body. The impact of this death was more serious than he had imagined. The discomforts of the new body were secondary. What was more important were the unbearable obstacles in his memory and thinking. Now he could not fully recall what had happened before. He only remembered the rain, the strange enemy, the rebellious artificial saint... and a strong light.

There was a tingling and buzzing in his head again. The great sage frowned and rubbed his temples subconsciously. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the edge of his vision was a little dim, like a circle of thin shadows dancing on the edge of his attention.

The monitoring chip in the brain did not sound any alarm, and the spiritual intuition did not respond at all.

It is possible that the nervous system of the clone currently used was damaged during the hasty transfer of consciousness... If the situation cannot be alleviated afterwards, just replace this body with a new one - the plan here is at a critical stage, but unexpected variables have appeared. At this time, no cost can be considered. Anything with hidden dangers must be eliminated, including one's own body.

With some messy thoughts flashing through his mind, the great sage stepped past the culture containers, quickly left the hall of the underground palace, and walked deeper into this huge underground maze.

He passed through the corridors and connecting halls around the hall, and then passed through a crack on the edge of the underground palace - this crack seemed to be caused by the collapse of the outer wall of the underground palace, and outside the crack were connected to caves and tunnels that seemed to be naturally formed - he moved forward in the darkness, while carefully paying attention to the changes in the surrounding environment.

From time to time, figures appeared in the dark corners on both sides. They were "practitioners" wearing black clothes and strange masks. These "death warriors" controlled by Yun Qingzi guarded the various passes in the underground caves, vigilantly watching any movement in the caves. Their eyes fell on the great sage, but soon shifted their eyes indifferently elsewhere.

But the great sage paid no attention to the gazes falling on him. Most of his attention was focused on paying attention to changes in the surrounding environment and protecting his own mind.

Because he knew that although the one waiting for him ahead was an ally, he was also a monster - and that monster's self-control ability had been getting weaker and weaker recently.

As they continued to move deeper into the cave, the surroundings became increasingly silent. Soon, even the practitioners in black disappeared. The only sound left in the deep and long tunnel that seemed to have no end was the great sage's own footsteps. Occasionally, glowing vines or strange crystals were embedded in the walls on both sides, barely illuminating the place ahead.

But gradually, new glimmers appeared in the field of vision, and a faint light began to seep down from the top of the cave in front. The great sage raised his head, and through the large and small cracks between the rocks, he saw the starry sky in the distance.

This place is deep underground, but you can see stars that are invisible even from the surface of Mo City.

The great sage was no longer surprised by such scenes. He just hurriedly walked through the passage where he could see the starlight, and finally arrived at the deepest part of this underground maze - a wide primitive cave.

Countless faint streams of light penetrated the walls and ground of the cave, flowing in the air like rivers. Dense clusters of crystals pierced the surface of the ground and piled up in various places in the cave. Under the faint light emitted by the light streams and the crystal clusters, one could see that the ground in the center of the cave bulged upwards and cracked into a cross.

Around the crack, one could see simple stone tables, stone benches, stone beds, as well as alchemy furnaces, sword platforms and other items commonly used by practitioners, but all of these things seemed to have been abandoned for many years, collapsed and broken, and covered with dust.

The great sage came straight to the cross crack.

An unsettling friction sound came from the crack, and the next moment, a bunch of strange crystal clusters that were pale with a mixture of gray and black suddenly "grew" out from the crack. The crystal clusters quickly grew and spread in the air, and in the blink of an eye they piled up to more than one person high. Then their surface quickly squirmed and deformed as if it had life. The seemingly hard crystal melted and recast into a smooth "mirror" in the blink of an eye, and the figure of a majestic old man emerged in the mirror.

"Are you in trouble?" The old man who emerged from the crystal frowned and said casually. "We are all in trouble," the great sage said seriously, "A group of guys with unknown origins suddenly appeared in Mo City, and my last clone died in their hands."

"Oh, no wonder your body looks so fresh, it's really new," Yun Qingzi laughed, as if he didn't care at all about the other party's tone of seriousness, "What does that have to do with me?"

"You might have attracted these people!" The Great Sage looked unhappy. He was obviously quite dissatisfied after seeing the other party's attitude. "You should know that because of your sudden loss of control last time, our risk of being exposed has increased more than a little! More and more people are affected by you, even those outside of Shuji - now many eyes have fallen on this planet."

"That's not losing control. That's a necessary means to find the 'Emperor's Legacy'," Yun Qingzi said calmly, "If I really lose control... you should know what it will be like."

The great sage frowned tightly. Although the other party's attitude was not very good, he knew that these were all true, so after a moment he suppressed his unhappiness and said in a dull voice: "So? With such a big fuss, you found it?"

"Of course I found it."

"where?"

"Taixu Lingshu."

After hearing Yun Qingzi's answer, the great sage was silent for two seconds, and then his voice broke the silence in the cave: "That's it? Of course we know it's in Taixu Lingshu - the clues pointed to that planet from the beginning. Why are you making such a big fuss..."

"The Taixu Lingshu itself is the legacy of the Emperor."

The cave fell silent again, and this time it lasted even longer than before.

The look of astonishment on the great sage's face lasted for at least half a minute.

"You mean, the entire planet..." After a long while, the great sage seemed to suddenly wake up and said with an incredible expression, "Wait, if this is the case, doesn't it mean that the 'Emperor's Legacy' is not something that can be 'taken'? Then how do you plan to get it?"

"Don't worry about that. I have my own arrangements. Anyway, the 'Emperor's Legacy' is of little use to you," Yun Qingzi said casually, "Before you get the Emperor's Legacy, my cooperation with you will continue as usual."

The great sage quietly watched the figure of the old man projected in the crystal. After a moment, he exhaled softly and nodded, "...I understand. We will continue to help you suppress the influence of the 'Evolving Star Body' - but conversely, if you want to have any 'big moves' in the future, please at least notify us in advance. We are already in enough trouble now."

"No problem," Yun Qingzi laughed, and then he spoke as if he suddenly remembered something, "Oh, by the way, you just said there was a group of guys with unknown origins? And they beat you to death once? Can you tell me more about it? I have time to listen now."

Great Sage: “…”

……

What could be more worrying than hearing about the appearance of an ancient powerful being who has become possessed and insane?
Of course there is.

That is when you hear that this ancient powerful being is most likely at your doorstep, or may even be causing trouble in your home.

After hearing Xuan Che's story about "Yun Qingzi", and hearing that the recent major events in Taixu Lingshu and the strange phenomena in Shuji might be related to that "Yun Qingzi", Mo Ran's expression was obviously not very good.

This female city lord with extraordinary temperament and graceful manners was instantly shrouded in an aura of "enough of this crappy class". It felt like when she was preparing for an inspection by her superiors and before she had time to report her work, she heard the other party tell her that "a national typical criminal has appeared in your jurisdiction", but she knew nothing about it.

Of course, you can also remove the word "seemingly"...

(End of this chapter)