Alien Hotel.

Chapter 404: The rift...disappeared?

Xuan Che certainly also noticed the subtle changes in Mo Ran's expression. He actually understood the border city lord's feelings at the moment.

"Ahem, that's probably the situation," he coughed twice to draw the other party's attention. "As far as I know, the recent cases of monks going astray and disappearing are concentrated in Mo City. There are few reports of this in other areas of Shuji. So if it is really the work of 'Yun Qingzi' behind all this, then there must be something in this city that he is interested in... No matter what, he must have a reason to target this place."

"But what is there in this Mo City that is worthy of such an ancient great man's efforts?" Mo Ran frowned, his tone solemn, and shook his head after a moment of contemplation, "Although Mo City is the largest city in Shuji, it is only because it once had the largest spiritual ore mine on the planet, but now the mines here have long been exhausted, and there are no special blessed places or spiritual treasures in the city... It can't be that he just has his eyes on the abandoned mines here, right?"

Xuan Che also frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he shook his head: "We have no way of knowing this for the time being, but Yun Qingzi's plan is very big, and he may have been lurking and planning at the border for hundreds of years, so any action he takes in a short period of time may only be a small part of a longer-term and larger plan, including what happened in Mo City recently."

Mo Ran listened with a thoughtful expression on his face, while Xuan Che paused for a moment after he finished speaking, and continued, "Don't worry, Mo Cheng will not face such a big event alone. Taixu Lingshu is also making preparations. Once the investigation here makes progress or Yun Qingzi reveals his whereabouts, support from the Capital Star will arrive in an instant.

"In addition, I will contact the Star Guarding Elder of Shuji later. There is such a great disaster lurking on the planet he guards, but the local Star Guarding Elder is completely unaware of it. This is also a bit strange."

Mo Ran listened and seemed to be relieved. He nodded slightly and said "hmm".

Xuan Che seemed to have remembered something when he said this, and asked casually, "By the way, speaking of the Star Guardian Elder, if I remember correctly, the person guarding Shuji should be... Elder Daoheng? I don't know much about him, I only know that he was originally a master of the 'Tianyan Sect', and later he was jointly recommended by Qianfeng Lingshan and Youming Valley according to the decree of the Immortal Alliance to become the Star Guardian here? How is he doing here?"

"It is just as you said. Elder Dao Heng was appointed by the Immortal Alliance a hundred years ago to guard this planet on behalf of Qianfeng Lingshan and Youming Valley," Mo Ran nodded and said, "In the past hundred years, Elder Dao Heng has been working diligently and protecting this planet, and he has won respect from all parties.

"In addition, Elder Dao Heng keeps a low profile. Apart from his duties as the 'Star Guardian', he doesn't interfere much in worldly affairs, and doesn't often show up in public. Especially in the past 20 to 30 years, Shuji has been very peaceful, and the small cities on the surrounding planets and the satellite cities in orbit are also very stable. He shows up even less often - of course, his appearances are limited to the public. He still attends the city meetings and planetary defense reporting meetings as usual."

"Nothing unusual?"

“Nothing unusual.”

"Hmm..." Xuan Che touched his chin and nodded slightly, looking thoughtful. At this moment, a slight buzzing sound suddenly sounded, interrupting his thoughts.

He casually reached into his bosom and took out the glowing Lingxi mirror - the mirror showed that a new message had been received, and the sender was Yu Sheng.

Xuan Che's expression immediately straightened up and he raised his hand to click on the message.

The content of the message made him look serious for a moment.

Mo Ran, who was standing next to him, also became nervous when he saw this: "The Immortal Envoy is so serious... Could something have happened again?"

After reading the news, Xuan Che thought for a while, then looked up at the city lord opposite him and said, "Just sit tight."

Mo Ran: “…”

The sky may have fallen.

But Xuan Che didn't indulge her. Seeing the city lord sitting firmly in front of him, he cleared his throat:

"My master uncle and his men went to the outskirts of the city to investigate. They were attacked by the black-robed monks under Yun Qingzi at the edge of Mo City. The other side had a large number of people and trained a large number of monsters. There was also an unknown outsider master in charge. He was a cultist of the Chongsheng Hermitage. In addition, a large-scale spatial dislocation was discovered at the scene, and the coverage area is currently unpredictable. Two fairy foxes from Taixu Lingshu were also attacked at the scene. One of them was in critical condition, but fortunately he was rescued..."

He was halfway through his words when he saw the city lord's eyes begin to growl, so he casually pulled out a medicine gourd from his arms, poured a pill into it and flicked it directly into the other person's mouth, then continued: "Fortunately, the rescue was timely..."

To be honest, the rescue was indeed timely. After taking one pill, Mo Ran was suddenly awakened from the brink of shattered heart.

The sky is falling.

Xuan Che could only sigh softly upon seeing this, and then he lowered his head to read the message he had just received, and adjusted his sitting position on the chair: "Next, let's talk about the Saintly Hermitage... The hermitage cultist who appeared in the suburbs is at least a 'sage', and may even be a 'great sage' level."

Mo Ran: “…”

It hasn't collapsed completely yet and is still collapsing continuously.

…A loud thunder streaked across the sky, the flash of light illuminated the rainy night, and the roar echoed between heaven and earth, continuously.

Yu Sheng raised his head and looked at the sky in front of him which was covered with dark clouds and misty rain. He felt that something was ten to nine points wrong.

At this time, he was standing on a new fox tail, floating in the place where he had fought with the cultist of the hermit order before. Next to him was Yuan Hao Zhenren, who had freed his hands - the latter was stepping on a chainsaw sword, buzzing in the air.

"I pushed the door open here before," Yu Sheng raised his hand and felt the air in front of him, frowned and looked back, "but now the 'feeling' is gone."

Yuan Hao was holding a white brick in his hand, looking it up and down in the air like a magic mirror. Upon hearing this, he turned his head and said, "The space here is very peaceful. We haven't found any hidden entrances to secret realms or space layers. Just now, Fellow Daoist Zheng also observed the ground and found nothing unusual."

"But this doesn't make sense. We had opened such a big passage before," Yu Sheng said in disbelief. "You should have seen it, right? The sky seemed to collapse, and it turned into a tilted mirror with cracks all over it. The scene on the other side of the cracks seemed to hide another world. It was quite spectacular."

"Well, although I was busy treating Shang An at the time, I did see the wonders in the sky," Yuan Hao nodded. "Based on what I saw at the time, there must be another dimension hidden here... And such a large-scale 'secret realm', and you broke such a big gap at the time, it shouldn't be hidden anymore."

Yu Sheng's brows were still furrowed, and he didn't say anything else. Instead, he controlled the fox tail under his feet and checked the situation in several directions in the sky.

Zhenren Yuanhao followed him everywhere, controlling his chainsaw sword and shining a brick in the air.

The two Irenes on the ground looked up at the two figures flying in the sky. After a long while, they couldn't help but sigh in unison: "This painting is really weird."

Zheng Zhi on the side blinked: "Ah?"

"One controls a fox tail, the other controls a chainsaw sword, they fly in circles in the sky... you don't understand," Irene (Pika) said, waving her hands impatiently, "No, I have to watch more games, novels and TV series to freshen my eyes when I get home. These two have ruined my last fantasy of Xianxia..."

"It's wrong to replace reality with fantasy," Hu Li on the other side said to the little doll very seriously, "You should watch less nonsense in your daily life. It hurts your brain."

Irene immediately put her hands on her hips and said confidently: "I don't even have a brain, why would I be afraid of this?"

As soon as she said this, everything around her went quiet. Even Hu Li didn't know how to respond. A few seconds later, Luna, who had been on standby mode, suddenly raised her head and said slowly, "Yeah, that's right."

Irene thought about it and felt that the C-shaped buckle seemed to have bad intentions this time, but before she could figure it out, she saw two flashes of light in front of her - Yu Sheng who was controlling the fox tail and Yuan Hao who was controlling the chainsaw sword came down from the sky.

The little doll instantly forgot what he was thinking and ran towards Yu Sheng happily: "Hey, you finally came down!"

Yu Sheng dodged Pika's lightning strike at the first opportunity this time, and casually grabbed the fox tail beside him to block the little thing that was still flashing like a lightning ball. Then he wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed: "It's down - it's a pity that I didn't find the crack before."

Irene was a little angry because she was blocked by Yu Sheng in mid-air, but after hearing what the other party said, she was stunned before she could even say anything: "Ah? There is still a door you can't open?!"

"It's not the first time. There are always some strange unexpected situations in this world. What can I do?" Yu Sheng spread his hands. "And you have seen the situation on the other side of those rifts before. It is obviously not just a hidden space. The scale is much larger than the space opened up by the Saint Hermitage when they hid the Pillar of Order... I suspect this thing has some new hiding or transfer mechanism that I haven't figured out yet."

Irene listened in a daze. Although she didn't quite understand what was said, she was quite familiar with the situation of "hearing but not understanding". She touched her chin and pretended to think about it. After pretending to think for a few seconds, she raised her head and said, "Ah, then what?"

"Then? Of course we have to go back first. There's no point in continuing to get wet in the rain here," Yu Sheng waved his hand. At the same time, he turned his head and glanced at the gloomy sky and the towering ancient refining tower not far away. After a moment of silence, he exhaled, "Now there are a lot of clues. The whole thing has become even more confusing. I have to go back and think about it carefully. Besides..."

As he spoke, he withdrew his gaze and looked in front of him again.

Irene (Rebar) also ran out of the abandoned factory at this time and stood in front of him.

The guy who had just fallen into the mud pit was now drenched in rain. Not much mud was washed off her body, but she looked even more miserable. However, she seemed to have forgotten about it and was still standing there with a proud look on her face.

She seems to always be so arrogant.

"... I'll give you a good wash, you're almost dying."

(End of this chapter)