Alien Hotel.

Chapter 440 Living Star
Yu Sheng certainly knew that the celestial bodies were dark angels, but that was clearly not what he wanted to ask.

"Dark Angel" is the common name for celestial bodies—all invaders from outside the world are called Dark Angels, Heca Star, Goddess of Beauty, Tree Angel, Shadowless Skeleton... they all share this common name.

But after meeting Ankaela, Yu Sheng realized that the truth behind these "otherworldly invaders" might be far more complex than people imagined. "Dark Angels" is just a general term, and understanding their true nature is the only possible way to solve this "invasion phenomenon".

In this respect, "Yun Qingzi," who has already achieved a high degree of symbiosis with the celestial bodies, clearly already knows something.

Unfortunately, it seems that "Yun Qingzi" has no intention of cooperating.

He even sensed the "erosion" that Yu Sheng was undergoing, and the blood that was constantly seeping deeper into the ground.

Within a fraction of a second, the celestial body reacted.

An unsettling tremor emanated from the depths of the earth, causing the surrounding crystal structure connected to the cave to rapidly fracture. The illusion of Yun Qingzi in the crystal mirror vanished in the blink of an eye, and then the entire cave began to disintegrate and collapse. First, a huge crack appeared in the ground, through which faint streams of light from the earth's veins could be seen, while crisscrossing crystal branches connected the geysers. The crystal structure containing the components of life-giving blood was completely "cut off" and fell into the ground along the crack.

Yu Sheng felt his consciousness being disturbed by a powerful force, as if he were trapped in this "abandoned" crystalline cage. He saw himself falling rapidly, the end of which was a lava lake deep in the mantle. During the fall, in that scorching underground space that resembled purgatory, he saw the enormous limb of the celestial body that had pierced through the entire planet—

The outer shell supports the earth's crust, while the tubular structure that transmits energy is immersed in the lava and deep within the earth's veins. The crystal behemoth, resembling the skeleton of a giant beast, is shifting its position amidst vibrations, seemingly making final preparations for the "ascending body's" separation.

The next second, darkness descended, and the chaotic afterlife enveloped everything.

Inside the large cavity of the mantle, on one of the crystal branches above the endless lava lake, Yun Qingzi's figure emerged from the crystal cluster. He looked at the infernal sea of ​​fire and watched the "crystal contaminant" cut off from the main body fall into the lava and be swallowed by the terrifying heat in the blink of an eye.

The pollution was contained, the strange blood was intercepted outside the immune barrier, and the "ascended body" under layers of protection was not affected... But what is this persistent unease?

Yun Qingzi frowned deeply, unable to pinpoint the source of his unease.

No, we must execute the "ascension" ahead of schedule; too many things on this planet are already out of control.

……

Thunder shattered the darkness, and a violent storm raged across the wilderness outside the city's protective array. Unsettling aftershocks of spiritual energy rippled through the air, and scorching dust slowly dissipated in the wind and rain.

The two sides faced off in front of the city's defensive formation.

Mo Ran stood atop the tower, gripping her sword tightly. She felt the chill carried by the cold wind pierce her very bones. She stared intently at the sky outside the city, and with the next thunderclap, she saw large and small immortal ships forming a battle formation, and cultivators standing on their swords arrayed among the clouds in the lightning.

Before they were locked in this standoff, the two sides had actually engaged in a brief but intense conflict—the lingering heat and turbulent spiritual energy in the air and the numerous ravines on the ground were the result of that short but fierce battle.

The reason why Yunshan Jun and the others gathered outside the city stopped fighting was not because they had broken free from the control of the Star-Evolving Body, but because of one person.

Mo Ran took a deep breath and looked out of the city's protective array with a hint of awe.

The white-robed and white-haired Master Yuanhao stood with his hands behind his back on the cloud, quietly standing between the two opposing sides. His gaze calmly overlooked all things in the rain. Behind him, the power of the Four Symbols and Five Elements transformed into an illusory array of runes, circulating vastly between heaven and earth. Hundreds of spiritual lights shuttled and swirled within the array, locking onto the army outside the city from afar.

Beneath Yuan Hao's feet, a crack, still radiating intense heat, stretched across the land, separating Mo City from the army outside, extending into the far distance.

The moment the powerful cultivator at the Supreme Dao Integration Realm struck, even the cultivators outside the city who were controlled by the Star Evolution Body instantly calmed down, and none of them dared to make any further rash moves. After all, Yunshan Jun and the others were only affected by cognitive interference, unlike the black-clad cultivators before who were directly brainwashed into becoming Yun Qingzi's henchmen. Their basic judgment was still intact.

Xuan Che stood behind Yuan Hao with his hands at his sides, staring expressionlessly at the distant horizon at a 45-degree angle with his eldest grandmaster.

The two communicated telepathically.

"Senior Uncle, what should we do next?"

"What else can we do? I'm panicking too..." Master Yuanhao said expressionlessly. "These people outside the city are just trapped by their limited understanding. We can't really start a massacre, can we?"

"What if they attack us first?" Xuan Che glanced sideways furtively. "Can we win?" "Win my ass! Have you been reading too many storybooks? How can we possibly defeat so many people? Besides, there are so many warships! If we can't hold out any longer, we'll just run into the city's defensive formation. We're just stalling for time..."

"Um, wouldn't that be a little embarrassing?"

"Silly child, your master has traveled the world for so many years, experiencing countless hardships to grow to where he is today. He has relied on his ability to be flexible and adaptable... Don't move your eyes, keep them focused!"

"oh oh."

As they spoke, atop a large celestial vessel high in the clouds outside the city, the refined-looking middle-aged man had been staring intently at the uninvited guest in mid-air for quite some time. Finally, he couldn't help but step forward, clasping his hands in a respectful gesture: "Senior, may I ask..."

“Qianfeng Lingshan, Yuanhao, come and mediate this matter,” Yuanhao Zhenren raised his hand, his expression indifferent. “If you are still willing to obey the orders of Taixu Lingshu, then leave now.”

Yunshan Jun narrowed his eyes slightly.

A buzzing noise echoed in his mind. He couldn't hear the voice coming from the other side, nor could he understand the few syllables that were clear in the noise. But he didn't find the noise strange, nor was he really curious about the identity of the person on the other side.

In fact, he couldn't even make out what the two people standing in mid-air in the distance looked like.

The whole world was a blur in his eyes, and this blur... had lasted his entire life.

This is normal; that's how the world is. It's just that Mo City looks a little strange right now...strange?
Yunshan Jun suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, as if he had suddenly forgotten something very important.

He looked up in surprise and saw that the closest retainers beside him were also looking up in confusion, casting similar bewildered glances at him.

Why am I here? What happened? I think I was just fighting someone, but... who was I fighting? Why was I fighting? Is that Mo City in the distance? The head of the Mo family seems to be standing there, but why does he look so wary?

A strange roar echoed between heaven and earth, and seemed to reverberate in the depths of everyone's heart.

On a hill on the edge of Mo City, Hu Li's ears twitched, and she subconsciously looked towards the crystalline forest outside the city's protective array. Eileen peeked out from her arms, looking around anxiously: "What the hell is this noise? Is something else about to crawl out from underground?"

Hu Li couldn't answer Eileen's incessant questions. She just hugged the doll tightly, and then suddenly noticed that the ground at the end of the Crystal Forest was slowly rising, as if a new mountain was "growing" from there.

A thunderclap resounded, and the wind and rain in the world seemed to pause for a moment, as if a beat had been missed in the downpour.

Luna stretched out her hand in the rain, seemingly gazing at the slowly rising "mountain" at the edge of the earth. However, no one could discern the true thoughts or focus of this "artificial saint" from her pale, steel-like face—the eternally desolate rainy season was reflected on her gleaming metal shell, and within the reflected wind and rain, a vast wilderness vaguely appeared, overgrown with weeds.

In the sky outside the city, Xuan Che suddenly noticed the growing chaos spreading between the immortal ships and sword-wielding cultivators in the distant clouds.

"Master Uncle, the enemy's battle formation seems to be in disarray," he immediately transmitted his thoughts, "The expressions of those leaders are strange."

“I see it,” Yuan Hao Zhenren, who was trying his best to maintain the demeanor of a master while preparing to run away at any moment, nodded slightly, his expression unchanged. “Don’t make any rash moves, something’s not right… the commotion underground is strange.”

In the distant clouds, the battle formation formed by the cultivators gathered from several nearby major cities had obvious breaks. People were looking around blankly as if they had suddenly woken up, and some suddenly broke away from the battle formation. Some of them turned and left, while others fell from the sky and quickly disappeared into the writhing and swaying living crystal forest as if they had heard a call.

At the edge of the plain, something astonishing was gradually emerging from the ground, and the terrain was changing. The eerie rumbling from the depths of the earth gradually turned into a terrifying roar as the earth cracked open. Amidst the rising dust, large swathes of pale crystal emerged from the earth, rising like mountains.

Mo Ran gasped, her hand gripping the sword trembling involuntarily. She stared at the crystal mountain rising at the edge of the plain, and just witnessing it made her mind falter: "What...is that?"

There was a deathly silence around her. Her retainers were clearly unable to answer her questions. Only the same trembling and fear were spreading among their hearts. Just as a great sense of powerlessness arose, Mo Ran suddenly heard a voice behind her.

A bodyguard stumbled up the platform in the wind and rain, his voice sounding like a scream from a nightmare—

"Communications on the orbital platform have been restored! They... they said... they said there's a face on the surface of the Silent Garrison!"

(End of this chapter)