Alien Hotel.

Chapter 442 Flying Towards the Stars
Inside and outside the city of Mo, countless eyes witnessed this scene that they would remember for a lifetime.

A colossal, mountain-like object tore through the earth, emerging from the planet's interior and rising into the sky amidst a desolate, torrential downpour.

Crystal flakes fell like waterfalls, causing mountains to collapse and the earth to crumble.

Having lost control of its core, the crystalline tentacles went into a final frenzy, tearing open terrifying trenches and rifts across the planet's surface. Thick clouds were stirred up by the tentacles and rising bodies, forming countless vortexes that swirled in the sky. The atmosphere energized amidst violent upheaval, and storms and thunder raged across the heavens and earth.

In the far north, the plains have been eroded, and the entire land is collapsing after the underground crystal structure collapsed. To the south of Mo City, a distant mountain range has been split in two, and terrifying flashes of light burst forth from the mountain. The crystalline material squeezed out by the earth's crust has become a magnificent and terrifying "fountain," and its eruption is even clearly visible from space.

Mo Ran soared into the air, then watched helplessly as yet another refining tower collapsed in the storm.

Beneath her feet, the entire city groaned in despair, teetering on the brink of collapse. Ink City was built upon a vast vein of spirit ore. In a sense, the city's "foundation" was a single, integral "mining platform." This unique structure made it more robust than any other city, even capable of withstanding geological upheavals. However, with the successive collapses of Refining Towers No. 6, No. 7, and No. 12, the ancient mining platform that served as the city's foundation had reached its limit.

For a moment, Mo Ran even felt that the entire city had tilted past the critical point, and that everything was about to end.

She even suspected that the planet was about to disintegrate in the next second.

However, at that moment, she noticed that the process of the earth collapsing and tearing apart was gradually stopping.

Those out-of-control, enormous tentacles twitched in the wind and rain, then gradually came to a stop. The tremors deep within the earth subsided rapidly, and even some of the most dangerous rifts began to heal.

As if she had thought of something, Mo Ran slowly raised her head and looked out of the city. She saw the torrential rain pouring down, as if washing over the entire world. The "Ascension Body" that had already risen to the clouds was caught in the eye of the storm. The rain curtain mixed with traces of blood seemed to be consciously rushing towards the huge crystal, wrapping it layer by layer, and continuously splashing and soaking it with "rainwater".

"rain……"

She murmured to herself, unable to imagine what kind of great power was stopping this disaster through the rain. Just then, streaks of light suddenly appeared at the edge of her vision, startling her from her brief daze.

Mo Ran looked up in astonishment and saw several immortal ships wobbling through the rain. The cultivators from other major cities jumped off the edges of the ships and rushed straight toward the various nodes of the city's protective formation.

Streaks of spiritual light intertwined and flowed in the clouds, rapidly permeating the city's protective array. The protective array, which had been almost extinguished due to the collapse of Refining Towers No. 6, 7, and 12, was relit at a visible speed, and the crumbling city quickly stabilized.

Yunshan Jun also jumped off the deck of the immortal ship. He was no longer the refined and casual man he used to be. At this moment, his hair and beard were messy, his clothes were disheveled, and there was a bloodstain on his forehead.

He flew to Mo Ran, his lips moved slightly, then he bowed respectfully: "I can only leave these people behind—the rest must be taken back to support Tan Yuan and Bai Cheng. Patriarch Mo, just now, just now…"

"Enough with the talk," Mo Ran quickly interrupted the senior in front of him, who was actually his uncle by seniority, and then took a deep breath. "...Let's survive first."

"it is good."

Yunshan Jun rode away on his sword. Mo Ran turned around and saw a ray of light cross the clouds. The light landed in front of him and transformed into a familiar handsome young man.

“Immortal Envoy,” Mo Ran immediately bowed to Xuan Che. Although she was full of questions, seeing this “high envoy” from the Taixu Spiritual Pivot made her feel a little more at ease. “What do we do next? This rain…”

Xuan Che did not answer. He simply waved his hand, then turned around and looked with Mo Ran at the huge crystal in the distance that was still slowly rising in the storm.

“That’s the ‘Ascension Body’,” he said softly. “What happens next is beyond our control… Mr. Yu will handle it.”

……

In this incredible "field of vision" formed by the convergence of the entire rain belt, Yu Sheng was staring intently at the "ascending body" emitting an eerie light.

Without the extrasensory experiences he had honed in the valley and the Black Forest, he felt he would have had a hard time adapting to his current vision so quickly.

Now, his "connection" with that crystal is being strengthened like never before, and it is getting stronger every second as time goes by.

He could even "hear" the roar coming from the depths of the crystal—though to an ordinary person it was just noise enough to instantly break their mind.

"This is a trap!" the frantic voice roared, seemingly Yun Qingzi's voice, but mixed with the noise of countless shouts. "You lied to us!"

Yu Sheng laughed, even though he didn't even have a "body" at this moment, his smile was still reflected in the storm—his face appeared in the clouds, and he grinned, laughing more happily than ever before.

"Yeah, it's not allowed?"

His voice, mingled with thunder, echoed around the ascending body amidst the storm, reverberating through the atmosphere. Yu Sheng had spent a long time setting up this trap—to make it effective, he not only needed to endure this long rainy season, but also actively borrowed the power of the Star-Evolving Body. He allowed himself to be devoured by the Star-Evolving Body, and then allowed himself to be "destroyed" by it. He even imitated Yun Qingzi's method, making himself a part of the Star-Evolving Body's internal "cycle," all to figure out the internal structure of this "angel."

The ascendant was protected by a thick "feathered shell," which was far thicker and stronger than imagined. If ordinary "blood penetration" were used, it would probably be impossible for Yu Sheng to "penetrate" into its interior until the dark angel tore the entire planet to pieces.

The only solution he could think of was to make the ascendant leave its protective layer on its own, exposing its relatively "fragile" core directly to the rain.

The rain in Shuji had been falling for a very long time. This long rainy season, which lasts for most of the year, is a normal "natural phenomenon" on this planet. Even the "Dark Angels" would probably find it difficult to detect the slight "abnormality" in the rain.

The only potential problem in the whole process is the variable "Yun Qingzi".

As the "brain" of the celestial body, the intelligent Yun Qingzi is very likely to notice the changes in the rain. Once he becomes alert in advance, this matter will not be so easy to succeed.

Fortunately, Yu Sheng's judgment was correct—Yun Qingzi's perception of the surface world was not that acute, nor was his thinking that clear.

Yun Qingzi and the Star Body exist in a state of chaotic symbiosis. When one "unexpected event" after another occurs in Shuji, the Star Body's instinctive reaction to the "crisis" will prevail, and it will eventually choose to "ascend" ahead of schedule.

The crystal shell on the surface of the ascendant began to disintegrate in the storm. The crystal structure, eroded by the blood rain, seemed to have decayed and died for countless years in an instant, turning into some kind of extremely fragile and loose "gray matter," which fell to the ground as it was washed away by the rain.

Minutes later, smoke began to billow from the massive crystalline structure of the ascendant, as if it had been invaded by strong acid. Large patches of lifeless, blurry gray marks began to spread rapidly through its depths.

Even so, this "mountain" continued its arduous ascent through the atmosphere, like a tenacious seed relentlessly flying towards the top of the atmosphere despite the blood rain that could melt it.

The roar emanating from within the ascendant had vanished without a trace. In the connection established through blood, Yu Sheng only felt an extremely unsettling...dead silence.

Then he discovered that the "seed" had started accelerating again.

It seems to have used all its reserves—the energy accumulated over hundreds of years of parasitism in the desert—for this acceleration.

Immediately following, accompanied by a series of unsettling explosions, the outer shell of the ascendant finally disappeared completely, along with a large amount of its internal structure, which quickly collapsed and disintegrated. At this moment, it simply gave up on maintaining the integrity of its own structure and threw all unnecessary tissues into the rain cloud—and this "shell-throwing" allowed it to briefly block the torrential rain in the cloud.

A grotesque mass of grayish-black crystalline material, resembling a tangled mess of withered roots, detached from its core and burst through the clouds.

Yu Sheng felt a sudden tightness in his heart—

"Oops!"

There was no rain above the clouds.

The next instant, he saw the ugly seed burst forth from the thick, silent atmosphere—the final core of the celestial body was bathed in blinding sunlight, the water vapor on its surface instantly evaporated in space, and a moment later, the gray-black crystalline roots that had been coiled and curled up in the core began to slowly unfurl in the sunlight, and unsettling black cracks appeared around those roots. Then, the cracks joined together, transforming into a huge vortex.

Deep within the vortex, the hazy light and shadow unique to hyperspace channels can be faintly seen.

The next second, the "seed" rushed into the vortex, and the hyperspace passage was shut down.

For a brief period of time afterward, the whole world seemed to fall silent.

The devastating geological activity on the surface of the desert gradually subsided, and all crystalline materials ceased their activity.

The storm outside Mexico City gradually subsided, and the weather returned to normal for this season.

The battles inside and outside the city were over, and the survivors looked around blankly, filled with anxiety about what would happen next.

Then, the peace was broken.

The Otherworldly Inn, docked at a high altitude on the Silenced Railroad, issued a highly urgent broadcast warning—

"A celestial body enters hyperspace—the Taixu Spiritual Pivot is in danger!"

(End of this chapter)