Alien Hotel.

Chapter 448 After the Fall
An angel has fallen.

The magnificent process was clearly visible even on the surface of the earth.

Near the terminator of the Taixu Lingshu, people witnessed the moment when the pure white mother vine, like a new star, bloomed in space—it was as if a fourth moon appeared in the sky, second only to the sun in brightness. The flowers bloomed at the moment of day and night, and in the few seconds of its peak bloom, people could even see the structure of its petals and branches.

But the bloom was fleeting. Before the people on the surface could even comprehend it, the pure white nova hanging high in the twilight silently disintegrated into countless crystal fragments. The swirling crystalline material formed a "mist" in space that reflected sunlight and covered almost half a continent. Most of it evaporated and disappeared into the universe during the dissipation process, while some of the larger crystals remained on this world.

These powerless crystalline fragments fell towards the direction of the Taixu Spiritual Pivot, but almost all of them were intercepted on the spot by the planetary defense forces that were already on high alert. A very small number of fragments that slipped through the defense network burned into bright flames in the atmosphere, illuminating the night sky as they fell from west to east, and were completely burned up before hitting the ground.

……

Deep within the Demon-Suppressing Tower of the Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain.

The earth's ley lines appeared exceptionally active that day.

Large and small "pulses" emanating a faint light flowed out from the depths of the earth, flowing silently through the caverns filled with demon-suppressing stone pillars. The magma surrounding the caverns shimmered with a strange luster imbued by the earth's veins, undulating slowly with the changes in the flow.

The Snake Princess, who was curled up in a large ball of snakes and snoring loudly under one of the demon-suppressing stone pillars, was awakened from a nightmare in which her scales had turned black from eating poisonous mushrooms. Then she heard a rustling sound in her ears. She looked up in surprise in the direction of the sound and saw the terrifying "Ominous Wandering Star" floating in mid-air, constantly rolling and crashing around.

The demon-suppressing stone pillars used to secure the chains emitted a low hum, and as the ominous star moved, dense runes would occasionally light up, which looked terrifying.

"What...what's wrong with you!" Snake Princess suddenly shouted, her voice a mix of bravado and fear. "If you're not sleeping, I'm still sleeping!"

The ominous star suddenly turned around, its empty, dark eyes seemingly reflecting endless terror and calamity, causing the bluffing serpent to instantly shrink into a smaller lump.

But only for a moment, the stone sphere shifted its attention away from the utterly harmless serpent demon before it. It continued tumbling in mid-air, muttering incessantly, "Something's not right... How could nothing happen? How could nothing happen... The great calamity has already engulfed this planet, it should have arrived by now... This is the most stable I've felt in years, how could this be... How dare this!!!"

Suddenly, the stone ball became inexplicably angry, repeatedly muttering "How dare you, how could this be?" while frantically ramming against the surrounding barriers. It also muttered incoherently to itself, such as "Only the Goddess of Omens has the right to rewrite this" and "I am weak, I have been abandoned," making it seem almost manic.

The next instant, the surrounding demon-suppressing stone pillars and countless chains reacted immediately. With a resounding "hum," all the demon-suppressing stone pillars shone with golden light, and the dense runes instantly lit up. Each chain was infused with spiritual power and crackled with fine electric sparks. Then, accompanied by countless thunderbolts and lightning bolts, all the chains tightened suddenly. Amidst the ear-piercing sound of metal rubbing against metal, the Ominous Wanderer was instantly and firmly bound in mid-air!

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding ley lines were also drawn by the various formations in the cave, and streams of light surged along the stone pillars and chains, instantly engulfing the stone sphere!
The earth's veins roared and surged within the cave, while true spirit lightning scattered and burst forth across the platform. The snake queen, coiled beside a pillar, couldn't dodge in time and was struck by lightning at least six or seven times. Her entire body convulsed, and she frantically writhed on the spot while screaming at the top of her lungs, "Damn it! If you're going to strike, strike it! I was just peacefully coiled up here, what did I do to deserve this… Ahhh! Yuanhe! Yuanhe!! I'm done! Let me out, ahhh, damn it—"

The ominous planet at the center of the platform also trembled violently under the chains, making terrifying noises as it desperately tried to dodge the ley lines surging towards it, but it could not avoid being completely enveloped by them. It subconsciously shouted, but as soon as it opened its mouth, it was filled with a huge lump of (ley line surge), and the whole sphere immediately went crazy and struggled and rolled in mid-air.

As it struggled, the surrounding demon-suppressing stone pillars reacted even more violently, followed by an indiscriminate bombardment of the entire cavern by even more lightning. The Snake Queen, struck by lightning, howled like a banshee: "Yuan He, you son of a bitch... Holy crap, don't feed that ball shit... Holy crap—"

Her shout caused Yusei, who had finally managed to shut his mouth, to lose control again, bursting into a rage and yelling, "You worm, don't talk so nastyly... Ah—"

Then he was given another big gulp.

At this moment, the Snake Princess finally freed herself, but before she could crawl out, she was struck by a bolt of celestial lightning. Her whole body convulsed, and she could only raise her only remaining movable tail, pointing it upwards with all her might towards the top of the cave—

"I hate you bunch of heartless bastards... feeding the ball shit and then using lightning to protect animals..."

"I told you not to be so mean..."

crackling——

"Holy crap, I'm burnt!"

……

On the upper level of the Demon Suppression Tower, several inner disciples responsible for monitoring the flow of spiritual veins throughout the tower were guarding the nodes of the grand formation. One of them suddenly turned his head to the side, looking puzzled: "...What's going on down below?"

Another disciple looked around: "I didn't hear that..."

As the two were talking, a third person came up with a jade tablet and examined it closely. Suddenly, he slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Hey, my two junior brothers, take a look at this flow of spiritual energy! The balance of gain and loss, the interplay of increase and decrease, actually hints at the perfect harmony and cyclical nature of the Great Dao! It's wonderful! We brothers have been guarding this formation for ten years and have never seen anything like it—I've been stuck in my current cultivation level for many years, but seeing this cyclical phenomenon, I'm starting to have a vague understanding. I feel that a breakthrough is possible in the coming years..."

Upon hearing this, the two junior brothers immediately clasped their hands in a respectful gesture:

"Oh my, congratulations, senior brother! You've managed to glimpse such profound mysteries from the flow of spiritual veins."

"Congratulations! After your breakthrough, Senior Brother, would you please..."

The room suddenly fell silent. The three people looked at each other in bewilderment, then suddenly realized what was happening and rushed towards a nearby jade platform—

"No!" ...

In front of the main hall of Queyun Palace, Yuanhe Zhenren, who was left to guard the sect, looked up and watched the pure white afterglow of the sky fall into the distant night and gradually dissipate among the stars. After a long time, he let out a soft sigh.

"This calamity has finally passed safely," Master Yuanhe shook his head, looking at the ancient mirror floating beside him. The mirror reflected the scene on the "Tai'a" ship, with Master Yuanling standing in the picture. "Second Senior Brother, what's the situation in heaven?"

“We’re busy gathering up the scattered crystal fragments,” Master Yuanling said with a smile. “Although based on our experience at the border, the remnants of fallen angels are generally no longer dangerous, there’s still a group of heretics like the Secret Order watching over these wrecks. We can’t let the ‘angel catalyst’ fall into their hands.”

"Where is Mr. Yu?" Master Yuanhe asked again, his expression unconsciously becoming more serious as he uttered the words "Mr. Yu".

An existence capable of destroying two Dark Angels in a row... that can hardly be described as an ordinary "master". At this moment, even Master Yuanhe, who usually doesn't participate much in sect governance and only focuses on studying the Dao in the mountains, truly felt the psychological state of the director of the Border Special Operations Bureau.

“The Otherworldly Hotel just sent word that he needs to rest for a while,” Yuanling Zhenren said with a slightly subtle expression, “He said he’s a bit tired from fighting the angels…”

Yuan He: "..."

The two old men felt for a moment that these words were somewhat inhuman, but they couldn't think of any specific point to complain about. So they looked at each other for a while through the mirror and then breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

That was a sigh of relief.

"So far, the 'fall of angels' has happened twice," Yuanling Zhenren said with a hint of emotion. "This at least proves that the Dark Angels do indeed have the concept of 'death,' and that this process can be reproduced. The intractable natural disaster hanging over the heads of all living beings has been reduced by one. Next, I will send the message to the border region—to be honest, I am quite curious about how that 'director' will react this time."

Master Yuanhe thought for a moment, then a strange smile appeared on his face: "Most likely, there won't be any change in expression."

……

Bai Liqing, who was sitting behind her desk, suddenly frowned slightly, then raised her hand and rubbed her nose.

A pair of indifferent eyes briefly appeared in mid-air in front of her, and a cold voice entered her mind: "What's wrong, sister?"

"...Nothing, my nose is just a little itchy," Baili Qing said casually.

"That might be a sneeze, but the signal was attenuated because of the distance."

Baili Qing stopped what she was doing and looked up at the pair of eyes floating in mid-air: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Those eyes drifted to the side.

Baili Qing frowned almost imperceptibly, hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly spoke: "Is it just my imagination? You seem to have regained some of your former..."

Those eyes did not respond; instead, they quickly disappeared from her sight.

The next second, the office door was pushed open, and Song Cheng, his face beaming, appeared in front of Baili Qing in a flurry of activity.

The moment Song Cheng pushed open the door, he felt a murderous aura—the bureau chief sat behind his desk with an ordinary expression, but his calm gaze seemed to be piercing his face with a cold light, causing him to break out in a cold sweat instantly.

Did I arrive at the wrong time? Did I interrupt what the director was doing? If I return via the original route now, will I be able to save my week's vacation?

Song Cheng's head was buzzing, but his random thoughts were quickly interrupted by the voice from the other end: "What is it?"

Song Cheng quickly swallowed, controlling his breathing and adjusting his expression: "Angel Fall, Director—we just received news from the Flying Feather Star Region that the Star Derivative Entity has been removed from the list."

The murderous aura vanished abruptly.

Baili Qing, who was behind the desk, suddenly stood up.

In an instant, the director's expression, which rarely changed, shifted several times. Song Cheng even felt her eye twitch. He subconsciously looked at the female director across from him with a hint of nervousness, hesitating whether he should add something: "Director, over on Wutong Road..."

Baili Qing simply took a light breath and then waved to Song Cheng.

"I have my own arrangements for Wutong Road. Besides, there's one more thing—go tell the administration department to replace this damn table..."

(End of this chapter)