Alien Hotel.

Chapter 452 Eileen's "Harvest"

Things involving Yu Sheng and the people around him seem to tend to develop in unexpected directions—Yuanling Zhenren remembered that Director Baili Qing had mentioned this sentence when she contacted him, and now he clearly had a deeper understanding of it.

The Nightmare Wanderer, suppressed for three thousand years beneath the Taixu Spiritual Pivot without showing any weakness, and seemingly without any flaws except for being suppressed by the Taixu Earth Veins, shattered into pieces the moment it was touched by the half-meter-tall puppet next to Yu Sheng, leaving only a fist-sized ball floating on the ground—if he hadn't witnessed it himself, and if anyone had told him about it, his first reaction would have been to kick it down, stuff half a jin of Qingxin Yizhi Pills into his mouth, and swallow two bowls of Anshen Soup, three times a day…

"About this ball..." Yuanling Zhenren blinked, looking at the grayish-white stone ball floating next to Eileen. He tried to find the right words to express his feelings, but could only manage to say, "Let me examine it first."

Yu Sheng casually grabbed the sphere in mid-air and handed it to Yuan Ling Zhenren: "Then you can check it."

When Yu Sheng grasped the stone ball, he felt a slight resistance, but it wasn't much. It seemed that because Eileen was right next to him, the stone ball behaved rather "well."

With a strange expression, Yuanling Zhenren took the stone ball, made a hand seal and chanted an incantation with his other hand, and then summoned an ancient bronze mirror of unknown purpose. He looked at the stone ball and studied it for a long time. Then he called over Yuan Hao, who was watching the fun from the side. The two of them got together and observed and discussed, talking about a bunch of technical terms that no one could understand.

The grayish-white, cratered ball, resembling a miniature planet, was manipulated by the two old men. Apart from occasionally trying to drift towards Eileen, it didn't offer any resistance and was remarkably docile—especially compared to the terrifying and volatile "Ominous Planet" from before.

Eileen sat on Yu Sheng's shoulders, and the two of them stared at the scene. After a while, Yu Sheng poked Eileen's head with his finger: "Do you have any thoughts?"

"Thoughts? What thoughts could I possibly have?" Eileen stared blankly. "I don't even know what's going on! Let me make this clear first, if they try to make me pay for it later, I really can't afford it... I only get so little pocket money every day..."

“Who told you that? I was talking about the connection between you and Omen Yuxing,” Yu Sheng rolled his eyes. “Remember what Omen Yuxing said before? About the Omen Goddess…”

Eileen stared wide-eyed at Yu Sheng, then gave an exaggerated shiver: "Ugh—don't say such outrageous things!"

Yu Sheng didn't say anything more, but simply raised his hand and gently patted the back of the little doll.

Eileen pursed her lips, then stared blankly into the distance.

Not far away, Snake Princess was quietly stretching out. Realizing that no one would come to attack her, she became bolder and moved closer to Yuan He Zhenren, peeking out and saying, "Old thief."

Master Yuanhe raised an eyebrow: "If you don't want to call me Master, at least call me by my name."

“Yuan He, you old thief,” Snake Queen said casually, pointing at Yu Sheng and Eileen’s group with the tip of her tail, “who exactly are these people? Why are you all being so polite to them? I’ve never seen you treat anyone like this before…”

Master Yuanhe glanced at the giant snake beside him out of the corner of his eye, pondered for a moment, and then casually asked, "Do you know what major event has occurred outside?"

“How would I know! You’ve locked me up in this dark and gloomy place, I can’t even see the weather outside,” Snake Queen glared, while the heads of the tigers, leopards, bears, and jackals beside her bared their teeth and hissed at Yuanhe Zhenren, but soon all their heads drooped down again. “I only heard the disciples who came to inspect mention something, that something big happened at the border, and then they said something big happened at Taixu Lingshu as well… but no one is willing to explain to me what exactly happened.”

Master Yuanhe thought for a moment: "...Have you ever heard of the 'Dark Angel'?"

"What's that? Is it tasty?"

Yuan He: "..."

"Why don't you speak?"

Master Yuanhe remained silent, but after a moment of silence, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and turned his head to stare intently at the giant snake demon in front of him with a strange look.

Snake Princess felt a chill run down her spine from the other's gaze and instinctively coiled up: "You, what are you going to do—I'm warning you, I haven't settled the score with Dog Head yet! You, don't you dare have any more wicked thoughts..."

“Snake Princess,” Master Yuanhe frowned, and after several seconds, he spoke with an exceptionally serious expression, “Have you… noticed that you’re speaking more logically?”

Boa Hancock: "...Huh?"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Yuan Ling and his fellow disciples Yuan Hao finally finished their inspection of the stone sphere.

As soon as they let go, the stone ball floated back to Eileen's side and continued to circle around the little doll.

"In terms of aura... it is indeed still 'Ominous Wandering Star'," Yuanling Zhenren nodded in response to Yu Sheng's curious gaze, his expression serious. "But it seems to have lost its mental response and no longer has the dangerous and fierce aura it had before. My senior brother and I examined it for a long time and found that apart from being able to float around, it has no other... 'supernatural powers' left."

"No mental processing at all?" Eileen's eyes widened in surprise upon hearing this.

Yuan Ling nodded solemnly.

"It feels like a factory reset..." Yu Sheng frowned, his tone thoughtful. After a moment, he shook his head.

“The key now is how to handle this ball,” Yu Sheng said with a serious expression. “This thing has been following Eileen the whole time.”

Yuan Ling and Yuan Hao exchanged a glance.

“We just had a discussion,” Yuan Hao cleared his throat twice, breaking the silence, “Since this ball seems to be destined for Miss Eileen, why don’t you two keep an eye on it for now…”

Yu Sheng had indeed considered this possibility, but he was still surprised to hear the other party bring it up on their own initiative: "Huh? Let us take them away?!"

Eileen couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this thing very dangerous? Won't it cause problems if we take it outside the seal?"

"In fact..." Master Yuanhao hesitated for a moment, then sighed with a wry smile, "The seal is gone."

Yu Sheng & Eileen: "...?"

Yuan Hao raised his finger and pointed to the surrounding demon-suppressing stone pillars, as well as the pile of rune chains entangled and stacked among the gray and white fragments.

Yu Sheng then noticed that these objects, which had previously been floating with a layer of misty spiritual light, had now become completely quiet, and it seemed that they had been motionless since the beginning.

“Just now, when the Ominous Star shattered, the thousand-year-old seal at the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower became ineffective,” Old Shuaibi spread his hands, “including the part of the setup that activates the earth's veins around here—the Ominous Star has been freed, and it will take at least three to five years to rebuild the seal here.”

“Back then, it took many powerful experts joining forces to suppress the 'Ominous Wandering Star' when it first descended, sealing it away in seclusion beneath Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain for several years. Only then did others have the opportunity to build this sealed area around it,” Yuan Ling added. “But now… this demon has become like this, so there’s no need for so many people to join forces to suppress it underground anymore. However, the seal here has now broken, so let’s continue…”

The old man paused, glancing subtly at the small ball floating beside Eileen, before continuing, "There's no point in keeping it locked up here any longer; it needs to be placed elsewhere... The Taixu Spiritual Pivot doesn't have another place to seal the Ominous Wandering Star. Since it's become like this, it's better to let the 'Inn' take over; we'll feel more at ease that way."

On the contrary, it makes me feel more at ease...

Yu Sheng seemed to understand what the other person meant, and then his gaze fell on Eileen.

The little doll then realized what was happening, turned its head to look at the ominous Yusei (youth version) floating beside it, and its little face instantly fell: "No way..."

"Just think of it as acquiring a magical treasure," Hu Li chimed in from the side, a rare look of amusement on her face. "Isn't this how it always is when you read novels, read comics, or watch TV dramas?"

Luna suddenly looked up and blurted out, as if she had just restarted her game, "Yeah, that's right."

Eileen paused, her expression visibly wavering: "So, you mean... is that right?"

Seeing this, Yu Sheng quickly pressed her head down and nodded before the little one could react: "Then it's settled."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Yuan Ling: "Speaking of which, shouldn't we go through some handover procedures? After all, we've taken over such a... special item from you. Shouldn't a legitimate organization like Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain leave a written agreement?"

“That seems to be the case,” Yuanling Zhenren said, stroking his beard. “However, there are special circumstances. The formalities can be completed later. You can take the ‘things’ out first.”

After a while, after confirming the status of the Nightmare Star (Youth Version) again, Yu Sheng opened a door leading to No. 66 Wutong Road and left the bottom of the Demon Suppression Tower with Eileen, Hu Li and Luna first - they still had to go back to check on Zheng Zhi's situation, and also go "outside" to observe how the little stone ball would react after leaving the Demon Suppression Tower.

Moreover, after running around for so long and going through a fierce battle, Yu Sheng felt that he really needed to go back and take a good shower and get some sleep—even if the sky were to fall, he had to rest before worrying about anything else.

The three Yuanling brothers and Xuanche stayed behind—they still needed to check the condition of the Demon Suppression Tower and deal with some issues arising from the failure of the earth vein sealing array.

The illusory door slowly dissipated into the air.

Master Yuanhe stroked his beard and waited until the door completely disappeared before turning around to look at his two senior brothers.

"'Ominous Star' was just taken out of the Demon Suppression Tower like that... Is it really okay? Was this a bit hasty?"

“An extraterrestrial demon capable of devouring the earth’s veins has been suppressed on the capital star for three thousand years. For three thousand years, we have had no way to stop it except to keep it in this place,” Yuanling Zhenren shook his head. “Now, this is actually a good thing—keeping it by Yu Sheng’s side is much safer than keeping it in the Taixu Lingshu.”

“In that case… that makes sense,” Master Yuanhe thought for a moment, then let out a long sigh, “After all, he is ‘Mr. Yu’—even the darkest angels would fall at his hands.”

(End of this chapter)