Alien Hotel.

Chapter 460 A Tailor-Made Position
Perception returned to his flesh and blood, consciousness sank into his body, and the complex information transmitted from the "star body" in the distant deep space gradually receded into the depths of his mind. After a while, Yu Sheng opened his eyes in the dim light.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Eileen lying face down on his stomach, her head drooping, fast asleep.

With a slight movement, Eileen rolled off his stomach, rolled around on the bed, and then sat up abruptly, waving her hand with her eyes closed: "Me! Alice doll! Buy me a cell phone!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the little doll collapsed again, burying its head in the blanket and muttering the next sentence in a muffled voice: "...a phone watch will do too..."

Yu Sheng: "..."

After confirming that the little thing was really just talking in its sleep, he smiled helplessly and sighed, then tiptoed out of bed.

The four wooden crates in the corner were still neatly arranged. One of them was open and empty, while the other three were closed, and the even snoring sounds could be faintly heard from inside.

Yu Sheng was very curious about why a doll would snore while sleeping, and he had been curious about this for a long time.

Those mass-produced ones don't need to be used—when they're "sleeping," they just lie on the storage shelf and don't move, their state is almost like being turned off.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Sheng turned back and glanced at Eileen, who had changed her position on the bed.

He was worried that Eileen wouldn't adapt well to these boxes. After all, the little doll would roll around on the bed while sleeping, and could probably stretch six miles overnight. There wasn't enough room for her to move around like that in the narrow wooden box. But now it seems... the body left in the wooden box will sleep more soundly.

Despite being the same consciousness, it can manifest different "states" depending on the body it's in. It can control a large number of mass-produced bodies and develop strange and wonderful abilities based on the different materials of the bodies. Recently, it even managed to develop a new ability where one body sleeps while the others function normally...

To paraphrase Yuanhao Zhenren's favorite saying—what's the principle behind this?

Yu Sheng couldn't help but feel curious. He then shook his head and casually pulled open the thick curtain.

Sunlight streamed into the room, and it was already morning outside the window.

The morning light shimmered golden over the distant sea of ​​clouds, and birds took flight from the forests on either side of the Cloud-Viewing Platform. Occasionally, figures could be seen moving along the mountain path, most likely disciples of Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain who were practicing their morning exercises.

Yu Sheng composed himself, and another perception surfaced deep in his mind—the long rainy season in the equatorial region, the myriad lights of Mo City, the cold and dry no-man's-land at the poles, the crystalline dendrites deep in the Earth's crust, the ancient mining platform, and the various sizes of spacecraft passing through the planet's atmosphere.

At the same time, he could also sense the steel body of the Otherworld Hotel, and feel the lush grass and birdsong in the valley, and the flowing mountain spring...

Yu Sheng squinted slightly, letting his consciousness slowly diffuse, then constantly gathering and concentrating it on a specific "location." He carefully perceived the various changes in this process, practicing control over each sensory endpoint.

This has become an essential part of his daily "exercise" routine lately.

A while later, he heard rustling noises coming from the bed behind him. He turned around and saw Eileen getting up with her hair all messy. The little doll looked up at him sleepily for a moment before finally realizing what was happening: "...Good morning—why are you up so early?"

Yu Sheng waved his hand: "Wake up first, go comb your hair and wash your face."

"Oh."

Eileen muttered something, and the three boxes in the corner opened at the same time, and three more Eileens crawled out—they skillfully found the small combs for dolls in the bedside table, climbed onto the bed and began to comb each other's hair, tidy their clothes, and then lined up to wash their hands and faces...

Watching this scene from the side, Yu Sheng suddenly felt like an old father who had finally seen his child learn to take care of himself—where did this inexplicable sense of relief and regret come from?
Just as this thought crossed his mind, he heard a loud splash from the bathroom, followed by the little doll yelling, "Yu Sheng! I fell into the sink!"

Yu Sheng: "..."

A moment later, Yu Sheng found a hairdryer and began drying Eileen's clothes and body. The little doll, soaking wet, stood on the floor hugging the bed leg, her mouth agape in the hot air from the hairdryer: "Awaaaaaaah—"

Yu Sheng couldn't help but laugh and cry at the sight of the little thing. It took him a lot of effort to dry her completely. Then, while tidying up the hairdryer, he casually said, "I have to go to Queyun Palace later. You can all come along. There's something I need to tell you."

Eileen was walking to the bedside table when she tiptoed to pull the Ominous Star down from her head and casually placed it next to her head, letting it orbit around her head. Hearing Yu Sheng's words, she turned around and asked curiously, "Huh? What's up?"

Do you still remember Shuji?

Eileen rolled her eyes: "Of course I remember."

“That planet is now ‘connected’ to me—you can think of it as my new body.”

Eileen froze, looking completely still as if her joints were stuck, with only a mindless ball spinning around her head. "Is it really that surprising?" Yu Sheng rolled his eyes at her. "Didn't we get through the valley and the spaceship just like that before?"

Eileen thought for a moment and said, "Yes, is that so?"

……

"So, that's the situation on Shuji's side."

Inside the main hall of Queyun Palace, Yu Sheng spoke candidly to Yuan Ling and Yuan Hao.

Hu Li sat beside him, while Luna stood silently behind him as usual. Eileen, unable to bear the boredom, had already run to the entrance of the main hall and was playing ball by herself.

Yuan Ling sat in the chair opposite him, stroking his beard with a subtle expression.

Yuan Hao sat next to his junior brother, tilting his head slightly to look at the beam of the main hall. He made some calculations in the air with one hand and muttered some incantations. After deducing the secrets of heaven for a long time, he finally managed to utter a sentence: "...What is the principle behind this?"

Yu Sheng laughed as soon as he heard this, as he had expected the old man to say that since this morning.

“Don’t look at me, I can’t explain the principle clearly either,” he waved his hand and said to the two immortals in front of him, “I’m here to tell you about the current situation. After all, Shuji is your property, but this is an irreversible process for me… It’s quite embarrassing to talk about.”

“To be honest, this situation is something neither my brother nor I expected,” Yuan Ling thought for a moment and then said earnestly, “May I understand it this way—you are now, Shu Ji?”

“Mo Ran told me a phrase called ‘body transforms into heaven and earth,’” Yu Sheng said. “That’s her understanding.”

Yuan Ling and Yuan Hao exchanged a glance, as if they were making a decision.

After a few seconds, Yuan Hao tentatively asked, "Since that's the case, then let me ask you... do you want to simply become the 'Star Guardian' of Shuji?"

This time, Yu Sheng's expression froze instantly.

After two or three seconds, he opened his mouth and said, "...Huh?"

“As you know, the original Zhenxing Elder of Shuji, Daoheng, was harmed by the Yanxing Body. Now that the great disaster has just subsided, this position is still vacant,” Yuan Hao said seriously. “You have resolved the Yanxing Body disaster and are now ‘transforming the universe’ in Shuji. If you think about it carefully, there is probably no one in the entire Feiyu Starfield who is more suitable for the position of ‘Shuji Star Guardian’ than you.”

"Wait a minute, I need to ask around," Yu Sheng quickly waved his hand. "'Star Guardian'—what exactly is this position? Is it okay to have an outsider do it?"

“Star Guardians are positions specifically created for remote planets. As the name suggests, they are people who protect the peace of a planet,” Yuan Hao nodded. “Due to the special nature of ‘cultivators,’ Star Guardians do not directly participate in the management of the local planet, nor are they actually responsible for the ‘security’ of a specific city or place or the order on the planet. What Star Guardians protect is the ‘planet’ itself, such as natural disasters or external enemies… When there are no such disasters, Star Guardians don’t actually have to do anything.”

He paused, then looked into Yu Sheng's eyes: "As for letting an 'outsider' do it... it's not a question of whether it's feasible or not, but that you are already the star guardian of Shuji in fact—putting aside everything else, if a meteorite powerful enough to move mountains and fill seas were to hit Shuji right now, would you stop it?"

“Then I definitely have to block it… Ah,” Yu Sheng realized at this moment, “Okay, then I understand if you put it that way.”

“That’s right,” the old general opposite laughed. “You now not only have the title of ‘Star Guardian,’ but you may even be the most deserving ‘Star Guardian’ in the history of the Flying Feather Starfield. This is no longer a matter of whether the Taixu Spiritual Pivot acknowledges it or not, but an undeniable fact. Moreover, I would like to add that if you are willing to accept this ‘title,’ it will truly be a good thing for the people of Shuji today.”

Yu Sheng stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

“The people of Shuji are in a state of panic right now. For cultivators, what many fear is not the lack of food and clothing, but the planet beneath their feet. At such a time, a powerful being who helped them avert the calamity of the planetary system is now willing to go back and continue to protect Shuji. That is enough to reassure the hearts of hundreds of millions of people—even if you do nothing, they will have the courage to continue living on that planet,” Yuan Ling stroked his beard. “Besides, you are not really doing nothing…you are actually helping them protect their vast land.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Sheng let out a soft sigh.

He looked at the two people opposite him, and after a long while, he finally nodded slowly.

"Since you've brought this up... let's do it your way. Anyway, compared to my current situation, it's just that I have the title of 'Star Guardian'."

Yuan Ling and Yuan Hao exchanged a glance, a hint of a smile appearing in their eyes.

Then the two of them stood up at the same time, clasped their hands in a fist and palm salute to Yu Sheng, and said, "Then we thank Mr. Yu for his willingness to take on this great responsibility..."

"Stop, stop, stop! You two are at it again!"

(End of this chapter)