Alien Hotel.

Chapter 491 Leakage
Hu Li is a very clever girl. After Yu Sheng reminded her, she quickly realized what was going on.

"You sensed it too, didn't you?" Yu Sheng watched Hu Li blink and spoke slowly, "The Ominous Star, the Ominous Goddess, the Ominous Banner, the room at the end of the second floor that keeps spewing things out, and all sorts of other clues that have appeared for various reasons. These clues and information give me the feeling that..."

Yu Sheng paused here, thought carefully for a moment, and then cautiously continued, "It's like it's conscious, you understand? These 'information' related to the Goddess of Omens, they seem to be alive, actively moving towards us, or more precisely, towards Eileen—as if they're crawling out from behind some kind of barrier, and recently they've been crawling faster and faster."

He let out a soft breath and looked up at the little figurine grinding a stone ball in the small square.

"To put it in a more 'conventional' way, the current situation is that the Goddess of Omens is 'awakening,' possibly awakening from within Eileen's body, or perhaps from another part of her body. Then one day she will come knocking on our door, and in either case... we will be in a very passive position due to our lack of information."

“But the act of ‘investigating’ itself might accelerate this process,” Hu Li suddenly said, tilting her head as she thought seriously. “That’s how information pollution works, just like my teacher told me before.”

"...Your compulsory education system is a bit outrageous. How can this be considered elementary school curriculum?!"

"No, this is extracurricular content," Hu Li's ears twitched, "It won't be on the test."

Yu Sheng: "..."

He waved his hand, ignoring the urge to complain in his heart, and continued, "An investigation could indeed speed up the process, but the current situation is that the 'Goddess of Omens' is already behind us—not that we are chasing her, but that she is already relentlessly pursuing us. She will catch up sooner or later anyway. The less information we have, the more passive we will be, so we might as well take the initiative."

Hu Li thought for a moment, then moved a little closer to Yu Sheng, wagging its tail vigorously: "Okay."

She always supported whatever her benefactor did.

Then the two of them sat together on the rooftop, looking at the sky, the distant mountains, the town, and watching the snake princess, who had eaten and drunk her fill and returned to town, emerge from a side alley at some point, her long legs supporting half of her snake torso as she wandered around the town, looking like a π...

After being reminded by Hu Li, Yu Sheng corrected "π" to "h".

Then another golden-haired monster, resembling a tumbleweed, emerged from the roadside. Rapunzel loudly warned the giant snake demon who was wandering around, "Hey, Snake Princess, you've turned against us again!"

The Snake Princess hurriedly transformed again into a normal beautiful snake, and chatted familiarly with Rapunzel. The two talked about all sorts of things, and finally the Snake Princess clapped her hands and suggested that they steal the king's dried fish. Rapunzel, always eager for chaos, chimed in, "Great! Let's go together! I'll call the mermaid along too!"

So they went together, and the two of them even tied up the mermaid who was practicing diving in the pool. After a while, a clattering sound came from the 200-square-meter cat tree, along with a rousing background music playing...

Yu Sheng and Hu Li were watching the show from the castle rooftop, observing the idyllic town in its current state of tranquility and bustle. Suddenly, Yu Sheng became curious: "When did that snake demon become so familiar with the long-haired girl?"

"I heard they formed a friendship while being taught a lesson by Little Red Riding Hood," Hu Li said casually, craning his neck to watch the commotion in the direction of the cat tree. "Ah, Long Hair got thrown down... Snake Princess got thrown down too, all crumpled up and thrown."

Yu Sheng breathed a satisfied sigh of relief and lay down on the roof again. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched a dozen or so mass-produced Eileens carrying stretchers running to the cat tree and causing trouble. A smile appeared on his face, and he sighed softly, "This is so nice."

"Yes, that's nice."

……

Eileen, who was diligently polishing the Ominous Star by the square, heard a noise coming from the direction of the cat tree. The little doll looked up in the direction of the sound and saw the Snake Princess struggling on the ground through the eyes of the mass-produced doll, as well as the long-haired princess rolling past the Snake Princess like a tumbleweed.

Then came the mermaid who was shoved out by two Royal Champion Warriors who held her arms—the latter was dragged along while shouting things like "I just came to sing," "They said they needed background music here so I came," and "I'm so full from eating fish that I came to fight the cat for fish treats," but in the end she was still thrown into the mud pit next to the cat tree.

"How childish..."

The little doll withdrew its shared field of vision with the mass-produced version, shook its head and muttered something, then picked up the Ominous Star and looked at the results of its work over the past half day.

The pitted and uneven "mini planet" remained unchanged. The large rock on the ground had been worn into a deep dent, but the surface of the Ominous Planet seemed to be completely untouched.

"How can it be so sturdy..." Eileen frowned, then tapped the Ominous Star on the ground, carefully examining the stone ball.

The dusty stone ball slowly turned in her hand, its pitted surface reflected in the doll's scarlet, translucent eyes.

The reflection resembled a lone star hanging in the sky, floating forlornly in a blood-red universe.

The gray-white planet suspended upside down in the doll's eyes slowly cracked open, revealing jagged, sharp teeth that resembled a terrifying smile.

Eileen blinked.

The surroundings had become quiet at some point, as if the whole world had disappeared in some distant and forgotten moment. The last ray of starlight in the distance had long since dissipated, leaving only endless darkness in the world. Even the dark red glow that once illuminated the universe had slowly melted into the last ripple of the world's disintegration.

She stood in this endless darkness and chaos, carefully cradling the gray, dying star in her hands.

A faint sound came from the surface of that planet—among the last remaining lights, in those final habitats, a faint, layered sound, like the chirping of insects, burrowed into her mind.

Eileen was puzzled. Curious, she tried to hear the sounds more clearly, but a louder noise roared in her mind, as if some vast memory… or “information” was relentlessly flooding her brain. One moment she seemed to understand the meaning of the roaring noise, but soon her head felt heavy and foggy. She could no longer understand the sounds, and even who she was and why she was there became an overwhelming burden on her mind. Suddenly, she sensed something else and lowered her head.

She saw many tiny specks of light crashing into her body—her once small body had somehow become so large and unfamiliar, and those tiny specks of light were like luminous dust compared to her body. They also brought a dizzying noise, crashing into her like they were running wildly and roaring, and in the blink of an eye they turned into faint flames and disappeared.

For some reason, Eileen suddenly felt a little flustered.

She didn't even know what those points of light were, but she was still a little flustered—this feeling seemed to come from another "self" deep within her body, spreading towards her like a tide through the heavy curtain.

They are going to die;
It's going to die;

She is going to die.

Something had to be done to stop the “end” from coming, but there wasn’t enough time—there never was enough time in the first place.

Everything is already determined.

All struggles are in vain; the ominous signs have long been etched into the fundamental laws of the world.

The tiny sounds mixed in with the massive noise suddenly became clear, layer upon layer, the faint chirping of insects overlapping, even booming like thunder.

Eileen heard countless people praying to her, at first chaotic prayers, then fearful outpourings, interspersed with blessings she couldn't understand—many voices were blessing her with something, but the next second, she quickly forgot those voices.

She felt she was becoming "powerful".

She didn't know what this so-called "power" meant; it was a feeling that was hard to describe in words, but she did feel that she was... "exceeding" a certain "threshold".

Her senses were expanding, her body was expanding, and she felt as if she were even touching the boundaries of the world—or perhaps the world was collapsing and the universe was shrinking?

Before the newly born deity could think, intense pain swept over His consciousness.

Outside of this world, it hurts so much, I can't touch it.

There is something there that can break everything down.

Escape... but there's nowhere to escape to.

The outer shell that once protected me has disappeared.

The only option is to flee inward, to flee inward...

Eileen suddenly snapped awake.

A warm, gentle breeze swept through the town, the sky was bright and clear, and children were singing in the nearby study room, the loudest of whom was tone-deaf.

Eileen looked down at the ominous star in her hand, the vast amount of information remaining in her mind dissipating as quickly as the morning dew. Then she suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked up in the direction of the castle.

"Yu Sheng! Yu Sheng!!"

The little doll shouted and ran quickly toward the castle.

As memories receded, the last remaining "impressions" in my mind quickly sank back into the depths of darkness.

"Yu Sheng!"

As if propelled by inertia, Eileen continued running swiftly toward the castle, but a hint of bewilderment appeared in her eyes. Two seconds later, her running speed slowed down, but she still unconsciously continued to walk forward, clutching the cold, lifeless home planet in her hand.

"Yu Sheng..."

Eileen looked down at the grayish-white stone ball in her hand, paused for a moment, and then laughed happily.

She waved the stone ball, showing it off to the people on the rooftops—

"Yu Sheng! This ball is incredibly durable!"

(End of this chapter)