Alien Hotel.

Chapter 551 A Mess

Above the border, the "Boundary Bridge," extending from a distant dimension, continues to "grow." Pollutants overflowing from the remnants of ancient Outer Gods relentlessly corrode the Great Shield. On the surface of the Great Shield, countless cracks of varying sizes are constantly spreading and growing. The viscous shadows seeping through the cracks drip into the city, transforming into terrifying and chaotic illusions.

The fog is spreading, and the city is "flipping" block by block. In order to protect the real-world city, the Secret Service has to replace more and more foggy cities with reality. Although they are reversing the areas that have been successfully cleaned up as quickly as possible, the number of "foggy areas" in the city is inevitably increasing as the pollution continues to spread.

Now, the boundary between the virtual and the real world is gradually becoming blurred throughout the entire area. Fog of varying density is slowly spreading across all the streets. Fog City and Real City coexist in an intertwined manner. Deep within the fog, all buildings and streets seem to be shrouded in a bizarre and surreal filter.

"It's over...it might really be the end for us..."

Luo looked around at the situation, heard the roar of heavy weapons firing in the distance, and heard the large shield above her head emitting sharp whistles from time to time as it struggled to bear the strain. She finally couldn't help but start muttering to herself. Just as she was muttering, a group of shadows wandering from the nearby streets had already noticed the "prey" here.

The shadows were almost completely devoid of human form, resembling monsters straight out of an Outer God's nightmare—as if they embodied all of mortals' fears of death and the end. The shadows twisted and distorted, rushing toward this place in a terrifying manner along the nearby buildings and twisted roads.

However, the next second, Luo saw another group of entities formed from shadows appear in the nearby fog—a pack of wolves from the Black Forest appeared out of nowhere and charged towards the ever-converging monsters without hesitation.

"Snow White, are you ready?" Little Red Riding Hood turned her head to look at the short-haired girl standing not far away.

The short-haired girl waved her hand without turning her head: "Alright, alright, everyone's in position. Tell your wolf to watch its head so it doesn't get stepped on—"

The next second, Luo heard heavy footsteps and smelled thunder and flames scorching the air.

Feeling the immense pressure descending from nowhere, Luo looked up in disbelief.

She saw seven giant figures step out of the mist—clad in armor forged from elements of lightning, fire, steel, and frost, their hair and beards bristling, like gods walking the earth in some ancient legends.

Just a moment ago, the unlucky elf was thinking that her life was coming to an end, but now she was completely stunned. She watched as the short girl, who looked to be underage, was grabbed by the shoulder by one of the thunder giants with a few fingers, and then the seven "mythical creatures" began to rampage through the entire block under the little girl's command. In an instant, shadowy monsters that were flattened and smashed were everywhere.

After holding it in for a long time, Luo finally couldn't help but shout, "What is this?!"

“Snow White and her seven thunder titans,” Little Red Riding Hood said matter-of-factly, but then quickly realized, “Oh right, an extremist like you shouldn’t read children’s books…”

Luo was furious: "I've already said I'm a scientist..."

But before she could finish speaking, she felt a sudden alarm bell ring in her heart. A whooshing sound approached her, and as she turned around, she saw a blurry shadow rushing towards her. In her haste, she could only condense a fireball of spiritual energy—but before the fireball could even take shape, a nearby Titan rushed over in two steps, and at the same time, casually pulled a lamppost from the intersection and slammed it into the ground.

Luo felt a fierce wind rushing towards him, and broken earth and rocks pelted his head and face with a crackling sound. He could only scramble to the side in a disheveled state, exclaiming, "My God—!"

But her screams were quickly drowned out by the continuous roaring sounds nearby.

The number of monsters around him was astonishing, and the battle between the wolf pack and the Thunder Titans was a completely different battlefield environment from any that Luo was familiar with. After being nearly trampled to death by a Titan for the third time, Luo decisively ran back into the "guard post" where the gate was located, and clung to the door frame, refusing to go out again.

But just when she thought this would make her a little safer, a figure suddenly darted out from the door and knocked Luo, who was clinging to the door frame, onto the open ground outside.

The unlucky elf, still dizzy and disoriented, hadn't even gotten up when an excited voice exploded in her ear: "You guys didn't tell me about the fight! I'm here to help!"

Luo shook his head vigorously and opened his eyes to see a beautiful girl in a plain gauze dress standing with her hands on her hips, looking radiant—but below her waist was a snake tail that was several meters long.

Snake Princess rubbed her hands together, eager to fight: "Who are you going to hit? Who are you going to hit? These twisted and crooked things, huh!"

"Where did this come from...?"

The moment that thought popped into Luo's mind, she saw a Thunder Titan walking towards her. She instinctively dodged to the side, only to see the Titan walk right past her, then bend down and casually grab the giant serpent monster's tail.

Luo didn't react, and neither did the monster.

A thick, viscous shadow dripped from the sky, quickly taking shape in the fog.

The Titan grabbed the Serpent Queen and swung her around, slamming her onto the shadowy mass with a loud "smack," shattering it into pieces.

The air was instantly filled with the Snake Princess's wailing and howling: "Holy crap—nobody told me that Snow White and her seven guardians were outside this door before I came! Oh crap, no, no... ah!"

"Whoosh!"

"No, no, no, I can handle it myself..."

"Crack! Crack!"

"You fucking... that's not how you use it—"

Luo stood on the ground, dumbfounded, watching the Thunder Titan swing a seven- or eight-meter-long monster whip, its hand rising and falling with each strike. The surrounding thick fog was shattered and dispersed by the gale, forming a spreading vortex. It's no exaggeration to say that she suddenly felt she would have been better off staying on that space station that was on the verge of disintegrating at any moment.

"Who...who is this?!"

“Her name is Snake Princess,” Little Red Riding Hood said without turning her head as she directed the wolves, “she’s a monster who freeloads.”

"...Why is there a monster here who's just trying to freeload?!"

Little Red Riding Hood turned to look at Luo: "Don't your kindergartens keep small animals?"

A deafening roar echoed in the distance, and a giant dragon engulfed in flames plummeted from the clouds, a small mushroom cloud rising into the sky at the edge of the block.

Luo's expression was somewhat distorted in the flashes of the mushroom cloud: "I beg you guys to just use some dark psionic energy..." However, Little Red Riding Hood didn't pay any attention to Luo's frantic rant. Instead, she looked up at the giant serpent that was fighting bravely alongside the Titans and asked loudly, "Snake Princess! How did you get here by yourself—where's Grandpa Cloud?"

The snake queen fluttered through the air: "What did you say—the wind is too strong, I can't hear you!"

Little Red Riding Hood shouted, "I said, why isn't Grandpa Yun here—it's practically a kiln of war outside!"

"The people from Shuji have arrived!" Snake Queen shouted back, "They said they brought a batch of weapons, and Old Man Yun was worried the kids wouldn't be able to handle the situation, so he went to receive them personally... Oh... Ahahaha!"

Little Red Riding Hood looked up as she watched the Boa Hancock fly around in circles on the Titan's hand, and suddenly frowned.

"Why does it seem like she's actually playing this game?"

As she spoke, she saw Luo Zheng sneaking towards the teleportation gate booth, and immediately glared at him: "Where are you going?"

"Can I go back and hide first?" Luo was almost in tears. "I don't think you need me..."

"No, you're a dangerous element."

"But I feel like everyone in this weird place is in more danger than me!"

……

Inside the central pyramid of the valley, a door in the portal hall was opened from the opposite side. After a moment of stability, Mo Ran and several trusted confidants walked out of the door.

Among the trusted experts were three special "guests" who had been under surveillance all along: the withered old man, the blood prince, and the bone-devouring immortal.

“You must not be rude here,” Mo Ran turned to the three behind him and instructed them, “This is the alien cave of True Monarch Yu Sheng. It is your good fortune to be able to enter this place. If it weren’t for your merits in refining weapons, you would never have had this opportunity.”

As she spoke, she looked up and glanced around the extremely spacious hall in front of her. She felt that the style of the place was extremely ancient and heavy, and the entire building was like a huge rock that had grown naturally by the creation of heaven and earth. Her heart was slightly shaken.

Although Yu Sheng had previously left a fixed teleportation portal between Shuji and the valley, this was her first time coming here in person. How should I put it... it truly lived up to the True Lord's reputation.

Several mines in Shuji that have recently resumed operation were also repaired by Zhenjun using secret methods to "grow" directly. It must be due to similar great supernatural powers, right?

Behind Mo Ran, the withered old man, the Blood Prince, and the Bone-Eating Immortal were also secretly observing their surroundings without making a sound.

They found no magical artifacts or mechanisms, sensed no spiritual energy or secret techniques, and didn't even see any decent guards.

"Before we came, I overheard that 'True Lord Yu Sheng' wasn't in his cave," the old man withered courtyard whispered to the other two. "We're just here to deliver something to one of his inner disciples..."

"What, do you have a way?" The Blood Prince's face was still smiling as always, but his eyes flickered slightly. "It could be fatal."

“Just thinking about it won’t break any laws,” the old man in the withered courtyard lowered his gaze. “But then again, what if… this place is no longer within Feiyu territory. Just one step, one step at a time, and we’re out…”

“Anyway, I dare not think about it,” the Bone-Eating Immortal said, his bright eyes looking at his two fellow Daoists beside him. As usual, there were creaking noises coming from under his iron mask. “You two never dared to touch that ‘blood’ directly from beginning to end, but I have. That thing… is extremely evil, even more evil than you, old man.”

The old man in the withered courtyard's eyes flickered, and he remained silent. Just then, they saw several more figures appear at the entrance of the hall.

They turned out to be several teenagers with no cultivation aura whatsoever.

"Grandpa Yun will be here soon!" One of the teenagers approached Mo Ran, observing the group of strangers who were visiting the valley for the first time with curiosity, and said without any shyness, "There's a war going on outside right now, Sister Red Hat and the others aren't here..."

"Uncle Yun?" Mo Ran was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

"Ah, he's the gatekeeper grandpa at our orphanage~ The parents are all out, Brother Yu isn't here either, and the teachers are all off today, so he's here to greet you."

Mo Ran was still stunned, while the three Blood Princes behind her had subconsciously exchanged glances.

A battle is raging outside the True Lord's Cave! The elders inside are all out fighting the enemy! There are only a group of insignificant children here—and an old man guarding the cave!
In other words, the only remaining threats are Mo Ran and the few experts she brought...

The Blood Prince's eyes were practically brimming with barely suppressed joy; he was on the verge of beaming with delight...

But it couldn't be lifted up to the eyelid after it was just put on.

Because the next second he saw an old man with a sage-like appearance walk in from the door.

He couldn't tell how high the old man's cultivation level was from his own level—but the back scratcher the old man was holding was probably half a realm higher than the Bone-Eating Immortal.

The withered old man, the blood prince, and the bone-devouring immortal looked up and exchanged glances.

A moment later, the three men's eyes were so determined that they seemed ready to go through fire and water for the border region.

Of course, they can also go through fire and water for other things—wherever that True Lord Yu Sheng points, the three of them will go through fire and water.

...What the hell is this place? A powerful being who looks at least at the Supreme Dao Integration Realm is acting as a gatekeeper here!

(End of this chapter)