Alien Hotel.

Chapter 657 Homesick Luo
In the end, Momo signed the papers.

She signed for more than one reason—of course, Luo's persuasive skills played a part, but another reason was that she really didn't have many other options. Moreover, she still remembered the scene when Yu Sheng and his men rescued her and her friends. To be fair, although these people were a bit strange... or maybe more than a bit, she could sense their sincerity and friendliness.

Of course, there was another reason: after Yu Sheng created a blood orb, the little puppet immediately "flew" up and started biting Yu Sheng's head, and the two of them were fighting quite a bit—Mo Mo watched this scene from the side and, after a little analysis, felt that the villainous group might not be like this...

“Alright, you can rest and recuperate here with Mo Ran for now. You can report to Blackrock Station once you're fully recovered,” Luo stood up from across the table and extended his hand to Mo Mo. “We’ll tell you how to use the portals in the space station and what’s going on at the hub station. In short, now that you’ve signed with Blackrock Station, I’m your boss starting today.”

Momo looked at the hand reaching out from the other side, hesitated for a moment, and then raised her right hand and reached out as well. But she stopped halfway through, as if she wanted to pull it back and use her left hand instead.

Luo grabbed the other person's hand, which was gleaming with a metallic sheen, and shook it vigorously.

She smiled so brightly that Yu Sheng felt he had never seen her smile so brightly since he had known her.

……

Half a day later, in a quiet, high-altitude orbit, the Black Rock Space Station.

Thanks to its powerful "self-healing" ability, this giant space station, which was once damaged to the point of disintegration, has now almost completely regained its functionality, and its appearance has been completely restored to its original state.

At one edge of the space station’s disc-shaped outer shell, Luo led Eileen, Luna, and Huli to a viewing platform that stretched out into space. The enormous platform was enveloped by an invisible protective force field and artificial gravity environment, extending dozens of meters from the space station itself and bathed in starlight without reservation. Standing on it felt like stepping directly into the universe.

This is Luo's favorite place.

Eileen looked up at the vast, endless universe, the distant starlight reflected in her scarlet eyes. The little doll became happy and, for the first time, sincerely praised the blonde elf beside her: "Wow...it feels like I'm going to fall in. Luo, you've got some good design in there."

“Algerians love stars,” Lo said, squinting, a calm and serene smile on his face. “Although my ability to ‘listen’ to the stars has now completely disappeared… I think I’m still an Algerian at heart.”

Eileen blinked and thought for a moment, realizing that although Luo was still an Algerian at heart, her very essence had been removed.

Saying this might get you beaten up—even with the little doll's solid head, she managed to control her urge to be sarcastic.

So after careful consideration, she decided to change her words to comfort her friend, and went over to pat Luo's leg: "It's okay, you've found your true self."

Luo looked down at Eileen in a daze, and for the first few seconds she didn't react—her high level of education and cultural literacy affected her thinking about following this little thing. By the time she finally realized what was happening, Eileen had already strolled up behind Hu Li as if nothing had happened.

Just then, a flash of light in the distant sky interrupted her train of thought.

"Hey, hey, I'm here!"

Eileen excitedly ran towards the end of the observation deck, then bumped headfirst into an invisible safety barrier at the edge, bouncing back. But the next second, she flipped herself up and continued waving wildly at the flash of light, oblivious to everything else.

A massive spatial rift was unfolding in space, with unstable light and shadow flickering within it. The next second, those light and shadow began to "flip," just like when the Alien Hotel "teleported." A huge physical entity began to cross vast spatial distances to arrive here. Almost in the blink of an eye, the rift began to reveal the outline of the Deep Rock Fortress.

Eileen's eyes sparkled, and the swirling, undulating ripples of space were reflected in her scarlet pupils.

The boundary bridge is so beautiful.

She thought happily—and then that feeling vanished from her not-so-bright mind.

The next thing that came to her mind was Yu Sheng's voice: "...Damn, this is really exhausting. Teleporting is much more difficult than teleporting to the Otherworld Hotel. It almost killed me."

Eileen asked curiously, "Hey, didn't Luo say this thing was a mobile fortress? And that its superluminal core could help relieve your stress or something..."

"The key thing is that the superluminal core has to be usable too! Hu Li hit the launch channel from the core area with a rocket booster, and I just went down to take a look. There's a fox-shaped hole several meters high in the superluminal core, and the navigation equipment bay was completely destroyed by her. When I went in, there were only two cooling fans still spinning on the ground," Yu Sheng's voice sounded like he was dying of pleasure. "I dragged this powerless thing from the Dark Stream Starfield to the Desolate Orbit. At least the Black Rock Station had some power back then... Anyway, I need to rest a bit more in the fortress control room and reinforce the structure here. Some parts collapsed during the teleportation."

He paused for a moment, then added, "I need to remind Hu Li to be more careful next time she's drilling holes in buildings. After all, you never know which area might be targeted by us later. She's demolishing our own property..."

Eileen: "...Wow! You're so self-righteous!"

Yu Sheng didn't react to this—he was probably really tired.

After a while, Yu Sheng finally completed the emergency reinforcement and core restart process for the Deep Rock Fortress. Only after the fortress's orbital maintenance system was successfully launched and stabilized did he open the door and come to the observatory.

Huli was so bored that she was dozing off on the floor. She only perked up when Yu Sheng opened the door and appeared, immediately rushing over with great enthusiasm, her tail wagging wildly—but her ears drooped on either side of her head, and she wore an awkward, silly grin. How to describe it? It's like leaving your Samoyed alone at home to guard the house, and then coming home half a day later to find the sofa ruined, the walls broken, water gushing from the sink, sacks of flour dragged from the kitchen to the toilet, and several torn pillows piled in the corner. Then the Samoyed hears the noise and runs over, wagging its tail to rub against you while simultaneously trying to hide with its droopy ears and half-closed eyes. It's like a battle between two conflicting states—that's basically Huli's expression at that moment.

When Yu Sheng saw the fox girl's expression, he was both amused and exasperated, knowing that Eileen hadn't been able to resist telling her what he had just been talking about.

“Just be more careful next time,” he casually ruffled the downy hair behind the other’s ear. “You always manage to get so many big holes in your head, it’s not easy to fix.”

Hu Li Hu Hu nodded, and immediately perked up again.

Luo, standing nearby, suddenly clapped his hands and stared wide-eyed at the giant fox demon in front of him: "Ah! So you're the one who made those holes in Black Stone Station!"

Yu Sheng and Eileen looked at Luo in surprise and said in unison, "You're only just realizing it?!"

Luo: "..."

It turns out that scientists are intelligent, but they are not necessarily quick-witted.

"Ahem," Yu Sheng coughed twice to break the awkward silence and change the subject, "Anyway, I've got Deeprock Fortress for you, but I control it purely by instinct, so you'll have to debug the operating system and stuff later. I don't know anything about that area. Also, if you need any help with personnel or supplies, just tell Mo Ran... I also left a door in the fortress control room that leads to the valley teleportation hub, so it'll be convenient for you to travel back and forth."

Luo nodded hastily, immediately putting aside the matter of being hit in the Black Stone Station by Hu Li's headbutt and suffering a penetrating wound.

Afterwards, Yu Sheng explained to Luo the situation of Deep Rock Fortress, as well as the arrangements for Black Stone Station and the border area in the coming period, and some actions against the Chong Sheng Hermitage. After everything was arranged, he directly opened a door on the viewing platform - opposite the door was the living room of No. 66 Wutong Road.

Luo suddenly seemed to want to say something, so she took half a step towards Yu Sheng, revealing a hesitant expression.

Yu Sheng stopped curiously: "What's wrong? Is there something else going on?"

Luo thought for a moment, then shook his head: "...No, it's not a big deal. Let's wait until things with the Chong Sheng Hermitage are over before we talk about it."

Eileen, who had already climbed onto Yu Sheng's shoulder and was ready to go home with him, suddenly turned her head. The little doll's somewhat frightening eyes stared straight at the blonde elf opposite her.

Luo felt a chill run down her spine under the red-eyed, evil-looking dwarf's gaze, and instinctively asked, "W-what's wrong?"

“If this were a TV series, you’d be dead for sure, I’m telling you,” the little puppet jumped off Yu Sheng’s shoulder and looked up at Luo, “Just for what you just said, you’d die in the slow-motion scene of the penultimate episode.”

Luo still didn't understand: "Why?"

“Make a promise!” Eileen said, hands on her hips. “Just say what you want to do, but whatever you do, don’t say things like ‘After I finish doing XXX, I’m going back to my hometown to get married.’ If you do, just keep it to yourself and I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”

“What the hell… I just want to ask for leave! To go home and visit my family!” Luo looked tense. “I’ve been too busy lately, and there’s a huge matter at the Secret Order that can’t be delayed. I also need to hurry up and decipher the communication logs left by Old Joe, so I said I’d talk to you after I’m done with this busy period.”

"Then just say it!" Eileen jumped up and kicked Luo's shin. "I was so scared I thought you were going to bleed too... Ouch! Your leg is made of iron, holy crap!"

The little doll hugged its feet, jumping and hopping, cursing and swearing.

Lola lifted her skirt, revealing her legs covered in a silvery-white alloy: "It's not iron, it's an even harder alloy."

Yu Sheng ignored the commotion from Eileen's side. He just silently looked at Luo for a while, then suddenly asked, "Because you saw Momo?"

Luo calmed down and nodded slightly after a moment.

“She said she wanted to try to contact her family first—she hadn’t been back for ten years, and her family must be very worried about her,” she said slowly. “As for me, I haven’t been back for two hundred years.”

He was naturally curious, but looking at Luo's appearance, he ultimately didn't ask anything.

"Okay, approved ahead of schedule—after we finish dealing with the Hermitage."

"Thank you, boss!"

　It's book recommendation time! This time it's "Transmigrated and Buried Alive, I Called the Police in Retaliation" by Su Bucai. Although it's a new book by a new author and has some rough edges, the concept is pretty good. You can check it out!
　　
　
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