Alien Hotel.

Chapter 705 Earthquake
High-energy rays from near-Earth orbit evaporated the clouds, and battle-type fortified torpedoes crashed onto the plains with a whooshing sound. Rolling smoke filled the mountains and valleys, and a tall and majestic body, like a demigod hero from classical mythology, fell from the sky and was torn to pieces by the dense barrage of fire.

The cultists gathered around the high priest immediately lost their morale and scattered in the chaos.

The bronze knights charged into the position, their force field greatswords gleaming with a hazy light, while two tall figures moved around the battlefield like ghosts, reaping the lives of the cultists who managed to break through the encirclement.

Xu Jiali opened the helmet visor of his power armor, his eyes trembling slightly as he looked at the scene before him. The Marines behind him were still gripping their rifles tightly, their bodies hidden behind force field shields.

The psionic servant's voice came from behind him: "Boss, this is definitely a bit weird, meow."

"If it weren't for orders from above, who would believe it would turn out like this?" Xu Jiali muttered. "Halfway through the battle, suddenly all the enemy's heroic troops turned into friendly forces."

“They’re even more friendly than our own, meow,” Bell widened her eyes, her cat pupils gleaming amidst the smoke and fire. “They cut those cultists down much more ruthlessly than we did, slicing them all up like squirrels and mandarin fish, meow.”

Xu Jiali: "...Could you please stop mentioning squirrel-shaped mandarin fish?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than he caught a glimpse of a shadow suddenly appear beside him out of the corner of his eye. Turning his head, he saw an artificial saint wearing a nun's veil staring straight at him.

Even though she knew they were allies, Xu Jiali's muscles tensed instinctively, and her hand went to her weapon.

But the artificial saintess in front of him only tilted her head slightly, her mechanical eyes glanced at his weapon, then raised her hand and pointed in a certain direction, casually reciting a series of coordinates.

“The underground sanctuary,” she said, her voice carrying a kind of inorganic mechanical vibration, “I know the entrance.”

Xu Jiali blinked and turned to look at the cat-headed girl beside her.

"I've never fought such a rich battle in my life." He waved to the soldiers behind him and muttered to himself.

Bell's eyes lit up: "A rich and powerful cat."

On the bridge of the Mass Effect, a flood of battle reports from the planet's surface were being gathered at the commander's seat.

“We have destroyed or taken control of 80% of the surface launchers and disabled all anti-aircraft artillery in the Northern Hemisphere,” Hong said casually to Baili Qing beside her while looking at the battle report. “The orbital elevator has also been taken control by the ground forces.”

She paused briefly, then added, "Yu Sheng has successfully taken over the 'soul servers' of the artificial saintess and the bronze knights, and removed the cognitive shields and mental shackles from these forces. Currently, these forces are stirring up 'rebellions' all over the planet, and a large number of cult command centers hidden deep underground have been beheaded."

“…When Yu Sheng moved the entire Star Gate above the Holy Realm, I should have known that this guy was going to cause a big commotion,” Baili Qing rubbed her forehead. “But even so, what he did was still a bit too unexpected.”

"Anyway, things are generally moving in a positive direction, except..."

As Hong spoke, she turned her gaze to the huge viewing window in the distance.

The sacred planet hangs high in space, its thick atmosphere stained with gunpowder smoke, and its surface is engulfed in flames, gradually turning a dark red.

"The door hidden in the earth's core..."

……

Yu Sheng's consciousness was withdrawn from the wilderness of the soul and returned to the dimension of reality. Eileen sat in the big tail of the fox, peeking out from the side and blinking her eyes, staring straight at him.

“Luna is calling on the awakened artificial saintesses and knights to launch an attack on the global temple,” Yu Sheng said. “But not all artificial saintesses and knights are on this planet—a considerable number of them are distributed across the Hermitage’s other colonies. We just made contact with this group and asked them to find a way to sabotage the Hermitage’s communication system while ensuring their own safety.”

The little doll stared wide-eyed at the huge crystal next to it, which was already stained with traces of blood: "It really works?!"

Then she frowned, her expression becoming somewhat subtle.

"No, is it really done like that? Such an important control center, I didn't expect there to be such a big loophole... It was just left here and you got angry? Shouldn't this kind of thing be heavily guarded?"

Upon hearing the little thing's words, Yu Sheng couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Who told you this place wasn't heavily guarded?"

Eileen: "...?"

Startled, she saw a white figure, resembling a female ghost, slowly float out from the nearby crystal wall, then slowly float half its body into the Soul Wilderness, while half its head peeked out from Luna's shoulder.

“Isn’t the heaviest force right here?” Yu Sheng pointed to the floating psionic creature. “They’ve even arranged for a living saint to personally guard the last gate here. To be honest, I think the defenses are actually quite strong.”

Eileen: "..."

The little doll thought for a moment and realized that Yu Sheng was right. But then she had a question: "But speaking of which, wasn't this ghost guarding the Star Gate at the border before? How did it suddenly come here to guard the 'Furnace'?"

“I don’t know,” Yu Sheng said, spreading his hands. “I tried to ask, but she couldn’t explain it. She gestured a lot, but I still didn’t understand what she meant. According to Luna, she should have reached the end of her service life when she was an artificial saintess. After that, she was melted down and cast into a living saint. Now she only has limited memories and humanity left. Perhaps she can slowly recover some of them in the future, but at least at this stage, even she herself doesn’t know what her situation is.”

After hearing this, the little doll let out a long "oh," and judging from the tone of its voice, it seemed that it didn't understand.

Just then, a sudden burst of noise in the air interrupted everyone's actions.

The sound was like sharp electromagnetic interference. The melodious psionic resonance that had been lingering in the Crystal Hall instantly lost its balance. Then, all the crystalline walls in the hall and the surface of the huge crystal cluster began to fluctuate, and all the light began to flicker.

"My benefactor!" The fox's tail instantly bristled. "Something's coming!"

The little doll darted out of the fox's tail with a cry of "Ouch!" and jumped onto Yu Sheng's shoulder in a few quick movements: "Ouch, that tickles!"

Yu Sheng steadied the swaying little doll on his shoulder with one hand, then without hesitation, he raised his hand and swept the huge crystal in the center of the hall into the fairytale valley—

In fact, he didn't know whether he needed to keep this thing or not. After all, it was just a medium used to maintain the mind control of the artificial saintess and the knights. Now that the entire mind control system had been deactivated by him, the crystal left behind would naturally no longer have any binding effect on the artificial saintess and the brass knights.

But he still casually took the thing home without even thinking about it—it can only be said that this was partly an instinctive reaction.

The instant the crystal was snatched away by Yu Sheng, the interfering noise echoing in the air turned into a huge roar.

The massive energy that seemed to be converging in this direction suddenly lost its focus. The crystalline barrier surrounding the hall was suddenly covered with cracks of all sizes. Then the entire underground space began to shake violently, and explosions came from the distant and deep corridors of the underground facility, roaring like a mountain collapsing.

The dome began to crack, the pillars gradually collapsed, and the towering crystalline walls shattered into pieces amidst the cracking sounds. A large number of cave systems that were originally hidden deep within the rock layers and protective shells were exposed. In the earth-shaking collapse, Yu Sheng saw that outside was a much wider underground cavern.

The little doll grabbed Yu Sheng's hair tightly: "It's collapsed! It's collapsed!"

The next second, a huge silver-white figure swelled up beside him. The giant nine-tailed fox rushed towards Yu Sheng without hesitation, its layers of tails and thick protective spiritual energy enveloping the latter's head.

Luna rushed over quickly, kicking away a huge rock pillar that was falling from above, and then she and Yu Sheng hid under the body of the great fox demon.

But amidst the collapsing rocks and crystal clusters, Yu Sheng saw that the radiant figure with wings on its back showed no reaction whatsoever. She remained standing blankly under the dome of the crystal hall, her head slightly tilted back, observing a crack that was rapidly widening between the crystal and the rock.

Although her expression was obscured, her posture conveyed a sense of curiosity.

Yu Sheng realized—right, she's a spirit, so she might not be afraid of this.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, he saw a huge crystal, brimming with psychic light, fall from the sky and smash onto the artificial angel's head.

The crystal's physical form plunged into a suddenly opened fissure in the ground, and a burst of psionic light exploded above the "angel's" head, echoing throughout the cave with a thunderous sound.

"Boom-"

The "artificial angel" let out a sharp cry and darted into the clump of fox tails, clutching its head.

Yu Sheng: "..."

He looked at the artificial angel who was peeking out from between the fox's tails and staring at him, his eyebrows twitching slightly: "When you were hitting my head with a beam cannon over the stargate, it wasn't like this."

There was no response from the other party.

After an unknown amount of time, the terrifying collapse gradually subsided, and the explosions coming from the distant caves and corridors ceased.

Yu Sheng peeked out from beside the giant fox's claws and saw that the originally sealed crystal cave had been expanded into a continuous and magnificent underground cavern. Large and small luminous crystal clusters and the debris of buildings that had fallen from above were piled up on the slopes and underground rivers, and countless terrifying abysses stretched out in the distance, dark and deep below, as if they could lead to the hollow heart of this planet.

Further up the rock strata, one can see numerous glowing cracks of varying sizes, as if a massive collapse had torn apart the upper rock structure, allowing sunlight to stream into this underground world.

"My God..." The little doll peeked out from Yu Sheng's shoulder, its little face full of horror, "What the hell is this? What's going on? How did this happen?"

Yu Sheng raised his hand and pointed to a radiant glow that was gathering within the crystal cavern.

"Although I don't know how it happened, it's obvious that he did it."

(End of this chapter)