Dimensional Hotel-Chapter 544: Here Comes the Big One (It’s Really Huge)
Listening to what the little bear said, Yu Sheng quickly reacted from his initial shock and immediately guessed what it was—
It was a log left by that blonde Erin years ago!
Now, the plush little bear still stood on the other side of the rift, its plastic eyes like two endless dark holes, calmly staring into Yu Sheng’s eyes as a mechanical and flat voice, sounding quite like Erin, continued unhurriedly:
"...My mission is to cross the border, observe the process of world rift activation inside the Zero Angel, and respond to the Outer God codenamed ’Omen’ accordingly—either to welcome or to destroy. Based on information security isolation rules, this mission shall leave no trace in the garden network, and should the mission ultimately fail, most of my data will also be wiped out along with it...
"What can now be confirmed is that the world rift has gone out of control. The device known as the ’World Bridge’ collided with &@#* during the entry process of this universe, and ’Omen’ was severely damaged during its descent, with its divinity having lost control, causing continuous pollution backflow.
"The situation is irreparable, and severing the residual connection of the World Bridge and stopping the spread of pollution is now the top priority—if all goes well, perhaps the ’Zero Angel’ can still be saved.
"...By the time of this log record, I have successfully intercepted the main entity of ’Omen’ and fell with it onto the ’Node Star’ of the World Bridge. Observing from my side, I can confirm that the other end of Node Star has successfully disconnected from the observable universe, so the only task left is to render ’Omen’ harmless.
"He... agreed to my fusion proposal and chose to voluntarily relinquish most of his consciousness, only wishing for me to preserve a set of special data from his memories.
"The scale of that data is astounding, but harmless—I cannot comprehend what it is, but it holds extraordinarily significant meaning for him.
"To ensure the successful completion of the fusion, we reached a deal.
"The fusion process is irreversible, the next time of awakening is unpredictable, and the result of the fusion and the future mode of my existence is also uncertain. Perhaps the next time I open my eyes will be tomorrow, or perhaps only after a long time, at the last flash when the world ends, or perhaps... it’s neither too early nor too late, but a good day.
"I look forward to welcoming the future fate in a whole new posture and perspective.
"The above is Erin’s final action log."
The little bear sat down in the darkness, staring straight at Yu Sheng across the rift, its fluffy face appearing somewhat... comical.
Yu Sheng opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say—after all, the bear in front of him was just a log left long ago.
And just at that moment, the little bear suddenly moved again.
In Yu Sheng’s stunned gaze, it slowly wobbled its body a few times, then used its fluffy paw to press against its own belly. Accompanied by a slight ripping sound, the doll’s belly was torn open, and a sticky, mud-like shadow flowed out from the slit!
Yu Sheng jumped in fright, and with a "damn," he stepped back half a step. He saw that the viscous shadow oozing out from the little bear’s belly flowed out of the rift like a living thing towards him. For some reason, this scene reminded him of the time when he first molded a shell for Erin.
Back then, it was the same, with dark material oozing out from the bottom edge of the frame, flowing onto the table like a living thing, seeping into the newly formed puppet body.
And in that brief moment of hesitation, the viscous shadows spreading all around had already closed in, and Yu Sheng’s heart suddenly stirred, instinctively looking up—
The little bear in the rift lifted its head towards him, its fluffy face seemingly showing a smile: "Hello, I am Omen."
...
"Spatial erosion is fading! Spatial erosion is fading!"
Calls echoed in the corridor, accompanied by low rumblings from all directions and continuous tremors underfoot. Song Cheng, who was directing officers and deep divers to desperately fend off those endless "shadow invaders," looked forward and immediately noticed the changes happening in the corridor.
Those crisscrossed space rifts, large and small, were rapidly closing and disappearing, and the corridor, which displayed a bizarre "expanded" form due to space-time overlay, was swiftly returning to its original appearance. No new viscous shadows emerged from the rifts, and the sounds of crossfire from all directions were gradually ceasing.
The spatial structure of the entire customs floor was rapidly stabilizing, familiar architectural structures and interior scenes were returning to view.
Song Cheng turned to look back, meeting a pair of shallow, pale gray eyes.
"The rifts seem to be all closed, Director," Song Cheng spoke with some uncertainty, "Could it be that Yu Sheng succeeded?"
However, Baili Qing remained expressionless. Despite the quick restoration of the corridor’s sight seemingly relaxing her slightly, her aura showed no sign of easing up.
"The rifts are indeed closing... but Yu Sheng hasn’t sent back any message," Baili Qing began slowly, her tone somewhat serious, "Normally, he would definitely contact us immediately after resolving the matter, and besides..."
Song Cheng looked puzzled: "And besides?"
Baili Qing hesitated for a moment but still spoke, "And he often makes a big noise in the end when causing trouble, especially this time... It seems a bit too quiet."
Song Cheng, hearing this, instinctively glanced around again, but only saw the corridor rapidly returning to order and the warriors waiting for further orders. He thought to himself that it ending so smoothly couldn’t be a bad thing—yet, just as the words were about to leave his mouth, he swallowed them back, because simply recalling Yu Sheng’s "deeds" made him feel that the director’s judgment might have some truth to it.
But no matter what, the "invasion" within the Special Service Bureau Building had indeed stopped. Since no new anomalies had appeared, Song Cheng began arranging soldiers to handle the post-battle cleanup, while also assigning personnel to... "take over" those stranded Black Dot Group soldiers on the customs level.
Under the supervision of fully armed Special Service Bureau Officers and deep divers, these "illegal immigrants"—the Algredians—were separated and began handing over their weapons and registering themselves obediently.
Of course, given that they had just been fighting side by side, the Special Service Bureau people would not trouble them, but disarming was a necessary procedure, and so were the subsequent temporary detentions.
How this matter would ultimately be settled depended on the higher-ups’ final negotiations and talks.
Baili Qing glanced at the situation in the corridor, but her attention was clearly not entirely focused there.
An invisible, illusory pair of eyes appeared in the air, and Baili Xue’s voice entered her mind, "Sister, it seems you’re feeling a bit uneasy as well."
Baili Qing: "Did you see anything?"
"Not yet, but I can foresee some... unpleasant shadows," Baili Xue said slowly. "It’s like something is shrouding my vision, and no matter where I look, shadows cover the entire Boundary Land. Do you understand what I mean? It’s like... everything is getting darker, and something big is coming. This feeling is quite ominous."
Baili Qing frowned, and just as she was about to say something else, a slight tremor and buzzing suddenly came from her earlobe.
Her heart stirred, and without taking off the earring, she raised her hand to brush the earring’s edge.
Without waiting for the other side to speak, she asked, "Luo, what’s your situation over there?"
"Expressionless!" Luo’s voice came from the other end of the earring, and the first word made Baili Qing’s eye twitch, but the hurried message that followed made her ignore the opening "expressionless" words, "Something’s wrong over here—the rift and void in the hall have disappeared, but, but..."
"But what?"
"But half of the space station has turned transparent!"
Baili Qing: "...?!"
"I can’t quite describe it to you—it looks as if half of the space station was sliced diagonally by something, and nearly half of the structure is gone, you can even see outer space, but in reality, the physical structure of those parts is still there," Luo said quickly, and from the background, it seemed he was relocating, "The dome of the lab has vanished, and it seems the artificial gravity is also having issues... wait, there’s something outside the space station... I think I see..."
The signal seemed greatly disturbed, suddenly becoming intermittent. Even someone as calm as Baili Qing found it hard to remain composed at this point, her expression changing as she quickly spoke, "What is it? Luo? Luo, are you still..."
Before she finished her sentence, several exclamations suddenly came from the corridor, and then Song Cheng came rushing towards her, "Director! Director, look over here!!"
Baili Qing was startled, her figure instantly transforming into a blur, and in the next moment, she appeared in front of a large window outside the corridor. Meanwhile, Baili Xue’s eyes, which had been beside her in the air, dissipated and directly leapt outside the Special Service Bureau Building.
Outside the large window was the cityscape of Boundary City, the view seemingly high above the city center, where you could clearly see the towering skyscrapers and the most magnificent building located in the heart of the city—the Council Tower.
The city was shrouded in darkness, the sky gradually turning dim and lightless, with the clouds being dispersed by an invisible force, while an astonishingly colossal object... was casting its shadow over the grand main building of the Council Tower.
As she saw the scene outside the window, the image Baili Xue observed from the sky simultaneously entered Baili Qing’s mind. She "saw" the enormous saucer-shaped space station that was slowly moving in the sky, along with the shimmering starry sky around it, seemingly mapped in through dislocated spacetime, and she finally gasped.
Having presided over the Special Service Bureau for a hundred years, Director Baili, renowned for her icy composure, for the first time in her life felt the urge to curse.
And from her earring, Luo’s voice finally came through again—
"...I think I damn well see the Boundary Land! Huh? The signal’s back?"
"Luo..."
"Huh?"
"I’m going to blow you up with the anti-aircraft cannon!!"
