Dimensional Hotel-Chapter 566: Alright

"I think you need to lighten up."

Yu Sheng stood beside the path near the farmland outside Fairy Tale Town, looking at Luo who appeared dejected, and said with a smile.

Luo looked up at the sky, then at the distance, sighed as if accepting defeat. The mechanical limbs behind her moved a few times and quickly reassembled into a silver-white chair, on which she sat heavily.

Yu Sheng couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at that maneuver: "...I wanted to say it back at the square, all those mechanical limbs can do everything but fight, huh?"

Luo’s expression twitched slightly upon hearing this: "Come on, what’s wrong with you all... I’ve said it countless times I’m a scientist, why do you guys keep bringing up fighting? I’m even a pacifist, I only assembled a guard team to get some peace for my research, okay?"

Yu Sheng listened, looking like Luo was genuinely a bit upset, awkwardly scratched his head, thought for a long while, and finally muttered: "Okay, maybe it’s a stereotype on scientists..."

Luo was stunned: "No, that’s even weirder, why would your stereotype on scientists be this?!"

What could Yu Sheng say? He thought she had a point...

Then he awkwardly changed the subject: "Let’s not talk about that. Let’s talk about your arrangements. For these few days, you can stay in the town, if you have any needs, just speak to Little Red Riding Hood or the town council employees, they’re all teachers. Don’t worry about anything else, just... consider it a few days’ vacation. In all this chaos, you somewhat are a victim too—at least, that’s what I think."

"Well, I appreciate your understanding," Luo sighed, her face showing obvious hesitation, hesitating for several seconds before speaking, "There’s one more thing."

"Say."

"...How’s my space station?"

"I wrecked it."

Luo: "...That straightforward?!"

The golden-haired elf was wide-eyed; if circumstances weren’t pressing, she might have tried to verbally lash out, but instead, she internally fumed for half a day, eventually couldn’t resist speaking again: "Under normal circumstances, shouldn’t you be a bit more tactful? At least out of politeness, you could tell me the space station was temporarily seized as a disaster compensation, right? Or at worst, just lie to me saying it exploded, then repaint it later and say you found it outside, and I wouldn’t complain..."

Yu Sheng almost laughed, finding that this "Black Spot Warlord" was much more interesting than he had imagined, but he managed to suppress his laughter—mainly because laughing at this moment would be impolite.

"I’m quite straightforward," he waved his hand, explaining to Luo, "The situation didn’t allow me to think much at the time, I had to finish the assimilation and dismantling of the World Bridge in the shortest possible time—and your space station was almost integrated into the World Bridge by then. In such a situation, being able to dismantle it from the World Bridge was already quite difficult."

He paused, then added: "The assimilation process has many uncontrollables, and the result is irreversible—see that spaceship by the Black Forest? Changfa’s big mouth probably already introduced it to you, that ’Black Stone Station’ now shares similar properties, it’s not about what I want, but the space station has factually become a part of me."

Luo opened her mouth, seemed to have a lot to say but swallowed most of it back, just raised her hand and messed with her own messy hair, sounding a bit subdued: "So where is it now?"

"I temporarily sent it to Feiyu Star Domain—I have an industrial planet over there." Yu Sheng casually said.

Luo paused her hair-rubbing action, somewhat sluggishly lifted her head: "...Why do you even have an industrial planet?"

Yu Sheng: "I wrecked it."

Luo: "...?"

The Elf Mechanic was dumbfounded; she originally thought Yu Sheng was just well-connected, with vast skills and abilities, capable of influencing quite a bit in Boundary Land and Feiyu Star Domain due to his "Hunting Angel" prowess. So, when the "travel agency" had various reinforcements appearing wave after wave when Boundary City was in trouble, she never expected... this "Angel Hunter’s" vast skills turned out to be beyond even her wildest expectations.

Yet Yu Sheng seemed unaware of Luo’s dramatic expressions, continuing as if to himself: "To be honest, that space station is quite severely damaged, it’s pretty much like completely scrapped except it hasn’t disintegrated—sending it to Feiyu Star Domain is mainly for repairs...

"I’m actually quite puzzled. The primary area erosion of the World Bridge should be around the core laboratory, right? Then why is there a massive penetrating damage in the space station from edge to core zone? It seems like it was punctured by some kind of mass weapon..."

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Luo was a bit grumpy, "You’ve openly taken it, how’s that got anything to do with me?"

Yu Sheng realized she had a point and sheepishly smiled without saying more, just gazing at the distant scenery with her.

The time was nearing dusk, no sunrise or sunset in the valley, but slowly converging clouds in the sky and the sunset from the "Fairy Tales" subset, with nightfall rising from the direction of the Black Forest, gradually moving towards the town.

A knight group bearing the cat king’s flag was passing down the main road outside the town, heavy drones buzzed as they flew towards the town, with baskets filled with mushrooms and berries from the Black Forest. Titan Giants carrying large timber were building a small bridge by the riverbank in the distance, and that snake demon hanging around town for food was crawling around busily.

Sounds of children shouting and playing could be heard from the amusement park in the town, indistinct from afar, Luna’s first batch of wheat planted in the farmland outside the town swayed in the wind, with a scarecrow made by the orphanage’s children during last Wednesday’s handcraft class, standing there uglily by the field.

A wandering mass-produced puppet loitered at the end of the field, dazed for a moment before dumbly opening its arms, mimicking the scarecrow’s pose—not sure which thread of Erin’s abstract operation made this happen.

Smooth tunes echoed in the valley, reminiscent of the minstrels’ light-hearted melody, played when adventurers return to the tavern at dusk, accompanied by a very pleasant humming sound.

Luo listened with her ears, but couldn’t discern the source, only feeling that this pleasant sound seemed to be lingering in the background of the entire world.

She sighed softly, feeling as though she hadn’t heard such a pleasant sound in many years—the last time she felt so relaxed seemed like it was a very long time ago, before she embarked on her long and arduous "journey of knowledge," when she was merely an "Arglede Elf."

"The mermaid is singing," Yu Sheng’s voice came from beside her, "She sings every evening to remind the children playing outside that it’s getting late—her singing can be considered the BGM for the entire valley."

Then he paused for a moment and said, "I’m heading back first; in the temporary place arranged for you, there’s a phone that the Special Service Bureau sent. Baili Qing now prohibits you from contacting the outside world, but you can use the intranet to pass the time."

Luo blinked and looked back towards where Yu Sheng was, but only saw a door closing in front of her; Yu Sheng had already left.

She remained there dazed for two seconds, then slowly turned her gaze back, somewhat lost in thought, looking at the sky. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The pleasant "singing" still echoed through the valley, and the clouds in the sky over the small town slowly closed in from both sides like a curtain. She saw the edges of the clouds slowly forming words, and upon seeing them clearly, realized it wasn’t an illusion—

A line of words floated in the sky, saying "Eat when you should, drink when you should, don’t let worries linger," followed by a smiley face.

Luo sighed and didn’t know what expression to make; amidst the mermaid’s singing, she only felt herself gradually sinking into a gentle, inescapable laziness.

She was about to sink into a bizarre dream.

Yu Sheng returned to the living room at No. 66 Wutong Road and saw Hu Li holding her big tail, watching TV on the sofa. Luna was wiping the table not far away, but Erin was nowhere to be seen in the living room.

Surely Baili Qing, who had been sent over earlier, had already left since she was very busy, but where was the little puppet who would usually monopolize the living room TV?

"Where did Erin go?"

Yu Sheng looked around and turned to ask Hu Li.

"The one who came back together went upstairs, I believe she went to the attic from the sound; the others, I don’t know where they are," Hu Li quickly moved to the edge of the sofa, rubbed Yu Sheng’s arm with her head, and then pointed to a certain advertisement on the TV, "Savior! I want to eat that!"

Yu Sheng looked up and saw it was just a snack advertisement, then nodded: "Alright, I’ll buy you two boxes later."

Saying this, he greeted Luna as well, and headed up to the loft.

The loft was also quiet.

The large table used for making puppets was still piled with some materials that hadn’t been tidied up before, and on the rack next to it were newly purchased clay and makeup tools. Yu Sheng’s gaze swept over these items and suddenly noticed that the ventilation window leading to the roof was open nearby.

That window was very small but large enough for a 66.6 cm tall figure to squeeze through.

Curiously, Yu Sheng walked over and poked his head out the window, looking around.

A small figure was sitting on the roof beside the window.

Erin was holding her frying pan, gazing somewhat absentmindedly at the sky, while the Omen Wandering Star floated above her head, leisurely spinning circle after circle.

The little puppet squinted her eyes slightly.

The sky was so high, both high and vast.

When they first returned home, the sky was still very blue, clear and beautiful. Now it was getting dark, and the sunset was like spilled paint, staining the clouds all the way to the rooftops.

People were busy in the city, the wind blew through the alleys of the old town, and many leaves had fallen from the big tree at the intersection—the valley enjoyed eternal spring, but winter in Boundary City was approaching.

It would rain soon, the temperature would drop further, and later it might snow. After the snow, the entire city would be white... and Hu Li would become even fluffier.

"Pulu" would also shed its coat; it was gray-black in summer and gray-white in winter.

She recalled how long ago those who told her stories in the divine temple seemed to have spoken of these things—the clear blue skies, the beautiful sunsets, the bustling cities, the snow that falls in winter, and the normal cycle of the four seasons.

A brand-new feeling spread in her heart, calm yet joyful.

The little puppet hugged her frying pan tightly and smiled happily.

"Great."