Dimensional Hotel-Chapter 584: A Heaven-Sent Thinking Partner

Yu Sheng’s mindset was great.

Baili Qing’s mindset, however, was quite complicated.

She looked up at the Crystal Tree and the space-time rifts between its canopy resembling "Tree Fruits," then glanced down at Yu Sheng. Her pale gray eyes revealed no emotional change, yet her mind was an unstoppable storm—

The "legacy" of two Dark Angels stood tall before her, and it seemed to be growing astonishingly well. The world’s only Angel Hunter claimed it to be harmless to humans and animals. She could only believe it, and now Yu Sheng told her that through the rifts among the tree canopy, one could observe the cosmic boundary, and even the gathering place of Ancient Saints long disconnected from the Inner Universe—if this news leaked even half a sentence from Boundary Land, she couldn’t imagine when her next holiday would be.

After all, that is the Lost Home—the ultimate and original ark of this world.

"Aside from that ship, did you see anything else?" Baili Qing suddenly asked.

"See anything else..." Yu Sheng pondered for a few seconds while stroking his chin and shook his head, "Apart from the starry sky as the backdrop and the surrounding sea of flames, I just saw that ship. Perhaps the ’presence’ of that ship was too strong, my attention couldn’t focus on other places..."

He paused, suddenly seeming to remember something: "Oh, wait, although I didn’t see anything else, I did have some strange ’feelings.’ Just gazing at that ship, I inexplicably got a sense of ’pull,’ as if my mind had somehow crossed the rift and was drawn to the universe’s end. It felt like that ship was pulling the entire starry sky, even pulling all things forward in the world... Does that sound a bit abstract? But I can’t think of a more fitting word."

Yu Sheng felt his descriptions were quite mystical, but Baili Qing appeared absorbed in deep thought upon this, breaking the silence only seconds later with a heavy gaze: "What you said... might not be an illusion. If the rift hadn’t collapsed at that time, you might have really crossed the starry sky and arrived on that ship now."

Yu Sheng blinked, hesitating for two or three seconds before speaking: "Then can I come back?"

"How should I know? Perhaps when you get to the Lost Home, you might still manage to open a door and return home? Or maybe the Ancient Saints would personally escort you back to the Inner Universe," Baili Qing revealed a rare lack of confidence, "Of course, it’s more likely... you’d be stranded at the cosmic boundary. At the world’s end, most known laws of things may not be so reliable, and we’re unsure of the situation on the boundary side now, nor what attitude the Ancient Saints would have toward you."

Yu Sheng tugged at the corner of his mouth, speechless for a while, unaware of his thoughts, then after some time, shook his head: "Alright, looks like I’ll have to be cautious when observing these rifts next time."

He cast another glance at the canopy of the Crystal Tree before his gaze fell on Baili Qing: "You’ve seen the Crystal Tree, you’re aware of the condition of the World Bridge, is there anything else you want to know?"

Baili Qing thought for a while, her gaze sweeping across the distant corridor surrounding the courtyard and the ornate yet solemn church buildings on the outside.

"Mind if I look around here? I have some interest in this church—and beyond, that ’Soul Wilderness.’

"Of course not," Yu Sheng smiled, raising his hand to call Luna, who was waiting nearby, "It’s just as well Luna will take you to explore this place; she’s a great guide—Luna, take Baili Qing on a tour, and introduce her to your twelve-session engineering plan."

Luna immediately approached with a radiant smile.

Just by looking at her expression, Yu Sheng knew the girl had already started drafting mentally...

...

Inside the Director’s Office at the Special Service Bureau Headquarters Building.

God knows how long later, Baili Qing suddenly opened her eyes, as if waking from a dream, her mind leaving the Soul Wilderness, returning to the dimension of reality.

Yu Sheng was sitting opposite her at the table, watching her with amusement.

Baili Qing blinked, feeling some buzzing in her mind, two or three seconds later she fully regained clarity, breaking the moment of silence: "...Was she always this verbose?!"

Yu Sheng laughed at this: "In the travel agency’s daily chaos and Erin’s unruly style of jumping and arguing, with no restraint, Luna can skillfully navigate the daily grind, even overshadowing Erin at times. Do you think she could be straightforward?"

He shook his head at this, adding: "Fortunately, Luna’s physical delay in the real world is high; if her delay was any lower, I’d probably have to sleep on the rooftop daily—the house would be unlivable."

Baili Qing said nothing, just tiredly rubbing her temples.

Yu Sheng thought Luna’s verbosity was potent but not overwhelming—this Director might simply be sleep-deprived.

However, Baili Qing soon regained her composure.

"How is Luo on your side?" she asked.

"These past two days have been quite peaceful," Yu Sheng thought for a moment, recalling the report Little Red Riding Hood had given him, and said, "Basically, she’s stayed inside the house, or sunbathed at the doorway—even though there’s no sun in the valley. Initially, I didn’t allow her to leave the valley, but surprisingly, she hardly leaves the door. According to Little Red Riding Hood, her current demeanor is quite... wistful."

"...It matches my expectations," Baili Qing said thoughtfully, "She’s smart. She understands how to reduce her presence and threat level in this situation, leaving room for future negotiations or interrogations—better than most cultists who can’t recognize the circumstances."

"Of course, she’s not as compliant as you might think—I suspect she attempted to bypass communication blocks to contact the outside world, and if there ever was a minor loophole in your ’custody’, she would certainly try to escape. The fact that she’s staying now only indicates her clear assessment of your ’valley’s’ containment level."

Yu Sheng rubbed his chin thoughtfully, then curiously asked, "What plans do you have for Luo? You won’t just keep her locked up forever, right?"

"...Honestly, this question is quite tricky for the Special Service Bureau, and even for the Boundary Land," Baili Qing replied frankly, "If she were truly notorious or had acted against the Boundary Land as a Black Spot Warlord, things would be simple. But she happens to be a ’moderate’, even having had a form of ’collaboration’ with the Special Service Bureau in a certain sense, and her position within the Black Dot Group is quite delicate—not prominent enough to trade big benefits, yet not low enough to be ignored..."

"Neither suitable for execution nor for release, the possibility of recruitment is low, and any dealings with the Black Dot Group need to be very cautious. The most likely scenario at present seems to be continued soft imprisonment, long-term—theoretically, until we find a use for her. Of course, a lower probability is secret execution after prolonged soft imprisonment, if she again threatens the Boundary Land."

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "I thought you guys were quite friendly."

"Friendship is friendship, principles are principles, and moreover, there never was much ’friendship’ between her and me to begin with," Baili Qing said calmly, "Securing long-term soft imprisonment for her already considers the multiple collaborations in the past, and her status as a victim in this incident."

"If put like that..." Yu Sheng pondered for a moment, looking earnestly into Baili Qing’s eyes, "I have an idea."

Baili Qing seemed to quickly guess something, somewhat surprised: "You want to keep Luo?"

Yu Sheng nodded.

Baili Qing’s tone was peculiar: "Why would you keep a Black Spot Warlord?"

Yu Sheng shrugged: "Didn’t I get a hold of a Space Station..."

Baili Qing: "...There’s no need to be so proud and candid."

"I don’t quite know how to use that thing," Yu Sheng, as if not hearing, stayed calm, "Mo Ran gathered a team of Algered Star Scholars over, but the experts expressed difficulty in understanding the bizarre creations of the Black Dot Group’s ’technological oddities’, let alone the encrypted core systems of that space station—organizing a team to crack it is nowhere near as efficient as letting the original owner input the password themselves."

Baili Qing raised her eyelids, her light gray eyes earnestly gazing at Yu Sheng: "And?"

Those eyes seemed to penetrate everything, but Yu Sheng was somewhat used to it by now, he simply smiled: "Additionally, I do genuinely need a ’smart person’ here, to help me with some research."

There were many things he needed to research.

Such as Erin’s situation, the "Artificial Saintess" technology on Luna, the World Bridge, and that ’Inference Star Body Crystal Tree’.

With the peculiar and bizarre increasing around him, Yu Sheng gradually realized that some secrets couldn’t be unravelled solely by relying on the oddballs living at No. 66 Wutong Road, nor was his own ’pondering’ enough.

The travel agency needed to conduct some genuine "research".

One person’s pondering is limited—he needed to find a smart person to ponder with him.

Preferably someone who doesn’t follow the norm, regularly deals with all sorts of bizarre things, and somewhat dabbles in Black Spirit Ability and Subspace.

Of course, the Special Service Bureau has research teams, Shuji has Immortals investigating the Dao, even Terra Academy and the Algered Astrological Association, academic groups of such nature, through connections in the Special Service Bureau or Feiyu Star Domain, Yu Sheng could reach out for their help—but help is help, they’re ultimately not part of the travel agency.

Luo isn’t part of the travel agency either, but she can be.

There’s no need for psychological pressure when poaching from the Black Dot Group.

Moreover, Luo has irreplaceable advantages: she truly deals with all sorts of bizarre things regularly, truly dabbles in Black Spirit Ability and Subspace, and more importantly, she was imbued by the Omen Goddess—and survived.

This implies her spiritual talent is highly advanced, and she’s tough (which is most crucial).

Yu Sheng feels she’s a rare talent, a heaven-sent pondering companion.