Dimensional Hotel-Chapter 596: The New Boss

When Yu Sheng returned to No. 66 Wutong Road, it was already midnight. The silent night enveloped the entire city, and the house was quiet everywhere.

The main light in the living room was off, leaving only a small lamp near the staircase. In the dim light, he saw a pair of bright golden-red eyes—Hu Li was still awake, waiting for him on the sofa.

The moment Yu Sheng pushed the door open and entered the house, those eyes curved into a smile.

"Savior, you’re back," the demon fox girl greeted happily, "Luna just returned to the spaceship~~ She said she needs to go back to handle vegetables or materials or something..."

Then she pointed toward the kitchen.

"There’s food in the pot, I stewed something for you, and there are steamed buns in the steamer, bought from the small supermarket at the corner, they shouldn’t be cold now."

Yu Sheng smiled, stepped forward to rub the fur behind the fox girl’s ears, which made her happily squint her eyes.

"Where’s Erin? Did she go to sleep?" he asked casually.

"She’s here, fell asleep halfway through watching TV," Hu Li said, turning her body to stretch out her several tails, revealing a small puppet comfortably sleeping while hugging a big tail, "The others are sleeping upstairs."

"...Always complaining about getting fox fur in its joints, yet still wants to snuggle into your tails while sleeping." Yu Sheng muttered with amusement, getting up to the kitchen to serve rice, casually flipping the light switch in the dining room.

Hu Li pulled the tail Erin was clutching away and covered the small puppet with two more tails before quietly getting up from the sofa. By the time Yu Sheng turned back to the dining table, she was already sitting on the chair opposite him, propping her head with her hands and smiling at Yu Sheng.

"Aren’t you tired? You usually get sleepy at this time," Yu Sheng commented casually, placing two steamed buns in front of Hu Li.

Hu Li shook her head.

"I took a nap on the sofa earlier," she replied, "I was afraid you’d feel lonely if there was no one awake when you came home."

Yu Sheng paused for a moment.

He suddenly realized that he hadn’t felt that unresponsive feeling upon returning home in a long time—whenever he entered this big house, there would either be the sound of Erin’s chattering, Hu Li running out to greet him, or at least Luna in standby in the living room as "guard," and he had become accustomed to it.

The aroma of the fox stew was appetizing, probably because he was hungry, or perhaps because the fox girl’s cooking skills had indeed improved. The warmth of the hot meal gradually spread in his stomach, and Yu Sheng sighed with satisfaction, feeling his fatigue slowly fade away.

The girl across the table had half a steamed bun in her mouth, eyes fixed here, glancing around—Yu Sheng couldn’t help but ask, "What’s up?"

Hu Li looked serious, "Savior, do you think... can we really find Luna’s home? And if we do find it, and her family is still there... how should we reunite her with them?"

Yu Sheng’s action of breaking the bun slowly stopped.

"You’ve been worried about this, huh?"

"Not exactly worried," Hu Li’s ears twitched, "It’s just that Luna seemed to be preoccupied when she came back today, but she didn’t really think about these things herself, so I couldn’t help but think a bit more."

The demon fox girl paused for two or three seconds, seemingly hesitant, but finally continued.

"After all, her parents might really be waiting for her at home, but she’s no longer the same as when she left... Savior, do you think the Special Service Bureau can turn Luna back? Even if only temporarily, or make something like a Mechanical Man..."

Hu Li’s voice gradually trailed off, becoming almost a murmur as if talking to herself, while Yu Sheng gazed at this fox girl who usually seemed to have no worries, spending her days just eating, sleeping, and basking in the sun, pondering.

"Compared to finding Luna’s home planet, these are minor issues," he suddenly said, "It’s a bit early to think about these things now, after all, even if we figure out how those ’Knights’ entered the Dark Alley, locating the Venerate Saints Monastery’s nest is not something that can be done overnight—besides, those cultists surely won’t give up a ’Recruitment Planet’ easily, we’ll also have a tough battle ahead. So for now, don’t worry about it, leave the thinking to me."

Hu Li thought for a moment, then nodded, "Mm-hmm."

Seeing the demon fox girl ease up and continue munching on the bun, Yu Sheng relaxed and smiled.

Then he heard a sigh coming from the stew in the pot.

Hu Li casually threw a blue flame ball into the pot, grinning at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng: "..."

...

A good night’s sleep, fatigue being the best sleeping pill—until the next day when the sun was high in the sky, Yu Sheng woke up in the sunlight streaming through the curtains.

Of course, Erin squirming around on the bed and babbling nonstop was also a significant factor in waking him up.

Fox Stew plus a good night’s sleep completely wiped away the fatigue from exploring the Dark Alley.

Yu Sheng helped Erins wash up, made breakfast for Hu Li, greeted Luna who was watering succulent plants on the balcony, and then left No. 66 Wutong Road, opening the door directly to the Special Service Bureau.

Today was the day for Luo’s "discharge"—the "Black Stone Station restart plan" that had been delayed by the unexpected situation in the Dark Alley should also continue.

Accompanied personally by Baili Qing, Yu Sheng met the golden-haired elf who was pacing bored in the hospital room.

By this time, the effects of the Spirit Mushroom had completely worn off from her, and though she looked bored and dejected, Luo’s complexion was still quite good.

It’s true, the health bar of this elf is indeed quite thick; if it weren’t for knowing in advance, Yu Sheng honestly wouldn’t have been able to tell she was in a state of having her stomach pumped twice.

As soon as he entered the room, Baili Qing dismissed the others, and after coming to Luo and sizing her up for a while, seeing her initially full of displeasure quickly became obedient in the presence of a faint dragon aura, she sat on the hospital bed, demoralized, and spoke, "You’re here to see me make a fool of myself? A dignified Black Dot Group department manager brought here for emergency treatment after eating poisonous mushrooms..."

Apparently, she still didn’t know that the mushrooms she ate were actually not poisonous, nor did she need emergency treatment...

Baili Qing obviously wasn’t planning to tell her the truth either, simply replying faintly, "I could have chosen not to arrange treatment for you."

Yu Sheng at the side almost stood up to applaud—this was the truth indeed!

However, Luo didn’t notice the subtle expression on Yu Sheng’s face for an instant and instead felt a bit embarrassed, hesitating for a few seconds before speaking while looking at Baili Qing, "Well, whatever the case, thanks..."

Seeing this situation, Yu Sheng thought this was done for, this Black Spot Scientist might be great at research, but in other aspects, she’s quite easy to fool; afraid she’ll still be tricked by the long-haired princess into eating Spirit Mushrooms...

"So, what’s next?" Luo said as she stretched on the hospital bed and looked up at the two before her, "Am I going to be locked up in another place?"

"We have new arrangements for you," Baili Qing finally stopped tormenting this special "partner" and stepped aside to let Yu Sheng take the lead, "This ’Angel Hunter’ vouched for you and got you new freedom—now, you’re under his management."

Luo blinked, seemingly unable to grasp the situation at the moment.

"In short, you now have a new boss," Yu Sheng cleared his throat, breaking the silence, "I need manpower on my side—of the scientific research kind. Your research direction and talent are very suitable."

"Short on people?" Luo was even more surprised, eyeing Yu Sheng up and down, "You have an industrial planet in the Feiyu Star Domain, support from the Special Service Bureau, and you’re even friends with Alice’s Cottage. If you’re willing, countless legal talents would be willing to collaborate with you—though most of them are trash in my eyes, are you sure you need a ’Black Dot member’ to work for you?"

That’s because very few normal people can survive meddling with Black Spirit Ability and then being imbued by an Angel.

"I’m primarily interested in your scientific literacy and research talent." Yu Sheng said with a straight face and utmost seriousness.

Luo immediately showed a skeptical expression—oddly enough, she’s harder to trick now, as if she’d been deceived in the past, emanating a PTSD-like aura from illegal recruitment.

Seeing this, Yu Sheng didn’t bother with nonsense and simply reached out into the air beside him, opening a big door.

The illusory door silently opened, revealing the Rift Laboratory where the framework had been restored to its original form, and inside were bustling Civil Engineering Immortals and Mechanical Processing Immortals flying around on Flying Sword Xiangyun Purple Gold Gourd and the like.

Luo’s eyes widened in an instant, instinctively moving towards the door, "This, this, hey, this is my place! This is my laboratory! It’s already fixed like this... Hey, what are they doing! Don’t mess it up! That’s a precision structure! That guy over there in the purple robe, put down that thing in your hand—"

Before she could finish speaking, the floating illusory door slammed shut again.

Luo looked up, staring blankly at Yu Sheng.

"If you’re willing to cooperate, Black Stone Station will still be under your management," Yu Sheng said earnestly, "Of course, it’s already a travel agency’s asset in every aspect, but frankly, such a ’Pioneer Laboratory’ just sitting in my hand doesn’t do any good; only you know how to make it function properly, you should understand what I mean."

He paused again, cautiously adding, "Compared to before, there will definitely be restrictions, you’ll have to be accountable to me from now on, you can’t go off recklessly like before, the Law-abiding Star Zone surely won’t allow you to work with Black Dot Group’s style—your research projects, personnel and material movements, and connections with other forces will all be monitored, and since my energy is limited, it might be Shuji or someone dispatched by the Special Service Bureau overseeing it..."

Before he could finish, Luo’s face abruptly moved right up to his face, her eyes shining with a starlit radiance intensely staring at him.

"Cut the crap, where do I sign?"