Chapter 78 Further Exploration
There was a faint light flickering in the gate leading to the valley. Yu Sheng stepped across this "border" and the next second, the bright light of the sky came into his eyes.
Yu Sheng narrowed his eyes, looked up into the distance, and then looked at the sky with floating clouds.
After the giant eyeball covering the sky left, this foreign land once called "Night Valley" ended its eternal night, but Yu Sheng did not expect that it was still daytime here - although it was already night in the real world.
Is it possible that there is no alternation of day and night in this place? After the eternal night caused by the "Angel of Darkness" ended, it is now eternal daytime here?
Yu Sheng had some guesses in his mind, and at the same time he was extremely alert and paid close attention to the surrounding environment.
The "landing point" he chose to open the door was still around the ruins of the dilapidated temple. Everywhere he looked, the devastation caused by the entity-hunger out of control was still there. The dilapidated temple that was already in ruins was now basically left with only broken bricks and tiles on the ground. Not even a standing wall could be seen. The wasteland around the dilapidated temple seemed to have been "deep plowed" over and over again. Huge gullies could be seen everywhere extending from the ruins to the end of the sight, and the former forest was now only a withered remnant. Large and small rubble was piled up at the end of the valley, and a layer of nearby rocks had been scraped off, exposing bare soil.
But other than that… there was no sign of any danger.
Yu Sheng frowned, carefully crossed the ditches, and came to an open space mixed with broken bricks and tiles.
He still remembered this place, where he had started the feast - the first entity to be "affected" by him - it was here that Hunger opened its huge mouth and began to devour other entities.
Now all physical traces have disappeared, and even the blood stains have disappeared completely as if they had evaporated.
The valley was quiet, with only an occasional breeze blowing through the valley bottom, but it was not as cold as before, and there was no unpleasant stench in the wind... Compared with the gloomy place shrouded in the night before, this place now actually had a hint of... the smell of a "peaceful pure land".
If you ignore those gullies.
Yu Sheng just stood in the ruins, looking at this quiet little world in a daze.
Is this what the "director" wants me to see? Or...she actually doesn't know what the situation is here, so she wants me to come over to confirm it? At this moment, Irene's voice suddenly came from the bottom of her heart, interrupting Yu Sheng's thoughts: "Hey! Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng, please reply - is he dead or not?"
"I heard it, I heard it," Yu Sheng responded immediately, frowning slightly, "Can't you say something nice? What do you mean by dead or not..."
“Nonsense, haven’t you died suddenly outside many times? There was no movement as soon as I pushed the door. I thought you were killed by the regenerated entity - hunger…”
The puppet's tone of voice was righteous and yet demanding. Yu Sheng could almost imagine the little guy standing on the table with his hands on his hips and a proud look on his face - but he had no intention of arguing with Irene at the moment.
"There is no entity." He said lightly.
The doll lady on the other side was obviously stunned for two seconds: "...Ah?"
"I haven't seen any entity yet. The valley is very peaceful, and I can no longer sense the omnipresent malice and hunger that existed before," Yu Sheng said as he walked out of the ruins of the temple, bent down and grabbed a handful of soil. "The stench in the soil and the air... has also disappeared."
"Why don't you go out again?"
"I'm walking out now," Yu Sheng said as he walked, "Could it be that because there's not enough time, the entity-Hunger hasn't regenerated yet? After all, I made quite a big noise last time..."
He was interrupted by Irene's noise before he could finish, "Impossible! It's been so long! The regeneration speed of an entity after it is destroyed is calculated in hours, and some even take only dozens of minutes! We have been running away from there for more than 24 hours. If the entity-Hunger can reproduce, we would have five generations living together now!"
Yu Sheng sat down on a large rock at the edge of the ruins, looking into the distance and casually said, "But there is really nothing here now, and to be honest... I even think the air here is not bad, and the scenery is much more pleasing to the eye."
"ah?"
Yu Sheng ignored Irene's surprise and just stepped on the soft soil around the stone.
He felt that subtle connection, and after returning to this place, that subtle sense of connection was strengthened again... Although it did not directly produce a "perspective" with the valley as the "carrier" as it did when the connection intensity reached its peak before, he could also clearly feel many things around him.
The hard stone, the gentle wind, the soil underfoot, the pool of water hidden at the bottom of the valley, and...
Yu Sheng was suddenly stunned and turned to look beside him.
A tender green grass sprout was poking its tip out of the soil, like a young creature that had just seen the light of day, shaking uneasily in the wind.
Tenacious life.
Yu Sheng looked at the grass sprout in some surprise. For some reason, when he saw it poking out of the soil, he even felt his heartbeat quicken. A... very strange feeling was leaping in his heart. This feeling might be due to his connection with the valley at the moment, or it might be some more emotional reason - he subconsciously reached out to the soil.
Then the soil began to move.
The deep trenches began to close and tiny sprouts broke through the soil.
Life is growing, like rebirth after death.
Yu Sheng stared at this scene in a daze, and finally couldn't help but exclaimed: "What the hell?!"
Irene screamed instantly: "Ah? What? What? What are you screaming for all of a sudden—are you hurt!?"
Yu Sheng stood up suddenly and opened the illusory door: "It's hard to explain, you and Hu Li better come and take a look!"
The next second, he returned to the living room and stared at Irene who was standing on the chair.
"Hu Li is still washing the dishes," Irene paused for a moment, then raised her hand and pointed to the kitchen, "Should we go call her now?"
Yu Sheng nodded, but just as he was about to speak, he felt a series of vibrations in his pocket.
He took out his cell phone and saw several missed calls popping up on the screen - two from Li Lin, two from Xu Jiali, and several from the same unfamiliar number.
Yu Sheng's expression was a little subtle at the moment. He was thinking about who to call back when he saw that the strange phone number was calling again.
He answered the phone without waiting for the ringing sound and put it to his ear. A familiar female voice came into his ears: "It's me, Baili Qing."
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Yu Sheng's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself that it was as expected, and he couldn't hide his embarrassment: "Ahem, I just... went out. Should I have told you guys?"
"It's okay. As long as we can confirm that it was you who caused the 'vibration' by opening the door," Baili Qing's slightly cold voice came from the receiver, and no emotion could be heard. "We will try to record more sample parameters and try to identify your 'features' in time when the subsequent alarm sounds."
The other party's indifferent attitude made Yu Sheng feel a little awkward. He didn't know if this was the style of this "director". He could only smile awkwardly: "Well, I'm sorry to trouble you..."
Baili Qing didn't seem to care what he was saying: "Are you going out later?"
"...Maybe it's still a while away," Yu Sheng said, then he remembered something and quickly added, "I'm checking the situation in Night Valley."
He was sure he heard a slight inhale.
Baili Qing's tone really changed afterwards: "You successfully got in? It still exists?"
Yu Sheng keenly noticed the word the other party used: existence.
Baili Qing actually thought that Night Valley "no longer existed"? Why does she think so?
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Yu Sheng said, "Of course it exists, but I just went over to take a look, and I'm not sure what's going on inside. I'm preparing to take another trip with all the people I have."
As he spoke, he looked up at the little figure on the chair - that was his "human hand", and another one washing dishes in the kitchen.
Baili Qing did not delve into it, but after a moment of silence, he said, "Okay, if you need support from the Secret Service, you can contact me directly. This number is always accessible."
The call was disconnected and a short beep came from the receiver.
"It's the 'director' of the Secret Service," Yu Sheng said to Irene, "It's nothing serious."
Having said that, he turned and went into the kitchen, ready to call Hu Li.
Then when he pushed the door open, he saw the fox girl wiping the bowl with her tail—and she was also secretly eating the sesame paste that was originally placed in the cupboard.
He didn't know which one to complain about first.
"Ah, benefactor..." The fox girl's ears suddenly twitched twice. When she heard Yu Sheng opening the door and coming in, she turned her head in panic, "I...it smelled so good that I couldn't help it. I'm sorry."
Yu Sheng looked at Hu Li with a helpless look - and her mouth full of sesame paste.
"Pack up first and go out with me."
(End of this chapter)
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