Dimensional Hotel

A strange, gnawing sound filled the entire valley, like an endless chorus of crunching teeth. It rose and fell in waves, echoing against the jagged cliffs. The whole landscape had turned into some bizarre feast, and soon, everyone hiding in the cave realized what those sounds meant.

Li Lin swallowed hard, mustering his courage as he crept toward the mouth of the cave. His scalp prickled with dread as he dared to peek outside.

The serrated mountains seemed to be devouring each other. Giant crevices yawned wide, collapsing in on themselves, constantly splitting into new cracks that devoured and dissolved one another. The dark, snaking tendrils covering the ground had begun to eat themselves, and grotesque creatures of flesh sprouted from the shadows, only to be swallowed by unseen forces almost instantly.

Amidst all this, a lone figure stood on the open ground outside the cave—Yu Sheng. He stood there, gazing thoughtfully at the horrific scene of self-destruction unfolding in the valley.

For a moment, Li Lin felt as if he were dreaming, but he quickly shook off the strange feeling. The memory of Yu Sheng’s supposed death had faded, replaced with the thought that Yu Sheng must’ve just wandered off for a while.

At the cave entrance, Foxy and Irene spotted Yu Sheng right away.

“Benefactor! You’re alive!” Foxy exclaimed, her voice filled with relief. Then she quickly grew anxious. “Hurry inside! It’s dangerous out there!”

Yu Sheng finally turned and stepped briskly toward the cave. “I have a feeling,” he muttered, “that whatever’s in the sky—as strange as it looks—doesn’t mean us harm…”

Irene didn’t seem to care about his muttering. Instead, she eyed him from head to toe, her small face scrunched up with worry. “Are you really okay? Is your mind still all there?”