CHAPTER 459: CHAPTER 459: STAR BODY

Rainy night, outskirts, ruins, crystal clusters, angel tentacles—and a little advertisement from the Angel Combat Expert.

Mo Ran feels that she must have drunk very strong alcohol to see such an outrageous combination in this vast rain curtain.

But soon she rubbed her brow and, using reason, convinced herself that this wasn’t an illusion.

It was that "Expert" talking to her—he himself should still be on the distant Capital Planet, but obviously, this powerful "Angel Hunter" used some... unsettling "little tricks" to connect with Shuji Star on the border.

He has occupied the corpse of the angel he killed.

Mo Ran gently took a breath and for a moment had the strange thought of "whether the Dark Angel is scarier or the Angel Hunter," but she calmed herself down, stepped forward half a step, and diligently adjusted her expression, adopting an attitude of welcoming the powerful Immortal, she deeply bows to the pile of crystals: "Mo Ran greets Mr. Yu, unaware of your visit, earlier my subjects were quite impolite, I apologize on their behalf... but this is?"

Then she sees the tentacles beside the crystals start twisting again aimlessly, as if trying to express something but failing, soon after, new flickering glows emerge within the crystal clusters, and after a while, new writings finally appear: "Wait a moment, I’m still getting familiar with this... no worries, no worries, I just suddenly startled you... I’m just here to check on the situation, see if there’s anything I can help with, today I was talking with Yuanling about Shuji, they are quite concerned about you over there."

Mo Ran was stunned, with a somewhat strange feeling surfacing in her heart, but she quickly composed herself, bowing her head meticulously: "Mo Ran thanks all Immortal Venerables, Shuji has suffered such a disaster, the situation now... is indeed not good. Mo City is still stable, we weren’t invaded by the ’Main Mustache’ of the Inference Star Body until the end, but other cities have somewhat suffered damage in the previous ’Ascension’..."

A "perception" from the distant Alien Planet resonates with his own will in an indescribable manner, utilizing this resonance, Yu Sheng’s thoughts wander within this vast and unfamiliar new "body," he curiously feels the feedbacks delivered by this incredible "body," while trying to discern those tiny voices that are almost drowned within the massive information stream—

The rain falls, clouds rise and fall, plants grow, people move about in the city, lava flows underground, people die, people are born, people dig those crystals invading the city, Mo Ran talks to him...

Yu Sheng strives to adapt to all of this, feeling all of this.

He recalls his first attempt at controlling that "valley," but the feelings from Shuji are different from that Exotic Realm Valley, he feels that his current situation is more akin to the state when synchronizing with the Otherworld Inn—having gained a whole new body, rather than just a piece of territory under his control.

Is this the perspective of the Inference Star Body? Or rather... the "Mother Vine"?

Yu Sheng’s thoughts flow within the hot core of the planet, each idea pulsating like lightning in the crystal roots spanning the entire planet, he sees tiny sparks raging between the Crystal Branches buried in rock and soil, and within this process, his perception of Shuji becomes clearer and more precise.

But at the same time, he feels an indescribable... "slowness," a sense of stagnation in the flow of consciousness as if every thought needs a touch of strange delay to "form," initially, he thought this was due to his own adaptation, but soon realized it was because of the "vastness."

Even as thoughts flow at the speed of light within the "Star Body," the time taken for each "spark" to traverse a neural node can almost be described as "long-lasting."

So Yu Sheng tries to detach his "main consciousness" from Shuji, retaining only the sensory function of the planet, and instantly, his thoughts become clear and agile again.

Truly intriguing.

Though still unsure of the principle behind it, Yu Sheng has somewhat adapted to the inexplicable happenings in life, he quickly accepts the situation at hand with great ease (to be honest, his heart really is vast now, Shuji’s core diameter is over a thousand kilometers) and shifts his attention to the exchange with Mo Ran and the perception of the deep conditions of Shuji.

Mo Ran bows her head, waiting tensely for Mr. Yu’s response with utmost urgency.

She had just instinctively spoken of many things, concerning the future of Shuji, the current state of Mo City, and her anxiety over many matters, thinking now that many of these things should not have been casually spoken to Mr. Yu, which might only cause him irritation.

She feels that she is ultimately a bit young and reckless.

Mo Ran slightly lifts her gaze, seeing some family retainers and trusted aides have discreetly stepped aside and set up an array to prevent anyone from disrupting the conversation scene between her and Mr. Yu, now there is only her beside the living crystal.

For the unknown number of times this lifetime, Mo Ran sighs within her heart again—she really doesn’t want to take on this broken class.

But she can’t leave.

The surface of the crystal flickers, this time, amidst the wandering glows, a blurry shadow gradually emerges.

Mo Ran becomes even more tense, not even daring to breathe.

"Sounds quite complicated," a somewhat distorted voice emanates from the crystal, with pitch fluctuations, as if the voice owner is still adjusting something, "...I can’t help with too fine details right now, mainly because I am unfamiliar with this new body, if I act carelessly I fear collapsing your houses and such."

Mo Ran hurriedly speaks: "I dare not ask for..."

"But I can help you with something else," Yu Sheng quickly continued, "you can go and inform Tan Yuan and White City, as well as several nearby cities, tell them that the geological instability will improve soon, and that the northern mountain range won’t continue collapsing. I’ll figure out how to reconstruct the support structure beneath. I think this can help somewhat."

He paused here, then explained, "Originally, I wanted to tell them directly, but seeing your reaction just now... I’m worried that showing up in person might scare them."

Halfway through listening, Mo Ran’s eyes were already wide open.

Yu Sheng obviously misunderstood her reaction: "Ah, is there a problem?"

"No, no problem at all," Mo Ran was startled and quickly shook her head, "Mo Ran extends gratitude on behalf of the city’s populace; just those two points you mentioned already help us immensely! If the sky stops falling and the ground stops sinking, we can ease half of our worries!"

Yu Sheng was pleased, then he thought for a moment and said, "Let me adapt a bit more, and I’ll help you clear the crystal remains on the wasteland outside the city. Also, I’ll handle the fissures torn open by tentacles emerging from the surface... Although the planet is quite damaged, after some research, I believe it can be repaired for habitation."

Mo Ran had a subtle expression as she listened, feeling that Mr. Yu’s words were somewhat odd, but she couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was off.

Yu Sheng didn’t notice the slight change on Mo Ran’s face at all.

His mind was preoccupied with a whole array of thoughts.

It was the first time Mo Ran communicated with a living planet, she was terribly anxious.

It was also Yu Sheng’s first time being a living planet, and he was just as anxious.

Both were so anxious that they didn’t even notice the obvious fact that "Shuji is now a communicative living planet."

After a while, they gradually started to realize some things. Mo Ran was the first to cautiously speak up: "Mr. Yu, are you now... Shuji?"

Yu Sheng was taken aback, then thought for a moment: "I suppose that’s one way to understand it."

Then it dawned on him: "Ah, in which case I need to inform Yuanling and Yuan Hao... Does this mean I’m occupying Qianfeng Ling Mountain’s land?"

Mo Ran was also stuck at this point, opening her mouth for a while before blurting out a few words: "Does it... or doesn’t it?"

Then the young City Lord Fairy started racking her brains to come up with a relationship, but after three minutes, she still couldn’t make sense of it...

After all, "A Dark Angel devoured an entire planet, and then a person devoured the Dark Angel" is an explosion of an event even across the Universe. Any detail from this saga could keep those experts and professors at Terra Academy arguing for two centuries. How could one expect to make sense of all of this so quickly?

"This matter needs careful deliberation by the Immortal Masters of Qianfeng Ling Mountain. Although Shuji as a whole is indeed under their sect’s territory, Mo Ran believes... believes it’s not something that can be resolved immediately," Mo Ran stammered, "Moreover, how could this be considered ’occupying’ the place? If one must count it, it seems more like a Body Transformation from a story..."

In reality, Yu Sheng had no idea what Mo Ran meant by "Body Transformation."

But he could see that the young City Lord in front of him genuinely couldn’t answer his question—continuing would drown her in more sweat than the surrounding rain.

"Alright, I’ll talk with Yuan Hao and the others later," Yu Sheng’s figure waved to Mo Ran amidst the Crystal Cluster, "You take care, and if there’s any geological or celestial trouble, contact me, and I’ll try to help."

Mo Ran hurriedly bowed in respect, but as she watched Yu Sheng’s figure begin to fade, she quickly spoke up: "Mr. Yu, how should Mo Ran contact you?"

Clearly, the bizarre events had twisted this young City Lord’s mind a bit.

Yu Sheng was a little confused too, pointing to the screen below his figure: "Call the number at the bottom of the screen—if you have ’Border Communication,’ even better. With this number, you can find me directly."

Mo Ran: "...Ah, okay."

And then Yu Sheng disappeared, leaving only a string of numbers on the surface of the Crystal Cluster shining before her.

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