Alien Hotel

When death came at the last second, Yu Sheng felt boundless, extremely heavy, and as solid as some kind of viscous liquid..."darkness".

He felt that his consciousness was dissipating rapidly. He knew that the body used to support this consciousness quickly lost its vitality due to the tragic injuries. As the physiological functions stopped, the thoughts carried by the body also sank and dissipated. This was natural. reason.

However, at the edge of consciousness dissipating, a force, or a strong... "thought", a strange persistence, seemed to tightly bind Yu Sheng's mind. He vaguely remembered the bird that devoured his heart. The frog remembered his last "resurrection".

What happened? What happened to yourself? Why are you alive?

These questions turned into obsessions, making his consciousness cling to the edge of endless darkness. Even if it was teetering, it never completely sank. He really wanted to know... what happened, and what happened to him after his death. "Come back"?

The darkness rolled over, and the sticky texture gradually became cold and rough. He felt as if he was being covered in a thick layer of soil, and his soul gradually became breathless under the weight... But suddenly , this heavy pressure disappeared again.

In some moment of epiphany, an idea suddenly appeared in his wavering consciousness——

In his death, death died before him.

Yu Sheng's death died, so the dead Yu Sheng once again returned from the boundless darkness towards the kingdom of the living - he felt that his "body" suddenly became lighter, and began to accelerate away from the endless darkness.

In the process, he vaguely saw something on the dark surface, and he seemed to be passing quickly from a certain "surface", but he didn't have time to see the scene clearly, so he suddenly opened his eyes.

The cold night wind blew through the big hole in the wall. Outside the half-collapsed roof was a chaotic and dirty sky. Deep in the night, the hollow wind howled in the valley.

Yu Sheng sat in the corner of the dilapidated temple, feeling confused and confused. This feeling was familiar to him - he had experienced it not long ago.

But this time, he recovered faster, and in almost just a few breaths, he recalled everything, including the feeling of being buried in darkness.

After adjusting his breath, Yu Sheng slowly stood up.

He felt that the joints all over his body were gradually waking up from stiffness, as if a newly born body was quickly learning how to "live". His physical strength was rapidly filling up, and his mind was gradually clearing up. Then he looked outside the ruined temple and saw Go to the place where blood was all over the floor.

There was nothing there now, and the beast seemed to have left...or perhaps was just hiding, as it had been before.

After a moment of silence, Yu Sheng tentatively spoke in his mind: "...Irene."

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Irene's whirring voice exploded in his heart: "Yu Sheng! I'll go, are you okay!?"

Then she began to ramble quickly: "You suddenly stopped responding. No matter how I called you, you didn't respond. I couldn't even feel where your consciousness was. I thought you were dead! You scared me to death. You If you die, no one will come to fix the TV - are you really okay?"

The muscles on Yu Sheng's face twitched momentarily: "You are just worried that no one will go home to fix the TV, right?"

Eileen thought for a while: "...That's not true. By the way, I'm afraid you'll really die..."

Yu Sheng: "..."

She actually hesitated for a moment!

After trying to calm down, Yu Sheng finally gritted his molars to make his voice sound calmer: "What if I told you that I really died just now?"

Eileen didn't believe it at all: "Don't make trouble, you sound like you're jumping around now..."

"...Yes, I'm just kidding you." After listening to Irene's reaction, Yu Sheng quietly passed the topic. Then he was silent for a moment before speaking abruptly, "How long has it been?"

"Ah? How long has it been?"

"How much time has passed since I told you that I was going to die first?"

"Well... I can't see the clock in the living room from my position... I guess it's about half an hour, right? It's not necessarily accurate. I've been sealed in this painting for several years, and my perception of time is a bit slow. But I see that the sky outside has not changed much, at least it hasn’t been a night and it’s still not bright yet..."

Yu Sheng: "...Are you a little too inaccurate? Do you know the difference between half an hour and one night?!"

Erin was silent for a moment, but then there was a harsh and low laugh from her side.

Erin instantly explained: "It's not me! It's this bear!"

Yu Sheng waved his hands exhausted: "I know."

Erin sounded very happy: "Ah, you are finally willing to believe me..."

Yu Sheng was too lazy to pay attention to this sealed doll. He was too embarrassed to tell her that he didn't believe what she said, but felt that--if she really wanted to be beaten, she didn't even have to take pleasure in it. Her words were enough to deserve a beating. .

Facts have proved that in front of Irene's mouth, the bear's mean smile can only add fuel to the fire...

With some useless thoughts running through his mind, Yu Sheng walked out of the ruined temple again.

Whether it was an illusion or not, he felt that his physical strength was even better than before he died just now. His steps were light and his movements were powerful. Even his eyes... seemed to have gotten better.

He seemed to be adapting to this place, to the darkness, the rugged ruins, and the ubiquitous malicious and hungry sights.

He walked towards the open space in front of the ruined temple, towards the forest opposite the open space, and towards the deeper part of this "foreign land".

He knew that he might die again, and it might even be the next step, the next second.

"Yu Sheng," Irene's voice sounded in his mind again, "Are you really okay just now?"

"It's okay, just a little injury, it's all healed now."

"Well, why don't you stay here first, or find a safe place to hide, I'll try to recall, maybe I've encountered the 'valley' you mentioned before..."

"Then you recall first, I'll continue to walk around here." Yu Sheng said casually.

"Ah? That might be a little dangerous..."

"Erin," Yu Sheng interrupted him directly. He had already come to the open space. He took a deep breath of the cold and strangely smelly air in the valley. Looking at the shadowy and gloomy forest in the distance, he suddenly smiled, "You know, I have been living in a daze these days."

Erin obviously couldn't keep up with Yu Sheng's thoughts: "Uh...ah, should I know..."

Yu Sheng didn't care about Erin's reaction, but just said to himself: "...I just heard you mention the 'foreign land' and some incidents of mistakenly entering the foreign land. Do you know how I reacted?"

"What reaction?"

"Happy."

"Ah?"

"Happy, I'm very happy," Yu Sheng stood in the night, unable to suppress his smile, "You said that some people accidentally opened the wrong door, or just stepped on the wrong floor at a certain time under a very low probability, and fell into the ghost place called "foreign land", right? And you also said that if people who fell into the foreign land are lucky enough and find the rules of the foreign land, they still have a chance to go back..."

"That's what I said..." Irene said hesitantly, "But it really depends on luck. Professional investigators are okay, but ordinary people basically can't go back if they are not trained. Falling into a foreign land means waiting for death..."

Yu Sheng muttered softly: "It's okay, I'll find it out while dying..."

Eileen: "...what?"

"Nothing, I just suddenly found something to do," Yu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, as if he wanted to spit out all the turbid air that he had been holding back in this world for the past two months, "Let's start from here, maybe it will take a little more time, but I'm sure I can get out of this place."

"Although I don't know what's going on over there, it feels like you seem to be...excited?" Eileen said hesitantly, "Well, at least it's a good thing, come on? Try not to die... I'm still waiting for you to come back to fix the electricity. I can't see... and find me a body or something..."

"Okay, I'll find a way to solve your body problem when I get back," Yu Sheng said casually, "I've been exposed to some sculptures and models before, so I think it should be okay if I try."

This time, Irene was really surprised: "Ah? You have experience as a puppeteer? ! Why didn't you tell me earlier! How good are your skills? What level of puppets or models can you make?"

Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment and told him frankly: "It's almost like watching the big guys kneading clay in the videos on the Internet. After watching, my brain told my hands that I can do it, but my hands don't believe it."

Two seconds later, Irene's scolding was really bad.

But Yu Sheng was completely relaxed. A kind of relaxed mentality that he didn't know whether it was right or not encouraged his confidence. He walked forward and raised his head in the night, trying to look at the high mountains on the side.

A several-meter-tall flesh and blood monster that seemed to be the fusion of countless twisted beasts was staring at him on the side of the road.

Yu Sheng stopped, thought for a moment, and called out to the doll in the painting who was cursing in the street: "Erin."

"What's the matter?"

"...Nothing, I have to hang up again."

"Ah?"