Alien Hotel

There are still mountains outside, repeating mountains one after another, like ripples caused by the shrinkage of space on a small scale.

After Yu Sheng recovered from the thrilling acceleration, deceleration and dizziness, he saw the "repeating mountains" described by Hu Li.

The continuous mountains were like spreading ripples, extending infinitely in his field of vision. There was a hazy mist between the mountains. In the mist, no outline other than the "mountain" could be seen.

Yu Sheng frowned and stared at the endlessly repeated mountains in the distance for a long time. Then he suddenly remembered the cafe where he and Baili Qing met - at that time, the cafe was also like this. This repeats and extends endlessly until the end of the field of vision.

But the situation is different: the cafe only extends endlessly in both directions. In addition, at least its street window is still an obvious "border". However, regardless of the surrounding mountains in front of us... There is no obvious "end" in sight in any direction.

"This... we can't go any further, right?" Irene grabbed Yu Sheng's head and nervously looked across the ridge, "Are we still going forward?"

Yu Sheng fell silent, and at the same time silently concentrated his energy, recalling the perspectives he had "seen" when he first established a connection with the valley, and sensing the surrounding environment.

After a while, he suddenly bent down, picked up a small stone from the ground, and threw it far away. The stone flew into the air, but disappeared from everyone's eyes before landing.

"Huh?" Eileen made a surprised sound when she saw this scene.

Yu Sheng walked forward slowly and very cautiously came to the place where the stone disappeared.

There seemed to be nothing in front of him, but there seemed to be an invisible "border". He bent down again, picked up a pebble from the ground, and gently threw it forward.

This time, he saw the disappearance process of the pebble more clearly - it passed through a "boundary" in an instant, and at the moment it disappeared, there were short and weak ripples in the air, just like the water surface.

Yu Sheng raised his head and looked to the left and right along the ridgeline. He felt it.

The mountains undulate and close again at the far end, and the invisible boundary shrouds the entire valley, up to the sky and down to the ground. After hesitating for a few seconds, Yu Sheng finally took a breath and continued walking forward.

"Hey, hey, hey! Really move forward!" The little doll immediately shouted on his shoulder, "I feel like this is a bit evil! Wouldn't it be...

Before she finished speaking, Yu Sheng had already crossed the invisible boundary. As the slightly trembling ripples spread in the air, a brief feeling of weightlessness appeared and disappeared. Their eyes flashed, and they stood in the valley again. somewhere in the center.

"...I can't come back..." Irene was still shouting habitually. After saying the last two words, she was stunned and looked around in disbelief. "Ah, you're back?" Then, she Then she saw a larger ripple appear next to her, and a huge silver-white demon fox passed through the air directly and appeared next to her and Yu Sheng.

"My benefactor!" Hu Li searched nervously as soon as he came over. He was relieved when he saw Yu Sheng and Irene standing nearby, and carefully rubbed Yu Sheng's body with the tip of his tail, "You guys suddenly Disappeared, shocked me!"

"The space is closed at the boundary and points in one direction towards the center of the area," Yu Sheng thought for a long time and finally broke the silence, "I just don't know if other foreign lands have this structure."

Eileen listened in a daze, and then she realized after a while: "In other words, you can't get to the 'outside' no matter what?"

"There is no 'outside' at all," Yu Sheng shook his head, "This valley is the only 'valid' area in the entire space. The infinite mountains we just saw are actually due to the closure of the boundary space, and The "shadows" that are continuously superimposed in the curved space and time. If you look closely, you will find that they are actually infinite copies of the mountains surrounding the valley. "

Erin opened her eyes wide, and after a long time, she finally showed a look of realization: "...Wow." She didn't know whether she really understood or pretended to understand.

Then after a while, Irene poked Yu Sheng's head: "What should we do next?" Yu Sheng turned his attention to the silver-white demon fox next to him.

"Since this place will no longer become a physical entity, but has become a stable place... Maybe we can bury your parents properly again, at least in a formal tomb, what do you think?"

The fox girl tilted her head, and after a moment, she nodded slightly.

It didn't take much time to find the burial ground of Hu Li's parents, and it was not difficult for Yu Sheng to build a grave now.

The two corpses that had been hastily buried that year were cleaned and consolidated, causing the ground to dent and solidify into a regular tomb. The stones were also interlocked with each other and turned into a solid sarcophagus - compared to the large-scale The land healed and quickly grew vegetation. This series of operations was very simple for him.

The bones were put into the sarcophagus, and the sarcophagus was put into the tomb. The earth crawled and covered it layer by layer, and a tomb was quickly formed.

"We still need a tombstone," Yu Sheng looked at the tomb in front of him. After noticing that Hu Li's eyes were a little blank, he explained, "Put it in front of the tomb as a memorial."

Hu Li nodded immediately: "I'll get it."

After the words fell, the silver-white demon fox turned and ran away. With a series of roars that tore through the air and a sound explosion, she disappeared from the sight of Yu Sheng and Irene in the blink of an eye. Then after a while, she ran back again with a rumble and a strange silver-white metal plate in her mouth.

It was about half a person tall.

"This is a gift my parents bought for me," Hu Li put down the metal plate and explained to Yu Sheng, "It is... a musical instrument. At that time, I was clamoring to sign up for an interest class, so they bought this for me, but I didn't have time to learn... Now, it's broken."

As she said that, she flexibly rolled up the metal plate with her tail, inserted it into the soil in front of the grave, and patted it with her claws, pressing the soil as hard as stone. "Actually, the tombstone is not this..." Yu Sheng muttered subconsciously, but swallowed his words halfway through, "Forget it, if you think this is suitable, then that's it."

"We don't have these rules over there," the silver-white fox lay down beside the grave, and gently (really gently this time) rubbed Yu Sheng's arm with the tip of its nose, "When a demon dies, a small part of its bones is left as a memorial, such as teeth and finger bones. When an immortal dies, his hair is left behind. Apart from that, the body returns to nature, or is refined into an artifact for future generations to serve as a memorial. In any case, there is no need for additional "burial". In addition, some people will extract their spiritual wisdom while they are alive, naturalize it to the Great Dao, and their spiritual wisdom will be immortal, and their bodies can be abandoned in the world."

As she said, she moved her head on the ground and turned her eyes to the brand new grave.

"But I heard from the immortals that a long, long time ago, before the heavenly beings came, there were also rules for burying the dead. At that time, people would bury the remains of their ancestors very solemnly or store them in the ossuary. But that was a very ancient thing. According to what was taught in the school, it was called the 'pre-interstellar era', which was a cultural feature when civilization was still thriving in the gravity circle... After leaving the gravity circle, people's thinking and way of life will no longer have a strong connection with the 'surface', and the concept of life and death ethics will be reshaped, so the 'funeral' will also change accordingly."

Erin was stunned when she heard it next to her: "Why do I feel like you are talking about something very profound..."

"All of them were taught in the school, and I can't remember a lot of knowledge. At that time, my grades were not very good." Hu Li swept his big tail on the ground, and then his eyes fell on the grave in front of him.

After two or three seconds of silence, she spoke softly: "That's good, I can come here to talk to my parents in the future... The advice of the benefactor is always reasonable."

Yu Sheng didn't say anything, but walked over and sat next to the silver-white demon fox, leaning on one of her big tails.

He was curious about Hu Li's hometown, trying to imagine what a "fairy and demon civilization" that had been separated from the surface and could shuttle among the stars looked like, thinking about how to find that place in this vast universe, and then these thoughts gradually receded from his heart, he emptied his mind and looked into the distance in a trance.

He looked at this "foreign land" that no longer had any entity generated, no longer produced poison and corruption, and was closely connected to itself. This place...seems to be regarded as a "base camp"?

But what can such a huge "base camp" be used for....for living? His team now only has three people including himself, not to mention he has No. 66 Wutong Road. No matter how old that house is, it is more habitable than the wilderness... Can he use it to farm? I don't know if vegetables can be grown in this foreign land. The sunlight is quite sufficient, and grass can grow on the ground... Maybe it's possible. If grass can grow, then food and vegetables can grow... If he is bolder, he can also raise cattle and sheep...

Yu Sheng felt that he was about to fall asleep. He leaned on the furry tail of the fox. The feeling of comfort and relaxation made his thoughts seem to float in a cotton ball. He associated many messy things, and then he couldn't help laughing because of some too outrageous ideas.

The little doll on his shoulder suddenly leaned his face over: "What are you thinking about?"

Yu Sheng said seriously: "I am thinking about what this place can be used for in the future. The current preliminary plan is to level the wasteland around the dilapidated temple and plant some radishes, beans and cabbage.

Erin: "......"