Yu Sheng obviously doesn't understand architecture—this point is evident from the many miraculous projects he has created so far.

But he's not worried at all that the "wonders" he's creating in this valley will collapse because of his workmanship.

Because in his "vision," those rocks springing from the ground... are not just so-called "buildings."

They are alive.

They have flesh, bones, even nerves that can conduct signals—though the transmission is intangible, he can clearly perceive the formation of each pillar, sense where they need to grow, the weight they carry, and the most reasonable structure when interconnecting them.

Yu Sheng follows this feeling, letting the boulders grow wildly yet accurately, pillars support beams, bones overlapping in formation, various substances of different heaviness filled within, like organs and flesh. He stands atop the highest square pillar, watching the lively "embryo" gradually evolve into the prototype of a pyramid, and then he starts to sculpt its intricate structure.

Its base uses the original Teleportation Gate platform as a foundation, extending outward by dozens of meters; it has a simple yet solemn corridor surrounding the entire pyramid with its outer visible seven-tier structure; on the highest tier, the roof has a small platform for viewing, allowing a sight of the entire valley bottom; and on each tier's external platform, he left a nursery, where lush greenery will grow in the future...

This is the idea Yu Sheng conceived after carefully pondering various construction plans—if he really couldn't create beautiful details, then he'd plant trees everywhere and let nature's magic forge prevail, at least meeting the green requirement...

Smoke rose in the distance.

Hu Li pulled out pots, pans, and a gas stove from her tail, Snow White sent Thunderbolt Titans to the town to fetch food, the King brought out two chefs to slice lamb, and now a group of people had started a hotpot on the grass by the Teleportation Gate platform—or should be called Hostel Hub now—enjoying the mountain breeze while they dipped lamb, watching Yu Sheng create a house.

The long-haired princess, while mixing sesame paste in a small bowl, looked up at the already sizable pyramid, quite moved: "Old bro, this thing indeed looks a bit spectacular... just like those inexplicable background buildings in certain games..."

"The kind with modeling that you can't enter, right?" Bai Xue leisurely throwing vegetables into the hotpot, "I saw you play, launching over ten new servers a day, can't tell what's the point."

The mermaid crouching beside the hotpot waiting for her potato slices also looked up at the pyramid direction, after observing for a while, she thoughtfully spoke: "Why does it look like a tomb... the oversized kind."

Silence fell next to the hotpot for a few seconds, and then this judgment gained instant consensus: "Oh yeah, that's what I thought." "Right, it's that shape!" "Damn it, the tomb hub is still chasing me..." "Hey, the potatoes are cooked, potatoes are cooked!"

Hu Li sat closest to the hotpot, silently throughout, consistently picking dishes, meat, fish balls, crab sticks, and tofu from the pot into her bowl.

Four Erins sat in a row nearby, their four bodies couldn't form a complete digestive tract, one even in a state of partial paralysis, but the little puppet's mood was inexplicably good, swaying back and forth, occasionally sighing that the thing Yu Sheng was creating indeed looked like a tomb—and it's already started grassing (greening).

"Is your body still not able to move flexibly?" the long hair curiously glanced at Erin, casually asked.

"Still not flexible, but better than before," Erin Pro Max raised her arm, "Earlier, this arm couldn't lift above the head, now it can."

Saying that, she glanced back at the Great Pyramid again, turned to the long-haired princess already with oily mouth: "You all eat and drink here, when Yu Sheng sees won't he be upset? When he comes down later..."

Before she could finish, Hu Li lifted the bowl in her hands: "This bowl is saved for the Savior!"

Erin blinked, though she had no eating experience, seemed quite knowledgeable theoretically: "Is hotpot still tasty when cooled?"

Opposite, the King muttered while busily with fish balls: "It's meant to be eaten cold, meant to be eaten cold."

As they talked, a rumbling sound came from not far away.

The towering square pillar began to descend slowly, Yu Sheng jumped off the pillar, and behind him, the "Hostel Hub" was already completed... at least the main structure was.

"You all sure know how to enjoy," Yu Sheng looked at the picnic scene before him with a bit of amused helplessness, immediately noticing it was his kitchen set again, obviously taken out again by Hu Li, "Hey, no plate and chopsticks for me?"

Hu Li rushed up with a full bowl: "Savior! This is for you!"

Yu Sheng chuckledly petted the fox girl's head, found a spot to sit, then eagerly started introducing to everyone: "My 'hub' is basically a rough finish, later I'll plan the location for the first floor hall's Teleportation Gate, then contact Sun to help decorate the interior, add an elevator... two elevators, this thing has seven levels, and each level is quite high, without elevators climbing up and down will be exhausting..."

Bai Xue next to him instinctively started calculating: "This will cost a lot, right? Back when we replaced the orphanage's electric door, it took us a long time to budget it."

"Certainly not cheap, but now the hostel is well-funded," Yu Sheng was relaxed, "What's the point of saving all that money, right?"

The long-haired princess' concern was clearly elsewhere: "...Old bro, didn't you leave stairs again?!"

Yu Sheng's hand stopped suddenly while eating, then after two seconds, he looked up with a calm expression: "It's not that serious, I remember leaving it aside this time."

The mermaid suddenly perked up her ears and listened carefully to the nearby sounds: "But there's some commotion in that grave-site hub, it just happened, like something is growing inside, just like this—"

As she spoke, she made the sound of living rocks rapidly growing inside a hollow building, even replicating the slight noise of sand grains falling to the ground, which made Yu Sheng break out in a cold sweat on the spot.

But he reacted the next second: "Wait a minute! What does grave-site hub mean?!"

The long-haired princess shrank back: "It's nothing to do with us, bro! It's what Salted Fish said! She said the thing you built looks like a grave top..."

Thus, the valley was still bustling with lively noises today.

...

In the depths of the Special Service Bureau headquarters, inside the director's office.

Hundreds of dazzling projection windows were floating in the spacious room, each one displaying video footage taken by the deep divers as they moved through the thick fog, some transmitted in real-time, some recorded earlier.

Baili Qing sat behind her desk, watching these scenes while listening to the report coming through the communicator:

"... Two teams have already opened up a path from Heyang District to the old urban area, but other teams took quite a detour due to the obstruction from the thick fog area, and the currently opened path is also not very stable, the barrier devices are greatly disturbed in the fog...

"We are searching for the 'contact point' mentioned by Yu Sheng, the range is roughly determined, but no anomalies have been found yet.

"Suspicious traces of Artificial Saintess activity have been found in South City, but the entire area is covered with exceptionally thick fog, making deeper inspection difficult, currently awaiting the arrival of high-power barrier equipment.

"As per your order, all personnel are now operating in teams, that Artificial Saintess is very cautious, she seems to have already noticed our people, some team members' Spiritual Intuition briefly sensed the 'gaze' of the Artificial Saintess, but each time contact is made, the other party quickly moves away, making it hard to catch."

Baili Qing listened silently, waiting for the report from the other end to finish before speaking: "What about the encounters with danger entities?"

"One team encountered an entity 'Balloon' while searching for a passage, but there were no personnel injuries, other teams have not yet faced any danger entities. Compared to the situation in Heyang District at the time, the probability of entity generation in most of the fog-covered urban areas doesn't seem as high as reported then."

"Hmm, remain vigilant, we haven't yet summarized the pattern of entity generation in 'Mist City', everything observed so far could be temporary," Baili Qing said calmly, "Continue to expand the search range and report any developments immediately."

"Yes, Director."

The communication ended.

After a while, Baili Qing also turned off the projection system in the office.

The hundreds of visuals that would bedazzle ordinary people quickly faded away, and the office instantly returned to its normal appearance.

"Unsettling, sister," a pair of enormous eyes appeared on the nearby floor-to-ceiling window, "I sense you're somewhat... agitated?"

Baili Qing spoke calmly: "The Venerate Saints Monastery has been very low-key in the past decade, their operation this time was without any warning—and bypassed all our intelligence channels."

"Is it just because of that? Or is it because the distorted imagery in some parts of that fog remind you of... familiar scenes? Like the Faded Maze we once entered together... where the atmosphere is quite similar."

Baili Qing turned her head, quietly gazing at those eyes on the window.

Outside the window, the swirling fog was flowing as usual.

The eyes blinked: "Okay, I won't say more, I don't like this topic either."

"Then don't bring it up again."

"Okay, okay, you have the final say..."

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