Four heads, three big and one small, squeezed in front of the gate simultaneously, peeking out at what was on the other side. Three faces looked bewildered, speechless.

Even Luna’s face seemed a bit confused.

Outside the door was a stretch of unfamiliar alien land, covered by a gray and heavy atmosphere in the sky. In the distance was a towering and perilous mountain chain, with the gray-black stones seemingly covered by thick snow, though the "snow" was emitting an eerie dark blue hue. From time to time, deep booming sounds echoed from the valleys between the mountains, with hot springs erupting from below cliffs, mixing the steam columns with acrid poisonous smoke.

There was no sign of life anywhere visible, only occasionally did a large shadow seem to move slowly within the distant thick clouds. The scene made one think of some kind of giant atmospheric floating creatures crossing the Cloud Sea, but in the next moment, the shadow quickly dissipated with the swirling clouds and fog. The persistent wind blew through those rugged rocks among the hills, the sharp hollow sound made people extraordinarily uneasy.

No matter how you looked at it, it didn’t resemble a fully developed habitable planet. This environment seemed even worse than the "nest bottom" of the Gray Dwarf Star.

"...No way, is this the ’Saint Realm’ those cultists talked about?" Erin’s eyes widened, her light blue eyes reflecting the desolate and perilous mountains, "Isn’t this an extreme survival? Those fanatics don’t seem like they’re on the ascetic path..."

"Something’s not right," Yu Sheng frowned tightly, "Although I don’t know what their ’Saint Realm’ looks like, a thoroughly developed Capital Star shouldn’t be in such a primitive state. Besides, I opened the door following the coordinates of that Dark Star Cruiser—where’s the big ship? The Star Port?"

Luo’s voice came from the communicator behind them: "What’s going on? I can’t see anything! Boss, did you slip again? Opened the door crookedly?"

"Firstly, I never open doors crookedly, that time you got surprised was part of the project test. Secondly, the ’Saint Realm’ looks off, outside is a primitive landscape, and that ’Dark Star Cruiser’ is nowhere to be seen," Yu Sheng turned back and said, "Let’s go out and check the situation first—you wait for my news on your side."

Luo nodded in confusion, then saw Yu Sheng’s group already stepping through the illusory door and disappearing into the ship’s lounge.

The discomforting scent filled the air, and the cold that could quickly freeze a person made Yu Sheng instinctively rub his hands—although with his current physical condition in such an environment, he wouldn’t actually die—Hu Li sneezed solidly several times upon landing and then rubbed his nose muttering, "What a strange smell..."

"No detection of hostile units," Luna easily crossed a short rugged slope, quickly scanning the surroundings with her sensing radar before returning to Yu Sheng’s side, "Environment unsuitable for human survival, no signs of artificial traces."

Erin laid on Yu Sheng’s shoulder: "Hey, hey, how are you running so fast in high heels with C-type buckles..."

"Why don’t you get down and walk yourself?" Yu Sheng glanced at the golden-haired puppet on his shoulder, "Isn’t your body able to swing around like a stunt wireway? I saw you were quite agile during fights..."

"Swing your head! That’s my puppetry dance! Alice Puppet skills!" Erin pulled Yu Sheng’s hair hard, "And I’m not getting down, you just want to see me climb rocks on the slope, you’re so bad I tell you, last time you tricked me into the nightstand saying there’s good stuff, locked me in the drawer..."

Yu Sheng frantically pushed at the two little claws on his head, finally managing to calm Erin down, then he reconfirmed the "signal" from the drop of blood and looked up in a certain direction: "No, it feels like it’s this spot... the deviation isn’t over a hundred meters, what have we gotten ourselves into?"

Hu Li came over: "Savior, should I send scout chickens to explore the surroundings?"

Yu Sheng nodded instinctively: "Alright... wait, scout chickens?"

Then he saw Hu Li’s big tail flick, hearing two clear, loud chirps slicing through the sky, two streaks of spiritual light shot into the sky from the fox’s tail, scattering myriad rays of light and auspicious colors, two fox winged watchers with protective spirit qi flew out, one white cut, one salt roasted...

These two feathered creatures were noticeably larger than when Yu Sheng last saw them, their wings almost two or three meters long, and as they flew over the mountain tops, they emitted colorful rays and sparks.

How to say, it was quite flashy, but seen from afar it almost looked like one of those subpar browser games that offer six-dollar first charge rewards...

That wasn’t all, after White Cut and Salt Roasted took off, Hu Li seemed worried about the safety of his two divine chickens, and he quickly launched four tails to serve as escort fox travel cannons for them.

A bunch of fluff soared into the sky with a roar, quickly disappearing into the thick clouds of the wild alien planet.

Erin craned her neck hard, after a long time she finally couldn’t help but speak: "Honestly, silly fox, can these two chickens transform now? I feel like they’re almost able to take on that snake in the valley."

"They can take it on," Hu Li said casually, "They could take it on last month, Snake Princess flicked its tongue at White Cut, got a lump on its head from Salt Roasted’s peck."

Erin: "..."

During the conversation, the two splendid spiritual lights in the sky have already circled the nearby mountain peaks several times. Then, after a while, Yu Sheng saw one of the lights suddenly plummeting to the other side of the mountain. Hu Li immediately sensed something, promptly looked over there: "Savior! White Cut has discovered something!"

As the words were spoken, the demon fox girl leapt forward and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a giant Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. One of her tails swung over to wrap Yu Sheng up and place him on her back, then her four legs leapt forth, and the Fox Fire roared into the sky, flying towards the direction where the light was descending.

Luna immediately followed, relying on shadow jumping all the way up.

Yu Sheng tightly grasped Hu Li’s fur on her back, poking his head under the protection of protective spirit qi to take a look, only to see the savage and rugged land quickly retreating beneath his feet. Vaguely, he could see the primitive hot springs on the ground spewing toxic materials, precipitous cliffs, and intertwined trenches and rifts.

Further away, a massive mist wall seemed to stand at the world’s edge, enveloping the towering mountains like some kind of "boundary."

Yu Sheng withdrew his gaze from the horizon, then saw an especially huge gorge spanning the mountains, the darkness beneath the gorge evoking unease. Its depth probably even exceeded the "abyss" beneath the Demon Suppression Tower at Qianfeng Ling Mountain.

Yu Sheng subconsciously focused on the gorge, his brows gradually furrowing.

Inexplicably, he thought of a concept he once heard from True Man Yuanling — Deserted Star.

For various reasons, the earth veins have withered, or there are no earth veins at all on a "dead planet," its core has died, planetary evolution has stagnated, and the surface is either devoid of life or the ecosystem is bizarrely discordant. And this entire planet often witnesses all sorts of terrifying and strange phenomena. The cultivators at Qianfeng Ling Mountain have even given such planets a scarier name, calling them "Corpse Star."

"This planet seems to lack ’earth veins’," Yu Sheng murmured, "do you guys feel like this place has the atmosphere similar to what True Man Yuanling described as ’Deserted Star’? That deathly silent planet."

"I don’t know," Erin said confidently, "did the old Yuanling talk about this too?"

"A bit," Hu Li’s voice came from ahead, the Great Demon Fox turning her head, "I read about some Deserted Star-related materials in Algredians’ astral database, that large rift on the surface just now was much like those planet surface disintegrations caused by earth vein depletion — but Algredians call such a planet ’Cold Star,’ they believe its core was cooling from the very beginning..."

"Is that so..." Yu Sheng nodded, but then instantly paused, "Wait, where did you connect to the Algredians’ astral database?!"

"I borrowed the account from Luo, she’s an Algredian, isn’t she?" Hu Li said casually, "Savior, you roam the universe, but usually you’re not concerned with star maps, navigation, and such. So I thought I’d learn some of it, in case it comes in handy, though it doesn’t seem that useful, since you’re a spaceship Immortal..."

Listening to the demon fox girl’s serious tone and looking at her earnest face... well, maybe not, as at the moment her face was furry — but either way, he was somewhat touched, though he couldn’t quite say the truth out loud —

It’s not that he’s unconcerned with star maps and navigation studies, he just can’t learn them!

This thought hovered in his heart for a long time, and Yu Sheng ultimately decided to maintain a profound look, then took out his phone: "I’ll send Baili Qing a message, telling her there’s a change over here — and ask her to check out what’s happening, maybe she’s knowledgeable... huh?"

Yu Sheng frowned at the offline prompt on his phone.

"No signal..."

"Is no signal unusual?" Erin peeked at the phone screen, "Unless your door-opening is too biased, otherwise this place is definitely within Hidden Monastery territory, and no signal in a lawless area is expected, whether it’s ’Saint Realm’ or not."

Listening to the little puppet’s analysis, Yu Sheng just frowned, when suddenly a tremor came from underneath, interrupting his original thoughts.

Hu Li was lowering altitude.

White Cut and Salt Roasted flew out from the nearby clouds and mountain mist, chirping, cooing, and cawing, sometimes eagle-singing as they circled around Hu Li, excitedly creating a ruckus.

Erin, however, sharply noticed the ground conditions.

"Look!" The little puppet extended her arm, "That seems to be... a camp?"

In a wind-sheltered place encased by mountain walls and natural giant rocks, Yu Sheng saw traces of human artifacts — seemingly some kind of planetary habitation cabin, a prefabricated chamber held up by a coarse metallic frame, alloy protective walls, seemingly idle antenna devices, and chaotic debris strewn between gravel and dirt.