Chapter 110: Testing

Chapter 110: Testing

This was a very interesting and unbelievable process.

Soil and rock were shaped according to his will. Vast stretches of ruins were gradually melted, swallowed by the earth, like chocolate dropped into hot milk. In the distance, the farmland had already been outlined, and at the original ruined temple site, a flat clearing had rapidly taken shape, as if it had been leveled by machinery.

Then, stones rose from the center of the clearing, forming a large platform suspended about a dozen centimeters above the ground.

Yu Sheng felt his connection with this valley growing increasingly close, and this control became correspondingly more effortless. He focused further, trying to refine the details of the platform, continuously increasing its strength and the “depth” of its anchoring into the ground.

The process was like gradually becoming familiar with one’s own “limbs.”

He planned to use this “valley” as one of his bases. The moment he confirmed this Other Domain had been neutralized, he had already thought of it. This place could be used for farming, as Irene’s “testing ground,” as Hu Li’s running and cultivation field, and in the future, any other unsuitable “projects” could also be carried out here.

But he had not expected the “construction” to begin in this way.

Hu Li widened her eyes, standing with the two Irenes as they watched Yu Sheng work, their expressions full of admiration. After a long while, she suddenly sighed. “Benefactor really can be a soil-and-construction immortal…”

“So everything in your hometown has an immortal classification?” Irene finally could not hold back anymore. She had wanted to complain for a long time. “Do you also have fried-noodles immortal, braised-noodles immortal, beef-noodle immortal?”

“That would all fall under cooking immortals,” Hu Li replied seriously. “If we registered them separately, it would waste a lot of social resources. The Immortal Alliance would not approve it.”

Irene looked astonished. “…There really is a cooking immortal!”

At that moment, Yu Sheng finally finished building the foundation. On top of it, he shaped a small shelter at one corner of the platform that could provide protection from wind and rain (even though there did not seem to be wind or rain in this valley). He walked over to Hu Li and Irene and asked curiously, “What are you two talking about?”

Both dolls pointed at the demon fox girl at the same time. “That silly fox says you can be a construction immortal.”

“No, soil-and-construction immortal,” Hu Li corrected seriously.

Yu Sheng’s mouth twitched, but he held it back. He then turned and introduced his work. “Look, this place will be our second base outside Wutong Road 66. I have a very grand construction plan. I intend to build a large structure on the foundation of that ruined temple. Something like an ancient civilization temple, grand, mysterious, and imposing. It will be the headquarters of our ‘agency’ in the future…”

“Planning to occupy a whole city with three people, huh. You really dare to think big,” Irene immediately complained, then curiously pointed at a gray, boxy structure at the edge of the platform that looked like a giant matchbox. “Is that a temporary toilet?”

Yu Sheng froze for a moment. After a long pause, he said awkwardly, “…That is the first step of the construction plan. You can think of it as Temple Version 1.”

Irene: “……”

For the first time, even the talkative doll did not know how to talk back.

Yu Sheng quickly changed the subject. “Anyway, it’s just practice. Starting from basic geometric construction. Forget that for now, let’s do the main thing. We’ll test your new body’s ‘remote control distance.’”

Irene was immediately diverted. Both dolls looked up at him at the same time. “How do we test it? I run in two directions and see when it disconnects?”

“With those short legs of yours, how long would that take?” Yu Sheng glanced at her, then, before she could explode, he picked up the painting-bearing doll body (the main unit). He pointed at the other body. “This body teams with Hu Li. You two run in that direction all the way to the end of the valley. I’ll take your main body and open a door directly to the mountain edge we reached last time. We’ll see what happens.”

At that moment, Hu Li had already run ten meters away. She lay down on the ground, and with a surge of shimmering light, a massive nine-tailed demon fox, as large as two vans, emerged from the glow.

She looked expectantly at the doll on the ground. “Irene! Come on, let’s run together!”

Irene immediately recalled the previous experience of being carried at high speed by this rocket-assisted fox and her face twisted. “Can we not change the plan…”

Yu Sheng immediately handed over the doll body he was holding. “Then switch. This one goes with Hu Li, you come with me.”

Both dolls froze. In the next second, they shouted in unison, glaring at him. “That’s still me!”

Meanwhile, the Irene on the ground had already staggered forward toward Hu Li, muttering as she walked. “Fine, I’ll go with the silly fox then. This body is more sluggish anyway, maybe it won’t react as badly.”

Hu Li laid one tail on the ground. Watching Irene climb onto her back using both hands and feet, she reminded her, “Sit further back and hold onto my fur. Don’t fall off when I accelerate.”

Irene carefully grabbed a tuft of fur and negotiated, “Go a bit slower later, okay? Don’t suddenly launch like last time…”

Hu Li nodded eagerly before she even finished speaking. “Mm-mm, don’t worry, my acceleration curve is perfect!”

She clearly had not processed anything Irene said. Her mind was already full of running wild excitement. Her tails swayed behind her, kicking up dust and wind.

Then she turned and jogged a few steps in the direction Yu Sheng had indicated, beginning to accelerate.

With Irene’s rapidly fading scream, the massive demon fox shot forward like a cannon.

Foxfire trailing behind her tails formed visible shock rings.

“Eating well really makes a difference,” Yu Sheng muttered as he watched the speeding figure cutting across the valley like thunder.

Then he heard Irene on his shoulder shouting loudly, “I should never have trusted her to go slow! I feel like I’m falling apart!”

“Don’t worry, if you fall apart I’ll glue you back together,” Yu Sheng grinned, then casually opened a door to the other side of the valley. “Let’s go. We’ll wait for them on the other side.”

The rocket fox could run fast, but not faster than teleportation.

By the time Yu Sheng arrived at the mountain boundary carrying Irene, Hu Li and the other body were still halfway.

From the mountaintop, they could see a silver streak tearing through the valley like a storm. The blue foxfire had merged into a blazing tail of light, propelling the demon fox across the valley toward the opposite mountains. The explosive thrust stirred up dust and debris along the way, creating a spectacular scene.

“I think she could actually fly with those tails,” Yu Sheng muttered, stroking his chin. “Not just low-altitude running. I mean real flight.”

A moment later, Irene suddenly leaned into his ear and shouted, “The silly fox says she really can!”

Yu Sheng quickly pulled her away. “Stop yelling into my ear, I can hear you!”

Hanging from his shoulder, Irene swayed in midair. “The noise over there is too loud, I can’t switch focus properly.”

“How’s the connection? Any sign of weakening?” Yu Sheng asked.

“No,” Irene said seriously. “Not only no weakening, I can’t even feel any delay.”

As she spoke, the distant foxfire streak was already climbing the mountain slope, rapidly approaching the far boundary of the valley.

“No lag, no attenuation,” she continued.

Yu Sheng frowned. “No attenuation either… so even if there is a limit, that limit might be ridiculously far.”

“The whole Other Domain plus surrounding mountains is pretty large,” Irene said, then performed a quick curl-up and climbed onto his arm, gripping it as she observed the distance. “Hu Li has reached the opposite mountain peak. She’s asking what to do next.”

Yu Sheng thought for a moment, then broke the silence. “We only know the connection works over long distances within the same space. We still don’t know what happens if they are in different spaces.”

Irene looked curious. “So…?”

Yu Sheng opened a door.

Outside was a dense, unnamed forest.

One of many locations he had discovered during previous door-opening tests.

Ordinary, unremarkable, and he had stored many such coordinates.

“Want to test the extreme limit?” Yu Sheng looked at the doll on his arm. “See how far your two bodies can separate.”

“…Is it safe over there?”

“I’ve been there before. Nothing dangerous except some hotspots.”

Irene hesitated.

Then she gritted her teeth and nodded. “Alright.”