The Room

The people of the [Silver Moon Court] had always been called "lunatics" by others.

For the first time, Chen Miemie felt the reality and weight of that word.

Pain Hoarder, gathering countless agonies into one's own body—how terrifying, how agonizing that must be.

What lay in that heart was not wealth at all, but endless torment and despair.

Yet, every time he saw him, he always had a cheerful and amiable appearance.

Who wouldn't be afraid of a "lunatic" like that?

Because of this trip to borrow time, Chen Miemie was in no mood to wander around and headed straight back to the [Orange Cat Hotel].

As he passed the front desk on the first floor.

Chen Miemie casually greeted, "Good evening, 85."

Unexpectedly, the cat-eared girl protested, "Guest, my name is 86."

"Huh? Didn't you tell me yourself yesterday that your name was 85?"

"My name is 86." The little girl was very serious when it came to her own name.

"Alright, 86, I'd like to order a portion of cat rice to be delivered to my room." Chen Miemie didn't dwell on it, continuing to explore the hotel's new services.

"Okay, it will be delivered within half an hour."

26 minutes later.

A knock came from the door of room 606.

Loop opened the door.

A delivery person, wrapped up tightly from head to toe, stood at the door pushing a small cart.

On the cart was a covered dining plate.

The delivery person didn't speak, only gesturing with their hand to indicate that the food had arrived.

As soon as Loop picked up the plate, the delivery person immediately prepared to push the cart away.

Inside the room, everyone crowded around the plate.

Loop opened the cover, revealing a dish of raw fish.

The knife work was poor; the slices of raw fish were uneven in thickness and size.

Loop tried a slice. "The taste is normal, and there are no strange effects. It seems this cat rice is just a normal dish?"

The fact that the cat rice wasn't strange made it seem strange.

"The cat rice is normal, but the person who delivered it is not. That delivery person just now was completely wrapped up, as if terrified of someone seeing their true face."

For now, this [Fat Orange Hotel] was full of mysteries everywhere, and the information they had grasped was still too little.

"Let's put the hotel matter aside for now. After all, it's been in the city for so many years.

With the clock turning, it's already the sixth day of the week. The wilderness camp from our original plan still hasn't been sorted out, so let's focus our energy on solving one thing first."

After aligning their thoughts, Chen Miemie got into bed to sleep.

Though he called it sleeping, he was actually just closing his eyes to contact his "Xiao Hong brand" cheat.

'Xiao Hong, I really like that spectacle called the [Cloud-Feeding Flock], but we can't bear its side effects ourselves. Do you have any solutions?'

The day they encountered the [Cloud-Feeding Flock], because there were two more spots to investigate, Chen Miemie had been rushing and forgot to ask Xiao Shuang. Given Xiao Shuang's aloofness, she naturally wouldn't offer advice on her own.

[There are quite a few temporary emergency measures, but I think what you want is a method that will be effective in the long term.]

'Yes, Xiao Hong, you really understand me.'

[Given your current situation, there is only one way.]

[You need to contract an anomaly larger than the entire [Cloud-Feeding Flock], place the [Cloud-Feeding Flock] inside the anomaly's body, and use the anomaly's abilities to neutralize or restrict the side effects of the [Cloud-Feeding Flock].]

Chen Miemie: ......

So far, the largest anomalies he had seen were the [Fat Orange Hotel] and Road Rage.

Road Rage's size wasn't fixed; it depended on the road it possessed.

But even these two couldn't envelop the entire [Cloud-Feeding Flock].

'Xiao Hong, where am I supposed to find such a huge anomaly? Please help me.'

[I haven't paid much attention to this. The few I can recall aren't suitable.]

'You mean, besides being big enough, it also has to be suitable?'

[That's right. If the anomaly's abilities can't interact with the [Cloud-Feeding Flock], just being big is useless. Give me a moment to look.]

'Alright, thank you for your hard work.'

Chen Miemie knew how the moon "looked" for things.

When he returned to his Eternal Moon main body, he had looked for the clown.

How should he put it? The moon's line of sight was too lofty. Although most secrets had nowhere to hide, it was like asking someone to find an ant in a small forest; the efficiency really wasn't high.

Xiao Hong searched until 5:30 in the morning.

[I found one. The scope and compatibility are both very suitable. It's located in a mountain range about 1.33 million meters southeast of Sixiang City.]

Chen Miemie had stayed up all night with her.

'What kind of anomaly is it?'

[The [Tidal Cloud Sea], an ocean of clouds permeating between the mountain peaks and above the sky.]

'That sounds really impressive.'

[It is a giant sea of clouds formed at a specific high altitude under the gravitational influence of the three moons, possessing regular tidal movements. According to human terms, its danger level is Grade 7.]

'Huh? It's a bit lower than I imagined. Can a Grade 7 anomaly restrict the Grade 8 [Cloud-Feeding Flock]?'

[The [Tidal Cloud Sea] is at the absolute peak of Grade 7. Besides, it doesn't need to completely restrict all functions of the [Cloud-Feeding Flock]; just restricting the side effects part is enough.]

'That's great. Thank you, Xiao Hong.'

[I'm glad I could help. I've sent you the route. My time is up, I'm going to sleep now. Good luck.]

'Good morning, Xiao Hong.'

Chen Miemie hadn't slept all night and planned to catch up on sleep during the day.

Tonight, the six hours from 18:00 to 24:00 would be the Eternal Moon Night. He would take a long trip to find the [Tidal Cloud Sea] and then rush back before the [Day of No Tomorrow].

Before catching up on sleep, of course, he needed to replenish some food.

Bobo knew he habitually avoided greasy food early in the morning, so she just watched him wash up eagerly without making a fuss.

At 6:30, Chen Miemie went downstairs.

Just as he reached the hotel lobby on the first floor.

Multiple anomalies on his body simultaneously sounded alarms in his ears.

"Miemie, something is wrong. The location of our room has changed."

Chen Miemie remained calm on the surface, gave a slight nod to the cat-eared girl at the front desk, and walked straight out of the hotel.

Only after stepping out of the main doors did he ask, "What's the situation?"

Qinghua pointed out the problem in one sentence: "We just went down six flights of stairs."

Chen Miemie immediately realized it.

If they lived in room 606 on the 6th floor, they should only need to go down 5 flights of stairs to reach the lobby.

"Which means, last night, without us noticing, our entire room was moved to the 7th floor."