The Otherworldly Inn
Chapter 688

Time Barrier

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Holy Calendar, 11XX.

The last two digits were too blurred to make out.

Eileen spent a long while squinting at the few digits in the page footer. After seriously pondering for several seconds, she suddenly raised her head. "What was the Holy Calendar again...? Did the Holy Ascetic Society even make its own calendar?"

"This 'Holy Calendar' has nothing to do with the Holy Ascetic Society. It's the standard calendar used by several major civilizations outside," Yu Sheng said, waving his hand. He seemed to have thought of something, and a trace of solemnity gradually entered his expression. "This is something from several hundred years ago..."

Eileen froze for a moment, then slowly widened her eyes. "Several hundred years ago? Didn't you just say this place might have been abandoned only a few years ago? With this planet's harsh environment, how could this booklet have survived for several hundred years?!"

Yu Sheng did not answer immediately. He stared at the booklet in his hand for several seconds before casually placing it on the dust-covered table. Then he stood and brushed off his clothes, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings.

An abandoned extraterrestrial habitation module, a cold and deathly silent "dead star," a booklet of unknown ownership, and the suspicious records inside it—all of it belonged to a certain day in Holy Calendar 11XX.

Eileen suddenly jumped from Yu Sheng's shoulder onto the table. She ran over to the several-hundred-year-old "journal" and curiously flipped through it. After a moment, the little doll's not-too-bright mind finally seemed to catch on.

"W-wait... This place couldn't really be..."

Yu Sheng suddenly turned and walked out of the habitation module.

Eileen turned her head and panicked. She hurriedly jumped to the ground. "Hey, hey, wait for me! My legs are short..."

She had only shouted

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