Chapter 179 Mind Connection

The proverb says that the last leg of a ninety-mile journey is the hardest. The closer you get to success, the more cautious you must be, lest you fall at the finish line.

The employee handbook didn't mention the rules of the artificial lake. Bai Shi (White Lion), however, was the go-to person for employees in distress, possessing an extremely high position. Furthermore, the camphor tree that sealed the Demon Eye was not to be underestimated.

It could be said that this final step was more difficult than all the previous hurdles combined.

Therefore, Zhang Yuanqing proposed communicating with the Demon Eye first, to hear the advice of this master.

But to bypass Bai Shi and contact the Demon Eye without any communication devices was nearly impossible. Sending a spirit servant or using Star Shuttle would alert Bai Shi.

So, upon hearing that the Palace Master of Zhi Sha (Killing Restraints) had a way to bypass Bai Shi and contact the Demon Lord, Zhang Yuanqing excitedly grasped her small hand, "What method?"

Bringing her along was indeed a wise move.

The Palace Master of Zhi Sha whispered, "Have you heard of telepathy? It's the transmission of thoughts and feelings without using traditional senses like sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, but rather using the 'sixth sense' to convey information."

Zhang Yuanqing's eyes lit up, "Is there a way for me to achieve telepathy with the Demon Eye?"

"It's simple," the Palace Master of Zhi Sha smiled playfully, taking out a pair of red silk gloves from her inventory and putting them on. She said, "Only very close partners, after long-term training, can achieve telepathy. But that's not absolute. Sometimes, two people deeply in love can experience emotional resonance, thus generating telepathy."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly had a bad feeling and hurriedly interrupted, "What...what are you planning to do?"

"Of course, I'm playing matchmaker for you and the Demon Eye," the beautiful eyes under the silver mask blinked, with a hint of teasing and playfulness. "Did you want me, or this Yin Shi Junzhu (Corpse Princess), to fall in love with the Demon Eye?"

"..."

I firmly resist boy's love! Zhang Yuanqing's mouth twitched a few times. He looked at the Palace Master, then at the Princess, and finally at Xue Qiangwei (Blood Rose), pondering, "Would she work?"

The Palace Master of Zhi Sha said unhappily, "What do you think? She's like a log. If using her was effective, wouldn't it be better to just grab a rock? Of course, you could take over her body, but wouldn't that be the same as directly connecting your own body? Oh, oh, I get it, dressing up as a woman to connect with the Demon Eye would help you get into character, right?"

"...Stop talking, let's just use my body," Zhang Yuanqing covered his face and waved his hand in resignation.

This woman, even though she claims to love him, is getting excited with sparkling eyes while setting him up with another man.

"Okay!" The smile on the Palace Master of Zhi Sha's lips widened. She grabbed two paper figures from her inventory. The paper figures were a man and a woman, cut plainly and simply, just like the signs on public restrooms.

"I want the male one," Zhang Yuanqing quickly said.

The Palace Master of Zhi Sha's pupils glowed with an illusionary light as she looked toward the artificial lake, as if scrutinizing something.

After a few seconds, she raised her right hand, wearing the red gloves, and gently twisted in the air, as if grasping an invisible thread. She pulled that thread over and wrapped it around the female paper figure a few times.

Then, she did the same with her left hand, extending it toward Zhang Yuanqing, twisting the thread, and wrapping it around the male figure a few times.

Having done all this, the Palace Master of Zhi Sha gently stacked the two paper figures together.

The two paper figures seemed to be glued together, unable to be separated.

"Close your eyes, focus your mind, and you will be able to sense the Demon Eye's soul in your sea of consciousness," the Palace Master of Zhi Sha said. She then curiously asked, "What do you feel about the Demon Eye now?"

Zhang Yuanqing was silent for a long while, then said, "If I can't rescue the Demon Eye, there's no point in me living."

Yin Yao Junzhu raised her small megaphone, "Ew~"

She couldn't make facial expressions, but she must be full of disgust right now.

As long as I can rescue the Demon Eye, what does connecting with him matter? I wouldn't even mind getting married... Zhang Yuanqing quickly adjusted his mindset, closed his eyes, and entered meditation.

His thoughts gradually calmed, his mood relaxed, as if on a summer night, sitting under an old locust tree, sipping tea, and enjoying the gentle evening breeze.

He sensed it, sensed a soul, right there in his sea of consciousness, but as if separated by an invisible barrier.

Visible, but untouchable.

Zhang Yuanqing tried to spread his spiritual power, communicating with that soul: "Demon Eye Heavenly King? Demon Eye Heavenly King?"

A cool breeze blew, the lush branches of the camphor tree swayed in the wind, rustling.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King had slept soundly. It had been many years since he last dreamed, and he actually dreamed of Yuan Shi Tianzun.

The Yuan Shi Tianzun in the dream was obviously more interesting than the one in reality. The real one hadn't matured yet and didn't understand what he wanted.

In the dream, they joined hands to cleanse the world, sweeping away all filth and ugliness, crushing all injustice and oppression. The world was without power or deceit, without bullying the weak, without favoritism or nepotism.

The world became beautiful, just like the world he swore in his heart when he was a boy, facing those ruins.

Just as he shouted, "This is the world I've always dreamed of," he woke up.

This world was still ugly.

The night was dark, the evening breeze blew from all directions, the vines swayed slightly, and the Demon Eye slowly exhaled a turbid breath, like a sigh.

"Yuan Shi Tianzun..."

For some reason, he suddenly missed that man.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King had wanted to bring him back to the Soldier Holy See, to personally nurture this like-minded talent, but unfortunately, he was now a prisoner.

He sensed the aura of the Marshal a while ago, and knew that the Terror Heavenly King had been to Songhai.

But with Terror's strength, it was still not enough to rescue him from the siege of the Songhai branch and the Marshal.

Now, his only hope of escaping was to enter a dungeon, but that would take time.

A Dominator-level dungeon only appeared once every few months, or even once a year.

In a year, who knows how much Yuan Shi Tianzun will have grown.

"Demon Eye Heavenly King, Demon Eye Heavenly King..."

At this moment, a low murmur came from his mind.

The Demon Eye, with a weary expression, was stunned for a moment. Then, he sensed a soul in his sea of consciousness. The other party was in his sea of consciousness, but separated by an insurmountable barrier.

"Who is it?"

The Demon Eye found that he wasn't wary at all, only felt that it was the most important and trustworthy existence in his life.

"I am Yuan Shi Tianzun," the soul in the sea of consciousness responded.

The Demon Eye was stunned, and the next moment, his dim eyes burst with dazzling brilliance.

"Yuan Shi Tianzun!!"

His thoughts exploded in his mind.

"It's me, hey, you're reacting quite excitedly, do you miss me? Cough, cough, do you really want to get out?"

The Demon Eye Heavenly King was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly curled his lips, "Interesting, you've finally come to save me."

He naturally determined Yuan Shi Tianzun's purpose, as if they had a strong understanding. You came to the zoo, what else could it be for besides saving me?

After all, you once loved me so much... The Demon Eye Heavenly King shook his head hard, shaking off the strange thoughts.

"Yes, I've come to save you. I've crossed countless dangers, experienced countless crises, just to rescue you from here... Ah, please ignore the above content, I mainly want to ask you for some information."

"Heh, you came to the zoo just to ask me for information?"

"Don't misunderstand, I mean, information about rescuing you."

"That's more like it, did you betray the Five Elements Alliance?"

"No, Terror forced me to come here to save you."

"Terror forced you...Heh, if Terror didn't force you, you would never have come."

The two communicated smoothly in their minds through the guidance of the red thread, but the Demon Eye Heavenly King would occasionally have emotions, and Zhang Yuanqing would hurriedly explain whenever the other party had emotions.

"I understand," the Demon Eye Heavenly King searched the lakeside with his gaze. "Find a way to lure away Bai Shi. His position is very high, and he is the embodiment of the power of a spirit tool, specializing in dealing with escaped anomalies. You are no match for him."

"The camphor tree has no attack power. You can treat it as an energy transmission pipe. It constantly draws my spiritual power and transmits it to the zoo. As long as there is external attack, it will easily compromise. If it doesn't compromise, you can just destroy it."

"This lake is strange. There is no life response in the lake. Did you see the ferry boat on the shore? That should be the only way to cross the lake. Of course, if you can threaten the camphor tree to send me back to the shore, it can cross the lake."

"Understood," Zhang Yuanqing silently memorized it in his heart.

Just as he was about to end the communication, he suddenly heard the Demon Eye Heavenly King say, "Did you use a strange item from the Musician profession to communicate with me?"

"Yes."

The Demon Eye was silent.

After a while, his scornful voice came, "Not bad, but don't do it again next time."

"Okay..."

Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes and looked at the Palace Master of Zhi Sha at the first moment: "Palace Master, cut the red thread."

"Oh, it's not as interesting as the books describe, you didn't even show an unwavering, stronger-than-gold love," the Palace Master of Zhi Sha seemed a little disappointed, made a scissor gesture, and snapped at the void.

What kind of stronger-than-gold love is this? You are happy that I have a stronger-than-gold love for the Demon Eye? Zhang Yuanqing silently complained.

The moment the red thread was "cut off," the feeling of infinite tenderness and pity for the Demon Eye disappeared.

Presumably, the same was true for the Demon Eye.

"Actually, you don't need to cut it. With the Demon Eye's level, the effect of the red thread will disappear in half a minute," she said.

Zhang Yuanqing ignored her, poked his head out of the bushes, and peered cautiously. Sure enough, he saw a corner of the ferry boat near the place where Bai Shi was lying down.

It was a small wooden boat with slightly upturned ends, quietly floating on the water.

He retracted his head and relayed the Demon Eye's words to the Princess and the Palace Master.

"I'll be responsible for luring Bai Shi away, but I can't determine exactly how long I can delay," said the Palace Master of Zhi Sha. "Bai Shi is the embodiment of the power of a spirit tool, so I can only delay for three minutes at most, no, one minute."

This was obviously too short.

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a moment and took out the Sliding Shoes, the Azure Emperor Jade Belt, and the Yin-Yang Magic Robe, "Take these three items with you, their functions are very strong and useful to you."

The invincible effect of the Sliding Shoes, the longevity technique and beastification of the Azure Emperor Jade Belt, and the passive effect of the Yin-Yang Magic Robe were all extremely strong life-saving skills.

With these things, plus the Palace Master's own strength and items, delaying for a few minutes shouldn't be difficult.

"You have so many good things," the Palace Master of Zhi Sha happily took the items.

She immediately rushed out of the bushes, and thousands of silk ribbons behind her exploded with a "bang," condensing into a soft stick tens of meters long, and slammed hard at the distant Bai Shi.

Bai Shi, who was comfortably dozing off, suddenly opened his golden pupils.

A white shadow flashed, and there was a "bang," the soft stick smashed the solid rocks piled on the shore, hitting nothing.

The golden pupils of Bai Shi reflected the figure of the Palace Master of Zhi Sha. He seemed to be angered, his mane standing on end, and he roared with his head held high.

"Aowu!"

Bai Shi bared his teeth and flew with his limbs, turning into a white shadow.

The soft stick disintegrated into thousands of silk ribbons, quickly shrinking back, and the Palace Master of Zhi Sha leisurely took off in the wind, and swept toward the depths of the darkness.

A red shadow and a white shadow chased away.

After they could no longer see the shadows of both sides, Zhang Yuanqing immediately jumped out with the two Yin Shi (corpses) and ran to the small boat parked on the lake.

The lake was dark, without the slightest ripple. Even though the night breeze was gentle, this lake was like a pool of stagnant water.

It was frighteningly silent.

In the courtyard with black tiles and white walls, a green light landed on the roof ridge, turning into a curly-haired Teddy.

Elder Gou (Dog) looked down at the three-in-one ancient house, carefully scanning every corner. There could be no tourists at this time, and the staff were all off work.

In the night, the ancient house was silent.

He did not find any suspicious characters or suspicious auras. This ancient site was ordinary to the extreme.

After thinking for a few seconds, Elder Gou's eyes showed a strong emerald light, and his soft, floppy ears moved.

The wind brought the sound of plants.

He listened intently for a moment, and an angry light flowed out of his button eyes.

The plants in the ancient house told him that the night was calm and there was no one visiting here.

It was all a diversion.

The person behind him used his friendship with Zhang Zizhen to trick him from Songhai to here.

The real purpose was to save the Demon Eye!

Elder Gou turned into a green light and soared into the sky.

Zhang Yuanqing bent down and picked up a stone, flicking it out with his finger.

The stone shot out, but just as it flew towards the lake surface, it seemed to be suppressed by some force and fell straight into the lake.

It couldn't fly over? Zhang Yuanqing's expression suddenly became serious.

Then what about teleportation?

He didn't dare to take risks. He lay down on the shore and carefully stretched his hand towards the lake surface, without feeling any terrible force pulling him.

After thinking about it, he stretched his hand into the lake water.

The lake water was cold, and the touch was no different from ordinary water, but Zhang Yuanqing's vision showed the item information:

【Name: Weak Water】

【Type: Water】

【Function: Drowning】

【Introduction: It is said that Fenglin Continent is the place where an indescribable existence lives. The Weak Water that drowns all things blocks the audience of mortals. Only the scales of Fenglin Continent can float on the Weak Water.】

【Remarks: Highlight the key point – Lin wood.】

It was actually Weak Water, the legendary Weak Water. How many rare treasures did my dad use to build the zoo back then? What exactly is sealed in the zoo!

Zhang Yuanqing was shocked.

He couldn't help but look at the wooden boat floating on the water. According to the item attribute description, was this boat made of Lin wood?

Was the camphor tree that imprisoned the Demon Eye a Lin wood tree?

"Don't waste time," Yin Yao Junzhu reminded with the small megaphone, "You've already wasted forty seconds."

"I know, I know..."

For the sake of insurance, Zhang Yuanqing decided to let Xue Qiangwei (Blood Rose) cross the lake first. If everything was fine, he would cross the lake himself.

Time was limited, but the necessary caution was still required.

Having received the master's order, Xue Qiangwei walked to the shore and jumped onto the wooden boat.

"Dong!"

She landed steadily on the boat's side, and then, under Zhang Yuanqing's command, began to row the boat.

The small boat slowly sailed towards the center of the lake, leaving a slightly rippled waterway.

Zhang Yuanqing and Yin Yao Junzhu watched the small boat, watching it gradually approach the camphor tree.

But at this moment, an accident happened.

The wooden boat, which had been sailing normally, sank strangely, sinking little by little.

Zhang Yuanqing and Yin Yao Junzhu watched helplessly as the lake water flooded Xue Qiangwei's legs, waist, shoulders, and finally disappeared into the lake.