After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

"very good."

"The debt has been settled with the rightful owner."

As Zhou Ran finished speaking, no one in the main control room responded.

At the very center of the screen, the words "Imperial Son" were still glowing.

The evidence box beside Chen Ya continued to vibrate. The headless infant skeleton inside the box did not make a sound, but the three ancient characters alternated between light and dark, clearly echoing White Pagoda Island.

Lin Qingxue sat deep within the formation's core, her eyes covered by black silk, her face drained of color.

"The Emperor's Bones are laughing."

Fatty Wang stared at the evidence box, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"This thing has no head and no mouth, how can it laugh?"

"You can come closer and ask it."

Xu Youwei walked in from outside the array.

Her right hand was wrapped in white bandages, the broken hairpin still piercing her palm, firmly pinning the silver eye in place. With each step she took, a ring of silver-red blood seeped out beneath the bandages.

Fatty Wang immediately took half a step back.

"Never mind then, I respect the way people with disabilities express themselves."

Xu Youwei ignored him and walked to the projection of White Pagoda Island.

The island on the screen is divided into seven areas: the outermost area is a seaport controlled by military contractors, the middle layer contains medical warehouses, supernatural ability experimental areas and cryogenic energy stations, and the very center stands a black tower.

The patterns on the top of the black tower are resonating with the Emperor's bones.

"Let me see."

Xu Youwei raised her right hand.

Zhou Ran looked at the broken hairpin in her palm and did not agree.

"You can only control the opening and closing of your left eye right now, and you can't guarantee that it won't take the opportunity to retaliate."

That's why we need to try.

Xu Youwei turned around and faced Zhou Ran directly.

"The people on White Tower Island know Emperor Bone, and they also know the power of the eye in my palm. If we try again after we actually land on the island, the price will only be greater."

Zhou Ran remained silent.

Hsu Yu-Wei continued, "I am no longer a sacrificial offering raised in Penglai."

"I am the one who holds the eye."

"There are the elders of Penglai who have passed away, the disciples of the old gods, and the people who sent me to the altar back then. I can't hide behind you forever, waiting for you to clear the way before I go and see the outcome."

Zhou Ran nodded.

"Can."

Fatty Wang chimed in from the side, "Brother Zhou, isn't this a bit dangerous? She's in a dangerous situation right now, like she's carrying dangerous equipment on duty."

Xu Youwei turned her head and glanced at him.

"This is a reasonable reminder."

As Fatty Wang spoke, he pulled his right hand into his sleeve.

Xu Youwei raised her palm.

The broken hairpin trembled slightly.

A thin crack appeared in the center of the bandage.

A ray of silver light shone through the gap and landed on Fatty Wang.

Fatty Wang's expression changed.

Xu Youwei said coldly, "Three packets of beef jerky on the left cuff."

"Two chocolates in the belt compartment."

"At the very bottom of the storage bag, there is a self-heating hot pot that Chen Ya explicitly forbade you from bringing into the main control room."

Everyone looked at Fatty Wang.

He blurted out, "That's impossible."

Xu Youwei's silver eye in her palm rolled.

"The hot pot broth is made with spicy beef tallow."

Qin San reached into Wang Pangzi's left sleeve and pulled out three packets of beef jerky.

Fatty Wang looked down at the stolen goods that had been seized on the spot, and hesitated for a long time.

"This is a strategic reserve for me."

Chen Ya didn't even look up.

"The fines will be deducted from the performance bonus."

"Mr. Chen, demon soldiers need to replenish their energy, so I, as a Buddhist cultivator, need to pay even more attention to a balanced diet."

"Double the deduction."

Wang Pangzi, shut up.

The silver eye in Xu Youwei's palm then closed.

She swayed, a fine layer of cold sweat beading on her forehead. Even a brief activation had left her breathless.

Zhou Ran stepped to her side and grabbed her wrist.

The black and gold energy flowed into her body along her meridians, suppressing the rampant silver lines in her palm bones.

"Looking at people and looking at islands are two different things."

"I know."

Xu Youwei withdrew her hand and walked to the center of the platform to sit down.

"Let's begin."

Chen Ya raised her hand to shut down all external networks in the main control hall, leaving only the offline map of White Tower Island.

Su Qingling and Su Qingwu activated the Blinding Array, completely isolating the inside and outside of the array platform.

Xiao Rou released dozens of Gu worms.

The Gu worms hovered at the edge of the array platform. Once any pollution from the void leaked out, they would devour the first layer of silver patterns.

Lin Qingxue's voice came from the center of the formation.

"I'll watch your way home."

Xu Youwei paused for a moment.

Thank you.

Zhou Ran came up behind Xu Youwei.

"Open your eyes."

Xu Youwei raised her right hand and held the end of the broken hairpin with her left.

Instead of removing the hairpin, she pressed it down hard on her palm by half an inch!

The bandage was immediately soaked with blood.

The silver eyes were jolted open by the pain!

boom!

All the ancient runes on the platform lit up.

The silver gaze passed through the manor, across the coast, resonating with the remaining financial and life-debt lines of the White Tower and the Emperor's bones, heading straight for the depths of the high seas!

Xu Youwei's body tensed up.

The main control room was no longer in front of her.

A dark island appeared in the silvery view.

There were no conventional formations on the outer side of the island, only a layer of grayish-white mist clinging to the sea surface. Floating within the mist were countless tiny characters, each corresponding to a share of equity, an experimental agreement, or a human life.

The entire White Tower Island was defined as a living contract.

The silver gaze pierced into the black tower, which was empty except for twelve black soul coffins standing upright!

The coffin bears the ancient mark of the Penglai Discipline Hall.

Just as Xu Youwei was about to delve deeper, the silver eye in her palm turned to her.

An old voice echoed in her mind.

"Youwei".

Xu Youwei's lips lost all color.

Are you still working for outsiders?

"Zhou Ran saved you only because you have the power to see. Once the White Tower Island matter is over, what value will you still hold for him?"

The silver field of vision changes.

She saw Zhou Ran standing in front of the altar, the white bone pen falling, defining her as a "container" for the right to have a disabled left eye.

Lin Qingxue stood beside Zhou Ran, her eyes clear and her face expressionless as she looked at her.

"No……"

Xu Youwei's breathing became rapid, and the broken hairpin in her left hand began to tremble.

"Let's go back to Penglai."

"Grandfather can forgive you."

Taking advantage of the situation, Silver Eyes pierced her metacarpal bone with its roots, attempting to seize control of her body.

The pain and the deep-seated fear threatened to engulf her.

Outside the array platform, Lin Qingxue opened her eyes a crack, blood seeping from the corners of her eyes.

"It's eating her fear!"

Xu Youwei bit her tongue, and the taste of blood brought her to her senses for a moment.

"I am not your Youwei!"

With a forceful push of her left hand, she slammed the broken hairpin back into her palm bone!

"ah--!"

The intense pain tore at my soul, shattering that false illusion!

She saw the twelve coffins of souls again.

This time, she saw it more clearly.

The coffins do not contain corpses, but rather living elders of Penglai, who are now asleep!

They were used as a kind of energy source to keep the Black Tower running!

Silver Eyes emitted a sharp hiss, attempting to close its vision.

Xu Youwei stubbornly resisted, forcing it to continue watching with her own will!

Zhou Ran looked at Xu Youwei, whose body was trembling violently and whose seven orifices were bleeding, on the platform, and raised his hand.

The Bone Pen appeared in his palm.

The pen tip, aimed at the void, pierced through space and pointed towards the depths of the high seas.

His words entered Xu Youwei's consciousness and also reached the perception of that silver eye.

"Touch her again."

"I'll write you until your soul is scattered."