I, enter the zero world, change the ending

"What's wrong with you, Mr. Sikong?"

"Ah, I..." Zhiyao suddenly came back to her senses and asked back, "Didn't you see me?"

"No, you said no."

"Is that so? I didn't expect you to be such an honest person, hehe." Zhiyao said, stretching out his hand towards Shuiyun's shoulder to pat her, but suddenly remembered that he was offering himself to her, so he retracted his hand at the speed of light.

"Ahem, anyway... you're a nice girl. In that case, I'll tell you my secret myself."

Pretending to look around, Zhiyao leaned close to Shuiyun's ear. After he finished speaking, the girl's expressionless face finally changed.

"Is this true?"

There was actually such a thing in the world. For this witch who had never left the mountain since she was six years old, this was far beyond her understanding of the world.

"Don't believe it? Then why don't you take a look and verify its authenticity?"

At Zhiyao's reminder, Shuiyun put her hand on Zhiyao's shoulder without saying anything, and took it away after about ten seconds, sighing:

"It's really... far beyond my imagination."

"Wouldn't you like to take a look for a while?" Zhiyao said with a playful smile, "This opportunity is rare. You'll never get it again if you miss it. You must seize it."

"Is that really okay? Okay, let's do as you say."

Shui Yun's hand reached out to Zhi Yao's shoulder again, but this time, just as it was about to touch her, Zhi Yao nimbly dodged it. Then, seeing Zhi Yao sprint away, Shui Yun turned back and shouted, "Hahahaha, I was teasing you and you took it seriously? No way, no way?"

Looking at the guy teasing her from afar, Shui Yun subconsciously frowned, and then trotted over to chase him.

In the forest, the two ran one in front and the other behind, the distance between them sometimes shrinking and sometimes expanding, until they ran out of the woods and arrived at the open space in front of the Katashiro Shrine.

"Ah, I'm here." Zhiyao said.

After hearing Zhiyao's words, Shuiyun, who was originally preparing to observe visually, was stunned for a moment, and felt a little dazed for a moment.

We're here so soon! Now it's time to say goodbye.

But for some reason, at that moment, she suddenly felt a feeling she had never felt before. She didn't know what was going on, she just knew that she couldn't bear to let go.

Although they were only together for a short while, she had to admit that during the chase, she felt a happiness she hadn't felt in a long time. If possible, she wanted to continue talking to this person and stay together.

But she soon suppressed this thought because she would enter the next stage in a few days, and now was the time when she should not be affected by external things.

Thinking of this, Shui Yun put on her blindfold again, said goodbye, gritted her teeth for the last time, turned around firmly, and slowly disappeared into the woods.

Chapter 118: [A Chance Encounter in the Morning]

Zhiyao waved in the direction Shuiyun left.

Next, we have to get down to business.

The crossing occurred when I touched the door handle of the right entrance.

Recalling the entire process in his mind, Zhiyao came to the door on the right, reached out for the door handle, and closed his eyes the moment he gripped it.

The expected discomfort caused by the glare did not occur.

After dozens of seconds, Zhiyao opened her eyes and found herself still in the same place.

He glanced at the handle he was holding and saw that the surface of the handle was smooth and there was no rust on it, so he analyzed that he was still in the past time and space.

I took out my watch and looked at the time. It showed almost nine o'clock in the evening, which was close to the time at that time.

In that case, try again in a few minutes.

In this way, after tireless and repeated attempts, time gradually came to ten o'clock, and the expected time travel did not happen. Zhiyao suddenly felt a little depressed and slowly sat down with his back against the door.

"Don't be discouraged." Yaoboji appeared beside Zhiyao, put her hand on Zhiyao's shoulder, and comforted her in a gentle voice.

As Yaoboji's voice fell, the thin ice butterflies also appeared.

"Don't come out, come back to me, quickly!" Zhiyao shouted hurriedly, looking frightened as if she had seen a ghost.

He was worried that if the time travel happened suddenly, these guys might be left in this time and space if they left him, just like Kirie and Hanako who have yet to be seen.

The guardian spirits quickly returned to Zhiyao, and then the voice of Yaoboji sounded in Zhiyao's mind.

"Is there something missing?"

With her reminder, Zhiyao began to think carefully, and then he suddenly realized.

There is indeed one thing missing.

After standing up, putting on his backpack, and brushing off the dust on his butt, Zhiyao ran down the mountain as fast as he could.

……

Yangyan Village, in front of Baiju's house.

"Brother Sikong, are you coming to play with me?"

Seeing Zhiyao appear, Baiju immediately rushed over and hugged her tightly.

Gently pinching Bai Ju's cheek, Zhi Yao said briefly: "I need your hair, go cut a bunch of it off."

"Ok."

Bai Ju ran into the house without saying a word to find a pair of scissors. When she came out, she handed the small pair of scissors in her hand to Zhiyao.

"What do you want to do with my hair?" After finishing what she was told to do, Bai Ju began to inquire.

"It's useful. Can you please stop asking so many questions?" Zhiyao said casually.

He didn't dare tell Bai Ju that only by taking your hair could he trigger the journey back to the future.

"I have something to say goodbye to, little one. Remember to go to bed early."

With a wave of his hand, Zhiyao turned around and left quickly. Baiju chased him to the door and stared at his receding back, blinking her eyes in confusion.

Hiking up the mountain, there is the Kyodai Shrine.

"Let's get ready to go back. Everything is ready."

This time, Zhiyao did almost exactly as he did before. Not only did he hold Baiju's hair, he even held the door handle with the same hand as before. However, things still did not develop as expected, so much so that after letting go of the door handle for the tenth time, he began to feel uneasy.

It can't be related to astrology or dates, right? If that were the case, could I really go back?

Sitting dejectedly against the door, Zhiyao's eyes were dull, as if she had withered. From time to time, the bleak night wind blew through the forest. Zhiyao twisted Baiju's hair around his fingers and slowly pressed it against his brow.

Just sit here and continue waiting. Maybe a miracle will happen when you are distracted. As the saying goes, "An unexpected success may lead to a great success."

In an instant, the flame of hope was rekindled in Zhiyao's heart.

As time passed, Zhiyao's eyelids gradually became heavy, closing and opening over and over again, until one day they closed and never opened again.

……

It was already daytime when he woke up. Zhiyao blinked his sleepy eyes in a daze and found that his posture had changed from sitting with his back against the door to lying on his side.

He subconsciously glanced forward and saw a man standing in front of him, wearing a black robe.

With a start, Zhiyao hurriedly stood up and rubbed her eyes hard. Only then did she finally see the face opposite her clearly.

It's an old woman.

"Oh, sir, why are you sleeping here?" Ms. Kuang asked in a slow tone.

"Ah, I...I accidentally fell asleep."

Zhiyao wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and stood up hurriedly. While brushing off the dust on his body, he carefully observed Ms. Kuang.

It was 1908, and at that time, Ms. Kuang's back didn't look so hunched.

"Accidentally?" Upon hearing this, Ms. Kuang narrowed her eyes and showed a kind smile.

However, Zhiyao knew her deeds, so instead of feeling that she was kind, he felt that there was a knife hidden in her smile.

Kuang Nu is not a kind old woman. Chunhe was forced into the bandit group by her to be made into a pillar. Even Xili was almost killed. Although this was because the main pillar was about to collapse and new pillars had to be added to reduce its burden, it was a last resort for the sake of justice and her behavior was understandable.

In short, Zhiyao's attitude towards her is——dislike, but not hateful.

It’s better to stay away from this old woman as much as possible.

Thinking of this, Zhiyao put on her backpack and prepared to say goodbye, but then she changed her mind and remembered that the mountain was still fine. She was not a woman and there were no shortage of shrine maidens on the mountain, so the other party would not be able to plot against her. In addition, after Aso Kunihiko was able to leave safely in the game, she changed her mind on the spot.

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Sikong Zhiyao. How about you, old lady?"

"We have long since discarded our names. Mr. Sikong, please call me Miss Kuang."

Zhiyao nodded, covered her mouth and yawned, looking around and pleading, "Mrs. Kuang, I just woke up and my mouth smells bad and my face is dirty. Can you take me to a place with clean water to wash?"

"Please follow me."

Following behind Ms. Kuang all the way, they arrived at the backyard of Xingshiro Shrine from the side door in a blink of an eye. Then Ms. Kuang told Zhiyao to wait outside for a while, and she opened a door and went in. Soon she came out with a basin of water.

After quickly saying thank you, Zhiyao took out the toiletries from her bag.

He suddenly froze in place when he inadvertently thought of the saying that the bodies of the priestesses would eventually dissolve in water.

Could there be any dissolved ingredients from the shrine maidens in the water?

He is very worried about this now.

After thinking it over, I finally gritted my teeth and washed myself with the water in the basin. After washing, I didn't know what to do next.

Should he return to Yangyan Village or continue to stay in Rishang Mountain? Just when Zhiyao was hesitating, Kuang Nu's slow voice rang in his ears: "May I ask why Mr. Sikong came to this mountain? Could you tell me a thing or two?"

"Ah, I have something to ask." Zhiyao thought for a moment and asked back, "Mrs. Kuang, can you take a look?"

"My spiritual power is relatively weak, so I can only achieve this through touch."

After getting this answer, Zhiyao decided to tell the truth and announced his purpose frankly.

Seeing that Kuang Nu's face was only slightly surprised, he thought that maybe there was a chance, and asked impatiently: "Grandma, you know how to go back, right?"

Unexpectedly, Ms. Kuang just slowly shook her head and replied with some regret: "We have served as priests on this mountain for decades, and this is the first time we have heard of such a thing."

Zhiyao couldn't help but smile bitterly as it was all for nothing.

"You'd better figure it out yourself. Hey, how about I take my leave first?"

Ms. Kuang smiled faintly and took the initiative to invite: "If Mr. Sikong has enough time, why not come with us to walk around and take a look around?"

After thinking about it and realizing that she really had nothing to do, Zhiyao readily agreed.

Walking along the path in the backyard of the Katashiro Shrine, Zhiyao soon saw the You Palace in the distance. In addition, there was a shrine maiden sweeping the middle of the road with a broom.

It seems to be Shuiyun.

Seeing an acquaintance, Zhiyao smiled and greeted him happily.

"Shui Yun!"

Hearing the voice, Shui Yun raised her head, and then she was stunned.

"Mr. Sikong?"

Shuiyun's mood is quite complicated right now.

She thought she would never see him again. After they separated last night, she spent a long time adjusting her mentality and emotions. She finally managed to get herself back to normal, but she didn't expect to see Zhiyao again when she woke up.

"You...are still here?"

"I failed, what can I do?" Zhiyao spread her hands innocently, "So I can only stay here for the time being."

Hearing this, Shui Yun's lips curled up slightly.

Affected by the pain accumulated over the years, she can no longer smile as naturally as she did when she was a child, but this does not mean that she cannot feel happy.

For example, now, although she looks calm, she is actually very happy in her heart.

This person will not leave for the time being, and she can continue to stay with this person.

That's great.

"Oh, do you two know each other?" Ms. Kuang was slightly surprised.

"Good morning, Miss Kuang." Shui Yun bowed slightly and explained everything in detail. "We met last night at the Gyozen Abyss. This man asked me to accompany him for a while to the Katashiro Shrine, so I took him there."

As for the fact that Zhiyao stopped the man who was seeking suicide from jumping off the cliff, Shuiyun had no intention of revealing it.

"I see."

Beside them, Zhiyao's gaze jumped back and forth between the two of them, and then she took the initiative to ask: "Mrs. Kuang, it just so happens that Shuiyun and I know each other, why don't you let Shuiyun be my guide?"