I, enter the zero world, change the ending

"In that case, why not do something convenient for us?" Zhiyao struck while the iron was hot.

Afterwards, Ms. Kuang's heart began to waver.

Yangyan Village once sent several talented shrine maidens here, and the Matsumoto family also regularly donates money and food here every year, and the relationship between the two sides is maintained well.

Now that it was clear that Zhiyao had a good relationship with that side, she thought it would be a bit unreasonable for her not to be flexible.

She looked at Zhiyao, whose face clearly showed her the intention of asking Matsumoto Sosuke to intercede for her if she didn't agree. After thinking it over again and again, she finally decided to make an exception.

"Mr. Sikong, please do not touch Dazhu's coffin at will. It concerns the fate of the entire mountain."

Before agreeing, of course you must not forget the instructions.

"I won't touch it, promise." Zhiyao pressed his fist to his chest and promised solemnly.

"Then please return to the Nether Palace and wait for a while. I will go and inform the other priest now."

When he heard the other priest, Zhiyao immediately thought of the old woman in white.

Speaking of which, I have been wandering around Rishang Mountain for the whole morning and still haven’t seen the real person. Where is that old woman? Is she in the House of Marriage?

Seeing that Kuang Nu had already walked away, Zhiyao turned to Shuiyun and asked, "Why don't you take me to visit the House of Bonding?"

Shui Yun curled her lips and looked away.

"Uh, that place...it's best not to go there."

It took about twenty minutes to return to the Youzhi Palace. After entering the main hall, Zhiyao asked Shuiyun to find some waterproof bags. Then the two of them went to the underground floor and stood next to the small wooden boat docked by the pool and waited.

The door to the pool exit was closed. Zhiyao then remembered that there was a mechanism in the room upstairs and slowly raised her head.

It looked like a statue of a shrine maiden, and one had to turn it and point its head in a certain direction.

"Mr. Sikong." Shui Yun walked up to Zhiyao, almost touching her, and twisted her fingers around Zhiyao's sleeve. "Are you sure you can go back like that?"

"I don't know, I just want to try if it's possible."

Hearing this, melancholy slowly emerged in Shui Yun's eyes.

If successful, this person will never come back, and she is clearly aware that this may be the last time they meet.

Thinking of this, the feeling of reluctance quietly grew in her heart. With one last gritted tooth, she resolutely gave it her all and threw herself into the man's arms, hugging him tightly. Her hands were wrapped around him tightly as if to imprison him to her side.

The hug came so suddenly that Zhiyao was stunned and didn't know where to put her hands.

"Shui...Shui Yun..." he murmured.

Shuiyun did not answer, immersed in the remaining time. Zhiyao was not stupid either. After a moment of stunned silence, she immediately agreed with him.

Shuiyun can't bear to leave herself.

However, he was still determined to go back, so he grabbed Shui Yun's shoulders and gently pushed her away.

"Hey, Shuiyun."

Shui Yun's lips moved, but she didn't make a sound.

"It's nice to meet you in this time and space, hehe."

Shui Yun immediately lowered her eyes and tried hard to raise the corners of her mouth.

At this moment, Ms. Kuang, who had arrived late, appeared at the stairs. The two looked over and found that the old woman in white was also coming with her.

Like Kuang Nu, Jie Nu's back wasn't that hunched at that time.

"This is another priestess. Like us, she has abandoned her name. Mr. Sikong, you can call her Jie Nu."

Kuang Nu introduced Zhiyao to Jie Nu. Just as she finished speaking, Jie Nu came up slowly and greeted her in a similar tone to Kuang Nu. "Oh my, oh my, I didn't expect such a distinguished guest to visit this mountain. We are sorry for not welcoming you in person. I hope Mr. Sikong will forgive us."

"Well, Grandma Yume, nice to meet you." Zhiyao greeted with a smile and a nod, and at the same time urged without stopping, "Now that everyone is here, let's go."

The two old ladies immediately stepped onto the stairs leading to the upstairs house. After a while, the door of the pool exit slowly opened.

"Then I'll go first, Shuiyun. Remember to wish me a safe journey." Zhiyao waved goodbye to Shuiyun cheerfully. Suddenly remembering something, he quickly took out a spirit stone from his backpack. "This is a farewell gift for you. Remember to keep it well."

Shui Yun took the amber stone, held it tightly in her hand, and nodded vigorously.

She will cherish it, she will carry it with her forever, and finally take it into the coffin.

She swore.

Kuangnu and Jienu came down from upstairs and informed Zhiyao to set off. Zhiyao got on the wooden boat under their instructions. Then Kuangnu started paddling, and the boat sailed away from the exit and headed towards the Water Palace.

Shui Yun just stood by the pond, staring blankly at the wooden boat as it went further and further away. When the boat was completely out of sight, she could no longer hold back her tears, and two lines of tears slid down her cheeks and fell to the ground.

……

On the boundless surface of the Bi'an Lake, a small wooden boat carrying three people was moving slowly forward. In the back row, Zhiyao was sitting on a stool, occasionally looking back at the Youzhi Palace, and sometimes putting her hand into the lake water to feel the water temperature.

After an unknown amount of time, the Water Palace's pier suddenly appeared before their eyes, and Kuang Nu slowly docked there.

After getting ashore, under the guidance of two old ladies, Zhiyao successfully arrived at his destination not long after.

"That's Dazhu's coffin." Ms. Kuang said, pointing to the black coffin in front.

After nodding and answering, Zhiyao took out the book on Yin-Yang magic from the interlayer of his backpack, wrapped it in layers of waterproof bags, and stuffed it back into the interlayer after making sure that everything was in place. Then he walked to the edge of the pool, squatted down and stared at the black water in the pool.

There is a night spring inside. Touching it will cause you to fall into the night spring wet state. This is how it is explained in the game.

After thinking for a moment, Zhiyao stretched out a finger and dipped his fingertip into the night spring. Then he felt two kinds of pain on his skin, like needles pricking and burning.

If a person's body touches the Night Spring casually, it will be corroded and the vitality will gradually be lost. Only individuals with strong spiritual power can effectively block it. Otherwise, they must go through the equally extraordinary flame - the burning of the taboo fire, in order to end the state of erosion.

Seeing that Zhiyao's finger had been stained black, Kuang Nu was about to remind her, but she saw Yao Boji appear beside Zhiyao, picked up the black finger and put it in her mouth, then took it out and spat to the side.

Ms. Kuang looked back at Zhiyao's finger and found that it was intact as before, so she sighed that he was worthy of being a god.

"How do you feel?" Yaoboji asked in an indifferent tone.

"Not very comfortable." Zhiyao smiled embarrassedly.

"Why touch it if it makes you uncomfortable?" Yaoboji poked Zhiyao's temple.

"How can you know if you don't touch it?" Zhiyao said nonchalantly, "Besides, isn't it because of you that I dare not worry at all?"

Yaoboji smiled brightly, and then heard Zhiyao ask, "Is there any way to deal with this pool of black water?"

"Wait a moment." After saying that, Yaoboji's body was covered with a layer of hazy blue halo, and she jumped into the pool. Then she floated up and down, swimming quickly in it.

Gradually, the water in the pool became clearer and clearer, and the outline of the Yellow Springs Gate became faintly visible below.

Although she felt the place was a bit deep, Zhiyao didn't care and put her fingers into the water.

This time he didn't feel any discomfort. It seemed that Yequan had been completely purified. After confirming that everything was correct, he took a deep breath and plunged into the pool.

Go home.

Chapter 122: [Not only did he fail to get home, he also nearly drowned]

Using his hands and feet, Zhiyao continued to dive down, getting closer and closer to the Gate of Yellow Springs.

Seeing him go into the water, Yaoboji quickly swam to his side and returned to his body.

Finally, the gate of the underworld was within reach. Zhiyao took a quick look and found that the door was tightly closed. She then thanked the unknown Dazhu in her heart.

He calmed himself down, held his backpack tightly with one hand and reached towards the gate of the underworld with the other hand. Then, the moment he touched it, the scene in front of him changed.

The scene shifted from underwater to land, a bit like the lakeside of the Other Shore Lake, and the sky was gray.

In addition, there were three witches in front with their backs to this side, holding hands. The next moment, a deafening roar came from the ground beneath their feet, and a huge black wave several meters high appeared, sweeping from the direction of the lake.

This is the scene of the Night Spring eruption.

Just as she thought of this, the three witches were swallowed by the waves, and Zhiyao, who was standing very close to them, was not spared either.

At the same time, Zhiyao felt water pouring into his nasal cavity and his ears began to buzz.

With a start, Zhiyao's vision returned to normal, and her nasal cavity felt hot and painful, just like swallowing a big mouthful of mustard.

If this continues, we'll drown.

After suddenly reacting, Zhiyao swam hurriedly to the surface of the water, paddling desperately with his hands and feet. Noticing that something was wrong with him, Yaoboji quickly appeared, hugged him and floated up at full speed.

In a blink of an eye, the water surface appeared. Zhiyao stuck his head out, coughed violently, took a deep breath of fresh air, and swam towards the shore.

Seeing his miserable appearance, two old ladies hurried over to him.

"Mr. Sikong."

Hearing Miss Kuang calling her, Zhiyao waved at her with a wry smile, and sighed as he got ashore: "Oh my god, it's a good thing I woke up quickly, otherwise I would have drowned in there."

"What happened down there?" Yume handed over a towel and inquired nonchalantly.

After wiping the water off his face with a towel, Zhiyao frankly announced what he had seen. As soon as he finished speaking, Kuang Nu immediately understood, "Many years ago, the Night Spring did erupt once. It took the combined efforts of the three great pillars to suppress it."

"That should be it. Sometimes you can see scenes from the past when you touch the Gate of the Underworld." Zhiyao continued, then stood up and returned to the pool, staring at the stone door under the water.

Do you want to go down again?

He was hesitating and uncertain, and was also troubled by why the door was underwater instead of on land like the Himuro residence.

If only I could breathe water...

When this thought came to his mind, he looked at Yaohime and was about to tell her his thoughts, but Yaohime's voice came first.

"Are you still going down?"

"I was wondering if you could create a super-sized bubble for me to stay in so I don't drown."

"I haven't tried it, why not give it a try?"

Yaoboji condensed a bubble in her palm as she spoke. When the bubble was larger than a basketball, Zhiyao tried to poke it with her finger, and the bubble burst without any accident.

It looked like it wasn't going to work, but since she was already here she didn't want to give up easily, so Zhiyao gritted her teeth and jumped back into the pool.

In light of the previous lesson, Yaoboji held him the whole time this time and kept an eye on him at all times to prevent any unexpected situations.

More than ten seconds later, Zhiyao arrived at the location of the Yellow Springs Gate again and stretched out his hand.

Half a minute later, a large amount of bubbles came out of his nose, and Yaoboji hurriedly took him to the surface of the water.

"Don't take the risk, why don't you go back first." After two consecutive failures, Yaoboji began to persuade Zhiyao to change her mind.

After hearing the guardian spirit who saved her twice say this, Zhiyao began to back down.

It's not that he lacks patience, but mainly because every time he touches that door, he will see other things, and his body cannot move during this period. In such a situation, water will slowly enter his nasal cavity uncontrollably.

That feeling was not only uncomfortable, but also extremely dangerous.

"Yes, let's think of other ways."

Zhiyao stood up, put on his backpack, wiped his hair with a towel and told the two old ladies to go back.

……

On the way back, Zhiyao looked dazed, gazing at the You Palace in the distance. At this moment, he unconsciously recalled the words of a female monster.

"Turns out he's a rare person."

Just as he was muttering the word "rare people" to himself, he suddenly remembered that one of his monster friends had also been called that.

Ah Xiu.

And the number of times he crossed over was not just once, but three times.

The first time was back to the era of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the second time was back to the era of Amae Haruaki, and the third time was back to the Suzuka era.

As far as I can remember, after the time travel incident, Ah Xiu did not seem to be eager to return to the future. Instead, she helped various people complete various tasks as usual, and finally returned to her original time and space after witnessing or facilitating a certain event.

Zhiyao was certain that Ah Xiu had not done anything on purpose. He thought, could he also be like Ah Xiu and take things as they come and let nature take its course?

But, is this really okay?

Speaking of which, how did A Xiu travel through time? It seemed like she touched the scroll inside a specific torii shrine?

Just as he thought of this, something suddenly flashed through Zhiyao's mind.

He calmed down and thought about it carefully, then he suddenly understood.

Replacing the torii with the Kashiro Shrine, the scroll with Shiragiku's Yoshika, and A Xiu with myself, there is no sense of incongruity at all.

The process of his own time travel and A Xiu's was exactly the same.