I, enter the zero world, change the ending

Shenhong nodded and put his hand on it, thinking that it would be the same as before, but there was no change in his vision.

"Did you see it?" Zhiyao asked.

"No." Shenhong shook his head regretfully.

It turns out that success is not always possible.

After noticing this, Zhiyao couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "Since you can't see it, then just forget it."

"Can't you just tell me in person? I've already confessed everything to you." Shenhong obviously didn't want to give up.

"What does it have to do with me if you're not good at your craft? Hehe." Zhiyao said, raising his head slightly and putting on a frivolous look. "If you want to know, then practice your skills well and go back to practice for another ten or eight years."

That smug look on his face...

"Please don't do this." Crimson began to feel dissatisfied.

"Then you beg me, huh?"

"Are you going to tell it or not?" Shenhong gritted her teeth.

"No, what can you do?" Zhiyao still had a wicked smile.

In this way, Crimson was successfully annoyed.

"I think we should act separately. I'll look for my brother, and you take care of your own thing." Shenhong turned around immediately after saying this, and his firm back told the other party that this was not a joke.

The effect was immediate, and Zhiyao quickly put on a flattering smile.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop it. I'm obviously joking with you. Why are you so weak? Okay, okay, little Crimson, be good."

"So are you going to tell me or not?" Turning his head halfway back, Shenhong gave an ultimatum.

"I……"

At this moment, an evil spirit appeared behind the shelf on the left side of Zhiyao's position.

Because the evil spirit was in the blind spot of his vision and his attention was focused on the front, Zhiyao could not notice anything. Seeing that the evil spirit was about to pounce on him who was defenseless, Shenhong widened his eyes in panic and his heart almost jumped into his throat.

"Behind——————!" Shenhong reminded loudly.

Zhiyao was startled, then reacted, but it was too late. Before she could move her body, her shoulders were hugged and she felt the pain of being bitten on the back of her neck.

"Uh ...

The severe pain penetrated deep into his bones, especially in the back of his neck. At that moment, Zhiyao felt that his consciousness was slowly fading away.

In a flash, Shenhong raised her camera, aimed the lens precisely at the evil spirit's eyes, and pressed the shutter. A dazzling white light pierced the darkness, and the evil spirit howled and loosened its grip. Then, having broken free and regained consciousness, Zhiyao pulled out a small, golden knife and stabbed it forcefully into the evil spirit's stomach.

Once upon a time, Zhiyao believed that spirits had no physical form because they could pass through walls and hide underground without any obstruction.

Later, Zhiyao felt that the spirit had substance, because Xili hugged Fengshi, and Baiju dragged Fangshenglian into the bandit group.

And now, Zhiyao chose to believe it, because the hand he stretched out could definitely feel the cold and sticky touch.

The moment the knife stabbed in, the evil spirit let out a painful wail several times stronger than before. Thinking that the evil spirit could still escape at this distance, Zhiyao pulled it out and stabbed it again. After repeating this more than ten times, the evil spirit finally collapsed to the ground and lay motionless, like a melted snowman. Seeing that the evil spirit was still twitching, Shenhong immediately came up and delivered the final blow.

"Sikong, are you okay?!"

The evil spirit finally disappeared, and Crimson began to check his companions' injuries.

"It's...it's okay, hehe..." Sweat began to seep out of his forehead. Zhiyao gritted his teeth and answered with forced spirit.

Who are you kidding? She screamed like that just now.

"Let me see it quickly!"

"Don't look like that, it's not a big deal..."

Moving his gaze to the back, Shenhong saw black teeth marks on the back of his neck. When he pulled open his collar, he discovered that there were black palm prints on both shoulders, and he took a breath.

"You seem to be in bad shape!"

"It's nothing, just rest for a while...it'll be almost there."

Steadying his shaky body, with Shenhong's support, the two of them came to the other end of the room. There was no clutter around, so Zhiyao slowly sat down with his back against the wall, and then unknowingly lay on his side.

"Hinasaki, I'm... a little sleepy, can you please..."

"It's okay, go to sleep, I'll watch over you."

"I'm sorry for delaying your search for your brother."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhiyao, who could no longer resist the heavy eyelids, lost consciousness. Shenhong thought he was resting, so she sat quietly beside him and waited. However, after waiting for ten minutes, she gradually realized that something was wrong.

The other person's forehead is still sweating, his face is turning darker, and his body temperature feels wrong.

how so? !

I always feel that if this continues, I will die.

In an instant, Shenhong was panicked and at a loss. He was racking his brains to think of how to save people when a little girl in white clothes suddenly appeared in front of him.

She was the former...

Recalling how Zhiyao addressed her, Shenhong put down the camera that might make the other party feel hostile, and walked forward slowly with empty hands.

"Xiao Wuhui."

Chapter 18: [Even Spirits Can Be Helpers]

One man and one spirit looked at each other.

A few seconds later, Xiao Wuhui walked around Shenhong and went straight to Zhiyao.

"He's in a bad state." Xiao Wuhui squatted in front of Zhiyao and said in a voice like the crisp sound of wind chimes, "When he was bitten on the back of the neck, the Yellow Springs miasma accidentally seeped into his spinal cord. Now the miasma is spreading throughout his body. If he continues to delay, death is only a matter of time.

"Hey?!"

Although she had expected it, Shenhong was still quite frightened when she heard it from someone else's mouth.

"Then...how should we..."

"We have to find a way to cure him."

Xiao Wuhui was about to talk about the treatment method when she was immediately interrupted by Shenhong.

"Do you know where Manyomaru is, Kirie-chan?"

Xiao Wuhui was stunned on the spot, looking at Shenhong with eyes full of disbelief.

This girl was clearly visiting the Himuro Residence for the first time, so how could she know Manyomaru? Speaking of which, the man who was traveling with her had clearly only just entered the Himuro Residence and couldn't see Ling yet, but he was able to spot where she was standing when she appeared, and even called out her name directly. It was impossible for her not to care.

"There's one last serving of Manyomaru left."

It turned out that the thing really existed, Shenhong immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Xiao Wuhui continued:

"You need to go to the courtyard of this house. There's a cherry tree there. I've marked a cross near the base of the tree. Just dig down and you'll find it."

"What's the fastest way to get there?" Shenhong asked impatiently.

"Just go through the room ahead. There used to be a secret door here that could serve as a shortcut." Xiao Wuhui pointed to a certain spot on the wall. Shenhong shone her flashlight over there and took a closer look. Gradually, she noticed two not-so-conspicuous cracks. Who would have thought that Xiao Wuhui would say the next sentence, "But it's no longer possible now. Ever since someone placed a severed head in there, the secret door has been malfunctioning for some reason. The front entrance has also been covered with a spell, preventing me from going in to check. So you can only take a detour through the second floor of the hearth room."

Shenhong immediately picked up the camera and set off, but after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked back.

She was worried that Zhiyao would be attacked by evil spirits if she was left here, as Zhiyao now had no ability to resist at all.

"Go quickly, hurry up. I'll be watching here." Seeing Shenhong's worry, Xiao Wuhui gave her a reassurance and pointed to the dressing table in the corner against the wall. "The door to the second floor is in the drawer over there. You can open it by inserting the hand mirror you picked up earlier into the corresponding shaped grid below the mirror."

Shenhong did as she was told immediately. After the hand mirror was inserted, the drawer lock made a clicking sound. Then a brass key came into view, with a photo of an adult male next to it.

Pick up the photo and take a look.

Isn't this the man in the brown shirt just now? He was the one who launched the two consecutive attacks.

Wait, why are his neck and limbs tied with scarlet hemp ropes that appear to be soaked in blood?

What does it mean?

Shenhong couldn't help but think and prepared to consult Xiao Wuhui.

Considering that his companion's situation was urgent and could not be delayed, Shenhong temporarily suppressed his curiosity and continued to act. He soon followed the road to the second floor of the fireside room.

Insert the brass key into the door opening and turn it gently, and the door lock will open.

In front of him was a house that looked like a lounge. In the middle of the house was a brazier for heating. Shenhong went forward to check and found that the charcoal inside was burning.

What’s going on? The Himuro residence has been abandoned for so long... Could it be that my brother was really here just now?

Pushing open one of the doors, it turned out to be the balcony of the lounge. Shenhong walked to the balcony and looked down. Below was the atrium that Xiao Wuhui mentioned, with a cherry tree on the right.

Shenhong hurried back to the room, opened the remaining two doors one by one and analyzed which way to go. When her eyes moved to one of the doors, she saw a mirror not far away, and a woman in a red top standing in front of the mirror with a hunched back.

Without having time to think whether it was a human or a spirit, Shenhong hurried over.

"Hello."

As the voice appeared, the woman in red looked to the side, then quickly turned around and started jogging. Shenhong followed her all the way downstairs, but the woman in red had disappeared. Shenhong paid close attention to her surroundings, and when her eyes moved to a certain place, she saw a man in a white shirt.

That's Manfuyu-nii, that's great.

"elder brother!"

Surprise and delight accompanied the deep red face, a smile of joy blooming on it.

However, the man in white did not react at all, and did not even look back, but continued to walk forward as usual.

Crimson chased after him without hesitation.

Who would have thought the man would suddenly quicken his pace, disappearing around the corner ahead? Just as Shenhong was about to continue chasing him, a long shadow appeared on the floor ahead, and the sound of footsteps could be heard in her blind spot. For a moment, the air around her seemed to freeze, and Shenhong's instincts told her that danger was approaching. The next moment, a pair of slender arms extended from the corner, followed by a head with long hair obscuring its face. Shenhong shone her flashlight over and finally saw that it was a grown man with long hair and an arm span that almost reached past his knees.

The man was staring at him with murderous intent in his eyes.

Aim, press the shutter, dodge, aim again, press the shutter again, dodge again.

After several rounds of fighting, the long-armed man was finally defeated. Shenhong hurried to the corner in front, but unfortunately the man in white had disappeared. Shenhong became very upset.

Let’s continue looking for a way.

This was a corridor area that was shaped like a U.S. character. When passing through a certain place, Shenhong noticed that a door on the inner side had a lock hanging on it. There were vague words such as "rope broken, date" written under the lock, and above it were traditional Chinese number buttons from zero to nine forming a circle.

He tried pulling the lock, but it didn't budge. Thinking he couldn't get in for the time being, Shenhong turned and went to another door. As soon as the door was opened, a blue light appeared in the camera lens.

The blue light means the presence of an earthbound spirit. Shenhong began to look around. As she was searching, she noticed some movement on the other side of the partition, so she went around to the other side. When she arrived, the person she saw was the woman in red from before. This time, the woman in red didn't even look back, and walked through the door in front of her right under her nose.

Shenhong chased after her to check, and found a nearly torn piece of paper where the woman in red disappeared. On it was written the words "Rope-Splitting Ceremony", followed by the date.

Rope-splitting ceremony?

I just saw similar words. Could they be some kind of hint?

He raised his head again to look at the door that the woman in red had passed through. There was a talisman on the door. Shenhong tried to touch it with his hand, and immediately felt a pain in his fingertips as if being burned by fire.

Okay, it seems like tearing it apart directly won’t work.

Crimson raised her camera and aimed it at the talisman. The talisman in the lens began to twist like a vortex. She pressed the shutter, but something else appeared in the photo.

"A room filled with miscellaneous items, with scaffolding on the left and a blurry black shadow behind it."

Where exactly is it? Combining all the places he has been to, Shenhong quickly analyzed that it is most likely the padlocked room that he had not entered just now.

I went back there, pressed 1213 on the lock dial, and the door opened with a click.

Shenhong walked to the scaffolding in the previous photo and took a closer look. There was indeed a distorted and blurry black shadow behind it, so he immediately raised his camera, aimed it, and pressed the shutter.

Just like then, the photo showed something else: a talisman that had been torn apart by brute force. Crimson hurried back to the room she had been in and found that the talisman was indeed the same as in the photo. At this point, the door could finally be opened, and pushing it open, it revealed a courtyard with cherry blossom trees in front of it.

The target was within reach, and Shenhong ran to the cherry tree without hesitation, squatted down and searched carefully. It didn't take long before he found the cross mark near the roots of the tree that Xiao Wuhui mentioned.

In this way, Sikong is saved!

With excitement, Shenhong did not want to delay for a second and began to dig the soil below with both hands. After digging several times, he finally saw the wooden cylindrical container described by Zhiyao. The width was about the same as his thumb. Shenhong picked it up, shook off the soil on it, unscrewed the lid and smelled it, and almost fainted from the fumes.

Is this... is this thing really useful? Is it sure it hasn't expired yet?

The smell is like meat that has been rotting for a long time in the summer.

To be honest, she was a little unsure whether to give it to her companions.