Chapter 146: Bugging My Way into the Map
To be fair, the moment the little puppet said the words "united in mind and thought," Yu Sheng felt that it sounded pretty difficult. Most of the time he and Eileen spent together was in a state where they both thought the other was sick in the head—but then he thought about it more carefully. If they both thought the other was sick in the head, wasn't that also a form of being united in mind and thought?
His train of thought spread in that direction without him realizing it. In just a few seconds, it had gone so far off course that even his own mother wouldn't have recognized it. In the end, Eileen slammed her head into his: "I told you to empty your mind! Not set it free! At least keep your attention on opening the door—"
"Oh, oh, okay."
Yu Sheng finally snapped back to reality. He quickly gathered his thoughts and began seriously carrying out the steps for opening the door.
This time, however, he only summoned an "empty-value door" that led nowhere. Then, while maintaining the door's stability, he slowly relaxed his mind.
He felt Eileen's tiny palm pressing against his temple.
He saw Eileen raise her other hand and point toward the door from afar.
Thin black threads spread and grew from the little puppet's fingertips. They were silent, as if they were some strange "creature" with a life of its own. In the air, they rapidly intertwined, writhed, changed shape, split apart, and multiplied...
Some of the threads pierced into his flesh, burrowing into his mind. A strange, chilling sensation traveled along his spine, so cold and eerie that it made him shudder.
If this had been his first time coming into contact with