"The spine of the heavens, the veins of Order..."
"I call out here, to the branch you left behind..."
"If you hear..."
Shen Heng sat inside the tunnel, gazing ahead.
There, a figure sat cross-legged, head touching the ground, chanting softly.
In front of her were three items.
A mound of black soil, a pool of blue water, a cluster of branches.
The prayer requires something quite simple, but I don't know if it will be successful... Shen Heng silently watched there.
After a brief discussion yesterday, they decided to come to the mine to pray today.
Actually, if you have the chance, going out to pray in the forest is the best option.
Unfortunately, if they wanted to go into the forest to pray, they would have to find a way to distract the Black Rat.
Under the current circumstances, this is not a very good option.
Therefore, after some consideration, they finally decided that it would be best to pray inside the mine.
That's why we have Liya Nolandir, the Night Spirit Night Spirit Clan within her, allowing them to pray.
Shen Heng slowly exhaled.
Now all we have to wait for is the result.
If they succeed, that would be great. Based on what we saw back then—that the other side could forcibly drag the nuclear bombs in—taking them out of this world shouldn't be a big problem.
If it fails...
Suddenly, his gaze paused, settling on the figure in front of him.
The figure remained in the same posture, but the recitation ceased.
She raised her head, her figure standing there blankly, seemingly lost in thought.
"Any results?" Shen Heng walked over.
Liya Nolandir turned her head. "Uh... it seems like there's a result, but it also seems like there isn't!"
"What does this mean?" Shen Heng frowned slightly.
"Well..." Night Spirit Liya frowned as she described, "I felt a gaze fall on me, but it only lasted for a moment, and then it immediately left!"
"They left immediately after their gaze fell on you?" Shen Heng repeated, frowning.
"Yes!" Liya Nolandir nodded.
"Is this abnormal?" Shen Heng asked.
Night Spirit Liya stared at him with an idiotic look on her face.
"Of course it's not normal. Think about it, if you were the one being summoned, and you turned your gaze towards us, what would happen next?"
"... Let's take a look at the specifics?" Shen Heng paused, pondering before replying.
"Yeah, so this isn't normal!" Night Spirit Liya muttered, then said to the consciousness now huddled within her body, " Xiaoyu, you can feel it too, right?!"
"... Yes, there was a moment ago when I felt like I was being watched, but then I immediately looked away," Qin Yu recalled in her mind.
"Right? So this isn't normal. How can they just glance at you and then walk away like that!" Liya Nolandir said.
Shen Heng did not reply, and lowered his eyes to think.
Logically speaking, this behavior is indeed somewhat abnormal. Just as the Night Spirit said, the gaze had already been cast over, so why did he leave immediately?
He pondered, but his gaze gradually settled on the figure before him.
Shen Heng paused for a moment, glanced at himself, and finally looked up at Qin Yu.
"You say..."
"What did you say?" Night Spirit Liya looked over.
"Could it be that it heard someone calling it at first, got curious, came over, found out you were Calamity Beast, got angry because it was captured by Calamity Beast, and then just ran away?" Shen Heng voiced his guess.
"..."
There was no response; Night Spirit Liya stared blankly at him.
"Really?" Shen Heng was somewhat uncertain, as he was indeed unfamiliar with these matters.
"No, it is possible, and very likely!" Night Spirit Liya said, looking at her current Calamity Beast body, her voice clearly becoming happy.
At least, she knew why His Nordrassil had been robbed of his branch.
"Then why don't you try again?" Shen Heng asked.
"Um."
A sound rang out.
Shen Heng stepped back, while Liya Nolandir tried again.
"The spine of the heavens, the veins of Order..."
"I call out here, to the branch you left behind..."
"If you hear..."
"I am..."
The sound faded quickly.
This time, however, the prayer didn't continue continuously. Instead, it paused, then was repeated quickly, followed by a third and a fourth repetition...
After repeating it five times at an extremely fast pace, she finally stopped, then raised her head and stood there blankly.
"Still not working?" Shen Heng walked over and asked.
"Uh... um, I can't!" Liya Nolandir opened her mouth, speaking somewhat hoarsely.
"It's not possible," not "It's impossible..." Shen Heng frowned. "What do you mean?"
"That's probably it," Liya Nolandir said in a dry voice, "That lord seems to have severed ties with our world, and we can't contact him anymore!"
"..."
Silence, quiet.
Shen Heng's lips twitched slightly as he asked:
"You mean the World Tree sapling severed its connection with this place, and now we can't contact it at all?!"
"Uh... maybe!" Liya Nolandir replied, her face pale with fear.
Shen Heng frowned, and with a slight headache, raised his paw to rub his head.
If that's the case, then it means this path is also blocked?!
I just used it...
Beside him, Night Spirit Liya Nolandir watched him with a mixture of fear and worry.
She breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he didn't seem to blame her.
" Sister Liya, is there no other way?" Qin Yu asked in her mind.
"That's all. If there were other methods, I would definitely have used them myself!" Liya Nolandir said.
"So... does that mean this method won't work now either?" Qin Yu asked in a low voice.
No one spoke; Liya Nolandir remained silent.
It's clear that she was aware of this problem as well.
If even this method is no longer working, then it seems they truly have no other options left.
In other words...
"If I had known this would happen, I would have included the statement of my identity during my first prayer. That way, things wouldn't have turned out this way!"
Liya Nolandir, controlling Qin Yu's body, said with a hint of grievance,
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen!"
"We're doomed. Now that lord isn't listening to us anymore, does that mean we're stuck like this forever..."
"We can't get out..."
Words were uttered one by one.