Published: March 2, 2025
Hearing Lin Que's response, the one-eyed creature fell silent again.
From their task, the one-eyed creature could guess what was happening. Once, it had believed that with the soul realm space in hand, its life and the lives of its three spirit pets were completely secure. However, after experiencing the eternal night's sleep, the one-eyed creature now felt a slight worry for Xing's safety.
But this worry quickly vanished—the danger to itself was clearly greater than that facing Xing!
Just as these thoughts settled, waves of pain surged in. Even though the flesh and blood barrier had alleviated most of the suffering, the remaining pain was still enough to make the one-eyed creature drink a jar of it.
As Lin Que and the one-eyed creature reached the front of the outpost base, intelligence regarding the one-eyed creature had already been relayed to Wen Yu through Xing.
Upon hearing of the one-eyed creature's return, Xing was overjoyed. At that moment, Xing was hiding with Caius and Arthur in a concealed spot on a tectonic plate. After receiving the news, Xing immediately transmitted the information back to Wen Yu.
Upon hearing that the one-eyed creature was safe, Wen Yu let out a long sigh of relief, inwardly cursing the spirit of the demon lord for exaggerating and scaring him. However, as subsequent reports continued to come in, Wen Yu's frown deepened.
After the one-eyed creature's return, samples of its pus-like blood were quickly sent back to the Layered Battlefield Zone One Main City. Wei Tian personally took action to test the virus within the one-eyed creature's body, but the test results were far from optimistic…
"We cannot understand the composition of this venom, nor do we have any effective solutions!"
These were Wei Tian's exact words…
In other words, with current Earth technology, it was impossible to unravel the eternal night's sleep.
This news did not reach the one-eyed creature's ears but was relayed first to Wen Yu. Wen Yu pondered but could only think of one way out.
Request for help…
Abandoning the one-eyed creature was merely a last resort in a situation where nothing could be done; before that, Wen Yu had to find a way to save the one-eyed creature's life.
However, this way out was not on Earth.
…
In the Demon Palace.
Once, when Wen Yu, as Warden Number Seven, was studying soul creation techniques in the Demon Palace, he had already bid farewell to Yu Wen when Tang Haofei was captured by the demonic clan.
The heaven's chosen level soul puppet had already been transported back to the number four cold storage before the battle began. The jade talismans that allowed direct access to the Demon Palace Security Bureau had also been mostly deciphered. Aside from worrying about the situation on the Layered Battlefield, Yu Wen, Warden Number Seven, and Warden Number Eight had nothing to do and could only watch the developments unfold, like outsiders, quietly focusing on their work.
Until news of the one-eyed creature arrived.
"This matter can be addressed with Feili; of course, it would be even better if we could meet the demon lord."
Number One entrusted this matter to Number Seven—when there was no solution to eternal night's sleep on Earth, Wen Yu pinned his hopes on the Demon Palace.
In Wen Yu's mind, Feili and the demon lord should have some understanding of this toxin.
However, when Number Seven found Feili, the news was far from optimistic.
"Sample? Do you have a sample?"
Feili was willing to help; despite their different races, not long ago, Feili and Wen Yu had been mortal enemies. But after the spirit of the demon lord intervened, their relationship had fundamentally changed.
The enemy of my enemy may not necessarily become my friend, but if there are no deep-seated grudges, it's unlikely they'd become diehard foes again.
Feili was eager to help, but unfortunately…
"There is no sample."
Wen Yu replied as such.
Indeed, there was no sample.
After Number One was taken by the spirit of the demon lord, several supply channels between Wen Yu's group had been cut off, and the one-eyed creature's blood sample could not reach the Demon Realm.