"How long have they been up there?" Shen Yijin asked this question with gritted teeth.

The players could tell something was wrong with Shen Yijin's voice and didn't dare mention following him up the mountain anymore. Now they said honestly, "It's been about a quarter of an hour up there, right?"

A quarter of an hour, if we go fast, we might have reached the top of the mountain by now.

Chen Yijin cursed inwardly, and first used his spiritual power to send the group of players in the cave out of the spiritual vein, and then pulled Nan Mingcheng and walked quickly to the top of the mountain.

Worried about the players getting into trouble, Shen Yijin's palms were soaked with sweat.

Nan Mingcheng felt the warmth in his palm and comforted him, "They will be fine."

Nan Mingcheng said this not only to comfort Shen Yijin, but also because the target of the shrine was Shen Yijin, and he should not be too interested in other people.

If Shen Yijin hadn't entered the game, He might have attacked these players, but now that Shen Yijin was here, those players should be safe for the time being.

Shen Yijin didn't reply, but just silently quickened his pace.

The two reached the top of the mountain, but did not see the players who had set out earlier.

They only saw a half-human-high shrine under a locust tree.

Shen Yijin's heart sank. She walked to the shrine and asked coldly, "Where are those players? Did you devour their souls?"

There was no change in the shrine, but the voice that had been urging Shen Yijin to go up the mountain sounded again, but the content was different.

"They are my children. How could I devour their souls for no reason?"

He is the world consciousness. As long as He wants, all living beings in this world can die at any time.

If He wants to devour the souls of the players, He can do it with just a thought. There is no need to lure them over.

Shen Yijin understood the meaning of her words, but did not believe her: "They just think they are playing a game, and you are an NPC in the game. If you say that only by completing the sacrifice can the game mission be completed and you quit the game, they will definitely believe it. They 'voluntarily' sacrifice themselves, so for you, it is not without reason."

"Don't play word games with me. Answer my question. Have you devoured their souls?" Shen Yijin looked at the shrine coldly, as if she would destroy the shrine on the spot if it devoured the players' souls.

The world consciousness's thoughts were revealed by Shen Yijin, but he was not angry.

"They haven't been devoured yet. As long as you put my eyes in the shrine, I will release their souls and send them back to their bodies. Not only them, but also all the other children trapped in the game, I will send them back." He negotiated with Shen Yijin slowly.

"Okay, you send them out first." Shen Yijin didn't trust Him.

If she put the eyes into the shrine, she would have no bargaining chips at all. If He changed His mind, she would be helpless.

But similarly, the world consciousness couldn't completely trust Shen Yijin: "That won't work. What if I send them out and you don't return my eyes to me?"

Chen Yijin smiled: "If you let them go, you can still bring more people in. Besides, I'm in the game. If I don't return my eyes to you, you can't let me out. In this way, in order to get out, don't I have to return my eyes to you?"

"You are the world consciousness, and I am just an ordinary creature. What do you have to worry about?"

The world consciousness thought about it and felt that what Shen Yijin said made sense.

He sent out the beta test players trapped in the game. Their souls rose into the sky like stars and eventually disappeared into the sky.

"I have sent them away. Now, you should return my eyes to me." He said anxiously.

Shen Yijin took out the pair of eyes she had taken from the dark room and walked into the shrine with them, but she didn't see any place to put the eyes.

Chen Yijin asked, "How can I put your eyes in the shrine? Your shrine doesn't even have a place to hold the offerings."

"It's here!" As soon as Shen Yijin finished speaking, the female ghost ran to the top of the mountain panting, holding the pointer in her hand, and without stopping for a moment, she ran straight to the shrine.

The female ghost placed the pointer in front of the shrine, and the next moment, the pointer turned into a sacrificial vessel.

Shen Yijin put the eyes into the sacrificial vessel, and as soon as she put them in, the eyes disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, the shrine emitted a dazzling white light, and Shen Yijin felt something leaving the shrine.

Shen Yijin was stimulated by the white light and blinked subconsciously. When she opened her eyes again, she and Nan Mingcheng had returned to their bodies, and their consciousness had been kicked out of the game.

Chen Yijin looked at the female ghost who was kicked out beside her: "Now that he has returned, when can we return to Xuanling Sect?"

The female ghost's eyes flickered, not daring to look at Shen Yijin.

Seeing this, Nan Mingcheng threw a silver collar at the female ghost.

"This is a spiritual weapon I recently refined. It can bind souls. Once you wear this collar, you can forget about returning to the underworld." Nan Mingcheng said lightly. After hearing his words, the female ghost's face became paler and paler, as if she had died again.

The female ghost burst into tears. If she had known earlier, she should have returned to the underworld immediately so that she would not be caught.

But the "Chen Yijin" below was not a pushover. He was afraid that his life would be in danger if he went back, so he hesitated and didn't go back...

The female ghost thought a lot at once. Compared to the "Chen Yijin" in the underworld, the Shen Yijin in the human world knew her well and treated her better.

Going back would most likely lead to death, so the female ghost decided to rebel and stop being a ghost messenger. She wanted to continue to stay with Shen Yijin.

After thinking this through, the female ghost stopped hiding and answered whatever Shen Yijin asked.

It pointed to the ground and spoke cautiously, "Actually, everything she said was a lie. The fusion of the two worlds is an inevitable trend, and His return cannot prevent it. She told you that simply to make you willingly send Him back."

After the female ghost finished speaking, she saw that Shen Yijin didn't look unusual. Fearing that Shen Yijin would think she was useless, she hurriedly said, "Actually, she is also a part of Him! When His incarnation was harmed by Shen's father, the child was born dead. It was He who split himself in two and placed one half into the dead baby's body, and the child was brought back to life!"

Hearing this, Shen Yijin's expression changed slightly and he came to his senses.

She said, how did the original owner know so many things, those things Shen's father would definitely not tell her, and only the person involved could know the whole story.

"Chen Yijin" is Him, so naturally they are anxious for His return.

"What about the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanling Realm? Do you know what kind of deal they made?" Shen Yijin's eyes darkened when he thought of what the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanling Realm said to him when he first came to this world.

The Heavenly Dao of the Xuanling Realm is heading towards the world consciousness of this world. Things are not looking good!