"Would you like some too?"

"Need not."

"Actually, I'm not being nosy, but apart from not being able to touch your own body, you're practically the same person now. You might even get parasites on you. I advise you to drink some."

Liu Dongcheng still replied that he didn't need it. Judging from his expression, he seemed confident and certain that he didn't need to drink it. Chen Jiaxu had no choice but to give up trying to persuade him and carefully put the item away, as it was a life-saving item.

When Wen Zuo and Yun Chen returned on time, they brought back more black crystals than Zou Zhiqing and Luo Baokun combined. Zou Zhiqing and Luo Baokun, who were initially dissatisfied, had no choice but to shut up.

Seeing Wen Zuo and the others return, Chen Jiaxu seemed to have found a backer and said rudely, "See? It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that the two of them are enough. If we weren't afraid you would overthink it, Yun Chen alone could have returned with a full load."

"...Can you please shut up?"

"We've got enough. Let's go and give them these black crystals. That should get us at least one person in return."

Seeing Cheng Leikai's sudden suggestion, Wen Zuo frowned slightly, "If you're going to change, then change back together."

"Agreed, to avoid endless arguments later about who should come back."

After a moment's hesitation, Zou Zhiqing chose to stand on Wen Zuo's side this time.

Cheng Leikai was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly, "I'm sorry, I didn't think of that. But even so, I think we can give them some of these crystals that they call the source of darkness, at least to let them know our sincerity. Otherwise, I'm afraid Arou and the others will get hurt."

His last words struck a nerve with Wen Zuo and the others. The bead could only temporarily stop the deterioration, not truly prevent it. In other words, the bead could only delay the time it took for the wound to worsen. If Mo Shuwan and the others were injured during this period, the injuries they sustained and the injuries that had worsened during this time would all erupt at once after the bead's effect ended.

Now there are only a dozen hours left before the beads lose their effectiveness.

Wen Zuo frowned, instinctively feeling that the suggestion was not good, but thinking that he would have to find the person anyway, there was no difference between going with something now and going empty-handed before, so he nodded without saying anything.

"Since no one has any objections, let's go quickly." Cheng Leikai breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped out of the defensive circle to lead the way for everyone.

"Wait, you're going in the exact opposite direction."

Cheng Leikai paused for a moment, looked behind him, and said with a strange expression, "Sister Zou, I didn't get the direction wrong, they are over here."

After he finished speaking, Wen Zuo and the others were stunned.

"What did you say? They're over there. Do you have any proof?" Even Zou Zhiqing looked at Cheng Leikai with a strange expression this time, since the contract told them that their companions were in another direction.

Upon hearing that proof was required, Cheng Leikai seemed taken aback for a moment. He then pursed his lips and hesitated before saying in a deep voice, "You can come and see for yourselves."

Everyone immediately gathered around Cheng Leikai and saw him take out a small mirror. Four images flashed in the mirror, showing Mo Shuwan and the other three. They could also see a line connecting Mo Shuwan and the others to their current location in the mirror.

Wen turned his head to the left, looking in the direction Cheng Leikai was facing. The line in the mirror was indeed pointing in that direction.

Having so many people look in the mirror seemed to have a significant impact on Cheng Leikai. He was panting heavily, and his fingers began to tremble slightly. "I'm sorry, I can't hold on any longer. This is all I can show you." With that, he abruptly pulled the mirror away.

Wen Zuo and the others looked at Cheng Leikai, who seemed to have survived a disaster, and still felt strange, after all, the contract was guiding them in another direction.

“Akai wasn’t lying; this mirror can indeed show the location of your companions at times.”

"Sometimes?"

Zou Zhiqing helped Cheng Leikai up and said firmly, "In short, just trust Kai."

"No, we can only follow the contract."

Zou Zhiqing frowned and looked at Zheng Shanhe, "I guarantee with my life that Akai's mirror will never be wrong."

"So you think the problem lies with the bus contract?"

“That’s not what I meant, but don’t forget, they are currently in the state of spirits, their physical bodies are still around us, so those faint sensations might just be illusions.”

"Sister Zou..."

"Alright, shut up."

Just as everyone was arguing about which direction to go, Mo Shuwan and the others, who had rested well, met the Black Spirit Clan Chief once again.

The clan chief's expression was much uglier than when she had seen him before. Mo Shuwan guessed that things had developed beyond her expectations, or that something even worse had happened.

Upon seeing them, the Black Spirit Clan chief immediately said, "We need your help right now."

"What about our other people?"

"I'm sorry, we haven't found any of your other clansmen, but rest assured, we are doing our best to search. If we find them, we will bring them to you as soon as possible." After saying this, the Black Spirit Clan Chief pleaded anxiously, "The core of the world is becoming increasingly unstable, and this continent could collapse at any moment. If the continent collapses, we will all cease to exist. I hope you can go and collect the Dark Origin now!"

Although she really wanted to wait until she met Wen Zuo and the others before taking action, the words of the Black Spirit Clan chief frightened her. They still needed to stay in the Dark World for more than twenty days. If the continent collapsed, they would suffer the same fate as those dark creatures.

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