Li Yuebai could no longer speak and could only pound on the invisible barrier with his fists in despair.

It feels cold and hard, like ice that has been frozen for a thousand years, or like the strongest bulletproof glass.

Through the barrier, one could see Ye Qing standing there quietly. After not seeing him for a few days, his eye sockets had become sunken, and his face looked bad and tired.

Li Yuebai panicked and failed to control the strength in his hands. He hit the object too hard and with a "click" sound, a cut appeared on his hand and blood flowed onto the transparent barrier.

The strong smell of vila's blood permeated the air.

Perhaps that tiny crack in the barrier did play a role.

Because Ye Qing suddenly turned his gaze this way.

He noticed it! Li Yuebai's heart started beating wildly.

Ye Qing's eyes were full of confusion as he walked over here.

The closer he got, the colder Li Yuebai felt.

It can be clearly seen that Ye Qing's originally pale skin has become even paler, as dry as white snow covered with dust. One can even see several horrible cracks appearing on his originally smooth skin. The blue veins on his slender hands can be clearly seen, and there are also vicious bite marks and wounds on his arms.

What on earth did he go through...

"System." Li Yuebai shouted in his heart: "How can I break the barrier? How can I get out of this illusion?"

"Oh my, haven't I told you everything? All you have to do is follow Gao Chengyu's arrangements and kill Ye Qing's phantom." The system yawned.

"Tell me another way."

"There are other ways." The system was so straightforward: "That is - kill the caster. Unfortunately, your shooting skills are too poor, and the crow escaped."

Gu Xisha's close-range shooting skills are absolutely excellent. Not long ago, Li Yuebai used this shooting skill to kill several of Director Wang's men in seconds. When he shot at the crow just now, he also concentrated all his attention. It can be said that it was a very brilliant shot.

The reason why the crow was able to escape was because its magical powers were too high - to be able to create such a perfect illusion, it must be a very powerful vampire, and it is impossible for it to be killed so easily by a single shot.

On the other hand, if the crow was so easy to be killed, it would not have placed itself on the windowsill so openly. It would have hidden in a safe place from the beginning and not given Li Yuebai any chance to kill itself.

Now, Li Yuebai had injured it and consumed a large amount of its mana, causing a small crack to appear in the barrier. This was already a huge bargain.

"There must be a third way." Li Yuebai raised his right hand to his mouth and licked the wound: "There must be a third way."

"I know what you're thinking." The system sneered: "You want Ye Qing to help you break the barrier from the outside? Wake up, this is impossible. How can he break something he can't see?"

"Really not?" Li Yuebai's eyes narrowed.

Indeed, it is impossible for Ye Qing to break this barrier. Even if he is a vampire, even if he is a joker, he has no idea where the barrier is.

"Don't underestimate the vampire's barrier. The barrier can only be completely destroyed from the inside. People outside can do nothing." The system's tone was full of sarcasm: "To tell you the truth, Ye Qing coming here will not help you at all. He can only wait outside in vain."

"..." Li Yuebai bit his injured right hand and paced back and forth.

"Dear host, you have wasted another hour." The system kindly reminded.

In the dark tower, there was not even a crow on the empty windowsill. Only Li Yuebai was left struggling. The cruel system in his mind kept mocking him, setting traps and testing his psychological bottom line.

Such a scene is not only desolate, but also hopeless.

Li Yuebai stopped and smiled.

It's okay to be despair, at least I can still see the person I want to see through the barrier, that's enough.

"System, sometimes you are really..." Li Yuebai smiled and shook his head: "...honest!"

The system was stunned for a moment.

"Dear host, I think that according to human standards, it is more appropriate to describe me as cunning or cruel." The system was a little flustered: "Honest? Why do you say I am honest?"

The system is not human, but it also has a certain degree of self-awareness. It knows how its vile behavior has repeatedly hurt its beloved host, so it can feel this cruel pleasure.

"In this world, you have repeatedly avoided my questions, ignored my requests, played word games, deliberately created misunderstandings and confusion, and even killed the person I value most."

"Yes, yes, dear host, I admit it all."

"But." Li Yuebai smiled: "There is one thing you have never done."

"What?"

"You're lying."

"..." The system was really choked this time, just like the king in Andersen's fairy tale, whose subjects revealed the truth that he was not wearing any clothes, or like the sphinx in Greek mythology, whose most important answer was guessed.

"You wouldn't lie. Everything you said was true." Li Yuebai paused for a moment, "You just like to tear the truth apart, confuse it, and hide it in meaningless words to make me misunderstand it."

"..." The system let out a whimper of grievance.

"But as long as I have no misunderstanding, the truth will be revealed." Li Yuebai stretched out his hand and tapped his temple: "I'm sorry, dear system, every word you said has been recorded by me."

"Dear...dear host, it's useless for you to remember so much..." The system flattered: "Many of the things I said were actually meaningless..."

"It's meaningful." Li Yuebai deliberately lowered his voice and pretended to coax a child: "It's especially, especially meaningful."

“…”

"For example, just now, you told me an important fact." Li Yuebai reached into his pocket and pinched out a jet-black crow feather: "Just after I injured the crow, you told me that the illusion created by the caster can only escape from the caster."

These words were said by the system in order to strike him down and completely block his hope of escaping.

"Well, dear system, the barrier is right in front of me." Li Yuebai pointed to the barrier with a crack: "Do you think this crow feather can pass through the barrier? It is part of the caster..."

"Even if this can explain something... Dear host, what exactly do you want to say..." The system began to stutter.

"I don't want to say anything, I just want to say hello to my Ye Qing."

“…”

Li Yuebai didn't have time to tease the system anymore. He closed his eyes and waved his hand. The black crow feather, like a sharp arrow or a dart, pierced the barrier.

There was a flash of white light, and the hard barrier turned into a soft pool of water the moment it touched Raven Feather, and even ripples appeared - Raven Feather easily penetrated the barrier and traveled to another world.

On the other side of the barrier, Ye Qing just blinked slightly and saw a black crow feather appear out of thin air.

He subconsciously stretched out his hand and let it dangle and fall into his palm.

It was a crow feather. Although I had no idea what its meaning was, I could smell a familiar scent on it.

Just now, this familiar aura appeared.

"Li Yuebai?" Ye Qing clenched the feather tightly and looked quietly at the place where the feather was floating.

The moment he saw the feather float into Ye Qing's hands, Li Yuebai almost cried.

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he last saw Ye Qing, and he never imagined that they would meet in such a special way.

There was still some crow's blood on the windowsill, dark red and sticky, and there were about a dozen feathers scattered around, not many.

"System, tell me, if I hold the feathers in my hand." Li Yuebai collected the feathers one by one and examined them carefully: "Will the barrier allow me to pass through?"

"Hahahahahaha! Dear host, you are having some unrealistic fantasies!" The system was still in panic just now, but now after hearing this, it immediately began to laugh triumphantly: "Indeed, the feather is part of the caster. It can penetrate the barrier, but it is impossible to shield you. The most it can do is carry a piece of light paper! You? It's impossible in ten thousand years!"

"A piece of paper?" Li Yuebai smiled and said, "That's enough."

He picked up the parchment on the ground and quickly cut a small piece from it.

At the moment of cutting, I seemed to hear the sad sound of parchment.

Parchment is heavier than ordinary paper. If you keep a complete piece, it may be too heavy to pass through, so you have to cut it.

Li Yuebai rushed to the window sill with the small piece of paper, took a crow feather, dipped it in crow blood, and wrote a few words on it as quickly as possible.

He did not stop to think about what to write, only to make it as quick and brief as possible.

"To Xiaoye, I brought you a bottle of water. It's outside the door on the first floor."

"Dear host, what did you write...?" The system did not have time to get angry, but fell into confusion again.

What is the difference between a message like this and the small notes posted on the refrigerator in an ordinary rental house?

It was clearly a life-and-death situation, after experiencing so many bloody things, and meeting again. It was the only chance to exchange important information, but Li Yuebai only wrote one sentence: I brought you a bottle of water?

Are you a cheerleader at the basketball court? Would you like another towel? Dear host?

The parchment was dipped in the blood of the caster crow and covered with crow feathers, and was easily carried across the barrier.

Ye Qing took the piece of parchment that appeared out of nowhere, just glanced at it, and without hesitation for a second, turned around and walked down the stairs.

He was very familiar with Li Yuebai's calligraphy, so no matter how strange the requirements were, he would do it.

The world that Ye Qing is in is the real world. The door of the Seven Star Tower in the real world is not tightly closed like the one in the barrier that Li Yuebai is in, but is always open.

Outside the door, among the pile of broken rocks overgrown with weeds, there was indeed a bottle of drinking water quietly hidden deep inside, where no one would notice it.

The brand is the most common Nongx Spring. The bottle cap was opened once, and there was actually a seal with Li Yuebai's signature on it.

The drinking water inside is clear and transparent, and looks no different from normal drinking water.

Ye Qing brought the water bottle back to the barrier and cast a puzzled look at the place where the crow feather and parchment floated out.

He could vaguely feel that the place was a passage and Li Yuebai was on the other side.

He threw the letter to himself, but it was not a call for help, nor was it asking himself to break the barrier. Instead, it just gave himself a bottle of water.

What does this mean?

It's for you to drink. Don't think too much, silly child.

Li Yuebai was secretly anxious across the barrier.

It turns out that I don't care enough about my apprentice.

If Ye Qing had always served tea and water and asked about her well-being, he wouldn't be thinking so much now.

In fact, I really don't have any meaning.

I just felt sorry for him because he had been thirsty for so long.