My vampire princess wants to repay a debt of gratitude.

Unicorn Heart reminded him.

Meng Jiaona felt her heart beat a beat slower.

……

The spirit world.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the once barren wasteland was now tinged with emerald green, and a clear dividing line seemed to have appeared.

Lin Mo and Ye Zimo continued forward and finally found a low-lying house.

A red roof, and white smoke billowing from the chimney.

A row of bells hangs under the eaves, and they ring when someone approaches.

Lin Mo knocked politely on the door.

The door creaked open.

This is a giant dressed in a white robe, standing 3 meters tall, with a white mask covering his face, revealing only one dark, hollow eye.

Behind the white-robed man was a timid girl who looked to be only about thirteen years old. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, and her small face still had two patches of high-altitude redness and baby fat. Although she wasn't pretty, she looked very cute. At this moment, she was nervously watching Lin Mo and Ye Zimo.

A hint of joy flashed in Ye Zimo's red eyes.

She knew this was the guide she had been looking for.

Some special souls accidentally wander into the spirit world and are given a dedicated guide to lead them out of the wasteland, across the abyss, and to the other side.

Everyone's destination is different; for some, it's heaven, and for others, it's the human world.

Those who enter Heaven will receive proof of permanent residency in the spirit world and will be protected by the spirit world lord, thus avoiding harm from other spirit world monsters.

Those who return to the human world are essentially those who have recovered from a serious illness and are now returning to normal life.

Furthermore, not every soul can successfully leave the spirit world, because the spirit world harbors countless dangers.

This guide is clearly responsible for guiding the girl's soul to the other side.

Ye Zimo didn't give the guide a chance to react; her hand pierced through the guide's body and pulled out a heart.

"Don't open the door to strangers in the wilderness."

She said it calmly.

The guide fell into a pool of blood.

The girl behind the guide trembled with fear and turned to run into the inner room.

Lin Mo knew that Ye Zimo did all this to save him, and that the tall spirit creature had also shown a greedy look in its eyes when it saw him.

As long as the soul is not under the guide's responsibility, the guide can eat the soul just like any other monster.

Therefore, they are all prey in each other's eyes, and there is no concept of good or evil.

Ye Zimo and Lin Mo went into the house and closed the door.

Ye Zimo looked up at Lin Mo: "Go and comfort that girl. We need her to get out of here."

"What about you?"

"I'll be responsible for skinning, disguising myself as the guide."

Ye Zimo answered.

Lin Mo swallowed hard, nodded, walked to the locked room door, and knocked.

"Hello, we mean no harm, can we talk?"

"Who...who...who are you people?"

The girl asked tearfully, her panic evident in her voice, but the fact that she still had the courage to ask such a question at a time like this showed she was a brave girl.

“We’re here to save you. Don’t you think we look more like you than that man in the white robe?”

Lin Mo had been making up stories to coax Lin Xuan since she was a child, so she had some experience in fooling little girls.

The girl thought about it and felt that Lin Mo and Ye Zimo were indeed more like their kind than the 3-meter-tall white-robed man; at least in appearance, they were all human.

"Save me? But he said he would lead me out of here."

"He's lying to you. Only you can get out of here. We're companions, both of us who stumbled into this world by accident. My name is Lin Mo, what's yours?"

“I…I am Wang Xiaoyun.”

Chapter 198 Trust

Lin Mo then had a long and sincere conversation with Wang Xiaoyun, essentially distorting his own experiences to tell the girl that many others had also mistakenly wandered into this place, which gradually made the girl less wary, and she slowly opened the door.

How did you get in?

Lin Mo asked gently, much like how he would coax a child to sleep. Lin Mo was very experienced in this area; when his younger sister was naughty, he only needed to tell her a bedtime story to put her to sleep.

The secret is to be gentle and use a mother's tone of voice, otherwise you will be rejected by the little girl.

"I...I remember I was sitting on the bus, on my way to school, when some people on the bus started arguing, arguing with the driver. The driver seemed to have been provoked by something, and he turned the bus around and drove it off the overpass. We all fell into the river with the bus, and then I don't remember anything. When I woke up, I was already here...Lin...Brother Lin Mo, am I dead?"

Wang Xiaoyun asked nervously and sensitively.

Ye Zimo suddenly squeezed Lin Mo's hand, and Lin Mo looked up and saw her eyes.

Ye Zimo shook her head, indicating that she should not agitate her. Ye Zimo reminded her in a voice only Lin Mo could hear: "If her soul is agitated again, it may collapse and turn into a monster in the wasteland. Then we will have no way to get out through her."

Lin Mo, behind the door, paused for two seconds before continuing in a gentle tone, "Can you swim?"

"I can."

Wang Xiaoyun answered affirmatively.

Lin Mo continued, "If you can swim, maybe you swam out of the car. After drowning, there will be a certain blank period in your brain, so it's normal not to remember that part of the memory."

"really?"

Wang Xiaoyun seemed to recall something, as if she had actually swum out of the car, and she exhaled a heavy breath.

"Ah."

Lin Mo gave an affirmative answer, and only then did she open the door.

Lin Mo knew that this was probably to gain the girl's trust.

"Brother Lin Mo, are there really many people like me?"

Wang Xiaoyun asked, and Lin Mo nodded, pointing to himself: "Like me."

In such a tense atmosphere, Wang Xiaoyun was amused by Lin Mo's words, but the next second, her legs trembled with fear.

Because Ye Zimo had already donned the skin of the guide, she now looked almost exactly like the guide, wearing a white mask and a white robe, and standing 3 meters tall.

Increasing her height is not difficult for her; she doesn't even need to wear stilts, she just needs to float in mid-air.

In short, the way the guide walks is almost like floating.

Wang Xiaoyun immediately hid behind Lin Mo, who comforted her, "Don't be nervous, it's a companion."

Ye Zimo took off her mask, and Wang Xiaoyun breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Ye Zimo's beautiful yet indifferent face.

Lin Mo explained it to her: because there are many monsters in the wasteland, someone must pretend to be a monster in order to successfully deceive them and get out.

Through Ye Zimo, Lin Mo also gained a general understanding of how to get out.

This green wasteland is a manifestation of the girl's subconscious mind. She needs to cross this wasteland of subconsciousness, walk to the Abyss Sea, and reach the other side before she can leave the spirit world.

This subconscious wasteland, unique to girls, cannot be escaped without them.

But bringing her along might prevent her from leaving because of her fear.

Lin Mo and Ye Zimo are outsiders, as are the monsters in the wasteland. They are ready to invade at any time, ready to tear the girl's soul apart, turn her into food, or provoke her into a monster, making her one of them.

In short, this place is fraught with danger.

Lin Mo began to feel that he had made a foolish decision.

What will happen to my sister if I die here?

Okay, I guess I'll have to leave it to my aunt.

Lin Mo sighed, looking at Ye Zimo, who had transformed into a white robe, his eyes filled with guilt.

"Believe me."

Ye Zimo put the mask back on.

These three words made Lin Mo feel inexplicably at ease.

Wang Xiaoyun tugged at Lin Mo's sleeve: "Brother, let's hurry up. The monster told me that we must get out before dark, or we'll encounter something terrible."

Lin Mo frowned: "Is it dark here?"

Wang Xiaoyun nodded emphatically: "Of course."

She said it was definitely true, and Lin Mo felt that she had asked another unnecessary question.

The wasteland is relatively safe during the day because the girl subconsciously believes that sunlight is a form of safety. However, at night, anyone can have wild thoughts, and all sorts of monsters imagined in the subconscious can appear. Monsters from the spirit world can also take the opportunity to appear in the form of various monsters in the girl's mind, thus strengthening their power.

Therefore, once night falls, the entire Spirit Realm Wasteland becomes extremely dangerous.

If Lin Mo floated into the air, he would discover that the Spirit Realm Wasteland was boundless because it was connected by the subconscious wastelands of countless souls. Each person's subconscious was ever-changing, so the color of the wasteland and the monsters encountered on it were all different.

"Your form may need to change."

Ye Zimo looked at Lin Mo, who was taken aback.

"A guide can only guide one soul."

Ye Zimo looked at Lin Mo and Wang Xiaoyun, and Wang Xiaoyun's body trembled slightly.

Lin Mo immediately understood, and he pointed to himself: "How do I change?"

Ye Zimo reached out and grasped Lin Mo's hand. The next moment, Lin Mo's soul transformed into a white cat.

Ye Zimo hugged the white cat to her chest and looked at Wang Xiaoyun: "Let's go."

Wang Xiaoyun followed nervously behind Ye Zimo. She felt that this older sister looked particularly cold, but she was unusually reassuring.

Perhaps it's because she's so powerful that she always feels there's nothing she can't handle.