If everyone in the guild is like this, how can they compete with the vampires?
Fortunately, we managed to persuade Gu Yunzhou to come over.
The Blood Hunter Guild Master said, "The purpose of establishing the Blood Clan Guild is to enable humanity to establish itself better, not to start wars. Let's not put the cart before the horse."
*
The vampires were unaware of the Blood Hunter Conference. They were preparing to await the awakening of their king's power. To this end, at Gu Yunzhou's request, they specially modified the room to be the most suitable, and also covered it with an isolation layer to prevent the awakened power from affecting other vampires.
After all, this is a vampire prince.
Standing beside Ji Zhaoming were Gu He and Gu Yunzhou. With five minutes left before the awakening time, he stepped into the coffin and slowly lay down.
Yeah, even though I've lain in there countless times, it still feels a little magical every time.
When a vampire prince awakens, he subconsciously sweeps through his territory. So, after confirming that he had gone inside, Gu He bent down and tapped Ji Zhaoming's bracelet a few times, silently reminding him before saying, "I will wait for the king outside."
"good."
After Gu He left, Ji Zhaoming closed his eyes and listened to the ticking of time in his "bed." Amidst the muffled sound of time, he heard faint footsteps.
Ji Zhaoming opened his eyes and called out, "Gu Yunzhou?"
"Hmm." Gu Yunzhou glanced at the time and said, "After your mental power awakens, you may be trapped in the mental world. If things don't go well, I will wake you up."
“Okay,” Ji Zhaoming replied.
The clock struck a thud, reminding us that time had come.
Almost the instant he heard the bell, the energy within his body began to leak out uncontrollably, and he saw a crack in the coffin beneath him, running from bottom to top.
No, he shouldn't be able to see these things.
"Take a deep breath."
A hand pressed firmly on Ji Zhaoming's wrist, and another calming aura flowed into his veins, slowly calming Ji Zhaoming's agitation.
However, this feeling of peace did not last long. Soon, the pain in his body turned into pain in his brain, as if countless sharp needles were constantly pricking his scalp. Ji Zhaoming's hands gripped the coffin below tightly, leaving a mark. His eyes were bloodshot, and for a moment, he felt that his stomach was empty and he was starving.
There was only one prey in the entire room.
He grabbed Gu Yunzhou's hand with his other hand, and at the same time, fangs grew out. Like a small cannonball, he slammed into Gu Yunzhou at lightning speed, straddling him as he did so. His eyes were red. "Blood?"
However, after searching for a long time, he found no blood. He could only frown and, relying on instinct, bite his neck.
With a terrible headache, Ji Zhaoming thought that taking a bite might make him feel much better.
His teeth were no longer what they were when he first woke up; they were sharp and drew blood the moment they touched Gu Yunzhou's skin.
Gu Yunzhou lowered his eyes and let out a sigh, but did not stop him from doing so.
Their bloodlines instantly intertwined, and Ji Zhaoming, like a traveler who had wandered in the desert for a long time and finally saw an oasis, wanted to drain all of Gu Yunzhou's blood.
Gu Yunzhou's face visibly paled, but he did not stop Ji Zhaoming's actions. Instead, he placed his cold fingers on Ji Zhaoming's temples and rubbed them a few times.
Fortunately, Ji Zhaoming still had a sliver of human rationality and knew that he couldn't keep drinking like that. His head was no longer throbbing so badly, so Ji Zhaoming stopped drinking blood, lay down on Gu Yunzhou, and slowly fell asleep.
The ocean of the spirit, like a star, carried Ji Zhaoming to another world.
Unbeknownst to Ji Zhaoming, Gu Yunzhou looked at Ji Zhaoming in his arms, his expression instantly turning strange. He closed his eyes, carefully feeling the force pulling him.
That was the spiritual energy he had unintentionally released when he was treating Ji Zhaoming's mental state. At the moment Ji Zhaoming awakened, it also pulled him into the deepest part of Ji Zhaoming's mind.
Sizzle.
Sizzle sizzle—
The sound was jarring, like something had broken. Gu Yunzhou was a quiet person, and these sounds made him frown and tilt his head back.
This allowed him to finally see clearly what exactly was making the sound.
A dark sphere appeared in Ji Zhaoming's mental sea.
What's this?!
He hadn't noticed anything when he helped Ji Zhaoming clear his mental sea.
The mental sea is the most important place. Gu Yunzhou subconsciously reached for his waist, where there was a gun, a gun that could even have an effect in the mental sea.
Because the pull was so sudden, Gu Yunzhou didn't have time to unload it.
Gu Yunzhou gripped the gun firmly in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why are you in his mental sea?"
The dark creature was startled and jumped high into the air. Its first reaction was not to run away, but to cover its face.
Gu Yunzhou: ? What the hell?
He suddenly reached out and pulled the dark sphere over.
Through the sphere, he saw a face exactly like his own.
The dark, sphere said dejectedly, "I am the system."
Gu Yunzhou's pupils contracted.
The images flipped so quickly that Gu Yunzhou could barely make out a few scenes: one was Ji Zhaoming standing with him watching fireworks, another was in the laboratory where Ji Zhaoming and he exchanged a knowing glance and smiled at each other, and the last was a car accident where the two were huddled together.
These scattered images, broken and then reassembled, repeatedly flickered before Gu Yunzhou's eyes until finally, they coalesced into a single image.
He stood in the laboratory and gently patted the head of the black ball next to him.
In that scene, Gu Yunzhou said, "From now on, you belong to his system."
His tone was filled with indescribable sadness.
"We must bring him back."
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Chapter 73
<Entwined>
Chapter 73
Ji Zhaoming also lost his way in his spiritual sea of consciousness.
He had expected a splitting headache, like the countless needles that had been piercing him before, but once he finally fell asleep, he was met with tranquility, like still water in springtime. A gentle breeze stirred up a ripple, which quickly subsided into stillness. Sunlight shone on the shimmering surface of the water, and occasionally a bird would fly across it.
Ji Zhaoming even wanted to fall asleep again in this scene.
He approached the water's surface, stirred it with his hand, and saw himself underwater.
His face still looked somewhat immature, and Ji Zhaoming didn't even recognize himself for a moment. It took him a long time to realize that this was when he had just graduated from high school.
Strange, why is this the scene?
Ji Zhaoming stirred the water again with his hand, wanting to see if there were any other scenes.
The moment his hand moved, ripples appeared, and he saw what seemed to be a person standing next to him.
That's Gu Yunzhou.
Ji Zhaoming: ?!
Gu Yunzhou sat beside him, watching the fireflies in the sky together. The bright moonlight shone silvery light on them. Gu Yunzhou's face was a bit more youthful than it is now, and the light in his eyes was also different from how it is now.
If Gu Yunzhou's eyes are like black holes now, then in the scene, Gu Yunzhou's eyes still retain the innocence and fervor of a young boy, and he laughs freely and unrestrainedly.
Seemingly having had enough, Ji Zhaoming tidied up the things around him, sat down with Gu Yunzhou, and said goodbye.
Before leaving, Gu Yunzhou suddenly grabbed Ji Zhaoming's hand and asked, "Are you coming out again tomorrow?"
"Sure." Although they were just new friends, Ji Zhaoming really liked them and asked, "Or would you like to come over to my house tonight?"
Gu Yunzhou's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked expectantly, "Is it okay?"
Ji Zhaoming instantly felt like he had abducted a child, even though they had exchanged ages when they first met, and Gu Yunzhou was two years older than him.
Ji Zhaoming nodded: "Come on."
Seeing that Gu Yunzhou was still hesitating and standing there, Ji Zhaoming simply took his hand and said, "Anyway, there's no one at my house, so you can keep me company. Oh, by the way, you can stay at my house tonight."
He pulled him along, and Gu Yunzhou obediently followed behind him.
Suddenly remembering something, Ji Zhaoming released Gu Yunzhou's hand and clapped his hands together: "Oh right, I just bought a game console a few days ago, and I was worried about who would play with me. You—"
A car swerved and sped toward him. The driver seemed to be drunk and didn't realize he was about to hit someone.
Ji Zhaoming's pupils constricted, and he subconsciously wanted to back away, but under the shadow of this behemoth, his hands and feet were ice-cold, and he didn't even know how to control it. As the car got closer and closer to him, Ji Zhaoming trembled and wanted to take a step back.
But it was too late.
At the last moment, the driver seemed to realize something was wrong and tried to step on the brake, but instead stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped toward Ji Zhaoming.
It's too fast; it's beyond human reaction time.
Ji Zhaoming could only close his eyes, hoping that he wouldn't leave any bad impression on his friends.
His wrist was suddenly pulled, followed by a warm body temperature on his back. Ji Zhaoming was dragged forward and fell to the ground.
In an instant, Ji Zhaoming realized the situation before him, quickly got up from the ground, and looked back. Gu Yunzhou was lying on the ground with his eyes closed and covered in blood.
Ji Zhaoming tremblingly reached out his hand and called out, "Gu... Gu Yunzhou?"
The person on the ground heard the sound, barely opened their eyes, smiled slightly at him, and seemed to say something.
Ji Zhaoming bent over, held her breath, and dared not even shed a tear, for fear of disturbing the person on the ground: "What did you say?"
“I…” Gu Yunzhou said, “Don’t be afraid, forget about all this.”
Gu Yunzhou covered Ji Zhaoming's eyes with his blood-covered hands: "I'm just taking a nap."
Time seemed to stand still. The drunken driver in the car stopped moving, and Ji Zhaoming sat blankly on the ground, his eyes covered and motionless.
The wind blew by, carrying Gu Yunzhou away from the ground.
The driver scratched his head, walked over to Ji Zhaoming, and asked, "Are you alright?"
"No." Ji Zhaoming glanced at the driver strangely, then shook his head and answered.
He got up from the ground, dusted himself off, and continued walking towards home. Halfway there, he suddenly turned around and glanced at the car that was still standing there.
Strange, how did he escape unscathed at such a high speed and such a close distance?
Ripples returned to the surface of the water, and Ji Zhaoming stared blankly at the water, which had returned to normal, somewhat unable to process what had happened.