Chapter 68: Escape…

For two consecutive days, Zheng Yichen had found no chance to escape. These Ghost Maids were far too watchful. They would react immediately to even the slightest unusual movement. It was not until the third day that Zheng Yichen finally found a good opportunity!

Looking at the two remaining Ghostly Little Maids in front of him, he thought his chance had come. All the other Ghost Maids were out, busy dealing with the figures gradually approaching from the outside world, so they didn’t have much energy left to focus on him anymore. From the Ghost Maids’ current actions, Zheng Yichen could also tell that the situation outside was really not good.

“How about… let’s play cards?”

The two Ghostly Little Maids stared blankly at Zheng Yichen without any reaction. In a way, perhaps they had sensed Zheng Yichen’s little scheme. The Ghostly Little Maids had been swapped a day ago. They were no longer the one who liked to play with guns, nor the one who enjoyed drinking beverages. These two were the kind whose mood would become gloomy when they had no companions around them.

Although not as extreme as Grudge dolls, being stared at by them constantly still made Zheng Yichen feel quite uneasy. In short, these two Ghostly Little Maids were among the ones most like ‘ghosts’ among the Ghost Maids.

As for age, although they looked young, these two were actually among the oldest of the Ghost Maids. However, their mental state was similar to that of the other Ghostly Little Maids, which was related to their experiences before death.

“I’m talking to you, can you please smile a little?” Stared at by two expressionless faces, Zheng Yichen rustled through his bag. He pulled out two bamboo helicopters and gave one to each of them. Zheng Yichen’s bag was filled with things he had secretly prepared. There were props he had made himself and many toys, all meant to fo… win over the Ghostly Little Maids. Yet he had ended up with two of the most difficult ones to handle.

The two Ghostly Little Maids still wore blank expressions. Hearing Zheng Yichen’s words, each used one hand to pull at the corner of her own mouth, forcefully stretching it upward into an arc. It should have been a cute gesture, but combined with their gloomy aura, such a stretch could immediately frighten a child into crying!

“Forget it…” Zheng Yichen waved his hand weakly. He took out something that looked like a monocle and, under the slightly puzzled gazes of the two Ghostly Little Maids, put it over his eye. Three minutes later, he finally removed it from his eye, revealing a strange expression. It really was quite urgent.

The Ghost Maids were now voluntarily strengthening the Barrier covering the castle. However, the effect of this action wasn’t very good because their overall strength paled in comparison to Loris. Even by consuming extra power to reinforce the Barrier, the effect was limited.

Worse still, they couldn’t contact Loris…

“So it still falls to me to save the day.”

Glancing at the two Ghostly Little Maids, Zheng Yichen poured out most of the small toys he had made from his bag. A pile of small toys heaped up before them. Even though these two little maids had faint emotions, this sight left them confused.

This pile of toys was like a small hill. After emptying them out, the bag Zheng Yichen carried had a large empty space. Watching him walk toward his room, the two Ghostly Little Maids casually tossed the bamboo helicopters in their hands onto the toy pile. Other little maids might have had their attention captured by these things, but to these two, they were meaningless!

The little maid following Zheng Yichen saw him squatting before the workbench he had set up, muttering to himself and fiddling with something. The two little maids immediately moved closer. Seeing his actions, one of them instantly jumped onto Zheng Yichen’s claw, intending to stop him.

Hmm… Can’t handle you when there are many, but what about when there are few? Bullying children or something… This Ghostly Little Maid was casually tossed by Zheng Yichen into a hanging flower basket hammock. The second Ghostly Little Maid couldn’t escape the same fate.

“Hmph~ In one minute, the Magic cast on this door will fail.” Zheng Yichen looked rather smugly at the Ghostly Little Maids in the hanging flower basket hammocks. With a Transmigrator’s imagination, it was too easy to conceal things from these Ghost Maids. The simplest method was to make many seemingly unrelated items, but by selecting their main structures and reassembling them, they became one important thing.

Since it was impossible for all these Ghost Maids to watch him at all times, Zheng Yichen’s scheming came in handy.

“Don’t worry, I’ll come back safely.” Zheng Yichen gently tapped the head of one Ghostly Little Maid with a finger, grinning as he hung the bag around his neck. Although it looked a bit tacky, hanging it there was also the most convenient place to use it.

Leaving his room, he held back a cheer of escape and strode outward. His left eye still wore that monocle, which displayed images fed back by some small inventions he had set up around the castle.

There was no such thing as wireless signals in this world, but things like Magic transmission existed! Based on this principle, Zheng Yichen had also managed to create an Otherworld version of a monitor. Although the pixel quality wasn’t high, it was sufficient for use. More importantly, the main detection method of the device he created was ‘seeing’, not Magic scanning, so the Mana Fluctuation it emitted was very faint, extremely difficult to detect.

It was precisely because of this device that Zheng Yichen, even without leaving the house, maintained a certain level of understanding of the situation outside.

One minute later, when the two Ghostly Little Maids freed themselves from the hanging flower basket hammocks, the other Ghost Maids received the news that Zheng Yichen had run away. Unfortunately, although one minute was short, it was enough time for Zheng Yichen’s speed to carry him far out of sight.

“Hohoho~ Which way should I run next… Oh, this way should be good!” Zheng Yichen picked a direction and pushed through the trees, heading straight over. He didn’t fly because the commotion of taking off was too big and would inevitably be noticed early by those people from The Church. As for the chosen direction, it was the direction where he had last lost track of the black-robed man’s location.

Regardless of whether those people were there or not, since the Sanctuary Church had demonstrated such strong tracking capabilities, Zheng Yichen didn’t mind causing them some trouble. They were people he didn’t know anyway. If they were good people, the Sanctuary Church wouldn’t give them a hard time… and if they were bad people, wasn’t that even better?

“Huh? The range has changed.” Even though she couldn’t use her own ability to track the controller of the Magic Arms summon, without using that ability, she still had some unique methods of her own. Perhaps they weren’t as good as her ability, but with a target, they were sufficient for follow-up tracking. Therefore, as soon as Zheng Yichen’s position changed, she noticed some faint traces. Using her experience, she quickly picked up on some of Zheng Yichen’s tracks from these faint traces.

The traces became clearer and clearer. Previously, she could only search vaguely, probably because he was staying in some ‘sanctuary’ that interfered with her. Now that the interference was gone, the tracking could proceed more smoothly!

As for that sanctuary… Dan Marina glanced at the Sanctuary Church people beside her. “No need to search here anymore. The target has changed location. If we hurry, we can find him.”