World-saving Plan: The Only Savior
Chapter 340 - 224 Jin Bao’s Awakening

Chapter 340: Chapter 224 Jin Bao’s Awakening

This time, Zhang Xiaoman was definitely not going to let it just lie there, after all, he had already experienced a previous failure and he couldn’t possibly make the same mistake again.

"Jin Bao, don’t move, I only had Ye Cang prepare two sets of Awakening materials today, this is the last chance, to ensure success, I can only put you at a disadvantage."

As he spoke, he reached behind him and took a large bundle of rope from the Star Guard beside him, then smiled warmly at the dog.

Two minutes later, Jin Bao dog looked utterly dismayed as he was tied to the stone platform, completely bound and unable to move an inch, whimpering from time to time, his little eyes full of innocence.

Zhang Xiaoman was unmoved; he patted Jin Bao’s dog head signaling not to worry, then took out a syringe, drew a little blood, and prepared to start the Awakening.

"Don’t be scared, it’ll be over soon, those are just illusions, there’s nothing to worry about."

As Zhang Xiaoman spoke, he was about to drip the blood when he suddenly seemed to think of something, turned around, and went to get a piece of useless scrap cloth from below in the resting area, which he tied over the dog’s eyes so it couldn’t see anything.

Having done all this, he continued with the Awakening steps from before and dripped the blood onto the stone platform. The whole platform immediately lit up again, and Jin Bao dog was pulled into the illusion once more.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow!!!!"

("Save me! Save me! Save me!")

The next moment, Jin Bao dog’s cries of distress once again rang out in the hall; only this time because it was tied up, no matter how it struggled, it couldn’t move.

Zhang Xiaoman frowned, thinking that just covering the eyes seemed to be ineffective after all; the illusion seemed more like something at the mental level, not influenced by sight.

However, he was fortunate he had tied Jin Bao up; now, it seemed that this method was indeed feasible.

He thought this and suddenly had an epiphany — a thought he’d just had was captured in an instant.

"Spiritual power! Could it be the cause is the spiritual power?! For the previous Awakeners, the amount of time it took for their thoughts to go from confused to clear varied, could this be due to their varying levels of spiritual power?"

He glanced at the Master of the Stars ring on his hand and remembered the scene of everyone Awakening; he couldn’t help thinking to himself:

"That’s it, the varying duration of Awakening should be related to spiritual power, different people have different resistances to illusions due to the strength of their spiritual power."

Zhang Xiaoman felt he had gotten hold of the key point, which exactly fit the effect of the Dragon Sleep Stone.

With one of his troubling problems solved, Zhang Xiaoman’s mood also improved significantly; all that was left was to wait patiently for Jin Bao dog to complete the Awakening.

Time slowly passed amid the dog’s struggles, and finally, when all the light converged back, the Jin Bao on the stone platform had successfully completed the Awakening.

Zhang Xiaoman quickly went over to untie the ropes and turned it over to check; he saw that the sign of the Eye of the Starry Sky was already engraved upon its skin, beneath its fur.

"Success, tying it up really worked! As long as you make sure that the parts of the body in contact with the stone platform don’t separate during the Awakening process, that’s all you need!"

He thought this, feeling that he had now added an extra layer of security for helping newcomers awaken in the future.

If he noticed that someone was losing control, he simply had to intervene promptly, restraining the other’s movements in some way, then he could easily complete the Awakening, without worrying about wasting materials anymore.

Jin Bao finally completed the Enlightenment Ceremony, and now when Zhang Xiaoman looked at it again, he could already call up the unique attribute panel from its body.

[Jin Bao]

Master: Zhang Xiaoman

Stage: Enlightenment

Dark Energy: 100/100

Skill: Following the Way of Heaven, Thunder Strike

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Zhang Xiaoman observed its attributes and, just as he thought, it already possessed 100 points of Dark Energy.

Moreover, it had two skills, Thunder Strike and Following the Way of Heaven, and in the System Guild member list, there was also an entry for Jin Bao.

Looking at the ’inactive’ status above, Zhang Xiaoman had no intention of activating it for the time being. After all, Jin Bao didn’t need a hearthstone. If he wanted to come in, all he had to do was use the Summoning Technique. Summoning from within didn’t require the Shield to be turned off.

At this moment, Lin Sisi’s gaze towards Jin Bao was no longer unfocused. In her perception, she could now clearly see Jin Bao’s form.

Upon reaching the open space above, Zhang Xiaoman immediately planned to have Jin Bao test the skill to see what its power was like.

"Jin Bao, use Thunder Strike!"

He pointed at a small tree in the distance and waited expectantly for the dog to unleash the skill.

...

"Woof?"

Jin Bao the dog stood there puzzled, looking at his master with confusion.

The air suddenly became quiet, and Lin Sisi couldn’t help but laugh, "Brother Xiao Man, maybe it doesn’t know what ’Thunder Strike’ means. You need to explain it in more detail."

After giving it some thought, Zhang Xiaoman ran to the tree, patted it, and said, "Jin Bao, attack it."

Not far away, Jin Bao understood the command and immediately scampered over, biting the trunk.

Zhang Xiaoman facepalmed, picking up the dog with resignation and placing him back at a distance. He pointed at the tree and said, "Stay here, don’t move, attack that tree!"

On hearing this, Jin Bao instinctively wanted to run over and bite it again but was quickly stopped by Zhang Xiaoman.

"Don’t move, just stand here. Don’t use biting, attack it from a distance, use lightning to blast it!"

Yet Jin Bao still looked at his master completely befuddled, not understanding what he was being asked to do at all. You’re making things difficult for me, Pang Hu, aren’t you? The dog seemed to say.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Xiaoman also understood that his pet hadn’t grasped his meaning. He scratched his head, feeling somewhat frustrated, "Looks like I need to figure out a way to make it understand what ’lightning’ means first. Otherwise, it won’t be able to use the skill..."

In this situation, he was somewhat helpless too. The Communication Skill allowed the other party to understand his words, but that was just understanding the language, not like some kind of telepathy.

It’s like explaining the word ’cellphone’ to someone who has never heard of one; they wouldn’t understand what it is either.

However, explaining what a Thunder Strike is using just words wasn’t impossible, but trying to explain it to a dog and getting it to understand was a different challenge altogether.

Zhang Xiaoman looked around, pondering how to explain Thunder Strike when suddenly his gaze fell on something that gave him an idea.