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I certainly wasn't familiar with the situation. I raised my eyes to look at the woman. She had some beauty, but dressed as she was and without any adornment, it was hard to tell just how attractive she really was. However, from her fingers, it was clear she had never done any heavy labor.
This woman was named Cui Liu, and I was Cui Zhi. Could this woman be my wife?
"Darling..." the woman turned to look at me, tears streaming down her face.
I was taken aback; it really was true. This fat Jailer had actually brought this woman's body here.
The Jailer chuckled, "Cui Zhi, you used to be quite the figure. You passed the Scholar examination, became a Juren in the Provincial Examination, and even married the beautiful daughter of Liu Yuanwai! Your first half of life has been worth it, but this is a chaotic world! In my territory, it doesn't matter whether you're wronged or not; I decide your fate! If you're a revolutionary, then you are! If you're a rebel, then you are! Heh heh, since you're about to die anyway, why not let you and your wife have a moment of warmth before the end?"
I looked at the Jailer, unsure of what he intended to do. From his words, it seemed we were in the late Qing Dynasty. During that time, various anti-Qing movements and revolutionary factions were on the rise, and the Qing Dynasty was nearing its end.
The Jailer seemed oblivious to my thoughts; he just continued to chuckle. "Oh, I forgot, Cui Zhi. You can only lie on the ground now and can't move at all. How can you have that moment? Let me take your place and enjoy some time with this beautiful daughter of Yuanwai; you surely won't mind, right?" With that, the Jailer ripped off the woman's clothes.
"Ah!" The woman cried out and turned to bite the Jailer on the face.
The Jailer laughed sinisterly and reached out to grab her neck before proceeding to assault her while deliberately letting me see.
I knew this was all an illusion. However, even knowing it was a mirage, I still felt a surge of anger. In chaotic times, human lives are as cheap as dogs. Perhaps we think that justice in the twenty-first century is dark enough already, but compared to the past, things are much better now with social media platforms like Weibo and WeChat groups. Although there are still shadows lingering due to corruption, significant improvements have been made under Xi Zong's strong measures against graft. If we truly fell into a situation like that in the Middle East, lives would indeed be worthless.
Just as I was about to speak...
The woman's face suddenly turned purple. She looked at me with her last ounce of strength and cried out, "Darling, I... I'm still innocent." Then she died.
It turned out she had hidden poison beneath her nails all along.
The Jailer was taken aback and spat before pushing her away.
I saw Cui Liu's spirit suddenly rise up. Her resentment surged; she felt both sorrow for her husband and hatred for that despicable Jailer. As her spirit ascended, it transformed into a mass of Evil Spirit that lunged toward the Jailer.
The Jailer seemed completely unaware.
At that moment, the entire Interrogation Room suddenly flickered with red light. The crimson glow surged toward Cui Liu's ghost, binding it and lifting it into the air.
The Blood Child Evil Spirit looked at Cui Liu's ghost, chuckling sinisterly, then opened its mouth and began to devour Cui Liu's spirit bit by bit.
I raised my head to glance at this scene, then immediately lowered it, suddenly realizing something!
I looked at the Jailer. There was a look of disdain in the Jailer’s eyes.
A Taoist! A Soul Binding Array capable of restraining spirits!
This Jailer was actually an evil Taoist!
The reason this interrogation room felt so eerie was that it housed a Blood Child Evil Spirit! To help the Blood Child Evil Spirit grow rapidly, the Jailer had set up a Soul Binding Array in this prison! Moreover, he needed souls filled with Resentment; the greater the Resentment, the better the nourishment for the Blood Child Evil Spirit!
Thus, the Jailer not only tortured these prisoners to instill Resentment in them but even captured their family members to further provoke their Resentment, turning them into Evil Spirits that would become delicacies for the Blood Child Evil Spirit.
Having pieced all this together, I began to understand why this place frequently experienced time distortions, why the Meiyuan Club was suddenly overrun with Evil Spirits, and why employees at the Ancient Style Teahouse mysteriously vanished—all of it must be related to this prison and the Soul Binding Array!
It was highly likely that this Soul Binding Array and the Evil Spirit had never left this place, which explained why incidents kept occurring in these buildings!
This was the source!
At that moment, the Jailer chuckled and said, “Cui Zhi, where’s your literary pride? Where’s your anger? I’ve had my fun with your wife, yet I can’t even see your fury. Ah, what a disgrace to a scholar! It seems you’re of no use now. Guards! Bring me the guillotine and execute him!”
One of the guards pushed a large guillotine forward while another dragged me toward it.
I certainly couldn’t die; I was about to resist.
Suddenly, there was a loud rumble, and the entire cell began to shake.
“Not good, Jailer! It seems the Foreign Devil's cannons are firing at us again!” a soldier shouted as he rushed down.
"What's there to be afraid of! I'm in the basement; the shells can't reach us!" The Jailer impatiently slapped the table. "Everyone, stay calm."
"Boom!"
A massive stone suddenly fell, crashing directly onto the Jailer’s head, flattening him—this was no shell; it was an earthquake...
I stood there, stunned, as I witnessed the Jailer being killed right before my eyes. To be honest, he was supposed to be a major boss character; according to the storyline, he should have lasted until the end. I never expected him to die like this.
At that moment, more stones began to fall.
I realized I had to run quickly; otherwise, I would be crushed alive here. Taking a deep breath, I kicked the guard beside me out of the way and dashed toward a corner.
I knew quite a bit about escaping during an earthquake. In such situations, if you can't get out through an exit, you should hide in a triangular corner or beneath a large rock. This way, if stones fall, something will support you and prevent immediate death.
"Ahhhh..." Cries echoed throughout the prison.
This was a cell from the Late Qing Dynasty. In this era, there was no longer any fairness in the judiciary. The entire cell was packed with thousands of prisoners, regardless of whether they had committed crimes or not. They were thrown in first and waited for their families to pay money for their release. Those from wealthy families had to pay more, while those from poorer backgrounds could pay less. If someone couldn't come up with any money at all, too bad—they would just remain locked up.
With the earthquake occurring, most of these people were crushed to death.
At that moment, a Blood Child Evil Spirit let out a sharp laugh. The Soul Binding Array around the cell activated, trapping countless vengeful souls. The Blood Child began devouring the surrounding Vengeful Spirits and then swiftly darted toward the Jailer’s corpse on the ground. With a howl, it tore off the Jailer’s head.
Vengeful spirits feast upon their masters!
After consuming the Jailer’s head, the Blood Child's bloodlust surged; its body became even more vibrant. It flew toward me, its two dark eyes shimmering with a green glow.
"Reincarnation is endless; centuries pass by. I... like newcomers!" The Blood Child rushed toward me.
In that moment of clarity, I looked at the Blood Child and finally understood! This was a prison filled with countless vengeful souls. Originally, the Jailer intended to use the aura of these souls to nurture his pet—the boy. Thus, he set up the Soul Binding Array outside the prison so that all vengeful spirits could not escape and would be trapped by this formation, becoming food for the Blood Child.
But then a massive earthquake struck! After which, the Jailer was crushed to death, and as the Blood Child consumed him—Evil Spirits feast upon their masters—it gained its freedom!
However, although the Jailer was dead, the Soul Binding Array remained. This time, too many had died, and countless vengeful spirits were trapped within the Soul Binding Array, unable to escape, unable to reincarnate, forced to exist endlessly within its confines.
As a result, the energy gathered from these vengeful spirits caused a disturbance in the fabric of time and space in this area.
The Meiyuan Club was built right on this site. During its construction, the Soul Binding Array was inadvertently disturbed, causing the vengeful spirits to surge forth. This led to the girls in the Meiyuan Club becoming mentally unstable, often shouting things like, "Don't hit me! I confess, I confess..." Eventually, it culminated in a fire that destroyed the Meiyuan Club entirely.
Later on, the Ancient Style Teahouse was established. It was also affected by the Soul Binding Array; however, that particular room served as the focal point of the array. Entering it during the day was manageable, but at night or when using a mirror inside, it would trigger disturbances in time and space, causing people to vanish completely!
The root of all these issues lay with these Evil Spirits and the Soul Binding Array itself.
If I could just open the Soul Binding Array and release these vengeful spirits, then this place would naturally return to peace. But where would these spirits go once freed? If I let them out now, would it throw everything into chaos? Is everything happening now an illusion, another dimension, or is it truly a hundred years ago? Would releasing these Evil Spirits create a butterfly effect that alters the world a century later?
My head was starting to ache.
But now, time did not allow me to ponder such matters any longer because the Blood Child had already rushed up beside me.
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