0p0 Chapter 354 [Yanjing Incident] Prison (6)
Chapter 354 [Yanjing Incident] Prison (6)
The law enforcement officer walked step by step toward Chen Ji.
At the same time, Zhang Cheng felt a chill run through his body; he had seen it with his own eyes...
Chen Ji's face was covered in blood, his flesh torn open, as if slashed by an invisible blade. A new line of words was etched onto the original brand:
Theft
Zhang Cheng's lips trembled uncontrollably, but Chen Ji simply waved his hand, the meaning clear:
You go first.
"..."
Zhang Cheng gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran towards the hall outside the corridor!
Soon, only the clanging sound of metal armor scraping against each other echoed in the corridor.
Chen Ji then slipped the black iron key into his pocket.
His purpose in entering the Netherworld this time was not merely to shut down the out-of-control Netherworld.
It was also to get Du Muyu and Zhang Cheng out safely!
The incident happened suddenly, and the black-haired boy ran faster than a mouse, so he could only take out the stolen key to attract the attention of the law enforcement officers.
Without hesitation, Chen Ji turned around and looked at the other side of the corner, just in time to see the boy's figure disappear behind a door.
He touched the terracotta figurine in his pocket.
Chen Ji activated Night Walk, and his speed instantly became extremely fast. He had realized that the law enforcement officer could not teleport behind him at all times.
Otherwise, the other side would have caught prisoner number 001 long ago.
Outside the corridor, a torrential downpour shrouded the entire space in darkness, with only a faint light emanating from the door at the end.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Ji had already burst through the door.
Suddenly, a burst of boisterous laughter rang in his ears!
What came into view was a restaurant, where several teenage boys were sitting around a wooden table, chatting excitedly.
The disfigured thief was among them.
However, he was somewhat out of place with the others; his movements were tense, even stiff.
"...Is he an NPC in this Netherworld? Did he gain self-awareness because he went out of control?"
A ridiculous idea popped into Chen Ji's mind, but before he could think about it, the restaurant suddenly fell silent.
It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The boys all suddenly stopped talking and turned their gazes to Chen Ji.
"who are you?"
Someone asked.
"and who are you?"
Chen Ji didn't answer, but instead asked a question, while slowly shuffling towards the back of the restaurant.
He could hear the law enforcement officer slowly walking towards the restaurant entrance!
The boy thief was looking around nervously. Chen Ji wondered if it was just his imagination, but he seemed to be getting shorter and shorter, as if he were crawling under the table like a pupa.
The young men gathered around the table said a name.
It's unfamiliar; I've never heard of it.
"What are you doing here?"
Chen Ji asked again, by which time he was very close to the back door of the restaurant.
"Wait for someone," a fat man said. "Wait for our captain."
team leader?
Before Chen Ji could even ask a question, he heard the sound of chains being pulled from outside the door.
"It's time for you to go."
The fat man chuckled and said that he looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and looked a lot like the kind of chubby boy who was very popular in Chen Ji's old school.
He doesn't seem to be a ghost.
Chen Ji was silent for two seconds, but if it appeared here, it wouldn't be a human.
It's more like a fabricated illusion.
"It's time for you to go."
Another boy repeated it, pointing to the wooden door at the back of the restaurant.
He was gesturing for Chen Ji to go there.
At this moment, Chen Ji noticed that the thief had suddenly disappeared, apparently having slipped under the dining table.
Does this really work?
Looking at the group of young boys surrounding the dining table, Chen Ji frowned. He had a deep-seated doubt that he could hide like a thief.
To be honest, this scene in the restaurant was so abrupt and disjointed, it felt like a dream...
Without saying anything more, he rushed toward the wooden door deeper inside.
The moment Chen Ji slipped into the room, the smile on the fat man's face vanished instantly.
It's not just him.
Everyone at the table had a blank expression.
Like a pre-programmed sequence, he walked forward mechanically, opened the door, and then remained motionless.
A jet-black helmetless armor slowly emerged from the shadows, its rotting neck twisting as if a non-existent head were staring at the boys...
......
Chen Ji's figure disappeared into the darkness.
Following the boy's directions in the restaurant, he entered through the wooden door and ran quickly into a small hut.
A putrid stench permeated the air.
Deep inside the cabin, Chen Ji found a ladder leading upwards!
However... this is different from the spiral staircase leading up from the first-floor prison; this is a straight staircase, very simple, and rusty.
Even if it leads to the third floor, it's definitely not the staircase Zhang Cheng walked down when he was dragged down.
He carefully climbed up, and looking around, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
here it is......
"execution ground."
Chen Ji silently read the two large characters engraved on the wall.
The ground was wet, as if it had been splashed with black blood, and the stench was overwhelming; looking at it this way, perhaps we can now explain what that little hut we climbed up was used for.
It's called an execution ground, but there are no instruments of torture here.
Only on the table in the very center was there a stone slab.
Chen Ji walked towards the stone slab through the blood, and by the dim candlelight, he stared intently at it:
Execution Record
Trespassing
[Prisoner: 001,000,002,003]
[Criminal Charge: Unlawful activity on private property]
Thief No. 0 also committed this crime....
Why after Prisoner Number 1?
Is he actually a native of this Netherworld?
Chen Ji's eyes flickered slightly as he thought of another anomaly.
Chen Ji hadn't had time to ask before, but he was absolutely certain that he had never told the thief his full name!
He actually referred to Zhang Cheng as "Xiao Chen"!
However, the thief called out his full name, "Chen Ji," with practiced ease.
Is this related to the thief's amnesia? Or is it a skill of the thief?
If he is not an ordinary person, why would he become a "criminal" and be hunted by law enforcement officers?
Chen Ji pondered slowly as he continued reading.
Below appears to be a diagram illustrating punishments.
The person in the painting is wearing shackles, has no facial features, and is branded with the words "Trespassing," and is lying on the ground.
Its legs were cut off and placed aside.
In the next picture, only a suit of armor without feet remains, guarding the castle gate.
The annotation next to it is written in a very formal style, and after translation, it roughly means: Since you have trespassed into the "prison," then you don't need to come out.
In other words... Chen Ji calculated that in about 3 hours, their legs would be cut off by the law enforcement officers and they would be turned into castle guard puppets.
Then Chen Ji continued to look to the side, now focusing more on the "theft" crime.
Theft is a strange crime. Theoretically, it is more serious than trespassing, but it actually gives thieves more time to survive, up to 6 hours.
[Criminal Charge: Theft]
[Prisoner: 000, 001, 003]
"...What did Sister Yu steal?"
Chen Ji was somewhat confused.