636: 10.31 Blood And Corpses

10.31 Blood And Corpses

Lu Yizhou's brows were knitted tightly. Blood and corpses? Where did they come from? He had not heard any signs of fighting before Pandora used his power to make everyone fall asleep. Let alone him, 666 did not notice anything either.0

Sensing that Lu Yizhou did not believe his words, Percy grabbed the arm of the man beside him with a slightly crazed look. "Tell them! Tell them what we have seen! There is so much blood flooding the floor and… corpses! There are at least a hundred corpses out there and they looked like they had just died!!" Percy's voice was hysterical as the sight had truly stimulated him so much. 

Christian's brows twitched in annoyance and he yanked his arm away from Percy's grip. "It's nothing unusual. If you have stayed here for long, you will see it a few times too. Most importantly…" his sharp gaze drifted to Lu Yizhou — no, to be exact, the person hiding behind Lu Yizhou's back. "...did you say Pandora? That man over there is Pandora?"

Percy's eyes widened in shock. "You… You know Pandora too?!" He had assumed that it was a secret of the Snyder Family when his mother first told him in such a secretive manner. But it seemed like he was wrong. Leonard and Christian were clearly no stranger to Pandora and moreover, it looked like they knew even more than him!

Christian swept a skeptical look over Percy. "How do you know him? He is not supposed to be freed from the Z-level." Then realizing something, he snapped his head toward Lu Yizhou and his face darkened. "...It's you. You are the one who let him out."

Christian's words just now had given Lu Yizhou a lot of information. But at the same time, it also increased his doubt. "What do you mean he is not supposed to be freed from the Z-level? And for the corpses, what do you mean it's nothing unusual?"

Of course, Christian was not willing to answer him. He still recalled how he had been thrashed so badly that his reputation hit rock bottom. He did not actually care about it but… he disliked how some people thought that he had gotten weak and tried to mess with him left and right. Because of that one fight with Lu Yizhou, his life had been full of annoying people. 

He merely sneered and did not answer.

At that moment, a voice sounded from behind Lu Yizhou. "Coincidentally, I also want to know it too." He stepped aside to show himself. Gone was the fiery flush on his cheeks and the pitiful appearance of being ravaged. Standing in front of the two protagonists was Pandora who exuded a domineering aura. He had put on his trademark smile, beautiful yet full of poison. His gaze landed on Christian. "Do you know me? But sadly, I don't remember ever meeting you before. Care to jolt my memory?"

"You…" Christian looked like he had just been punched on his gut. He stared at Pandora, astonished, as if he had just seen a ghost coming back to life. 

And was it not the case? This smile… he was so familiar with it. This was the exact same smile Lu Yizhou put on when he beat him up mercilessly — the second personality! How… How did they become two separate people when he had just left for one day?!

It took him a while to choke out the words, "You are… Pandora?"

Pandora harrumphed coldly. "It looks like you don't know that much either."

It was the first time Lu Yizhou had seen such a flabbergasted look on Christian. He narrowed his eyes and pulled the youth behind him again, covering him from sight. One protagonist was already a handful to deal with and now there were two! Lu Yizhou really disliked the way they looked at his lover!

Lu Yizhou lacked the patience to play a passive-aggressive game with Christian. As such, he directly activated his most favorite skill out of the skills he had obtained from the system. 

With his gaze fixed on Christian, a flash of crimson suddenly emerged from the depth of Lu Yizhou's silver eyes. In the middle of the dark hallway, it was like two eerie balls of ghost fire had suddenly popped up out of nowhere.

[System notification: Ding! Your permanent skill "Devil's Whisper" is currently active! Cooldown time 5 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds.]

Permanent Skill: Devil's Whisper (Level 3)

Description: Do you ever wonder why humans always fall for the temptation of the devil? Find out with this skill! For the next fifteen minutes, your words will be taken as the absolute truth. You have unlocked level 3's privilege: will manipulation! Consequences that come with it will be borne personally and the store will not be responsible for it! This is a permanent skill that is automatically equipped. Unable to be deleted.

Lu Yizhou emphasized each word as Christian's eyes became dazed under the power of Devil's Whisper. "You're going to tell me everything you know about Pandora… as well as what is happening up there."

Percy stared with his mouth agape as Christian started to talk as if something had possessed him. Then he turned his head in horror to look at Lu Yizhou whose eyes were glimmering like a pair of rubies. T–Those were clearly not the eyes which could belong to a human! With a terrified shriek, Percy's eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fainted due to the excessive fright. 

Lu Yizhou did not even deign to glance at him. Through Christian's words, he finally obtained the answer he wanted.

As it turned out, the strange happenings which the warden was talking about referred to this kind of phenomenon. There was a reason why the prison's light would be out at nine pm and not at ten or eleven. That was because something strange would always happen after the hour hand of the clock struck nine. 

The most common example was endless stream of blood which would trickle down the wall and flood the ground, resulting in the repulsive odor which could not be removed no matter what. Another example — this is more rare — was the appearance of fresh corpses on the upper level. Hearsay they were the bodies of those who had perished during the tragedy ten years ago. 

The warden gradually discovered that, in order to avoid this kind of terrifying episode, they only needed to shut down the light at nine pm before any of them could show up. Because after that, everyone would fall into deep sleep and wake up peacefully the day after. Despite the curiosity, they chose not to investigate what had caused them to sleep so deeply because they feared that they might disturb something dangerous. Ignorance was bliss, even in this kind of abhorrent place.

Percy's luck could be considered quite shitty to have encountered both phemomenon on the same day.

The reason why Christian could find out about all of this when he was here for only two years was—

"I have no idea why. The power that caused everyone to fall asleep doesn't seem to work on me. When I first came in, I was assigned a cell mate. I saw with my own eyes that he suddenly fell asleep right as the light's out when he had clearly been talking to me one second ago. No matter how hard I tried to wake him up, it was futile. The same thing also applies to everyone." Christian's eyes were still dazed as he recounted his expression with all honesty.

Lu Yizhou had been keeping track of the time and knew that the effect of his skill could only last for five more minutes at most. He sped up his questioning.

"What did you do after that?"

"After that…" A hint of fear appeared on Christian's face. "Naturally, I was curious and decided to explore the prison. I witnessed the infamous supernatural phenomena with my own eyes and discovered that… as long as I didn't disturb those corpses, then they would not be able to harm me. For this piece of knowledge, I almost lost my life."

Lu Yizhou's body tensed. "What do you mean? Those corpses are alive?"

"Yes. One more thing, they will also wake up if you try to go to Z-level. The corpses are controlled by Pandora. He doesn't like people intruding on his personal space."

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