Outside Of Time

Xu Qing fell silent and released his shadow to investigate again. The shadow even swept past every prisoner and finally transmitted a divine sense fluctuation.

It was the same as what he had investigated previously.

There were indeed 14 criminals.

Xu Qing’s expression darkened. He controlled his shadow to move a portion of the painting away, revealing the old man in the painting completely.

The old man from the Painting Race also looked at Xu Qing. His expression was filled with panic as he wailed.

“Sir, I had no choice but to spout nonsense. Just now, the black shadow was about to eat me up. I had no choice but to buy some time for myself like this. Otherwise, I’ll be gone. Sir, you’re magnanimous. Forgive me once, just once!”

Xu Qing didn’t speak and his gaze turned even colder.

The old man trembled and his panic turned into fear. After that, he quickly spoke.

“What I’m going to say next is a true secret. Lord Guardian, actually, the true prisoner our Prison Department is suppressing is… a god!”

“Tell me in detail,” Xu Qing slowly said.

“Lord Guardian, I don’t know the details either. I heard from a prisoner who was even older than me here in the past that when the Prison Department was built, they sealed a god’s clone… This is also the reason why the successive Palace Masters guard this place.”

Xu Qing fell into deep thought. He thought of the first time he came and the roars he heard from the deep pit. He also thought of the tremors that would occasionally come from the Prison Department.

He also thought about how they dealt with the corpses here. They threw the corpses into the deep pit as though they were feeding something.

These thoughts filled his mind and expanded until they finally occupied his entire mind, diluting the doubts he had about the old man from the Painting Race.

After a long time, Xu Qing glanced at the old man and completely recalled his shadow from the painting.

Although the shadow was unwilling, it had no choice. It could only focus its attention on the other prisoners and continue playing.

The Diamond Sect’s ancestor was the same and went to the millstone.

Area D132 returned to normal.

That lucky little boy also appeared again. It seemed to have been following Xu Qing the entire time, maintaining a certain distance and never leaving.

Time slowly passed and several days passed.

Xu Qing was normal. Although he had occasionally pondered over the old man’s words, they had unknowingly dissipated in his mind.

On this day, when it was time for his shift to end, he, who had left D132 and was preparing to return to the Sword Pavilion, saw an acquaintance in the Prison Department.

It was Kong Xianglong.