Chapter 98: Star Chasing Journey (18)
The specific scene will not be described, but in short, everyone present couldn't bear to look or smell it, and their mental values plummeted.
Fortunately, Liu Sheng had already plugged her nose with her hand, and cultivators could hold their breath for a while.
At the same time, she turned her face away, adopting an 'out of sight, out of mind' approach.
The only thing she hadn't considered thoroughly enough was not reminding everyone in time.
Little Tentacle, thankfully, didn't have too many thoughts; it just focused on its work, no matter how dirty or tiring it was.
And so, as more and more fleshy tubes were pulled out, the prison weird objects became weaker and weaker, eventually collapsing, with bricks and tiles flying everywhere, and the few remaining uniformed weird objects slumping into puddles of flesh.
The people who hadn't been devoured in the cells were all spat out, numbering less than ten after a rough count.
Liu Sheng knew that the remaining people were probably those who had confessed their 'sins' and were completely swallowed by the weird objects, turning into dregs in the fleshy tubes with no chance of returning.
But what was the standard for 'confessing'?
Then Chen Shanyuan took out a disposable weird objects containment device and, while it was weak, contained it within.
"When we sell it, we'll split the money among everyone!"
Everyone had no objections; this had been agreed upon beforehand.
Since it was a weird objects that everyone encountered together, unless someone particularly wanted to buy it themselves, it was naturally fairer and more reasonable to sell it collectively and split the money.
After the prison weird objects was contained, only a desolate wilderness remained before their eyes.
"Wuwuwu! Yugui adults, I thought you were going to abandon me!" Yu Jinling's excited voice echoed across the wilderness.
Then Liu Sheng felt a soft body pounce on her.
Little Tentacle quickly extended and gently pushed her away.
Wen Weilan carefully inspected her up and down to see if she was still human. Now, Wen Weilan could somewhat detect weird objects like a radar, no longer needing a Ghost Qi Detector to identify them. Of course, if the weird objects was higher ranked than her, it would still be difficult.
Yu Jinling didn't mind much; she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and solemnly thanked everyone.
Song Ru silently followed beside her, quietly thanking her teammates, but her head was bowed, making her expression unclear.
But at least she spoke, which was better than her previous silence, giving Yu Jinling a slight sense of relief.
Counting them, they had only rescued eight other people. They must have been captured earlier than Yu Jinling and Song Ru, as they were all dazed and foolish from the Guai Qi erosion.
"What should we do with these people?" Yu Jinling asked, worriedly.
She was currently helping Chen Shanyuan guide them onto the flying vehicle.
"We can only send them back to Cosmic Village for now; they should have been captured from there... Wait!"
Chen Shanyuan suddenly grabbed the arm of the last man getting into the vehicle, his expression agitated.
The man tilted his head, looking at him with a puzzled, blank expression.
"Aren't you Old Wang!" Chen Shanyuan exclaimed in surprise, carefully examining the man's dirt-streaked face.
Unfortunately, this "Old Wang" showed no reaction and got into the vehicle on his own.
"An acquaintance of yours?" Yu Jinling asked curiously.
Seeing Old Wang's dazed appearance, Chen Shanyuan was so heartbroken that he ground his back teeth together. He didn't answer the question and went straight to catch up with the vehicle.
"Someone your captain knows?" Liu Sheng, who was repairing the flying vehicle's head, saw the usually calm Chen Shanyuan rarely so agitated, so she turned to ask Kuang Bowen.
Kuang Bowen glanced from afar and nodded, "Yes, Wang Tiezhu. He's a drinking buddy of Shanyuan's, met through hunting weird objects. The information about this Weird Domain was something Shanyuan heard from him while drinking; he said he was going to explore a Weird Domain in the Changxing Mountains and never returned."
Liu Sheng pondered, "So, among each group that enters the Weird Domain, some become villagers, and some participate in the Star Chasing Journey like us? And then all have a chance of being imprisoned?"
"What's the initial distinction then?"
"Also, after being imprisoned, can one be released if they don't 'confess'? Or are there other conditions?"
Everything was still too unclear, even Liu Sheng couldn't figure it out for a while.
"So, you can repair the vehicle even when you're spacing out?" Kuang Bowen's voice suddenly sounded beside her, pulling Liu Sheng out of her contemplation.
Liu Sheng came back to her senses, "Why not?"
Several small tentacles with eyeballs emerged from under the vehicle, holding carving pens and pliers, and wiggled at Kuang Bowen in agreement.
Then they continued their work.
Kuang Bowen was green with envy and hatred, his eyes reddening.
Liu Sheng acted as if she didn't notice, "What are you doing here? I can do it myself."
The flying vehicle was riddled with holes due to the previous forced acceleration, several collisions, and the aftermath of explosions. Many Talismanic Incantations were damaged, so it had to be repaired before they could drive back to Cosmic Village.
Kuang Bowen, having been dismissed, thought that if he wasn't wanted here, there were other places to go. He clenched his fists, turned, and got into the vehicle, preparing to take out his self-made Guai Qi sensing Talisman to check everyone, lest they bring any weird objects back.
But a fair, slender hand reached out and pressed his hand down.
Wen Weilan said, "I wanted to say this last time, don't waste your Talismanic Incantations. I have a Ghost Qi Detector, and I've already checked everyone."
She took out a jade tablet and showed it to Kuang Bowen.
"This, can I see it?" Kuang Bowen's gaze sharpened as he asked.
Wen Weilan felt there was no harm in letting him see, so she handed it to him.
Unexpectedly, Kuang Bowen took it and examined it carefully, coming to a conclusion: "This isn't the model released by the Weaving Institute; it's self-made, without the Weaving Institute's emblem."
Wen Weilan was speechless, not expecting Kuang Bowen to be so astute and discerning.
Kuang Bowen suddenly realized, "She made it, didn't she?"
He pointed towards the front of the vehicle.
Wen Weilan smiled faintly, neither admitting nor denying it.
"It is... It can only be her..." Kuang Bowen murmured.
"What exactly is your relationship with her?" Wen Weilan became a little curious, her heart growing wary.
Kuang Bowen sat down weakly, "She... was my nightmare when I was studying."
"Liu... Hmm, I won't say her name. Since you all don't say it, she entered Hanshan Academy and quickly became known as the Genius Chief of the Tiangong Department." He rarely found someone to confide in about this matter, so he slowly recounted.
"Although I am not a Disciple of Hanshan Academy, Hanshan Academy is outside Chaosui City, quite close to our Chaosui Academy, so Disciples from both academies inevitably have a competitive spirit."
"Although my spiritual talent is decent, I just prefer the art of Sky Craftsman. And my Artifact Refining skills in Chaosui Academy, I believe I am second to none."
"Hearing her reputation, I naturally wanted to compete!" Kuang Bowen said through gritted teeth.
Recalling those years, he stood outside Hanshan Academy, shouting loudly in the light rain of apricot blossoms, "Kuang Bowen of Chaosui Academy's Tiangong Department wishes to challenge the number one of your Hanshan Academy's Tiangong Department to a duel! Does your Hanshan Academy dare to accept the challenge!"
At that time, he wasn't the calm and low-key person he is now; instead, he had the arrogant and cocky demeanor of a young man.
Many Disciples from Hanshan Academy came out to see who was so arrogant as to challenge the Hanshan Sky Craftsman Chief.
A kind-hearted person, unable to bear it, came forward to persuade, "Go back, Senior Sister Liu will not accept the challenge."