Twisted Dreams-Chapter 336 - 405: Demon Puzzle

Mang Mountain Special Prison.

The deafening explosion burst in the air like a thunderclap.

The shockwave from the end of the third floor of the prison created a large, conspicuous black hole in the building’s wall.

Tangled steel bars twisted hideously and lay exposed outside.

Broken bricks and shattered wooden boards fell haphazardly, piling up on the chaotic ground.

Dust billowed, obscuring the sky and sun.

The remaining guards in the prison, holding anti-riot shields, firearms, and standard weapons, appeared in combat formation outside the building.

The squad leader at the front had a drop of cold sweat trickling down his temple.

Faced with such a level of destruction, it was hard to believe it was accomplished by one person.

The head of the Special Investigation Team, Scholar Cheng Hua.

Is this the strength of the Senior Administrator from the Security Administration?

This... this level of Extraordinary being, can really still be considered human?

"Hehehehe... Hahahahahaha...

So this is how it is, so this is how it is, so this is the secret of the Spiritual Energy Revival!"

Amid the dust and smoke, a shadowy figure loomed faintly.

He let out a strange laugh that sounded mocking, enlightened, and amazed.

The squad leader shouted loudly:

"Be on alert!"

The guards all tensed their muscles, like beasts about to break free from their chains.

As the figure gradually walked out of the dust, everyone clearly saw the newcomer’s appearance.

Everyone couldn’t help but gape, their faces filled with horror.

At this moment, the Xie Qilin, who had devoured countless souls, had completely changed in appearance, almost detached from human semblance.

His head was full of white hair, and he had four eyes.

The two blood-red eyes on his forehead seemed to have their own consciousness, each looking around independently.

His arms were thick, longer than his knees, and his hands had transformed completely into Ghost Claws.

Xie Qilin murmured:

"Spiritual Energy Revival... might as well call it Demon Revival!

No wonder this world only has wind, water, and fire as the three conventional talents.

Because, when you have these three talents at the same time, with an additional talent, you discover this world’s mysteries.

That is... having four talents at once allows you to become a demon!

The true form of a demon is the true form of the Spiritual Energy Revival!"

At this moment, besides possessing the talents of wind, water, and fire, Xie Qilin also had a fourth talent!

That was the Eight-foot Bride’s ’Death Qi’.

Xie Qilin continued speaking and then shook his head to himself:

"No, it’s not about the conventional talents.

Just possessing four talents allows one to gain the most real, most powerful force after the Spiritual Energy Revival, the power belonging to demons.

Possibly, a human can only have up to four talents.

Gathering these four talents is just the beginning of power."

Suddenly, Xie Qilin crouched on the ground, clutching his head.

Xie Qilin’s Sea of Spirit was filled with various mixed forces.

Originally, just swallowing the soul of one person already made him suffer unbearably.

The souls of the unjustly dead seemed to roar, tear, and struggle in his Sea of Spirit.

Without the suppression of the Eight-foot Bride’s Power of Death, Xie Qilin would have already suffered a mental breakdown.

Now, he had no idea how many souls he had devoured.

The pupils in the Ghost Eyes on Xie Qilin’s forehead trembled violently, eerily glancing around.

He teetered on the brink of mental collapse, being controlled by vengeful spirits.

Dense Ghost Qi flowed from Xie Qilin’s hands, invading his mind, suppressing those forces.

Xie Qilin, filled with bloodshot eyes, muttered:

"Rather than calling those talents, it’s more like... a Demon Puzzle!"

Current state of Xie Qilin could almost be described as a demon.

A demon completely assembled and pieced together by himself!

Just... not a demon manufactured by the Desire Potion, possessing only the demon’s power, but lacking a demon’s soul.

Human soul, human spirit, and human consciousness cannot completely wield the Demon Power.

It’s like a fully equipped sports car with only a tricycle’s engine.

That sports car tries to squeeze the ’engine’ to its limits.

No matter how much this engine unleashes its potential, it can hardly control the sports car, and the final outcome is inevitably burnt out.

Xie Qilin’s eyes suddenly became vacant, as if he had realized something:

"Demon Puzzle... Demon Puzzle...

Demon Club... Demon Club...

Did the Demon Club figure out the secret of the Spiritual Energy Revival early on?

Were they all powerful beings who gathered four talents?"

The Demon Club, claiming to dominate the Extraordinary World, remained incredibly mysterious in the authorities’ eyes.

Xie Qilin felt he had touched upon some secrets of the Demon Club.

"Xie Qilin! Your judgment has not begun yet; you originally had a chance. But everything you’ve done now has buried your future!"

The squad leader of the guards said so.

Hearing these words, Xie Qilin instantly erupted with a murderous aura:

"Future? My future is always in my own hands!"

Dense Ghost Qi materialized into solid darkness, swallowing towards the guards.

At this moment, Xie Qilin’s consciousness was largely controlled by the instincts of a demon.

He was almost losing the ability to think.

...

Imperial Capital, He Jingguo’s memorial service.

Cao Yi received a message on his phone.

Cao Yi glanced at it, frowning deeply.

Xie Qilin has gone mad?

Can he really dare to break out of prison?

The casualty situation of prisoners and prison guards has not yet been tallied.

The on-duty administrator from the Jinmen Safety Management Station was already on the way to Mang Mountain.

Not only Cao Yi, but other administrators also received the intelligence reports on their work communication devices.

The administrators all looked towards Cao Yi in unison. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Since He Jingguo was Cao Yi’s mentor and leader, during He Jingguo’s funeral and burial, Cao Yi temporarily declined the nomination from the Director of the Security Administration.

In fact, with the operations of the Zhang Family and the Liu Family, Cao Yi’s nomination as Director of the Security Administration was already a foregone conclusion.

But out of propriety, Cao Yi had temporarily chosen not to advance his career.

The middle-level officials of the Security Administration present all understood this.

Cao Yi glanced at his fainted teacher’s wife, then at the other members of the Security Administration, stood up, and said:

"Prisoner Xie Qilin has broken out, Security Administrators, immediately deploy and execute the mission!"

"Understood!"

Hearing the name Xie Qilin, Wei Ming couldn’t care less about his runny nose and tears streaming together, grabbed his briefcase, and was about to join in.

Zhang Xiaoyi gently blocked Wei Ming, saying indifferently:

"Layman, leave the abnormal events to the administrators, you needn’t come along."

Whether colluding with the Five Black Classes or aiming to assassinate Wei Ming, these crimes were enough to strip Wei Ming of his official hat.

Not sentencing him to decades in prison was already the most Cao Yi could do.

Now, Wei Ming no longer had the status of a Security Administrator, just an ordinary civilian Extraordinary.

Wei Ming dared not look Zhang Xiaoyi in the eye.

He felt guilty for what he did to Cao Yi, to He Jingguo, and even to Zhang Xiaoyi.

If not for him picking a fight with Cao Yi, causing Zhang Xiaoyi to lose contact with Wei Ming and Cao Yi, Shu Mountain would not have suffered a calamity.