The next day.
A gentle breeze was blowing in the early morning.
In the courtyard, Zhou Chen leaned comfortably against a rocking chair, his eyes slightly narrowed, holding a thick, coverless book in his hand, carefully turning the pages one by one.
On the header of each page of this book are four standard Song typeface Chinese characters: [Douluo Continent].
That's right, Zhou Chen was reading the original novel of the Douluo Continent.
He bought this last night from the "Items" category in the System Shop at a high price.
In fact, Zhou Chen had wanted to write an original novel for a long time.
Unfortunately, the old System lottery was completely random, unlike the current System Shop where you can specify which item to buy.
With this original book, Zhou Chen was able to re-grasp many of the original plot points that he couldn't remember, as well as some important details and clues.
This is of great significance for his future plans and the development of the Purple Micro Palace.
In other words, information is power!
"Why are you here all alone?"
Suddenly, a stunningly beautiful girl dressed in a white and gold dress appeared silently beside Zhou Chen.
The girl had golden hair and golden eyes, a beautiful face, and a pair of long legs that inspired envy. She was none other than Hu Liena, the Spirit Hall Saintess.
"Phew, it's Na Na..."
Looking up, Zhou Chen was startled to see Hu Liena.
He was so engrossed in reading that he forgot to use his Heavenly Vision Earthly Hearing Technique, and thus failed to notice Hu Liena's approach.
Of course, this is also related to the invisibility-type Soul Bone that Hu Liena possesses.
What books are you reading?
Hu Liena curiously leaned her little head closer, and then she discovered that the book was full of densely packed, strange square characters, and she couldn't understand a single one of them!
That's normal. If she could understand Chinese characters, then she would have to be a time traveler herself.
The reason Zhou Chen read the Douluo novel in public without any hesitation was because the entire book was written in Chinese characters.
Apart from him and Yu Tianmeng, no one else in this dimension should be able to understand it.
Oh, Tang San is far away at the Shrek Academy, is also a transmigrator, but he is not considered human.
After all, he has half Blue Silver Emperor Soul Beast blood, making him half human and half grass.
"You didn't sleep a wink last night, and instead of resting properly today, you're just staying in the yard reading. Really..."
While scolding Zhou Chen, Hu Liena stretched out her slender hands and gently massaged Zhou Chen's temples.
The massage felt so good that Zhou Chen couldn't help but cry out.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, a barely audible sound rang out, and a person dressed in white brocade robes and wearing a purple cloak appeared abruptly in the courtyard.
It was Xiao Chenyu, the commander of the Tian Ji Guard in charge of intelligence work.
Seeing this, Zhou Chen still kept his eyes half-closed, enjoying the comfortable massage.
Hu Liena looked at Xiao Chenyu and nodded slightly in greeting.
Three days ago, Xiao Chenyu, who was responsible for protecting Hu Liena, risked his life to break through the encirclement of the Evil Soul Master and delivered the message of the Holy Temple Knight Order' crisis to Zhou Chen, which made Hu Liena very grateful to Xiao Chenyu.
Xiao Chenyu walked up to Zhou Chen, knelt on one knee, and said very respectfully, "This subordinate greets the Palace Master! Greetings to the Madam."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen gestured for Hu Liena to stop the massage, straightened up, and raised an eyebrow, asking, "Any results from the interrogation?"
"Yes, as instructed by the Palace Master, we conducted a second surprise interrogation of those Evil Soul Master last night and discovered an important new piece of information."
As he spoke, Xiao Chenyu hurriedly took out a piece of red paper from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Chen with both hands.
Zhou Chen took the red paper, glanced at the words on it, and immediately trembled, exclaiming in disbelief, "The City of Slaughter?"
"Yes."
Xiao Chenyu said in a deep voice, "More than half of the six thousand Evil Soul Master sent by the Holy Spirit Church this time came from that City of Slaughter!"
Upon hearing this, Hu Liena, who was behind Zhou Chen, trembled and hurriedly snatched the intelligence from Zhou Chen's hand to read it.
"How is that possible? How can one enter and leave the City of Slaughter so easily?"
After reading it, Hu Liena turned pale and was extremely shocked. She unconsciously let go of the red paper in her hand, which slowly floated to the ground.
As the Spirit Hall Saintess, Hu Liena was well aware of the relationship City of Slaughter the Spirit Hall and the City of Slaughter.
In fact, the Spirit Hall regularly sends some Evil Soul Master captured from various places to the City of Slaughter.
Because it's a place where you can only enter but not leave, it's like a giant prison! And the Evil Soul Master are prisoners held inside by the Spirit Hall!
Moreover, due to certain special reasons, the City of Slaughter is filled with the attributes of slaughter and filth, which is indeed very suitable for Evil Soul Master to stay in for a lifetime.
But now... now there are actually Evil Soul Master have escaped from inside!
This is outrageous!
She had to rush back immediately to inform her teacher Bi Bi Dong!
At this moment, Zhou Chen was also feeling extremely overwhelmed.
In the original storyline, the City of Slaughter was a place left behind by the Asura God, one of the Five Great God Kings of the Divine Realm.
It's a place filled with killing and bloodshed; no normal person would go in.
Those who enter the City of Slaughter are generally not good people, and there is a high probability that they are Evil Soul Master!
The reason why the Asura God left such a place is actually the same as why Sea God left Poseidon Sea God Island, in order to find a successor who can inherit his divine position.
Because his divine attribute is killing!
Moreover, unlike Sea God Island, which is difficult to enter, the City of Slaughter is easy to enter.
The problem is that while entering the City of Slaughter is easy, getting out is almost impossible!
The rule here is that you can only enter, not leave!
Anyone who tries to force their way out will be killed by the Enforcement Team of the City of Slaughter.
For countless years, no matter how powerful Soul Master was, even a Title Douluo, they had never succeeded in forcing their way out!
Of course, it's not like you can't come out at all.
There is one way to leave the City of Slaughter: become the champion of the Hell Slaughter Arena, kill one hundred opponents, and then rush out of Hell Road to leave the City of Slaughter.
This process is actually part of the Asura God Trial.
Those who successfully leave the City of Slaughter will be bestowed with the title of God of Slaughter! They will also receive the Slaughter God Domain granted by the Asura God!
Over the countless years, eight killing gods have appeared in the City of Slaughter.
In other words, out of the tens of thousands of people who entered the City of Slaughter, only these eight people managed to get out!
What a huge difference this is!
However, the intelligence report we just received completely broke this rule!
Of the more than 6,000 Evil Soul Master sent to Heaven Dou City by the Holy Spirit Church, more than 3,000 were actually escaped from the City of Slaughter in recent years!
This is completely different from the original plot!
Zhou Chen was eager to know what exactly caused those Evil Soul Masters to escape from the City of Slaughter!