"Yi Kun must have discovered something while absorbing the white substance from the rift... Let him go."
In fact, it was not only Yi Kun.
When Kim Tae-hyun arrived at the Abyssal Prison, his body also developed a unique sensation. The ghoul's instincts drew Kim Tae-hyun's thoughts toward a certain place.
That place was where the death-row inmate mentioned by the staff upon their arrival was imprisoned—the Hungry Ghoul Man, who had been confined in the Abyssal Prison because he could never be killed.
As Hailaila was desperate to rescue her father, she simply led the way ahead, completely ignoring Yi Kun after he left.
After passing through the narrow corridor for single inmates, they reached another bottomless stairwell.
However, the air in the current stairwell was clearly different from before. It was much drier, so dry that it faintly seemed to strip moisture from the body. Anyone who stayed here for long would die of dehydration.
"My father is at the very bottom! Those damned aliens actually imprisoned him in such a dry environment."
Although Hailaila wanted to move faster, the ten-thousandfold gravity made every step arduous. Combined with the dry environment, her originally moisture-filled transparent body slowly shriveled from dehydration.
Following behind, Yu Jing devoted most of his attention to pondering the Abyssal Prison's structure.
"My initial guess was wrong. Now it seems... every prisoner here corresponds to an abyss! Then what did Hastur mean by saying he was imprisoned on the lowest level? Hailaila is beside me now, so it would be inconvenient to call Hastur with the Yellow Scripture and ask him. I'll find Dagon first, then continue investigating the Abyssal Prison's essential structure. I hope the warden above can withstand the Destroyer Emperor's invasion."
The deeper they went, the drier the environment became.
Hailaila, desperate