The Code of Forbidden Items

The magic of Forbidden Item lies in the fact that their rules apply equally to everyone, without being picky about the host's qualities or temperament, regardless of whether the other party is righteous or evil.

As long as you can understand its containment conditions, you can make it work for you.

Steam Train that can take you anywhere, and Demon Stamp that can deliver letters anywhere.

They are like special cases in the world's rules, both the darlings of the world and representatives of calamity.

Mastering even one of these things seems to bring one a huge advantage.

"Teacher," Qing Chen looked at Li Shutong, "I used Breathing Technique throughout the battle without interruption."

Li Shutong looked at Qing Chen: "Has it never stopped?"

It's important to understand that breathing is a human instinct. When you're not consciously reminding yourself, your breathing will occur instinctively, not according to Breathing Technique.

This surprised Li Shutong somewhat, because it took him more than a year of practice to gradually be able to maintain his Breathing Technique at all times.

Only at that moment can the candidate knight face the test of Life and Death Trial.

Because during the assessment, the Breathing Technique cannot be stopped for even a moment; if you stop breathing even once, all your previous efforts will be wasted.

Qing Chen continued, "After the battle, I felt an intense sense of calm, as if I were in a still lake. I think that was probably the effect of the large release of Endorphin."

"Yes, you guessed correctly," Li Shutong nodded.

Qing Chen asked again, "But after the battle, I felt that my bones and muscles seemed to be changing. Even the slightest movement caused crackling sounds inside my body. What's going on?"

But then Li Shutong suddenly looked him over seriously. "Are you sure?"

"OK," Qing Chen nodded.

Li Shutong paced back and forth in the prison square, deep in thought.

He said to Qing Chen, "No one in the Knight Organization has ever encountered a situation like yours. You've only just mastered the Breathing Technique, yet you already have air in your body. You haven't even passed any Life and Death Trial, but your Gene Lock is already showing signs of opening."

The so-called "Life and Death Trial" has always referred to a specific trial.

These eight tests are indispensable.

In the past, some knights have tried to find another way, thinking that since they could use Breathing Technique to obtain the key to unlock the Gene Lock in life-or-death crises and hardships.

Is it possible to avoid a Life and Death Trial test by experiencing almost the same predicament, danger, and pain?

Because the sea had become Forbidden Sea, the knights of the past bravely went forth to explore new paths for those who came after, hoping that future generations would not repeat their regrets due to uncontrollable factors.

But everyone failed.

No matter what people try, there is no sign of the Gene Lock loosening.

At that moment, the cracking sound of bones that Qing Chen mentioned was clearly a sign that the Gene Lock was loosening!

Li Shutong looked at Qing Chen and said, "Get ready, I'm going to take you out for another trip. I was originally thinking of waiting a bit longer, but now we can do it earlier."

"Where are we going this time? To the lower levels of City No. 18?" Qing Chen asked.

"No," Li Shutong smiled, "The places I'm taking you to this time are places that most Time Walker probably won't have the chance to visit now."

Qing Chen realized that it seemed that because he had shown signs of unlocking his Gene Lock in advance, the teacher had also brought forward a certain plan.

Countdown: 160:40:00.

7:20 a. m.

The prison was no longer filled with the sounds of prisoners banging on the alloy gates, which made Qing Chen feel a little uneasy.

Two days ago, because he had to train, the prisoners stayed in their cells obediently for two days.

After two nights of the "finding the spleen" game, everyone is still in a tense and flustered state.

They were all as obedient as quails, afraid that something might happen to them.

Qing Chen casually asked Lin Xiaoxiao, who was standing next to him, "By the way, I'm not being sentimental, but I'm just wondering if this might have a bad influence? After all, there are over three thousand people involved."

"Actually, this is nothing. After all, he is the only one left in the Knights. The boss hasn't gone too far yet. If it were Boss Chen, he would probably be even crazier," Lin Xiaoxiao shrugged.

Qing Chen asked in confusion, "And who is Boss Chen?"

"The boss's senior brother, Chen Jiazhang," Ye Wan replied, "But Boss Chen has been missing for a long time. It is said that he was unable to complete the seventh Life and Death Trial, so he went to find a place to cultivate on his own."

To be honest, this was the first time Qing Chen had heard the name Chen Jiazhang. He had always thought that there was no one else in the Knight Organization.

He looked at Lin Xiaoxiao and Ye Wan, puzzled, and asked, "Is there anything I should know but don't yet?"

"Oh," Lin Xiaoxiao said, "The boss also has a junior sister named Wang Xiaojiu, but she's a bit young. The boss took her in as a disciple on behalf of the master eight years ago, and it seems she's just passed her fifth Life and Death Trial."

"Is there anything else?" Qing Chen asked expressionlessly.

"That's all, that's all," Lin Xiaoxiao said cheerfully. "There are some things we can't remember right now, but we'll tell you some when we do."

"That's too unreliable," Qing Chen sighed.

Lin Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and changed the subject, saying, "The prison will definitely return to normal in the future, at least they can't go hungry for several meals at a time. But you don't need to feel sorry for them. Guo Huzhan was right about one thing: apart from a few people, everyone here deserved to die."

"They deserved to die?" Qing Chen asked doubtfully. "Is that an exaggeration?"

"No," Lin Xiaoxiao shook her head, "Those who can come here are all serious criminals. Do you remember that prisoner with the red mechanical arm? He's the scumbag with the hair that looks like a chicken coop."

"I remember," Qing Chen nodded.

Lin Xiaoxiao said, "That bastard killed more than ten people outside and sold children's corneas. Saying he deserved to die wouldn't be enough. But the current federal law doesn't have the death penalty; he can only be sentenced to more than a hundred years, which is meaningless."

"Aren't there people like Liu Dezhu who take the blame for others?" Qing Chen pressed.

"Oh, we'll investigate these kinds of people slowly. For example, Liu Dezhu, we'll find a way to transfer him to other prisons. Actually, Lu Guangyi is also in this situation. If it weren't for the Qing family arranging it for him, he would have been transferred to other prisons long ago," Lin Xiaoxiao explained. "With your good memory, you must have noticed that although prisoners are constantly being brought in, the total number is decreasing."

Yes, when Qing Chen first entered prison, there were 3,102 people in Prison No. 18, but now there are only 3,009 left.

This explanation only confused Qing Chen more, because he realized that Lin Xiaoxiao had deliberately spared those who "deserved to die."

Surely it's not for raising poisonous insects.

When Qing Chen asked about this again, Lin Xiaoxiao did not answer.

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