After hearing what they said,
I prepared talismans as I asked,
"Is that so? Then tell me where you came from."
The woman's voice from earlier rang out from inside the flesh cocoon again:
"I-I'm a resident from nearby. I worked at the power plant.
I was captured and brought here a month ago.
A group of pale-faced people fed me something.
Then I passed out. When I woke up, I was already inside this.
They said that once the flesh cocoon broke, I would die.
Please, three Daoist masters, don't break the flesh cocoon. Don't break it."
I didn't quite believe her. This was a crystal stone.
Would Carefree Tower casually give one to just anyone?
Then wrap them inside a flesh cocoon?
My first impression of the thing inside the flesh cocoon was danger. Her existence and identity were probably far from simple.
We had to be cautious. Besides, she emitted yin-fiend energy, so she was bound to have turned into an evil entity.
Even if she was telling the truth, there was probably no need to save her anymore...
I asked again,
"Was the director of your power plant named Zhu Dayou or Peng Pengyi?
If you can't answer, I'll kill you."
Zhu Dayou was my colleague, while Peng Pengyi was the director.
Since she claimed to be an employee at the power plant, she should know who its director was. Even if she didn't, she definitely wouldn't just pick one at random.
After saying that, I flung out another Evil-Slaying Talisman without stopping what I was doing.
With a boom, the talisman exploded.
The woman inside the flesh cocoon screamed again, and the tear in the cocoon spread even farther...
After that scream, the woman in the flesh cocoon sounded panicked.
"Th-this, I can't seem to