Traveling Together

Different from what I remembered!

It had changed!

After recalling it once more, Qin Ran could completely confirm that the "Demon Big Dipper" magic circle before him had changed somewhat since the first time he saw it.

It was an extremely subtle change!

If Qin Ran had not memorized the original "Demon Big Dipper" magic circle by rote not long ago, he would never have noticed this tiny alteration.

Only three of the forty-one symbols between the outer ring and the inner ring had changed!

However, Qin Ran would never underestimate such a change.

Because he knew very well that any symbol that might represent knowledge or writing could become utterly different in meaning with even a single altered stroke.

At the center of the altered "Demon Big Dipper," at the spot resembling a scorpion pattern, was a pair of footprints!

Zhang Wei's footprints!

When Qin Ran had been investigating the deputy warden's death earlier, Zhang Wei had passed by him, leaving footprints identical to these.

The moment Qin Ran saw those footprints, a scene surfaced in his mind—

Zhang Wei, believing he had discovered some secret, entered this prison cell.

Without hesitation, he stepped into the original "Demon Big Dipper" magic circle and chanted a spell, or used some other method, causing the "Demon Big Dipper" magic circle before him to change.

Then, he lost his life.

Kilfen Hachi possessed him, turning him into a Half-Dead Man.

What did Zhang Wei discover?

What made him blindly conclude that doing this would be safe?

Qin Ran narrowed his eyes in thought.

Meanwhile, his [Tracking]-enhanced vision began sweeping across the entire cell.

"Hm?"

Yet this inspection made Qin Ran frown.

Because he had actually failed to find Lawless's and the Half-Dead Man's footprints—or, more precisely, their departing footprints!

The Half-Dead Man's