Prison Start

[Welcome to "Investigator"]

[Confirming game ID... 4812]

[Game items confirmed: Voidwood Chest; Underwater Breathing Potion (2 bottles); Living Rope; "Treatise on the Myriad-Dimensional Doomsday"; Xia Lun's Single-Action Revolver; Mosu Steel Short Sword "Night Plume" (Legendary); Nightmare Overcoat; Damaged Sextant]

[Items inside the Voidwood Chest confirmed]

[Warning: The Voidwood Chest contains special items. Special item list: Daoist Huang's Eyeball (uncharged); Daoist Huang's Left Palm; Stasis Hourglass (enhanced); Bottomless Coffee Cup; Exorcism Powder]

[You have burned 1 "Snail Statue." The target item has been determined. The difficulty of this scenario has increased slightly.]

In the darkness, Xia Lun faintly heard chains scraping across a stone floor. The sound echoed around him, mingled with what seemed to be distant sobs and hysterical screams.

"Chains, screams, an enclosed space," Xia Lun thought. "Judging by the sounds, this scenario probably starts in a prison or dungeon."

He focused, trying to make out the sobs that seemed to seep from the cold cracks in the stone. Then the roar of flames erupted. A scorching wind swept through, and the sobs, screams, and rattling chains all stopped at once.

The next instant, a spark pierced the thick darkness and rapidly grew.

As its glow flickered, Xia Lun abruptly felt himself plummeting. The firelight flooded his entire field of vision!

[Temporary Language Comprehension acquired!]

His eyes flew open!

Cold, damp air struck his eyes. A sharp, rusty smell stung his nose. Beyond the iron bars, a dim lantern swayed with a creak, its orange-red light falling on yellowed bones by Xia Lun's feet.

So I'm starting out in jail? Xia Lun thought wryly.

He narrowed his eyes and looked around.

He was inside a cramped cell, facing an iron-barred door thick with red rust. A milky-white glow clung to the decaying bars, though, suggesting