Eastern District, Jade Resonance Tower.
Rumble-
A rumble rose beneath the torrential rain. In the alley beside the Black Bureau, the ground suddenly sank into a trench more than ten feet deep. Blue bricks overturned and earth lay exposed, revealing the black masonry below.
Qiu Tianhe, who had been petting a cat in the neighboring courtyard, sprang upright like a carp flipping out of water at the noise and looked around blankly.
The constables and clerks left at the bureau rushed out together, their voices rising in an uproar:
"What happened?"
"Someone's breaking into the prison..."
Boom, boom, boom-
War drums sounded atop the five-story Jade Resonance Tower, carrying across all of Yun’an. Constables and soldiers patrolling the various streets swiftly raced toward the tower.
Meanwhile, the enormous tremor spread through the dungeon. Dozens of cells on the first level erupted in commotion. Rattling chains and startled cries instantly brought the deathly silent dungeon to a boil:
"What's happening?!"
"An earth dragon turning over?"
"Let us out! It's going to collapse..."
Rumble-
They had barely shouted a few times before heavy Sealing Stones dropped into place at the cell entrances of their own accord.
Countless arrow holes also opened in the cell walls and passageways.
Click, click, click...
The dungeon instantly fell utterly silent.
The reaction on the second level was much smaller. After all, fewer than ten people lived there.
In the cell at the very center, the Wang brothers, asleep against a corner, were jolted awake by the tremendous shaking.
Wang Er stood up, dragging his heavy chains. Feeling the floor trembling, he looked bewildered:
"Seems like something collapsed underneath us. What's going on?"
Wang Chengjing was the better martial artist. After briefly sensing his surroundings, he pressed himself against the floor to listen:
"There's the sound of