Zhe Heng’s face paled, but he didn’t dare to retort.

Si Yu flung Zhe Heng aside. Such a large man was sent flying by the sheer force, tumbling across the ground in the distance.

An immediate silence fell over the surroundings.

Si Yu suddenly recalled the pair of beautiful, tea-colored eyes he had seen at dusk.

His eyes dark and heavy, he strode toward the prison cells. "What’s the status of that Beastman?"

Zhe Feng hurried to his side. Realizing his boss was asking about the Beastman they’d encountered at dusk, he answered, "That Beastman has been locked in a Heavy Prison Cell."

The Heavy Prison Cells were used to incarcerate S+++ Level Beastmen.

"Let’s go take a look." Si Yu marched toward the cells with swift and decisive steps.

... 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

A flash of light, like lightning, suddenly erupted from the cells, so bright it was blinding. It was accompanied by the agonized scream of a Beastman, a sound that was especially jarring in the dark, empty prison.

Jiang Zheyu: ...

’Just now I thought that was lightning,’ she mused. ’But it probably wasn’t. It must be an artificial electric shock.’

’These cells seem a little different from the one I was in before.’

Each cell held either a wild beast or a Beastman, sprawled on the ground half-dead like some grotesque creature. She suspected the wild beasts had once been Beastmen, but had since completely undergone Beastification and devolved into animals.

The cell to her left held a massive golden lion, and the one to her right, a giant, violet-gold butterfly!

’No wonder it’s one Beastman per cell. Their beast forms are so large, a single cell is the only way to contain them.’

Jiang Zheyu noticed the violet-gold, quicksand-like light on the large butterfly next to her suddenly brighten. The glow wasn’t normally conspicuous, but in the darkness of the cells, it became quite noticeable.

The patterns on the butterfly’s wings were traced in that violet-gold light, giving them the texture of shimmering sand.

It possessed an eerie, captivating beauty in the darkness.

The patterns flickered, then suddenly formed the shape of a person, only to revert back to a butterfly.

The two phantasmal images flickered back and forth, endlessly overlapping.

Jiang Zheyu guessed this must be a Beastman on the verge of complete Beastification, struggling to cling to a final shred of sanity.

Finally, the violet-gold patterns vanished, and he took the form of a Beastman, though he couldn’t retract the violet-gold butterfly wings on his back.

Another flash of lightning-like light cut through the dark, accompanied by the agonized scream of a Beastman.

In that brief moment illuminated by the electric shock, Jiang Zheyu got a clear look at the Beastman’s face.

In a flash, she remembered who he was.

’Yin Si. The boy who refused her compensation, and the one she’d kindly saved that night. He had a younger brother, didn’t he?’

’The boy is here... is his little brother okay?’

Instead of worrying about the boy before her, Jiang Zheyu was more concerned about his younger brother. The child couldn’t even speak. Without his older brother, how would he survive? What if the child ran into danger?

’Eyes like violet-gold quicksand, a violet-gold butterfly...’

’It has to be the same person.’

Jiang Zheyu sighed softly, her lashes lowering. She could barely fend for herself, yet here she was, worrying about someone else.

Still, she slowly scooted closer and called out softly to the boy sprawled on the ground, "Hey, are you alright? Are you conscious?"

The boy in the next cage gave no response.

Jiang Zheyu looked at the massive butterfly wings. She couldn’t reach the boy himself, but she could touch his enormous wings.

’I have purification and healing abilities.’

Jiang Zheyu slowly reached out and took hold of one of the butterfly wings.

The violet-gold wing felt like a piece of magnificent cloth, with uneven patterns and a slightly grainy texture.

She could also feel the bony structure within—the actual bones of a butterfly wing, cool and hard to the touch.

It was quite different from the feel of a real-life butterfly.

A real butterfly’s wings are very thin and fragile. But while a Butterfly Beastman’s wings were also thin, they were sharp and not at all fragile.

In truth, Jiang Zheyu had used her spiritual power to put the Beastman under hypnosis before daring to touch him.

An injured and delirious Beastman had no capacity for spiritual defense.

She slowly entered the boy’s Spiritual Domain Space.

Just like his external form, it was a beautiful, large, violet-gold butterfly.

But it was shrouded in black energy, with some patches that were even darker.

Jiang Zheyu understood. Not only was his Beastification Value high, but his spiritual power had also suffered a devastating blow.

She quickly helped the boy purify his spiritual power and cleansed his Beastification Value as well.

Name: Jiang Zheyu

Gender: Female

Current Spiritual Power Value: S+++ (3125.5/4000)

Points: 676.5

This was the first time Jiang Zheyu had ever purified a Beastification Value with a decimal point.

’A Beastification Value of 89.5, and a Healing Value of 100.’

Just as she was about to let go of the wing, it followed her hand, brushing gently against her palm.

Jiang Zheyu gave it another perfunctory pat before pulling her hand back.

’Furry things are still better to pet,’ she thought. ’Butterflies look beautiful, but touching them just feels like running your hand over sand-covered cloth.’

Yin Si still hadn’t woken up. Not that it would do much good if he did. If he were capable of escaping, he would have done so long ago.

Flashes of blinding electric light periodically lit up the cells, accompanied by the low roars of Beastmen and wild beasts.

After a short while, Jiang Zheyu sat back in the middle of her cell. She was just about to lie down and have the system block out the noise for her.

But then, the sound of multiple footsteps approached from the distance, and any thought of sleep vanished instantly.

She had a feeling those footsteps were coming for her.

Sure enough, three or four Beastmen appeared outside her cell.

All of them had an S+++ Level of spiritual power.

Jiang Zheyu was taken aback. ’This prison is no ordinary place. Even the guards have such a high Spiritual Power Level.’

The Beastmen came straight in, grabbed Jiang Zheyu, and produced a syringe.

Jiang Zheyu’s eyes widened. "What are you going to inject me with?"

The Beastmen didn’t say a word, swiftly plunging the needle toward Jiang Zheyu.

Jiang Zheyu was about to retaliate with her spiritual power, but they struck first with their own. She had no choice but to erect a defensive wall of spiritual power, but she still felt her mind reel from the impact.

The needle quickly pierced her skin, and the drug was injected into her body. Jiang Zheyu was then hauled out of the cell.

A moment later, a Beastman opened a door, and Jiang Zheyu was roughly shoved inside.

Jiang Zheyu felt her entire body go limp, and she collapsed to the ground like a puddle of water. ’Was that drug a paralytic?’

’No, my spiritual power is high, but my Combat Power is garbage. Was there really a need to use a paralytic on me?’

"System, Detoxification Pill! Detoxification Pill!"

’Oh, almighty system!’

Jiang Zheyu exchanged for a twenty-four-hour Detoxification Pill. Now, she was immune to all poisons for the next twenty-four hours.

The effects of the twenty-four-hour painkiller were also still active.