Those people clung to the Caped Old Man like grasping at a lifeline, quickly confiding in him.
"This time it’s much worse than before, two people got entangled by malicious ghosts, being toyed with miserably, now here, now there."
"Which two people?" The Caped Old Man, confused by their words, asked, "What do you mean by now here, now there?"
"The two who were released from the prison today, they’re back!"
"I’m afraid they were targeted by the malicious ghosts long ago. We clearly let them go, but the ghosts captured them again and keep tossing them around aimlessly."
With one person taking the lead, others began to report their observations to the Chief.
In summary: Bai Junjun and Li Wenli were clearly released, but the malicious ghost hidden within headquarters captured them again. Despite their desperate attempts to escape, they would be brought back, appearing one moment on the lower levels, then in the middle, and suddenly at the very top.
Each appearance was abrupt, as if flung out by the ghost.
Though they would run for their lives the moment they appeared, they’d be caught again while running and then tossed to another location.
Essentially, they were severely unlucky, treated like rats being toyed with.
Now headquarters is a complete mess.
Fearing for their safety, everyone could only hide outside temporarily, waiting for the ghost to tire of its play, then go in to collect the corpses of the two.
Having said their piece, they couldn’t help but grumble: "That’s why looking too good isn’t always a blessing."
"Exactly, that ghost must have taken a fancy to their looks, wanting to capture them as maidservants or servants."
"Maybe it wants to possess their bodies and come back to life."
"Hiss, don’t say anymore, it’s getting more terrifying."
"Everyone says Famous Scholar Mountain is brimming with Yin energy, always ominous. Staying here... trouble will come sooner or later."
Once the people started talking, their words seemed more and more plausible.
The Caped Old Man couldn’t listen any longer and had his confidants administer thirty lashes to these neglectful people on the spot.
Meanwhile, he made his way inside.
At that moment, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli were in the midst of their final struggle within the Space.
They had reached the most critical location for repairs, and they needed only to wrap the artificial patch around the Space’s outer perimeter.
To throw the patch out, however, a small hole first had to be made in the weakest part of the Space, and then the patch had to be adhered to the outside.
But the Underground Palace Space hated the idea of being shattered, which led to its restlessness!
So knowing they intended to break it, the Space was furious and wished nothing more than to fling them out and smash them to death.
However, these two were like unshakable specters. Every time they were flung out, they found a way back in, which was utterly infuriating.
And it seemed the two had also discovered a trick to avoid being ejected; at this moment, they clung to each other’s waists, intimately close.
The Underground Palace didn’t understand what was happening; as long as they clung tighter, they became heavier, and ordinarily, it couldn’t simply fling them out.
So it was, amidst the fierce turmoil and struggle of the Palace walls, a hole was finally pried open.
Just when it thought that its balance was disrupted and it would shatter completely, suddenly the place that had been on the verge of collapse became stable and dense again.
The previously unsteady medium had finally settled down. Space paused in disbelief, only then realizing that the two were actually repairing it.
After a while, the agitated Space finally calmed down.
Bai Junjun and Li Wenli both heaved a sigh of relief, and at this moment, the original fog of the Space began to loosen.
Soon afterward, the Underground Palace materialized next to the room, binding itself to the courtyard.