Upon hearing this, a gasp of suppressed astonishment swept through the prison, and some couldn't help but cry and kneel, kowtowing several times to the young man cloaked in black robes.
With a casual wave of his hand, Zhu Haomiao methodically opened each cell, finally finding the room where Liu Heng and others were held.
Seeing their bodies covered in scars and their dejected state, clearly having suffered greatly, Zhu Haomiao sighed inwardly.
It seems a thousand taels of silver is not enough...
"Thank you, benefactor."
As Liu Heng struggled to stand and was about to bow, Zhu Haomiao supported him, slightly lifting his head to reveal half of his face hidden under the hood.
In the dim light, Liu Heng could discern the youthful face of the other, his heart shook violently.
With a gesture, Zhu Haomiao swiftly released all the prisoners, then led Liu Heng and a few others out of the dungeon.
Outside, upon seeing the bloody, gruesome murder scene and the massive, bizarre 'insect cocoon,' Liu Heng and his brothers were covered in goosebumps.
Inexplicably, they thought of the prison guard head who watched over them, whose body size seemed to perfectly match the 'insect cocoon'...
Swallowing dryly, Liu Heng's brothers exchanged glances, their joy of freedom slowly replaced by fear of the unknown, while Liu Heng, following behind Zhu Haomiao, was filled with joy.
Because he knew, his choice was right!
Mr. Zhu really came to rescue them!
Although it wasn't as he imagined, where a single word could make the government release people.
But to personally risk danger, kill and break into prison, didn't it show his commitment to repay kindness?
Only after exiting the gate, leading Liu Heng and others through twists and turns to the riverside of the Bund, confirming there were no pursuers, did Zhu Haomiao remove his hood, revealing his true face.
It was only then that Liu Heng's companions clearly saw his face and couldn't help but exclaim.
Nodding and smiling at them, Zhu Haomiao got straight to the point: "Do you have any way to leave Songjiang Prefecture? After everything is discovered tomorrow, I'm afraid the government will start a manhunt for you."
Upon hearing this, the joy Liu Heng and others felt from leaving the prison vanished.
"There are ways, but all our money and goods have been confiscated, years of savings are gone, what's the point of going back?"
The statement made several of them feel sorrowful, and some of the younger ones couldn't help but wipe their tears.
Seeing this, Zhu Haomiao awkwardly pursed his lips.
In a sense, they suffered this misfortune because of him.
In the future, the greed coin cannot be given casually, at least not to these ordinary people without the ability to protect themselves...
"How much are your goods worth?"
"Cost five hundred taels of silver, if sold well in Shanghai, it can fetch seven to eight hundred taels."
Not understanding the meaning behind the young man's question, Liu Heng instinctively answered, and then a thick stack of 'paper' was stuffed into his hands.
"This is three thousand taels in silver notes, enough to compensate for your losses."
Staring blankly at the silver notes in his hand, Liu Heng's eyes went through a million-year journey, greed, ecstasy, hesitation, struggle, and finally painful relief.
Ignoring signals from his brothers, Liu Heng lowered his head in shame.
"No! Mr. Zhu, I can't accept these silver notes, I didn't take good care of your gold coin."
With a casual grasp, a brilliant golden coin magically appeared, pinched between Zhu Haomiao's fingers, and held out to Liu Heng.
Seeing that familiar glint of gold, Liu Heng raised his head in confusion.
"Mr. Zhu... what is this?"
"I've already retrieved the gold coin, these silver notes... just consider them compensation from that guy."
A keen sense of a hint of blood in the young man's words made Liu Heng shiver, not daring to ask more, he simply nodded respectfully.
"Then I will daringly accept your reward."
Patted Liu Heng's shoulder, Zhu Haomiao turned away without hesitation, feeling as though a cause and effect had been resolved, even his steps became light and joyful.
And behind him, Liu Heng and a few brothers knelt towards the direction he left, kowtowing deeply several times, then disappeared into the night by the river.
In the luxurious, elegantly decorated hotel room, Zhu Haomiao slumped onto the sofa after shedding his cloak, feeling the sharp pain intensifying throughout his body, unable to help but slightly grimace.
The extraordinary power of anger is indeed formidable, but its aftereffects are truly troublesome, ranging from soreness for several days to potentially shattering one's physique!
Moreover, this time it also layered the Second Layer Stacked Waves Strength, thus proportionally increasing the physical strain...
Luckily, he didn't lose his head and abandon the plan of brute force, otherwise, even if he somehow killed that Meat Mountain, it would've been a pyrrhic victory.
Gritting his teeth, as Zhu Haomiao's Divine Thought moved, the six-dimensional information from the Book of Black appeared before him, and the sour fatigue suddenly seemed more bearable.
[Dexterity]: 1.1↑(2.5)
[Strength]: 1.0↑(2.5)
Today's harvests are enough for me to digest for over a month!
Appreciating the vast potential settled deep within spirit and body, Zhu Haomiao smiled contently, enduring the increasingly intense muscle pain, he lay on the bed after discarding his clothes.
Primal god... no, Sloth, activate!
Closing his eyes, he consciously emptied his mind, his wakeful thoughts rapidly sinking into chaos, his breath gradually becoming long and slow, the nutrients stored within the four-dimensional stomach were rapidly absorbed, circulating through his body via the bloodstream, greedily consumed by fatigued, hungry cells.
And just as Zhu Haomiao fell into Deep Sleep, conceptual Law Authority manifested into threads of gray-white unobservable by the naked eye, emerging from the void, like living things wrapping and ensnaring him, condensing into a massive 'insect cocoon.'
In the Cocoon Room, the boy's every cell, every strand of Divine Soul was quietly undergoing a miraculous transformation, evolving towards a higher life level.
Until three days later, Zhu Haomiao abruptly opened his eyes, sitting up in bed, bewilderedly looking around.
Illusion Realm, reality... Oh no!
I've overstayed without returning, causing Lost reaction!
Realizing he had overslept, Zhu Haomiao slapped his face hard, getting out of bed.
Like in a dream, stumbling step by step to the bathroom door, Zhu Haomiao grasped the closed doorknob, closing his eyes.
Detach consciousness...
He abruptly opened his eyes, pushing open the bathroom wooden door, only to be met not by the expected space, but a chaotic rippling membrane of multi-colored hues.