Chapter 749

Judge Hanya: "The true entrance—you'll need to pass through the vortex before you can see it."

Furina: "This vortex doesn't usually manifest, does it?"

Furina: "Otherwise wouldn't just anyone be able to get in?"

Judge Hanya: "Naturally. This passage requires special means to open."

Hu Tao: "Looks like the security measures are quite strict."

Hu Tao: "Doesn't seem like the kind of place where someone could just sneak in."

Hearing Yanqing: "It's possible we're just panicking ourselves."

Hearing Yanqing: "Maybe that group of Abundancearians still haven't figured out how to get into the Shackling Prison until now?"

Miss Yunli: "If only that were the case."

Miss Yunli: "But judging by how thoroughly prepared those Abundancearians were earlier, it doesn't look like they had no way..."

Miss Yunli: "After all, they had already started planning their escape route after the scheme succeeded."

Lumine: "Blind guessing won't do any good."

Lumine: "Wait a bit for Miss Stelle and the others to go in and take a look, then we'll know."

The video continues.

Under the guidance of the Reception Envoy,

Stelle and Brother Dan Heng passed through the vortex before them, which emanated a ghostly glow,

and then arrived at the true entrance of the Shackling Prison.

【Shackling Prison... after all these years, I never expected to return here.】

Looking at the great doors of the Shackling Prison before him,

Brother Dan Heng's expression momentarily grew complicated.

【Brother Dan Heng...】

Stelle looked at Brother Dan Heng's expression, a little worried.

【Don't worry about me.】

Brother Dan Heng shook his head, his expression returning to normal.

March 7th: "Almost forgot—before Brother Dan Heng was exiled by Luo Fu, wasn't he locked up in the Shackling Prison the whole time?"

Stelle: "I remember that's right—he was stuck in that pitch-black cell for a really long time."

Paimon: "Why on earth would Mr. Dan Heng be locked up in a cell?"

Paimon: "And why was he exiled by Luofu Xianzhou?"

Lumine: "Wasn't Mr. Dan Heng's previous life some incredibly powerful Long Zun?"

Lumine: "But what's going on now..."

Stelle: "That's not something easy to go into detail about—a lot of the Xianzhoulian Alliance's past is involved."

Stelle: "Simply put, Brother Dan Heng's previous life, the Imbibitor Lunae, committed a great crime, so he was punished with the Wheel of Rebirth."

Stelle: "After reincarnation, he became the Brother Dan Heng we know now."

Stelle: "Seems like because the crime he committed was rather severe, he was exiled again even after reincarnation?"

Stelle: "Anyway, that's the gist of it—you can just understand it that way."

Xiangling: "Mr. Dan Heng is such an upright person—how could his previous life have committed such a grave crime?!"

Xiangling: "I can hardly believe it..."

March 7th: "On that point, I remember there was a reason too..."

March 7th: "Seems like he meant to do something good, but his good intentions ended up causing a huge mistake!"

Silver Wolf: "I get it—it's definitely some classic melodramatic plot."

Stelle: "Ahem, it is a bit melodramatic, yeah."

Stelle: "But it's all completely in the past now."

Stelle: "That was several hundred years ago."

Furina: "No wonder Mr. Dan Heng's expression looked so complicated seeing this place."

Furina: "Revisiting an old haunt—but the haunt in question is the very prison that once held you... that feeling must be quite strange..."

Brother Dan Heng: "It does feel a little strange, but honestly it's more of a mix of emotions."

The video continues.

【If the two of you are ready, I'll open the Yu Sect.】

At this moment, the Reception Envoy reminded the two of them.

【Wait, the Shackling Prison is also inside the Scalegorge Waterscape?】

Stelle looked around and couldn't help but ask the question that had just occurred to her.

【Strictly speaking, the Shackling Prison exists across multiple realms simultaneously; the Ancient Sea is merely one place that overlaps with it.】

【Guests, please enter.】

The Reception Envoy made a gesture of invitation.

【Mm, we're ready. Thank you for your trouble.】

Stelle and Brother Dan Heng followed behind the Reception Envoy,

and then, the towering, imposing Yu Sect of the Shackling Prison

slowly swung open before the gaze of the two.

(combined with 60)

The two stepped through the Yu Sect,

Arriving inside the Youqiu Prison,

Stelle saw all manner of grand, archaic buildings and facilities.

This left her slightly surprised.

Stelle: "This is the inside of Youqiu Prison?"

Stelle: "Goodness, it really is a place without a shred of light!"

March 7th: "... The atmosphere, the decor, these cold, clanking iron chains... you have to admit, it really is a prison, right?"

March 7th: "Just looking at it gives one a shiver."

Hu Tao: "This is a prison??"

Hu Tao: "How is it so Qi Sect?"

Yanfei: "The word 'Qi Sect'... isn't really appropriate here, is it?"

Zhong Li: "What the Director means to express is that the interior of this Youqiu Prison appears very grand and magnificent."

Guinaifen: "So this is what Youqiu Prison looks like inside!"

Guinaifen: "It really opened my eyes!"

Paimon: "A little scary..."

Paimon: "It's so big in here, and there are tower-shaped buildings everywhere that I can't understand..."

Paimon: "It gives an overall feeling of being both gloomy and solemn."

Lumine: "Paimon, try thinking about it from a different angle."

Lumine: "Don't you think it looks more like an ancient ruin with treasures?"

Lumine: "If this were a ruin in Teyvat, I wouldn't doubt for a second that we could find heaps and heaps of treasure chests here."

Paimon: "Huh?"

Paimon: "Hearing you say that, I'm really not scared anymore!"

Judge Xueyi: "Treasures?"

Judge Xueyi: "You all are overthinking it."

Judge Xueyi: "Youqiu Prison only holds the most vicious and evil criminals who have been suppressed; there are no treasures here."

Furina: "Did you all notice?"

Furina: "Following Miss Stelle's line of sight just now, I think I saw Mr. Seeing Jiaoqiu and Mr. Hearing Moze's figures?"

Firefly: "Mm-hmm, I saw them too."

Firefly: "It seems they came to Youqiu Prison at about the same time; Mr. Seeing Jiaoqiu and the others also look like they just arrived not long ago."

Miss Qingque: "These two are here to visit Hulei, right?"

Miss Qingque: "Wonder if we can spot anything unusual?"