[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-cell-prison":3,"chapter-my-cell-prison-my-cell-prison-chapter-1638":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Cell Prison",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1207823,1562,"Chapter 1632: 1630 Great Tomb Area","my-cell-prison-chapter-1638",1638,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1632: Chapter 1630 Great Tomb Area\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zothique Continent, capital – [Zurbaha]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the demon cities Han Dong has seen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it doesn’t have roads filled with intestines like in Toad City, or floating meat balloon buildings,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nor does it retain the [authentic] medieval building clusters like London City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instead, it’s an extremely unusual city with a ‘necropolis style’…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, there aren’t many buildings standing on the ground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the streets are lined with scattered burial grounds and communal cemeteries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or graveyards governed by the [Gravedigger] rules,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or standalone underground tombs equipped with powerful living dead guardians,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if you have to compare it with human society, it could be likened to collective dorms, apartments, communities, or villas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both residences and shops are set underground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only buildings visible on the ground are a few machinery factories themed with flesh and bone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>some where you can distinctly sense the flow of bioenergy, indicating they are energy plants,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>some directly incorporating huge gear structures outside, with smokestacks constantly emitting steam, likely processing plants for machinery-related materials, tools, or equipment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>however,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>among them is a most conspicuous, unique, over hundred-meter special structure, with a giant meat grinder installed at the top… The factory emits an extremely strong smell of raw meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Dong estimates, this should be a slaughterhouse for ‘body modification’, ‘food production’, or ‘stitching’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Dong has been studying ghouls for several years, reaching quite a deep research level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aware that a “Ghoul” is a perfect experimental entity with high plasticity and virtually no rejection reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it’s through selective breeding of reproductive properties,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or injecting enhancers into their bodies or directly dismantling and assembling limbs, it’s all feasible… as the capital of ghouls, it would certainly leverage these traits to create formidable ghoul monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During Han Dong’s observation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elderly ghoul with a severely hunched back, his body folded at a 100° angle, crawled out from a nearby mound, approaching Han Dong slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the decayed mouth, dried demon language carried green gas filled with various bacteria emerged together\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The two of you carry a rare marine scent, from a distant port city, I presume?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these exceptional times, risking the journey to the capital,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you must have retrieved quite a haul from the port, eh? I, Basel Conch Bone, would love to take a look at your goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the quality is good, I’m willing to purchase at a high price.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Dong glanced at him, the demon eye instantly achieving perfect insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A “Mature Body” demon, aged 273 years… quite an elderly ghoul. If he’s a local, he should be very knowledgeable about the capital, potentially useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you be our guide, Mr. Basel?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Basel Conch Bone is naturally not a good person, targeting unfamiliar foreign merchants, often leaving them with nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he faced the young man’s eerie smile, radiating black and red,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it seemed something rooted directly into his brain, impossible to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the words of the young man embedded themselves as commands in his soul, irrefutable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, complying with the young man’s orders granted an unprecedented pleasure to both body and soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m delighted to be your guide. I’ve been a native here for over two centuries and have some ‘underground networks’ at my disposal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever you wish to go, whatever you want to do, I can help you take some shortcuts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do we get to the [Skeleton Storage Place]?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Han Dong’s query related to other areas, Basel would answer without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the ‘Skeleton Storage Place’ words entered his brain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>immediately evoking a strong indescribable reaction within Basel’s soul,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his expression turned incredibly grim, his body slightly convulsing… showing signs of breaking free from the mad laugh’s influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Han Dong quickly placed a hand lightly on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly suppressing the abnormal state, while deepening the mad laugh’s control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong, Mr. Basel?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just now… felt a bit uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you wish to proceed to [My King’s Abode – Skeleton Storage Place]?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, we come from the outside world with important information to deliver.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh~ I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, our King is currently entertaining an esteemed guest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the staircase from the [Great Tomb Area] to the Skeleton Storage Place is under lockdown. You’ll have to wait until the meeting concludes if you wish to access the place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who is this esteemed guest?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That I do not know; evidently a guest of great interest to our King.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About how long must we wait?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The meeting only started today; I reckon it will be at least two days, perhaps longer…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, take us to the [Great Tomb Area] first then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This, I can do. Please follow me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heading towards the capital center along a wide-open street, they frequently encounter squads dressed in black cloaks and imprinted with the “Gear Skull” mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar to the followers previously witnessed on the bus, most of them are Mature Bodies, only the leader being an Ancestor Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the [Gear Secret Teaching] patrols,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the capital streets are also patrolled by special individual patrollers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>distinctly different from ordinary ghouls or followers, even peaking Han Dong’s interest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their physiques often exceeding five meters,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every step leaving a dense plague odor on the ground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dark green-hued skin, paired with sharply defined, robust muscles, with sizes and counts of mouths distributed across the surface, constantly spewing twisted tongues,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>eyes covered by bandages,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nose completely shaved,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ear canals entirely pierced by a long, thick iron nail,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>retaining only an enormous, fully split mouth threatening to bisect the head, filled with tight-packed teeth and numerous highly flexible tongues (Tentacle Isomerization) capable of effortlessly capturing and devouring targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragging a burlap sack filled with corpses in hand, rewarding themselves with a corpse from each patrol route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sensation, Han Dong seems to have witnessed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief search in his brain, he thought of the first match during the [Ladybug Game],\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when Eugene activated the Demon Book, there was a similar sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are these?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basel quickly pulled Han Dong aside, trying to stay as far from such patrollers as possible,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These are the Corpse Eating Forbidden Guards! They hail from the [Skeleton Storage Place], personally crafted by our King… they usually do not leave the Skeleton Storage Place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you encounter these guys, keep your distance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they can’t control their appetite, they might devour us at any moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It is indeed related to the Scripture of the Corpse Eating Cult… quite a formidable Guard Army.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer to the capital center, the denser the Corpses Eating Forbidden Guard presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Dong and his group underwent several identity checks, finally reaching close proximity to the city center, a circular – [Great Tomb Area] with a diameter of ten thousand meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those buried here were either of high status, achieved significant feats, or possessed great power as ghouls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very center, lies the “final staircase” to the Skeleton Storage Place, currently sealed by a stone door with an unknown powerful seal, flanked by colossal Corpse Eating Forbidden Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems we’ll have to wait a few days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he was about to leave,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while turning, the demon eye briefly caught sight of an ‘Oddity’… a special entity unassociated with ghouls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Han Dong attempted further inspection, he found nothing unusual again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such cases, Han Dong never admits his eyes playing tricks or a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That must have been a self-adapting observation from the demon eye capturing something… could it be, the ghoul capital is already infiltrated? This is the Old King’s domain, what could be so brazen?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1262,"2026-06-03T14:09:12.794Z",1,"novelbin.me","8da10a897d5f81ba6e550095ac374819486c9140f9b6acc5d79e3f140bbdb1e9","my-cell-prison-chapter-1639","my-cell-prison-chapter-1637",2176,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-cell-prison-cover.jpg"]