Chapter 1264

The three moved with incredible agility toward the research facility. This was not Zhu Yanyi’s first time cooperating with Yan Aohan. They had worked together once before at the Ancient Silk Orchid Ruins, but back then, Yan Aohan had done very little.

Now, however, Yan Aohan handled everything. He cracked the codes, guided them past the guards, and calculated the blind spots of the surveillance cameras. For him, these tasks were as easy as pie.

Zhu Yanyi watched her with growing admiration and joy. Before she knew it, they stood before the door of a glass room.

Although they had seen many documents along the way, Zhu Yanyi found them useless. Most were about poison research. To her, those poisons were nothing; she could easily antidote them. So, the files held no value for her.

“This is the most hidden part of the facility. The secrets must be here,” Yan Aohan said, looking at the password lock on the glass door.

The lock was directly under a camera. To open it, they had to disable the camera.

Yan Aohan studied the camera for a moment. Then, his eyes twinkled, and he made a slight gesture with his hand. The camera head turned on its own. It still seemed to face the door, but its focus had shifted away.

“How did you do that?” Zhu Yanyi asked curiously.

Yan Aohan smiled lightly. “I’ll tell you later. Let’s hurry inside.”

She handed the password lock to Yan Aohan again. With just a few clicks, he opened it.

As they entered the glass room, the faces of Yan Aohan, Zhu Yanyi, and Gu Jun changed.

On both sides of the room were cages—dozens of them, large and small. Inside were people.

No, they were no longer fully human. They were half-human, half-beast. Some had animal spots on their skin; others had snake tails attached to their lower bodies. Their eyes were blank, devoid of any hope.

“Calling her a madman is too kind. She has no humanity. She is worse than beasts,” Zhu Yanyi said, each word heavy with disgust.

Gu Jun added, his face pale with anger, “It is too cruel. No human should do this. If that madman were here, I would punish him with the cruelest methods.”

Yan Aohan closed his eyes, thinking for a moment. Then he opened them and said, “Ani, can they be saved?”

Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan. “Let me check.”

Checking meant using her special ability. This would expose her power in front of Gu Jun. But at this moment, she did not hesitate.

If they could be healed, she would heal them. If not, she wanted to end their painful lives so they could start anew in the next life.

Zhu Yanyi took out a seed and threw it on the ground. She made several hand seals. The seed grew rapidly, turning into countless vines.

The vines seemed conscious. Each one wrapped around a specific part of the half-human, half-beast victims.

Zhu Yanyi placed her hand on the main vine. After a while, she withdrew her hand. The vines quickly retracted, shrinking back into a single seed that returned to her palm.

Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly at Yan Aohan. “Their bodies are destroyed. Living is a cruel punishment for them.”

“Then let them die,” Yan Aohan sighed. “Their lives have reached their end. This may be their release.”

“Mm, let them die.” Zhu Yanyi said nothing more. She turned and walked out. She could not bring herself to kill them, so she left it to Yan Aohan. All she could do was wait to guide their souls later.

One minute later, Yan Aohan and Gu Jun came out. Yan Aohan nodded slightly to Zhu Yanyi. She returned to the glass room. The people in the cages had all closed their eyes.

Without hesitation, Zhu Yanyi sat cross-legged on the ground and formed the Lotus Seal.

As the seal formed, the cinnabar mole on her forehead turned into a lotus. One by one, lotus seals appeared, each blooming into a flower. A faint lotus fragrance, carrying a sense of compassion, guided the black souls. Each lotus wrapped around a soul, purifying their resentment and confusion.

Then, she extended her hand, and the Book of Human Souls appeared quietly.

“Heaven and Earth, Heaven and Man. The Book of Heaven sets the sky, the Book of Earth stabilizes the ground, the Book of Humans guides people. I am the Book of Humans, guiding people and souls. Souls return to their homeland, clear and distinct. In the next life, return to a clear world. I guide all who can be guided, all souls who can be crossed. Souls, return! Cross over! May you all be smooth and happy in your next life.”

The souls seemed to sense this. They bowed slightly to Zhu Yanyi, then one by one entered the Book of Human Souls. Through the book, they entered the Yellow Springs for their life assessment, which would determine their next life.

Protected by Zhu Yanyi’s Lotus Seal, they would be happy people in their next life.

Zhu Yanyi put away the Book of Human Souls, looked around, and walked out. Yan Aohan and Gu Jun were guarding outside. Seeing her, Yan Aohan asked, “Done?”

“Done. Let’s leave. Let this place become an ocean. Let the seawater wash away the filth here, and give them peace.”

If saying “flood the island” was a joke before, now Zhu Yanyi meant it sincerely.

Yan Aohan nodded. “How do you plan to do it?”

Zhu Yanyi explained to Yan Aohan, “This island is actually a meteorite from outer space. Because of the Linglong Grass, I know the inside of the meteorite is hollow. If we find the center of the hollow part and break it, the seawater will flood in. Naturally, the meteorite will sink into the sea.”

After Zhu Yanyi finished speaking, Yan Aohan realized she knew where the center was. “Where is the center of the meteorite?”

“I know,” Zhu Yanyi said with a smile. “I’ll take you there.”

Yan Aohan continued, “Remember to mark the place where the meteorite sinks. After everyone here is gone, I will have people salvage it. This large piece of meteorite is enough for you to make countless body-scanning machines.”

“I don’t make body-scanning machines anymore. You might as well give the stone to someone else to handle,” Zhu Yanyi tilted her head and thought for a moment.

“But I can keep it. I can use this meteorite to test if I can extract the essence from it. You know, some pills need stone essence, but stone essence is very hard to find. I have been trying to extract it. Recently, I tried nearly a thousand kinds of stones with little effect. Now that I have this large meteorite, I can use it to try.” Zhu Yanyi said with a smile.