“Oh my, oh my, your relatives and friends are out there enjoying themselves, while you’re sent in here as cannon fodder. How tragic, truly tragic!”
After snacking for a while, Wen Xiangjie would use words to provoke the people suffering in the prison.
Normally, with the willpower of Lin Zhaoting and the others, they wouldn't have been affected by Wen Xiangjie's blunt attempts at sowing discord.
But the torment they were enduring now was simply too painful.
They had participated in many game instances, but had never experienced such pain in any of them.
Being burned, struck by lightning, suffocating while submerged in deep water…
Each time they thought they were going to die, but they just couldn't die.
At this moment, Wen Xiangjie's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, finally making them break down.
The first to break was Zhang Yu, whose psychological defense line was already on the verge of collapsing.
“Exactly! Why me?! Why?! I was planning to level up in another, more stable game instance, so why was I suddenly sent to this game instance?!”
Seeing that Zhang Yu was about to speak, Wen Xiangjie mercifully stopped the torture on him temporarily, allowing him to continue speaking.
Lin Zhaoting, who weakly opened his eyes, saw that Wen Xiangjie had stopped the torture on Zhang Yu and immediately understood Wen Xiangjie's intention.
He knew that unless she squeezed out every last bit of information from them, Wen Xiangjie would not let them go.
Since things had come to this, why should he suffer more to keep secrets that would eventually be revealed anyway?
“I have… something important… to say…” Lin Zhaoting said intermittently, using his last ounce of strength.
Not bad, not bad. Wen Xiangjie liked smart people like this the most.
She stopped the torture on Lin Zhaoting.
“Speak, what is it? If you lie to me, you won't have another chance to speak.”
After all the torture was stopped, even though the pain from his wounds still lingered, Lin Zhaoting felt more relieved than he ever had before.
After taking a deep breath, he said, “We made a deal with the abnormal in this game instance. Besides me, Zhou Yunchang, Lin Zhaoyuan, and Lin Zhaokai, everyone else is a pawn, a sacrifice sent in after the Family made a deal with the abnormal.”
“As long as they enter the game instance and are absorbed by the abnormal, the abnormal will cooperate with us, hide the true difficulty of this game instance, trick you into coming in, and suppress your basic panel stats, ensuring you die in this game instance.”
Wen Xiangjie knew that the Family must have made a deal with the abnormal in this game instance, but she didn't expect the Family to be so ruthless as to sacrifice even Level 60 powerhouses.
Clearly, Wen Xiangjie wasn't the only one hearing this for the first time; even Zhang Yu and the others were unaware.
“What? Impossible! I'm almost Level 60!” Zhang Yu glared at Lin Zhaoting with bloodshot eyes, demanding loudly, “How could the Zhang Family be willing to let me be a sacrifice?!”
“Your talent level is only S-rank, your future potential is limited, and you are not of pure Family blood. You are merely the product of your father's one-night stand. The Zhang Family has never considered you a true Zhang Family member from the beginning,” Lin Zhaoting said indifferently.
“If it weren't for the fact that you at least have an S-rank talent, the Zhang Family would have thrown you out long ago.”
Wen Xiangjie quickly stuffed a pastry into her mouth.
She didn't expect to hear such juicy gossip during an interrogation; it was wonderful to hear!
Zhang Yu never imagined that the relatives who were kind to him in everyday life actually viewed him this way in secret.
Over the years, he had entered so many game instances for the Zhang Family, and even this time, when he entered this Immortal Cultivation Simulator game instance, it was because the Zhang Family summoned him, and he immediately rushed back.
Originally, he had chosen another, more stable game instance to break through to Level 60.
He had given so much for the Zhang Family, only to be easily abandoned by them, thrown to the abnormal as a sacrifice!
“Good, good! Hahahahaha!” Zhang Yu burst into a broken laugh.
“Since that's the case, I won't let them have their way!”
Zhang Yu looked at Wen Xiangjie: “As long as I die by your hand, the abnormal won't be able to devour me. If you're willing to kill me with your own hands, I'll tell you the list of the Zhang Family's moles hidden in various major academies!”
Oh, there's an unexpected surprise?
If she submitted this list to the First Military Academy, wouldn't all the major academies owe her a favor?
As for life-saving items, one or two is not too few, and three or four is not too many!
Fortunately, Wen Xiangjie had anticipated that people, when faced with no hope of escape, would mostly choose to go down fighting, so she had told the Taiyi Sect higher-ups in advance that she wanted to handle these people personally.
Otherwise, if these people deliberately mentioned things like game instances or players in front of the Taiyi Sect higher-ups, trying to drag her down with them, even if she could smooth things over, it would be very troublesome. It was better to nip the danger in the bud from the start.
“Then you'd better think carefully before you speak. Like him, you only get one chance to speak.” Wen Xiangjie took out a mirror from her storage ring and threw it in front of everyone.
“This is the Heart-Peeking Mirror. I'll know immediately whether what you say is true or false.”
This Heart-Peeking Mirror was one of the spoils Wen Xiangjie obtained from the Scroll Secret Realm. Such a treasure capable of peering into others' minds could not be refined by any Refining Master in the current Cultivation World. The Phoenix Clan's collection was truly rich.
Zhang Yu hadn't intended to lie in the first place, and with this mirror, he put away all his petty thoughts, only wanting to severely strike the Zhang Family as revenge.
Zhang Yu recalled for a moment then began, “The First Military Academy's…”
Wen Xiangjie took out a piece of paper from her storage bracelet and recorded all the names Zhang Yu mentioned.
The Heart-Peeking Mirror floated silently in front of everyone, showing no abnormalities.
This indicated that everything Zhang Yu said was true.
Wen Xiangjie satisfiedly put the paper back into her storage bracelet.
“Good, you're very good. I'll give you a quick death later. You can rest for a while now.”
Wen Xiangjie understood how to kill the heart.
The other Family disciples were still enduring agonizing torture, but Zhang Yu could rest by the side.
Although everyone would eventually die, for now, not having to continue with the torture was already a hundred times more comfortable than the others.
Coupled with hearing Lin Zhaoting say that they were all abandoned by their families, soon, another person couldn't help but speak: “I'll confess too. I'll confess the list of the Zhou Family's moles in the military…”
“I'll confess too, the Lin Family's list of moles in the military!”
Seeing everyone so eager, Wen Xiangjie was even more pleased.
“Don't rush, don't rush, one by one!”
At this moment, outside the game instance, the people from the Family and the First Military Academy were still in a standoff.