My Cell Prison - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Chapter 16 – Contained

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

During breakfast, Han Dong had similarly mentioned that he did not feel too well, so he returned back to his room with his bowl of fried egg noodles… In truth, this was because Han Dong had some things he needed to do.

The first thing he had to do was to analyze Herbert’s death.

Taking out his stationery, he placed it beside his bowl of noodles and began to record and analyze as he ate.

“Everyone had all shared the same experience of the evil spirit standing in front of their doors last night. Out of the four surviving members, there were some who left the safety of their covers, but none of them had left the room… Meanwhile, the window in Herbert’s room had been left open! So it’s apparent that he had chosen to flee through the window in his panic, and thus caught the eye of the evil spirit. That’s a limitation! My deduction should be right. At least for last night, the evil spirit had been restrained from entering people’s rooms… Or perhaps she was restricted by the condition of ‘only killing one person’, and had intentionally chosen Herbert since he leaped out from his window. But I cannot confirm that these limitations will continue to persist. Or perhaps the limitations that the evil spirit faces would lessen as time goes by. After all, given the rate of how she is killing people, two of us might very well survive when the event is over.”

Han Dong recorded down his reasonable guesses regarding every detail that he could think about into that notebook of his, prepared to use subsequent events to prove his conjectures.

After that, the main reason why he had wanted to return back to his room was because after the siblings had done the deed, Han Dong had received a system prompt:

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The side event [Choice] has been completed.

When this event is over, the chance of obtaining a Destiny Card (Novice Grade) will increase by 10%.

Furthermore, your relationship with the key character [Accursed Chenli] has significantly improved, while the relationship with the key character [Daqing] has seen a slight improvement.

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Significantly improved! 

This was the harvest as a result of his willingness to assist Chenli yesterday after taking the initiative to engage in a conversation with her.

During breakfast, Han Dong had secretly handed Chenli a note, asking Chenli to pretend to feel unwell and head upstairs for a private conversation.

“Facing a life or death situation, no one in a team of randoms that has been gathered in the last minute would be worth trusting… The only ones I can completely trust would be the key characters in this event.”

After five minutes had passed, Chenli had come upstairs with her bowl of noodles as well.

“Come in…”

When Han Dong had closed his door, he had made sure to use newspaper to seal off the glass window on that door of his.

“Thank you.”

For a time, because of how terrifying she looked, every member of the team had thought the evil spirit was the ‘cursed’ Chenli… But now that she was alone with Han Dong, she actually lost control of her emotions and began breaking down to cry.

The hatred that she had been keeping suppressed for all these years had finally been released.

“Everything’s over now.”

Han Dong stepped forward to console Chenli… Doing his best to increase ‘relationship levels’ between the two of them even further.

As for the murdered couple, Granny Wong and Uncle Liu. Han Dong was not in the least bit conflicted.

In his eyes, the characters inside this Space of Destiny was no different from NPCs in a game… They were not real people. The fact that there were relationship levels and plot setups only further cemented his thoughts on this matter.

Just as Han Dong was done with consoling her, he heard the chime of the system once more

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Relationship level increased. Your relationship with the key character [Accursed Chenli] is now at ‘bosom friend’. (Note: the relationship level could still be further improved.)

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As Chenli slowly stopped her sobbing, she turned to face Han Dong, “Thank you… If you and your friends need to continue filming, I’ll act in accordance with what you need.”

“There’s no need for that… Miss Chen, the filming isn’t anything important. The reason I asked you here is because I have something very important to tell you. Something that I need you and your younger brother to help me with.”

“What is it?”

Han Dong became somber, “What I’m going to tell you concerns my life and death. Only you can help me.”

Were it not have been because their relationship had reached the ‘bosom friend’ level, Han Dong would not have dared to divulge his current predicament to her. 

As he proceeded to explain, Chenli, who had been holding her bowl of noodles when she came up the stairs, had actually pulled out a kitchen knife from out of nowhere… She was giving off a vibe that she had no qualms in using that kitchen knife of hers at any moment.

Almost instantly, killing intent radiated, and even the temperature of the room dropped a degree or two.

At that moment, Han Dong was wondering to himself- Was Chenli actually a human or a spirit?

“… I’ll most definitely help you!”

Just as Chenli said this, a keening sound echoed in Han Dong’s ears, as a low voice rumbled in his mind, different from the prompt that came from the Space of Destiny’s system.

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A close relationship between the subject and a special lifeform has been detected. If the subject desires, they may choose to conduct a ‘Perfect Containment’. 

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Han Dong was in shock. “A special lifeform? Truly, Miss Chenli isn’t your average human being!”

It was such a good opportunity in front of him; If he really went ahead with the capture, not only would he gain a deeper understanding of the Portable Prison that he possessed in him, he would also gain a powerful helper.

This was a very important aspect for the physically weak Han Dong.

“The background for Chenli in the movie was originally that of a woman from a rural village who had succumbed to the dark abyss of seeking revenge due to her mother’s death… She was even prepared to be jailed and sentenced to death in order for her to achieve her ends. Now that she has achieved her goal, she hardly has any concerns with the world, making the present truly the best time to contain her.”

Hesitation would only result in defeat.

Portable Prison, activate!

The process of teleportation was instantly complete… It was just that the two of them were in very different states.

Han Dong was standing in that prison corridor, while Chenli had instantly been locked up in the one cell!

What Han Dong witnessed after left him shuddering greatly.

The spotted tentacles that had been lurking between the cracks of the stone wall each began extending madly the moment they sensed that a foreign object had entered the cell. They tied up Chenli’s two arms and legs… Then there was a single tentacle that ignored the existence of her skull and burrowed right into the back of her head.

Han Dong’s expression turned ghastly when he witnessed that scene… Actually, he had wanted to give Chenli a choice, to ask if she was willing to follow him to the new world, and did not wish to forcefully contain her like what was happening now.

“According to what the system had prompted, Chenli ought to have willingly subjected herself to the process… I really hope such a containment method would not cause any harm to the people.”

After about five minutes passed, Han Dong received the prompt that the examination was complete.

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[Accursed Chenli]

Method of containment: Perfect Containment (high relationship level achieved, the target lifeform has accepted being contained)

Category: Heretic (On a physical level, an evil aura has been cultivated after being nourished by the individual’s extreme negative emotions. Furthermore, residing in an area that had heavy yin energy over a long period of time has caused the individual to turn slightly evil)

Combat rating: E+

Advancement Approach: Cultivate Evil

Abilities:

Evil Transformation — a fixed increase to each basic attribute.

Kitchen Knife — contaminated by the evil thoughts from the blood of its enemies, it has turned into a cursed weapon.

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“No wonder the system had given Chenli the ‘Accursed’ prefix; She has really fallen into evil ways as a result of the resentment she harbored inside her!”

After the analysis was complete, the tentacles that had bounded Chenli automatically retracted themselves back into the walls.

At the same time, there was an unknown dark imprint that was left on Chenli’s neck… Anyone would have to get close to her in order to see it.

The imprint was that of a faceless head, with eight curved tentacles even distributed around it.