“As you all know, throughout history, besides the several large-scale Killfield Games, there have been countless smaller ones, the exact number unknown.”

Due to the Light Reflecting Sword, Ji Jiu's injuries wouldn't worsen, so his voice didn't waver much.

“Killfield Games not only select exceptional individuals from humanity to become players, but also give rise to various non-human players.

The differences in race lead to significant differences in the moral values of non-human players compared to humans.

The vast majority of non-human players don't mind using crude and simple methods to quickly increase their strength.

For example, preying on human civilians;

Unlimitedly absorbing spiritual energy from the land, until a place is completely reduced to barren wasteland;

Digging open rivers and canals, collapsing mountains, and altering the terrain to modify the flow of spiritual energy, creating spirit-rich cave dwellings for themselves;

Bewitching and deceiving humans, using them as materials to conduct large-scale rituals of various kinds;

These methods are absolutely unacceptable to human players,

But for non-human players, there is nothing wrong with them."

Ji Jiu said faintly, "Non-human players and their descendants, as well as those mindless beasts that have gained formidable power due to Killfield Game mutations,

are all called demons by humans.”

He silently glanced at the Yuang Mo (Vengeful Demon) who had fallen into a coma, and continued to say to Li Yi and the others,

“In the era when the Killfield Game entered a low period and the number of players decreased sharply, demons ran rampant, wreaking havoc on the human world.

The Different Academy or certain other alchemists, used some method,

to set up a huge formation in Yin City, which was then still a swampy tidal flat, specifically for sealing those demons.

This formation is also known as the Prison of Demons."

"Wait,"

Ashes took a metal sphere from his backpack inventory, unnoticed by anyone, and quietly held it in his palm,

while asking aloud, "Seal? Why not just kill the demons directly?"

Ji Jiu answered helplessly, "Because the Different Academy in its heyday was far superior to ordinary demons.

Their Jianghu Walkers, scattered throughout the world, were also much stronger than the free-ranging monsters.

The primary task of the Different Academy was to compile classics, draw demon illustrations, and record task records, hoping to bypass the Killfield Game and pass on supernatural powers in the event of spiritual energy depletion.

In other words, in the eyes of the Different Academy at that time, the analysis of the source of demonic power was more important than killing demons.

Moreover, the life forms of some powerful monsters were extremely special, and even with the power of the Different Academy, they could not be completely killed, but only sealed.

The Different Academy set up a base next to the Prison of Demons in Yin City,

treating them like lab rats in today's laboratories, ruthlessly extracting demons from the Prison of Demons at will,

dissecting, experimenting, researching, analyzing, and proving.

Making first- or second-generation demons into drugs and weapons,

artificially selecting and cultivating demon species suitable for training as mounts, pets, or food.

However, due to the reproduction speed of some special types of demons far exceeding human imagination, new demons could constantly be produced even in the Prison of Demons,

in addition to the Different Academy's Jianghu Walkers constantly capturing demons with research value or so powerful that they could not be eliminated from various places,

the number of demons in the Prison of Demons continued to surge,

It is conservatively estimated that even when the Prison of Demons was at its worst in the Qin and Han dynasties, the fog realm still contained at least tens of thousands of various demons.”

Ashes pursed his lips and said nothing.

Ji Jiu seemed to see what he was thinking and said, "You're thinking that with the Different Academy's foresight, they wouldn't put so many monsters in the Prison of Demons, right?

Once the Killfield Game enters a low period, spiritual energy withers, and supernatural elements decline,

the Different Academy, having lost its power advantage, will not be able to guarantee the safety of the Prison of Demons. If something were to happen to the Prison of Demons, tens of thousands of demons would escape from it."

Ji Jiu paused for a moment and slowly said, "To prevent such a terrible situation from happening, the Different Academy also had various preventive measures.

Once they sensed that spiritual energy was about to decline, they would conduct a selective large-scale purge of the demons in the Prison of Demons, killing off some demons that posed a high threat or had no research value.

Just like biological laboratories, they would eliminate lab rats that had been infected with dangerous diseases.”

The players listened without saying a word.

Competition between races is cold, cruel, tragic, and merciless.

If what Ji Jiu said was true, then the people present, as later generations who benefited from the Different Academy's sealing of demons, were naturally not qualified to criticize the actions of the Different Academy.

“In addition to periodic purges, the Different Academy of past generations would also actively strengthen the seal of the Prison of Demons.

The structure of the Prison of Demons is similar to an inverted tower, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

The upper space is more spacious, with a large number of demons sealed within it,

The lower space is narrower, with fewer but more ancient and powerful demons sealed within it.

As time goes by, the number of levels in the Prison of Demons continues to increase, and the overall strength of the seal becomes higher and higher."

Ashes was silent for a moment.

The metal sphere in his hand was a special item called [The Taste of Lies], which could accurately detect lies, and its level was quite high, capable of breaking through many related skills such as verbal deception.

This item had not reported any errors, which meant that Ji Jiu was not lying.

Ashes asked, "Then, what about these mists? Is it also part of the Prison of Demons' own formation structure?"

"No, it is not."

Ji Jiu slowly shook his head, "In order to ensure that the Prison of Demons would be foolproof during the decline of spiritual energy, the Different Academy deliberately set up a final, and also the most crucial, layer of insurance.

They, bewitched the last dragon in this world,

a Shenlong (Mirage Dragon).”

The players present had read many ancient Zhi Guai (Strange Tales) books.

They knew that according to Zhi Guai records, the Shenlong was a close relative of the dragon, resembling a Jiao dragon, with bifurcated deer antlers on its head, red mane on its back, and dark earth-colored scales all over its body, with the scales below half of the Shenlong's body all reversed, unruly and rebellious.

The Shenlong can spew out mist, creating extremely realistic illusions to lure swallows into its mouth.

"Although the specific era is unclear, it can be inferred from fragments of broken bamboo slips that the Shenlong was the only true dragon left in the world,

The Different Academy proposed a certain transaction to the Shenlong, allowing it to voluntarily reside in the lowest level of the Prison of Demons.

The mist spewed out by an adult Shenlong can cooperate with the formation structure of the Prison of Demons to create a mist realm full of illusions inside and outside the tower.

In these years of the Different Academy's gradual decline, the Shenlong, abiding by its promise, has continuously spewed out mist to maintain the mist realm, causing various demons in the tower to fall into illusions, grinding them into slag.

In other words, it is the existence of the Shenlong that has enabled the Prison of Demons, which has been unattended for thousands of years, to operate stably and protect all spirits in the world from being invaded by demons.”