They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 425 If you can't beat them head-on, you have to resort to underhanded tactics.

Danlei called Huohuo over not only to get insurance for Hanya, but also for another reason.

That is, although Huo Huo was promoted to judge, she was still the daily maintainer of Xueyi Puppet. If Xueyi betrayed her, she would also be subject to investigation.

Since the battle inside the Prison of Imprisonment had almost ended, Huo Huo quickly arrived.

As the beloved pet of the Imprisonment, Huo Huo had obviously learned about Xue Yi's betrayal from others.

Looking at Danlei's serious face, Huohuo mustered up her courage and said...
"Lord Yuyang, you were looking for me?"

Upon seeing Huo Huo arrive, Dan Lei waved his hand, and the tail behind her instantly transformed into a yang form and was controlled by Dan Lei.

Grandpa Tail is still the same as ever; he reflexively wants to curse.

However, it had only uttered the word "stinky..." when Dan Lei's look stopped it from saying anything more.

Then, Dan Lei summoned Xiao Huanlong and said directly...

"Integrate this year's yang energy, confirm that it did not act out of line in this incident, and then exclude it."

Xiao Huanlong naturally didn't stand on ceremony and directly flicked the tail old man, merging him into his own body.

Huo Huo watched as her tail was swallowed, tears welling in her eyes, looking utterly humiliated.

However, she knew that the fusion of the sun and moon could be expelled, so she held back her tears.

Fortunately, Dan Lei only had Xiao Huanlong do this as a precaution. After fusing with Tail Grandpa, Xiao Huanlong directly said...

“Master, Suiyang has nothing to do with this matter. It hardly does anything except play with Huohuo every day.”

After hearing this, Dan Lei nodded and gestured for Xiao Huanlong to separate the tail.

Then, Xiao Huanlong spat a ball of green flame directly onto the ground.

The tail-wearing old man was really scared this time. Little Huanlong, as Suiyang, was much stronger than him. He couldn't even resist being absorbed.

So, as soon as it came out, it transformed into a ball of fire, panting heavily, and muttering to itself...

"Damn, that was terrifying, I almost died..."

However, Danlei wasn't going to let the tail-wearing old man off the hook, and directly said to him...

"Tail has now possessed the crow. Report it immediately if she shows any abnormality."

Little Huanlong, you'll be Huo Huo's tail for now.

As soon as Dan Lei finished speaking, Grandpa Tail immediately protested.
"Ha, possess that female ghost? I won't do it! Haven't I already cleared my name?"

However, Dan Lei simply replied...
"I'm not asking for your opinion, I'm giving you an order."

Your suspicion has been cleared, but Huo Huo herself has not been cleared.

"Huo Huo, you don't have any objections, do you?"

Although Huo Huo was timid and afraid of ghosts, she was still a little fox-person with a resolute character, so she looked at Xiao Huanlong and said with her fists clenched tightly.
"I have no objection, I am willing to accept the review."

Huo Huo had no objections, and Tail Grandpa couldn't say anything more either, silently merging into the body of the crow.

At the same time, Xiao Huanlong also merged into Huo Huo's body, forming a golden tail behind her.

Seeing this, Dan Lei nodded in satisfaction.

Dan Lei never doubted whether Han Ya and Huo Huo had also betrayed the Immortal Boat Alliance, but he still had to put on a show of respect for the two who were closely associated with Xue Yi.

In fact, given the relationship between Danlei and Xueyi, they should theoretically avoid any appearance of impropriety in this matter.

However, no one in the Ten Kings Division dared to say such a thing, let alone Chi Yi, even if Jing Yuan came.

After dealing with Han Ya and Huo Huo, Dan Lei spoke directly to the two of them.

"The crow and the hawk went with me to Hure's prison."

After saying that, he jumped directly from the central control room, landing at the very bottom of the prison.

Dan Lei's move was quite impressive; Han Ya didn't hesitate and jumped over the railing.

Huo Huo didn't dare to climb over the railing, but Xiao Huanlong simply grabbed her and flew over to jump down.

The fastest distance between two points is a straight line. Soon, Dan Lei fell straight to the bottom of the Netherworld Prison. Then, two streams of imaginary energy shot upwards and caught the falling crow and Huo Huo.

At this point, Huo Huo was so frightened by the fall from a great height that all she could see in her eyes were circles.

However, thanks to Little Illusion's ability to devour fear, she recovered relatively quickly.

However, Huo Huo, who had just regained her senses, almost fainted again when she saw the huge wolf carcass in front of her.

Yes, once you reach the bottom of the Dark Prison, the first thing you see is Hu Lei's enormous corpse.

Dan Lei remained silent as he watched this scene, indicating that the original plot was no longer relevant, since Hu Lei had already died here.

After Danlei nodded in agreement, Han Ya quickly stepped forward to examine the body and soon drew a conclusion.
"The cause of death is likely due to the heart being removed after the chest was cut open."

Unexpectedly, this monster, who had endured the daily torture of the sword tree for hundreds of years without dying, died the moment its heart was removed.

It wasn't surprising to Dan Lei that Hu Lei would die without the Crimson Moon Heart, since the game clearly stated that its immortality came from this heart that the Bu Liren warriors had fought over for generations.

So Danlei placed his hand directly on Hulei's head and pulled out an almost transparent Hulei.

Seeing this, Huo Huo immediately took out the array flag in fear and said to the transparent thunder in front of her.
"This...this is the ghost of Hulei?"

Huo Huo's reaction was a bit excessive. Dan Lei tapped her head directly, causing her to stumble back three steps and crouch down to cover her head in defense.

Then he slowly explained

"This is not Hu Lei's soul. Its soul has dissipated with death. Even if I can reassemble it, I can only summon back a small part of its remnant soul."

The dead are gone. Even if it committed heinous crimes against the fox people, there's no need to torment its soul, which can no longer gather its own consciousness.

The phantom I'm projecting now is formed from the remnants of its brain memories. These memories can tell us what Hure saw in its final moments before it died.

After Danlei finished speaking, the transparent thunderbolt transformed into a picture and began to play the last scene he saw, and could also transmit the sound he heard through his spirit.

Upon hearing Yu Luo address Xue Yi as Lord Xing Xiao, Dan Lei, Han Ya, and Huo Huo visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Clearly, Xueyi's betrayal and Xueyi being possessed by Xingxiao are two completely different concepts in the minds of the three.

Xueyi betrayed him, and even Danlei, who encountered her later, would ask her why she betrayed him.

But if it's possession, then everything makes sense. Just kill him on sight, and consider it revenge for Xueyi.

However, this raises another question: Xueyi was doing well in Luofu, so why was she possessed by Xingxiao? She was a judge of the Ten Kings Division, with all sorts of mental defenses up her sleeve; how could she be possessed so easily?

However, after reviewing his several encounters with Xingxiao, Danlei quickly thought of something and asked directly.

"Raven, where did you seal the puzzle pieces that were taken from Xingxiao during the last great battle?"

Upon hearing this, Han Ya immediately guessed what Dan Lei was suspicious of, and replied directly.

"Because this fragment needs to be continuously studied and monitored, it was not placed at the bottom of the Dark Prison, but in the intermediate level of the prison..."

Over there, the one in charge of daily patrols is my older sister… because she's afraid that living things will be bewitched by the power of Star Howl…

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei immediately covered his head and said...

"The Ten Kings of Luofu are really using up all their available strong laborers."

They let Xueyi bring outsiders into the prison, made her patrol, and put her in charge of internal investigations. Chiyi is undeniably culpable this time.

However, after covering his head, Danlei still needed to go for a check-up, he said to Hanya.
"Crow, use the new communication system to send a message to the higher-ups, and tell them to send someone down to collect Hu Lei's body."

With Hu Lei dead, Luo Fu is in big trouble. Jing Yuan is having a headache about how to explain this to the Alliance and the Yao Qing Fox People.

By the way, let Yao Qingmoze participate in the formal autopsy. If Jiaoqiu recovers, let him join as well.

Now, let's go take a look at the fragment of Star Howl.

Dan Lei gave the order, and Han Ya naturally carried it out. The three of them quickly arrived at the place where the Star Howl fragments were stored.

When Dan Lei arrived at the seal, he discovered that the seal seemed fine from the outside, but it was just a facade.

After the seal was closed, the container that originally held the fragments was no longer filled with fragments; the fragments inside were just a projection.

With the investigation progressing to this point, Xueyi's betrayal is now basically clear.

First of all, the only person who betrayed them should be Yu Luo. She was influenced by the power of Xing Xiao and Huan Long, which led her to join the destruction.

Then, she somehow managed to transfer a fragment of Xingxiao's energy into Xueyi's body.

Xueyi's soul was naturally unable to withstand Xingxiao's manipulation and was thus controlled and possessed.

With Xueyi, the number one workaholic in the prison, acting as the mole, it goes without saying that the place was completely infiltrated.

Moreover, Dan Lei can be fairly certain of this based on Xingxiao's act of killing Hulei.

This time, there will absolutely be no true form of the Great Lord of Annihilation coming to Luofu.

Luo Fu has four envoys directly in charge, so unless the Great Lord of Annihilation sends out all his forces, he's just asking to be killed.

So this time they have no intention of engaging in direct combat; instead, they plan to resort to underhanded tactics.

Moreover, the first wave of reactions it has brought has already arrived.

After Dan Lei returned to the central management office with Han Ya and Huo Huo, he saw Fei Xiao standing with his arms crossed, his face ashen, questioning Chi Yi.
“Red-Clad Prisoner, you are also a fox-person, so you should know what Hu Lei means to fox-people.”
You said it has died at the hands of the Great Monarch Xingxiao of Annihilation. Do you think we, Yaoqing, can accept this result?

And what's with the security at Luofu Prison? Are they made of paper? How did Xingxiao manage to possess the Judge and get in?!

Dan Lei could understand Fei Xiao's questioning stemmed from Yao Qing's position.

So when Dan Lei arrived and saw that Jiao Qiu was soaked but only pale and had mostly recovered, he decisively didn't interfere with Fei Xiao's side, but instead inquired about Jiao Qiu.
"Jiaoqiu, you're recovering well. It seems that Moze has a good grasp of the cooking process."

Mo Ze was quite pleased with Dan Lei's praise, and he rarely took the initiative to speak.
"Jiaoqiu often drags me to eat his super spicy hot pot. Over time, I've gained a lot of experience with the ingredients for hot pot."

Jiaoqiu knew that Danlei was using her topic to ease the atmosphere, so she played along.
"I never imagined that one day I would be cooking with poison, but I still need to thank Lord Yuyang."

Without timely medical attention from adults, I would have been in serious trouble this time, poisoned to death. It's one of the ways I absolutely cannot accept dying.

Feixiao overheard Danlei's conversation with Jiaoqiu and Moze.

Facing Dan Lei, Fei Xiao wouldn't be as arrogant as he was when facing Chi Yi.

But the current situation is really bad. Luo Fu must give Yao Qing an explanation for Hu Lei's matter, otherwise no matter who comes, it won't make a difference.

Therefore, Fei Xiao turned directly to Dan Lei and said...

"Danlei, now that you're up here, tell me what you've learned."

Seeing this, Dan Lei shook his head and said to Fei Xiao...

"Let's go to the Shence Mansion. This is not the place to talk."

Also, Jiaoqiu and Moze should go to the Dan Ding Division to find the new head of the division, Ding Lingsha, and have her examine your bodies.

She is someone I can trust, and I will have Albion accompany you.

After saying that, Danlei released Albion, intending to have him act as Lingsha's bodyguard.

However, just as Dan Lei mentioned going to the Shence Mansion, Chi Yi awkwardly forced a smile and said...
"Lord Yuyang, there is something I must report."

Just now, when we were taking inventory of the prisoners in the slums, the chief clerk, Danbi, was nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead..."

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei was genuinely amused and exasperated.

Xingxiao's targeting was too obvious; clearly, in order to deal with her, she did not hesitate to harm her own friends.

Such a vicious plan is not Xingxiao's style. Danlei doesn't believe that Huanlong didn't come up with the idea. It's possible that Guiji also got involved.

At this moment, everyone in the Dark Prison felt their hair stand on end involuntarily.

Clearly, someone's anger has unconsciously affected those around them.

Fortunately, Dan Lei knew that when playing mind games with beings like Huanlong and Guiji, he absolutely couldn't let anger consume him.

So, after forcibly suppressing his anger, Dan Lei simply replied coldly.

"I understand, Red-Clad Prison Master, restore order to the Dark Prison as soon as possible."

General Feixiao, let's go.

"Crow, Huo Huo, you two come along too."

After saying that, Dan Lei turned around and left the prison.

Seeing this, Feixiao said to Jiaoqiu and Moze

"Go to the Pill Cauldron Department and find the Spirit Sand Cauldron. She is the first female Chiming of the Chiming Clan to regain her fertility. She has the highest level of security and is trustworthy."

Remember, if anyone attacks her, your first priority is to protect her and retreat to the Luofu Chiming base.

"If anything happens to her, Lord Tianfeng will definitely come after you."

Actually, even without Feixiao saying it, Jiaoqiu knew Lingsha's identity.

After all, it was no secret that Luo Fu Dan Ding Si Xin Si Ding had hard-controlled the Dan Lei 24 system.

It's estimated that the dragon masters of Luofu are already consulting ancient texts, pondering how to name their first pure-blooded dragon.

So Pepper nodded in reply.

"Understood, I will try to get along well with Miss Lingsha."

After saying that, Jiaoqiu gestured for Moze to help her leave.

After arranging for his two subordinates, Fei Xiao glanced at Han Ya and Huo Huo, and said directly...

"Judge Hanya and Judge Huohuo, you two will come with me to the Shence Mansion."

I must remind you that everything you say from now on will be reported to the Alliance Marshal, and you will be responsible for every word you say.

I'm not joking with you. If your testimonies are tainted with personal feelings, you'll likely spend the rest of your lives in the Yaoqing Prison.

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