Yu-Gi-Oh!: This isn't a duel!

Meanwhile, in another special room, Ling Shiyao, lying on a soft bed, slowly woke up as her eyelashes trembled.

She stared blankly at the unfamiliar ceiling before her, as memories began to slowly resurface in her mind like a tide.

When the last image of the sneak attack flashed before her eyes, she was startled and immediately struggled to get out of bed.

Time is of the essence; she must get the message out!

She rushed to the door, stared at the heavy iron door that was locked, and tried to push it a few times, but found that she couldn't open it at all.

She decisively abandoned that plan and instead took out her cards from her pocket.

However, just as she was about to summon the monsters, she was horrified to find that the spirits who were sleeping in the cards and were connected to her were completely unresponsive and deathly silent.

In other words, she cannot summon card monsters.

After trying twice in a row, Ling Shiyao's heart sank. She knew that this was no longer her problem.

Looking around, she immediately had a guess.

She reached out and touched the wall, feeling the cold touch on her fingertips.

The surface of the wall is not smooth and flat, but has a rough, uneven mineral texture, which reflects a depressed and dull luster under the dim light.

Ling Shiyao's heart sank. She never expected that something she had only seen in textbooks and top-secret files would one day actually be used on her.

The wall in front of her was made of a special ore that only occurs in the elven realm, and its quantity was extremely rare.

Its function is extremely simple: to completely suppress the power of card spirits.

After being discovered by humans, this mineral was used in other applications.

One of the most important of these was used to suppress those elf duelists who, due to their inflated power, went astray.

Some people become arrogant after gaining a little power, always thinking they are invincible. But often, in such situations, "enemies will come from nowhere."

However, most of the crimes committed by these people did not warrant the death penalty, unlike the Dark Duelists whose crimes were unforgivable. But ordinary prisons were simply not enough to contain these Spirit Duelists who could materialize monsters.

Even if you take away all their cards, as long as they can hide even one card, they can summon a monster to escape.

And those monsters possess a variety of effects.

Ordinary prisons simply cannot hold those people.

Furthermore, thanks to the scarcity of Elf Duelists, the government is not inclined to exterminate them.

Therefore, after trial, they are usually handcuffed with this special mineral to seal their power.

After being handcuffed with these special minerals, prisoners are unable to summon monsters even if cards are placed in front of them.

And the place where she is is even more outrageous.

The four walls, and even the ceiling and floor, are all made entirely of this special mineral.

Under the absolute suppressive force field formed by such a massive amount of ore, Ling Shiyao suspected that even someone with extremely abnormal mental strength like You Yang would not be able to successfully summon the monster, let alone her.

After all, this was a place that her father, Ling Zhiyong, had specially built to receive "important guests."

In this era where the strength of the elf duelists is growing stronger, only places like this can provide people with the absolute sense of security.

It seems I can't escape on my own.

Ling Shiyao took out her phone, still unwilling to give up, and sure enough, the screen displayed "No Service".

Although Ling Zhiyong didn't take anything from her, it was clear that he had planned everything in advance.

There should also be a signal jammer installed in this room.

But at least, she can still tell the time.

The cold, hard numbers on the screen read: 04:15.

The agreed time is almost here.

There's no point in rushing things now.

Ling Shiyao walked to the bathroom attached to the room, washed her face with cold water, and forced her brain, which was somewhat dazed from the sneak attack, to fully wake up.

Her face, pale but with an unusually determined look, was reflected in the mirror.

Time ticked by, and when the numbers on the phone screen finally jumped to 04:30.

"Knock knock."

There was a gentle knock on the door.

"Shiyao, are you inside?"

A familiar yet slightly urgent voice came from outside the door—it was Su Xiaolan!

"I'm here! Open the door!"

Ling Shiyao's spirits lifted instantly, and a glimmer of hope lit up her eyes. She quickly walked to the door, and finally, the door opened!

After learning that shocking secret, she did not immediately and impulsively confront her father.

Instead, he went to find Su Xiaolan first, but did not tell her the whole story. He simply handed her a special contact card.

He instructed them that if they could not contact him after a few hours, they should use the directions on this card to find him.

Even if I'm locked up in this place, my relationship with the cards won't be severed because of the suppression of the ore!

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After all, he was her biological father, and Ling Shiyao still hoped to persuade him to turn back from the wrong path.

But now it seems that his father is determined to go down a dark path.

Then, it's up to me to help him... pull back from the brink.

Ling Shiyao took a deep breath, her eyes becoming incredibly resolute.

She believed that even if her father could truly resurrect her mother, if her mother knew that her rebirth was built on the death of others, then she would absolutely, positively never forgive her father.

She had to stop her father before he made the worst decision he could ever make!

"Click~"

Just as Ling Shiyao was ready, a crisp, subtle metallic click came from the door lock.

The heavy mine gate opened with a thud.

Su Xiaolan stood outside the door and quickly and skillfully put a specially modified hairpin, used for unlocking locks, back on her head.

She looked at Ling Shiyao, who was unharmed in the room, and breathed a sigh of relief. She immediately asked:

"Where do we go now?"

Although she didn't know Ling Shiyao's specific plans, she trusted Ling Shiyao unconditionally.

"Let's go find Youyang and Wan'an first!"

Now that things had come to this, there was no need to hide it any longer. Ling Shiyao immediately grabbed Su Xiaolan's hand and quickly walked out while explaining the whole story to Su Xiaolan at top speed.

Now, if they want to stop Ling Zhiyong, they must rely on Xie Wan'an and You Yang's help.

Su Xiaolan listened, secretly alarmed.

She never imagined that Uncle Ling, whom she had always thought of as somewhat serious and rigid, was secretly plotting something so crazy and terrifying.

She did know about another thing Ling Zhiyong was planning, which was about the mysterious girl in the glass jar.

Su Xiaolan knew the girl's true identity.

Legend has it that she is a forbidden product of the union of a human and an elf, and her spiritual power can be increased without limit.

In other words, if properly nurtured, that girl will become the key for mortals to grasp the divine.

Ling Zhiyong had once invited her to participate in the research on that girl.

When she first heard about this, she was incredibly excited.

After all, this is a unique and extremely rare "experimental equipment" in the world!

It's important to understand that elves are beings that, if they don't want to appear, no one can force them to.

Therefore, to date, no one has been able to truly capture a spirit that exists in the real world.

Similarly, nothing can hold them back.

If that girl is truly a combination of human and elf, then she is currently the closest being in the world to the origin of "elves"!

How could someone like that not be tempting?

However, when Su Xiaolan actually arrived at that heavily guarded research institute, the girl in the jar cast a clear, innocent yet curious gaze at her through the cold glass.

When the girl stretched out her slender, delicate hand and gently pressed it against the inner wall of the glass, as if wanting to touch it...

Although separated by a thick layer of special glass, Su Xiaolan immediately understood.

The girl in the jar is not a cold experimental instrument, but a living, breathing person with thoughts and feelings!

Although she was still quite confused, she probably didn't even understand what she was doing.

But her thinking and her curiosity all indicate that she is a person, not a research subject!

Her experimental subject will be a living, breathing human being!

A chill ran from the soles of her feet, coursing through Su Xiaolan's entire body.

She couldn't do it; in fact, she found it disgusting.

In the end, she couldn't get over her own conscience and resolutely rejected Ling Zhiyong's invitation.

She couldn't stop Ling Zhiyong's almost insane plan; the only thing she could do was force herself not to look at it or think about it, in order to maintain her last line of defense.

She even had a vague idea of ​​the girl's identity, but she didn't say anything.

But she never expected that Ling Zhiyong's ambition and madness had reached such a level.

To cooperate with an evil god... to resurrect his wife?

That's... a crazy, chilling act!

After listening to Ling Shiyao's hurried explanation, Su Xiaolan suddenly stopped and grabbed her hand.

"Since we're going to stop them, let's bring some tools!"