Infinite Mask Game.

The Fengchang Prison was dimly lit and oppressively somber. Two rows of inscribed lamps on the wall operated at their lowest power consumption, faintly illuminating the numb figures of the prisoners.

Behind the iron bars, expressionless prisoners slumped inside, some with specially made shackles on their hands and feet to suppress their mental activity.

Most of them were disheveled, their hempen clothes stained with black blood. When they saw Wei Miao walk by, a flicker of fear appeared in their dull eyes.

Two jailers dressed in black robes approached and, upon seeing Wei Miao, paused for a moment before bowing respectfully.

Wei Miao casually pointed to a third-rate martial artist in a cell: "Take him to the torture chamber."

The previously quiet martial artist suddenly widened his eyes, unable to hide his fear.

This is an ordinary middle-aged man whose hair is dirty and messy because he has not combed it for a long time.

Soon, he was escorted to the torture chamber by two jailers and tied to an iron chair.

Wei Miao was already waiting there, admiring the various torture instruments inside with great interest.

The torture chamber was the most bloody place in Fengchang Prison, with bloodstains accumulating on the edges of many torture instruments. A lamp with inscriptions hung in the center of the ceiling, its white light clear and bright.

After giving the order, the jailer wisely withdrew and closed the door.

The soundproofing of the torture chambers wasn't very good, and faint screams could often be heard from nearby cells.

At this moment, Wei Miao could hear the two prison guards who hadn't gone far talking.

One of them seemed to be new: "Why was the one who was just brought in shaking like that?"

Another veteran said, "It's not his fault. I would be trembling too. You don't know, the prisoners here are most afraid of two types of people."

"One is the executioner. Those who can become this person are all twisted in mentality and have hearts of stone. Their cruel methods are frightening to onlookers, let alone the people being tortured."

"The other one is the Chief Eunuch. Don't let his upright and honest appearance fool you, ha, I've heard that some executioners secretly try to learn from him..."

The sound gradually faded around the corner. Wei Miao finally turned around and looked directly at the prisoner, only to find that in just a short while, he had turned pale with fright and his lips had turned purple.

Wei Miao smiled: "Am I that scary?"

He didn't dare to speak.

Pei Wenwei's notorious reputation is, in a way, a good thing. It means that Wei Miao doesn't need to hide herself too much when doing something outrageous.

Her purpose in coming here was to use these prisoners who never see the light of day to experiment with something.

Many of the prisoners in Fengchang Prison were either front men or intermediaries for officials. The presiding officer would interrogate them to uncover hidden evidence. Afterward, they would be imprisoned in Fengchang Prison to await further processing.

Once you're imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, you either leave as a criminal in the Imperial Prison or as a corpse in the cemetery.

Wei Miao has no need to worry about any consequences; she has the right to dispose of these "wastes".

The cross-shaped double pupils split open from the center of his forehead, their pupils overlapping as he gazed at the prisoner.

Wei Miao launched the "Scarlet Pollution".

[Scarlet contamination is being assessed using a multi-dimensional method...]

[Main pollution level successfully determined!]

[Note: The Seed of the Eye has encountered resistance from inner demons and has failed to achieve initial control!]

This was a rather peculiar situation. This was the first time Wei Miao had encountered someone with the power to directly resist the crimson pollution.

The seed of the eye has been successfully planted, but it is suppressed by the inner demon and cannot be further controlled.

When Wei Miao learned of the existence of inner demons, she felt a sense of familiarity. She recalled the process of becoming a martial artist. Those with potential undergo a ritual to have a seed planted in their heart by a divine statue, creating an inner demon. Afterward, they can enhance their strength through visualization techniques.

This is similar to the process of Scarlet Contamination and Domination. The offspring are planted with the seed of the eye, which, over time, erodes and deepens, eventually completing domination.

Inner demons also have corrosive properties; if a martial artist cannot resist an inner demon, he will be possessed.

This similarity led Wei Miao to speculate about the true nature of cultivation within the divine idol system.

She hasn't fully grasped the operating mechanism of the Crimson Contamination yet. The Cross-shaped double pupils can conduct covert, remote contamination through vision. Once the detection is successful, the rest is up to time. She can manipulate the other party through some kind of connection between the mother and the offspring.

There are mechanisms involved that she cannot explain with her current knowledge.

To aid her research, she changed her identity marker to "Scholar".

The secondary skills "Erudition" and "Insight" of the [Scholar] are excellent support abilities that can enhance the player's own qualities.

The moment I switched to the [Scholar] set, it felt like my brain wrinkles had been brushed open with minty toothpaste, leaving a refreshing sensation that permeated my entire being.

Wei Miao had never felt her mind was so active and so sharp.

"The power of the cross-shaped double pupils condenses into the seed of the eye, which determines the recipient's resistance and the outcome of the contamination. This contamination is multi-dimensional, so multi-dimensional contamination assessment is required."

"Judging from the results, this third-rate martial artist did not surpass the Cross-Puppet Pupil in terms of abstract power dimensions such as fate, soul, and status, but he was suppressed due to conflict with his inner demons. Otherwise, with his strength, he would have achieved initial domination at the same time as successfully corrupting them."

A successful pollution determination only means that the power contained in the Seed of the Eye has been able to completely dominate the opponent and has successfully taken root in the opponent's body. It is not the same as the subsequent domination determination.

This is why Crimson Contamination and Crimson Domination are two active skills, and their judgment phases are separate.

“That’s interesting. For a martial artist, both my Seed of the Eye and the Demon of the Heart are foreign things that want to erode the martial artist’s spirit and will. In this respect, the two are somewhat similar in nature.”

"When two things are fighting over the same thing, conflict is bound to arise, which in turn protects the warrior from my control."

"This also shows that inner demons are not part of a martial artist's personality; the two are relatively independent. Moreover, inner demons cannot be corrupted by the eye; they are incomplete and not considered 'human.'"

If the person has multiple personality disorder, when the Seed of the Eye is contaminated, it will treat all of the other person's personalities as one before making a judgment.

Dissociative identity disorder is like a soul having multiple mental aspects, but ultimately still belonging to one soul.

Unless, of course, some extraordinary individuals possess the ability to split their personalities, with each personality possessing different strengths, reaching a point where each personality can function as an independent entity.

The soul is an extremely mysterious thing. In Wei Miao's opinion, most extraordinary beings' independent clones are not created by slicing the soul, as this is a very dangerous practice that can easily lead to deficiencies at various levels.

It's more like cultivating a soul of the same essence based on one's own soul, like branches branching out from the trunk of a tree, thus maintaining the connection between the clone and the original without harming oneself.

A person's personality is an independent individual from multiple dimensions. Only such an existence can be regarded as a different individual by the Scarlet Contamination, requiring multiple Seeds of the Eye to contaminate them separately.

“Inner demons, visualization techniques, divine images…” Wei Miao closed her eyes, a certain possibility flashing through her mind, “Eye seed, crimson dominance, cross-shaped double pupils…”

She vaguely grasped some of the essence.

As Wei Miao pondered, the powerless third-rate martial artist stared in horror at the handsome and elegant supervisor, meeting her gaze with the lively cross-shaped eyes on her forehead.

His pupils darted slightly around the center of the cross, and he seemed to see a personified smile in them.

He has a keen eye and can tell that the Grand Supervisor has already been promoted to the seventh level.

But are all the supernatural abilities of the seven martial artists so strange? Have they really not been possessed by their inner demons?

The intense inhumanity emanating from Wei Miao sent chills down his spine. (End of Chapter)