After leaving the area governed by rules, Xia Chuhe did not meet up with Li Qiusheng, but went to another place.

Although Dong Huimiao conceded defeat in the competition, she still kept thinking about how she had died in Xia Chuhe's place and wanted to get something back. In addition, she also wanted to know what Xia Chuhe was going to do, so she kept following Xia Chuhe.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the two slipped out of the Heavenly God Temple unnoticed and went to the place where Wei Yinuo was being held.

Previously, Xia Chuhe had promised Wei Yinuo that he would rescue her and help her deliver a message to her sister.

Now, Xia Chuhe has the opportunity to fulfill his promise.

Wei Yinuo once said that only by seeing the truth can one see the lock on the workbench and rescue her.

Now that Xia Chuhe had grasped the rules of the land, she naturally stopped playing tricks and revealed the true horrors of the Human-Insect Chamber to her.

The original human-insect chamber was barely clean and tidy, but now it was filled with a mixture of black slime, vomit, and blood, making it disgusting to look at.

Xia Chuhe, expressionless, headed straight for the innermost studio to rescue Wei Yinuo.

The workbench, now free of any deceptive cover, reveals the lock hidden beneath. Just as Wei Yinuo said, "As long as you can see the truth, you can naturally open this lock."

Because it's just a simple mechanical lock that can be opened with a gentle touch. The difficulty lies in locating the lock; the position of each lock on the workbench is different.

Xia Chuhe unlocked the door, lifted the workbench, and carried out Wei Yinuo.

As Xia Chuhe led Wei Yinuo out of the workbench, he faintly sensed a suction force. It wasn't very strong, but it was enough to control the weak person trapped inside the workbench.

“I’ve kept my promise. You can recover and go find your sister yourself.” Xia Chuhe smiled gently. “Now, can you tell me why the Heavenly God Temple has imprisoned you here?”

Wei Yinuo raised her skeletal hands in disbelief, unable to believe she had gained freedom. She raised her hands, wildly waving her fingers, and hooking her feet, feeling the exhilarating sensation of moving freely.

Xia Chuhe didn't rush her. Instead, he took a mat from the farm, placed it on the ground, and put Wei Yinuo on it so that she could move around freely.

After a long while, Wei Yinuo finally believed that she was truly free.

"What did you just say?" Wei Yinuo asked.

Xia Chuhe repeated the question from before.

Wei Yinuo: "Do you remember when I told you that the Temple of Heaven captured me to make me cooperate with their experiments? Their experiments were successful. They invented a drug that makes people happy, but it also brings them pain. In order to make users only feel happiness, this group of people created a machine that can separate pain, at the cost of someone on the machine having to feel that pain."

Wei Yinuo looked at the workbench that had kept her locked up for many years: "As long as enough people lie on the machine and take another substance separated from the drug, we will take the pain in place of those who enjoy pleasure."

Xia Chuhe asked, "Is there a way to destroy the machine and make those people suffer the pain they deserve?"

"There's no need for such trouble. As long as no one takes the pain for them, the pain will naturally return to where it belongs."

Xia Chuhe nodded: "I understand."

She gestured with her chin toward Dong Huimiao, who was listening intently to her, indicating that she should join her: "Unlock, save people."

Wei Yinuo reminded her: "The Temple of Heaven is just one of the pharmaceutical factories under the laboratory. That group of people must have other pharmaceutical factories."

Xia Chuhe laughed and said, "It's alright, let's deal with this one first. If we can get one more person to suffer the consequences, that's one more person to suffer."

Coincidentally, most of the Blue produced by the Temple of the Gods was sold to several nearby cities and bases. Most of the people who came to work at the Temple of the Gods came from the surrounding cities, and these people had even received "wages".

Therefore, the backlash directly targeted the collectors and refiners, causing them excruciating pain.

...

With powerful enemies outside and internal disturbances from Xia Chuhe and Dong Huimiao, and no reinforcements arriving, it's only a matter of time before the Temple of the Gods is taken over by Taotie City.

In the midst of the chaos, the higher-ups of the Heavenly God Temple were too preoccupied with their own lives to spare any attention for the Human-Insect Chamber.

Xia Chuhe and the others, along with the rescued crowd, waited for two days in the Human-Insect Chamber before the arrival of the Taotie City soldiers who were tallying the casualties and spoils of war.

After completely taking over the Temple of Heaven, Xia Chuhe's first act was to kill all the factory managers. She intended to personally oversee the executions and be responsible for scattering their ashes as a final tribute. She wouldn't feel at ease until she had reduced them to ashes.

Apart from the high priest who infiltrated the Land of Rules, all the other high-ranking officials were confirmed dead by Xia Chuhe by checking the roster one by one.

The High Priest will also be executed by those sent into the Land of Rules by Xia Chuhe. She controls the rules; how could she tolerate outsiders acting recklessly?

As for those inside and outside the city, most of them who had taken Bruton died in agony or committed suicide because they could not bear the pain.

Zhao Yu was the most tragic among them. His cleverness ultimately led to his downfall. Despite being constantly protected, he used his fingernails to rip open his chest and abdomen, bleeding to death.

A few survivors were dug out of the corpses by the soldiers and thrown out of the Temple of the Holy God, left to fend for themselves.

Li Rong happened to be among them.

Li Feng died; she had taken too much of Bruton and suffered immense pain as a result. However, in her final moments, she used her remaining consciousness to play a piece for Li Rong, composing a piece of music that would make people lose themselves and forget their pain.

The battered and bruised Li Rong snatched Li Feng's body from the horde of corpses and carried it all the way back to the Cape Trading Market, back to the cozy little home she had briefly owned.

The renovation of the Tian Sheng Temple will have to wait until we have time.

The battle here has just ended, and Bu Yi has received the latest news from Wang Mei: [The Cape Base will gather all its forces, dividing them into four routes to attack Taotie City.]

This time, Lu Yunzhao sent out scouts, and the romance-themed mission couldn't stop the Cape Base.