The butterfly man slapped me awake. Seeing my dazed look, he took out a box of ointment from his pocket and applied it to my philtrum and temples with his fingers.

A cool sensation rushed to my head, clearing my mind.

Thanks to the rhinoceros horn ash, I have been able to see the true appearance of this cave.

Most of the cells in this prison were filled with mummies and skeletons, and there were several dried-up corpses in the outer hall, dressed in American-style uniforms of the National Revolutionary Army.

The skeletons and mummies in the prison were all wearing shackles.

Judging from the appearance, this must have been a prison built by the Nationalist army in the mountains during the War of Resistance against Japan or the Chinese Civil War.

The reason we encountered the Night Feast of a Hundred Ghosts is because we ran into this evil spirit.

Seeing that my gaze had cleared, the butterfly man asked again, "How are you feeling now? Do you know who I am?"

"Know!"

I shook my head and looked at the unconscious Song Laosan: "Save him first!"

"I knocked him unconscious, but he's not in any danger."

The butterfly-shaped man took off his water bottle and handed it to me: "You're really lucky, kid. You managed to survive in a place like this... I thought you would have died in Fengmen Village long ago."

I took the water bottle and gulped down several mouthfuls: "Why are you here? Are you here to protect me?"

The Butterfly Man said bluntly, "After we parted ways in Fengmen Village, I thought you had been killed long ago! What happened today was just a coincidence. I heard someone shouting as soon as I entered the cave, so I took a detour to check it out. You're lucky. If it were someone else, they wouldn't have saved you!"

When I heard the Butterfly Man say that, I quickly realized what he meant: "You came here for Taurus? That means this is the real Taurus Cave, right?"

The butterfly man didn't answer my question. Seeing that I had recovered, he stood up and said, "This place is too yin and full of foul air. It's not suitable to stay here for long. Leave as soon as possible."

"etc!"

Afraid that the butterfly man would leave again, I grabbed his trouser leg and asked, "You've saved me from danger so many times, who exactly are you? And what's the point of doing this?"

The butterfly man was somewhat displeased with my actions: "I saved your life, not so you could question me."

"You saved my life, not so you would keep your distance from me, right?"

I stared coldly at the butterfly man: "You've been protecting me all this time, but who exactly is on your behalf? Is it to get something from me, or to achieve some unspeakable secret?"

“Since I saved you, you should know that you have received a favor, and your current attitude makes me very dissatisfied.”

The butterfly-shaped man's gaze, hidden beneath his gas mask, turned somewhat sinister: "Let go!"

"Fine, since you won't tell me, I won't ask! We've lost all our equipment and have no supplies. Could you leave us some equipment?"

Seeing the butterfly man's attitude, I let go of his hand, sat up, and then stretched out my arm to him: "Give me a hand, help me up."

Without thinking much, the butterfly man grabbed my hand and prepared to help me up.

"flap!"

I grabbed the butterfly man's arm, suddenly sprang up from the ground, and reached for his gas mask, wanting to see his true face.

I don't know if it was because I had just recovered from being unconscious, or because the butterfly man reacted too quickly, but he slightly turned his body and easily dodged my attack, and then immediately slammed an elbow strike back.

"Bang!"

Seeing the masked man's movements, I could only pull back my fist and raise my arm to block his attack. Before I could make the next move, I felt a sharp pain in my calf, followed by an attack on my abdomen.

"Well!"

The sharp pain in my lower abdomen made me instinctively arch my body, followed by a sharp pain in the back of my neck, and then I lost consciousness.

"Cough cough!"

I was woken up by the urge to breathe. The strange fall to the ground only made it harder for me to breathe, and I opened my eyes amidst a series of coughs.

Looking around, I saw an on flashlight and an incense burner not far away. Judging from the faint smell of burning incense, it was likely burning incense that had both warding off evil spirits and calming the mind.

In addition, there were two daggers, several compressed biscuits, and two water cups with filters on the stone next to them.

I was stunned for several seconds before I remembered what had happened before I lost consciousness.

The butterfly man saved me several times. When I attacked him, it was only to see the face behind the mask. I had no intention of hurting him or repaying kindness with enmity.

I never expected this guy to be so ruthless, leaving me no room for mercy and knocking me unconscious.

My neck felt like it was stiff from the blow from the butterfly man; it took me a while to get a bit better. I kicked Song Laosan next to me and said, "Hey, wake up, don't sleep!"

Song Laosan lay on the ground, still wearing that pained expression.

I glanced at my watch. The butterfly man hadn't knocked me unconscious for long. He'd been out of the cave for no more than five minutes.

His actions have shown that he doesn't want to get too close to me, and I know that my skills are far inferior to his. Since he poses no threat to me, there's no need for me to risk a conflict with him.

I don't know what's wrong with Song Laosan, he's sleeping like a dead pig, and I can't wake him up no matter what I do.

Helpless, I could only get up with a water glass and a flashlight, trying to find a water source nearby to wake him up.

The cave is gourd-shaped, and it is surrounded by prisons.

I saw some ammunition boxes in the distance, so I went over and pried them open with my dagger, hoping to find some handy weapon. But all the guns inside were rusted into lumps of iron.

This prison was particularly scavenging; apart from a few boxes of weapons and piles of corpses, there was nothing else.

I walked a short distance forward and found a desk behind a large rock, with many file boxes on it. I walked over there.

I was looking for some relevant information, but the paper here was moldy and weathered, and it crumbled at the slightest touch.

Even so, I still noticed something amiss.

On the filing cabinet next to the desk, there is a piece of paper with information about each prisoner in each cell.

Although most of the writing was illegible, I still managed to see Liu Guang's name on it.

This guy wasn't a descendant of the Nationalist army at all; he was a prisoner arrested by the Nationalist army.

Open the drawer of the filing cabinet, and you'll find several sheets of paper. Although the handwriting has become blurred, you can still make out some details if you look closely.

This is a draft of a telegram, the gist of which is as follows: To the Military Intelligence Bureau: Since Japan's armed invasion of China, its various atrocities have been known to the world...

Besides listing the evidence, the telegram then got to the point. It said that since the Japanese surrendered, many major traitors who had committed crimes during the War of Resistance Against Japan were still at large. The anti-traitor squad had been responsible for the final work and for holding those major traitors accountable. After two years of effort, they finally captured a man named Liu, who had served as the puppet governor of a certain province for the Japanese, as well as his son Liu Guang and a large number of Liu's family members. They were originally going to be escorted to Nanjing, but the Communist army had already arrived in Sichuan. They asked for instructions on how to deal with the situation.

There was also a reply in the drawer, sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau, ordering the assassination squad to imprison the entire clan of the notorious traitor Liu in this secret prison. They were to extort money from the Liu family to make them hand over the wealth they had accumulated while working as traitors, as funding for the assassination squad's infiltration, and await further orders.