"So, has your favorability changed?" Liudao suddenly asked.
Jiang Lu glanced at him and shook his head, "No change."
Heavy Cannon scoffed, "Isn't that a useless effort?"
"No, at least now I know that messengers don't monitor us all the time." Jiang Lu revealed a sinister smile.
"Uh…" Heavy Cannon's expression froze for a moment.
So there was such a maneuver?
Ghostface Fox's gaze towards Jiang Lu shifted subtly.
A two-for-one deal, a move that wouldn't lose out no matter what?
Seemingly engaging in pointless acts, yet each step has a deeper meaning; it's not simple at all… Jiang Bao!
With this thought, Ghostface Fox suddenly had a guess and pretending to speak casually said, "But I didn't expect Brother Jiang and Liudao to have such high spiritual resistance. Heavy Cannon and I felt sick just by looking."
Liudao shook his head, "It's not that my spiritual resistance is high; I've mentioned before having entered a Spirit Realm with a specific background. I've seen… creatures a hundred times more twisted than this."
"I see… everyone has their own difficulties." Ghostface Fox looked at Jiang Lu, a glint of sharpness flashing in his eyes, "So that means… Brother Jiang, have you also experienced similar Spirit Realms?"
At this point, he became intensely interested in Jiang Lu.
Spiritual resistance is an attribute used to counter mental attacks or sudden shocks. Theoretically, the higher the resistance, the less one is affected by such situations.
Of course, if someone like Liudao has had similar experiences before and developed an adaptability, it's possible to not be especially affected even with low spiritual resistance.
If Jiang Lu's situation was the same as Liudao's, combined with the ease Jiang Lu had displayed since entering the instance as well as his several irrefutable opinions, it was as if he knew about the special mechanisms and traps of this Spirit Realm.
Although it was unclear whether this Spirit Realm had any confidentiality mechanisms, he had reason to suspect that perhaps Jiang Lu was the 8 in 24/8! The person entering this Spirit Realm for the second time!
He watched Jiang Lu's eyes earnestly with a smile on his face.
Come on, let me see how you will answer! If you tell a lie, my skill "Nothing to Hide" can detect it instantly!
"Ah? That's not it, my spiritual resistance is just high," Jiang Lu waved his hand.
"Oh."
Damn, didn't he lie?
Ghostface Fox, realizing that he was just embarrassed and mistakenly thought it was an attribute explosion, nonchalantly changed the subject, "Let's go, to the archive room."
Heavy Cannon couldn't help but mumble, "How come everything about you is high…"
Just as no one asked how high Jiang Lu's charm was before, now nobody asked about the exact level of his spiritual resistance.
Because in the exorcists' social circles, casually inquiring about someone's personal attributes was taboo; these things were life-or-death secrets. Anyone who openly asked might not only be breaching etiquette but could also be perceived as having hostile intentions, potentially leading to conflict.
Thus, Jiang Lu was not aware that, aside from his genuinely high charm, his spiritual resistance was roughly only half of any of the three others. It was purely because the Netherworld had far more disgusting things than the flesh mountains he was accustomed to.
As for him feeling it was high, it was solely because a spiritual resistance of 13 points was one of his few attributes that had broken into double digits…
The archive room was empty, except for a parrot perched on an iron bar at the entrance, continuously repeating:
"Lost souls... redemption... lost souls... redemption..."
Its mechanical tone inexplicably made one feel uneasy. The group exchanged glances and entered the archive room.
In the center of the archive room, there stood a stele inscribed with red letters.
[Redemption Rules]
[Rule One: Each person can only choose one prisoner for redemption per day]
[Rule Two: Cannot choose the same prisoner for redemption on consecutive days]
[Rule Three: Each redemption period lasts only three hours]
[Rule Four: Redemption is measured by the ability to enter Heaven]
Besides this, there were four holes on the stele; selecting the target's records and placing them in the holes would send them to the corresponding prison where the inmates were held.
The first three rules didn't strike anyone as unusual, but the fourth was certainly worth pondering.
"Measured by the ability to enter Heaven..." Ghostface Fox stroked his chin, "Does this mean that even if the prisoners truly repent, they might not qualify for Heaven?"
Heavy Cannon had already started examining the prisoners' files, "Perhaps it's because some prisoners have committed sins too grave, and no matter what, Heaven would not accept them?"
"Possible," Ghostface Fox wasn't entirely sure, "Anyway, let's try to choose those with lighter sins first. That way, whether it's about getting them to repent or being accepted into Heaven, the chances should be higher."
"Hmm."
"Alright."
The archive had a special classification for the prisoners' sins.
Murder, incitement, theft, sexual assault, blasphemy, unclassifiable... and so on, all were included.
While the others were searching for targets in areas such as incitement and theft, Jiang Lu dove straight into the unclassifiable section.
Unclassifiable sins, as the name implies, referred to crimes that encompassed more than one category and couldn't be specifically classified.
Even though they had decided to pick from the lesser sins, his curiosity got the better of him; he wanted to know just how sinful these prisoners could be.
"Inciting someone to theft, taking advantage of the incitee's imprisonment to sexually assault his wife, then torturing and murdering the wife to leave no trace, even using the same type of shroud as Jesus to dispose of the body, holy **, what a versatile talent!"
Jiang Lu clicked his tongue in amazement.
When he saw that this prisoner was bisexual with particular fetishes, displaying dominant behavior towards women and submissive towards men, he was even more astonished.
"Outrageous flatworm!"
Right then, Heavy Cannon passed by unintentionally. Though he wasn't keen on interacting with Jiang Lu, he took to heart Ghostface Fox's words, "We're all grasshoppers on the same rope" and reminded him, with this thought in mind, "Stop dawdling, we've nearly found our targets. Hurry up."
"Oh, right."
Jiang Lu casually stuffed the file back and then drew a random file from the theft area, ready to take action with the other three.
The four of them went to the central stele and inserted their files in turn.
"Then, let's wish ourselves luck."
After Ghostface Fox spoke, he activated the stele.
Four beams of light enveloped them and, like being teleported from the overseer's hall to the lower levels, they were transported to the prison in the same manner.
When Jiang Lu came to, he was seated on a chair, facing a man who was shirtless and tied to a stone column.
However, the man wasn't East Asian but from another ethnic group.
The man was covered in wounds, yet his expression remained calm, as though he was no stranger to such treatment.
Jiang Lu, looking seriously at his redemption target, flipped open the file that lay on the table in front of him.
"Damn it... There's no photo in the file, I don't even know who this is... There's no desire for redemption at all..."
He muttered under his breath.
Jiang Lu looked closely at the man, pondering over his words, "Your name is John, right? You've committed theft in your lifetime?"
"Yes," John replied with a mocking laugh, full of a provocative air, "So... respected overseer, how do you plan to redeem me, make me repent, and get me into Heaven?"
Confronted with provocation, Jiang Lu waved a hand dismissively, "No need for repentance!"
John was taken aback, confused.
He saw excitement spread across Jiang Lu's face, "Right color, right behavior, and still want to go to Heaven? ** it, just execute by firing squad!"
"What????"