553: Blood Pool Completed

Seven days later.

"July 7th, sunny, suddenly it began to..."

Chen De hummed a tune while witnessing the completion of the Blood Pool project with his own eyes.

Seven days. Yes, it took only seven days to build the Blood Pool.

In his previous life, there were various technologies capable of achieving this construction speed.

However, there are Cultivators here, and their strength and stamina are just as efficient.

Given that the entire power of the Imperial Capital was utilized, it is not strange that it was built in seven days.

"Great, it's finally finished!"

"Didn't the big shots above say that as long as the work was done, they would let us go back?"

"Yeah, finally I can see my wife and children."

The moment the Blood Pool was completed, countless laborers below were moved to tears, dancing with excitement.

At one construction site, a woman wept with joy, "My child was just born, and we were forcibly separated; I haven't even had a good look at him yet."

A fellow worker walked over to comfort her, "Don't worry, Sister Zhang, you will see your husband and children soon."

...

"We can go home, so why aren't they letting us leave?"

"That's right, wasn't that what was agreed upon?"

"Oh, such a huge project, and the Imperial Capital is so big; it must take a while for the people above to pass down the orders."

"Don't worry, just wait!"

"Look, look, isn't that a large group of soldiers coming over there?"

"Needless to say, they must be here to let us go."

A squad of soldiers walked toward the group, and leading them was a military general from the imperial court.

As they approached, he slowly drew his saber from his waist slightly.

...

"Hurry, hurry, walk faster!"

"There are still many people behind."

Several soldiers waved whips, driving the old people and children in front of them.

There was a dense crowd of people, and all kinds of discussions could be heard endlessly.

"Grandpa, where are they taking us?"

"I heard the soldier in charge say they are going to send us home."

"Really? We can go home!"

"I'm so scared staying here."

"I miss my dad, I miss my mom..."

The little boy's voice rang out in the area, but it drew mockery from a little girl nearby.

"Hmph, you're so big already, yet you're still crying and looking for your mom. Aren't you ashamed!"

The little boy couldn't help but wipe his tears, "Xiaoxue, you're bullying me too."

"Alright, a real man shouldn't be blubbering like that."

The little girl feigned seriousness, "Stop crying. Follow Sister Xue, and I guarantee I'll take you home."

Under the little girl's comfort, the little boy cheered up. He nodded his little head vigorously, "Mm, Sister Xue, I'll listen to you."

He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Sister Xue, you're so nice!"

"If you hang out with Sister Xue, how could I not take care of you?" The little girl waved her hand and walked in front of the boy.

As they continued to walk in the direction they were heading...

"Everyone listen up, hurry and take off all your clothes!"

"See those big gates in front? Just walk inside."

"Then, you can go home."

"Go in in batches. I know you are very happy and excited, but don't cut in line."

"And don't cause any stampedes; everyone here is precious."

There was also a squad of soldiers here, led by a level 5 platinum Magic Armor Master.

In the current Imperial Capital, this could be considered the ceiling of existence.

An old woman couldn't help but step forward and say, "My lord, can we not take off our clothes?"

"This old woman is quite old, and there are so many people here. Please have pity on this old woman."

The garrison general heard the old woman's words and smiled, "You say you don't want to take them off, right?"

The old woman hurriedly bent her already stooped back even further, "Yes, yes."

"Come here," the garrison general said gently, and the old woman complied.

Just as she approached the garrison general, he suddenly drew his sword and slashed the old woman into two pieces diagonally with one strike.

She didn't die immediately after being slashed; she screamed and twitched on the ground for a while before dying completely.

Shaking the blood off his sword, the garrison general said coldly, "The imperial decree states that you must take off all your clothes and walk out of this gate, so you cannot have a single thread on your bodies."

"This old woman told me she didn't want to take them off. I couldn't bear to refuse her, so I thought of a perfect solution."

"Otherwise, that would be resisting the imperial decree, and resisting the decree means execution of the nine generations and death by a thousand cuts, which is much more miserable than now."

"You are all people who are about to leave, so you must know what is important, and you should know whether to take them off or not."

After sheathing his sword, he stared sharply at the crowd.

Everyone in the area was terrified, and they all followed his instructions.

Following the advancing line...

"Once this batch of blood is drained, it should be over soon."

"Just about. It's just a group of the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled; the number is relatively small."

"Let's finish it quickly; this work is really tiring!"

"There are only a few procedures in total, and they gave us the most tiring ones."

A large group of soldiers was cleaning out a mixture of minced meat and bone fragments from a huge container.

Below the container was an incredibly thick pipe embedded in the ground, leading to who knows where.

As for the surroundings of the huge container, they were already piled high with mounds of minced meat and bones.

There was more than one such container here.

...

In the place where the laborers worked, countless corpses had already been thrown into the things they had built.

The wounds on everyone's bodies were basically in the same location, and blood flowed out uncontrollably.

This was because the food they had been eating these days contained a drug uniquely developed by a certain Moral Man.

After eating it, as long as one made a cut in a specific location, blood would flow out uncontrollably until it was completely drained.

"The elderly and children should be about done by now, and the laborers have been mostly taken care of too."

"Get ready and bring those women up too."

"Yes!"

...

Chen De gazed at the place where the emperor was in seclusion. Soon, soon, he was about to break through.

Three days!

According to his current estimation, the emperor would need at most three days to successfully break through.

At this moment, Prince Yong stepped forward to report to him, "Reporting to the State Preceptor, the people of the Imperial Capital have now all been thrown into the Blood Pool."

"All of them?" Chen De heard this and slowly turned his head, "There's still a bit missing, isn't there?"

Prince Yong immediately understood the meaning behind his words, "Yes, I will give the order now."

He looked at the largest Blood Pool at his feet for a while; the blood inside was churning, as if something underneath was heating it.

After a moment, Prince Yong returned, "Reporting to the State Preceptor, the order has been given."

"Good." Chen De nodded and then said nothing more.

After the report was finished, Prince Yong did not hesitate at all and slashed his own wrist on the spot.

Then he forced all of his blood out from that spot, merging it into the Blood Pool below.

And he himself turned into a dried corpse.