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Chapter 242 - 198: Never Respond · Oct 26, 2026

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209 Chapter 209 - 178: Inexhaustible Ink 2026-10-26
210 Chapter 210 - 179: Truth is Arduous, yet Lovely 2026-10-26
211 Chapter 211 - 180: Spring 2026-10-26
212 Chapter 212 - 181: Inflammatory Publication 2026-10-26
213 Chapter 213 - 181: Inflammatory Publication 2026-10-26
214 Chapter 214 - 182: The Name Above and the Name Below 2026-10-26
215 Chapter 215 - 182: Heavenly Name and Earthly Name 2026-10-26
216 Chapter 216 - 183: Selecting Bones to Weave a Garment 2026-10-26
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218 Chapter 218 - 184: Blood Contract Water Answer 2026-10-26
219 Chapter 219 - 185: Coriolanus 2026-10-26
220 Chapter 220 - 185: Coriolanus 2026-10-26
221 Chapter 221 - 186: Single-Card Divination 2026-10-26
222 Chapter 222 - 186: Single-Card Divination 2026-10-26
223 Chapter 223 - 186: Single Card Divination 2026-10-26
224 Chapter 224 - 187: Secret of the Abyss 2026-10-26
225 Chapter 225 - 187: Secret of the Abyss 2026-10-26
226 Chapter 226 - 187: Secret of the Abyss 2026-10-26
227 Chapter 227 - 188: Silence and Burnt Offering 2026-10-26
228 Chapter 228 - 189: Double Chain 2026-10-26
229 Chapter 229 - 190: Lady Mary’s Letter 2026-10-26
230 Chapter 230 - 191: Hidden Spiritual Vision 2026-10-26
231 Chapter 231 - 191: Hidden Spiritual Vision 2026-10-26
232 Chapter 232 - 192: Counting 2026-10-26
233 Chapter 233 - 193: Cat Incarnation 2026-10-26
234 Chapter 234 - 193: Cat Avatar 2026-10-26
235 Chapter 235 - 193: Cat Avatar 2026-10-26
236 Chapter 236 - 194: Moon Nail Reversal 2026-10-26
237 Chapter 237 - 195: The Rare One 2026-10-26
238 Chapter 238 - 196: Are You Crazy? 2026-10-26
239 Chapter 239 - 197: West Suburb Spring Inspection 2026-10-26
240 Chapter 240 - 198: Do Not Respond 2026-10-26
241 Chapter 241 - 198: Never Respond 2026-10-26
242 Chapter 242 - 198: Never Respond 2026-10-26
243 Chapter 243 - 199: Gale Tradition 2026-10-26
244 Chapter 244 - 199: Gale Tradition 2026-10-26
245 Chapter 245 - 200: Answering Head 2026-10-26
246 Chapter 246 - 201: Silencing Technique 2026-10-26
247 Chapter 247 - 201: Silencing Technique 2026-10-26
248 Chapter 248 - 202: Constructing the Deep Valley Dweller in a Single Breath 2026-10-26
249 Chapter 249 - 202: Constructing a Deep Valley Dweller in a Single Breath 2026-10-26
250 Chapter 250 - 202: Constructing a Deep Valley Dweller in a Single Breath 2026-10-26

Richard nodded lightly, indicating he understood.

The iron cage descended for another thirty seconds. Inside, it was completely silent.

The only sound was the CREAK of the chain’s pulley.

As they went deeper, the echo gradually faded.

The grain of salt Richard held under his tongue had already half-dissolved in his saliva.

Just then...

”Richard.”

The voice came from behind his left shoulder, carrying the slow, deliberate tone of an older gentleman.

”Have you adjusted the shutter on that camera of yours?”

Richard almost opened his mouth instinctively.

The moment his tongue touched the roof of his mouth, the grain of salt lodged under its base dug into the flesh.

It didn’t hurt, but it was like a fine needle, jolting him out of the mindless impulse to reply.

Richard snapped his mouth shut, a cold sweat breaking out across his back.

’I almost answered.’

When someone you know speaks to you, responding is truly an uncontrollable instinct.

Richard glanced to his left out of the corner of his eye.

Mr. Hutton was standing in front of him and to the left. His lips weren’t moving, and he didn’t even glance in Richard’s direction.

Richard swallowed. His mouth was so salty and dry that his throat was starting to feel numb.

He calmly drew his gaze back and looked toward the front of the cage again.

[Perception] Lv. 2 kicked in at that moment.

Even without activating his Spiritual Vision, he could feel the Ether Flow around the cage twisting in a way he had never seen before.

They were like ”tentacles” of some kind, reaching up from the depths of the well’s walls.

When these ”tentacles” reached the cage, they would first probe the breathing rhythm of everyone inside.

Following each person’s breath, they would reverse-engineer the vibration patterns of their larynx, which were then reconstructed into that person’s voice.

Finally, they would arrange that voice into a sentence that was hardest to ignore.

The cage descended another twenty feet or so.

”Kid.”

This time, the voice came from behind him to the right. It was Old Big’s familiar, greasy tone.

”Were your hands shaking just now? Don’t be so scared on your first trip down the well... C’mon, c’mon, let’s go over the rules again.”

Richard ignored it. He was prepared this time.

He didn’t open his mouth, instead flicking his gaze to the right and back.

Old Big was standing there, holding the small wooden box with the engraving tools.

He was facing the front of the cage, his jaw set tight and his lips unmoving.

At that same moment, Old Big’s eyes darted toward Richard.

Their eyes met, and Old Big slowly raised the index finger of his left hand to his lips.

Richard understood.

Old Big had heard it too—he had heard the words that weren’t his own.

But he hadn’t said a thing.

Because he knew this was the exact response the thing in the well was hoping for.

Someone else proving it for you: ”That wasn’t me who just spoke.”

As long as anyone in the cage opened their mouth about it.

Even a denial would give the thing in the well the opening it needed.

So the best way to handle it was to act as if you heard nothing.

Richard’s fingers tightened inside his jacket pocket.

He clutched the small pinch of coarse salt so tightly it nearly left an imprint on his skin.

The cage descended another twenty feet or so.

The voices grew more frequent.

”Richard,” Lady Mod’s voice came from his front right.

”Your hands are so sweaty. Do you want to wipe them?”

”Richard,” Mr. Spence’s voice came from his back left.

”There’s something on the back of your neck.”

”Richard,” the voice of the tall, thin leader from Team Two drifted from the edge of the cage.

”Your camera strap is about to break.”

Richard’s mouth was completely numb; the grain of salt was almost gone.

The cage descended another stretch.

”Richard.”

This time, the voice drifted up from below the cage.

It was Mrs. MacNeil’s voice.

The Spirit Medium wasn’t in their cage. She was in the first group and had already reached the bottom.

But this ”Richard” sounded as if she were whispering right in his ear.

”That grain of salt you’re holding under your tongue... has it almost dissolved?”

”You should swap it for a new one. There are more in your inner pocket.”

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