Chapter 107, The Hidden Trap

Zhong Bingxuan, who was initially anxious, immediately woke up when she heard the prison guard say that she would not be given dinner. She tidied up the bed behind her and fell fast asleep.

Prison Rule Six: No going out at night, and no loitering outside your cell.

This prison rule, combined with Prison Rule One: 5 AM to 5 PM, the prison's work schedule must not be forgotten, and the probability of it being correct is very high.

Zhong Bingxuan decided to follow the system's rules and went straight to sleep instead of wandering around outside.

"007! 007! Get out here right now!"

Despite the prison guards outside the door shouting and cursing, Zhong Bingxuan remained unmoved and fell fast asleep.

While the system was announcing the rules, Zhong Bingxuan checked her surroundings and found that apart from a bed, there was nothing else and no clues could be found.

They weren't allowed to go out at night, so besides resting and recharging, Zhong Bingxuan couldn't find anything else to do.

The drone from the last instance was so useful that Zhong Bingxuan bought one this time, but it's not one that's usable right now.

As a prisoner, if someone discovers that he has brought a drone into the prison, the consequences would be unimaginable.

I'll wait until I get out of prison and am free to use it in town.

I wonder how things are going with the other players? I hope they haven't been fooled by this lousy system.

Zhong Bingxuan almost forgot that she had a safe period and wouldn't be in a life-threatening situation for the first three days, and thus fell for the system's trick.

Despite the weather, the other members persevered, while the lucky one, Zhong Linlin, was assigned to a hospital scene and became a mental patient.

Compared to Zhong Bingxuan, who is a prisoner, Zhong Linlin, who is a mental patient, also has her freedom restricted. The only advantage is that she is not shackled on her hands and feet and her movements are not hindered.

Upon entering the instance, Zhong Linlin also encountered a trap set by the system. She almost opened the door to the person outside who claimed to be the attending physician. It was only thanks to the sobering talisman given to her by Fu Yuchen that the heat woke up the bewitched Zhong Bingxuan and prevented her from suffering the tragic fate of being eliminated immediately upon landing.

As expected, the unlucky Fu Yuchen, like Zhong Bingxuan, ends up in a prison scene and becomes a lowly prisoner.

The same thing happened to Fu Yucheng, but unlike Fu Yucheng, who had experienced many dungeons, he completely ignored the strange man outside the door who claimed to be a prison guard. He tidied up the floor and went straight to sleep.

That's right, Fu Yuchen was unlucky. There wasn't even a simple bed in the entire cell, so he had to sleep pitifully on the floor.

Li Hanmo...

He was probably one of the better ones in the group. Although he was unlucky enough to end up in prison like Zhong Bingxuan and Fu Yuchen, he was a prison guard.

That's right, the prison guard identity that Zhong Bingxuan doesn't have in the rules does exist for Li Hanmo.

Unlike his two fellow inmates, the rules he held were also different.

【Dear player Li Hanmo, as a prison guard, you must remember the following rules.】

[Prison Rule 1: Inmates' daily schedule is 5 AM to 5 PM. Anyone violating this rule must immediately report it to the warden for punishment. Private punishment of inmates is strictly prohibited.]

[Prison Rule Two: During exercise time, prisoners have free time. Please keep your distance from them, but keep an eye on them and prevent them from going to areas where prisoners are prohibited. If any prisoner violates this rule, they will be executed on the spot.]

[Prison Rule Three: Each prisoner must remain in their own cell and is not allowed to visit others. If someone is found in a cell that does not belong to them, they may resolve the matter themselves.]

[Prison Rule Four: At night, no prisoners will be walking around outside the cell. If you see a prisoner outside, please immediately close your eyes, count to three silently, then turn around and walk away without paying any attention to them.]

[Prison Rule Five: Fighting, smoking, drinking, and private transactions are prohibited among inmates. If you witness any of these violations, please stop them immediately. If an inmate fails to cooperate with the guards, use an electric baton to punish them.]

[Prison Rule Six: Off-duty guards are prohibited from moving around at night. Off-duty guards must stay in their offices to rest and may only leave after dawn.]

[Prison Rule Seven: This prison upholds the three principles of science, civilization, and democracy, and opposes feudalism, superstition, and dictatorial policies. Anyone who speaks of feudalism, superstition, or dictatorial behavior in public must be executed immediately.]

[Prison Rule Eight: The warden is the supreme authority in the prison, and no one is allowed to disobey his orders.]

"There are too many contradictions in the rules this time, and the system's malice was evident from the very beginning."

Like Zhong Bingxuan, Li Hanmo immediately realized that the system was full of malice.

Even that night, they tried to coax him out with words, breaking the rules of the instance and being targeted by the eerie entity.

Fortunately, Li Hanmo remembered the rules of the instance and did not fall for the trick, so he had a peaceful night.

At five o'clock the next morning, while it was still dark, prison guards went from room to room banging gongs and drums to wake the prisoners up and get them to work.

"Lazybones, get up now! You don't even want to eat breakfast, do you?!"

"Get up quickly, don't waste time."

"What are you dawdling for? Get out here right now!"

...

The sounds of prison guards shouting and cursing rang out, along with the sound of whips striking bodies.

Zhong Bingxuan was half asleep when she heard a commotion, which immediately jolted her awake.

Is it dawn?

Are those people outside prison guards waking up the inmates?

Is rule four right or wrong?

Zhong Bingxuan brainstormed for a while, but she didn't forget to listen carefully to what was going on.

"Get out here! How dare you disobey us! Beat him to death!"

"Perhaps it's not appropriate for us to be the captain? We don't have the authority to resort to vigilante justice."

“Li Hanmo, don’t think you can meddle in other people’s business just because you have connections. This time, the prisoner himself broke the rules and refused to get up on time. He was lazy and didn’t want to work. I can just beat him to death and the warden won’t say anything.”

...

Upon hearing the familiar name, Zhong Bingxuan immediately opened her eyes and looked expectantly into the next room.

Once her gaze fell upon her incomparably handsome boyfriend, she carefully observed him, found nothing amiss, and immediately opened the door and left.

The fourth rule of prison rules has problems. It's not a wrong option, but considering what Zhong Bingxuan experienced last night, it probably isn't the correct rule either.

A more accurate way to put it is that there are no prison guards calling prisoners to do checks at night, and prison guards will only appear during the day. Prison guards must cooperate with the prison guards and go to and from get off work on time, so as not to interfere with the prisoners' work.

This time, with Li Hanmo present, Zhong Bingxuan was able to immediately realize that something was wrong. In other circumstances, Zhong Bingxuan might not have noticed anything amiss and would have been killed by the mysterious entity without her noticing.

"Tsk tsk, what a pity, just one step away."

Li Hanmo gave the captain a regretful look, which made Zhong Bingxuan furious. She clenched her fists and refrained from punching him directly.

As a prisoner, fighting with a prison guard for no reason would definitely have bad consequences; she couldn't act impulsively.

Zhong Bingxuan could hold back, but Li Hanmo couldn't. He wanted to step forward and say something, but Zhong Bingxuan stopped him with a look.