Chapter 35

Lu Mi put away the terminal and turned to look at the alien species lying on the ground.

He was going to leave temporarily now. It didn't seem appropriate to keep these guys here any longer, but it would be too cruel to kill them all to prevent them from escaping.

As if they had sensed the murderous intent in his eyes, the aliens that were unable to move on the ground actually struggled to stand up again.

Strangely, they didn't attack this time, but it was clear they weren't giving up completely. They simply stared stubbornly at the silver-eyed young man not far away, as if to prove something, as if to deny some absurd emotion in their hearts.

Lu Mi glanced at the plant clinging to his feet, then looked at the other alien species with red eyes. Suddenly, he seemed to lose interest and put down his silver spear.

"Follow me." He spoke calmly, but with an authority that left no room for questioning.

"..." The tensed aliens were stunned for a moment, and their constricted pupils suddenly dilated like an owl.

Seeing this, the silver-eyed young man suddenly smiled, as if sighing or expressing regret.

It looked like a stray dog ​​that had snuck into a human's home, only to be thrown out by the owner once they'd regained consciousness. While seemingly licking its wounds, its eyes betrayed a vulnerability it hadn't even noticed.

And now, he just opened the door again, and the wild dogs were stunned in disbelief.

"You don't have to come," the silver-eyed young man said calmly, his nonchalant expression restored. "But you can't leave here, otherwise..."

He didn't finish his words, but the warning was clear.

After saying that, Lu Mi turned around and left, seemingly not caring at all whether these alien species would sneak away on their own, or...

Are you confident that even if they really want to run, they won't be able to succeed?

For some reason, the aliens' chest tightness, which had nowhere to vent, became more severe. They took a few deep breaths and supported their bodies with trembling bodies.

The plant-like alien that was safely clinging to Lu Mi's trouser leg turned around subconsciously and was frightened by the army of monsters stumbling after him.

The plant-type alien screamed slightly, but it attracted the attention of all the aliens who looked at it and gave it extremely cruel and ferocious looks.

It’s so, so scary…!

The plant-type alien shuddered and hugged Lu Mi's thighs even tighter.

Are these monsters crazy? They are following adults even though they are seriously injured and can't even stand steadily - such terrifying persistence, and red eyes that seem to burn everything... They must want revenge!

Woo woo woo, Lord Lu Mi, you must hold on and don’t reveal any flaws that will give them an opportunity to take advantage!

The silver-eyed young man walking in the front listened to the squeaking of plants, the rustling sounds and heavy breathing behind him, but a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

Wrong, he thought calmly. That wasn't a hyena, but a domesticated dog that was being domesticated.

…

Since the elevator had broken down in the onslaught of the first monsters, all that was left was an empty vertical passage.

Fortunately, this level of climbing is not difficult for anyone present.

“My, my great prison of Tartarus—!”

When Lu Mi passed by the sixth floor, he heard a shrill cry.

At this time on the third floor, most of the prisoners left were those who had failed to escape, and the prison guards had almost all been taken away by Scott.

He then curiously leaned against the passage and took a look inside, only to discover that the person in question was none other than General Counsel Smith, who had initially led them into the prison.

"Hey, Smith, your big prison is finished!" The prisoners held on both sides laughed.

These prisoners were not affected by the effects targeting the aliens and therefore failed to break through the barriers of the cage, but this did not prevent them from gloating.

Some even revealed expressions of ecstasy, excitedly encouraging him, "None of those incompetent prison guards can be trusted! Smith, why don't you just let us out and let us help you?"

The coaxing voice reached Smith's ears, but he seemed not to have heard it at all, and muttered some nonsense in a daze.

This riot, which involved almost the entire prison, was no longer an accident; it was a major event! Whether Tartarus could still exist after this was another matter, but those like him who were under orders from headquarters would definitely be punished!

What will happen then? Will he die? Will he—die!?

Such a huge panic almost gripped his entire mind, but at this moment, a faintly familiar voice suddenly came.

"General Counsel Smith."

That voice had undoubtedly appeared in his memory before, but it was obviously not one of the seedlings he had marked, so it was like a passerby that was not worth paying attention to.

But for some reason, immersed in the fear of his own end, Smith looked up as if possessed.

The silver-eyed young man had arrived in front of him at some point, looking down at him. In those silver eyes, Smith saw himself slumped on the ground, looking disheveled, his face smeared with tears.

However, the silver-eyed young man seemed completely unconcerned about his current appearance. He asked without changing his expression, "Do you know where the warden is?"

According to Xiao Lun's previous statement, the Chief Warden usually stayed on the upper three floors. However, the upper three floors were off-limits to anyone without proper reason. Even Xiao Lun had only been there a few times. However, Smith, as the Chief Advisor—despite his low level of expertise, he was appointed by the Transcendent Headquarters and was nominally on the same level as the Chief Warden. Therefore, he was the most likely person to know.

"Chief Warden? There's no chief warden anymore... Where can there be a chief warden? We're all doomed, hahaha—"

Smith looked at the blurry figure in front of him, half crying and half laughing, in a trance.

“…” Lu Mi didn’t say anything.

"Hey, bro, don't ask him, ask us! We know where the warden is. How about you just click the red button outside and I'll tell you?"

The red button has the words "high voltage electricity" written on it, which even a three-year-old child can understand. It is used to catch prisoners escaping from the cell and will instantly fill the space outside the cell with electricity.

The prisoners laughed and told clumsy lies as if to tease each other, and the cell was instantly filled with a happy atmosphere.

“Woo—”

At this moment, the sudden roar of an animal plunged the entire cell into silence.

Everyone froze suddenly, then slowly looked towards the elevator passage where the silver-eyed young man came from.

I saw an alien species crawling out of the passage. The beast's twisted muscles made the passage crack under the weight and it could only barely hold on.

The silver-eyed young man tilted his head, "Didn't I tell you to wait in the passage?"

You? There was no time to think about the meaning of the words.

The unsurprising tone of voice caused the pupils of the silent crowd to shrink suddenly, and they turned their trembling gazes towards him.

The alien that had finally emerged from the passage glanced at the young man, then walked to the red button that the criminal had just pointed out and bit it.

“Sizzle!”

The splashing electric current instantly filled the space of the sixth floor.

Smith, who was slumped on the ground, was shocked. His body twitched as the electric current passed through it, and black smoke came out of his mouth. The prisoners in the other cells who should not have been within the range of the electric current attack were also included in the attack range of the system because of the damaged button.

Only Lu Mi was at peace, and even looked strangely beautiful standing in the sudden burst of fireworks.

On the other side, the beast-like alien spat out the crushed button to the side, and the hard hair on its body absorbed all the electric current in the air.

This was undoubtedly an alien species that possessed the power to control lightning. The electric current it absorbed allowed it to regain strength, the wounds on its body healed quickly, and every hair stood up like sharp thorns.

Then, the thunder beast suddenly opened its bright eyes, and surrounded by lightning, it regained its majestic appearance.

For the first time, everyone in the cell felt that the shield that imprisoned them gave them a sense of security, but they were more puzzled by the scene before them.

—Didn't those aliens break out of the cell and flee to the lower floors?! Why are they following this human, who isn't even a regular prison guard, back here?!

There was an expression of incomprehensible shock in everyone's eyes, and their lips were stammering wildly, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

The thunder beast narrowed its eyes contentedly, but its peripheral vision vaguely glanced in the direction of Lu Mi, like a peacock spreading its tail to show its strength and power to the other party.

However, the silver-eyed young man's face showed no special reaction, which made the Thunder Beast pull a long face and sneeze fiercely.

At the same time, more and more alien species poured out from the elevator shaft—

If everyone was just shocked just now, now they are simply seeing ghosts.

"This...!" Their pupils trembled.

At a glance, there were countless alien species covered in blood, as if they had just experienced a bloody battle. However, the scars did not make them weak. Instead, they looked more like evil spirits crawling out of hell, cold and sharp, and no one was allowed to approach.

"What's going on out there? What are these monsters doing?! Why haven't they escaped Tartarus?!"

The silver-eyed young man simply turned to them and said, "This counts as pressing the button, so can you tell me now?"

"..." Everyone fell into dead silence and lost the courage to look at them. Sweat dripped down their faces under the gaze of so many monsters.

This, this person, this kind of thing...!

"I know!" Smith suddenly woke up and grabbed the corner of Lu Mi's clothes. "The warden is in Area 1 on the ninth floor! You... these monsters... how did you do it? Did you catch them all? You..."

Smith was incoherent, his face flushed red, and even though he was trembling like a sieve under the stares of the aliens, he seemed to have grasped the last straw.

However, Lu Mi only glanced at him, whether out of pity or something else entirely. Then, the silver-eyed young man softly thanked him and headed for the elevator just as he had come. The other aliens behind him turned and followed, practically following him closely.

Smith stared at the young man's departing back with a crazy look on his face, his mouth twisted in a grin, and he laughed wildly while dragging his legs that were so trembling that he couldn't stand up. "It's not over yet! My big prison is not finished yet, he is the new Tartarus! Hahahahaha——"

The other prisoners looked at Smith, who seemed to be confused and paranoid, with strange and pity.

The prison uniforms soaked with cold sweat made them speechless. After a while, some of them came back to their senses from their stupor.

"You know what I just saw?"

The nonsensical question was met with a mumbling, "What?" from someone equally shocked.

"A shepherd and his lambs."

Many of those imprisoned here were once extraordinary people. They knew too well what this scene, which did not belong to the ordinary world, meant.

A shepherd and his lamb, walking in hell as if walking in heaven, like a grand and silent pilgrimage.

"Unprecedented, a new pinnacle for the extraordinary—"

"Is it born..."

That was a realm no one had ever reached before, a monster or god ruling over another world in human form!?

At this moment, everyone felt an unprecedented regret in their hearts. They tried their best to catch the figure that had just left, but they were blocked by the tight shield and could no longer see it.

Why did time allow them to be born in this era, yet make them unable to participate or even communicate? What will the world be like after this...!

Lu Mi, who had already left, naturally had no idea about the regrets of some people. He reached the ninth floor.

At this time, he finally understood why the upper three floors were different from other places.

——This place is simply a lava hell.

It was not an unobstructed passage. In addition to the cleared path, the ground was actually filled with boiling molten lava.

He was convinced that the lava was not an illusion, but real and scorching heat, so intense that an average person would be seriously injured or even die if they fell into it or touched it.

It was visible to the naked eye that the ground material here was different from that in other places, and for a moment it reminded him of the uneven red rocks in the abyss.

The boiling magma kept splashing, and the temperature around was so terribly hot that it seemed like it could easily peel off a piece of skin.

Can any prison guard really survive in a place like this?

Just as this thought flashed through Lu Mi's mind, a laser cannon suddenly shot from the other end of the ninth floor.

The robot slowly walked out, flashing dense data, and then the screen turned scarlet.

[Confirm the current highest order: destroy all invaders]

Lu Mi dodged the attack easily, then looked at the increasing number of huge, cold bodies emerging from the darkness with understanding. "Are the guardians of this floor robots? Xiao Lun didn't say they would be attacked..."

Perhaps it wasn't that he didn't want to tell her, but Xiao Lun hadn't expected it. The access code Xiao Lun gave him allowed him to open all the valves on the upper three floors, which was Xiao Lun's highest authority, but these robots were obviously not within his authority.

At this moment, the mirror that Lu Mi carried with him suddenly became hot. While dodging, he waved his hand and threw out the silver spear, and at the same time took out the mirror.

The flying silver spear sent sparks and lightning all the way, stringing together the attacking robots.

"What's wrong?" Lu Mi looked at the two fairy species that suddenly appeared in the mirror.

At this moment, the two fairy species were undoubtedly extremely excited, "We can sense the young master's presence!"

"Young Master?" Lu Mi thought for a moment and said softly, "Young Master of the Fairy Clan?"

"Yes, there is no mistake, the young master is here!" Zuo Fa and You Fa's voices broke slightly. The two of them had been wandering in this world for many years just to find the young master, and they never thought that they would sense a familiar breath here!

Could it be that being with Lu Mi was actually an arrangement made by God long ago?

However, Lu Mi frowned slightly. It seemed that the young fairy master was most likely imprisoned here—imprisoned in such a place for so many years...

He looked at Zuo Fa and You Fa's tearful expressions, but ultimately refrained from saying anything discouraging. "In that case, then you should go find him. I'll go find the warden first, and then I'll meet up with you later."

From a rational analysis, the warden seems to be more anxious and is his first target.

However, considering the unclear situation on the ninth floor, Lu Mi asked the other alien species to follow Zuo Fa and You Fa.

Aliens: ...That's perfect! I didn't really want to follow you anyway, tsk! Damn it!

When the silver-eyed young man made it clear that he wanted to act alone, the aliens' pride would not allow them to continue clinging to him like a dog-skin plaster.

"Um... can we go now? It's over here..." Zuo Fa nervously reminded the aliens that the aura of his own kind that he sensed was over here.

So these alien species should stop staring at the other side like the wife-waiting rock, because Lu Mi has already gone far away!

Youfa: "Shush, Zuofa! Don't provoke them!"

On the other side, Lu Mi, who had separated from the main force, headed alone towards Area 1, and along the way, he dealt with the robots that wanted to attack on the road like an invincible man.

When passing the detention area on the way, I unexpectedly found a group of old acquaintances——

"It's you! It's you, a human!"

A familiar voice called him.

Lu Mi paused for a second, only to see that the person locked inside was actually a high-level alien species that he had defeated in the abyss in the past.

However, the appearance of the alien in human form was a little unfamiliar. It was not until the other party gritted his teeth and shook his body, transforming from a handsome man into a giant beast like a griffin, that Lu Mi suddenly realized.

"Ah, long time no see." Lu Mi nodded casually. "I didn't expect to see you here. Why don't you stay in the abyss to guard your territory, but instead come to the human world to sit in jail?"

In his initial impression, this alien species was quite powerful. If all the monsters on the ninth floor were of this strength, it would be a very terrifying force.

No wonder the Extraordinary Headquarters has to guard Tartarus so strictly. Now he understands a little bit.

"It's all because you defeated me back then. Seriously wounded, I couldn't handle the people around me who were eager to devour me, so I had to escape through the cracks in the abyss—but before I could fully recover from my injuries, I was picked off by a group of humans!"

The Griffin felt a pang of pain when he recalled what happened back then, his face barely concealing the grief and anger he felt. He had been a powerful ruler in the Abyss, but after meeting this human, his life took a sharp turn for the worse—!

Ah, this...

Lu Mi blinked, "I remember it was you who provoked me."

The griffin's fur instantly exploded, "That's because I heard..."

"Hmm?" Lu Mi waited for the other party's next words, and then glanced at the map beside him. Ah, District 1 is the left turn ahead...

"That's because we heard you'd make a contract with the defeated aliens! We thought that even if we failed, it wouldn't be shameful to serve under you according to the iron law of the Abyss, but who knew—!"

The one who made the noise was actually another alien species next to the griffin. This made the griffin look over suddenly, "What? Savage snake? How come I've never heard of you having such a thing?!"

The Savage Snake scoffed, the markings of the strange beast spreading across its cheek like a tattoo. "Do you think everyone would be like you, a fool, talking about their failures all the time and loudly broadcasting them?"

"You!" The griffin was about to curse, but then he came to his senses and looked blankly at the other cells, "Could it be that you are also..."

The ninth floor holds the most powerful alien species in all of Tartarus.

As soon as these words were spoken, two-thirds of the new blood that had entered here in recent years responded, except for the old monsters who had been imprisoned here hundreds of years ago.

"I smell a familiar scent..."

"A familiar figure, an unforgettable one...who is it that keeps appearing in my chaotic dreams?"

"Hoo! That person is here! The one who left a mark on my body that I will never forget...!"

Wake up, it's hunting time!

As more and more alien species that were either sleeping out of boredom or blocking out external perception were awakened, they woke up from their confused hell and finally noticed the silver-eyed young man who hurriedly passed by.

Lu Mi: “…”

He was confident that he could handle it even if everyone attacked him together, but for some reason, he felt a little scared at this moment.

The silver-eyed young man said expressionlessly, "At that time, not everyone had a contract."

Later on, the young man, who had gradually become indifferent, gradually learned to understand the pursuits of the aliens in the abyss. In the past, he had to grab every bit of strength to survive, but later, with the capital to choose, he would often let the aliens go free, even if they provoked him first.

It was probably because the old cadres who started drinking tea every day no longer had the same strong murderous intent as before and decided to start being good people.

"—Then why didn't you choose me!"

The same words came from the mouths of at least a dozen different powerful alien species.

Lu Mi: “…”

Lu Mi took a breath and said calmly, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Aliens: “!!!”

Just as the aliens were staring at the young man's slowly leaving figure with red eyes, the entire Tartarus suddenly shook violently, and then all the valves opened at once.

Lu Mi frowned, "Is the prison's program system out of control?"

No, it wasn't just the program system. The magma on the ground began to boil, even overflowing from the flowing dredging pipes little by little, overflowing towards the ground of the passage.

The silver-eyed young man pondered for a moment, then picked up the silver spear, jumped a few times on the rocks exposed in the lava river, and went deeper.

The aliens that were left behind looked at the gap in the cage that was slowly corroded by the magma. They used their huge bodies to tear the tiny gap apart, while silently looking in the direction where the silver-eyed young man disappeared.

The emotions they thought had died down since entering this place finally surged wildly again at this moment.

Why can't you just look at me?

The author has something to say: Lu Mi: Don’t be like this, I want to be a good person.

A passing visit turned into a family reunion. I'm the one who contributed the most to the GDP of this massive prison.