Chapter 106, A Strange Encounter in Prison
As for Li Hanmo...
Like Zhong Bingxuan, he went to the training ground to test the new weapons he pulled out of his versatile backpack, hoping to become a heavy firepower fighter in the next dungeon and make up for the disadvantage of his team having fewer members compared to those large guilds.
After the team worked tirelessly through wind and rain, it was time to head to the next stop. The apocalyptic train slowly started moving, and everyone prepared for battle.
The bloody battleground has arrived! This instance's theme is a frenzied battle royale. Friendly reminder: seize the initiative, and you will be invincible.
Main mission: Survive the battle royale and successfully leave the town.
[First Class Mission: Kill all the monsters, ensuring only the human faction survives.]
[Personal Mission: Solo kill one of the strange creatures. Reward: 10 health points.]
[Team Mission: Team up to kill ten monsters. Reward: 100 health points.]
The only reward for this mission was health points, with no points whatsoever, which surprised Zhong Bingxuan yet made perfect sense, leaving her deeply moved.
"It seems the system is really wary of us, not giving us any points at all, and converting all the rewards into health points."
"That's right. The last instance didn't even have the first-class mission, but this instance just appeared out of nowhere, and it's so big that we have to kill all the monsters. It's obvious they want to kill us."
A hint of malice flashed in Li Hanmo's eyes when he saw the first-class cabin assignment.
Others may choose not to do this task, but Zhong Bingxuan, as the first-class cabin manager, cannot choose not to.
If we fail, we'll never have first-class tickets again, and we won't be able to know the next dungeon theme in advance, thus missing out on all the advantages of timing, location, and people.
Even if she succeeds, Zhong Bingxuan will have to pay a heavy price. The Weird is not so easy to kill. Simply confronting it will only temporarily repel it. She must find the Weird's weakness to kill it in one blow.
"Everyone, please be careful. Try to find clues around you as soon as you enter the dungeon, and follow the dungeon prompts..."
When Zhong Bingxuan saw the dungeon notification and tried to explain to her teammates, she was immediately transferred away by the system without any chance to recover.
This system is becoming increasingly blatant in its malice; it's doomed sooner or later.
Zhong Bingxuan woke up from the dizziness at the teleportation point with this thought in mind, and then looked around at her surroundings.
In a confined space, Zhong Bingxuan was shackled on both hands and feet. It was obvious that the original owner of this body was not of high status, which caused Zhong Bingxuan to be put in a passive situation as soon as she arrived in the instance.
[Welcome player Zhong Bingxuan to the Bloodbath dungeon. This dungeon is divided into three scenes: prison, hospital, and town. New players will be in town as a welcome bonus for those entering the dungeon.]
[Experienced players will be taken to two separate locations: a prison and a hospital. They must successfully escape from either to rejoin the town where new players are located. Escaping from the town is the main quest of this game.]
[As the first-class cabin owner and one of the best players, player Zhong Bingxuan, in the prison scenario, please remember the following rules for a better experience within the prison.]
[Prison Rule #1: From 5 AM to 5 PM, the prison's daily schedule must be followed.]
[Prison Rule Two: During exercise time, you have free time, but remember not to go to areas where prisoners are prohibited.]
[Prison Rule Three: Each prisoner must remain in their own cell and is not allowed to visit each other.]
[Prison Rule Four: There are no prison guards in the cells. If you see someone claiming to be a warden asking you to cooperate with an inspection, immediately close your eyes, count to three silently, then immediately turn around and run, the farther the better.]
[Prison Rule Five: Fighting, smoking, drinking, and private transactions are prohibited among inmates. If you witness any of these violations, please immediately inform the prison guards. If the guards verify your statement, they may reduce your sentence and help you escape imprisonment sooner.]
[Prison Rule Six: No going out at night, and no loitering outside your cell. If you are unfortunate enough not to have returned to your cell before nightfall, please randomly knock on a cell door, kill the inmate inside, and take over his cell.]
[Prison Rule Seven: This prison adheres to the three principles of science, civility, and democracy, and opposes feudal, superstitious, and dictatorial policies.]
[Prison Rule Number Eight: The warden has the power to pardon prisoners. If you want to get rid of your prison status, you can try to curry favor with the warden.]
The rules of this instance are too contradictory. It clearly states that there are no prison guards, yet it requires prisoners to monitor each other and report any illegal or disorderly conduct to the guards. In fact, these private reports can even lead to a reduction in one's sentence upon release. This is blatantly encouraging prisoners to kill each other and become henchmen and accomplices of the guards.
There is another particularly dangerous rule: at night, if someone is outside and doesn't have time to get back to their cell, they can randomly choose a cell to enter, kill the original cell owner, and take it for themselves.
This was too dangerous for Linlin, a complete novice, and something could easily have happened. The only thing that Zhong Bingxuan was glad about was that Linlin had a ticket to the New World. If she couldn't hold on and her life was in danger, she could escape in time.
The last rule was of little use to Zhong Bingxuan.
Don't be fooled by the system's seemingly helpful advice: if you flatter the warden, he can use his authority to get you released from prison.
But who knows the actual situation? Players who are still in jail don't know whether they've been released or not. Who knows if it's just a carrot dangling in front of them, only for them to see but not for them to eat?
If escaping prison were that easy, Zhong Bingxuan, who was deeply harmed by the system, wouldn't have come here. There must be something wrong here.
Even Zhong Bingxuan suspected that the strange thing to kill in this dungeon was the prison guard and the warden, the only difference being that the prison guard was a small fry and the warden was the boss.
Otherwise, why would the rules state that there are no prison guards in the cells, yet allow players to expose the illegal and disorderly conduct of fellow prisoners?
Unless absolutely necessary, Zhong Bingxuan avoids dealing with prison guards to minimize the possibility of violating the rules regarding death.
However, some things cannot be easily avoided just because people don't want them to happen.
Within three minutes of entering the instance, Zhong Bingxuan faced a difficult choice.
“Prisoner 007, come out for a physical exam right now, stop dawdling in there.”
One second ago, Zhong Bingxuan was preparing to hide from some unknown creature—the prison guard.
The next second, a prison guard knocked on the door and ordered Zhong Bingxuan to go out for a physical examination.
Since she had never been to prison, Zhong Bingxuan didn't know whether this examination procedure was legal or not.
Adding to the contradiction is the fact that the prison guards are practically non-existent in terms of the rules. Zhong Bingxuan is caught in a dilemma, unsure whether she should leave or not.
“Prisoner 007, what are you standing there for? Don’t want to eat dinner? Get out of here right now, or you’ll be punished by not eating dinner.”
Zhong Bingxuan hesitated, unusually cautious, and did not reply to the prison guard.
The prison guards outside the door began to get impatient and kept banging on the cell door. The doctor made a fierce sound, as if he wanted to break down the door and bite the disobedient prisoner to death.
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