Chapter 33
Most of the prison guards in District 18 went to the third floor for support through the elevator door. Lu Mi and others hardly saw anyone along the way.
Until they arrived at the elevator door, they found another group of people walking out of the elevator.
There were less than ten people in the group, four of them were carrying a small box. They were also surprised when they saw Lu Mi and others.
"Who are you?" Before everyone could react, Lu Mi glanced at their early warning uniforms and suddenly asked.
The pedestrian quickly responded, "As requested by Lord Xiao Lun, we're delivering medicine and supplies to the torture chamber on the second floor. If you have nothing else to do, please make way. We're in a hurry."
"He is not on the second floor now. Just leave the things here. We will give them to him." Lu Mi said without raising his eyelids.
An Bo and the others couldn't help but look at Lu Mi anxiously, as if they were surprised that the other party would interfere in this matter. After all, they were just interns.
However, what these people didn't know was that at this moment, Lu Mi glanced at the abyss monster detention area not far from here, and his ears were echoing with the excited cry of the plant-type monster before -
"Ohhhh, here it comes! This is the smell my friend was talking about..."
Then he suddenly started talking nonsense, as if he was gradually losing consciousness.
Lu Mi's gaze towards the box suddenly became more meaningful.
Back to the group, they hesitated for a moment, their eyes shifting a few times before the leader corrected himself, "I suddenly remembered we might have misremembered! They're being sent to the torture chamber on the third floor, not the second. Since Lord Xiao Lun isn't there right now, we might as well go find him."
After saying that, the group quickly turned back to face the elevator and planned to leave again with the boxes.
However, Lu Mi raised his long right leg, stepped directly on the box, and slammed the things back to the ground with one foot.
"I say, leave the stuff behind." His calm words brooked no room for argument. He glanced at the few people coldly, "Or you can all stay together."
“…”
"Hey, Lu, Lu Mi..." An Bo opened his mouth cautiously, and after getting a glance from Lu Mi, he immediately closed his mouth again - no, no matter what, there must be a reason, he must believe his benefactor... um!
In the end, the pedestrian was forced to abandon the box and leave in shame.
The leader returned to the elevator, and only when the doors completely closed and he escaped the gaze of the silver-eyed young man did sweat drip down his forehead. "It's over, it's over!" His heart was beating wildly, and he felt guilty and afraid. "Quickly contact Lord Scott and tell him that the plan on the second floor has gone awry!"
"Is there something wrong with this box?" After the pedestrian left, An Bo looked at Lu Mi who was checking the box with his head down, and realized something belatedly, and couldn't help but be shocked.
“Crack—”
Lu Mi directly removed the lock and opened the box.
There were bags filled with some kind of gas. There was no indication of what was inside, and I didn't know if the "medicine" they were talking about was real.
However, for Lu Mi, who could hear the sound waves of abyssal creatures, he clearly found that the cry of the plant-type monster suddenly became sharper, and at the same time, a huge crash sound came from the second-floor detention area.
Even Anbo and the other two heard the sound. Their pupils suddenly shrank and they looked in the direction of the detention area in horror, but they could only see a deep darkness.
Afterwards, there were continuous crashing sounds, as if more monsters woke up from their cages and began to attack the shield.
"Bang——" Lu Mi quickly closed the box again.
After a while, the "dong dong dong" sound like raindrops in the darkness gradually subsided.
"...What is this?" Amber's heart was beating violently. He realized something and showed an expression of disbelief.
"It's the gas that makes monsters excited." Lu Mi glanced at the box and locked it in an empty room next to it.
Stimulants? An Bo subconsciously thought that in some interrogations of prisoners or in the treatment of criminals who were supposed to breathe, such drugs were indeed used... What the hell!
—It's so effective against the Abyss monsters in the cells even without being opened. What would happen if it were opened? I'm afraid the entire second floor would be in turmoil. By then, who knows if the cells would be able to contain those mad monsters?
For some reason, when Anbo thought of the word "riot", his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and the feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger.
He had a very anxious and annoyed look on his face. "Wouldn't it have been better if we had just captured those people?"
Lu Mi looked at the elevator floor numbers that were rising, and a secret smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I didn't let them go."
In the darkness, a tiny, barely detectable shadow darted out and quickly caught up with the people in the elevator.
*
"Failed? What does failed mean?"
Somewhere, a man stared fiercely at the terminal in his hand, suppressed his heaving chest, and spoke word by word.
"I specifically released CG5567 to lure Xiao Lun to the third floor. Most of the police on the second floor were also lured there for support. Now that the entire second floor is almost empty, all I ask is that you find a secret place to puncture those bags!"
The man gritted his teeth, "That's it! You're telling me I can't do this!?"
"Master Scott, I'm so sorry!! But...but as soon as we got out of the elevator, we ran into a group of exchange students. One of them, with silver eyes, refused to let us pass...it seemed like he'd noticed something..."
The speaker's tone was filled with disbelief. He was so nervous at the time. Looking back now, the look in the silver-eyed youth's eyes at him was as if he saw through him completely!
"Exchange student... Silver Eyes..." Scott's eyes darkened as he slowly recited the words in an ambiguous tone. "It seems the plan has encountered some unexpected twists..."
"So, Master Scott, what do we do now?"
"Give up the lower three floors." Scott quickly regained his composure and spoke decisively. "The arrangements for the other floors are already in place, so you should evacuate first." Then, thinking of the person in charge of the lower three floors, he sneered, "Xiao Lun, you're lucky!"
…
“Ding Dong——”
The elevator door opened and Lu Mi and others slowly stepped out.
"I, I, I, I, I say... maybe it would be better if we go back quickly..." One of the four people spoke tremblingly.
An Bo looked helplessly at the two people other than him and Lu Mi.
During this time, he had come to understand the personalities of the remaining two. One was called Aji, the other was called Xiaotuo. They came from the same extremely remote star region, and they usually had a low presence and seemed a bit timid.
"You don't have to come with us." An Bo gestured to the elevator, which hadn't closed yet. "It's still not too late to go back to the second floor."
"How can that be!" Aji stammered, "We are a team!"
After saying that, he looked at Lu Mi in front of him with admiration and trepidation. Lu Mi didn't pay any attention to them. Although no one said it explicitly, Lu Mi, who was always calm and showed reliable strength, had undoubtedly become the backbone of everyone's hearts.
Xiao Tuo nodded vigorously as if to agree.
An Bo then stopped paying attention to the two of them and turned to Lu Mi, asking, "This is already the fourth floor, which belongs to the middle third floor. I'm afraid those prison guards won't let us wander around here."
Not only that, Xiao Lun is not the person in charge of the third level. If he is discovered, he might be treated as a suspicious element and controlled. By then, Xiao Lun may not be able to rescue them!
Now that he thinks about it, Anbo thinks those four are truly crazy! They easily did something that no other exchange students had ever done. Was it really Lu Mi who gave them the courage?!
"Why is there no one here? Where are the prison guards?"
After entering the fourth floor, they quickly realized something was amiss. Perhaps due to CG5567's escape, the place was in disarray and completely deserted.
Not only the prison guards...
Lu Mi felt around and found that there were not even any prisoners.
Then, he sensed the shadow left on the target, turned around and walked quickly towards a passage. The others had no time to think about this strange situation and hurried to follow.
"——It's them!" Soon, the four of them found the group of people they had met before.
Hearing the footsteps coming from behind, the pedestrian couldn't help but turn around, and then saw the familiar faces of Lu Mi and others, and immediately showed an expression of seeing a ghost.
Damn, why are you guys here again!?
The leader shuddered subconsciously and immediately pulled out a laser gun. However, even faster than him was the silver spear already pressed against his chest.
The silver-blue cold weapon exudes a dazzling brilliance in this dark cage, and the cold light at the tip of the gun exudes a terrifying sharpness.
"We know nothing!" The leader's throat was dry. "We are just ordinary fourth-floor prison guards!"
Lu Mi pretended not to hear and went straight to the point, "What's going on on the fourth floor? Where are the guards and prisoners?"
"Prison, prison guard..." They looked at each other.
Lu Mi swung the silver spear back, scratching a deep groove in the wall before placing it back against the man's chest. "Although many of the warden chiefs here are transcendental, you're just ordinary people. You'd better think carefully before answering."
The leader shuddered and put back the laser gun he had half-drawn. "The prison guards have gone with Master Scott to capture the escaped CG5567. They should be with Warden Xiao Lun now. As for the prisoners, Master Scott had them all transferred to the fifth floor a day ago."
Amber: "Lord Scott?"
The leader glanced at him and said, "Master Scott is in charge of the fourth to sixth floors, which are the middle three floors."
There was actually such a thing... An Bo subconsciously glanced at Lu Mi. That Lord Scott and Xiao Lun were both high-ranking officials in the prison, so now... could there really be some misunderstanding? No way!
"You seem anxious?" Lu Mi's expression remained unchanged as he glanced at the other person's face thoughtfully. "What else are you hiding? If you don't tell me, I can stay here with you all the time."
“…”
A faint atmosphere of anxiety emanated from the group. Suddenly, the leader opened his mouth and acted as if he was about to say something, but in the next moment he suddenly pulled out a laser gun and fired at the opposite side.
"Be careful!" Anbo yelled and rolled to the side quickly.
Lu Mi dodged the blow by leaning sideways, and at the same time, the handle of his gun sent a powerful gust of wind through him, striking the man's knees. The leader's expression suddenly twisted, and he knelt on the ground in agony.
Others took the opportunity to run in a certain direction.
Hearing the chaotic footsteps behind them, the leader who was left alone here suddenly changed his mindset. He anxiously shouted at Lu Mi and the others, "This place is going to explode soon! Please let me go. You should also hurry up and escape!"
"Explosion!?" Aji and Xiaotuo were dumbfounded upon hearing such shocking news.
"Right," the leader said, his voice racing. "The entire fourth floor will be blown apart by then! We only have four minutes left!"
An Bo's heart was shocked, but he still had some rationality and immediately turned his eyes to Lu Mi.
The silver-eyed young man lowered his eyes and thought for a second, then looked up at the leader, "You have a way to leave here, take me there."
It wasn't a question, it wasn't a negotiation, it was an order. And this time, the leader didn't refuse. With Aji and Xiaotuo restraining them on either side, he limped forward quickly in the direction the others had fled.
About two or three minutes later—
"This is it!" The leader led them to a wall on the fourth floor, an excited expression on his face.
At this time, the group of people who had escaped earlier were also here, but at the critical moment of life and death, they were hurriedly equipping themselves with protective clothing for airborne operations.
At the same time, a small door opened and appeared in front of everyone.
It was only about one person tall, so only one person could squeeze out at a time. And outside this small door was the outside of the prison!
The scenery thousands of meters high appeared in front of everyone through the small door. Very close in the air was a thick chain hanging up an inverted pyramid prison. The whistling wind made it almost impossible for several people to stand steadily.
Amber saw the faint green of vegetation on the ground and said in disbelief, "The only exit from Tartarus should be the door on the first floor."
Even the prison's tiny skylight, seemingly unobstructed, was actually protected by a built-in laser net. Besides the skylight, no passages connecting any floor to the outside world were permitted!
But now is not the time to talk about this. An Bo looked at the group of people who were already equipped with airborne uniforms and asked, "Should we also..."
"boom--!"
Suddenly, a huge shock came from a distance.
The surroundings began to shake violently, followed by louder and louder noises. The entire fourth floor began to tremble violently, and bricks and stones kept falling from overhead and crashing to the ground.
"It's an explosion!... The explosion has begun!" The leader was very excited. He struggled madly to break free from the two people who restrained him, and picked up another airborne suit and put it on.
Lu Mi put away his silver spear and glanced at the passage behind him. Faint flames and smoke were rapidly coming from all directions.
He grabbed the leader, who hadn't had time to put on his airborne uniform, and lifted him up by the collar. He said to An Bo and the others, "Follow me."
Afterwards, Lu Mi walked directly to the small door. He first looked at the extremely spectacular and thick chain hanging in the air not far away, then he flicked his wrist to summon a dark shadow chain from the shadow and wrapped it around the thick chain in the air outside.
At a height of a thousand meters, just looking down would make one dizzy. The violent storm blew the corners of their robes.
"You, what are you going to do..."
The leader's heart was pounding, and he was extremely uneasy. Before he could say anything, Lu Mi jumped out the next second.
“Ah————!” The man’s sharp scream cut through the air, and a strong wind whistled past.
Lu Mi used the shadow chain to swing in the air like a swing at a height of a thousand meters, and then he drew a large arc and landed steadily on the thick chain that hung up the big prison.
The vision was spinning wildly, the wind was blowing in my face, and the thick chains were shaking slightly.
As Lu Mi loosened his grip, the leader subconsciously clung to the chains, tugging them beneath him in a desperately awkward, face-to-the-ground position. He felt as if his heart was no longer his own, as if it were beating wildly out of his body. His face was cold and wet, and he wiped it before realizing he was in tears.
Then, Lu Mi looked at the people who were still staring at him in amazement from the small door and said quickly, "Next."
In the end, Anbo and the other two, plus a leader, all stood on the thick chains outside the inverted pyramid, shivering in the strong wind.
"boom--!"
Amidst the explosions that became more intense than the last, the blast finally broke through the four-layer wall, creating a huge gap in the prison with the small door as the origin.
Billowing smoke and dust accompanied by heat waves surged out of Tartarus, instantly making the leader covered in dust and dirt, and he coughed wildly while holding his chains.
At this moment, with Aji's exclamation, several people noticed——
The group of people who had parachuted earlier have now become small black dots. At this moment, those small black dots suddenly exploded one after another, like fireflies dotted in thick smoke, and suddenly fell down.
The leader seemed to be stunned for a moment, his pupils suddenly widened.
Lu Mi looked down at the scene and sighed imperceptibly before saying to the stunned leader, "It seems your master has no intention of letting you leave."
“…”
After the explosion gradually passed, the few of them returned to the fourth floor with the help of Lu Mi.
The fourth floor has now been completely destroyed, leaving only a pile of broken walls and ruins, and hurricanes continue to pour in from the huge gap.
An Bo looked at the intact ceiling above with lingering fear, "Fortunately, the upper and lower floors don't seem to have been punctured by the explosion."
but--
Lu Mi said calmly, "In this way, the fourth floor will be the largest 'gate' in the entire prison."
The silver-eyed young man's sudden words made everyone's hearts, which had just calmed down, become chaotic again. They all looked at him, and their breathing suddenly became rapid.
Lu Mi: "As long as we reach the fourth floor, we can leave this prison unimpeded." He looked at the distraught leader and said, "I think your superior must have arranged it this way. Which other floors contain that gas?"
"I don't know... I'm not responsible for the other floors..." After a while, the leader spoke hoarsely, his eyes red, "But the explosion is the signal to start the plan..."
An Bo's eyes widened suddenly, "That means—!"
"Alert! Number SA2238 has escaped from Section 12 on Level 5. All prison guards on Level 3 are requested to prepare for interception and defense!"
"Alert, number WE764 from the fifth floor..."
"Alarm, number YU73446 from the sixth floor..."
Alarms sounded one after another from the remaining broadcast.
Later, as if there was more and more information that could not be fully conveyed, the electronic broadcasting sound became disordered and jammed.
After a few breaths, the electronic sound replaced with a human voice, shouting at the top of its lungs: "A large-scale riot has occurred on the third floor for unknown reasons. The current police force may not be able to hold out for much longer. Requesting urgent support from other floors!"
An Bo stared at Lu Mi blankly, "Those monsters are coming?
Lu Mi picked up the silver spear and said, "It's here."
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