Enforcer Manual
Chapter 1119 - 953 - : Another Ruler_2

Chapter 1119: 953 Chapter: Another Ruler_2

Those imprisoned here are among the worst criminals in the history of the United Government, and describing them as "ferocious crickets" wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Confine such a group in a limited space, and conflicts are inevitable.

"This is just one of the reasons. The main reason is that if I were to make an enemy of him, the repercussions might well cause the entire prison to fall apart, and then the prisoners would seize the chance to escape to the outside world through the breach."

Artificial Intelligence has always valued promises; it had vowed to the Review Meeting that once prisoners are incarcerated, there would be no possibility of leaving. "After all, It and you originate from the same place—the Deity. For some reasons unknown, It infiltrated the prison with the first batch of criminals and immediately started its operations."

"From the same place as us... you mean the upper world?"

"Nothingness" had been warned by Song Lan in advance and left the upper world before the war broke out; otherwise, during that crucial moment, their old friends would have had no choice but to either go with the flow and join the hunt for the Devil Song Lan or to align with the Devil against the whole upper world.

Apart from this, Lu Xiang couldn’t recall anyone else who had escaped that upheaval.

And now, the Mother of Machines was suggesting, in an implicit way, that they should visit the ruler from their same place in D Zone before leaving.

"Song Lan, what do you think... what are you up to, sneaking around there by yourself?"

Their serious conversation was interrupted.

Lu Xiang turned around and noticed the strange scene on Song Lan’s screen; his screen was not fixed on the confused Angle in the casino from the start but had switched to C Area, a dimly lit mine.

This is the main daily job of the prisoners in C Area—transporting ore, moving these magical stones that bring energy to D Zone to designated places.

"Conducting scientific research."

"Scientific research?"

"I am curious what kind of ore could serve as fuel to solve all the energy problems in D Zone."

The magical capacity of this ore was comparable to the "Sun" energy they encountered in the underground kingdom previously. If the United Government captured this, it might spark a new scientific revolution.

Lu Xiang took a deep breath; she was rather speechless about this Dumb Bird—he had never participated in their discussion from the beginning!

However, the Mother of Machines, intrigued, asked, "What conclusions have you drawn?"

"The conclusion is that the prison’s energy system is unrelated to the ore, nor is B Area’s energy supply; they exist similar to the missions you’ve set. They are merely some glowing stones, but the energy supply for the quarters will continue only after the ’mission’ is completed."

From this, it was clear that the relationship between the Mother of Machines and their "fellow native" hadn’t reached a point of intense confrontation. Instead, they tacitly cooperated in secret, collectively governing the prison.

"Exactly, with the presence of resources, disparities in the inmates’ statuses emerge, aligning more with the ecology of the real world."

"Based on this theory, I found that the prison’s authority not only can observe every corner of the quarters at any time but can also generate energy."

"Generate resources?"

Lu Xiang immediately became alert, rushing to Song Lan’s side, "What have you created now?"

No need to speak, Song Lan’s screen had answered everything.

Before Lu Xiang’s eyes was a familiar figure; Benjamin, who had been busy all night, paused in front of the miraculous sight, looked around to ensure there was nobody around, then picked up the shimmering Longsword from the ground with trembling hands.

The glow emanating from the sword was even more dazzling than the ore. He tried using the blade instead of a miner’s pick, gently tapping on the ore, and a whole piece with a complete incision mark fell at his feet.

And next to the dazzling Longsword, two passages were engraved that particularly caught his attention:

"Holy Sword, Attack Power +350"

"Holy Sword, personally handed by the Prison Warden to the hands of the rebels during the prison war"

"Song Lan, you better be honest with me, is that bearded man really not you?"

From any perspective, Song Lan’s initial judgment about Benjamin was wrong. Even if his life wasn’t in grave danger, he couldn’t possibly stir up any trouble in this prison.

Putting him among these extremely vicious criminals could only be described as utterly ordinary; perhaps picking a random prisoner from the slaves in C Area would match or even surpass him.

Only death awaited him in the end. With his currently battered body, he couldn’t possibly venture deep into D Zone nor get the news from the zone manager that could prolong his life.

For a man in despair, this brilliant longsword undoubtedly ignited his last hope, and would directly bring a massive change to the prison.

History has proven time and again that a rule maintained solely by force is doomed to be short-lived. The outbreak of war between C Area and D Zone might require just a tiny spark.

"You even misused the Prison Warden’s name!"

Lu Xiang had no choice but to severely criticize Song Lan. Before, one could say he was a "Jinx Star system" - always getting involved in strange incidents, but this time, he clearly was the one who provoked the matter.

For the slaves who had been under military domination for so long, these two pieces of text were tantamount to the Prison Warden supporting their uprising.

Based on her assessment, such bad behavior deserved at least two hours of private criticism and education.

"I actually find this quite interesting. The conflict between C Area and D Zone has reached an irreconcilable point. In fact, the balance has been maintained until now which is beyond my expectations."

"And you calm down, Old Lu."

Song Lan defended himself, "Didn’t I just say? Whether ores or the sword, they’re just flashy props, +350 attack power is fake, if Benjamin Abell took this sword to start a riot in D Zone, he’d probably be taken down in one round."

This is like a level 1 character, without any basic skills, spending all his savings on this death-drop equipment.

Then, the longsword would fulfill its historical mission, falling into the opponent’s hands.

But reality is different from games, and Benjamin is not the kind of person who thinks he’s invincible just because he found a weapon in the wild, immediately positioning himself as a leader and inciting C Area slaves to rebel against D Zone.

After studying the longsword carefully for a while, he made the wisest decision.

He hid the longsword into the mining cart.

He couldn’t use the longsword to conquer D Zone, but he could use this mysterious weapon of unknown origin to secure a meeting with the ruler.

"We must go on this trip too."

"This is not like your style."

Lu Xiang was surprised; to avoid work, this Dumb Bird could go as far as lying in bed rolling, claiming his head hurt, his stomach hurt, and stubbornly refusing to get out of bed.

"Because I found that there are just too many old friends here. Didn’t you recognize the voice just now?"

"Are you referring to RT6?"

Lu Xiang certainly recognized the girl’s voice coming from the surveillance probe. The last time they parted, she and the "Emperor" decided to investigate military technology, and in the process, ended up investigating themselves into prison.

But RT6 is the child of the Mother of Machines, and as outsiders, they should not interfere too much in their family affairs.

"It seems she is now fighting alone."

Song Lan adjusted the surveillance, focusing on a street outside the casino. After hacking into the casino system and contacting Angle, the petite figure tightened her overcoat and disappeared into the depths of an alley.

The "Emperor", who was always by her side, was not accompanying her this time.

"No wonder she contacted Angle, so that means..."

"Ah."

Song Lan nodded gravely, "The worst outcome is that the ’Emperor’, because he carried too many lethal cybernetic parts, was detained by security personnel at the Zone Four airport and couldn’t accompany her to The First Region."

"... Are you sure he wasn’t killed by other inmates here?"

Another grim suggestion, but Lu Xiang was used to it.

"The ’Emperor’ is everyone’s good friend, don’t say such terrible things so casually!"