Welcome to No. 18 Prison

It was the familiar prison cell, familiar alloy walls, and familiar ice-cold bed planks.

Qing Chen had never been this happy. He had been afraid that he would end up at a different place for his second transmigration, which would mean his past efforts would all have been for naught. It wasn't easy getting into Li Shutong's good books, and that effort would have gone to waste too.

Now, it seemed like every transmigration always continued from the last. This also meant that the Canon music score he memorized might be useful still.

No matter what Li Shutong's identity was, He Xiaoxiao's guide confirmed that this person was an influential figure in the Otherworld.

At this point, Qing Chen believed that 90% of the transmigrators were still at a loss. They didn't know how to obtain what they wanted from this Otherworld.

On the other hand, he had transmigrated to a place within Li Shutong's proximity.

Perhaps the other transmigrators had experienced the magnificent world outside, but that wasn't important.

Qing Chen spat the USB flash drive onto his palm; the experiment was successful.

The fact that he could bring the USB flash drive along proved that as long as the item was in the "body", it could pass through the wall of time.

He looked at the bruise on his arm. Similarly, injuries from the Surface World would also follow during transmigration.

From this point, it could prove that his body was the same as the one before transmigration. That was right.

Relying on his methods, Qing Chen filled his knowledge of this world and the transmigration mechanism bit by bit.

Time passed gradually, and the noise of prisoners slamming on the alloy gates slowly sounded in No. 18 Prison.

Qing Chen didn't know why, but compared to the Surface World where he had no one to rely on, he even felt that this uproar, which he hadn't heard for the past two days, was somewhat amiable.

He was back.

Qing Chen looked at his arm. The white mechanical path lines had changed their appearance.

Return countdown 47:55:50.

The return countdown this time around was still two days; it was very short.

However, Qing Chen was wondering if the limit of the return countdown would change? Would it increase or decrease in the future?

With the time for meals arriving, the alloy doors opened up punctually. Qing Chen was no longer as cautious as he had been when he first arrived. Now, he just passed through the threshold and looked downstairs. Li Shutong, Ye Wan, and Lin Xiaoxiao were already there, and Lin Xiaoxiao even waved at him.

And the prisoners in the surrounding still looked at him with envy.

Qing Chen smiled at the prisoners and greeted them. Seemingly overwhelmed by the honor, some prisoners hurriedly returned the greeting.

Not knowing when it started, this 17-year-old had also become a "big shot" in this prison.

However, Qing Chen didn't rush down the stairs. He stood in the shadows of the fifth-level corridor, silently assessing the prison.

Last midnight in Otherworld, after they had kept the prisoners in custody at their prison cells, they sent a batch of newcomers in here under escort.

And the second batch of transmigrators from the Surface World would have arrived in this world by this time.

Qing Chen wanted to watch from upstairs and see if he could identify the trails of "transmigrators". He would then consider how he should hide his identity if there were transmigrators.

At this moment, newcomers with vacant looks stood scattered along the level 2 corridor, sizing up their surroundings shyly.

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment because one of them was his schoolmate from the class next door. He was the one who proclaimed to be a transmigrator yesterday, Liu Dezhu!

Since that was the case, Qing Chen couldn't go down yet; the other person would surely recognize him.

As the prisoners were horsing around, Lu Guangyi laughed and shouted to the newcomers from the sixth floor, "There are newcomers! Let's enjoy wonderful entertainment later!"

Before this, Lu Guangyi had annoyed Qing Chen a little, but when he returned to No. 18 Prison this time around, he felt a slight sense of cordiality toward this person.

Suddenly, someone laughed at the newcomers. "Welcome to No. 18 Prison!"

Qing Chen observed the expressions of the newcomers. At the mention of No. 18 Prison, he noticed Liu Dezhu's expression fading.

From his original fearful expression, it turned to contain a shred of delight in an instant.

It was as though the words "No. 18 Prison" were exceptionally special.

Still, Liu Dezhu didn't act without thinking. He quietly mimicked the other prisoners as they lined up to get their meals downstairs. On route, he even asked the inmates in front of him in a whisper, "May I ask, which one of them is Li Shutong?"

It startled the people in front of him after hearing this. Everyone was a little concerned. Could this person be a well-connected individual?

One prisoner thought about it before pointing it out to him. "Look, he's the one downstairs."

Liu Dezhu looked down from above and was surprised to find Li Shutong's uniqueness. Inwardly, he thought that He Xiaoxiao didn't lie to him. From a glance, it was clear from the middle-aged man's mannerism that he was a big shot!

When the meal had been distributed, he realized that the other prisoners could move freely and were slowly closing in on him. Their smiles seemed to harbor malicious intent.

Liu Dezhu cried out "no good" in his head and decisively headed toward Li Shutong with his tray in hand.

However, before he could even get closer, Lin Xiaoxiao already blocked his path.

Lin Xiaoxiao stood in front of him and said with all smiles, "The past two days have been really strange. As newcomers, how come they all have the guts to approach my boss?"

Liu Dezhu turned and took a glance at the prisoners who wanted to capture him. After that, he lowered his voice and spoke to Lin Xiaoxiao mysteriously, "I'm here to receive the mission. I'm one of you."

Lin Xiaoxiao: "???"

What is this? Liu Dezhu's words left Lin Xiaoxiao dumbfounded!

What mission? He had never seen this person in his organization at all! Besides, what the hell was he up to, making it seem like they were spies who were meeting up?

Liu Dezhu saw that Lin Xiaoxiao wasn't speaking and grew anxious. "I'm really here to receive a mission, a career transfer mission!"

"Get out!" Lin Xiaoxiao said impatiently. He then waved a hand at the prisoners to the side. "What are you doing? Get him out of here!"

Liu Dezhu was truly panicking now and shouted toward Li Shutong, "Li Shutong, I'm here to receive the career transfer mission!"

In that instant, the entire No. 18 Prison was silent.

It was like someone had abruptly pressed the mute button on No. 18 Prison. It rooted all the prisoners in their spot, and they looked at each other in confusion.

They didn't know what was going on, but something felt strange.

At that moment, Li Shutong didn't lift his head from the endgame in front of him as usual. However, both the enormous cat on the table and Ye Wan, who was standing at the side of the table, were staring at Liu Dezhu.

Lin Xiaoxiao narrowed his eyes before saying, "What kind of weirdo has arrived here again?"

Honestly speaking, Liu Dezhu didn't know where he had gone wrong.

In He Xiaoxiao's guide, he mentioned a total of three career paths. The first two weren't clear, and only No. 18 Prison sounded like a plausible route.

Now that he had transmigrated directly into No. 18 Prison, wasn't this the legendary beginning of the chosen one?

It was just… This place didn't seem like a suitable location for a career transfer mission. Could he have gotten it wrong somewhere?!

Liu Dezhu didn't have the chance to ponder. Under Lin Xiaoxiao's instructions, the surrounding prisoners forcefully dragged him to a prison cell for a lesson.

Suddenly, Liu Dezhu saw a gap and tunneled his way out of the crowd. He ran to the alloy gate next to the square and banged frantically. "Let me out! They want to torture me, let me out!"

At that moment, the drones on the dome overhead were gliding down. And from downstairs, the nine robot guards followed suit.

Qing Chen watched Liu Dezhu wordlessly, inwardly thinking, was this child mad?

It was a new world they arrived in; shouldn't they observe the situation first?