≮In any dungeon or lower-level prison, prison guards (or elite prisoners) who have served for more than fifty years or have shown outstanding performance will be granted the opportunity to rise, as long as they pass all inspections.
Individuals will be arranged to go to the ancient realm under the Prison Director's command -[Carcerem], obtaining the most basic resident status-[Prisoner], and enjoying the related privileges. This realm will serve as your transit station, habitat, or a new ho.
Individuals will undergo systematic prison training here and, after targeted interviews, will be assigned to higher-level prisons to handle relevant work.
Unlike prison guard service, this work offers relatively free rest ti. You can return to Carcerem anyti through the prison's teleportation gate.
When individuals enjoy long vacations, they can apply to leave the realm.
...Currently, Carcerem is in decline, and its systems are completely malfunctioning.
So remnants of the realm have fallen here with the Prison Director's right arm, and the backup plan has been activated, serving as the venue for[The Great Screening].
The chosen remote world (Earth),
Any individual growing through the fear-based system can obtain the opportunity for[The Great Screening] as long as they can independently pass through the Original Dungeon (being consud by Fear).
This Great Screening is the first edition, with a total of 16 participants.
Individuals who arrive at Carcerem early will be placed in different rest areas, patiently waiting. During rest, they will receive past services until all sixteen participants are in place.
Any attempt to leave the allocated area or to contact other participants will be blocked. If forced, the screening qualification will be erased and never employed again.
Participant: Luo Di
Dungeon Evaluation: Excellent*
*You originally held the qualification; you don't need to pass through the dungeon to get the screening qualification. Hence, your comprehensive evaluation is raised, giving you better starting conditions for the screening.
Order: 13*
*Individuals who arrive early will gain a certain positional priority and environnt adaptation ti.
Starting Position: Blazing Casas*
*A special inn forrly located in Carcerem's 「Central Ring Zone」, exclusive for accommodation of heat-tempered individuals, able to provide various heating services, including but not limited to lava hot springs, hot particle saunas, etc.≯
Buzz!
After receiving a series of information, Luo Di had already arrived at a dilapidated hotel lobby.
Even though the realm under the Prison Director's command was in decline, the hotel itself had long ceased operation, and people had left, but it still retained heat, and related equipnt seed to be usable.
Additionally, a tal-cast token appeared at Luo Di's waist, inscribed with the ancient character 'Prison'.
He first glanced at the crow on his shoulder and casually walked toward the nearest door in the hotel.
Luo Di urgently needed to confirm one thing, to check if Hua Yuan had followed over, given that the rules here might be stricter.
If followed over, Hua Yuan might need to stay hidden inside him, providing no assistance.
Ga!
He pushed open the guest room door on the first floor.
Unexpectedly, it wasn't the expected guest room structure but a narrow alley.
"Hmm?!"
Luo Di looked at the comic book store at the end of the alley, montarily stunned.
Originally, he anticipated returning to the comic book store to send Hua Yuan back once he survived The Great Screening. Who knew the Shop Owner's intervention could be this extensive.
Being able to set up the comic book store directly in the Corner Depths, in the strictly regulated competition area.
Clearly,
This entity, more powerful than Emperor Mura, from Central Prison, had infiltrated the Corner to so extent, able to freely traverse between the rules set by the Prison Director before his death.
But not completely freely,
From the previous mory image of the Shop Owner killing Emperor Mura, it was evident that although the Shop Owner was willing to sacrifice everything to co here to find his long-chased target, he still avoided the Dungeon's rules, with his true self remaining hidden inside comics, never truly erging.
"It seems the Shop Owner's interference can only stop on the surface... In the following Great Screening, he should only observe the results as a spectator.
This sudden contact with —is it to reward for fulfilling our agreent, or does he have other thoughts?"
Luo Di couldn't help but touch his back, precisely at the spot of the reversed emblem.
He couldn't ascertain what the Shop Owner would think about this, given Emperor Mura was considered a nesis of the Shop Owner to so extent.
Luo Di himself didn't reject the 'Reversed', and would even try to walk down this path that Emperor Mura hadn't completed.
Taking a deep breath, clearing his mind.
Luo Di walked straight inside.
However, the Shop Owner, usually visible inside the counter, was currently nowhere to be found. The entire comic book store was completely silent, with only Luo Di's breathing and footsteps echoing.
This unusual silence made Luo Di feel uneasy.
As he waited sowhat awkwardly in front of the counter,
Ga~ The sound of a door hinge moving ca from the side, accompanied by a slight coughing sound.
The Shop Owner, dusted with so ash on his shoulder, unexpectedly erged from a dark room, holding a book emitting a strong fishy odor.
With the appearance of this comic book, the entire shop beca sowhat damp, and various tal collision sounds could be heard inside the walls.
Simultaneously,
Luo Di's left arm also reacted.
"Shop Owner, what is this!"
"According to our agreent, Mura is dead, and this is your reward. The complete single volu of 『Fish』, one of my personal outstanding works, generally rarely given to others.
Co over, I will help you sign on it, allowing you to beco an associate author and a holder.
Otherwise, direct contact would drag you inside, with a high probability of dying.
Once signing succeeds, it becos yours, and you can use it however you want... including erasing the comic's essence as you did with the fragnts before, rely extracting the tal elents.
Don't worry, I am entirely indifferent to such things now, seeing as Mura is dead! My mind has finally cleared."
"Alright... okay.
It's just that I'm about to participate in the Great Screening set by the Prison Director, and all my belongings have been scanned. Can I bring this item with ?"
The Shop Owner thought for a mont, "It could indeed be judged as cheating. Let's do this~ After you sign, the book will temporarily stay in the comic store. Wait until you pass the screening, and then co to to pick it up."
"Sounds good."
Under the Shop Owner's guidance, Luo Di picked up the pen on the counter and consecutively signed two nas.
A special connection was ford between the book and him.
"Alright~ That's it! Whew..." The Shop Owner exhaled longly, as if a matter of concern was finally settled.
Luo Di had more questions, "Shop Owner, now that matters are settled in the Corner, are you preparing to leave? Considering, if other Death Row Inmates found out you're protecting here, it might put you in a terrible situation?"
The Shop Owner adjusted his glasses indifferently, "Not necessarily; there are few threats in Central Prison for .
Even if discovered, I can excuse myself by using the reason of 'experint,' those guys won't make a foe over such triviality, of course, barring pure troublemakers... but that remains a possibility.
Besides, I'm quite accustod to living here.
The Prison Director has a keen eye; your world is very interesting.
I plan to stay here longer, and my accord with Corner will continue until soone among you is fully chosen by the Prison Director as a successor."
"Thank you, Shop Owner... One more thing, should Hua Yuan stay here with you? The upcoming Great Screening will likely monitor participants strictly to ensure they remain in a single state."
The Shop Owner gestured dismissively, "No... Bring her along! Let her witness more things, since your whole body has been checked, indicating the rules here default her as a part of you.
Her system is already integrated here on my side, no need to follow the Corner route anymore. Her comic the also relates to dependency, the more she sees, the faster she'll grow."
"Understood... If there's nothing else, I'll head back. Leaving the prep area for too long might also count as a violation."
Before his status as a Reversed Cultist was exposed, Luo Di turned to withdraw.
"Wait!" The Shop Owner's voice nearly froze his spine.
"Shop Owner, what is it?"
"Luo Di, you've beco sowhat my apprentice.
Let slightly caution you; this screening, be wary of Teacher Guo, avoid facing him directly if possible.
I stick around in the Corner also for an important reason, Teacher Guo is a special disciple here..."
Luo Di was startled, "Teacher Guo! Isn't he supposed to stay at school?"
"I had him participate... His talent shouldn't be wasted on talent cultivation. Even if he truly could foster a hundred, a thousand so-called talents, they couldn't surpass him individually."
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