"Can I drive away the demons in my heart through cultivation?" Ma Lu asked.
"The tiniest bit cannot be driven away; the demons in your heart are too terrifying," the old man shook his head. "Only by ending your own life as soon as possible can you be liberated."
"Alright, then I'll go die now."
After saying that, Ma Lu called for the Chef's Knife to stab himself in the chest, but he stopped his hand movent in the next mont.
Seeing this, the old man urged, "Co on, do it. Why did you stop?"
"I've thought about it again, and the demon in my heart doesn't seem that terrifying," said Ma Lu.
"How could it not be? You've been sentenced to 999 trillion years."
"But I didn't do anything bad," Ma Lu said. "Wait, why should I commit suicide?"
The old man's eyes shone with a strange glow that intensified. "Because you are an unforgivable villain. Just by being alive, you're a trendous danger to the world. Many people have been ruined and died because of you. Only through death can you atone for your sins."
"I see." Ma Lu lifted the Chef's Knife again.
"Good boy, co on, do it."
Yet, just as Ma Lu was about to stab down, he paused again. "No, that's not right. I seem to recall that everyone quite likes , I should be popular. I'm a good person, right?"
The old man beca agitated, "How could you possibly be a good person? You even brought a knife into the prison where no weapons are allowed."
He was better off not ntioning it. With that reminder, Ma Lu suddenly ca to his senses and finally rembered why he was here.
He wasn't a prisoner of this prison but had co to this plane to collect ingredients. Plus, he hadn't committed any cris; it was all fabricated by a prison guard nad Jose.
Why had he forgotten such an obvious fact before? Ma Lu glared at the old man across from him. Could this guy hypnotize, control minds?
"Why aren't you stabbing? It's ti to go," the old man urged again.
Ma Lu replied following his words, "I was just about to, but I'm worried that dying here will cause you trouble."
"No, it won't. Cell block 23 is filled with felons, and even if they die off, no one will care," the old man answered.
"Then I'm relieved."
Ma Lu then reversed his grip on the knife and plunged it into the old man's right eye. The latter let out a terrible scream, his remaining eye widening in disbelief.
"Why... why would you..."
Sadly, before he could finish his sentence, his heart stopped beating.
Ma Lu stepped on the corpse to hold it down, then pulled out the Chef's Knife and wiped the blood off on the man's prison uniform.
"I've already said I'm a good person; why didn't you believe ?"
As the old man died, the ntal control he had placed on the other prisoners also faded away. Those who had been singing hymns stopped swaying, and their eyes regained a ferocious look.
Then they all started brawling.
"You've caused trouble now!"
A voice sounded behind Ma Lu. He turned and saw a barefoot little girl, about fourteen or fifteen years old, holding a workbook.
"Who are you?" Ma Lu asked. "Why are you here?"
He had not seen this girl when he had first arrived in the hall.
"My na is Xin Shuyi; you can call Ah Yi," the girl said. "As for why I'm here, it's the sa reason as you."
"Ah Yi, I always feel like you're taking advantage of . Are you also a prisoner here? Doesn't The Grand Alliance have protection laws for minors?"
As he spoke, Ma Lu shifted his steps to avoid two brawling n.
"Many have died because of ; I requested to be locked up here," Ah Yi sighed, seemingly not very keen on continuing this topic and turned to ask, "What about you, what ss have you stabbed to get caught?"
"I didn't stab any ss."
"But you have now," Ah Yi said. "The man you just killed was nad Pakash. He built the largest gang in cell block 23, the Spiritual Cultivation Sect, using his superpower of Spiritual Guidance. He had over two hundred followers."
"Now they are all free; isn't that good?" Ma Lu said. "They don't have to be controlled by that old guy anymore."
"But it was precisely because Pakash managed them that cell block 23 had so peace," Ah Yi said. "Before Pakash, people died here every day, and many of them had grudges. As you can see, with Pakash gone, they started fighting again. Moreover…"
As they spoke, a prisoner had his neck twisted and broke. Others rushed toward Ah Yi.
However, she remained calm in the face of danger. Just as a man almost reached her, she suddenly vanished, reappearing at the other end of the room.
Teleportation?
Ma Lu was stunned. No wonder she, a young girl, was doing howork so peacefully in cell block 23.
Ma Lu had initially been confident upon hearing the rules of fishing from Erin, thinking that he had it in the bag, as compared to other participants, he could respawn infinitely. But now he realized that while he had his Golden Finger, others had their own cheats.
Was this Prison No. 444 or Arkham Asylum? Multitalented convicts, huh.
Seeing they couldn't catch Ah Yi, they turned their attack to Ma Lu.
Ma Lu didn't hesitate but turned and ran.
"This way!" Ah Yi, familiar with cell block 23, led the way.
Ma Lu, however, suddenly dashed in the opposite direction after a short distance.
"Hey, that's a dead-end," Ah Yi called from behind him, but Ma Lu ran even faster upon hearing her.
When he reached the end of the corridor, there was indeed no way out; just a wall. And the pursuing prisoner behind him was no longer in a hurry, smiling viciously as he closed in.
Unexpected to the man, the boy who was trapped didn't show fear or panic but rather a relieved expression.
Ma Lu reached out and pressed a save point on the wall.
His reluctance to fight was due to not finding a new save point; dying would an he'd have to reload a save from four hours earlier.
He didn't want to take another two and a half-hour flight and get beaten up by Jose again. When he caught a glimpse of the familiar green light while escaping, he imdiately headed there.
After saving the ga, Ma Lu took a deep breath, turned around, and beckoned the approaching man with his finger.
"Like fighting, do you? Co on, let's have a good fight today."
After dying three more tis, Ma Lu succeeded in plunging the Chef's Knife into the man's chest, ending his life.
Ah Yi, who was watching, was surprised, "You seem pretty good at fighting, why did you run?"
"I was worried that fighting there would attract more people; I'm on my own after all," Ma Lu made up an excuse and put away the Chef's Knife before asking, "What were you about to say about 'moreover'?"
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