Chapter 740: 666: Prison Riot?

Chapter 740: Chapter 666: Prison Riot?

“We… where have we ended up? Why is it… feeling… colder and colder…”

The fat man’s teeth chattered.

Had someone tampered with their Guide Bird? The balding middle-aged man couldn’t help but think so. However, after observing the wavering Guide Bird for a while, his knowledge told him that the bird hadn’t been tampered with but was… being interfered with.

But how could that be possible? There were no traces of an Illusion Technique around.

It’s… the Guide Bird had frozen!

Upon entering Frost Hell, it was already minus fifty or sixty degrees, and it was probably down to minus eighty or ninety degrees now… If it weren’t for the Combat Uniform made by Green Shadow being warm enough, his combat effectiveness in this environment might have been only twenty to thirty percent, and it would have continued to decrease over time.

Thinking this, the balding middle-aged man wrapped the collar of his Combat Uniform tighter around him. In the frigid Frost Hell, this not-so-thick Combat Uniform was the only thing that could provide him a shred of warmth.

“We entered Frost Hell and sped along a straight line for 7 minutes and 35 seconds. Then, the Guide Bird started having problems, and our direction changed repeatedly.”

“Before that, our direction was correct, so we should return to our original route.”

The balding middle-aged man closed his eyes and mapped out a diagram in his mind.

Their average speed was ** meters per second, totaling 455 seconds, and the subsequent movement route was left, left up, left, up, right up, right down, right… The time was…

“Follow me.”

Moments later, on the snow-covered ground where no traces could be seen, a man in a suit squatted down and noticed a twisted symbol.

“It’s the place we just passed.”

“Let’s go!”

Three men and one controlled puppet sped off.

“What is that?” A bright red spot appeared on the distant silvery-white snow, distinctly conspicuous.

Only when they got closer did they realize how huge the red creature was.

It lay on a massive ice crystal platform, surrounded by enormous ice pillars, each a hundred meters tall. In the middle of the pillars, on the platform, was a huge “dragon”, with wings on its back. At that moment, the giant dragon was locked in place by numerous ice anchors. Its split wounds were frosted over with ice crystals, unable to heal, to move, or to escape.

Its colossal eyes were tightly shut, motionless, but the faint traces of life it emitted still sent shivers of fear through the three men.

It was a Transcendent!

A transcendent being that they hardly ever encountered in the organization, now locked up here like a dead dog.

It couldn’t help but shake their beliefs.

The gap between the organization and Green Shadow was even bigger than they imagined!

“Can we really rescue that person?”

The balding middle-aged man quickly composed himself and bypassed the location of the Red Dragon, “We can’t save him.”

The other two men looked at him in shock; the balding middle-aged man added, “Making him permanently silent… is completing the mission!

Later, we’ll escape using the fat man’s ‘Gate’ ability without worrying about the corridor guards noticing anything unusual. The success rate is over 60%, the only danger being encountering Hell’s Patrol Team en route.”

…

Pale Prison, ground level.

Surveillance Tower.

The five-story high Surveillance Tower from the outside harbored profound secrets within.

Inside the tower, a direct line runs from the bottom to the top, and looking up from the lower levels, it’s impossible to estimate the tower’s height. On the surrounding walls, there were numerous glowing surveillance screens showing the pale white corridors of the shallow prison, dazed prisoners, prisoners trying to communicate with the outside world using their Special Abilities, and… prisoners trying to commit suicide by banging their heads against the wall, only to be half-healed by the colorless gas emitted inside their cells before they could die.

Under Green Shadow’s laws, minor offenses like petty theft or assault were rarely detained; they were only fined enough Source Crystals for reflection. But with the base numbers provided by the Intelligence Department, every day, hundreds of stubborn spies infiltrated Green Shadow; there were ordinary people, but also Awakeners, High Tier Awakeners… At high tier, they qualified for the individual rooms of Pale Prison.

“We need the surveillance footage from Frost Prison.”

A slightly young but authoritative black-haired girl spoke.

She was a top student at World Tree Academy with one and a half years of study under her belt, and she was also mentored by Lan Qingya, the head of Green Shadow’s Intelligence Department. Despite her young age, she had already begun to handle matters independently.

“Please, come with me.”

The watch secret command was synced, and the staff member, wearing sunglasses to prevent being blinded by countless bright screens, nodded. They extended their index finger and rapidly tapped on the exclusive watch of the Surveillance Tower. With a slight tremor, the edge raised a dark blue ring, smoothly lifting several people slowly upward.

The surveillance footage from the deep prison was much sparser.

Just as the balding middle-aged man had guessed, the deep prison, designed to confine formidable prisoners, had an extremely harsh environment in which ordinary surveillance could not last long.

What was used in the deep prison was the “Surveillance Eye,” which had strong concealment and decent resistance abilities, divided into B, A, S grade levels, with a surveillance radius of 100 to 900 meters. It was one of the few top-quality designs Tang Yu had managed to purchase over the past year.

The only flaw was that the “Surveillance Eye” had a main material that was scarce; analysis revealed that the pupils of the Evil Eye Clan could substitute for that material, but the Evil Eye Clan was nearly extinct.

“Switch to screen 3-21.”

Within Frost Hell,

The balding middle-aged man and his group squatted by a body half-buried in the snow, with only the head showing—the high-ranking member of their organization.

—Compared to other Fire Cages and Ice Prisons, being buried in snow felt too mundane.

But the high-ranking official was still awake, his first words on seeing them were, “The ‘Gate’ cannot leave Hell, but I have a way to escape, you must dig me out.”

It was as if he had seen through the balding middle-aged man.

His face darkened immediately, signaling with his eyes to a 250-pound man.

The overweight man stepped back, clapped his hands together, then spread them wide as he channeled his Source Power:

“Gate—”

Moments later, a door around two meters tall and seventy to eighty centimeters wide gradually formed. The overweight man’s face turned pale as he gasped for breath, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.

“Success…”

Suddenly, intense flames erupted from the other side of the gate, a Fire Snake scorched the overweight man who instinctively rolled away. The parts of his body not covered by the combat uniform felt painfully burnt.

His Source Power became erratic, and the gate burst like a bubble.

Yet, in that brief moment, they had clearly seen that on the other side was the familiar Burnt Hell!

They couldn’t get out!

The balding middle-aged man and his group could only think of ways to rescue this high-ranking official. Seeing him just buried in the ground and not confined by something as formidable as a Fire Dragon, they thought it should not be difficult to break him free.

However…

The balding middle-aged man blankly looked at his own hands. These hands, extraordinary in strength, which had experienced the battles of countless lives, surprisingly…couldn’t dig through.

The high-ranking official seemed to have anticipated this scene, “You cannot do it alone; take my token and find a significant figure deep in Frost Hell, and your mission will be complete.”

“Is it that simple to escape Pale Hell?” the overweight man blurted out.

The official buried in the ground let out a sinister “hehe” laugh, “Of course, it’s not that simple. We suspect this prison has a special spatial restriction set up; no spatial abilities can connect to the outside world, but…Green Shadow is too arrogant. Just in Frost Hell alone, there are numerous overwhelmingly powerful beings detained. If you could lift the restrictions on these beings and free them…”

His pupils were profound, “Just a moment, and the entire Pale Prison, including Green Shadow City, would burst like a bubble.”

“Sorry, it was our oversight.”

The Surveillance Tower staff immediately broke into a cold sweat; after all, the Intelligence Department also handled cases of bribery and collusion, and he didn’t want to end up like those prison guards who had leaked information due to bribery.

“It’s not your fault; it’s part of the plan.”

The black-haired girl Zeng Yanyu spoke and said no more.

The staff member did not understand, but he didn’t dare ask.

A manager from the Surveillance Tower leaped onto the platform from nearby steps, explaining, “Because special abilities are varied and numerous relics from Origin Star have passed down countless artifacts… Illusion Techniques are not omnipotent. Some deep mental restrictions set in the mind are difficult to unlock, not to mention there are several methods that allow one to voluntarily forget their memories and later ‘recall’ them at the right time.”

Like this senior ‘Twisted Eye’ figure, who had grasped an SS-level secret, worthy of special treatment… but he refrained from saying this aloud.

The staff member nodded dimly.

It sounded profound; no wonder others were leaders while he was still merely a subordinate.

However…he looked at the surveillance footage where the balding middle-aged men cautiously approached a massive figure, spreading their Perception to watch out for any Patrol Team and searched meticulously for possible traps like sweeping for landmines… yet failed to notice the Surveillance Eye. He felt quite pleased—after all, these people were all stronger than him.