He lives on another planet and is majoring in Earth Science.

Chapter 546 Li Ji Challenges the Prison Bully

The team disbanded quickly.

Li Ji swayed unsteadily, barely able to stand. He vaguely heard someone say, "12409, are you alright?"

"I'm not feeling well. Thank you for your concern."

He could vaguely make out the prisoner's appearance: three blue cubes stacked from largest to smallest, like a Christmas gift box, with an eye and a mouth on each cube.

This person looks familiar.

"Principal Kitos?"

"Shh!"

Principal Kitos and his two mouths all murmured in unison.

"Here, you'll be called by numbers. My number is 12354. Forget your names."

"You've really been well-disciplined."

"There's no other way. If we make a mistake even once, we'll get shot, and it hurts a lot. Let's hurry up, or we'll be punished again."

The two quickly caught up with the fourth group.

Principal Kitos asked with concern, "12409, how did you get in here? How much did you bribe them with?"

"Principal, no, 12354, your thought process is a bit too ingrained. Why do you assume everyone you meet is involved in embezzlement and bribery?"

“That’s how it is in our prison ward. We keep economic criminals, political criminals, and conspirators here. You can’t possibly be one of the latter two, can you?”

Li Ji quickly asked the principal about the situation inside the prison.

The principal explained to him in detail the work process, living regulations, prisoner cliques, and the preferences of the guards.

"The warden likes psychotropic drugs, especially controlled ones, the kind that give you a high all night after one injection. He loves them. You can't go wrong by catering to his tastes. When relatives and friends visit, have them bring some over."

"The warden touches this kind of stuff? Wait, how do you know their preferences?"

Principal Kitos's three eyes lit up: "This is my specialty. I can't guarantee anything else, but when it comes to bribery, I'm an expert."

"You're so proud! Can relatives and friends bring things when they visit?"

"We have a list of contraband. Everything else can be brought in, but the guards will take a cut, you know. But we can also smuggle in contraband. I got a lot of lewd videotapes; I'll share some with you tonight."

"Principal, there's no need to be so intimate."

"Don't stand on ceremony with me. After all, you're my student, and I have an obligation to take care of you. By the way, what crime were you arrested for?"

"I--"

The whale-man jailer shouted gruffly, "No whispering! Get to work!"

Principal Kitos gestured with his chin, indicating that they would talk about it later.

Dozens of prisoners crawled into a mine shaft together. The lights were dim, and the air was filled with a foul, earthy smell.

"Weren't you peeling potatoes? Why are you coming into the cave?"

"Shh, don't talk."

They continued to venture deeper into the area, where they came to a huge yellow earthen wall.

"Everyone, let's get to work!"

The prisoners picked up the small knives from the ground.

Li Ji asked curiously, "Where are the potatoes?"

"That's right in front of you."

Li Ji only saw a yellow earthen wall. He touched it and the rustling texture felt very familiar.

"Could this be a potato? It's so huge! It must be over ten meters tall!"

"This is only part of it. This giant potato is the warden's pet, and this job is to peel it and help maintain its skin. Be careful not to cut the flesh, or he'll get angry."

The principal picked up a knife and started peeling potatoes.

Li Ji found it absurd, but he still picked up the knife and started working.

"So what exactly brought you in here?"

"I don't know either. I'll wait for the interrogation to see if I can get any clues."

"Then don't wait any longer. There won't be any more interrogations."

"Why?" "Now they handle cases without confessions. When they arrest you, they extract all your memories, so there's no need for such a troublesome interrogation."

"In other words, I have no way of knowing what crime I committed?"

"Yes."

Li Ji peeled potatoes in a daze, his heart growing increasingly anxious. He kept reassuring himself: "If that's the case, they'll find out I'm innocent, and once they investigate, they'll let me out."

When will visitation sessions begin?

"It happens every 14 planetary days, and the most recent one should be the day after tomorrow."

Li Ji nodded silently, as a form of self-encouragement. If a friend came to visit him the day after tomorrow, he could ask the friend to inquire about the case files.

I've done my part in understanding the primitive civilization's response, so I hope they won't be so heartless.

Principal Kitos peeled off a piece of potato skin.

"12409, the reason I'm telling you all this is because I hope to maintain our alliance."

"alliance?"

“As I said before, there are many small groups in prison. We can only survive better by uniting. The leader of our area is 12287. He was elected as the group leader by everyone. We have to pay him for visitation slots or to bring in supplies.”

"Is this guy that powerful? Does he have some kind of connection?"

"No, it's all about fighting. We're all economic prisoners, political prisoners, and conspirators. We're all mentally sharp. Take me, for example. You know, I'm a top-notch genius, with the best intellect at Milver University, and my personal charm is first-rate. I'm deeply loved by the students..."

As Lee listened to Kitos boast about himself for three minutes straight, without repeating a single thing, none of which matched his own personality, it was as if he were reading a brilliant collection of science fiction jokes.

"So he became the group leader by beating everyone up?"

"That's right. Look, everyone's working, but he's sleeping in the corner. Oh no, it's the erotic e-book I finally managed to get in, how did he end up reading it? How awful."

"You're not young anymore, there's no need for this, is there?"

Li Ji looked in that direction and saw a guy dressed in white with a red uniform lying in the corner. He had a pair of long rabbit ears on his head and his body was twitching.

"That back view looks so familiar?"

Li Ji put down the knife in his hand and walked towards the man.

Principal Kitos called out in a low voice from behind, "Don't go over there, you'll get beaten up!"

Li Ji ignored him and walked towards the guy twitching in the corner.

Suddenly a hand grabbed him.

"Don't go, that guy is dangerous."

Li Ji turned around and saw a familiar face.

A delicate golden face, and a head as long as a pecan.

"Nini? What are you doing here?"

"Here, it's called a number."

Golden fingers gently traced the electronic tag [12400] on the chest.

"Looks like you've gotten your share of beatings too."