Delta: Who are you saying has suffered a loss of strength?

"Warden, the prison is open tomorrow. Are you going out again?" As soon as it was light, Shi Lei arrived at the warden's office to report for duty.

"I won't go out this time, but I won't wander around the prison either. I'll just stay in the room and keep things under control."

The "guardian" he was referring to was, of course, the ravens' side.

Although it was found out that the last operation was not entirely Raven's fault, the loss of a large number of his brothers still pained him.

Han Che initially felt guilty and considered talking to Raven again, but then he thought better of it.

I've always been nice to him, but he never gives me any face, so I'll just let it go.

I originally thought that if the two bosses could coexist peacefully, Tide Prison would be spared a lot of trouble.

But now, not only do we not need so many combat troops, we even have to go easy on the player operators. So if you, Raven, dare to break out of prison and kill my prison guards again, don't blame me for being impolite.

"Shall we follow you?" Shi Ding asked.

"Stay with me. If there's any emergency, we'll go out." Han Che took a sip of the coffee Shi Ding handed him, his eyebrows almost furrowed together.

"The coffee is too strong..."

"Uh, I'm sorry, Your Honor, I don't know how to rinse this. Would you like me to add some more water for you?" Shi Ding scratched his head awkwardly.

"It's okay, a stronger consistency is better, it'll keep you alert." Han Che's expression twisted as he forced himself to swallow.

"We've been working together for so long, why are you still being so polite?"

"Well, I'm used to it. Besides, it sounds more authoritative to call you 'Warrior' that."

"Really?" Han Che pursed his lips, then suddenly asked, "Do you know who Said is?"

"Said..." Shi Dingkak said slowly after a few seconds.

"That Asarawi rebel captain?"

"Yes, I went to Dam Zero when Tidal Prison was open last time and ran into him," Han Che said.

"You went to Dam Zero?" Shi Ding asked in surprise. "It's no longer under the control of the Hafk Company. It's too dangerous for you to go there alone!"

"Hehe, it's nothing!" Han Che chuckled. "Shi Ding, you're right, Said has his own bodyguard team called the Crimson Owl Squad."

"Hafk has recently deployed troops there in an attempt to regain control of the Zero Dam area."

"Next time there's a chance, I'd like to take you on a field mission to have a go at it with them, so you can get familiar with overseas operations."

"I'll do whatever you say!" Shi Ding said seriously, never questioning Han Che's orders.

"Have all the prison guards learned to swim?" Han Che asked again.

"I've learned about half of it, but the time is still too short. The rest can only guarantee that I won't drown for a short time; I still can't swim."

"Everyone must learn to swim! And they must swim with equipment!" Han Che added, "Ideally, they should be able to float on the surface and still fire a gun."

Han Che noticed Shi Ding's strange expression. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"No problem!" Shi Dingli stood at attention and saluted. "Mission accomplished!"

"Good! Very energetic!" Han Che nodded. "Go downstairs first, and hurry up and teach them."

"Yes!" Shi Ding saluted again and left the warden's office.

"How's it going, Brother Shi Ding? What did the warden say?" Da Yong approached Shi Ding as soon as he stepped out of his office.

"Forget about it, the warden makes sure everyone learns it."

"Huh? No way?" Da Yong rarely showed a bitter face.

"His exact words were: 'Everyone must learn to swim! And they must swim with equipment!'" Shi Ding imitated the warden's tone.

"Ideally, it should be able to float on the water and still fire a gun."

"Me?" Dayong pointed to his face.

"Swimming with equipment? And you have to float on the water and fire?" Da Yong's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Alright, alright, stop complaining, let's get back to training!" Shi Ding pulled Da Yong toward the tide control room.

"This isn't right, is it?" Da Yong's burly body gave up resisting and let Shi Ding pull him away.

"Would I lie to you? The warden is just trying to do what's best for us; it's normal for him to be strict!"

Shi Ding urged, "Hurry up and grab your heavy armor and machine gun, let's get training started!"

"Sigh... okay."

……

On a new day, a new batch of player operators gathered in the plaza outside the Tide Prison portal, ready to embark on an operation.

"It's been a long time since I've been to Tide Prison. How does it feel? Nervous?" Jiang Chi, captain of the Dragon Club, asked Li Hao and Chen Xiaoxun with a smile.

"It's alright. I heard there's no warden to refresh this time either, so there shouldn't be any major problems," Chen Xiaoxun replied.

"That's good. What about you, Li Hao?"

"I'm fine with that too." Li Hao gave an OK sign. "Captain, this time, let's focus on opening key rooms and gathering more intelligence."

"Okay, no problem!" Jiang Chi nodded in agreement.

After obtaining the prison level-one access card from Xiao Bai, Li Hao reported it to the club.

The club agreed that the core mission of this operation would be to unlock the key card. The other teams were all independent players and posed less of a threat. They only needed to be wary of the prison guards and the ravens that might suddenly appear.

After Jiang Chi and his two companions checked their equipment one last time in the square, they looked around to observe the status and gear of the other players.

Jiang Chi saw three people gathered together in the distance. One was tall and thin, another was short and strong, and the middle man of medium build was the most eye-catching.

He was actually wearing an iron-clad helmet.

"Are casual players getting this creative these days?" Jiang Chi pointed over there. "They're all starting to wear 'self-isolation' masks."

"Anyway, if there's no sound, you can eat without worry; if there is sound, you can eat with trepidation. Wearing a hearing aid is even better, so you won't be afraid if you can't hear anything," Chen Xiaoxun joked with a smile.

"Haha, maybe it's some new understanding? After all, that thing is indeed quite hard."

The laughter reached the ears of the three people on the other side.

"Brother K, are you really going to wear this in?" the tall, thin man asked in a low voice.

"Of course! I wonder how tough this helmet is." Old K's voice boomed from inside the Iron Wall helmet.

"Now I understand why those guys from the 78 Club wear that helmet. That's what experts do, that's what value for money looks like!"

"You can get higher protection at a lower price!"

"We misunderstood; this is truly excellent stuff!"

Ever since returning from Dam Zero, Old K has been acting strangely, buying a lot of Iron Wall helmets.

He also recommended that others wear the helmet, but he still couldn't sell it.

"Just you wait and see, this helmet is definitely the new trend!"