Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

At 1 a.m., a patrolling prison guard opened the small window on the door of Kun Kee's cell and looked inside. His brows immediately furrowed.

The cell was a mess, with bones scattered everywhere and a strong smell of mutton wafting through the air. Kunji was lying on the bed fully clothed, without a blanket, snoring loudly.

The prison guard watched for a short while, then closed the small window and left. The treatment of the prisoners here varies greatly; someone kept here during this time must have connections.

Forget it, I'd better not cause any more trouble.

The prison guards had already gone far away. Kun Ji jumped out of bed, his eyes showing no sign of sleepiness.

In the past two days, Kunji had already figured out the pattern of the prison guards' patrols. After this patrol, there would be a second patrol around 3 a.m., leaving a gap of nearly two hours.

There's enough time!

Kunji walked to the cell door, pressed his ear against it, and listened for a while to make sure there was no more noise outside.

This is an old-fashioned prison door with a small window. There is a sliding iron plate on the window that controls the opening and closing. At one end of the iron plate, there is a protrusion that acts as a latch.

The metal plate has a leverage point on the outside, making it easy to open, but opening it from the inside is very difficult. This small window is open most of the day, but is closed at night.

Kunji opened the small window with ease. The secret was simple: he had placed a tiny piece of sheep bone on the slide of the metal plate of the small window beforehand.

Because of the presence of this piece of sheep bone fragment, the metal plate of the small window was not actually completely stuck, so it could be pushed open from the inside.

The window is small enough to reach your hand out, but it's still far from the door lock.

When Kunji entered the cell, he had already noticed the structure of the cell door. It was an extremely simple, old-fashioned structure. A thick iron bolt was welded to the outside of the cell door, and a large padlock was attached to the bolt.

According to Master Bai Maoyan of Kunji, this kind of padlock could be opened with a single hair.

Kunji looked out through the small window. It was quiet outside, and the lights were dim, like a ghost town.

Kunji returned to his bed and pulled out a bundle of thin rope from under the thin mattress. He had woven it from torn sheets and duvet covers beforehand.

Kunji returned to the cell door, tied a noose with a rope, held the noose in his left hand and extended it out of the small window. Based on his memory of the location, he gently swung the noose toward the padlock.

The first attempt failed, but Kunji didn't mind at all. This was perfectly normal. After retracting the rope, he immediately tried a second time. This time, the lasso landed precisely on the padlock.

Kunji carefully tugged at the rope, and based on the weight in his hands and the subtle sounds coming from outside the door, Kunji realized that he had succeeded.

Kunji carefully pulled the rope, tightening the lasso on the padlock. After trying repeatedly for a while, Kunji finally heard a crisp "bang".

This is the sound of a padlock being pulled up by a rope and slamming against an iron gate.

At this point, the padlock had been adjusted on the bolt, and the keyhole should now be facing upwards. However, the padlock was still quite far from the small window, and it was still a long way from being able to reach it by hand.

Kunji grinned again, tugged at the rope in his hand to make sure it was secure, tightened the rope with his left hand, and pulled something out of his waist with his right hand.

This is a tool made from leftover lamb ribs. One end is sharpened to a fine point and has some key teeth.

The cooked lamb ribs are easy to grind, the only problem is that they are very brittle and will break easily with a little force.

But this was not a problem for Kunji. He took the lamb rib and easily pushed the pointed end into the keyhole. After carefully feeling it, he gently applied force, and with a snap, the padlock was opened.

Kunji took back the lamb ribs, casually broke off the pointed end and threw it aside, then grabbed the rope and swung it left and right, and the unlocked padlock was pulled out of the bolt hole.

Kunji carefully pulled the rope, bringing the padlock in through the small window. After removing the padlock, Kunji used the rope to secure the bolt on the prison door, and with a gentle pull, the bolt was opened.

The sound of metal scraping was a little loud, which startled Kunji. He hid behind the door and listened for a while before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

The sound of pulling the latch went unnoticed by anyone.

Kunji looked out the small window again, and after confirming that no one was outside, he gently exerted force, and the prison door opened with a click.

Perhaps because the opening of the cell door caused air convection, a fresh sea breeze rushed in. Kunji couldn't help but take a deep breath before closing the cell door and stealthily making his way there.

Kunji easily determined that the office area was on the fourth floor of the building, because at this moment, only two rooms on the fourth floor had lights on, which should be where the prison guards on duty rested.

Since the fourth floor is the office area, the prison's broadcasting room is probably on that floor too!

Kunji crept forward silently. To reach the fourth floor, he had to pass through the watchtowers at the four corners of the building. However, after peeking out near the watchtowers, Kunji immediately retreated quietly.

There are sentries at the entrance to the watchtower.

"Damn it, what bad luck! I really don't want to be stuck in the latrine..."

Kunji couldn't help but roll his eyes, and then groped his way towards the toilet. Two minutes later, Kunji entered the toilet on the second floor.

This place is called a toilet, but it's actually just a room of about 20 square meters. There are more than 10 sloping grooves on the floor leading to the outside of the building.

The prisoners could squat on the sloping chute to relieve themselves, and then flush it with water to finish.

To prevent the building from becoming unbearably smelly, the prison guards always required the inmates to clean the sluice gates quite thoroughly, but they were still very dirty and had a strong odor.

Kunji has been to this place several times already and has observed the situation thoroughly.

The sloping groove is about 20 centimeters wide, less than 40 centimeters high at its narrowest point, and about two meters long.

Beyond this sloping channel lies the prison's outer wall. If you fall down the sloping channel, you'll crash against the prison wall onto the rocky beach.

This is the second floor. The drop between the sloping opening and the rocky beach is at least 20 meters. If you fall down, you'll be half dead, if not killed.

Kunji pinched his nose and observed for a while before finally choosing a suitable sloping channel. He then took off his shirt, picked up the soap from the sink, dipped it in water, and began to lather it on his body.

The 20-centimeter-wide sloping groove is impossible for most people to squeeze through, but Kunji could. Bai Maoyan had already considered his size when she recruited him.

Kun Ji's physique was practically tailor-made for a top thief. His head was narrow, his body was flat, and with some techniques to contract his muscles and bones, he could pass through many gaps that ordinary people could not.

Kunji quickly lathered his body with soap, then used his fingernail to carve a groove in the soap, securing it firmly to the rope he had brought. Finally, he stood in front of the chosen groove, closed his eyes, and began to regulate his breathing.

The most dangerous thing about crawling through such a narrow passage isn't not being able to squeeze in, but getting stuck inside. Once you're stuck in such a narrow passage, you simply can't escape on your own, and the result is either being caught or suffocating to death.

Five minutes later, Kunji opened his eyes. His eyes were bright, like those of a hawk!

Kunji took two steps back, exhaling air from his lungs and compressing his body until he had almost completely emptied his lungs. Then, he pushed off with his feet, took two steps forward, and rose into the air, plunging headfirst into the sloping ditch in an extremely graceful manner!

I felt a sharp pain in my chest and back; it was the sensation of the chute walls chafing my skin.

Kunji seemed oblivious, simply closing his eyes and focusing intently on the distance between himself and the sloping channel.

50 cm... 20 cm... 10 cm!

The instant his body burst out of the sloping opening, Kunji suddenly opened his eyes, flung the soap he was holding diagonally upwards, and the soap, along with the rope, steadily wrapped around the iron window on the third floor.

At this moment, Kunji's body had completely rushed out of the sloping trench. With a forceful pull of his hand and using the rope's power, he turned in mid-air, arcing as he crashed into the outer wall of the prison.

The rope woven from strips of cloth had limited strength after all, and after all that struggle, it finally broke. Kunji simply let go and let the remaining rope fall to the ground.

Kunji's eyes were sharp as lightning; in an instant, he had found two points of leverage on the outer wall of the prison, using the faint moonlight.

Just as his body was about to hit the wall, Kunji spread his arms and barely managed to grab the two points of leverage. At the same time, he quickly kicked his feet and luckily stepped on two places where he could get a foothold.

Thus, Kunji, like a nimble gecko, clung tightly to the outer wall of the prison.

Huhu~

Having regained his footing, Kunji greedily inhaled the air: "Master really wasn't lying to me. Buildings constructed by the sea are indeed heavily corroded; you can grab onto anything and find a foothold, hehe!"

Kunji leaned against the wall to rest for a while. He did this not because he was exhausted, but because his adrenaline levels were too high after the near-death experience.

Engaging in strenuous exercise under these conditions will consume many times more energy.

Once he felt his adrenaline levels had returned to normal, Kunji took a deep breath and, using both hands and feet, slowly climbed up the outer wall of the prison.