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Suddenly, a sharp, soft sound came from the tightly closed iron gate beside them.

"Get inside and behave yourself!"

Two guards wielding halberds pushed a man with bird's nest-like hair into the cell, making the already cramped space even more confined.

"Hey, new cellmate, huh? This is Dean, sitting in the corner." The man staggered into the room and saw Dean sitting in the corner.

"Shut up!" the guard at the door roared. "If you attack your roommate again without provocation, you'll be locked up in that dark room for life!"

"Hey, what do you mean 'for no reason'? That guy clearly provoked us first..." Before the man could finish speaking, the cell door was slammed shut by the guard.

"Tsk." The man curled his lip. Even though he had a round neck cuff around his neck and his hands were bound by heavy iron chains, he lay comfortably on the cold stone floor as if nothing had happened. He lazily asked the silent Dean, "Hey buddy, why are you acting like a silent gourd? Look, we've become roommates by chance, why don't we get to know each other?"

Dean glanced at the incessantly chattering guy before looking out the window again.

"Don't be so cold. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Ye Xiao."

Ye Xiao smiled as he looked at Dean, who was sitting silently in the corner, thinking that he had finally found this guy.

Although it is clear that Dean was taken to the Dead Sea prison, the exact location is still unknown.

This prison is also the territory of the Maltz family. As a place to imprison important criminals from all over the country, it is heavily guarded outside. It is unrealistic to directly attack it with only a dozen or so members of the Seven Stars Society.

Therefore, a day ago, with the help of the people that the Tide Merchant Guild had arranged in the settlement outside the city, Ye Xiao was detained here in place of a prisoner who was being exiled.

Getting a prisoner out under the noses of the Maltz family is virtually impossible, but swapping someone who was originally going to go in is quite simple.

To make his purpose less obvious, Ye Xiao's initial cell was not the one Dean was in. He pretended to have a falling out with his previous cellmate, caused a scene, and was only moved to his current cell after being bribed by the Chamber of Commerce to a jailer.

The details are too complicated to go into, but in short, judging from Ye Xiao's bruised and swollen face after being taught a lesson, one can roughly guess the ups and downs that followed.

Dean ignored Ye Xiao, and Ye Xiao could guess that this guy's mind was probably filled with thoughts of Ella, the eldest daughter of the Duke's family, who was now completely out of his mind.

But that's okay. Having something to care about means that if you see a glimmer of hope, you will seize it without hesitation.

"You can remain silent if you wish, but I must be frank: I'm here to rescue you."

Sure enough, these words made Dean, who had been gazing out the window, turn his head slightly and stare at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao smiled back, "You don't believe me? I know who you are, Mr. Dean. I'm here on that person's orders."

Dean paused for a moment, his long-dormant brain starting to work, and soon he realized who "that person" Ye Xiao was talking about was.

That vicious woman who detained the real young lady, impersonated the saintess, and tortured him in prison!!!

With his disheveled hair, Dean pounced on Ye Xiao like a ferocious lion, pinning him to the ground. "You...you're that devil's henchman!"

"Wow, wow, calm down." Ye Xiao said calmly. "If you're angry, go outside and vent it. I'm just responsible for getting you out of here."

Dean looked at Ye Xiao with the eyes of a beast ready to devour him, but after a moment of stalemate, he finally let go.

"Hoo..." Dean, who hadn't been this agitated in a long time, sat down with his back against the wall. "Damn it, what does she, your master, want me to do?"

"Ahem, I remember, she was also your master." Ye Xiao coughed lightly twice and curled the corners of his mouth.

“You…!” Dean seemed about to get angry, but then he seemed to remember something, tilted his head back in frustration, leaned against the wall, and stopped talking.

"No need for such hostility. I'm just working for her." Ye Xiao stretched his neck; the round neck cuffs on his neck were making him a little uncomfortable after all that commotion.

These neck shackles are a product of the Dead Sea prison. Every prisoner wears one of these, which contains a ring of long, enchanted silver needles. Once inserted into the neck, they can lock the physical and magical power of the person being bound, preventing them from using combat skills or magic normally.

“Let’s cooperate and achieve a win-win situation. Once we get out of this hellish place, you can do whatever you want. My mission will be accomplished. Isn’t that wonderful?”

Dean rested his hands on his knees, looked at Ye Xiao for a while, and finally spoke in a low voice, "How do we get out?"

The Dead Sea Prison is a huge castle standing atop a mountain, surrounded by towering walls guarded by soldiers patrolling day and night.

The only way down to the foot of the mountain is on the north side of the cliff, which leads directly to the harbor where prisoners were transported. The other three sides are steep cliffs.

The innermost ring of interconnected towers, leaning against the inner wall, served as the prison cells. In the center of this ring of towers stood a tall sentry tower, patrolling the surroundings without any blind spots.

The outer part of the prison cell was sealed off by gray bricks and iron window frames, while the inner part consisted of a row of sturdy iron bars and a semi-open corridor. As a result, every move of the prisoners could be clearly seen from the central watchtower.

The prisoners here wear neck shackles, so they can't use magic, let alone magical items like spatial rings, because they can't generate any magic power to interact with enchanted items.

Even the system is unable to resonate with the player's mental energy, making it impossible to use functions such as shopping in the mall that require the player's mental energy to generate a spatial array.

In addition, an explosion magic circle is engraved on the neck cuffs. Once a prisoner steps out of the high wall outside the prison, an explosion will occur. Furthermore, if the warden dies, the magic circle on all the prisoners' neck cuffs will be triggered simultaneously.

The outermost ring is a heavily guarded city wall, the center is a surveillance tower with no blind spots, and the circular prison city is sandwiched in the middle, forming a three-ring nested, strict structure. With the addition of high-tech neck cuffs that lock magic and physical strength, escaping from this largest and most heavily guarded prison in Loren is nothing short of a fantasy.

Ye Xiao just smiled, his relaxed expression suggesting he didn't care about any of it at all. "You'll see when the time comes."

It's no wonder that riddle tellers enjoy being riddle tellers; they truly find joy in telling riddles while others are bewildered.

……

"Clang, clang."

The prison bells rang out from the top of the tower, the locked iron doors of the cells opened automatically, and a large number of fully armed guards were already stationed below the prison.

"Get out there and get to work, you bunch of scum. Lunch break is over."

The jailer's shrill shouts immediately echoed through every cell via loudspeakers and megaphone arrays.

Chapter 45 The Prison Break

Whether they liked it or not, most of the prisoners rushed to the outside corridor after hearing the bell, and one by one, wearing shackles, walked down the steps of the circular prison corridor to the large square below.

If there are prisoners who are still lying in their cells, jailers will immediately come up with barbed whips to lash them.

Whether it's a warrior skilled in using fighting spirit to protect themselves or a powerful defensive mage, wearing those neck cuffs will result in them being whipped until they're a bloody mess.

Ye Xiao and Dean did not slack off either, and walked out the door to follow a group of prisoners as they staggered down the stairs.

"Hurry up, all of you!" the jailer shouted from below, brandishing his long whip, until the hundreds of prisoners slowly formed a square formation.

The prisoners included both men and women. To avoid confusion, the cells were set up separately by gender, but the work was not so particular. Some prison guards carried tools for labor and distributed them while taking turns assigning tasks.

Most of those tools were either shovels or sledgehammers that were difficult to hide, or dirty rags or wooden buckets.

Using prisoners as free labor to generate profits for the prison is one aspect, but more importantly, it wears down their already limited physical strength, leaving them with no energy or time to cause trouble.

The fat, big-eared warden, accompanied by his assistant, walked out of the towering surveillance tower with a naked girl in his arms. On the balcony, about seven or eight meters high, he stroked his chin, looking for something.

“Oh, that…that one.” A glint of light flashed from his eyes, which were almost squeezed into tiny beans. He raised his pinky finger and pointed his thick index finger at a female prisoner in the formation who had a numb expression.

The female prisoner immediately showed a look of terror, but was eventually escorted by two guards and forced to walk towards the watchtower with her head down.

Silently observing the warden's loose trousers, Ye Xiao understood, based on information from his previous life, that the warden's kidneys weren't in good condition due to years of promiscuity.

Therefore, this guy hired a personal pharmacist to prepare "Bear Power Potion" to enhance his athletic ability year-round.

In addition, he also possessed the only key in the entire prison capable of removing the neck cuffs from prisoners, and it was usually locked in a safe with a protective barrier in his bedroom.

To escape this lousy prison, the neck shackles must be removed. Therefore, Ye Xiao's first step is to find out the location of the bedroom.

Unfortunately, he wasn't assigned to clean the tower. A jailer came over, shoved a heavy sledgehammer into his hand, and casually said, "Go smash the stones," before moving on to assign work to the next prisoner.

Tsk.

Ye Xiao pursed his lips, first glancing at Dean, and noticed that the guy was holding a shovel. Then he searched among the prisoners and finally spotted a burly man holding a rag.

“Dude,” he walked up and whispered, “I see you’re built for swinging a sledgehammer. How about we switch?”

"Get lost." The burly man refused without hesitation. Who the hell would swing a sledgehammer when he could do an easy job like mopping the floor?

"Don't force me." Ye Xiao's expression was unfriendly, but the burly man simply pressed his massive pectoral muscles against Ye Xiao's nose and shook them.

"Fine." Ye Xiao held up one finger. "Alright, I'll trade you this."

The burly man wanted to refuse, but he saw Ye Xiao slightly open his mouth, with a glittering gold dust on the tip of his tongue.

The space ring and other such things are useless to bring in, but the existence of gold itself has value. Ye Xiao had anticipated this scene and had hidden a piece of gold under his tongue before entering.

The burly man swallowed hard. Gold wasn't useless in prison; just because the prisoners couldn't use it didn't mean the guards couldn't.

Some prisoners would use their personal belongings or connections outside the prison to exchange for living resources with the prison guards.

That single grain of gold could easily buy him a week without having to work and with plenty of food every day.

He quickly took the gold sand before anyone noticed, snatched Ye Xiao's sledgehammer, and shoved the rag in his hand over, saying, "Deal."

The burly man wondered to himself if this guy was a complete idiot, having such a good thing and only using it to change jobs.

Ye Xiao didn't say much. After thanking them, he took a rag and joined the line of prisoners heading towards the monitoring tower.

This tall watchtower served as a resting place for the prison guards, including their mess hall, kitchen, and living quarters, as well as the warden's residence.

Before entering the tower, the guards at the entrance would search the prisoners thoroughly, inside and out. When leaving the tower, they would also be checked again to ensure that no prisoner could bring out anything that did not belong to them.

Ye Xiao, holding a rag, was spun around by the guards at the door several times before finally getting inside.

The narrow corridors were also patrolled by guards or on their breaks, but they didn't pay much attention to these unarmed prisoners—after all, this was practically the guards' stronghold, and no prisoner dared to cause trouble here.

Ye Xiao grabbed a bucket of water from the washroom, wiped himself down in the stairwell, and then went upstairs.

The guards wouldn't keep a close eye on them while they worked, but they would check after they finished. If any area they were responsible for wasn't cleaned properly, they would get a severe beating, and their workload would double next time.

Ye Xiao didn't care about that and simply carried the bucket upstairs.

He had been wondering if sneaking around floor by floor would make his purpose too obvious, but when he reached the third floor, he heard the warden reprimanding the guards.

That loud voice echoed in the corridor, making it impossible for Ye Xiao not to hear it.

"What the hell are you all doing?!" the warden's voice boomed with rage. "You can't even handle a cripple, what good are you?!"

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. He didn't know who the warden was referring to, but it seemed that the other party had other things to do.

This was good news, Ye Xiao thought. He didn't rush to find the warden's bedroom, but instead took a stroll around the perimeter. Before long, his nose caught the unique herbal smell of the dispensing room.

The door to the dispensing room was naturally locked, but that didn't stop Ye Xiao. He went straight to a nearby patrolling guard, waved the rag in his hand, and said, "Sir, I'm in charge of cleaning that room, but it seems to be locked."

The jailer curled his lip impatiently, then called two of his companions and led Ye Xiao to the medicine dispensing room.

He used his key to open the door, leaving one companion to guard the door, and then went into the pharmacy with another person.

Under the close watch of three guards, Ye Xiao carried a bucket and a rag and began cleaning the room.

Chapter Forty-Six: Everything is Ready

The dispensing room contained only two wooden tables and a locked glass cabinet. On the wooden tables were some bottles and jars, all of which were common medicines. The only one that might be considered somewhat lethal was a bottle of concentrated diarrhea medicine for relieving intestinal problems. A single drop could make the person who ingested it feel extremely good—but of course, it would only cause diarrhea, and an overdose would not be fatal.

The warden's Xiongli drug was locked in a glass cabinet. As a drug intended for use by the highest-ranking administrators in the prison, it was not something that could be easily accessed by others.

Inside the cabinet was a pharmacist's work schedule for dispensing medications, which seemed to be a reminder of the pharmacist's daily tasks.

"I'm warning you, you'd better not get any ideas." The jailer said, keeping a close eye on Ye Xiao while also threatening him.

Ye Xiao seemed to be working diligently, carefully wiping the exterior of the cabinet with a cloth. He kept wiping the glass until it shone, but in reality, he was memorizing the pharmacist's work schedule.

Ye Xiao couldn't possibly pry open the cabinet lock in front of the three guards, but looking inside the glass cabinet was no big deal.

The label stated that, for the warden's health, only one bottle of Bear Power Potion would be prepared each day, and it would usually be consumed by the warden after dinner.

It's not hard to deduce that the warden's exercise time should be after dinner.

A moment later, the jailer squinted and looked around. He noticed that Ye Xiao was still rubbing the glass and finally became a little impatient.

"Damn it, stop dawdling, can't you be a little quicker?"

Ye Xiao nodded with an embarrassed smile and went to wipe the table. Then, in her haste due to being urged, her elbow "accidentally" bumped into the bottles and jars on the table.

With a crash, bottles and jars on the table shattered all over the floor. Ye Xiao looked panicked and hurriedly bent down to wipe up the spilled medicine with a rag.

"What the hell are you doing?!" The jailer was naturally furious. Then, as if he had thought of something, he stepped forward warily, pushed Ye Xiao aside, and picked up the rag on the ground. "If I find out what you're up to, you're dead!"

However, there was only spilled medicine liquid and broken glass on the ground. He grabbed Ye Xiao's shoulder and carefully searched his body.

There was nothing there; it seems this guy really just accidentally broke the bottle.

"Damn it!" the jailer cursed, ordering Ye Xiao to quickly clean up the floor. He then sent another jailer to report the accident to the pharmacist. After doing all this, his eyes remained fixed on Ye Xiao.

Under surveillance, Ye Xiao wiped the floor clean, picked up the glass shards with a wet rag, carried a bucket of dirty water, made a report, and left the room. Then, with the jailer following him, he went to the water room to change the water.

Once the jailer confirmed that Ye Xiao hadn't hidden anything, he didn't bother to follow her into the narrow, damp washroom, but simply kept watch from behind the door.

The bathroom window was a small, narrow window blocked by iron bars, so he wasn't worried about anyone passing Ye Xiao anything dangerous from the outside.

But the jailer didn't notice that Ye Xiao, with his back to him, squeezed the water from the rag in his hand into another empty wooden bucket on the ground.

Then Ye Xiao pretended to change the water, using his back to block the view, and stacked another wooden bucket on top of the one containing the rag water, pushing it to the inner corner, and then started pumping water with a push-pull hand pump.