Who says those who retire at the speed of light are not heroes?

After returning to the prison, the blood drawer came to draw his blood soon and brought him good news. The initial test showed that his blood had nothing to do with the butcher two years ago. As long as he was re-tested, his innocence would be proved and he could leave.

After the person who drew blood left, Lin Cheng and Lu Mao exchanged books to read.

Both of them were very quiet and did not chat. They went to eat together at lunch time. At noon, Lin Cheng went to Daxiong's place to get some food and had a brief chat with Daxiong. After lunch, he returned to his room to continue reading. They had dinner in the afternoon and happily asked Daxiong for some food again. Before leaving, he took a bunch of grapes and shared it with Green Hair.

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Late at night, nine thirty.

City A, West Cheng Chemical Plant.

The piercing beeping sound appeared without any warning, but the moment it appeared, an alarm sounded within the alliance. Based on the detected energy fluctuations, it was an SS-level natural disaster.

The entire city of A had not seen an SS-level natural disaster for a year. Almost all the judges above the S-level were called up at this moment. Even the judges who were still asleep, the space rings on their hands emitted lightning at this moment, stimulating them to wake up and receive the message to go to the west city chemical plant.

When facing SS-level natural disasters, there is always only one battle plan.

A human wave tactic centered on achieving minimum casualties.

It is comforting that the Alliance had already prepared numerous emergency plans for this natural disaster in the past two or three years, and the alchemy technology they had researched could finally come in handy at this moment. In addition, the Alliance had also newly promoted several special S-levels in recent years, and the rehearsed tactics could finally be used at this moment. Therefore, the atmosphere of fear was not so strong. Although all the judges who had arrived in the west of the city and were waiting for the natural disaster to come had some tension on their faces, their eyes were also particularly bright.

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Late at night, ten o'clock sharp.

The lights in the prison had been turned off, leaving only the dim light in the hall, and the cage was dark.

As soon as Green Hair got up from the bed, Lin Cheng's voice sounded just in time, "What are you going to do?"

Green Hair turned his head. Because the lights were off, they couldn't see each other clearly in the dark. Green Hair smiled helplessly, "If you want me to provide my technology to those bastards in the alliance, it would be an insult to my alchemy technology."

"so?"

"I have to go, buddy." Green Hair smiled, "Do you want to go?"

"I can get out tomorrow, so there's no need to go."

"I know, I'm just asking." Green Hair took off his shirt in the dark. At this moment, the black tattoo on his chest lit up like a flowing photon blood vessel. Lin Cheng couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is this?"

"It's an alchemical matrix that corresponds to the alchemical matrix within this entire prison." Green Hair's tone revealed an indescribable sense of pride. It would be a pity if such a genius idea could not find a suitable listener.

"What's the function?"

"Inside this matrix, I am the master of the matrix, so... the abilities of those guards will be suppressed at this moment, while the abilities of others... will be restored."

"This alchemical matrix has already been activated, right?"

"Yeah, last night."

"Then why are you leaving tonight?"

"After all, there are still some alchemical technology obstacles in this prison, which will take some time to break through. And the SS-level members of the alliance are indeed difficult to deal with... But they don't have time tonight. The SS-level natural disaster gap in the west of the city has been opened by my people, so... tonight is a good time."

"Not only are you going to leave, but you're going to take them with you?"

"Of course, this is also the reason why I came here. Otherwise, with their intelligence, they will never be able to catch me in this lifetime."

"why?"

"Our organization needs some laborers recently, so we're here to capture some strong men."

"No, I mean…why are you telling me this?"

"You don't plan to leave anyway. You can tell these words to the Alliance and regard it as... our provocation to them."

"What is the name of your organization?"

"Abyss Walker."

"Let's go, buddy." Green Hair smiled at Lin Cheng for the last time in the dark, stretched out his hand and touched a tattoo on his shoulder. The tattoo was alchemical space technology. He took out a whistle from it and put it to his lips.

"You can all hear it, right? You can all sense that the energy has been restored, right? Within an hour, most of the S-rank and above members of the alliance will not be able to get here. Those who don't want to stay in this broken prison for the rest of their lives, tear up your cages and follow me. The energy of those guards has been completely suppressed by me. Don't waste time on them. Gather in the hall and break through the alchemy technology with me. I will take you away."

Lin Cheng also heard his voice in his ears. It seemed to be an alchemical whistle specially used for passing messages. It was really interesting. Then the green-haired man touched the tattoo on his shoulder and took out a dagger from it. The dagger easily cut through the steel pillar of the prison and cut a gap in it. Lin Cheng sat quietly in the dark, watching his figure leave.

There was a commotion and cheering in the darkness, and the sounds of prisons being destroyed continued. The abilities of some people with special abilities were not suitable for destroying prisons, and soon the inmates helped each other, and a huge crowd gathered and came to the hall.

From beginning to end, Lin Cheng sat in the darkness without saying a word. Every room in the prison was destroyed at this moment. No one except him wanted to stay and wash away their sins here.

The power system in the prison was also destroyed. Lin Cheng saw that the camera in the dark was finally turned off. He sighed helplessly, stood up, walked out of the gap broken by Green Hair, and came to the last room where someone was still alive.

The big bear lives in that room.

At this moment, Big Bear had of course heard the whistle. He was already standing at the door, holding the alloy cage tightly in his arms, trying to pry it open, but it seemed a bit difficult.

After all, the energy in his body was also suppressed by the alchemical matrix at the moment, but he was SS-level, and his anger... might not be able to break through the alchemical matrix. At this moment, his eyes had turned blood red. There was a small desk lamp in his room, and with the faint light, the blood red in his eyes looked a little scary.

When Lin Cheng appeared here, Daxiong's expression became very surprised. He stared blankly at Lin Cheng in front of him. There was a set of black clothes in Lin Cheng's hand. He put on the clothes silently.

Although the superheroes in the story can transform, unfortunately, Sima Ming really has to wear his own uniform.

Daxiong stared blankly at the mask in his hand. He stopped what he was doing. His expression became extremely excited, but his voice was trembling. "You, how come you were locked up here? How dare they... How dare they?!"

"No, I just found a reason to come in and see you, and by the way, tell you something." Lin Cheng smiled helplessly, "I was originally planning to see you and leave, but what a coincidence, I just happened to run into this kind of thing."

This Green Hair's jailbreak plan was completely outside of Lin Cheng's plan. He originally wanted to meet Daxiong and talk to him, but after all, he didn't want to show himself as Sima Ming anymore, so he had to resort to this last resort.

"Take a break. It's okay. Leave it to me." Lin Cheng stretched out his hand and placed his palm on Da Xiong's chest. "As I said before, your power can only reach SS+ when it doesn't need to rely on anger. Don't worry, the alchemical matrix seal on your body will be lifted soon. I will help you hold them off for a while."

Big Bear looked at him blankly. After a long while, he smiled bitterly and said, "I never thought that you looked so young, Boss."

"Hey, I'm two years younger than you. My identity is a secret. Don't tell them. The leader of the alliance is particularly interested in my power now."

"How dare he..."

"Let's not worry about that for now. That's for the future. But... it's almost enough to study for two years. The world outside is very interesting. It's good to go out and experience it. If you don't know what to do in the alliance, go find that woman named Lu Lingling. I have discussed it with her. She will arrange everything for you. Just listen to her. No, it's up to you. If you want to listen, then listen. If you don't want to listen, then don't listen. Do whatever makes you happy."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, boss." Big Bear nodded heavily.

"Okay, take a break. The alchemical matrix on your body will be unlocked in twenty minutes. I'll hold you back for a while, don't worry."

In the darkness, Lin Cheng looked down at the ferocious ghost mask, smiled helplessly, and put it back on his face.

The mask quickly fell on his face naturally, completely covering his face, leaving only a pair of eyes that had become fierce and cold.

65 Hades

The light in the prison was still dim.

In this prison, the number of guards is actually no more than fifty. Because of the alchemical matrix, only a few people are needed to easily manage the prison. But at this moment, also because of the alchemical matrix, the power of those guards began to be slowly sealed. Although the process was not instantaneous, how could a few dozen B-level and A-level guards stop the two hundred-plus... vicious criminals in front of them.

Green-haired's fingertips touched the tattoo on his left shoulder again and took out a ball of light from it. He tossed the ball up, and the ceiling of the ball exploded in an instant, but the light remained, illuminating the entire prison as bright as day.

The prison does not occupy a large area as a whole. In addition to the guards, currently mature alchemical equipment has also been put into use. The alchemical equipment in the hall has started to operate, but he does not even need the people behind Green Hair to take action. He alone can easily make the alchemical equipment fail.

In just three minutes, Green Hair had led everyone to the lawn where the prison usually went for fresh air, and at the moment, there was only an old man standing on the lawn.

All the previous alchemy levels in the prison were easily cracked by Green Hair, but this old man made him look a little fearful. Green Hair looked at the other party helplessly. He was an old man who looked to be in his sixties or seventies, with a slightly hunched and thin figure.

He was the prison warden, an SS-level special ability user named Mingsi, and he personally managed everything in the prison.

Green Hair met his gaze, and unhurriedly took out a cigarette from his left shoulder and put it to his lips. In an instant, someone snapped his fingers, and his cigarette was lit. He squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the other person through his glasses, and sighed helplessly, "Old man, you can't stop it."

"Stop one if you can." Ming Si snorted coldly, his eyes fixed on the green-haired man in front of him.

"Although you have special abilities and have stayed in this alchemical matrix for too long, the alchemical matrix can only weaken you by 30% at most. However... the more than 200 people here will be able to fully recover their strength in just one minute. The people behind me have already been sentenced to death. I don't want to kill anyone or offend anyone. You just need to get out of the way. I promise that your safety will not be compromised."

Green Hair's tone was polite and serious, but unfortunately the only answer he got was, "Absolutely not."

The politeness on Green Hair's face quickly disappeared, and the smile on his lips was a bit mocking, "Yes, I am an old man now, I don't care about life or death, it is more important to die with dignity."

"But is there really any meaning in dying for this fragmented alliance that only exists for its own selfish desires?" The cigarette in Green Hair's mouth quickly burned out, and he threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stepped on it. He took a step back, looked at the people behind him, and chuckled.

"Everyone, all I can do is bring you here. As for the rest, I leave it to you. Please cherish the only chance to gain freedom in your life. We have at most one hour. Please don't let me down."

He took another step back and retreated into the crowd. In an instant, the people behind him swarmed out like a swarm of bees. The Hades in front of him snorted coldly, and black mist appeared on the entire lawn. This was his ability. Black shadows condensed in the black mist, like ghost warriors, standing beside him to protect him.

The ghost warriors held the long swords made of condensed mist in their hands. They were the most loyal servants in the world. They slashed at everyone who approached him, but the swarm of bees had slowly surrounded them at this moment. The ghost warriors were shattered one by one, and condensed again. However, there were many people with psychic abilities among these two hundred people. The power of the spirit was instantly applied to Hades. Although he was protected by energy, his waist still lowered a few degrees.

Energy can slow down human aging. Mingsi is actually eighty-seven years old this year.

He was once the most glorious Arbiter in the Alliance. He fought against natural disasters time and time again, killed monsters emerging from the abyss, and won countless honors. However, the war made him without a wife and daughter, and he has lived alone until now. Three years ago, the root cause of the natural disaster was finally closed, and he was able to retire. He found a leisurely position in the Alliance, read newspapers and drank tea in this prison every day, and occasionally tried to talk to some young people who were still young and had a chance to repent.

But every prisoner locked up here is a bloodthirsty and extremely evil person. When he first came here, Mingsi thought that he could make one last use of his remaining energy here. It would be great if he could educate the two children who had gone astray. But gradually he gave up this idea.

They will not repent.

Greedy desires are like a rolling stone on a mountain. Once they start, they will not stop. Their repentance is just regret for being caught here and regret that they were not smarter and more cautious at the beginning. That's all.

Mingsi knew that he couldn't stop these two hundred people. He was already old and had suffered too many hidden injuries in past battles. The source of his energy was almost exhausted. But he already had one foot in the coffin, so how could he be afraid of death?

These people cannot be released and cannot leave here. Once one of them leaves, there may be hundreds or thousands of casualties in the future. At this moment, the only thought left in his mind is killing. Kill them, kill them until they are scared, kill them until they roll back into prison. He no longer has the slightest desire to cross the line.

But the desire for freedom eventually overcame fear.

Even though the ghost warriors around him had killed more than a dozen people on the lawn, and even though the blood from those people spurted almost two meters high, no one was cowardly, and no one fled. Everyone's emotions had been infected and catalyzed. The people on the lawn had lost their human morality, and what was left at the moment was a group of wild beasts killing each other.

When a sharp knife made of ice pierced into his lower abdomen, Mingsi gradually acknowledged the fact.

He was very old, no longer as mighty and ferocious as he had been in the past. The pain made his body stiffen a little, and two of the ghost warriors he was controlling also disappeared. The crowd in front of him became more excited, and their eyes were like those of hungry wolves, as if they couldn't wait to tear his body apart and bite his flesh.

In the black fog, everyone turned into wild beasts.

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The dazzling sword light suddenly appeared in the black fog.

The sword light almost tore a piece of day out of the entire darkness. Wherever the sword went, blood and flesh flew everywhere. Wherever the sword light reached, countless people were repelled by the power of the sword light and flew backwards.

Mingsi's head was already lowered very low. He tried hard to open his eyes and looked at the tall, yet slightly thin figure standing in front of him. The man turned his head, with a mask of a crying and laughing grimace on his face.

As a hero, Sima Ming's mask does not make him look elegant and noble. Instead, it is a bit scary. Wearing it while walking on the street at night might even scare children to tears.

"Old man, are you okay?" Lin Cheng's voice had changed. Compared to his real voice, it sounded colder, but the concern in his words was no less.

"Why are you here, kid?"

"I sensed a space crack in the west of the city, so I went to take a look and found that it was opened by humans. Something must be happening. I sensed energy fluctuations, so I came to see you. I'm not too late, am I?"

"I'm fine, the injuries are not serious."

"Go take a break." Lin Cheng patted his shoulder gently.

In his right hand he still held the black sword called Zhezhi.

There is really not much power left in this sword. It was used once after killing the blood-sucking worm and once when killing the shadow thorn. I estimate that after these uses, the power stored in the blade itself will be exhausted.

"you……"

"This sword still has some power left. It's enough for us." Lin Cheng inserted the blade in his hand into the grass and turned to look at everyone in front of him. The green-haired man, who had been sitting on the steps and smoking quietly, stood up at this moment, his eyes wide open, staring at the ghost face mask.

There is no one who doesn’t know Sima Ming, there is no one who doesn’t know this mask, no one!

"Go back or die." Siming spoke slowly.

"I am no longer the Judge, and I no longer care whether I kill anyone or not. If one person comes forward, I will kill one. If ten people come forward, I will kill ten. If a hundred people come forward, I will kill a hundred! I will give you ten seconds. Go back."

"ten!"

Everyone present looked at each other with unwilling eyes.

"Nine!"

Everyone's eyes showed uneasiness.

"Eight!"

Fear gradually appeared in their eyes.

"seven!"

After the fear comes a feeling close to despair.

"six!"

Finally, someone stepped forward, perhaps because of the desire for freedom, or because he had not yet recovered from the previous atmosphere of killing. But before he could even take a step in front of Sima Ming, his body suddenly collapsed.

It shouldn't be called a collapse.

At this moment his body was like a wall, and every brick of the wall suddenly shattered, leaving only a blurred mass of flesh and blood on the ground. Siming gently shook the tip of the sword, and all the blood poured out.

"five!"

Siming took a step forward.