"Cowardice imprisons a person's soul, I hope it can make people feel free." Lu Wen looked out the window at the dark night, the firelight reflected in his eyes.
"Shawshank Redemption?" Wei Boyan glanced at him.
"Yes." Lu Wen nodded.
He looked at the time,
More than an hour has passed since I received the news and arrived here now.
The setting sun on the horizon completely disappeared, replaced by thick night.
The fire still has not been put out.
The sudden drop in temperature at night brings strong winds.
The turbulent wind poured in from the gaps in the surrounding tall buildings, carrying the flames into the sky. The heat and the whirlwind intertwined, sucking in all the small and light objects that could burn.
It seemed like a giant dragon rising into the sky, burning blazingly.
"Fire tornadoes, these things only happen in mountains and forests."
Wei Boyan stepped out of the vehicle and looked up at the spectacular scene in front of him.
A disaster of this level is difficult to form and requires the blessing of many conditions.
Fire tornadoes appeared in the city. This situation has not been encountered for many years.
Even in the suburbs it's easier to explain.
Continuous fireworks swept through the entire prison, and thick smoke billowed.
The black night was dyed fiery red.
"The nearby residents have been evacuated urgently. We tried our best to suppress the fire, but the effect was not ideal, and many prisoners took the opportunity to escape." The person in charge of the prison was disgraced and had several holes burned in his clothes.
"Can you tell me about the security system?" Lu Wen asked.
"It's like this. The prison's protection, monitoring, and door locks were all integrated into one system more than ten years ago."
"All cells have electronic locks?"
"Yes, I don't know what happened at the time. When the fire started, the security system suddenly went offline and could not be awakened. All the cells were opened. Some prisoners took away the guards' firearms and escaped."
This is the disadvantage of trusting too much in modern technology. If it were a traditional lock, so many prisoners would not have escaped now.
After a few brief exchanges, Lu Wen roughly understood the situation.
Not optimistic.
That prison now is inaccessible to ordinary people.
As soon as you get closer, you will feel a strong burning sensation.
Taking a breath, it felt like my lungs were being burned.
Everything that comes into view is a flaming red.
A real sea of fire.
"This is apparently the highest-level prison, but it actually burned down like this?" Lu Wen still found it a bit incredible.
"We can't find out the cause of the fire now. We can only wait until the fire is completely over. Several guards said that they remember that the fire started from the middle part." The prison director said.
"What's the middle place?"
"Kitchen, cafeteria, and several solitary rooms."
The flames started burning in the kitchen, which seemed to be barely explainable.
"On weekdays, are all the people cooking in the kitchen prisoners?"
"They are basically prisoners, but we have people watching, so they can't do anything."
The cause of the fire cannot yet be ascertained.
The red color of the flames was reflected in the sky, and the huge fire tornado seemed to be a divine fire descended from the sky, rolling and rising rapidly, and the strong wind swept across it.
You can feel the hot wind from a long distance away.
"Tell the onlookers to disperse. It's very dangerous now."
Lu Wen was also convinced.
Despite this situation, there are still people holding watermelons and eating and watching.
"Go away, as far away as possible. Whose child is that? Take it away quickly!"
That fire tornado is extremely unstable.
It has moved a small distance within the confines of the prison and is still expanding.
The scene was far better than the natural disasters shown in those movies.
This is one of the most devastating disasters.
"Tell all human executives to step back and activate all the androids currently on standby in the executive bureau to maintain order on the scene."
Although they are both bionic people, Lu Wen now doesn't care about the feelings of his compatriots.
Thick smoke is also a fatal factor.
Black mixed with fiery red.
From a distance, the entire city seemed to be burning.
Visibility around the prison was already low.
Thick red smoke seemed to rise from the depths of hell, cutting off the sky.
It was difficult for a flesh-and-blood body to persist in this environment. Those particles were flying and burning in the air. Several executioners had several blisters on their skin before they actually entered the prison.
"How many prisoners have escaped?"
"a lot of!"
The most important thing now is to catch all the escaped prisoners.
Those are all heinous criminals.
Cruel and vicious.
With few lives on hand, I am embarrassed to hang out in this prison.
"Before the fire, there were a total of 469 inmates in the prison. Now we have only gathered 203 inmates. Some escaped, while others were trapped in the flames and may have been burned to death."
"Can you give me detailed data on how many people escaped?"
"It's difficult! But at least 40 people escaped. Three of our instructors were injured and all their firearms were taken away. Those three criminals are now the highest threat."
Lu Wen looked at the list compiled temporarily by the prison director.
Start at the beginning of the list and go to the end.
Watched it several times.
Among these 203 people, there is no Jiang Xiaonian!
"Where is Jiang Xiaonian being detained?"
"Innermost, this area."
The prison director really did his job.
Able to remember clearly where each prisoner is held.
Lu Wen looked at the area he pointed at on the map.
"Jiang Xiaonian's danger level is extremely high. We imprisoned him in the deepest area. He will definitely not have time to escape. He will probably be burned to death by now."
"No, he didn't even think about running away."
Jiang Xiaonian escaped last time and returned to the village.
After discovering that the school he built for the village was demolished by the villagers, his mentality changed somewhat.
Lu Wen couldn't tell what had changed.
That school seemed to be a persistence in Jiang Xiaonian's heart. After the school became ruins, he was buried in the ruins and was unwilling to come out again.
"I'll go in and look for it," Lu Wen said.
"You are crazy. If you go in now, you will be seeking death. Even the bionic people will not survive!" The person in charge of the prison hurriedly pulled him away.
A burning prison.
No matter which direction you look at it, it looks like a bloody demon that chooses people to eat.
Crawling on the dark city ground.
It waves its fiery arms and cuts off the vitality of hope.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the fire tornado even approached the edge of the prison.
The onlookers finally realized they were afraid and ran away one by one.
Even the news media reporting on the scene were all replaced by androids.
"I applied to transfer him to this prison. I must be responsible for him!" Lu Wen said loudly.
"Is there any data backup?"
"have!"
After learning that Lu Wen had a data backup, the prison director no longer stopped him.
This is the benefit of androids.
As long as you have money, you can have countless lives.
Lu Wen turned around, took a deep breath, and was about to go in when he suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Xia Chuluo actually came too.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"This is the Thirteenth District, and I am the executive officer of the Thirteenth District. If I don't come here, how can I go anywhere else?" Xia Chuluo glanced at him, "Some people have been working with the Thirteenth District this whole week. People from District 10 are fooling around, and those who don’t know better think you’ve been poached.”
"Ms. Xia, I'm just borrowing Lu Wen for a while. It will be over soon."
Wei Boyan leaned on the vehicle nearby and said.
What he called Xia Chuluo made Lu Wen more interested. He actually called her "Miss Xia". People who use this title usually know Xia Chuluo's father.
"Your tenth district should have been rectified a long time ago. You can't go to other districts to hire foreign aid just because of a petty theft." Xia Chuluo said calmly.
"This... is actually a little more serious than petty theft."
"How serious can it be? Apart from the fact that four people died in a row, the rhythm was always controlled by others, and it was passive from beginning to end, and the murderer was not even traced... there is nothing serious."
"this… "
Wei Boyan was speechless for a moment.
A little unable to withstand Xia Chuluo's ordinary verbal attacks.
Xia Chuluo turned to look at Lu Wen, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Be careful after entering and avoid dangerous places. If you really can't find anyone, just exit. Your body is quite expensive."
"clear."
The reason why Miss Xia came here is also very simple.
Those criminals who escaped.
Especially the three with guns in their hands.
The night is dark, and the guns in the darkness are always caught off guard. Everyone in the 13th District Executive Bureau cannot sleep tonight.
"I am currently acting as the director of the Executive Bureau of the Thirteenth District. Do you have any objections?"
Xia Chuluo sent a message in the public channel.
"No comment."
"No comment."
"I have an opinion, but I dare not say it. After thinking about it, I have no opinion..."
Everyone quickly reached a consensus.
It is better to have one person in charge of the overall situation than none.
Although Xia Chuluo has an unpleasant personality, his ability is recognized by everyone as the strongest.
"Okay, then follow my arrangements."
The girl started to get busy.
Wei Boyan was not idle either.
He asked the prison director for the files of all 469 people and investigated them one by one.
The fire came out of nowhere, it was very strange, and it happened in a place like a prison.
"I'm checking to see if there is anyone who meets the real murderer from twelve years ago. Please be safe."
According to Lu Wen’s inference.
Twelve years ago, the real murderer fled the scene quickly after the murder. The wife of that family was tried and imprisoned, which became an unjust case.
But later, he was imprisoned because of a certain case.
He was probably imprisoned several times.
"If I fail to come out, go to Xia Chuluo and ask for my data backup and upload it directly to an ordinary military android. There is no need to waste time customizing it. Time is precious now."
"Okay, you can go in peace!"
that's all.
Under the gaze of everyone.
Lu Wen faced the light of the fire and quickly approached the raging prison.
Darkness spread behind him.
(End of chapter)