The virtual world is a sea of knowledge.
"You couldn't find a companion willing to escape from prison with you all day?"
Sonia chopped with all her strength, and the sword energy split into several swirling rings, tearing at the earthen fort in front of her like a chainsaw. This was the miracle skill she had just learned, 'Splitting Wave Slash'.
"yes."
Ash sighed, pointed his finger at the sword, and guided the sword of his heart to pierce through the earthen wall. But after piercing through a layer of earthen wall, another layer appeared, as if it was endless.
"not a single one?"
"It's not that there aren't any, but except for Igula who was bound by my contract, no one else is willing... or rather, they don't believe it."
"If there's never been a jailbreak at Broken Lake before, they have a reason not to believe you."
"It's not just that," Ash sighed, "Rather than saying they don't believe it for objective reasons, it's better to say they refuse to believe it for subjective reasons."
All day today, Ash followed Igula to lobby other powerful prisoners, such as Diamond Tiger, Black Beast Tuke, and Lark Jewel. Each of them was a vicious magician before being imprisoned, and each of their criminal experiences could be written into a thriller novel.
But they all refused to take part in the jailbreak.
Honestly, Ash was not surprised by this. Given the high-pressure rule of Broken Lake Prison and the almost absolutely closed island environment, it would be abnormal for death row inmates to immediately believe that they could escape. It was reasonable for them to be suspicious.
But the problem is that the attitude shown by the death row inmates is not doubt, but resistance.
They resisted the jailbreak.
You should know that the person in charge of the negotiation was not Ash, but the "beautiful beast" Igula, who was also a celebrity in the prison. Although Igula was a fraudster, he had a good reputation and rarely lied. He was even one of the few intelligence dealers in the prison and had a good relationship with people.
In his words, 'lying is a fraudster's taboo, credibility is a fraudster's face, and honesty is a fraudster's most important quality. A fraudster's biggest failure is that others are unwilling to communicate with him.'
Therefore, what Igula said was quite important. Even if the death row prisoners did not believe it, they should ask Igula for more information so as to make further judgments.
But the condemned prisoners did not.
Even if Igula said that he "might have a way to remove the chip restrictions", no one would ask further questions such as "how to do it" or "really?". Instead, they all showed an expression of "that's enough", skipped the topic directly, or turned and left.
It was such a big prison, but they couldn't even find a companion who wanted to escape. Even Ash wanted to say that this was the worst group of criminals he had ever seen.
But Igulla had anticipated this.
During dinner, he solved Ash's doubts with just one sentence.
"They are no longer what they used to be. Shit will turn into fertilizer if left for a long time."
If time is the best poison, then Broken Lake Prison is undoubtedly the best septic tank. No matter whether you are harmful or poisonous, once you come in, you have to be turned into nutrients for me.
An ordinary person may undergo many changes over the years, but how can death row inmates still be the same vicious selves they were in the past after spending so long in prison
Even many death row inmates, looking back on their past criminal experiences, will sincerely repent, thinking that they were so naive and impulsive in the past. Even if they do not regret it, they will gradually lose hope in the outside world and find their own destiny in Broken Lake Prison.
Igulla was right when he said that Broken Lake Prison was indeed an ideal place. All crimes were forbidden here, there was no racial discrimination, swearing, fighting, and even things like cutting in line or urinating and defecating in public were impossible.
As long as you abide by the rules, everyone can live freely without having to consider other people's feelings, because other people can neither hurt you nor affect your interests. It can be said that everyone is truly equal.
The reason why death row inmates commit heinous crimes out of greed, meanness, impulse and other reasons is that they are accustomed to a crime-filled lifestyle, and only that lifestyle can make them feel at ease.
Broken Lake Prison was a place that forcibly changed their way of life and also made them feel safe.
Peace of mind can be addictive.
When a person is in this kind of environment for a long time, separated from the complex social relationships and withdrawn from the competitive external environment, even if the death row prisoner constantly despises the various restrictions in the prison, when you let him leave the prison and enter the society, he actually feels confused, especially when he can live a peaceful life in prison.
Many death row inmates cannot even get up early, let alone take the initiative to leave their comfort zone.
In this way, the transformation of death row prisoners in Suihu Prison is very successful. Without any labor reform or punishment, relying on various restrictions, KPI assessment system and last-place elimination, death row prisoners are transformed into qualified workers who will actively work overtime, and contribute surplus value in prison. If there is no surplus value, they can participate in trial live broadcasts to make money. There is always a job suitable for death row prisoners.
Winning over Ash and Igula is equivalent to inviting them to start a business with unknown prospects, insufficient funds, and they need to pay out of their own pockets.
The most important thing is, if the business fails, it’s fine, but if it succeeds, won’t they have to go back to the society where they have to fight for everything on their own
The thought of it was terrifying, so I quickly bought a toy gun to rob a bank, and then waited for the Criminal Investigation Department to take me home.
Even if it was Igula, if Ash hadn't bounced the contract and locked him and himself together, he probably wouldn't have been willing to participate in the jailbreak. Although he could live a better life outside, he would still be worried and nervous because of the fear of the Criminal Hunting Hall.
Even a fraudster feels safe here.
If there were no Professor Schilling and the Blood Moon Trial, Ash felt that Broken Lake Prison would be a good resort. Not only could he enjoy the scenery, but he could also cleanse his soul. After leaving, he could no longer fart in bed and had to run to the toilet.
Therefore, Ash felt like a villain who forced women of good families into prostitution, and he always wanted to drag these death row prisoners who had washed their hands of cleanliness into the sea again. Igula was like an innocent girl who was caught by him. She originally wanted to live a peaceful life, but now she had to become Ash's top technician...
Snapped!
With a muffled sound, the earthen fortress that had been attacked by Ash and Sonia for more than ten minutes finally exploded, revealing the old magician hiding inside. Before he could say anything, the "Evil Light Slash" and "Heart Sword" directly dispersed him, exploding three magic spirits and a magician manual.
This is the best magician inheritance that Ash has encountered since he entered the virtual realm.
Because this magician is not a combat magician.
He had no idea how to fight, and could only build earth walls for defense. At first, Ash was a little afraid that a spike would suddenly appear on the ground and give him a groin massage, but nothing happened. The magician projection was hiding in the earth wall, as if this inheritance was to test their output efficiency.
"This type of magician is actually the mainstream." Sonia said, "In other words, magicians who specialize in combat are a minority. Most magicians learn the production faction that can find a good job, and then learn a little bit of the combat faction. There are also many magicians who have never possessed a combat magic spirit in their lives, and they rarely have the opportunity to fight with others, such as medical technicians, meteorologists, architects, planters..."
She muttered, "If you hadn't insisted on me learning swordsmanship, I might have been a water healer away from combat now."
Ash was a little puzzled. "But it's impossible not to learn how to fight, right? Even if they don't need to fight in reality, the intellectual creatures in the virtual world can't just check their ID cards and let them go, right?"
"There are more ways to deal with intellectual creatures than just fighting. There are also ways to escape and defend. Magicians have many ways."
"But if we don't fight, how can we get new magic spirits?"
Sonia smiled. She picked up the sleeping magic spirit on the ground and said casually, "Study! Practice! Research!"
"There are actually very few people like us who can gain something in the virtual world every day. Most magicians obtain magic spirits by improving their faction's knowledge, thereby resonating with the virtual world and allowing knowledge to give birth to new magic spirits."
"Knowledge is the foundation of a magician, and hard study is the right path for a magician. What we are doing now, fighting and adventuring, is the wrong way. Academy magicians who grow up step by step often have a complete set of magic spirit systems, while adventure magicians like us have a complicated and unclear magic spirit system, which is far from being as handy as the academy magicians."
"And we can't skip classes. When our silver wings are fully condensed, we will have to go back and make up for the lessons and improve our faction realm. Without gold-level faction knowledge, we won't be able to summon two-winged spirits. We will only be able to swim in the sea of knowledge for the rest of our lives and will never be able to reach the time continent!"
Production is the kingly way, fighting is the evil way
Ash sighed secretly, this kind of extraordinary system that requires all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor is what he fears the most - his own family knows his own business, he is just an ordinary person, with no talent in sports, and can't recite papers, and has no special skills except for taking paid shits. If he hadn't clung to Sword Princess' thigh through "Aurora's Sorcerer's Manual", he would have no chance of becoming a sorcerer at all.
Isn't there a supernatural system where you can get promoted by drinking a bottle of magic potion and digesting it
"Speaking of which, Sword Princess, didn't you say before that there is a golden fish in the virtual world, and if we find it, we can reach the Time Continent?"
"It's just a rumor. Even you, the viewer, don't know where the golden fish is. How can I know?" Sonia picked up the magician's manual and quickly glanced through it. She teased, "You're not putting your hopes on the golden fish, are you? Then you might as well hope that there will be a sudden prison riot tomorrow and you can escape in the chaos... Hmm?"
Ash looked at Sonia who was making strange noises and said, "What's wrong? Is it another magician's manual that doesn't agree with your values?"
"Well... I think you should prepare yourself well after leaving the virtual world."
"What."
"Because there might actually be a riot in the prison!"
Sonia excitedly squeezed next to Ash and turned the magician's manual to the middle page to show him.
It only says:
"I found the golden fish."
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