Prison Intern

Most Federal Government departments offered cushy jobs, but Federal Prison jobs had little in the way of perks, especially for guards at the bottom. As a result, such positions were almost always recruiting. Even internship placements assigned by the Federal Military Academy had never attracted any interest.

When Gu Ding appeared at the Deep Sea Star branch of Heaven River Prison with his résumé, the prison's Human Resources Department was somewhat surprised.

Although his résumé listed only part-time work at a tavern, Gu Ding had won an impressive number of awards at school. Naturally, the Deep Sea Star branch of Heaven River Prison would not turn away such an outstanding student. After checking Gu Ding's records at the military academy and confirming the authenticity of his résumé, Human Resources submitted it to the warden in under five minutes.

Old Henry, the warden, was reviewing the files of prisoners admitted over the past few days. A series of operations by the Federal Government's military had caused the prison population to grow by an amount comparable to the total of the previous three years. Old Henry rubbed his throbbing head and glanced at the email from Human Resources that had suddenly popped up on his office screen. "An email from Human Resources? Did they recruit someone new?"

The recent increase in prisoners had created a serious shortage of guards, and Old Henry had been struggling to find people.

When he opened Gu Ding's résumé, Old Henry's eyes lit up. Gu Ding's record clearly showed that he had the ability to enter the Advanced Military Academy. Those who graduated from the Advanced Military Academy all became officers, and outstanding students could even enter special organizations for deeper training. Old Henry could not have asked for more than a promising student like this applying for an internship. If Gu Ding made it big in the future, Hai Lan Star Prison would benefit as well.

Intern positions like this had always been vacant, and interns earned only half the salary of full-time employees. A prison was not exactly flush with funding.

Less than a minute after finishing the résumé, Old Henry made his decision. Gu Ding did not even need an interview and became a member of Heaven River Prison directly.

Gu Ding was slightly surprised when he received the notice. He had thought there would be a written exam and a physical test, and that he would at least have to wait an afternoon for a response.

After receiving his guard identification card, a veteran prison guard took Gu Ding to the surveillance room. He spent several minutes explaining the locations of the various areas and the matters requiring attention, then left Gu Ding alone in the surveillance room to familiarize himself with the environment. After receiving a call, he hurried away, but before leaving, he instructed Gu Ding to notify everyone immediately if anything abnormal appeared on the monitors.

Normally, someone was always stationed in the surveillance room. The situation over the past few days had indeed been unusual. Nearly everyone was busy receiving new prisoners or handling other work, and no one had time to waste here. The veteran guard had actually left Gu Ding there so he could stand watch and prevent any unexpected situations. He had never imagined that Gu Ding had entered with an entirely different purpose.

After making sure no one was around, Gu Ding had Sea Emperor hack the surveillance room's only camera and smoothly connected Sea Emperor to Heaven River Prison's network.

In just a few seconds, Sea Emperor had taken in all the information from Tianhe Prison Headquarters and its 249 branches.

"Where is that Prisson?" Gu Ding already had a complete plan in mind.

"He's on Lan Wo Star. The prison system over there has developed a minor malfunction. Officially, he went there to supervise the work, but he actually went to chase women. Lan Wo Star has recently been holding a Most Beautiful Lady competition. However, he has booked an interstellar transfer to Deep Sea Star tomorrow morning." Once connected to Heaven River Prison's network, nothing happening within the prison could escape Sea Emperor's detection.

"A minor malfunction? Turn it into a major one. Preferably the kind that lets prisoners escape directly from the prison." A sly gleam flashed through Gu Ding's eyes.

"I can also plant some spreading viruses while I'm at it. The more chaotic things get, the more opportunities we'll have." Sea Emperor was not afraid of making things bigger.

"That was what I was thinking too." Gu Ding grinned.

The virus Sea Emperor spread was extremely well-hidden. By the time the Lan Wo Star prison system's self-check detected it, more than half the system had already been infected.

The two network maintenance staff had no idea what to do. The prison system was an internal network, isolated from civilian networks, so virus infections were almost unheard of. The prison's network maintenance staff normally only downloaded system patches sent from headquarters, then submitted a one- or two-sentence work log to headquarters every day. They did not really understand technical work. Faced with this situation, both of them panicked.

Before they could report the situation to the warden, however, the warden of Lan Wo Star kicked open the door to their office in a fury. "What are you two doing? Why have more than half the screens in the surveillance room turned into pornographic videos?!"

"Warden, the system has been infected by a virus!" the two answered miserably.

"Why are you only telling me now?!" The warden was not satisfied with that answer.

"We only just discovered it ourselves..."

In less than ten minutes, the Lan Wo Star prison system was completely overwhelmed by the virus and crashed. Secretly, Sea Emperor unlocked all prison checkpoints and restraint devices. In an instant, the entire prison fell into total chaos.

At the Most Beautiful Lady competition venue, Prisson sat with one leg crossed over the other, happily swinging his foot. In less than ten minutes, he would be holding the Most Beautiful Lady's hand and heading to a hotel for some fun.

Just then, Prisson's communication ring began flashing. He frowned and accepted the call.

"Lord Prisson, there has been a serious malfunction in the prison system. Please return quickly. We can't hold things together anymore and are about to notify headquarters. It will be trouble if the Chief Warden finds out you aren't here."

"Fuck!" After ending the call, Prisson cursed, but he had no choice but to leave. As the deputy warden sent from headquarters, his mission at the Lan Wo Star branch had been to supervise the work. Now that the system failure had worsened, the branch had to report it to headquarters. If the Chief Warden found out he had not been at the prison supervising things, who knew how that rigid old man would punish him.

Prisson returned to the prison unwillingly. The moment he saw the scene, he was utterly stunned. He had thought it was only a system malfunction, but the entire prison had broken into a full-scale riot. He had spent more than twenty years in Heaven River Prison, yet this was the first time he had seen such a massive riot caused by a complete system failure. Even he began to panic.

Inside the prison, hardly a single alarm was silent. The fire suppression systems on the ceiling were spraying water wildly, and the doors to every passageway stood wide open. A group of prisoners had already rushed into the surveillance room and the office building where the guards were stationed, while the smarter ones had immediately found the exits and escaped.

Seeing the images sent back by the cameras, Gu Ding wore a wicked grin.

Lan Wo Star was not the only place affected. The virus soon spread through Heaven River Prison's network to other planets. In less than half an hour, it had infected not only Tianhe Prison Headquarters, but also more than eighty branches.

The virus Sea Emperor created was highly targeted. Each time it entered a system, it lurked in hiding. By the time the system's self-check detected it, the system was already on the verge of collapse. Once the system completely crashed, Sea Emperor unlocked all prison checkpoints and restraint devices, triggered the alarms, activated the fire suppression systems, and created all kinds of chaos.

On Deep Sea Star, seeing that the time was about right, Gu Ding said to Sea Emperor, "Begin the virus attack on the Deep Sea Star branch!"

(It was a new week. I hope everyone could give this story more support and make the numbers look a little better. That way, I could get recommendation spots from the editor and let more readers see this book. So, bookmarks, recommendations, and clicks—you know what to do~~)