"It's Lord Benjamin!"
"Quick! Go save him!"
They weren't inside that sturdy fortress and had no idea what was happening within. They only knew one thing—their immediate superior, Warden Benjamin, had fallen into the mine.
He was a major figure who could decide the life or death of everyone in Underwater City Prison's underground mine with a single word... Warden Benjamin's misstep and fall instantly threw the supervisors and guards in the mine into a panic.
But the place where Warden Benjamin had fallen happened to be where the Sea Monster Clan prisoners had gathered in the greatest numbers to feed... In their desperation, the guards scattered around the area instantly grabbed their weapons and rushed over.
The fierce scramble among the Sea Monster Clan caused by the warden's fall instead gave the serious criminals trapped in a corner a brief chance to catch their breath.
A hunched man with a face covered in stubble hurriedly picked up the food from the ground, hugged it to his chest, then desperately rolled toward a stone trench on one side.
He did not even care how dirty the food had become. He wolfed it down.
"Dr. Yoash."
At that moment, a steady voice rang beside the man's ear. The man instantly stopped eating and instinctively stood up, saying hoarsely, "Who... who?"
"Dr. Yoash, I'm Longgang. I'm here to rescue you." The voice quickened. "Don't ask anything now, and especially don't speak. If you trust me, do as I say... You have only five seconds to decide!"
"What should I do?" The man responded almost instantly.
"Follow my instructions... First, leave that stone trench, then move toward the fortress! Remember, try not to attract attention! The mine is in chaos right now. This is a great opportunity for you!"
Hearing this, the man...