In the end, the Trial Assembly Hall delivered its final judgment. Because the four members of Yu Jing's group had made enormous contributions, all four were absolved of guilt.
Furthermore, with the Prison Director's recommendation, Yu Jing and the other two finally became newly appointed prison guards.
Each day, they took turns working in the middle and upper prison zones, as well as the outer city-wall zone, according to the prison's arrangements. They worked ten hours a day.
Before leaving, the Iron Spirit maiden also told Yu Jing everything she knew about the lower zone.
The lower prison zone had no standardized individual management like the zones above, nor did it have various prison divisions.
All the prisoners were confined in foul-smelling, pitch-black, bloodstained cells.
A tiny number of serious offenders might, because of good behavior and a passing dangerous-psychology rating, be granted an exception and have their life sentences changed to fixed-term sentences, allowing them to leave the lower zone.
Iron Spirit was a perfect example. In the lower zone, she avoided fighting whenever possible, disguised herself whenever possible, and kept every psychological evaluation above passing, even reaching a good rating.
But most prisoners in the lower zone had never considered being a "good child" so they could leave.
Most of them had been rejected by their home planets, placed on global wanted lists, or forcibly exiled. Homeless, they wreaked havoc everywhere before ultimately being imprisoned here.
Even if they left prison, they could only wander from place to place. The day they could no longer suppress their murderous urges, they would commit another crime and be imprisoned again.
Compared with leaving, many serious offenders would rather stay below... Besides, everyone in the lower zone was talented and pleasant to talk to. For prisoners who liked such a harsh