Uninvited Guest

The prison was no longer as lively as usual, with everyone secretly pondering what had just happened.

Only prisoners who had lived in Prison No. 18 for a while could understand Li Shutong's status there.

So, they really couldn't understand what kind of fool would come here to say such nonsense to Li Shutong.

Mechanical prison guards surrounded Liu Dezhu. As they moved, hydraulic transmission sounds came from the alloy skeletons in their bodies.

Seeing this formation, Liu Dezhu had already forgotten his ambition to make a name for himself in Prison No. 18.

He had come to this Inner World, where steel beasts roamed, for the first time as part of the second batch of Transmigrators, and was immediately awestruck by what was happening before him.

Facing the blockade by mechanical prison guards and drones, he was firmly controlled and escorted to an unknown area outside the plaza in just over ten seconds.

"Boss, don't you think things have been a bit strange lately?" Lin Xiaoxiao squatted on a chair, contemplating. "The day before yesterday, a kid came and went completely mad, talking about Luocheng, Luocheng, as if he were the direct heir of the conglomerate. Today, another fool like that comes, asking you to assign him a mission right off the bat. What mission?"

As he spoke, Lin Xiaoxiao involuntarily reached out to stroke the Big Cat on the table, but before he could extend his hand, the Big Cat gave him a cold glare, and he sheepishly retracted his hand.

Li Shutong thought for a moment and said, "It is indeed a bit strange."

Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly said, "Huh? Where's that kid Qing Chen? Wasn't he quite eager to come down for dinner yesterday? Why don't I see him today?"

At this moment, Qing Chen was still walking through the corridor. He ignored Liu Dezhu and the mechanical prison guards and went directly to the sixth floor. He found Lu Guangyi, who was still lining up to go downstairs, and quietly instructed him, "After dinner, have your people control all the new arrivals and question them one by one about their backgrounds outside."

"Got it," Lu Guangyi quickly agreed.

In his opinion, their boss probably wanted to see if any other forces had entered to compete with them for resources.

Qing Chen, however, was thinking about checking if there were any hidden Transmigrators among the newcomers.

If there were Transmigrators, they definitely wouldn't be able to fabricate their identities from the outside.

Those who could clearly explain their identities and origins were natives; those who couldn't were definitely Transmigrators.

However, Qing Chen was a little surprised. He had originally thought Nan Gengchen would also transmigrate to Prison No. 18, but it turned out he hadn't.

At this moment, Qing Chen seemed to remember something, hesitated, and then said to Lu Guangyi, "I know the welcome ceremony is your usual practice, but don't be too rough. It's not easy for anyone."

Lu Guangyi was stunned for a moment and then agreed, "Okay."

After the farce, all the prisoners lined up one by one to get food. Lu Guangyi, following Qing Chen's instructions, intended to take the new prisoners to the cells for interrogation.

Not long after, he returned to report to Qing Chen, "Boss, the interrogations are finished."

Qing Chen listened intently as Lu Guangyi introduced the situation of each prisoner. After confirming that there were no more Transmigrators in the prison, he strode to the opposite side of Li Shutong's dining table and sat down, "Are we playing chess today?"

"No more, let's not play for the next few days," Li Shutong said after thinking. "I have things to ponder, and I also have a guest coming."

"A guest?" Qing Chen asked, confused.

Li Shutong smiled and said, "An uninvited guest."

Anyone Li Shutong would call an uninvited guest was certainly not an ordinary person.

Qing Chen did not want to get involved in matters he could not control for the time being, so he did not ask further.

He said nonchalantly, "I just saw the commotion downstairs. What happened?"

Li Shutong showed a rare look of hesitation on his face, "I don't know either."

Qing Chen felt a mix of amusement and helplessness. The Transmigrators had even managed to confuse Li Shutong.

It was probably the first time Li Shutong had encountered such a situation.

At this moment, only Qing Chen knew that Liu Dezhu, that fool, after reading He Xiaoxiao's guide, had genuinely taken Li Shutong as a game NPC to farm!

Countdown 37:00:02, a rumbling sound came from the direction of the alloy gate, and then it lifted upwards.

When the alloy gate was fully open, a bald man over two meters tall was seen being escorted in by more than ten mechanical prison guards.

Around them, nine drones were blocking all escape routes for the bald man.

Not only that, but as this person entered, six of the metal storms in the sky also began to rotate slowly.

The rotation angle of these metal storms was only 90 degrees, not 360 degrees.

So, as this burly prisoner moved, new metal storms would enter a state of alert as they moved out of the firing range of certain metal storms.

They were constantly locked onto him.

This was the first time Qing Chen had seen someone being escorted alone during the day, and also the first time he had seen the security forces of Prison No. 18 mobilized on such a grand scale.

More than three thousand prisoners silently turned their heads to watch, no one speaking.

A crisp clattering sound echoed through the prison, the sound of the alloy shackles around the bald man's feet colliding with the ground.

The bald man had bronze-colored skin all over his body, with marks on his face from years of sun exposure. On the skin of his arms and other exposed areas, there were totem-like black patterns, strange yet magnificent.

There were no mechanical structures on his body.

Qing Chen used to think Ye Wan was tall and strong enough, but compared to this prisoner, Ye Wan seemed a bit lacking.

After the bald man was sent into the prison interior, the mechanical prison guards began to gradually retreat towards the outside of the alloy gate, but they showed no intention of unlocking his alloy shackles.

After the mechanical prison guards left, the bald man calmly flexed his wrists, then picked up a prisoner beside him and said, "Where is Li Shutong?"

The prisoner, who had undergone mechanical modifications in seven or eight places, was held in his hand like a toy, easily manipulated.

The prisoner fearfully pointed towards the dining hall, and everyone's gaze turned to Li Shutong, Qing Chen, and Ye Wan.

Big Cat, shedding its usual laziness, stared intently at the bald man in Li Shutong's arms.

Qing Chen also looked at Li Shutong, who smiled at him, "I didn't expect this guest to be so direct. His name is Guo Huzhan, you must have heard of him. Later, you and Ye Wan should step back a bit, so you don't get hurt."

Ye Wan glanced at Qing Chen. The fact that his boss would specifically remind him of such a small matter suggested that his boss's fondness for this young man exceeded Ye Wan's and Lin Xiaoxiao's estimations.

At this moment, Lu Guangyi, who had been blending into the crowd, looked at Guo Huzhan's bald head and murmured, "Guo Huzhan... he actually came in too. No wonder the boss said, 'a lama came from the south.'"

"After the boss came in, he didn't look for clues. He just played chess and read books with Li Shutong every day, like he had nothing else to do. It turns out he was waiting for Guo Huzhan to arrive to stir things up, and then we could reap the benefits... brilliant!" Lu Guangyi's mind began to race. Qing Chen now seemed like a wise strategist, one who planned meticulously before acting.