"World Prison" Project
Inside the prison, Danny Wu was discussing the shift order for security guards at the arena with Liu Yufei and others when a loud "boom" came from outside, and the entire prison began to shake.
Zhang Shan panicked. "What's going on? What's happening?! Is this Earthquake? Should we evacuate?"
"Don't be silly, you're still a newbie..." Anna glared at him disdainfully. "This is clearly Yinglong disciplining a newbie, what's all the fuss about? Trying to change the subject, huh? Wednesday is your shift!"
"Huh?! Yinglong is disciplining a newcomer?" Zhang Shan raised an eyebrow. "Is this the prisoner induction ceremony? I think he was beaten up the first time I saw him..."
"An initiation ceremony? Pretty much," Wasagu said, shaking his head as he shelled peanuts. "Sigh, that's why newcomers... you're so naive."
Sure enough, less than two minutes later, Xiao He brought in two foreigners, threw them in front of them, dusted off his hands, and said, "New roommates, take good care of them from now on, and explain the rules here clearly. Don't bully them too much, understand?"
"Who else but you could bully people here?" everyone present thought to themselves.
"I heard you! I heard what you were thinking!" Xiao He said irritably. Of course, he was bluffing; he didn't currently possess any mind-reading Superpower, but the people in the prison didn't know that, so they were all startled.
"No, no! We absolutely did not mean any disrespect to you, we were just... thinking with reverence!" Kabal (the inorganic armor) quickly explained with a smile, "Hey, would you like a drink? We also have some snacks!"
"Oh dear, I'm not drinking anymore." Xiao He frowned. "I need to go back and have dinner with my wife later. You guys should eat properly too, don't just eat this stuff all the time. Keep your nutrition balanced, understand?"
After saying that, Xiao He looked at the crystal ball in his hand; Adner was still wandering around inside.
"Never mind, I'll lock him up for a while," Xiao He thought to himself, putting the crystal ball in his pocket.
Now, Xiao He needs to do is wait for Chen Ting to arrive, finalize a suitable contract with these three people, and then he can go home to be with his girlfriend.
There wasn't anything important to do for the next week, until the inter-group team round-robin matches between Group A and Group B next Monday. Xiao He was thinking about doing something with Ye Wanqing before then.
"How about we build a little home for Wanqing and me on a deserted island?" Xiao He thought to himself, but he needed to do some testing before that.
Xiao He was still a little curious about the Superpower of a certain Mutant. He wondered if the Superpower that the mutant could trigger for him could be of help when he and Ye Wanqing were building their home.
"Ahhh... I want it so badly." At this moment, Ripper Rick, stretched out his hand to Xiao He, and laughed maniacally, "I want your samples so badly... blood, hair, nails, I want them so badly! I want them so badly!"
As he spoke, Ripper Rick lunged at him again.
But Xiao He raised his right hand to Rick, and his arm quickly transformed into a machine, expanding and deforming to Ripper Rick, forming a peculiar mechanical restraint.
Rick was thus bound in a kneeling position with his hands behind his head, unable to move.
"I advise you to behave yourself, newbie. In this place, no one has ever been able to harm a hair on the warden's head," Jin Shaokang sneered. "If you want to have an easy time, you'd better cooperate. Although it's a bit boring, at least life here isn't miserable."
"Did you hear that? This is the most senior person here." Xiao He pointed at Jin Shaokang and said, "It's best to listen to the senior's advice. It's not that I'm not modest, but no one here has ever been able to hurt me."
"Um, I think..." Zhang Shan raised his hand at this moment, but Xiao He glanced at him at lightning speed, his shoulder deformed and expanded, a small cannon rose up, and then fired dozens of tranquilizer darts at Zhang Shan.
Zhang Shan shuddered, his chest riddled with thorns, then collapsed to the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
Those around them were immediately relieved: in this place, it's important to know when to remain silent.
"You can have my blood sample," Xiao He said, turning to Ripper Rick. "Just cooperate with us. If you do what we ask of you, I'll give you samples of my blood, hair, nails, and the like for you to study."
"Fine, fine, fine!" Ripper Rick. "Then when can I dissect you!?"
"After I die!" Xiao He said irritably.
Ripper Rick laughed excitedly, "Ahhh! So if I outlive you, I can dissect you!? That's great! I must live! I absolutely, absolutely must dissect you!"
"... Pervert." Xiao He rolled his eyes at him: Who the hell wants to die before you? I want to live to be a hundred years old with my Little Pufferfish!
At this moment, Chen Ting also arrived at the prison. Just as Xiao He had said, he Oathmark with the three of them that they could not go out on non-competition days, and that the only person they could attack was "Yinglong".
"Alright, the three of you, please behave yourselves here from now on." Xiao He glanced at the Joker, the Ripper, and Faust. "I'll come pick you up on the day of your match. Until then, please get along well with the others in the prison."
However, Xiao He felt that the three people seemed different from when they first got off the plane.
The other prisoners in the jail knew very well that feeling was called "fear." Like a mouse seeing a cat, like a snake seeing a badger, it was a fear ingrained in their bones, a fear of their "natural enemy."
Even madmen like Adner and Faust knew very well how much Xiao He could restrain their abilities. In the face of "Yinglong," they were utterly powerless.
Of course, everyone here knows exactly what that feeling is like.
After completing the task, Xiao He reported the situation to Cui Man, and then took Ye Wanqing back home.
"Old Xiao!" Ye Wanqing called out happily, then hugged his waist and pressed herself against him.
"Justice!" Xiao He closed his eyes, enjoying the sensation on his back, then turned and hugged Ye Wanqing. "Look at you, you clingy little thing, you've become so clingy in just a short while."
"What? You're already complaining that I'm clingy..." Ye Wanqing muttered, her beautiful eyes wide with a hint of resentment.
Xiao He cupped her little face and kissed her. "No, I think you're not clingy enough, you need to be even clingier."
"Hmph... then we won't be able to separate for 24 hours." Ye Wanqing said with a smile, linking her arm with his.
"If we don't have to work... I think we could be together 24/7." Xiao He nodded. "Hey, Little Pufferfish, how about I take you to our old deserted island tomorrow, and we can start 'building a home'?"
"Build a house?" Ye Wanqing asked curiously, "But isn't it okay to live on that deserted island?"
"It's alright, it's not any country's territory. We're here first, so it's ours." Xiao He nodded and said, "Let's start with a house, then a garden, a harbor, and build our own island little by little. Consider it practice for the future."
"Great!" Ye Wanqing said happily, "But we don't know anything about architecture, right? How about we find someone to help us with the design?"
"It's alright, leave it to me." Xiao He poked his chest. "I'll go learn tonight."
With the Superpower of "Mechanical Modification," Xiao He can learn any knowledge at high speed. However, he has little interest in learning and doesn't want to use it for research, so he doesn't intend to tell anyone the secret of this ability.
Then, Xiao He pushed Ye Wanqing down onto the sofa, and then, resting his head on Ye Wanqing's body, let out a satisfied sigh, "Ah--! Completely healed..."
"You used to say you were a leg fetishist, but what about now?" Ye Wanqing teased, patting his head.
"Now I'm a 'Wanqing fangirl'," Xiao He replied lazily, feeling as if he were surrounded by cotton.
Ye Wanqing let out a smug chuckle, then quickly coughed to cover it up, saying in a serious tone, "That's only right, you're my man..."
Just then, the phone rang, but Xiao He only wanted to be swept away by Ye Wanqing's righteousness, so he put the phone on speakerphone and placed it aside. "Sister Man, I'm here."
"Darling, I have good news for you," Cui Man said, barely suppressing a smug smile. "Remember this afternoon when you threw those three people into jail, the Australia representative said they had something to discuss with us? They later joined forces with several other countries..."
"Did you put pressure on Sister Man?" Ye Wanqing asked, frowning as she held Xiao He's head.
"Ah~" Xiao He was so engrossed in it that he couldn't extricate himself and let out a groan.
"No!" Cui Man laughed. "It's less about pressuring and more about making a request. Because they don't have a good warden or a good prison, they made a joint request to help transfer their country's criminals."
"Does that mean transferring their country's criminals to our prisons?" Ye Wanqing asked curiously, gently stroking the back of Xiao He's head.
Cui Man affirmed, "Yes, after all, their methods of imprisoning Mutant have many loopholes and are very unsafe. Spending a lot of money is largely ineffective and can easily lead to casualties..."
"We can't just do it for nothing, can we?" Ye Wanqing said irritably.
"That's natural," Cui Man replied with a smile. "The United Nations is preparing to establish a 'World Prison' project, funded by other countries. Ostensibly, it's for 'managing Mutant criminals,' but in reality, it's for us to expand our prisons."
"So this is my salary?" Xiao He adjusted his position on Ye Wanqing's chest, changing from lying face down to lying on his side to avoid sinking too deep and suffocating.
Cui Man snorted, "Pretty much, but even with the prison at full capacity, the funds will be used to expand its size. Besides, there's another point... they haven't caught some prisoners yet, so..."
"You don't mean I have to go and arrest them too, do you?" Xiao He asked, somewhat displeased.
"No, you don't necessarily have to go to catch them. The United Nations will set aside a portion of this fund as a 'bounty' for these dangerous Mutant; whoever catches them gets the bounty. You can go if you want," Cui Man explained.
"This sounds pretty good..." Xiao He thought to himself. When he had time, he could go and capture those vicious Mutant from all over the world, but he didn't have that much time to hand over all the Mutant criminals to him.
However, looking at it another way, this is also a good thing: the number of "Lin Tiannan" in the Mutant Prison is increasing, which means that he is also getting more and more Trigger, so he is naturally getting stronger and stronger.
Especially now that he can Remote Trigger.
"Anyway, that's all for now. I won't bother you any longer. Enjoy your girlfriends," Cui Man teased with a smile. "Now, Yinglong Yinglong's name is truly renowned throughout the land."
After cutting off contact, Xiao He sat up. "Sigh, I'll have something to do again... But for now..."
Xiao He turned to Ye Wanqing, lifted her chin, and smiled, "Xiaoqing, I need your help with something. Only you can do it."
"Let's wait until tonight..." Ye Wanqing said, blushing.
"..." Xiao He smiled slightly, "Help me change someone's name."
Ye Wanqing turned her head and glared at him menacingly. Xiao He quickly added, "Of course, I'll need your help with that tonight too."
"Hmph." Ye Wanqing snorted and picked up her phone, asking, "Whose name are you changing this time?"
"Do you remember 'Liang Bin'?" Xiao He asked. "You know, the overseas Chinese we brought back from our last trip abroad, the one who could Stone-to-Gold, right?"
"Oh..." Ye Wanqing said, tilting her head slightly, "Why change his name?"
The girl's tone and expression were so adorable that Xiao He couldn't help but hug her and kiss her. "Don't ask, be a good girl, and I'll make you noodles for dinner tonight."
"Alright then." Ye Wanqing pouted and replied, taking out her phone and saying, "He's currently under the Special Response Department's Witness Protection Program, and he does have an employee number... I'll try to see if I can change that number."
After Ye Wanqing changed Liang Bin's employee number, she turned to Xiao He and nodded.
Xiao He then tried using his Superpower. After thinking carefully for a moment, he reached out and grabbed the glass in front of him, took out a bottle of cola from the refrigerator and poured it into the glass, then poured in a glass of water.
Next, he inserted his left index finger into the water glass and his right index finger into the cola glass.
Then, with a "glug" sound, the liquid in the water glass in his left hand turned into cola, and it was even bubbling away.
"Old Xiao! You..." Ye Wanqing immediately covered her mouth in surprise.
But that wasn't all. With a "glug," the cola in Xiao He's right-hand cup turned into water.
Xiao He nodded in satisfaction. "I understand how this Superpower works now."
When he activates this "Stone-to-Gold" ability, he can sense the unique "fluctuations" of matter. By remembering the feeling of these fluctuations and changing the "fluctuation" of one substance to another, he can complete the transformation of matter.
With this ability, building houses on the island becomes much simpler.
"I'll learn some basic architectural knowledge tonight, and we'll start construction tomorrow," Xiao He said confidently, nodding and smiling.
Ye Wanqing leaned close to his ear and whispered mischievously, "That depends on whether you have the energy left after you've made me eat the noodles."