Counterfeit Hero

At the same time, the Doctor’s curiosity saved them. Since this card was found in the computer, the authorities could not be sure if there were any backups left with other people or hidden somewhere on the network. Killing these two would result in the person and the institution responsible for this confidential matter being suspected of leaking secrets if problems arose later. Therefore, the two unlucky fellows were spared their lives and sentenced to serve in Abnosk Prison, a place where they could never contact the outside world. Before these two guys entered the prison, someone had warned them that whether it was inside or outside, as long as the secrets on the card were leaked, they would be sentenced to immediate execution by shooting.

Every time this was mentioned, Fatty always noticed that the Doctor seemed somewhat uneasy. Although he adamantly denied having seen the confidential information or having made backups, from his expression, Fatty was sure that this guy absolutely knew something.

Everyone had their own story, though different, but they shared one thing in common—these guys were all a bunch of unlucky fellas. Including Rex, who accidentally killed someone during a brawl and was caught on the spot. He was sentenced to forty years in prison and was originally sent to another prison, but due to a riot in that prison, Rex was transferred to Abnosk Prison and has not left since, almost taking root there.

Fatty felt quite relieved, realizing he was not the only unlucky one. In this prison, there were plenty of guys worse off than him. These unlucky fellas each had a million reasons not to be thrown into this dreadful prison, yet they ended up here. So, the most discussed topic in prison was freedom.

This topic was discussed in various ways, often in the form of reminiscing, like Tou’er and Rex, who recalled their glorious days. The Doctor, Little Lingtong, and others, on the other hand, were hopeful, looking forward to the day when the Gazalin Empire would thoroughly win the war, and the Emperor would declare an amnesty. The most pessimistic was Da Feiji, who was in prison for killing a noble in a car crash. He predicted that the Federation would ultimately occupy Tanville, and before the occupying forces arrived, they would all be executed together, gaining absolute freedom.

Another method of gaining freedom, imagined by almost every inmate, was escape.

For the inmates, escape was not a taboo topic. On the contrary, it always sparked heated discussions, with everyone eager to share their opinions on this technical endeavor. After all, no one had ever successfully escaped from Abnosk Prison since the founding of the Gazalin Empire. The chance to be the first to escape from Abnosk Prison, even if ultimately shot dead, was enough to make these outlaws serving an average sentence of more than eighty years very interested.

Every two or three years, someone in Abnosk Prison would attempt to escape in various ways. The most successful one was a former army engineer living on the lowest level of the prison. Using his professional skills, he dug a kilometer-long tunnel from beneath the toilet. The project was so vast and exquisite that it was regarded as a masterpiece in the history of human solo tunnel digging! Over a thousand cubic meters of earth was moistened and gradually squeezed into the soil beside the tunnel that only one person could pass through, making it both sturdy and aesthetically pleasing. However, when he and three others in his cell finally dug up to the surface, they found that the prison had newly installed an electric fence right in front of the tunnel.

The biological radar would immediately detect any biological signals within the electric fence, so the unfortunate engineer could not make history. Before the guards arrived, he crazily rushed towards the electric fence, burning himself to a crisp. Despite this, he remained the closest to a successful escape, staying at the top of the prison’s escape attempt leaderboard. The tunnel he left behind took more than twenty workers a long time to fill in.