Late at night, Song Lan and Nothingness were invited to visit the prison in the capital of the Odor-Niblos Kingdom.

Designed by the architects who came to support the swarm, and built together with the Death Crab, the "Sea of Souls" played a huge role, as Song Lan put forward a theory that stored a large amount of knowledge enough to allow the Devourer to hatch a large number of functional builders in a short period of time.

In the darkness of night, most of the Brotherhood's higher-ups went to sleep.

After all, it was undoubtedly a long and absurd day for them, as they were wiped out during the attack on the Death Crab Clan, and finally became the prisoner of the Death Crab.

An ancient kingdom that had never been recorded before their eyes was the tip of the iceberg.

The Grim Reaper Crabs turned out to be sapient creatures - a theory that no previous biologist had ever proposed, having learned the science of construction from humans and setting up prisons for prisoners.

They are probably the first human prisoners of this ancient kingdom, and no one knows what their fate will be.

Of course, not everyone can sleep peacefully in fear.

"Jack, Jack Roman, how's it going out there?"

In the darkness, the crowd called Jack's name.

Jack Roman opened his eyes, the sound came from the cell next to him, the prison was pitch black, and he could only judge the identity of the other party by the sound.

Strangely, he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't match the prisoner next door with any acquaintance.

However, he thought about it, and after the Brotherhood grew, there were many new people, some of whom were really talented, and some of them were among the Brotherhood's management, because the leaders had mentioned more than once that their company in the Lira needed some professionals to help take care of it, and most of the members of the Brotherhood had made a name for themselves by fighting and fighting in the past, which was essentially no different from street gangsters, so it was naturally difficult for them to manage the company in an orderly manner.

Maybe it's just the nominal CEO of a certain company, but this time he was unlucky enough to be called to the front line by the boss to "see the world".

Jack thought so.

After a while, the voice came again, "You're the last to be sent in." ”

"How do you know?"

Jack approached the wall where the sound was coming from, and lowered his voice, for fear of disturbing the Death Crab guarding the prison.

From the outside, the prison they are in is about the same as the prison structure that can be seen in human society, which means that it is difficult to patrol the inside of the prison with the huge body of the Death Crab, and for the giant beasts that are often more than 20 meters high, this building is actually no different from a dog cage in front of them.

"I've been counting, plus you've got 37 people in total."

The voice answered him.

37 people.

The number sent chills down Jack's spine.

The number of people in the artifact capture team this time is more than that, as for the fate of those who are not sent here......

He didn't want to think about it anymore.

Because before setting off, each of them refreshed their common sense about the Grim Reaper Crab.

All of the caravans that have been attacked by the Grim Reaper Crab have been eventually accounted for, and biologists believe that the Grim Reaper Crab is an omnivorous animal, and in some cases, humans may also be their prey.

Jack desperately hopes that the biologists will be locked up in this dark prison right now, and then tell them what it means to be imprisoned by the Grim Reaper Crab.

"It's been more than half a day since we were attacked, and the news should have reached the lira."

The cellmate next door said, "If the boss knew that we were still alive, he would definitely send someone to rescue us." ”

Jack fell silent again.

This made the voice on the other end lose its confidence, and repeated in a low voice, "...... Right? ”

"Didn't he tell you? This time, all the elite forces have been transferred here. ”

Jack had to extinguish the illusions in the other party's mind.

The reality is that even if the leader knows that they have become prisoners of the Death Crab, even if he knows that the legendary artifact is real, it is impossible to send them to the rescue.

Protected by exoskeleton armor, none of them could safely pass through the area with unusual weather, and in fact, the ground troops he led were wiped out before they could engage the Grim Reaper Crab.

"I knew, I knew—"

This sentence seemed to destroy the mental defense of the inmate next door, and in addition to muttering to himself, he heard a slight crash.

He guessed that the CEO of this psychologically fragile company should have never seen any big scenes, and the first time the leader let him see the world, he encountered this kind of thing.

"Everything has changed since he put his mind on that Enforcer in Ward 17."

The crash became more and more violent.

Jack suspects that the other party is banging his head against the wall, making a noise with the act of self-harm.

"Be quiet, it doesn't matter if you die, if you lure the Death Crab over, I won't be able to spare you."

He gave the other party a warning.

There was silence in the prison, and the people in the cell next door were silent for a while.

"Hey, are you still alive?"

Jack couldn't help but ask.

In such a situation, someone who can say a word can also relieve his pressure to a certain extent.

“…… Well. ”

After a long time, a voice came from there.

"It's not completely hopeless, sometimes I always feel like my head has changed, and that's how it has been since I started working with that biopharma company."

"But if we think about the good thing, maybe someone from the company will come to our rescue." ”

With their drugs that they claim to help humanity evolve to its most perfect form, everyone in the Brotherhood was given a copy after the biopharmaceutical company's research was completed, but the leader stressed to them more than once that the use of these drugs was forbidden unless absolutely necessary.

The boss must know something inside, and the company is afraid that the side effects of the drug are hidden from all of them.

It's just that now they want to use drugs to no avail.

After he fell unconscious, the drugs on his body disappeared, and he guessed that all the prisoners held there were also the same.

"It was also the company's idea to arrest that law enforcement department head."

"Why?"

Jack paused, swallowing back "it's not a good thing to know too much", it was a secret of the Brotherhood, and he shouldn't have talked about it under any circumstances, but now that their fate was uncertain, and he didn't have the heart to take these secrets to the grave.

In particular, their reduction to prisoners is the result of the leader's deliberate concealment of information from them.

"Because there can only be one heir."

"Heir?"

"I just happened to hear about it, remember the archaeologist from that chamber of commerce? She was named by the company, and it took us a lot of effort to avoid the Chamber of Commerce and bring her to the lira. ”

The destruction of the Skull Gang and the "Garbage Disposal Plant" can be seen as revenge from the Chamber of Commerce, and the leaders have strictly forbidden them to start a war against the Chamber of Commerce.

The influence of the Chamber of Commerce is spread to every town in the "outside world", and even they cannot find out the details of these merchants, who have no conflict of interest with the Brotherhood in the past, and the two sides have been at peace with each other to this day.

"You should know what happened to her when she came to the lira."

The company founded a church for her, made her the high priest of the church, and also built churches in the poorest and most backward places, sending supplies to the locals while preaching the doctrine to make them believers in the God of life.

Although the boss and the company have never responded to the incident head-on, Jack has long had a guess.

"Maybe the company wants to make that girl the heir, whether it's an artifact in the desert or these mutated crabs, it has something to do with it."

"You mean that the head of the Enforcement Division is also the successor? She hadn't been to the Oasis, how could she be? ”

"That's not something we can know."

Jack shifted, "Remember, if, I mean, if you and I can get out of this hellish place, you're going to have to rot this thing in your stomach, or neither the company nor the boss will let you go." ”

Jack felt that there was a point that the person next door was not wrong.

The leader of the fraternity has changed.

Maybe they had bigger plans so much that the Brotherhood became insignificant to him.

He secretly made up his mind that if he could get back to the lira from this place this time, he would try to figure out what the boss and the people of the company were plotting about.

"Poof—"

Another strange voice from next door interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey, are you alright?"

He asked anxiously.

In this dark and closed environment, he subconsciously regarded the prisoner in the next cell as a friend.

It must be the sound of a heavy object falling on the ground, and he is worried that his "friend" will choose to cut himself off because he can't accept the blow of reality, after all, the company's CEO is different from them, and their hearts are too fragile.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Jack Roman."

I don't know how long it took for the voice to come again, "Based on the crimes you have committed, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to leave this prison in the future." ”

In an instant, Jack's hairs stood on end, and a terrible thought came to his mind—who was talking to him next door to the prison?

He smelled blood.

Although it was very faint, it did come from the cell next door.

"I can't get you out of here, but given the good conversation we just had, I can commission the Reaper Crabs to add a chicken leg to tomorrow's prison meal—what kind of chicken leg do you like?"

"Who are you—Who are you?"

Jack couldn't speak, and another question kept swirling in his mind.

Why did this person appear in the cell next to him, and what about the prisoners who were originally held there?

The question in his mind was quickly answered.

"In addition, I must inform you with great regret that your cellmate next door, Mr. Henry, accidentally suffered a sudden myocardial infarction while attacking me, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to see the sunrise tomorrow, please mourn and be happy."

Jack was much more familiar with the name Henry than with an unfamiliar voice.

It's a common name in Oasis, but for the Brotherhood, it has a huge significance.

In the early days of the Brotherhood, it was Henry who led a group of thugs to grab their first territory, and for the past few years, Henry has been the ace of the Brotherhood, having experienced the encirclement wars of the Oasis and personally executed more than ten politicians who opposed them.

In the border city, everyone talks about the tiger after hearing Henry's name.

And more importantly, Henry's health has always been very good, he has undergone no less than 10 prosthetic transformations, and the parts of his body have been updated, and there will be absolutely no symptoms of sudden myocardial infarction.

Jack thought of the crashing sound coming from next door and connected the matter.

Henry took advantage of their exchange to attack each other, but not only did the attack fail, but he himself was killed in an instant, without even having time to warn the others.

It's hard for Jack to imagine who can take out an ace like Henry in an instant.

The "poof" was the sound of Henry's corpse falling to the ground.

Jack was remorseful, he should have thought of this situation a long time ago!

It is impossible for the Death Crab to generate wisdom out of thin air, and there must be someone else behind all this who is secretly manipulating everything, who gave the Death Crab wisdom and helped them establish this ancient kingdom with a very human style, and they may have existed for much longer than they imagined.

And all of this is related to the God of life.

"Mr. Jack, I'm running out of time, I still have a lot of work to do, please answer my question as soon as possible, what kind of chicken legs would you like to see at your lunch tomorrow?"

While speaking, Song Lan looked down at Mr. Henry, who had fallen to the ground, regretfully.

The fleshy man's eyes lost focus.

From a medical point of view, the penetrating wound in the chest was caused by a sudden myocardial infarction, and many of the recent sudden deaths in the coalition government, including the secretary general of the council, have experienced the same symptoms.

When the Secretary-General was discovered, he collapsed in his office in a manner similar to that of Mr. Henry.

It's a shame.

If Mr. Henry had remained quiet and had not exercised vigorously during the attack on him, he would not have died of heart disease at such a young age.

Even he might get a delicious chicken leg for lunch tomorrow.

He waited for a long time, but Jack Roman next door didn't respond to him, and Song Lan didn't want to stay in this cell full of grief any longer, and said, "Since you don't answer me, I'll treat it as braised chicken legs." ”

Braised sauce, a classic and delicious recipe.

It is also not obsolete in 2167.

With that, he pushed open the door of his cell and walked in the direction of the entrance to the prison.

"That's what you call detective methods?"

Although he was outside the prison, he used his psionic energy to watch all the 'nothingness' and questioned it, but Song Lan did take the initiative to let Jack reveal the secret of the biopharmaceutical company's search for Lu Xiang.

He couldn't help but point out the problem, "You're clearly a fraud, right?" ”

Pretending to be Jack Roman's roommate, he uses his fragile heart at the moment to get him to tell the message of betraying the Brotherhood.

This is essentially no different from the extortion tactics used by relatives who disguise themselves as victims and claim that they have had an accident and ask for money to be transferred.

"A white lie, to be precise."

Song Lan believes that this is a good result for everyone, and Mr. Jack also gets what he wants - a braised chicken leg.

But for the evil Brotherhood higher-ups, this was at best a small step toward atonement.

Then, after a visit to the historical museum of Ozor Niblos, they had to deal with the company again.

Thank you for the 100 starting coins that you have paid for the pendulum!

The small theater of its two hundred and seventy-three:

Monday, morning, month, year

Song Lan felt that it was unknown whether the child had a talent for cooking, but it was certain that she had at least inherited Lu Xiang's gluttonous characteristics, and she could distinguish between good and bad food at a young age.

is very sensitive to toxic substances, and she didn't drink a mouthful of porridge cooked by Lu Xiang.

"Song Lan."

Lu Xiang took a deep breath.

Just now, she deeply reflected on what she had done in the past period of time and came to a conclusion.

It must be that she has been so preoccupied with the baby that she has neglected to "discipline" the stupid bird, so that he is getting more and more floating, and if this continues, he will probably evolve into a fluttering bird.

"How dare you put a harmful substance in front of her?"

“…… But that's the porridge you cooked. ”

Song Lan was obviously stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect Lu Xiang to classify the food he cooked into the category of harmful substances without changing his face.

That's what it is......

Have a good sense of self?

"I'm asking you questions."

Lu Xiang straightened her face, and her raised eyebrows expressed her mood at the moment.

"Uh, ...... on this issue"

"Let's go."

The irresistible force grabbed Song Lan's wrist and dragged him over, "Don't get in the way of the child, you go back to the house with me to explain clearly!" ”

The lively child in the crib stopped making noise, and she looked at the distant backs of the two with ignorant eyes, and finally disappeared around the corner.