Chapter 27: 27. Whistleblower
Early morning.
Countdown 16:20:00.
Last night, Prison 18 received another batch of new inmates.
Under Qing Chen’s instruction, Lu Guangyi went to inquire about the origins of the newcors.
In the end, Qing Chen confird that there were no transmigrators among this group of new inmates.
He speculated that all transmigrators would enter and exit simultaneously, and no one would transmigrate in the middle of others’ transmigration process.
This way, all transmigrants were now on the sa tiline.
At this mont, Uncle Li Dong was already sitting at the dining table early, playing chess with Qing Chen.
“Since you instructed Lu Guangyi to be mindful in his actions, there have been fewer cries and howls from new inmates in the prison,” Uncle Li Dong said while looking at the chessboard. “However, have you noticed that the other two gang forces in the prison are already very dissatisfied with Lu Guangyi?”
Usually, the three gangs took turns hosting the “welco ceremony” for newcors, which was considered a form of entertainnt for everyone.
Now that Lu Guangyi monopolized this affair, it naturally provoked dissatisfaction from others.
Qing Chen moved a red piece and responded, “I’ve noticed, but I believe Lu Guangyi can handle this matter himself.”
“Have you ever thought that the newcors might not be grateful to you?” Uncle Li Dong said with a smile.
After thinking for a mont, Qing Chen said, “When you encounter a beggar on the road and throw him so spare change, that money isn’t really enough to lift him out of poverty, but it buys you so inner peace and pleasure.”
Uncle Li Dong simply smiled without another word.
Today’s endga was called Wild Horses Across the Fields, but Qing Chen, playing the red, didn’t win; instead, the ga ended in a draw.
In fact, in such chess endgas, it’s usually the black side that has the advantage, so a draw is already considered breaking the ga.
Different from the usual spectators, aside from Lu Guangyi’s group of prisoners with unknowable depths, Guo Huchan had joined them.
Yesterday, this burly man had sat courteously in the distance, but today, he simply seated himself right next to Qing Chen: opposite Uncle Li Dong.
The giant figure over two ters tall made the chair seem like a little stool, an awkward sight.
But Guo Huchan didn’t care about that; he just wanted to be by Uncle Li Dong’s side.
If you can’t beat them, join them!
Moreover, when he saw that Qing Chen’s food included real at while his own didn’t, he righteously said to Uncle Li Dong, “I’m at least a notable mber of the Spade. You guys eat real at and make eat synthetic? That’s hardly proper hospitality, right?”
Seeing his shalessness, Lin Xiaoxiao sneered, “Do you really think you’re the sa as us? Why don’t you fight the boss again, and if you win, you can have it?”
“Stop always resorting to fighting and killing, it’s not good,” Guo Huchan said, stroking his bald head. “And it’s fine for you three to eat it, but why does this chess-playing kid get to eat real at too? He’s just an ordinary person. Hey, kid, go get yourself another serving and give this one to .”
Everyone was taken aback, not expecting Guo Huchan to be so cunning, picking on Qing Chen, the softer target, after realizing he couldn’t provoke Uncle Li Dong.
At that mont, however, Qing Chen looked up at Guo Huchan, then towards Lin Xiaoxiao and the others.
He noticed that Lin Xiaoxiao, unlike usual, did not retort and send Guo Huchan packing, but instead looked at Qing Chen with a smile, seemingly curious to see how he would deal with the bald muscleman.
Qing Chen silently closed his eyes, ignoring the other man.
Thinking the youngster didn’t dare provoke him, Guo Huchan brazenly took Qing Chen’s plate for himself, “You all saw it, he gave it up on his own.”
However, at that mont, Qing Chen’s thoughts seed to return to the day before.
The instant Guo Huchan’s fist flew out.
The world froze.
The prisoners were beaten down by the tallic storm, unable to lift their heads, their prison uniforms pelted by rubber bullets as if the surface of water in the rain, continuously splashing ripples.
The slowly rising alloy gate and the swiftly entering chanical prison guards, the sounds of guns, rubber bullets colliding, and hydraulic drives intermingled.
At that ti, only Qing Chen was calmly observing everyone.
No, that’s not the mont he was searching for.
Qing Chen stood in the center of his mories and swiped with his hand, the images of the world reversing like a film played backward.
Rubber bullets that burst from the sky to the ground, now flying back into the barrels of the guns.
The prisoners who fell over were now rising in eerie poses.
Ti passed second by second, the past scenes replaying fra by fra in Qing Chen’s mind.
Until… the very mont Guo Huchan first stepped into Prison 18.
Qing Chen walked slowly through the crowd, listening to everyone’s voices.
People in mories don’t talk, but the details on their bodies tell tales.
Just as Guo Huchan was about to eat all the at on Qing Chen’s plate, Qing Chen opened his eyes.
“Lu Guangyi.”
“Hey, I’m here, I’m here, boss, what’s up?” Lu Guangyi couldn’t care about hiding his identity anymore and hurriedly responded.
Qing Chen said, “I’ll point out a few people, and you pull them out.”
After speaking, he turned around and started to identify the prisoners, and he pointed out eight people in one breath.
As those individuals were pulled out of the crowd by Lu Guangyi, Guo Huchan’s expression beca increasingly ugly, and he couldn’t even bother with his food.
Qing Chen sat back down and said to Guo Huchan, “These eight, are they your n?”
“Not all of them,” Guo Huchan said with a dark face.
“Hmm,” Qing Chen nodded, “After you were brought in, your gaze lingered on five of them, and those five made a gesture of extending their index fingers. Although I don’t know what that gesture ans, I’m sure it was ant for you to see. The other three exchanged glances at the first opportunity.”
Lin Xiaoxiao and Ye Wan’s expressions changed as they watched Qing Chen. Even they had been too busy dodging bullets to observe everyone’s reactions at that ti.
It was as if, in that chaotic mont, only Qing Chen was the clear-eyed Observer.
Uncle Li Dong said with a laugh, “Prison 18 is full of mixed characters, it’s normal for people from other forces to be watching here.”
Lin Xiaoxiao felt smug, and he asked, “Boss, should we transfer these people to another prison?”
“No need,” Uncle Li Dong shook his head, “Transferring eight people for no reason would invite needless speculation if the outside world found out. Ye Wan, isolate those eight and interrogate them separately to see who the other three belong to.”
Just then, as Qing Chen looked at Lin Xiaoxiao’s smug appearance and rembered how he had been an amused bystander, he stood up again and pointed out more than twenty people.
This ti he didn’t say anything, but Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a bit of a toothache and whispered to Uncle Li Dong, “Boss, this kid has picked out all our people…”
Uncle Li Dong looked at Qing Chen with admiration and said, “Although you are not a Transcendent, your mory and analytical abilities are incomparable to many Transcendents.”
Guo Huchan saw that Qing Chen had also pointed out the Knight’s n and imdiately realized that the young man was not one of the Knights: “Young brother, how may I address you?”
Qing Chen glanced at him, “Qing Chen.”
“Qing’s Family?” Guo Huchan was stunned, “How did the Knights get involved with Qing’s Financial Group?”
“Does having the surna Qing necessarily an belonging to Qing’s Family? Even if one is from Qing’s Family, that doesn’t an they have to stay there for life,” Uncle Li Dong said with a smile, “In the wild, there is also a very famous person with the surna Qing.”
Guo Huchan’s eyes flickered, and his attitude imdiately took a 180-degree turn.
He silently pushed his al plate back in front of Qing Chen and then warmly said to Qing Chen, “Brother Qing Chen, what’s your impression of Spade?”
“Not much of one,” Qing Chen replied coldly.
He still couldn’t figure out what kind of person Guo Huchan was, soone who appeared big and strong, yet whose mind was exceptionally agile and who lacked principles.
Moreover, the man was here to compete with him for the Taboo, so of course, he wouldn’t show any good expression.
Today, with the help of Uncle Li’s power, he managed to cut off so wings that the opposition had pre-arranged, which was a gain.
anwhile, there was a commotion nearby.
Qing Chen looked over to see Ye Wan frowning.
The three non-Spade mbers he had just identified were already lying on the ground, their lips and faces turning a purplish blue.
This was the classic symptom of death by asphyxiation.
Ye Wan took off his shirt to wrap around his hands and then crouched down to gently pry open a dead man’s mouth, looking up at Uncle Li, “Boss, it was a poison sac hidden behind the molar; there’s a faint bitter almond sll when the mouth is opened, it’s cyanide.”
Guo Huchan said, “These three aren’t my Spade mbers.”
“Death warriors,” Uncle Li said calmly, “This is indeed a bit of a surprise.”
No one knew who had arranged for them to co in, nor what they wanted in Prison 18.
Qing Chen silently watched, his face showing no reaction.
Only his tightly clenched fists betrayed his tension.
He opened his palms to see the red marks scratched by his nails and the sweat within them.
Whether in the Outer World or the Inner World, this was his first encounter with death.
Concealing poison behind a tooth was sothing he had only seen in movies.
The drastic asures of the three Death warriors pulled Qing Chen back to reality, making him realize once again that this was indeed a world ruled by fierce beasts.
The countdown read 15:21:59.
His return was imminent; he could not afford any further complications.
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Thank you to student Xiao Gong for becoming the new ally of this book. The boss is generous; may your fortune be as vast as the Eastern seas and your life as enduring as the Southern mountains!
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