47、The Secret of Prison

  Several people hastened to pledge their allegiance, and Chen Chen was slightly taken aback.

  But he knew deep down that offering unnecessary help was either deceitful or thieving. Although he said he threatened them with electric shock, as long as they helped him a little, he could muddle through, why be so enthusiastic?

  It seems like there's a hint of conspiracy in all this.

  After experiencing several brain wave enhancements, Chen Chen's intelligence was greatly improved. Facing the current situation, his mind quickly started to think about all sorts of possibilities.

  He stood there with a changing expression, not saying a word. A group of high-ranking officials and Ji Lian were also extremely nervous in their hearts. They realized that they seemed to have been a bit too hasty, letting the other side see some clues.

  Just as they were frightened, Chen Chen slowly raised his head, his eyes fixed tightly on the few people: "You seem to know some secrets about this prison, and these secrets are related to the interests of everyone in this prison. So you want to curry favor with me, because I am in a very important position in this secret?"

  As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned, especially the high-ranking officials of the Glasses Snake and Kilen, whose faces suddenly turned white.

  Seeing this expression, Chen Chen knew he had guessed correctly. He raised his head and shouted: "Assistant, you say it, I've been the warden for a month now. At first, because I had just taken over such an advanced prison, I was completely excited and confused, only using the facilities in the prison and letting Simon Heye and a few others who were not bad by nature teach me various combat techniques. But now that a month has passed, I've slowly calmed down and thought carefully, and there are indeed many doubts here."

  "What do you want to know?" The assistant's icy voice sounded.

  "First of all, I want to know who built such an extremely advanced prison and what its purpose is?" Chen Chen asked out loud the doubts he had been having: "In this month, I have already understood all the information implanted in my brain, but they are all just some basic usage introductions, without mentioning anything about the key issues."

  "This question, I am unable to answer you!" The assistant fell silent for a moment before making such a response.

  "Is that so?" Chen Chen sneered: "I know you're just a system, although you don't have emotions, but you should understand judgment. If I say, one day I'm not satisfied, directly throw my hands and never enter this prison again, it seems you can't restrain me either? In that case, what happens in the prison has nothing to do with me."

  "You're right, I understand the judgment." The assistant's cold voice came: "I assessed the consequences of doing so and had to admit that its severity is unbearable for me."

  "Assistant, when the builder of this prison set up the system, how did they set the baseline for you?" Chen Chen pondered for a moment, then asked again: "What I mean is, when you receive various instructions, what do you prioritize? What is the top judgment condition?"

  "The top priority condition is that under the permission conditions, everything follows the instructions of the prison chief, and there's nothing else." The assistant answered honestly without hiding anything.

  "That's even more suspicious!" Chen Chen raised an eyebrow: "Just listen to my orders, then what about the builder of this prison? Can't even listen to his orders? Then what's the point of building this prison?"

  "I don't know." The assistant's icy voice replied, "Actually, as for the builder of the prison, I also know nothing."

  "Don't you know?" Chen Chen furrowed his brow, turning to the others: "Then this prison is very suspicious, is it a paradise? Or a training ground? Or purely for raising a group of prisoners to play with?"

  "Amusement? That's possible..." The glasses-wearing commander exchanged a glance with Jiren, and let out a sigh: "In this place, whether it's the prisoners or the warden, life is so... insecure..."

  "Oh? So you know some secrets I don't, huh!" Chen Chen narrowed his eyes and a strange smile floated on his face: "I've always been curious, Nikita and Natasha called me 'new prison warden' when they first met me, and then said I was the 'first prison warden to speak to them like that', and Huoyun Xie Shen also mentioned that I'm the 'most suitable prison warden he's ever seen'. Which means, there were other prison wardens before me, what happened to them?"

  "Dead......" The assistant's apathetic voice came: "After obtaining some abilities and things, being too proud and recklessly provoking powerful criminals to death, there are also those who return to their own world with excessive arrogance and die..."

  "Why didn't you tell me these things earlier?" Chen Chen couldn't help but feel a little annoyed upon hearing the result: "I'm also a prison guard now, if I don't understand these things early on, it's very likely that I'll follow in their footsteps."

  "I didn't answer because you didn't ask, and in my system settings, there is no proactive reminder of this instruction." The assistant replied: "In the past, the death of a prison chief had little impact on the prison, at most recruiting a new one, so I didn't pay attention to your life or death."

  "What about in the past?" Chen Chen didn't have time to care about his own life being belittled, but instead discovered the key question in this sentence and hastily asked: "From what you're saying, it's different now? The death of the prison warden will have a huge impact on the prison?"

  "It's because of resource issues." The glasses-wearing commander said quietly beside him.

  "What's with the resource issue?" Chen Chen was taken aback, his eyes fixed on the other person: "Speak more clearly!"

  Faced with this question, Commander Glassesnake seemed very hesitant, as if he didn't dare to answer.

  Chen Chen immediately understood what he was worried about and immediately raised his head to shout: "Assistant, if he says what he knows, won't he be punished by the system?"

  "No." The assistant gave a definite reply.

  With such assurance, the commander of the glasses snake finally put down his hanging heart and began to speak: "As you guessed, we are willing to be loyal to you, except for worrying that you will abuse us, there is also a most important reason, and this matter was also told to me by the former prison chief."

  "This prison is run in a completely automated way, forming a perfect ecological cycle system. The air, food, water, and even artificial sunlight are all inexhaustible, as long as the number of prisoners detained inside does not exceed an extreme amount, then there will be sufficient food and water every day."

  "But the problem is that operating such an advanced prison system requires a huge amount of resources and energy, which are not infinitely consumable!"