Energy Crisis

  As Glasses Snake Commander spoke, the whole thing's true appearance gradually emerged before Chen Chen's eyes.

  This extremely advanced prison, its operation must consume a huge amount of energy. Originally, when the prison was built, it stored a large amount of energy and resources inside, which could make this prison run for tens of thousands of years without any problem.

  But the problem is that in the past, several prison chiefs, after taking office, saw such a huge resource and energy, and suddenly had their own small thoughts. The things they got for nothing, they would not cherish them, but only used these things to massively manufacture weapons and equipment, to dominate the original world. In this situation, resources and energy are being consumed at an alarming rate, and soon more than half of them will be exhausted.

  When the previous warden took over, there were still plenty of materials and resources stored in the prison, but energy had been consumed to a great extent. This extremely advanced dimensional prison was about to face an energy crisis.

  What does energy crisis mean?

  Once the energy is depleted, it means that all systems will come to a halt, treatment rooms, training grounds, monitoring rooms, none of these can be used, even food and water production will stop.

  What's even more deadly is that those defensive measures will become ineffective!

  A group of formidable criminals, without anything to restrain them, what will they do?

  At the thought of this, Chen Chen felt a chill run down his spine.

  "So, the previous warden found us few second-layer people and told us about these things." The Glasses Snake Commander sighed: "And we also knew that the consequences of this matter were severe, so we were willing to cooperate with him, help him gain powerful support in his original world, so as to transport energy into the prison. Unfortunately, not long after, he died in a power struggle, until you took over now."

  "I understand......" Chen Chen gently rubbed his forehead: "Once the energy is exhausted, this prison will fall into complete chaos. It's not just me, the warden, who will be affected. You weak and small-time prisoners will also face threats from those powerful prisoners on the lower floors, or even be killed by them directly."

  "That's right." Ji Lian, who was beside him, took over: "When the time comes, the escaped prisoners below will find that there are limited resources and a large number of people. They may start killing each other to reduce resource consumption, so that they can monopolize this place and those resources."

  "Also, don't forget that the prison's system can connect to the dimensional portal." The Glasses Snake Commander let out a cold laugh: "If they control the system and transmit to various dimensions, then all one can say is God bless the people of those dimensions."

  "And that includes the plane I'm in." Chen Chen sighed and shook his head, now understanding everything: "No wonder when I upgraded to level 2 permissions, they gave me the permission to bring items into the prison. This was all just so I could bring energy and resources from outside to maintain the operation of the prison."

  "That's right." The assistant finally made a response: "Now it's not just your personal crisis, but the crisis of these weak and small-time criminals, even the entire prison and all aspects of it."

  "It may be a result that the builders did not expect, the more they provide a superior environment and conditions, the more those prison wardens are arbitrary and do not know what to do, ultimately bringing about their own downfall. Now you are facing a mess, but this will make you vigilant enough, I hope you can truly fulfill your duties as a warden and maintain this prison."

  Chen Chen furrowed his brow and fell into deep thought, saying nothing.

  Seeing this, the others also kept silent on their own initiative and didn't dare disturb his thoughts.

  After a while, Chen Chen slowly raised his head, and a strange smile floated at the corner of his mouth: "But come to think of it, why should I care about these things? Even if those powerful criminals escape, they may not necessarily invade my plane. This is a probability problem. Even if they really do invade my plane, there are military forces from various countries to resist them. Since that's the case, why must I put myself in extreme danger?"

  "But if a powerful sinner invades your plane of existence, you will also be unable to escape." Upon hearing this answer, the others suddenly became anxious: "At that time, not only will we die, but you will also die?"

  "I've said it before, it's a matter of probability." Chen Chen smiled and shook his head: "If I don't intervene, the criminals may not invade our dimension, even if they do, there's still the military to resist, and I'll have some chance of survival. But if I intervene, I'll directly face danger. Since both options might lead to death, I'd rather choose the method with a higher survival rate."

  "Really? You think so?" The rest of the people's faces changed instantly: "No matter what, we've helped you so much, and now you don't care about our lives at all?"

  "Do you believe him?" At this time, Simon Hayer, who had been silent all along, burst out laughing: "Haha, his principle of being a person is mutual benefit and reciprocity. You think he really doesn't want to do it? It's just that he hasn't gotten the corresponding benefits yet."

  Upon hearing Simone Hayer say that, Nikita and Natasha, who knew Chen Chen, also burst out laughing: "Looks like this is going to be a negotiation with the assistant, huh?"

  Exposed by these few people, Chen Chen spread his hands indifferently and stopped pretending to be stupid: "That's right, I won't say nonsense anymore. Assistant, if you want me to do something, you have to give me some new authority, otherwise I won't agree!"

  "Privileges will only change when upgrading." The assistant's cold voice made a response.

  "That's normal under normal circumstances, but now is an extraordinary period, you evaluate and judge for yourself." Chen Chen sneered: "You are also clear that this is not my matter, but a crisis facing the entire prison and even individual aspects. At such times, all of us, including you, must unite to cope together. If you are unwilling to cooperate, I don't have the confidence to deal with it, and I'm not used to doing things without confidence."

  The assistant remained silent and didn't respond, seemingly in the process of making a judgment.

  Since he didn't directly refuse, there must be room for maneuver. Chen Chen hastened to seize the opportunity and added: "To be honest, I don't ask for too much, just grant me third-level permission in advance, at least let me have more guarantees when I take action."

  As soon as this request was made, everyone in the room widened their eyes and looked forward with anticipation.

  "After a long silence, the assistant finally spoke up again: 'Alright, originally you would need to upgrade your clearance to get these, but there's also a secondary priority principle in my system settings that must ensure the prison's safety. Since this is an extraordinary time and the impact of level three clearance isn't huge, giving it to you shouldn't be a problem.'"