Chapter 204

The diamonds with azure light were the only visible light in the cave.

The diamonds were not natural creations, but embers left after being burned by the fire.

In the cave, besides the whistling wind, there was only the swaying of grass and trees. The azure grasses growing in the cracks of the rocks had evolved the ability to coexist with the fire over a long period of time that counted in billions.

Apart from those grasses, there were no natives in the cave.

And today, the cave welcomed a group of new guests.

There were about 200 of them, wearing tattered prison uniforms, following the guards in heat-insulated uniforms, with their hands tied with iron chains, and walking unsteadily.

Li Cheng was also among these prisoners.

"I didn't expect that the way to get close to the fire is to disguise as a prisoner." Lilith floated behind Li Cheng, muttering in dissatisfaction: "These half-demons are not doing well!"

Li Cheng glanced at her and said in his heart: "Okay, stop complaining. There are only a handful of forces in the whole abyss that know the existence of the fire. Vivian can arrange an identity for me to infiltrate, which shows that the "Ominous Sword" has done a good job in the past ten thousand years."

Yes, although the fire is imprisoned at the bottom of the shadow land, its strength comparable to that of a demigod and its characteristics that make all demigods afraid still make the demigods dare not despise it.

At least the most basic servants and guards must be equipped.

However, because the death rate of servants serving the fire is too high, and those who are burned to death by the fire cannot return to the abyss, these servants are also served by prisoners from various forces.

Of course, these prisoners don't know how high-risk it is to serve the fire.

They were only told that they were to serve a distinguished and important person, and if they did well, they would be able to escape punishment and regain their freedom.

For the immortal species of the Abyss Demon Clan, who have infinite life, being imprisoned is more painful than losing their lives.

The temperature of the cave where the fire burns the prisoners' skin and erodes the moisture in their bodies, making them frown and wipe the sweat on their foreheads.

Some of those with poor physical fitness fell directly to the ground with their eyes rolled back.

But the fire guards who guarded and led them naturally would not have a good face for the prisoners. They picked up the long whips burning with flames and whipped those who fell to the ground.

Screams rose and fell in the cave, and the severe pain brought by the burning soul fire was a severe pain that no one wanted to endure.

"Damn, it's so damn hot, where the hell is this place, how come I've never heard of such a place in the abyss..."

A prisoner standing next to Li Cheng was completely red and hot, constantly wiping the sweat on his face, and his lips were white.

Li Cheng glanced at him and didn't say anything.

The scorching air had almost no effect on Li Cheng, after all, he was carrying the [Holy Ring of Fire Spirit] made by his deceased goddaughter Jerry.

This ring is enough to resist the fire, and it is natural to isolate these residual fires.

"Brother, aren't you hot?"

The prisoner looked at Li Cheng again, showing a puzzled expression.

"I was born cold, so I'm not hot."

Li Cheng made up a lie.

"Ding Han? What does that mean?" The prisoner was confused, but still cast an envious look: "Hey, buddy, my name is Luo Tian, ​​from the Plague Goddess Territory, what about you?"

Li Cheng glanced at him and said as if it was normal: "Xius Dahl, from the Wrathful Father Territory."

He is now using Xius Dahl's vest, and he has become more and more proficient.

In order to prevent being exposed, he has to ask Vivian to go to the ward every three days to release a big sleeping spell on Xius, which is a spell used to help ninth-level strongmen sleep, to ensure that he can't wake up.

Presumably in his dream, Xius Dahl knew that he had done so many things, and he would definitely smile happily.

"Then brother Xius, what did you do wrong?" Luo Tian approached familiarly.

"What did you do wrong?"

"I, the last time the plague army invaded the Destiny Continent." Luo Tian spread his hands: "I saw the flag was reversed, and the source of the plague was thrown into the Abyss Alliance."

"Originally, the Mother Goddess wanted to make the coalition forces of the Destiny Continent mutate, but I didn't expect that in the end it was our demons who mutated into various tumors."

"I still find it strange to say why they threw the source of the plague into their own army."

"Hey, then I was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment."

"The commander said that if I perform well here, I will be reinstated and return to the vanguard. To be honest, Brother Xius, this time, it is my only chance to escape in this life."

Li Cheng: "..."

Good guy, this top traitor is really a dragon among the dragons, and a phoenix among the phoenixes.

He patted Luo Tian's shoulder solemnly: "You must escape, you must be reinstated, I believe you."

"Brother Xius, with your encouragement, I feel much better." Luo Tian was deeply moved.

The other prisoner standing next to the two men snorted coldly and sneered: "You still want to be reinstated, kid, when your superior sent you here, did he tell you where this place is?"

Luo Tian's eyes trembled: "Brother Wu Likun, your family is a plague noble, do you know anything?"

"Don't call me big brother, I can't bear it." Wu Likun smiled mysteriously: "I don't know where this place is, and which big shot lives here, but I know that in each batch of prisoners who come here, less than 10% can go back alive."

"You don't know anything, and you still want to be reinstated. It's just a foolish dream."

"Brother Wu, what you said is wrong. Since 10% of people can go back alive, why not me?" Luo Tian frowned.

"Why? Haha." Wu Likun looked Luo Tian up and down: "Just because you don't know the rules of survival here at all."

"What are you arguing about!" At this moment, the Dianhuo guard who was walking in the front snorted coldly and came over with a whip: "You few unlucky stars, you are still not honest after coming here, do you want to be whipped?"

As he said, he waved his hand, asking the guards to come over and take them down.

"Hey, sir, sir." Wu Likun immediately nodded and pulled his sleeves, taking out a bag of gold coins: "Let's chat, chat, you can calm down."

"Oh?" The chief guard took the bag and shook it: "Hmph, you are sensible, um, who are you?"

"Wu Likun, sir."

"Oh, I remember you, your family has been arranged, don't worry."

"Well, thank you, sir."

Wu Likun smiled with relief.

When the chief guard walked away, he turned his head and looked at Li Cheng and Luo Tian, ​​straightened his waist, and snorted coldly: "Get it? This is the law of survival here."

"You think that one percent is based on luck and strength to go back alive, in fact, it is based on family background, connections, and gold coins."

"Do you understand?"

"This...this...Brother Kun, how much did you give to that guard?" Luo Tian's throat was a little hoarse.

"Not much. There are gold coins in the bag and a storage ring, which adds up to more than 400,000 gold coins." Wu Likun waved his hand: "Ha, that little money can only be considered as filling the gaps between teeth. The real money to buy my life has been paid by my family."

"Just a gap between teeth..."

Luo Tian seemed to have suffered a huge blow, holding his chest, feeling very uncomfortable.

He was just an ordinary demon. He had to struggle for hundreds of years to save up that bag of gold coins just now.

Not to mention, it was just a drop in the bucket compared to the money Wu Likun's family spent on the arrangement.

At this moment, he felt the disparity of the world.

"Ha, you understand, it's impossible for you to get out alive." Wu Likun enjoyed Luo Tian's expression very much, and his back became straighter and straighter.

"Brother Kun, huh." Luo Tian sneered: "I never thought that this little guard would dare to embezzle so much money. One person is several million, and a group of people is tens of millions. It's good, very good."

"Such corruption, so dirty, it's good to regain freedom, it's good to escape death, it's good, very good."

The more he spoke, the more powerful he became, and his back straightened up.

This scared Wu Likun: "You, what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do? What else can I do?" Luo Tian's laughter became more and more gloomy: "Of course I want to..."

"Ask Brother Kun to borrow some money!"

After saying this, Luo Tian's face changed instantly, and he said miserably:

"Brother Kun, for the sake of being from the same hometown, please lend me some funds. I want to survive and I want to be reinstated!"

"Get lost!" Wu Likun breathed a sigh of relief. He really thought that this guy was some hidden boss who was going to kill people.

"It's impossible to lend you money, kid, but we are from the same hometown and have been in the same prison. If you have money to buy your life, then hurry up and take it out. I can help you send it to the guard."

"I, I am just a soldier. Where can I get so much money..." Luo Tian lowered his eyes. "Then there is no way, kid." Wu Likun smacked his lips twice: "Then I can be sure that you will be here, tasting despair in despair, hehe."

"I..." Luo Tian trembled and looked at Li Cheng again: "Brother Xius, what about you, do you have money to buy your life?"

"No." Li Cheng shook his head.

In fact, he was lying. At the beginning, he searched and seized countless Abyss Coins in the City of Fraud.

Although the style of the coin has changed due to the different times, the rare metals inside have not changed.

Before he came here, he asked Vivian to help him melt that part of the Abyss Coins into rare metals.

Roughly estimated, the money he brought with him was at least hundreds of millions.

But he didn't plan to bribe now, he wanted to observe the situation again.

"Haha, look at you two poor guys, tut tut tut." Wu Likun smiled: "Don't worry, for the sake of our fellow countrymen, you two write a suicide note, I will bring it back for you when I go out, hahaha."

"I..." Luo Tian's face was even more sad.

Just at this time, the large army stopped.

The chief guard who had just received the gold coins walked in front of the prisoners and put his hands behind his back.

The chief guard looked around the prisoners, his face full of disdain and mockery:

"Those whose names I called, come out now."

"Wu Likun, Zhang Wei, Carteros, Rolt..."

"Haha, then you two, take care of yourselves, remember to write a suicide note."

Wu Likun showed a gloating smile and followed the large army to the front of the stage.

The guards who had been waiting there early took off the shackles on their hands.

The head guard patted one of the prisoners on the shoulder: "Okay, take them to the outer wall, take good care of them, and send them back to their respective homes when their sentence is over. Don't make any mistakes."

"In addition, don't have any evil thoughts. Remember, the most important thing in doing business is integrity. We must pay attention to sustainable development. If this batch is sent back, there will be another batch. Each batch will give us money. Don't Forget about big profits because of small profits, do you understand?”

"Yes, sir."

A few guards nodded and took the prisoners into the carriage heading to the outer wall.

When Wu Likun left, he did not forget to cast a playful glance at Li Cheng and Luo Tian.

He also felt the unevenness of the world.

Sorry, I have no money, so I can only stay in this gloomy sewer-like place, like a humble mouse, waiting for death to come.

The carriage started, and the guard chief turned to look at the remaining prisoners and smiled jokingly:

"Everyone, I believe you can feel how high the temperature here is. I won't hide it from you. The man living here is moody and cannot be controlled by common sense. You must be careful when serving him. careful."

"The most important thing is that if you die here, you will not even have a chance to return your soul to the abyss. What awaits you is complete death."

Upon hearing this, the prisoners suddenly began to whisper:

"This, how is this possible? Apart from suicide, I have never heard of a situation where death cannot return to the abyss..."

"Yeah, this guy is lying to us."

"That's right, this is at best a hotter prison..."

"Haha, did I lie to you? When you die, you will naturally understand." The guard chief's smile did not diminish:

"I have no obligation to explain to you. But you can think about it. If you can return to the abyss if you die here, why do those nobles spend such a high price to redeem their children."

As soon as these words came out, the prisoners were finally moved, with horror and horror on their faces.

"Jie Jie Jie."

The captain of the guard pointed to the cave behind him:

"As for you, hand over the valuables hidden on your body. If you pay more, I will send you to the outskirts of this cave, away from the big man. Maybe you can survive."

"As for those who pay less, I'm sorry, you can only be that lord's personal servant. Believe me, that is definitely a desperate thing."

"Damn it...after all, it's still money..."

"Damn it, if I had money, I would have left with those noble gentlemen a long time ago. Are you still here?"