Chapter 1 The Prisoners

Soon, Su Mo was following the driven prisoners forward.

He noticed that the expression of each prisoner was filled with fear and unease. But thinking about it, it made sense. The junkyard work itself was dangerous, let alone this kind of surprise operation.

Before long, Su Mo and the others were driven to a heavily guarded area, where special mobile metal platforms were set up.

One prisoner after another was driven onto the mobile platform.

Immediately, the particle barrier of the mobile platform rose, like a cage locking the prisoners inside. Then, the platform began to move at high speed.

"Get on!"

Boading balls flew to Su Mo and the others, emitting a stiff, mechanical sound.

Su Mo and the others were driven onto a mobile platform.

More than a dozen soldiers followed and went up!

Soon, the mobile platform began to move, first sinking down, entering a special passage, and then moving horizontally at a very high speed.

After about ten minutes, the mobile platform slowed down.

They arrived at a spacious hall. All around the hall, fully armed mechs and unmanned mechanical weapons pointed their guns at everyone, creating an extremely solemn atmosphere.

Su Mo carefully observed the hall. He noticed that there were many passages in front of the hall, but all the passage entrances were closed off, with indicator lights above them.

Just then, the central area of the hall cracked open, and a circular platform rose. On the platform were sets of simple protective suits and miniature bomb collars.

"30 minutes to change into the protective suits and put on the collars."

The prison guard escorting them shouted in a deep voice.

The prisoners present rushed forward to grab the protective suits and collars and put them on.

Just as Su Mo was about to step forward to take a protective suit, An Jie hurried over and said to Su Mo, "Brother, no need to take those protective suits and collars. I brought some for you."

Then, An Jie waved his hand, and his subordinates brought out a set of the highest-level protective suit from the laboratory and a special collar. Although the style and design of the protective suit were similar to those worn by the prisoners, the quality was vastly different. It was like comparing a paper-made item to a real, substantial one. As for the mechanical collar, it was just for show.

"Okay, thank you!"

Su Mo wasn't polite and put on the protective suit directly.

An Jie coughed and forced a smile at Su Mo, saying, "Brother, listen to me. It wasn't my intention to have you come to this godforsaken place, but Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner is too rigid. But don't worry, I'll be with you the whole night. You don't need to worry."

"Understood, thank you for your hard work."

Su Mo wasn't the type of person who was unreasonable.

"You truly have a generous heart, brother."

An Jie secretly breathed a sigh of relief seeing that Su Mo didn't get angry.

Half an hour later, all the prisoners had changed their clothes. At this time, one of the passages directly in front of them opened.

Slaughter mechanical weapons moved over and began to drive the prisoners inside.

Su Mo became increasingly curious as he looked at the passage. He asked An Jie,

"Where does that passage lead to?"

"It leads to the junkyard. It's not a good place. You'll find out later. By the way, brother, you must stick close to me tonight. This place isn't like the prison cell. There are weapons controlled by Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner everywhere, and the alert level is very high. Once you trigger it, it will open fire."

An Jie said with a somewhat solemn expression.

"Understood."

Su Mo nodded in response.

Then, An Jie led Su Mo into the open passage. The passage was deep, and the emergency lights above flickered from time to time. However, this wasn't a matter of quality but rather due to radiation interference.

After walking a distance, they reached the end of the passage, stepped out, and the space in front of them suddenly opened up.

Soon, an extremely shocking scene appeared before their eyes.

As far as the eye could see, everything was mechanical ruins.

It was like a sunken mechanical ocean.

Countless engineering vehicles were working on the mechanical ruins, and the sound of their work was endless.

"Move forward!"

Boading balls drove the prisoners into the depths of the mechanical ruins.

Su Mo curiously asked An Jie, "What happened tonight? Why the sudden temporary requisition of manpower?"

"The working machines dug up a special radiation zone. All the machines shut down as soon as they got close, so they temporarily requisitioned manpower."

An Jie didn't hide anything from Su Mo.

Just as the two were chatting, two Boading balls floated over and appeared in front of An Jie and Su Mo.

They aimed at Su Mo and issued a warning, "Warning target, please proceed to the work area immediately, or it will be considered passive resistance!"

An Jie directly stood in front of Su Mo and said to the Boading ball, "This prisoner has been requisitioned and needs to work in the rear. I, as the chief prison officer, reject your order!"

"Rejection effective!"

The two Boading balls then left.

Su Mo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He said to An Jie with interest, "Your authority is quite high."

"It's okay, but it's not that simple."

An Jie said with a somewhat solemn expression.

"Hmm?"

Su Mo was confused after hearing this.

Just then, the Boading ball that had just flown out turned around and flew back. It emitted a mechanical voice.

"Warning prisoner number 232134, Su Mo, please proceed to the work area immediately."

"Rejected, he has been requisitioned."

An Jie calmly said again.

"Rejection effective!"

The Boading ball turned its head and flew away.

"What's going on? Is this machine broken?"

Su Mo asked, bewildered and full of doubt.

"It's not that the machine is broken. Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner issued another order. Don't worry, it's okay! I had someone bring you a lounge chair. You can just rest here and wait for the work to finish. I'll block all those robots that come over."

An Jie waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to bring the things up.

Soon, the subordinates unfolded the lounge chair and even set up a simple supporting table with some magazines on it.

"Wouldn't this be too much?"

Su Mo asked with some concern.

"It's okay, as long as your mood isn't affected."

An Jie waved his hand and said.

"Alright then."

Su Mo didn't stand on ceremony and lay down on it.

At this time, the prisoners who were being driven to work were all stunned when they saw this scene.

"Who is this guy?"

"This is too fake, right? To be able to do this even after arriving here?"

......

In fact, it wasn't just them who were stunned. The surrounding soldiers were also dumbfounded. Who was that guy? Such good treatment, with Master An Jie accompanying him personally.

Su Mo lay down and looked at the work in the distance.

Not long after the work started, Su Mo saw several prisoners walking towards the depths of the work area. Suddenly, they went mad and attacked the people next to them.

As a result, they were directly shot and killed by the soldiers watching from afar.

Su Mo's eyelids twitched involuntarily. The danger was unusually high. It seemed that he really had to be grateful for being treated with special care.

Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have had such a good time.

Speaking of which, Su Mo was also thinking about who was helping him? He thought about it, and it seemed that only Xia Wei'a could do it?

After all, people from different systems definitely wouldn't listen.

It seemed that he owed her a not-so-small favor.

After a long time, Su Mo lay on the lounge chair until daytime.

At this time, the prisoners who had gone to work were coming out one after another. Su Mo glanced over, and there were many fewer people coming out.

It was estimated that quite a few people had died tonight.

An Jie raised his left hand, looked at his wristband, and confirmed that the work was over. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally over. It was best if nothing went wrong.

"Brother, thank you for your trouble all night. I'll have the people below give you leave. You can have a good rest in your cell."

"Alright, thanks."

Su Mo nodded.

Soon after, Su Mo followed the surviving prisoners back to the cell.

Long Ke was extremely excited to see Su Mo return and asked, "Big brother, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I just lay in the back of that junkyard all night."

Su Mo explained casually.

"Big brother is mighty. This is possible too."

Long Ke was even more shocked after hearing this. He constantly speculated about Su Mo's identity in his heart. How big of a background did he have?

"Don't talk about that. I'm going to rest for a while. It was a tiring night."

Su Mo yawned.

"Okay."

Long Ke quickly responded.

......

The deepest part of the Endless Deep Space Prison, Central Control.

The tightly closed dust-covered door slowly opened, and Warden Fei Zha Ke walked in.

Just then, a gray ball of light appeared in front of Warden Fei Zha Ke. Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner appeared in virtual form.

"Why are you looking for me in the middle of the night?"

Fei Zha Ke said with great displeasure.

Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner displayed a series of images, all of which were of Su Mo eating and drinking well, without working. Moreover, there was even a live broadcast of Su Mo lying outside the work area, leisurely and content.

"Your people are in serious violation of the rules! This is challenging the rules of Star Ring City. Please stop this behavior immediately and restrain your subordinates."

Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner said stubbornly.

"Just for this? Can't you turn a blind eye?"

Fei Zha Ke said indifferently.

"Warden Fei Zha Ke, please watch your words."

"I think I'm being very careful. Also, there's nothing wrong with what my people are doing. Everything is in accordance with the rules. This prisoner isn't feeling well. We can't just let him die here, right? According to the law, shouldn't we treat him well? So, eating and drinking well is no problem, right? Also, the law stipulates that every prisoner has the right to apply for sick leave and can be exempt from labor..."

Fei Zha Ke skillfully exploited loopholes.

"Warden Fei Zha Ke, I'm not an ordinary artificial intelligence. I have complete thought. Do you think you can deceive me? Please correct the error immediately. No one is allowed to break the rules set by City Lord Icaroia."

Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner didn't give any face at all.

Fei Zha Ke seemed to have expected this result long ago. He wasn't angry, but he said with a very troubled look,

"Listen to me, this prisoner named Su Mo isn't an ordinary prisoner. He's the culprit who almost sank the Hydra planetary fortress. He's a super-felon. But the problem is that he hasn't been tried yet, so he can't be considered a complete criminal yet. And the things he's done require City Lord Icaroia to make a decision personally. Before that, we must ensure that he's alright. If he has any mishaps, City Lord Icaroia will definitely be furious. So, everything I'm doing is for City Lord."

Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner fell silent after hearing Fei Zha Ke's words. After a long time, it replied,

"Since it concerns City Lord Icaroia, then we'll make an exception."

"That's right."

Fei Zha Ke revealed a bright smile, but he was thinking in his heart, "You want to fight with me, an artificial intelligence? I'll use the City Lord to crush you to death."

......

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Several days later, Work Area Number Seven.

Su Mo was sitting in the corner, still eating and drinking.

It was during the break, and the prisoners were still unwilling to give up surrounding Su Mo.

They kept promising various benefits.

"You can have anything you want. Just say the word."

"That's right. I'm telling the truth. I really know where there are Negative God fragments."

.....

It was a pity that Su Mo was still indifferent and didn't even respond to them much.

Just then, a mocking sneer sounded, "I say, you group of idiots, you really treat him like a big shot."

As soon as these words came out, the prisoners who were originally surrounding Su Mo turned their heads to look over.

They saw an old man who was very short, bald, and had lost all his teeth speaking resentfully.

Su Mo was also a little curious and looked over. He looked at the old man and carefully stroked his chin as he pondered. This guy seemed to have approached him several times, promising an ancient fortress, a habitable star, and all sorts of other things.

It was simply too far-fetched, so he hadn't paid much attention to him.

"Lu Men, what do you mean by saying that? Do you believe we'll teach you a lesson!"

Many of the prisoners present revealed ferocious expressions. It was rare for someone to jump out and question Master Su Mo, and they could just teach him a lesson to win Su Mo's favor.

Lu Men looked at the prisoners with unkind faces and wasn't flustered at all. He said resentfully, "What I'm saying is the truth. He's not a big shot at all. Let me tell you what crime this guy committed. He almost sank the Hydra planetary fortress. And the reason why he has such good treatment is because he hasn't been tried yet. The higher-ups still need him to take the blame. To put it bluntly, once he's tried, his treatment will be the same as ours. You still expect him to save you? What a daydream."

Hearing Lu Men's words, the expressions of the criminals present changed drastically, and they all subconsciously took a few steps back.

He almost sank the Hydra planetary fortress. How dangerous was this guy? He was obviously the next SSS-level wanted criminal.

Su Mo was also quite surprised. This guy named Lu Men was something else to be able to find out this information.

The criminals in this prison were really full of talent.

However, Su Mo didn't refute anything, which was a tacit admission, because that was the way things were anyway. It didn't matter if it was revealed, and it was good to have some peace and quiet.

Lu Men was delighted to see that everyone was avoiding Su Mo and no longer surrounding him.

Some of the criminals present discussed in low voices.

"So the crime he committed is even bigger than ours."

"That's right. I thought he was some big shot. I didn't expect this."

"I've been annoyed by him for a long time. Look at how awesome he usually acts. He doesn't even respond when you talk to him."

"That's right. No one will pay attention to him now, right."

......

Su Mo didn't care too much and continued eating.

Just then, he saw Long Ke hesitating in the crowd, a little afraid to come up and ask him for food. He seemed to be frightened too.

In fact, there was also a hierarchy among the criminals in the prison. The higher the rating of the criminal, the higher the level.

The criminals below would generally try to stay away from the high-level criminals to avoid suffering.

Su Mo directly picked up a piece of bread from the table and threw it at Long Ke.

Long Ke subconsciously caught the bread and then gritted his teeth and walked over.

"Big brother."

"Sit down and eat together."

Su Mo said as usual.

Long Ke sat down stiffly and ate with him, feeling a little uneasy.

Su Mo asked curiously, "Are you afraid of me?"

Long Ke took a deep breath and said to Su Mo with a wry smile, "I didn't expect you to be so awesome, big brother. Your SSS-level wanted criminal status is probably guaranteed. In fact, as long as they are SSS-level wanted criminals, everyone is afraid of them. There isn't a single one who isn't afraid of them. They are equivalent to the top of the pyramid among criminals."

"Okay."

Su Mo didn't say anything more.

Just then, an emotionless mechanical voice suddenly sounded in the Endless Deep Space Prison.

"Control exercise in progress. All work in the work area is suspended. All criminals are to be driven back to their cells..."

As soon as the voice fell, the mechanical weapons that were originally patrolling around all surrounded them.

Although all the criminals present didn't know what was going on, they all cooperated very well and put down the dissecting knives in their hands, exiting the workbenches in an orderly manner.

"Big brother, what's going on?"

Long Ke looked at Su Mo in confusion.

"I don't know. Have you encountered similar things before?"

Su Mo also felt very strange.

"No, I've never encountered it before."

Long Ke shook his head.

......

Before long, Su Mo and the others were all driven back to their cells.

Just as all the criminals were whispering about what was going on,

Soldiers walked in with Boading balls, and the Boading balls guided the soldiers to the front of different cells.

They saw those Boading balls locking onto one prisoner after another.

"Come out!"

The soldiers opened the cells without saying a word and pulled the people inside out.

"Hey, hey, it seems like something big is going to happen, big brother."

Long Ke said with extreme nervousness.

"I see it."

Su Mo wasn't too afraid. In theory, no matter what big things happened, An Jie and the others would protect him. Normally, there shouldn't be anything wrong.

"It's coming, it's coming! It's coming for us."

Long Ke said with super tension.

They saw a soldier walking over with a Boading ball. They walked straight past Su Mo's cell without stopping, but stopped in front of Long Ke's cell.

The Boading ball scanned Long Ke and a video frame popped up.

"Long Ke! S-level wanted criminal, professional swindler, thief, agility inclination, assigned to the 154th squad!"

Long Ke was instantly dumbfounded. He had actually been selected.

"Come out!"

The soldier in charge issued the order in a cold voice.

Long Ke swallowed and walked out with a stiff face.

Su Mo frowned. He felt that the situation was a little wrong.

The entire commotion lasted about twenty minutes. A large number of people were taken away from the entire seventh floor, almost half of them.

However, Su Mo wasn't among them in this operation.

In addition, Su Mo also discovered a problem. The number of soldiers guarding the seventh floor had decreased. It seemed that they had also been requisitioned.

Just then, a figure walked over in a hurry.

Su Mo looked up and saw that it was An Jie who was coming. He looked very serious and his movements were slightly flustered.

He opened the cell door and walked in.

Su Mo asked curiously, "What happened?"

"The junkyard passage has been opened. Now Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner is gathering all the good people to explore it. The warden has also gone."

An Jie explained to Su Mo.

"I see. No wonder all the criminals were driven back to their cells."

Su Mo suddenly understood. Everything made sense. A large number of people were being transferred, and this was indeed the best way to prevent problems.

"Brother, I've also been drafted. I was originally thinking of having the on-duty colleagues left behind take care of you, but they're all busy and don't have the energy to spare to take care of you."

An Jie said with a frown.

"It's okay, I know."

As soon as Su Mo heard it, he knew that those colleagues definitely thought he was a trouble and were unwilling to wade into this muddy water.

"Listen to me, I'm very worried that once I leave, Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner will make trouble for you. So after thinking about it, how about you follow me and just stay by my side. What do you think?"

An Jie discussed with Su Mo in a deep voice.

"No problem."

Su Mo nodded in response. An Jie's worries weren't unreasonable. It was much safer to be by his side than to stay in the cell.

Also, Su Mo was quite curious about the situation on the junkyard side.

"Okay, come with me."

An Jie didn't hesitate at all and directly led Su Mo out of the cell.

......

An hour later, Su Mo followed An Jie to the entrance of the junkyard.

All the criminals who had been driven over were gathered together, and every five people were grouped together.

Every criminal's face was full of unease.

At this time, Artificial Intelligence: Prisoner controlled mechanical soldiers to step forward, and they took special mechanical collars and put them on everyone's necks.

Su Mo was slightly stunned to see this scene.

"This collar is a little different from the one I saw before."

"That collar is a special model, the CSW clockwork bomb collar, a pure physical trigger bomb collar. Once activated, it will be an irreversible countdown. If you don't come out within seven hours, it will explode! If you come out within the time limit, natural mechanical soldiers will reset the time or remove the collar for you."

An Jie explained to Su Mo.

"Oh~"

"This is a means to prevent the criminals who go down to explore from hiding inside and not coming out."

"Why not use the previous electronic one?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

"The radiation in the exploration area is very terrifying this time. Conventional mechanical equipment will have problems."

An Jie explained to Su Mo.

At this time, the ground cracked open, and small platforms rose, placing sets of IV generation biochemical protective suits with built-in micro air circulation devices. All the criminals stepped forward to take a set and began to change.

An Jie also took a set and threw it to Su Mo.

"Put it on!"

"Okay."

Su Mo didn't talk nonsense and changed quickly.

When everyone had changed, the prison guards and mechanical soldiers drove everyone to walk towards the opened main passage.

Su Mo followed An Jie and also walked inside. Soon they came to the junkyard.

Everyone was stunned. They saw rows of IV generation Night Watch mechs and III generation Hyena mechs neatly arranged.

In the front, a V generation biological mech with a height of 100 meters, a black metal dragon-shaped head, armor covering the whole body with black scales, bulky in size, the left hand like a dragon claw flashing with cold light, the right hand holding a giant hammer with red thunder flashing, a metal tail with a length of 100 meters behind it, six pairs of mechanical wings embedded on the back, and nine special suppression steel pipes embedded on the back, radiating violent power, was reflected in everyone's eyes.

"V generation biological mech."

Su Mo took a deep breath and said.

"Scared, right? That mech is V generation biological mech, the Town Prison Apostle. The warden is driving it."

An Jie said.

"Indeed scared, it looks really awesome."

Su Mo replied awkwardly.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see my mech."

An Jie said confidently.

"Okay."

Su Mo nodded in response.

They saw An Jie walking to the side with Su Mo, and soon they came to a V generation pure mechanical mech that was 60 meters high, with a huge circular mechanical electronic eye on the head, and the whole body was made of gray superalloy armor. It was holding two gray super particle light blades, and four pairs of mechanical wings were embedded on its back. The whole mech looked unusually agile.

"This is?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

"This is V generation pure mechanical mech, the Slaughterer."

An Jie introduced to Su Mo.

Then An Jie climbed into the driver's seat and started the Slaughterer.

He controlled the mech to squat down and reached out to Su Mo.

Su Mo decisively climbed up, and An Jie controlled the mech to raise his hand and put Su Mo on his shoulder.

An Jie controlled the mech to walk towards the central area.

Seeing that everyone had gathered, Fei Zha Ke impatiently issued the order, "Put on the exoskeleton mechanical armor for all the criminals!"

At this time, the mechs carried huge mechanical closed boxes.

The closed boxes were opened, and sets of very special exoskeleton armor were reflected in the eyes.

The structure of these exoskeleton armors was a bit similar to mechs but not. Each set of exoskeleton armor was two and a half meters high, and people could directly embed themselves in it. Their hands were multi-functional mining mechanical hands, which could perform various operations. There was an active drill in the shoulder area, which could be used to break walls or something.