Chapter 805: Chapter 810: Qin Genglong
"Okay, as long as you can get me out of prison, I’ll listen to you from now on," Qin Genglong promised.
"Good, then it’s a deal." Ling Chen smiled happily. His luck was really good; he had just arrived at Yan City Prison and already recruited someone.
The reason he wanted Qin Genglong to follow him was because he valued Qin Genglong’s skills. When he was massaging Qin Genglong’s shoulders earlier, he had only used about ten to twenty percent of his strength. In his perspective, as an Earthly List expert, his strength was much greater than ordinary people’s. Even though Qin Genglong’s physique was much stronger than usual, he shouldn’t have been able to withstand even twenty percent of his strength.
But unexpectedly, twenty percent strength had no effect on Qin Genglong. So, Ling Chen gradually increased his power. However, even when he used his full strength, Qin Genglong still showed no reaction. It wasn’t until Ling Chen resorted to using Hua Realm that Qin Genglong finally showed some response.
This indicated that Qin Genglong was a skilled fighter, and an expert in cross training.
It was precisely because of Qin Genglong’s special abilities that he wasn’t sentenced to death but instead was confined to Yan City Prison. Otherwise, Qin Genglong would have been executed long ago.
Recruiting a skilled fighter made coming to Yan City Prison worthwhile.
After understanding the situation of Yan City Prison from Qin Genglong, Ling Chen stood up and walked to the cell door, glancing outside, seeing two men in suits standing at the door.
Tsk tsk! These guys are really taking care of me, guarding outside at all times. I’ve already been locked up here, are they still afraid I’ll escape?
Even though Ling Chen was an Earthly List expert, he was self-aware. With his abilities alone, it was tough to escape from custody. Yan City Prison housed extremely dangerous felons, and to prevent their escape, the prison facilities were specially modified. The doors, windows, and walls were made of hard materials that couldn’t be destroyed even by small amounts of plastic explosives.
Moreover, outside the prison were five-meter-high barbed-wire fences, which were electrified, and the prison was surrounded by watchtowers with armed guards on duty 24/7.
Additionally, from the cell to the outside of the prison, one had to pass through over ten checkpoints, with layers of inspections and confirmations. Just this alone made it nearly impossible to escape Yan City Prison.
Moreover, Yan City Prison had a unique feature. Unlike other prisons managed by the government, Yan City Prison was fully managed by a security company, from administration to security, it was all taken over by a private enterprise. In simple terms, the government entrusted the prison to a private security company and paid an annual fee.
Of course, the security company only had management rights, not rights to dispose of the prisoners.
The reason for this setup was that a special place like Yan City Prison shouldn’t exist under direct government oversight, as it would likely cause negative influences, so this arrangement avoided many issues.
...
At this moment, in the prison office.
A middle-aged man in a suit put down the phone in his hand, looked at the man opposite him, and smiled, "Guess who called me?"
"Who?"
"Pang Jiulin, the new leader of Lonely Wolf. He specifically called to ask me to take care of Ling Chen."
"So what are you going to do?"
The middle-aged man laughed heartily, "Rest assured, I will take good care of him." When he said "take care," there was a hint of deeper meaning in his tone.
"That’s good, I trust you won’t let me down. Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be going. Here’s a little something, and thank you for your hard work in the future." With that, the man opposite handed over a bank card, placing it on the desk.
The middle-aged man glanced at the bank card, and his smile became even brighter.
"Safe journey, then I won’t see you out."
...
Another day passed.
Having spent a day in Yan City Prison, Ling Chen adapted quite a bit to life there. Not only did he adapt, but he also found that life in prison wasn’t bad, quite comfortable in fact. Firstly, the food was good, every meal had three meat dishes and one vegetable, and there was nothing to do all day, no work needed.
Eat and sleep, with nothing else to worry about, it was pretty good. It was probably because he had just been confined and the prison staff hadn’t yet taken him out for exercise.
At that moment, the cell door opened, and Qin Genglong walked in from outside, sitting heavily on the bed, making the iron bed creak.
Ling Chen used his hands to pillow his head and asked, "Old Qin, what were you doing outside?"
"I don’t know what’s up today, but the prison staff kept coming to ask me about you."
"Oh?" Ling Chen sat up, curiously asking, "What did they ask?"
"What else? Just the basics. If they asked anything complicated, I wouldn’t know. Hey, Ling Chen, I didn’t expect it, but you’re quite famous. You’ve only been here a day, and so many people are asking about you. Did you do something sensational outside?"
"No such thing." Ling Chen replied casually, but inside, he was puzzled.
So many people asking about him, it seemed his identity had been exposed. Otherwise, no one would be paying attention to him.
Dammit! They’re all up to no good.
His previous identity was highly classified, but now it was no secret at all. Who the hell leaked his information?
Thinking for a moment, Ling Chen asked, "Old Qin, aside from you, are there any other skilled fighters in this prison?"
"Skilled fighters?" Qin Genglong thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes, quite a few, but I don’t know how powerful they are."
"Why don’t you know? Haven’t you sparred with them?"
Qin Genglong shook his head, "No, they don’t know I know martial arts. They just think I’m thick-skinned and rugged, so they don’t bother fighting me. Ling Chen, why are you asking? Do you want to spar with them?"
"I’m not interested, just asking to get a sense of things, to avoid trouble coming my way." After a pause, Ling Chen continued, "Old Qin, next time you go out for exercise, you’d better not stay with me. I don’t want to drag you into anything."
"Does someone want to deal with you?" Although Qin Genglong was honest, he wasn’t stupid, hearing the underlying message in Ling Chen’s words.
Ling Chen nodded, "Many of the prisoners in this facility were put here by me. Naturally, they’re not friendly towards me."
"No problem." Qin Genglong patted his chest and said, "If anyone bullies you, I’ll stand up for you. If something happens to you, who will get me out of this prison later?"
Ling Chen grinned; so that was why Qin Genglong cared.
"Rest assured, I won’t go back on my word about getting you out, but it’ll take some time."