Chapter 8

"Chosen One?" Upon hearing this term, Huang Yi pondered for a moment. From the literal meaning, it referred to someone who came down from the heavens, which should be the players. He nodded slightly, "Yes, I am the Chosen One. My name is Instant Kill."

"Phew!" The five people's expressions relaxed. The man with the long face, who was the leader, heaved a sigh of relief and bowed slightly, saying, "Respected Mr. Instant Kill, I am Ross, the warden of Hero Prison. These four are my subordinates. We will assist you in completing your mission."

These five people were undoubtedly NPCs. Huang Yi finally found a clue and immediately asked, "How many prisoners are in this prison?"

"In Hero Prison, there are a total of 16,532 cells, but many of the prisoners have already died. Currently, there are 5,452 prisoners still alive!" Ross answered respectfully.

"How strong is the weakest prisoner? Can I kill him?"

"Sorry, no!" Ross shook his head decisively, "In Hero Prison, even the weakest prisoner has reached the Holy Domain level. With your current strength, it is impossible for you to kill them."

"What kind of assistance will you provide? Can you lend a hand?"

Ross shook his head again, "Sorry, we can only assist you in completing the mission but cannot directly help you. We can only provide basic guidance at most."

"I see." Huang Yi nodded, "In Hero Prison, besides the five of you, how many other guards are there?"

"There are only five of us guards in the entire Hero Prison!"

"Hmm? Just the five of you, how can you manage over five thousand prisoners?"

"Hero Prison is already sufficiently secure, with functions to seal and suppress magic. These prisoners are absolutely unable to escape once they are imprisoned here. The five of us are enough to manage them."

After that, Huang Yi asked many more questions, and Ross answered them all.

Hero Prison had existed since the ancient era of the gods. The God of Death was a well-known figure among the gods, with vast power and many enemies. All enemies captured by the God of Death and his subordinates were imprisoned here. Over the eons, Hero Prison had imprisoned batch after batch of powerful beings, who were permanently sealed here until they died of old age.

Currently, there were only over five thousand prisoners left in Hero Prison. Those who survived were all extremely powerful, with even the weakest prisoner reaching the Holy Domain level. If any of them escaped, it would cause widespread destruction and suffering. With Huang Yi's current strength, it was impossible to kill such powerful criminals.

It seemed that the key to this mission still needed to be discovered. Once the key was found, completing the mission would be a matter of course.

Huang Yi looked at them and said, "Follow me as I take a tour of the prison."

With that, Huang Yi walked forward, wandering around the prison. Ross and the other guards followed closely behind.

The group aimlessly wandered through the prison, with large cells on both sides, each containing a massive boss-level prisoner who glared at them coldly.

As Huang Yi walked, he pondered the mission. He was very patient and could think about a problem for a long time, analyzing it meticulously until he thoroughly understood it.

After walking for a long time, Huang Yi did not stop, but Ross and the others were getting tired. Huang Yi could not complete the mission, and they could not rest. In a sense, they were bound to the mission.

"Respected Mr. Instant Kill." At this moment, Ross spoke, but he seemed hesitant.

"What is it?" Huang Yi paused from his thoughts and turned to look at him.

Ross hesitated for a moment, then bit his lip and said, "You don't need to wander around aimlessly. Actually, this mission is very simple. You just need to..."

"Just need to what?" Huang Yi pressed. From Ross's expression, a clue was about to surface!

Ross pursed his lips, as if organizing his words. After a while, he said, "With your current strength, you cannot kill these prisoners. You are too weak. Unless you find a very powerful helper."

"Helper?" Huang Yi frowned, "Is there someone else in this Hero Prison?"

"You could say that. Actually, this prison is not just us; there are many... extremely powerful things..." Ross said, glancing at the cells on the side.

Huang Yi followed his gaze and immediately saw a boss in one of the cells. Suddenly, he understood Ross's meaning and pointed to the cell, "You mean these prisoners?"

"Not what I said, but what you guessed!" Ross immediately shook his head, but his expression clearly relaxed, indicating that he agreed with Huang Yi's guess, just not verbally.

Huang Yi looked at his expression and immediately understood. Ross had already said he could not provide direct help, so he was indirectly guiding him to this conclusion, walking a fine line.

"Release a few prisoners to fight each other, and I can sit back and reap the benefits, right?" Huang Yi looked at Ross.

"Yes! You finally guessed it!" Ross immediately nodded, "However, these prisoners are very powerful. Even if they fight each other, it is difficult to truly kill each other. They might escape unless a particularly powerful prisoner is released!"

Hearing this, Huang Yi immediately thought of the Nine-Headed Hydra·Dead Scale, the strongest prisoner he had seen, at level 250, once the mount of a Law God. Such strength would definitely be enough to kill some level 100+ prisoners. However, such powerful prisoners were rare, and the only one he knew was the Nine-Headed Hydra·Dead Scale, which was already dead.

"I believe Mr. Instant Kill already knows that in Hero Prison, the stronger the prisoner, the lower their number. Especially the top 100 prisoners, they are the most powerful beings in the world. Any one of them could easily help you complete the mission." Ross said, looking at Huang Yi, then changed the subject, "However, they are too powerful and can only be imprisoned in sealed cells, completely sealed. These cells have no gaps and cannot be investigated, even I, the warden, do not know if they are still alive!" He paused, swallowed, and continued, "The only one I know is the prisoner with the number 11... it is still alive!"

"Number 11? What is in there?" Huang Yi's interest was piqued. This number was very high, almost the ultimate boss in the entire Hero Prison. What could be imprisoned there?