Chapter 78

Taking back his phone, Lin Yifan casually glanced at the time, and it was already close to midnight. ≧

Sure enough, after returning from the cycle, there would be a sense of time difference.

After checking the prison, Natalia strode out, and Lin Yifan, who was following behind, said, "It's late, do you need me to take you home?"

"No thanks! This Infinite City is very safe." Natalia hurriedly refused, worried that if she brought a man back to her neighborhood late at night, Lin Yifan might have the nerve to follow her home.

"Alright, and by the way, keep an eye on Zhou Xin. I'm afraid he hasn't given up yet, after all, he sent in three hunting squads last time."

Mentioning Zhou Xin sending people into the cycle, Natalia seemed a bit embarrassed.

As the prosecutor, it was definitely her negligence to supervise this aspect. If it were to be investigated, the blame could be entirely on Natalia.

"Understood, and one more thing, it's best if you don't enter the cycle recently. I'm afraid Zhou Xin might cause some unexpected trouble." Natalia didn't forget to remind Lin Yifan before leaving.

Not participating in the cycle was no problem for Lin Yifan. After all, his profession was special, and the system didn't force him to enter the cycle every few days.

In fact, if Lin Yifan didn't strive for progress and wanted to live a comfortable life, he could just collect prisoners and money every day and live a carefree life in the Infinite City.

Lin Yifan indeed had no grand ambitions, but there was a very helpless issue now. His cycle participant ID was being closely watched by Zhou Xin. It didn't matter if his level didn't change for a few weeks, but what about a few months later?

By then, no matter how stupid Zhou Xin was, he would likely suspect that Lin Yifan was no ordinary person.

Now, dealing with Zhou Xin was still a bit of a headache for Lin Yifan. Without any evidence, he couldn't do anything to him. He could only ask Natalia to pay more attention to Zhou Xin's movements.

As an administrator, not a cycle participant, it was very troublesome to take action against him.

Another issue was the district steward. As a cycle participant, he couldn't do much in the Infinite City, but once he entered the cycle, Lin Yifan had every reason to arrest him.

The problem was how to make him enter the cycle.

How could he break the money supply chain of his subordinates and prevent them from buying time?

Many things were still unclear, ultimately because he didn't understand the lower levels of the cycle participants.

"Forget it, I'll put it aside for now." Rubbing his temples, he felt that he had lost countless brain cells in the past few days, and his mind felt a bit dry and insufficient.

While walking and thinking, he escorted Natalia to the door. Before leaving, Lin Yifan didn't forget to take out the black stocking: "Hey, don't you want this?"

Natalia's face turned slightly red at the door. She took the stocking and, under the puzzled gaze of the female security officer, stepped onto the ferry.

Standing under the light of the watchtower, Lin Yifan raised his hand and waved lightly, then turned and walked back into the prison, closing the gate.

Rumble, the iron gate was tightly shut.

Yawning, the somewhat tired Lin Yifan pointed at the girls: "Who wants to take the night shift tonight?"

"Hehe, boss, is there a salary?" Pingye, who was carrying several guns, had become familiar with Lin Yifan and approached with a sly smile.

"What salary?" Lin Yifan raised an eyebrow, revealing his true nature.

Pingye, the fat otaku, lowered his head and nodded: "Yeah, boss has already been very good to us by bringing us out of that ghost world."

At this moment, Lin Yifan grinned and lightly patted Pingye's shoulder: "Don't worry, I'm very generous to my own people. You don't need to buy anything for now, but take a few hundred bucks each as pocket money. When we have time to go shopping, let me know if you need anything."

"Ha, I love you, boss!" Pingye came closer, wanting to give Lin Yifan a hug.

Lin Yifan quickly changed the subject: "Cough, so you're planning to take the night shift tonight?"

"Of course! As an otaku, I'm a nocturnal creature!" Pingye, who was carrying a bunch of guns, patted his chest.

Seeing the guns, Lin Yifan suddenly thought of another issue. It seemed that the rules on Prison Island were different from those in the Infinite City, where prison guards and others could carry guns?

Lin Yifan hadn't looked at many rules yet, but at least in the Infinite City, pointing a gun at someone's head would cause pain.

Clearly, the rules on Prison Island were different from those in the Infinite City, which made Lin Yifan secretly cautious. He didn't know if the prisoners could seize guns and escape.

"Alright, Pingye, you'll be in charge of the permanent prison tonight. Who will take the temporary prison?"

At this moment, Kousaka Lisa, who had been silent, suddenly stood up and timidly raised her hand: "Me?"

"Sure, thank you."

He agreed without hesitation because there was also贞子 (Zhenzi) on duty 24/7 in the prison, who was the real boss.

She usually hid in the mirror and slept, but once she was woken up by any disturbance, the prisoners would be in trouble.

Assigning Pingye and Kousaka Lisa to the two prisons was mainly for early warning, but the key was still to let Zhenzi handle the situation.

After they left, the others tidied up and came over.

At this moment, Nan Liang's right hand was on Lin Yifan's shoulder, and she smiled seductively: "So, where are we staying tonight, handsome?"

"You can stay at my place tonight."

Nan Liang's red lips curled up: "Ambitious, huh? Planning to have us all?"

Looking at the beauties around him, from lolis to mature women, it was truly a diverse group.

However, Lin Yifan had no such thoughts now. Moreover, with the unique personalities of the girls, it might be possible to pursue one individually, but they definitely wouldn't allow Lin Yifan to have them all at once.

But for a normal person, it wouldn't be so foolish to say to the girls, "Stand in line, I'll pamper you one by one tonight!"

With two girls with explosive combat power, the outcome... would probably be very bad.

"Sophia, take them to my place, I'll be over later."

The maid leader nodded and led Tokishima Sae and the others to the portal.

Standing alone under the dim light, the surroundings were dark and quiet, with only the sound of waves hitting the breakwater.

Leaning against a rusty lamppost, Lin Yifan took out his phone to check today's gains.

The number of permanently incarcerated prisoners had increased to twenty-one, and these permanent prisoners added to his strength.

The temporary prisoners sent by Natalia, on the other hand, only added to his income, with limited impact on his strength. Ten temporary prisoners were equivalent to one permanent prisoner.

Another gain was the rank promotion value from the cycle.

Lin Yifan was a bit confused. His phone showed that he could promote his rank to Private First Class, but it also stated that after five cycles, he would be forced to promote to Private Second Class, and after ten cycles, to Private First Class.

"Voluntary promotion?" He scratched the back of his head.

But thinking about not wanting Zhou Xin to suspect, Lin Yifan clicked to promote his rank to Private First Class.

[Ding, Black Market unlocked.]

"Huh?"

Lin Yifan curiously looked at the new unlock. Besides the Black Market, some weapons and guns that were previously unavailable were also unlocked, mainly the purchase permissions for air support and airdropped weapons.

However, when Lin Yifan saw the price of air support, he was taken aback.

The armed helicopter that the bald, muscular man called for just to sweep a line cost 50,000! If the helicopter was destroyed, it would cost an additional 200,000, which was essentially burning money.

Additionally, the airdrop of ammunition and supplies cost 10,000 per drop, which was extremely expensive.

Staring at these newly unlocked features, each one was more expensive than the last.

While looking, Lin Yifan suddenly noticed an unread message from a few hours ago.

Opening it, he saw that it was from Yao Ling.

[Congratulations!!! Welcome back to the Infinite City alive. Captain Liu and I are very happy to hear that you completed your mission.

Don't think about anything now, no matter what you experienced in the cycle, go home, take a hot bath, and have a good sleep.

Also, if you have time tomorrow, come to the lounge we went to last time at 9 AM. Captain Liu and I will be there.

Finally, congratulations again for surviving the hell and keep it up!]

Reading Yao Ling's message, Lin Yifan suddenly felt a warm feeling, and his eyes were slightly moist.

For ordinary cycle participants, struggling on the brink of life and death, when they finally crawled back to the Infinite City, seeing this message would evoke an indescribable emotion.