Chapter 253: Chapter 253: No Time to Prepare When Fate Comes—Take Action!

“Huh?” Know-it-All frowned, clearly noticing something was off with the Warden. “What’s wrong with you? You having a fit?”

But the Warden didn’t even look at him. Instead, his eyeballs shifted as he stared dead ahead at the prison guard, glaring like he was facing a sworn enemy.

“When did this prison ever start caring about reason?”

Prison Guard: ?

Know-it-All: ?

The Warden kept talking, leaving the other two completely baffled.

“If there’s something suspicious, just kill it, capture it, feed it.”

“When did we start overthinking everything?”

“Hey, old man.” Know-it-All cut in. “If you’re just sleep-deprived, then go back to your damn nap. Don’t start losing it here.”

——The Warden’s got issues.

But the Warden still ignored Know-it-All. His eyes remained locked on the prison guard, like he was looking at the killer of his father.

“In fact, I’ve long suspected you.”

“For the sake of the prison, I’ll give you one last chance—give me a damn good explanation.”

The prison guard’s wide eyes were full of confusion. He didn’t understand how things had come to this. He tried to read something from the Warden’s eyes.

“You...”

He stared blankly for a second—but then his eyes turned blood-red in an instant, his whole body radiating with murderous energy.

“Do I owe you an explanation, bstard? If you wanna fight, let’s f**ing go!”

“Then you’re gonna have to die.” With that, the Warden shrugged his shoulders, his joints cracking like exploding firecrackers.

Know-it-All was utterly stunned. His instincts screamed one thing: he’d been played!

Because truth be told, the Warden and the prison guard had a way closer relationship than he did with either of them!

So why were they at each other’s throats now?

This gave him a strange feeling... Like even though the two were ready to fight, the real target being fooled here was him.

“I’m telling you both!—”

Know-it-All took a step forward to say something, but in the next instant, the Warden slashed his hand through the air!

A wall of force blasted out like a missile, exploding and sending Know-it-All flying back!

“What the—?!”

BOOM!

Before Know-it-All could even react, he was slapped straight into a wall.

The Warden’s fingernails sharpened into claws, black lightning crackling and flashing all over his body.

And without a single word more, driven by pure murderous rage, he charged straight at the prison guard!

The two of them started going at it—no warm-up, just all-out war.

......

“That’s about enough, huh? Feels like this one’s polished even smoother now.”

Down below, Lu Ce was still rubbing the brain, muttering to himself in disbelief.

He could already see, across the tunnel, a massive swarm of green goblins flooding in his direction, charging like a tidal wave.

A goblin army as far as the eye could see.

“Tch, that many? Looks like getting out won’t be easy this time—what a pain~”

Even as he said it was troublesome, his face didn’t show the slightest worry—in fact, there was even a touch of disdain.

“Maybe I should just swap places with her. That way I’m out... though she probably wouldn’t agree.”

“Eh, whatever. Let’s go with this!”

Lu Ce stopped rubbing the brain and redirected his gaze back to the first one.

He aimed for a specific spot and pressed down hard.

The moment he did, the headset crackled—and a voice came through.

“546......”

The voice cut off suddenly, like shocked into silence.

“So? Did the door open?”

“You did this?” Xie Antong asked.

Just now, the main prison doors had suddenly clanked open—all of them!

“More or less.” Lu Ce glanced at the brain beneath him.

The moment his tools became usable, a swarm of All-Knowing Eyes shot into the sky, circling above the prison and scanning every corner.

In an instant, she saw the fight.

“Wait... the Warden and the prison guard—looks like they’re fighting!”

“What?!” Lu Ce was caught off guard. “That worked even better than I expected.”

Guess rubbing brains really does help.

“Nice! Even smoother than I planned. Tch, over there—go loud!”

“Got it!” Xie Antong replied, then noticed something off about Sin’s tone. “What’s going on over there?”

“Me?” Lu Ce asked while pulling the trigger. “I’m on a slaughter spree.”

“Killing these things is probably easier than the guards trying to kill you guys...”

......

Xie Antong’s All-Knowing Eye darted out in all directions, locating various players.

At that moment, with all the prison doors now wide open, crowds had already piled near the exits, peeking outside to see what was going on.

But now, no one was stopping them!

One of the Eyes reached Cutter and gave just two words:

——Take action!

“Wait, Zhe?” Cutter looked like a total rookie now—all his earlier swagger was gone.

“Wait, what do you mean take action? Against who? I’m not even ready, how did this get to—”

“When fate comes, there’s no time to prepare. What, you gonna chicken out? Move!”

Xie Antong barked out the order without hesitation.

Cutter was completely pushed to the front lines. He bit down, then charged forward in giant strides, scaring the crap out of everyone in his cell block.

Charging outside, he found the plaza completely empty—just him alone.

Every prisoner crowding the door turned instinctively to look at him.

He took a deep breath, like a whale gulping water, chest puffed out—and shouted:

“Eyes on me, all of you!”

“I told you before—I’m a spirit, and I’ll rise again!”

Didn’t even need coaching—Cutter just said it on his own.

“This spirit is... a prison break! Move! We’re busting out of here!”

Channeling all his courage, he screamed across the empty plaza. Cutter didn’t know if he looked like a total clown, but he thought of the ones who’d already died for this plan—and did his best.

Then, with a dramatic flourish, he threw out dozens of playing cards!

The card boxes exploded, folding and reshaping into razor-sharp blades that whirled in the air, forming a tornado of deadly edges.

Then—BOOM—they exploded again, countless blades flying into every corner of the prison, striking cell after cell.

And as luck would have it, the backs of each card bore golden-winged doves!

Cutter panted hard—he didn’t know if this would work.

He also didn’t know why, until now, no one had tried to stop him.

The air was silent for a few seconds. It was awkward. Tense.

Then, in the next moment, explosions rang out in rapid succession, dust filled the air, doors slammed open one after another—and the prisoners went absolutely wild, surging out like a tidal wave!