Delta: Who are you saying has suffered a loss of strength?

Chapter 246 Self-Reproach

Moonlight climbed into the sky, spreading a thin layer of frost across the ground. Han Che walked into the water; the icy cold water sent a shiver down his spine, finally dispelling the thoughts that had been swirling in his mind all day.

The river water gradually rose above his calves. He continued walking forward, and the water grew deeper and deeper. He took a deep breath and plunged into the water.

The scene changed rapidly, and they were back inside the prison's evacuation point. Han Che walked out of the cell evacuation point and saw a shield soldier standing against the wall as soon as he stepped out of the door. The shield was placed at his feet, and the soldier had his head down, with his helmet covering most of his face.

"Shi Ding? What are you waiting here for? Let's go back first," Han Che called out.

The shield bearer raised his head and reached out to lift the protective visor of his helmet.

"Your Excellency Warden, it is I, Shi Lei."

Han Che then recognized that it was Shi Lei waiting for him. Shi Ding and Shi Lei were names Han Che gave them together. Shi Ding had more responsibilities and stronger organizational skills, so he communicated and cooperated with Shi Ding more.

Shi Lei has always been reliable and steady, but he is not very talkative. Even though he is right next to Han Che, he has not received much attention from him, which makes Han Che feel a little guilty.

"Ah, it's Shi Lei. What are you doing waiting here?"

Shi Lei hesitated, his mouth opening and closing several times as if he wanted to say something.

Han Che didn't rush him, but calmly looked at him, waiting for him to organize his thoughts.

Looking at Han Che's expression, Shi Lei sighed and finally spoke, "Your Excellency Warden, Shi Ding isn't doing well. Could you please go and see him?"

Han Che frowned upon hearing this. Was Shi Ding not in good condition?

He didn't rush to answer, but silently called out to the system in his mind, "System, calculate the losses from the last operation."

[Today, 12 player operators invaded the prison, and 6 players escaped.]

[Prison kill rewards are now being distributed. Each player killed by a prison soldier will receive 50 Haff Coins, for a total of 300 Haff Coins. Current prison account balance: 590 Haff Coins.]

[The prison suffered asset losses worth 800 million Haff coins, and 9 prison guards were killed. Should the guards be resurrected? Note that if resurrection is not attempted within 24 hours, it will be impossible to revive them.]

"Nine?" To be honest, this number was much less than Han Che had expected. He thought there would be at least a dozen. When they were surrounded by Shi Ding in the monitoring room, the gunfire was so intense that he thought the prison guards' casualties would be considerable.

"What are the specific details, and which prison guards are involved?" he asked in his mind.

[8 regular prison guards, 1 machine gunner; 180 million HAF coins are needed to revive them]

"Shi Ding is alright, he's not dead... So what's the situation now?" Han Che breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there were no shield soldiers, which meant that no one had defeated "Warden" in the last operation.

"Wait a minute? Machine gunner? Da Yong is dead?" Han Che finally came to his senses. There were too many strange things happening today. Let's take them one by one.

"Resurrect them all!"

[Resurrection successful, total cost 180 million Haff coins, account balance 410 million Haff coins]

After reviving the prison guard, Han Che waved to Shi Lei, signaling him to lead the way.

Shi Lei turned and walked ahead, leading Han Che towards Shi Ding's dormitory. Only then did Han Che speak to confirm the situation. "Shi Lei, what happened to Shi Ding?"

"Your Excellency Warden, after you and the player squad left, Raven and Stone Ding started fighting."

"In the end, Shi Dingge lost. Raven knocked Shi Dingge unconscious and then ran away."

"It won't be good if Shi Ding wakes up after the prison closure operation is over. He'll be listless and weak when you talk to him." Shi Lei's voice was filled with worry, and he spoke faster than usual.

"What did Raven do?" Han Che asked. He couldn't imagine Raven and Shi Ding fighting, especially since Raven had knocked Shi Ding unconscious. He would have thought it would be more reasonable to say that Raven had killed Shi Ding.

"At that time, Brother Shi Ding ordered us to cooperate with the prison guards to suppress the four hammer soldiers and ignore them."

"He charged forward all by himself with his shield, getting close to Raven. At first, I saw Shi Dingge having the upper hand, beating Raven so badly that it couldn't fight back at all."

"Suddenly, Shi Dingge seemed to freeze, and then Raven grabbed him and knocked him unconscious."

"When we arrived, Shi Dingge was wearing your mask and had a hallucinogenic smoke in his mouth. He was sitting in the water, but he was still alive."

Han Che finally understood. Raven had used his execution technique, but given his usual style, he usually used grenades. It seemed that Raven had held back this time.

Han Che followed Shi Lei to Shi Ding's dormitory. Shi Lei stood at the door, raised his hand and knocked a few times on the door panel. "Brother, it's me, Shi Lei! How are you?"

After a while, a response came from inside the door, "I'm fine, Shi Lei, could you keep an eye on the prison for me and let me have some peace and quiet?"

The voice from inside the door was hoarse and sounded tired, lacking its usual robustness. Shi Lei sighed and looked at Han Che standing next to him.

"Shi Ding, open the door," Han Che said softly. "It's me, I'm back."

A calm sound passed through the dormitory door, and it was clearly audible that the sounds inside paused for a moment.

"Warrior...Warrior, you're back..." His voice trembled slightly.

As footsteps approached, the dormitory door clicked open.

Shi Ding appeared at the door, dressed in casual clothes that hung loosely on his body.

His face was expressionless, his eyes were half-open, and his gaze was unfocused.

Her hair was messy, like it hadn't been combed in a long time, and it didn't look like it at all.

"What's wrong? You look so bad?" Han Che asked, frowning.

Shi Ding was silent for a moment, then stepped aside to let the doorway open. "It's nothing, please come in."

Shi Lei stood at the door without going in. His gaze lingered on Shi Ding's face for a moment, then he looked at Han Che and said, "I'll go to your office and keep an eye on things in case someone needs to report something and can't find me."

Han Che nodded. "I've resurrected all the brothers who sacrificed their lives. I'll arrange for someone to meet them."

"Yes." Shi Lei accepted the order and then jogged away.

Han Che walked into the room; this was his first time visiting Shi Ding's dormitory.

A single bed was placed against the wall, covered with a gray sheet, and the quilt was neatly folded.

A desk leaned against the other wall, on which lay his folded warden uniform, a white mask pinned to it, and an Ash rifle beside it.

A dark wooden chair—that's all there is in the room; there's hardly anything else.

Han Che walked to the chair by the table and sat down, resting his hands on his knees. His gaze swept around the room before landing on Shi Ding. "Sit down first. I just got back, and I have a lot to report to you."

Shi Ding nodded and sat down on the edge of the bed, the bed board making a soft creak, facing Han Che.