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Xiao Ce smiled when he heard Thomson say that, and then said, "There's no rush today... let's hear what you have to say first."

After Xiao Ce finished speaking, he looked at Morgana.

Morgana said to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Ce, I am naturally interested..."

Then Morgana said to Thomson, "Lord Thomson, and I'm not in a hurry, you can speak slowly..."

After hearing Morgana's words, Thomson smiled and said, "Alright, since you two have said so, I haven't been hiding anything at all..."

Just as Thomson was about to speak, Xiao Ce waved his hand and invited them to the backyard. Although this was Morgana's residence, it had already been renovated by Xiao Ce.

A tea table has already been set up here.

After inviting everyone to sit down, Xiao Ce began to prepare tea.

She then gestured for Thomson to begin. Thomson smiled at Morgana and said, "Ms. Morgana, Mr. Ce, I wonder where to begin with you now?"

Xiao Ce continued brewing tea and said to Thomson, "As the warden, how did you become a prisoner here? Let's start with that."

Thomson nodded after hearing Xiao Ce's words.

Then they started talking.

Thomson paused for a moment after speaking.

Seeing Thomson remain silent for a long time, Xiao Ce smiled at him and said, "Thomson, are you alright...?"

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Thomson smiled broadly and said, "It's alright, of course it's alright..."

"There are just too many things, like a tangled mess, I simply don't know where to begin..."

After hearing Thomson's words, Xiao Ce smiled and then said to him, "Don't rush. If things get too complicated, you won't find a starting point. So, start from the very beginning..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Thomson smiled broadly and said, "Alright, Mr. Ce, let's do it your way..."

As he spoke, Thomson fell into thought again.

Then he began to speak slowly.

Thomson actually lived on Alcatraz Island from a young age.

When Thomson was born, the Illuminati had not yet unified the West.

Thomson was born on Alcatraz Island.

In fact, no one knows when Alcatraz existed; in any case, Alcatraz has always been a place of exile.

When Xiao Ce heard this, he understood perfectly.

And it was very immersive, just like the northern desert region of the Xiao Kingdom at that time.

Those places are like the dead end of the world.

Alcatraz Island is even worse. It is surrounded by reefs and floating reefs, so large ships cannot get close at all, and even small ships risk running aground.

Moreover, this Devil's Island is extremely far from the nearest continent.

Moreover, the waters near Alcatraz are home to many sharks and other fish.

First of all, the natural environment is like a natural cage bestowed upon that place by God.

Because Western countries at that time had experienced several major pandemics and plagues.

With a sharp decline in population and a lack of labor, the abolition of the death penalty was born out of this context.

Their abolition of the death penalty was not, in the first place, a move that was not based on humanitarianism.

Their initial goal was simply to obtain some free labor.

Various countries have discovered that prisoners in jails can be made to do things for them by giving them very little food and without paying them anything.

Xiao Ce was quite surprised when he heard this.

There was no other reason; I never expected that the labor camp would still be developing here.

Although they appreciated the free labor, they soon discovered many problems in the process of implementing it.

First of all, these so-called free laborers are generally quite useful.

However, some troublemakers may emerge, such as serious criminals.

Such people are also difficult to manage; they won't submit even if you beat them, and they might even incite others to rebel.

One person can influence hundreds of people, and hundreds of people can even influence thousands of people.

These serious criminals caused a major headache for Western countries at the time.

However, they cannot reinstate the death penalty because of a few troublemakers.

After all, it works well for most people.

Soon, some people remembered some ancient traditions on their side, namely exile, which the Westerners called banishment.

However, the West is both very large and very small.

Exile is problematic no matter where you send them; even if you send them to another country, that country wouldn't be willing.

Moreover, they would also exile people from other countries.

They discussed it together, and finally, by chance, they received some news.

That's Alcatraz Island; in fact, many nobles knew about this place.

This place was originally a tacit rule among their nobles: to exile some of their clansmen who had failed in their struggle for interests.

Later, those countries united and went to that place to investigate.

After a long and arduous journey, during which many people died, they finally arrived at the island and discovered that Devil's Island was a natural place of exile for those who had been exiled there.

It would be difficult for them to leave. Even if they managed to escape by chance, there were two gourd-shaped openings leading to the sea on their Devil's Island. They could set up a few small teams on this side and, from their superior position, completely trap them there.

Since then, ships full of people have been exiled to Alcatraz.

Alcatraz Island became a law of the jungle, where killings occurred constantly.

All sorts of ugly things keep happening.

Later, various factions formed there, but the Western countries did not want them to grow in size. They would gather the prisoners in groups, distribute them with weapons and resources, and then send them to the island.

Once on the island, they will start fighting with the original prisoners.

Therefore, the people on the island are being constantly consumed, and all of this is controlled by the Western world.

Later, the people on Alcatraz also figured out a pattern: if they united, the Westerners would send people to disrupt their alliance.

So everyone just wants to survive, and each person lives their own life so that at least they won't be targeted.

After a tacit agreement was established on Alcatraz, things became relatively peaceful there.

However, the island only has so many resources. If it remains peaceful, the countries outside will continue to send in new prisoners.

If there are too many people, there won't be enough resources to go around.

Resources are running out; the talk of peaceful coexistence was just a joke...

Naturally, they'll start fighting again.

Of course, they tried to go out, and they built boats, but the situation in the waters here was very complicated, and small boats simply couldn't get out.

Once the large ship leaves, it will encounter several warships at the several gourd-shaped mouths it must pass through, and without hesitation, it will sink them.

As a result, most of the dead ended up lying down and refusing to go out.

Although life here is tough, it's tough, but for them, nothing else matters. As long as they're alive, that's all that matters.

Thus, Alcatraz Island has been in this cycle, repeating itself endlessly.

They went all the way to the place where Thomson was born.

A man came to their island; he was very shrewd.

After he arrived, he told everyone that they still needed to unite and become self-reliant.

This person is very eloquent and very capable.

He prepared everything meticulously and truly united people.

Not only did they unite, but they also kept it a secret from the outside world, ensuring that those countries had no idea that they had actually united.

The people who came after that were all subdued by Yi Yi.

Not only that, that person also found quite a few people who were very small, like Thomson.

He began training these people and establishing rules on Devil's Island.

They waited until the Westerners discovered this, and then they brought over a considerable number of prisoners.

The owner of Alcatraz Island already knew these tricks.

The island's lord first subdued them by beating them, and then persuaded them.

After several waves, the Western allied countries realized that they had been giving it away for free.

Just then, when everyone thought the two sides were about to clash.

The owner of Alcatraz Island then proposed to talk to them.

They directly provided a strategy, which was quite simple: they wanted to build a prison for serious offenders.

They can accept serious criminals from various countries, and he manages them for a fee from each country.

The cost is actually very low, and the Western UN officials don't want to attack them.

The reason is simple: although it's very difficult to get off that Devil's Island.

However, by the same token, it is also very difficult for outsiders to get in.

So, after discussing it, they agreed.

After all, they discussed it and found that the cost was still very reasonable.

At that time, the island owner began selecting people from serious criminals, and then began to rebuild Devil's Island, thus creating an indestructible island.

This island was built by the island owner using blueprints, and the prisoners spent more than ten years creating it.

This high-security prison is full of ingenious mechanisms.

Later, as the prison became more standardized, the price also increased.

However, at that time, the West was undergoing the Industrial Revolution, and the Illuminati had entered the scene.

Nobody cared that this serious prison was also developing.

This Devil's Island has developed over the years and now boasts a 50,000-strong elite prison army.

These people are all very capable.

Those born on Devil's Island, like Thomson, would be taught by the island's owner.

In any case, they will provide training in all aspects.

Thomson stood out from the crowd and was chosen by the island owner to be groomed.

Thomson did not disappoint, becoming the prison warden.

Although he became the warden, he was not authorized to mobilize any of the agencies or prison guards on Alcatraz.

He was simply acting as a manager.

Days passed like this, and one day, he was attacked without even knowing how.

He was arrested after the attack.

After he was captured, he was put in prison once he woke up.

Later, Westerners started asking him about the weaknesses on Alcatraz, but Thomson had no idea.

So after a while, Thomson was tortured to the point of wishing he were dead, but he still couldn't get anything out of him.

It wasn't that Thomson was being stubborn; he simply didn't know anything.

Of course, Thomson's explanation was quite complex, but Xiao Ce simplified it and still understood the meaning.

After hearing Thomson's words, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "I thought you'd been betrayed... The way you described it before... I thought you had some deep-seated grudge..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Thomson said to him, "Mr. Ce, this matter is actually quite clear..."

After hearing Thomson's words, Xiao Ce smiled and then said, "What's so clear?"

Thomson said to Xiao Ce, "Mr. Ce, so I was actually betrayed by our island lord?"

Xiao Ce was quite surprised to hear Thomson say that: "Oh? How did you know?"

Thomson said to Xiao Ce, "It's not hard to understand, is it? Devil's Island is a very orderly place! To knock me unconscious without my knowledge and then take me away from Devil's Island... only the island owner could do that, no one else could..."

After hearing Thomson's words, Xiao Ce smiled slightly.

Just smiled and said nothing.

Thomson looked at Xiao Ce, who had a smile on his face and eyes fixed on him.

It was as if they could see right through his heart.

Thomson awkwardly asked Xiao Ce, "Mr. Ce, is there anything you want to say?"

Xiao Ce smiled at Thomson and then said, "Is there something else you forgot to tell me?"

Thomson gave an awkward smile: "What?"

Xiao Ce chuckled and said, "Actually, you could make up a story to fool me, and I might not notice. But if you narrate a true event, but omit the most crucial information, your story will sound abrupt..."

Thomson looked at Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce continued speaking to Thomson, "The people who kidnapped you shouldn't be from the Western United Nations, because they've already formed an agreement with Alcatraz... They have no reason to do this..."

"Furthermore, according to what you said, it was the island owner who brought you out, which is a paradox. If the island owner wanted to deal with you, he would have countless ways to do so on the island. Why would he bring you out just to lock you up outside? Is it because their Devil Island prison can't hold one person like you?"