Rita collapsed onto the throne.

Her right hand braced against the armrest, tightly covering her right eye.

At this moment, she did not have even the slightest spare energy to use soul fire to revive the beings killed beneath the gaze of the Overseer’s Eye.

She really had nearly failed to hold on.

Not only because the Overseer’s Eye’s aggression had increased dramatically, but also because shortly after the battle began, the five-thousandth prison had been fully transformed into a world.

And as the five thousandth world appeared, her right eye underwent a tremendous change.

Cube.

Vine.

Acorn.

Fox tail.

Candle flame.

Mountain Isles.

One symbol after another flashed within her eye.

She had given away the sighs of the worlds.

In return, she had obtained the murmurs of Prisoners.

Prisoners did not like speaking to their neighbors.

Part of it was because of language barriers.

Another part was because their neighbors constantly changed.

Yet silence was enough to drive living beings mad.

So some Prisoners, desperate not to lose themselves, chose to speak to themselves.

And those unrelated murmurs had remained inside the prisons as echoes.

"Day 5921."

"Created a skill today. Too bad I couldn’t keep it."

"Lucky day. My opponent in the Prisoner Game wasn’t one of my own people."

"If I can only speak my hometown language by meeting my own kind in a Prisoner Game, then I’d rather never speak again."

"Rotation number 19,411."

"A Prisoner created a chat group. Only beings imprisoned for more than 5,000 days are qualified to receive the invitation."

"I heard someone created a jailbreak group. I wonder how I can get an invitation."

"Today’s game reward was one wish. I asked the Inspector what crime I committed. The Inspector didn’t answer. Just like everyone said, it never answers our questions."

"If all the Inspectors in the Inspector Games are the same being, then technically speaking, doesn’t that mean it is also a Prisoner?"

At that moment, the authority Rita had pried from the exile zone had already exceeded half.

Through her right eye, she saw all the rewards this exile zone had collected and stored over the course of this epoch.

Equipment and items created by Prisoners.

Skills awakened by Prisoners in despair and rage.

Formulas and blueprints invented by Prisoners.

As long as Rita wished it, she could freely mobilize those resources.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally suppressed the countless murmurs.

Her right eye had already formed the outline of a clock according to her will.

Rita waved her hand and revived the beings who had died under the Overseer’s Eye.

Then she allowed the prison games to continue.

StarseaPrisoner: "What do you think I’ll obtain once I gain full authority?"

Ash Inspector: [Unclear.]

[No one has ever obtained it before.]

StarseaPrisoner: "Really?"

"Then it looks like a surprise is waiting for us."

Ash Inspector: [Are you still going to continue?] 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

[When the Overseer’s Eye opens for the third time, the purge will begin.]

StarseaPrisoner: "We have no way back."

Ash Inspector: [Does this ’we’ include me?]

StarseaPrisoner: "Of course."

"Ash Prisoner."

Ash Inspector: [You are the second being to call me that.]

StarseaPrisoner: "Who was the first?"

Ash Inspector: [The legendary Prisoner who has nothing to do with you.]

Rita could not help laughing.

Sometimes, Ash Inspector had the same dry humor as B80.

But not long after entering the next prison, she kept feeling as though she had forgotten something.

After sneezing several times in a row, she finally remembered.

Touching the back of her chilly neck, she sighed.

"Looks like quite a few people are angry at me."

While using Cut the Moonlight on the prison key in front of her, Rita sent Nivalis a voice message.

"Great King Nivalis, are you busy right now?"

The voice that came back was ice-cold.

"Busy. What is it?"

Rita knew it immediately.

This time, she had truly stepped on Nivalis’s reverse scale.

While continuing to reshape the world with World Sigh, she slacked off and opened the group chat.

She scrolled upward for several minutes and still could not finish reading all the harsh comments about herself.

After thinking for a moment, she used Adjudicator privileges to clear all the negative comments about her with one click.

Then, very carefully, she issued a notification.

[Adjudicator Chat Group: Due to a thrilling and perilous battle, an unknown program error occurred. Some messages have been lost.]

The group, which had just been flooding with messages, instantly went silent.

The atmosphere became even more awkward.

Rita suspected she must have been exhausted.

Otherwise, how could extreme guilt have driven her to commit such a stupid operation?

[Rita (Starsea)]: How is everyone enjoying the game?

Still complete silence.

Rita ran through three more prisons in a row.

Not a single person spoke in the group.

Even the gentle Smoke Tune and the ever-considerate Cinders said nothing.

StarseaPrisoner: "What should I do?"

"Everyone is angry."

"No one is talking to me."

Ash Inspector: [I heard them say you are Starsea’s emperor.]

[Is no one afraid of you?]

StarseaPrisoner: "...My ruling philosophy is to win people over with virtue."

Ash Inspector: [Oh.]

Rita calculated her soul fire reserves.

Then she created another pop-up.

[Easter Egg Mission: Chat with Adjudicator in the group chat to unlock one additional skill slot.]

[Deceitful Bloom]: Adjudicator is truly impressive. It seems I was unnecessary.

[Lightchaser]: Adjudicator is truly impressive. It seems I was unnecessary.

[Cinders]: Adjudicator is truly impressive. It seems I was unnecessary.

[Mistblade (Starsea)]: Does Adjudicator think we are too weak?

[Maple Syrup (Starsea)]: Adjudicator is so considerate. I am deeply moved. If I cry, you won’t think I am too fragile, will you?

[Captain (Starsea)]: I admit it. I feel avenged.

[Frenzied Shark (Starsea)]: Adjudicator, Hateful Thorn is crying nonstop.

[Fat Goose]: Cast aside after being used...

[Motorcycle]: I will remember this forever...

[JE (Starsea)]: A legendary life needs a magnificent full stop. That line ruined me.

[Foolishness]: Being locked up with nothing to do and receiving rewards just for chatting with Adjudicator. Who wouldn’t envy a war like this?

[Lightchaser]: Exactly. A legendary battle. I have decided to include this experience in my future biography.

[Cinders]: Oh? Then what will you call this Chapter?

[Lightchaser]: Adjudicator’s Spoiling.

[Deceitful Bloom]: For you two minors, yes, it is spoiling. For elders like us, it is different. Adjudicator has already learned how to support the elderly in advance.

[Cicada (Starsea)]: Now that you put it that way, I really am starting to feel touched.

[Mistblade (Starsea)]: So that is how it is. Thank you, Adjudicator. ^_^

Quiet Mountain Rita rarely stayed silent in the chat.

Mainly because she was afraid someone might mistake her for Rita and attack her.

Rita silently closed the group chat.

She decided it would be better to numb herself with work.