Ruo Zhen, the name of the black-haired woman in front of me.

This time, there is no fakery in terms of figure, and her facial features are exactly the same as the illustrations in the textbook.

However, there is a stark difference in "temperament"...

...The Ruo Zhen depicted in the textbook, the fourth generation hero, is a strong and elite woman with a cold demeanor, as if she could say lines like "the wisdom of mortals" and "I have nothing to talk about with monkeys" anytime, anywhere.

But the black-haired woman in front of me, with deep dark circles and a timid expression on her face, exudes a strong aura of fishiness, giving off an extremely unreliable feeling.

When Li Wei heard her words and his tone didn't sound like a joke, Ruo Zhen immediately felt like she had grasped a lifeline.

"Really, do you believe what I said?"

However, to be honest, Li Wei, like her, is also a prisoner here. Even if Li Wei believes what she says, what can he do?

With Li Wei's current situation, he may not even be able to protect himself. Can he really help her clear her name?

So, Li Wei shrugged...

"...Of course I believe. This kind of thing is not uncommon. Let me take a guess, Miss Ruo Zhen... The project you are working on is very important, isn't it?"

Ruo Zhen immediately showed a wary expression, "What do you want to know? That is a top-secret research project, and I will never disclose the specific content to you!"

"Haha, I don't care about that kind of thing. Besides, I wouldn't understand even if you told me the specifics. But..."

Li Wei stroked his chin and nodded naturally, "I see, it must be a very important project, and you have been in charge of it all along."

"Well..."

Ruo Zhen didn't know what Li Wei wanted to say, so she subconsciously nodded.

"But your qualifications are actually quite shallow, right? Although it is said that you are the youngest Jin Hui alchemist in the imperial records, being young is not necessarily a good thing..."

Speaking up to this point, Ruo Zhen seemed to realize something, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly, "What are you trying to say?"

"It's simple, the genius girl who is responsible for such an important project at such a young age, and is fully in charge. Doesn't that make those 'outstanding adults' look bad?"

"!"

Ruo Zhen's expression twitched for a moment. It seemed that she had just realized this problem.

"Do you understand now? Young people like you, I guess those adults have 'suggested' to you at some point, hoping that you would hand over the project to them, or something similar?"

"..."

Ruo Zhen silently recalled. It seemed that Gerard, the deputy head, had indeed said something similar to her.

However, Ruo Zhen was completely focused on her research and didn't have the mind to care about such things. Those words unrelated to her research were completely filtered out by her genius mind.

Ruo Zhen is a genius. This is something that Li Wei, who came hundreds of years from the future, knows very well. But it is clear that she is lacking in social skills.

Of course, from Li Wei's point of view, it is not that she lacks social skills, but that the damn bureaucratic style and corrupt class system have hindered this genius!

And such things are not uncommon at all. In order to seize credit and suppress newcomers, those in power take the credit of the newcomers for themselves by using their authority.

If they have a bit of conscience, they would at least give the newcomer a secondary authorship. If they have no conscience, the newcomer wouldn't even have the eligibility to leave their name on their research.

Now Ruo Zhen has encountered such a situation.

After Li Wei explained this, Ruo Zhen finally snapped back to reality.

She just didn't want to bother with meaningless things unrelated to her research, but that doesn't mean she is stupid. In fact, these things themselves are petty and dirty, not something noble.

Ruo Zhen suddenly deflated like a balloon, slumping to the ground. She finally understood who was framing her.

"How about it, do you want to give up?"

Li Wei's voice came again at this moment, and Ruo Zhen raised her head in a daze.

"What else can I do?"

"That person just said it, right? They hope that you can turn your guilt into merit and continue to assist with the experiment, proving that this experiment can't go on without you. Hehe... These 'outstanding adults' want to take all the credit without having any ability to carry out the research themselves. They can only resort to these despicable means. But, this is also your chance~"This research is really crucial, so crucial that Chief Gerard... resorts to such despicable tactics to steal the credit. However, this research can only be completed by Luo Zhen. Other than her, I doubt anyone else can even understand the experimental report.

"If they don't ask anything from you, then you have no chance of turning things around. But since they still have some expectations of you, you still have a chance to turn things around~" Li Wei suddenly raised his hands...

... his hands were tightly bound by a heavy set of shackles. Seeing this, Luo Zhen took a step back in fear.

"Cough cough, why are you locked up here again?" At this moment, Luo Zhen seemed to realize this question. If she's locked up here, then she must also be a prisoner.

"Hehe, as for me... I committed the unforgivable crime of 'making cute girls cry'~" However, Li Wei obviously had no intention of seriously answering. After all...

...who the hell knows why, as soon as I entered the game, I was thrown into this prison cell. How would I know what crime I have committed?

It's probably just the system trying to trigger the plot by throwing Li Wei here, but completely lazy to come up with relevant background story, and they even bothered Li Wei to lie on his own.

Li Wei's explanation obviously didn't satisfy Luo Zhen, but soon, she had no need to care about these small matters anymore.

Because she saw Li Wei's hands twisting and turning in the shackles, until they were at an exaggerated angle, and then they slipped out of the shackles.

"?!"

"Oh, I forgot to mention..." After taking off the shackles, Li Wei moved his wrists and grinned, "The prison food here is terrible. I'm already fed up with it, so I've decided to go out and change the taste. How about it... Would Miss Luo Zhen like to join me?"

"You... You want to escape? Are you kidding? This is the dungeon of the Imperial Capital, with complex terrain and tight security... Even if you can leave the cell, you absolutely can't escape from this dungeon!"

"Hehe, how would you know if you don't try? So, Miss Luo Zhen, would you like to challenge these fucking 'rules' together with me?"

Luo Zhen immediately shook her head like a drum...

"N-no... no... no... no, I don't want to, I will die... if I'm discovered, I will definitely die!"

Excited, she became a bit incoherent for a while, but Li Wei smiled brightly.

"Too bad, it's too late~ You don't want to go with me, but I want to take you with me. Who told you that you made me interested?"

"?"

Then, without waiting for Luo Zhen to react, the bars between the two cells suddenly burst open... Li Wei dashed out of the cell in one swift step, lifted Luo Zhen onto his shoulder, and ran out at full speed...

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Everything that happened next was too thrilling for Luo Zhen. She only felt herself being carried by Li Wei, and then they were moving at lightning speed.

She wanted to scream, but as soon as she opened her mouth, it was filled with wind and almost hit her tongue, so she quickly closed her mouth.

What surprised her was that although the dungeon in the Imperial Capital was said to be "strictly guarded and with complex terrain," Li Wei seemed to know it like his own backyard. He easily bypassed all the guards and escaped without any hassle.

...Luo Zhen looked incredulous, while Li Wei smiled but said nothing.

What a joke, he was stuck on this level for a whole week before. He didn't know how many times he failed and had to reload a previous save. In the end, he managed to pass through with great difficulty.

As a result, the route and distribution of guards seemed to be engraved in Li Wei's DNA. Now, facing the same level again, he awakened the painful memory from the past, but it was a familiar journey for him.

Like this, it took them a whole night to successfully escape the dungeon, and they left the Imperial Capital in the dead of night.

Looking at the rising sun, Luo Zhen was completely perplexed.

Li Wei walked up to her, calmly extended his hand, and said, "Well, now we are accomplices. You can't escape anymore~"

Looking at Li Wei's outstretched hand, Luo Zhen could only sigh. "There's no way. Since things have come to this, you better take responsibility for me, you wretched criminal!""Uh huh, of course~"

As their fingertips touched, Li Wei heard a ringing sound in his ear...

In the next second, the scene in front of him froze, and then Li Wei woke up in his own bed.

"...yawn, it's already morning~"