Culture Conquers Foreign Worlds

Reef Island is a coastal island more than ten kilometers from the coast, covering an area of ​​more than ten square kilometers. Before a prison was built, it was once a dangerous area that fishermen feared to avoid. As the name suggests, the reef island area is full of reefs. There are countless bright reefs and hidden reefs. Fishing boats are in danger of hitting the reef and sinking if they are not careful. Because they are close to the coast, the turbulent tides will make the boats uncontrollable. Hundreds of fishing boats and merchant ships sink here. , Reef Island has been dubbed the Alcatraz Island.

Because of this natural dangerous terrain, the Kingdom of Barron built a prison here dedicated to imprisoning dangerous and important prisoners of the kingdom. Only at specific times of high tide will ships arrive along a special route to transport supplies. The name of the prison follows the fishermen. The name given to this island is "Reef Prison (Alcatraz Island.

The atmosphere of this isolated island seems a little different today.

The warden, who has always been stingy, distributed new uniforms to all the guards. The poor prisoners who have been held here for many years have finally eaten food and clothing. Although there is only white bread and there is no sugar in it, it is worse than usual. It's much better to know what to mix together.

The prisoners in custody noticed that the guard's new suit was booing.

"Oh, today is the day when the warden was transferred from here? I was finally willing to give us a decent meal. God knows how dark his heart is. I can guarantee that he is better than all the prisoners here. Be despicable."

The guard who delivered the meal glared at the prisoner and stopped with a warning: "Griffin, close your beak, or do you want to get a whip?"

"Oh, come on, I don't mind being whipped by little Charles, hurry up~ oh~ hurry up, I haven't been so excited for a long time."

"Hahaha~" The prisoners laughed louder, clutching the iron gate of the prison and shaking them desperately to make a huge creak.

The guards looked at this scene in desperation and helplessness. They stared at the prisoner and turned away. The prisoners detained here are shuddering just by looking at the hideous appearance. No one wants to lick the blood all year round. The characters dealt with, although most of them are prisoners awaiting the death penalty or sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Reef Prison has not released a prisoner since its establishment, but this does not include the release of prisoners through normal channels. There was once a notorious prisoner who was released for unknown reasons, and this prisoner was abused by guards in the Reef Prison. However, he returned here a few days after being released. He was charged with multiple murders. He was accused of killing a family of three members of a civilian family. It may happen that the family of three was the relatives of the jailer who had abused him.

Another guard came in with the dining car. Obviously this guard was more experienced. He complained when he saw the prisoners making a fuss: "Don't make trouble too much, maybe he will really report your words to the warden. ."

"The warden is not willing to come to this dirty corner to be honest with a prisoner, unless you assign a jailer to replace him, then you can just deal with it casually."

The experienced prison guard shook his head and said casually: "Maybe it was Turner on duty that day."

"Hey, haven't you told me what happened?" the other prisoners raised their hands and asked loudly.

The prison guard thought for a while and said: "It seems that there is a big person who wants to come here for some purpose. Although I don't know if it has anything to do with you, it is best to have a correct attitude. I heard that the big person is famous in Norton's social circles. The characters seem to come here under the name of sightseeing. You also know what the Reef Prison is. Not to mention sightseeing, even if it is a formal purpose, it must be reviewed by the royal family."

"The warden guy will be scared to pee his pants."

"Maybe it's a happy pee, he has been looking forward to leaving this ghost place for a long time."

"Sightseeing, what's so good about a place called Alcatraz Island? This bird's place has nothing but this prison. It is better to see the prisoners. This prison only has this point. You can see murderers, rapists, and politics. Criminal, pirate, I'm sure that guy will be scared to pee his pants."

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Warden Scott of the Reef Prison is standing on the island’s watchtower and looking at the sea level in the distance with a telescope. That direction is the only route that can enter the Reef Island. Since receiving a letter from Norton last week, he has been almost all the time. Waiting for this day. A big man came to Reef Island? No, it is far from that simple for him.

He still remembers the sense of surprise when he finished reading that letter. At that moment, he felt as if he had been favored by the Lord. The author of "The Count of Monte Cristo", a talented and living legend in Norton's literary world, was going to come to this place. There is only seabird **** in the prison.

He came into contact with the novel of "The Count of Monte Cristo" more than a month ago. It was a gift from the captain of the supply ship at that time. It is not easy to survive on the reef island. The enemy is not the murderous criminals but the environment here, loneliness. The depression, the icy moisture poured in by the sea breeze is even more desperate.

There is a lack of entertainment here, and doing nothing can make people crazy. There are many practical examples. The suicide rate of inmates in the Reef Prison is the highest among all the prisons in the Kingdom of Barron.

It is because of this that Scott cultivated a love of literature. The turbulent words can ripple his thoughts, awaken his long-lost passion, get rid of loneliness, and travel in different worlds to see different human feelings and historical legends.

He was attracted the moment he opened "The Count of Monte Cristo". He had never seen such a peculiar and attractive novel. It was not enough to read it all night. He liked the plot of the Count of Monte Cristo in prison most in the novel. , He saw his own shadow, he suffered all the years like the Count of Monte Cristo, and his resonance with the Count of Monte Cristo was stronger than anyone else. At the same time, the words of the Count of Monte Cristo inspired him like an enlightenment when he suffered.

At least he is the warden and not a prisoner~www.readwn.com~ Until now, he doesn't know how many times he has read "The Count of Monte Cristo", and he can clearly pronounce the name of any character in it, even if it is an irrelevant line. .

"There is no happiness in the world, and there is no misfortune. Only one situation is compared with another. Only those who have been holding a wooden board in the ocean and endured the miserable wind and rain can realize how precious happiness is. Enjoy the joy of life to the fullest. Come! Always remember that before the Lord reveals the future of mankind, human wisdom is contained in two words: waiting and hope."

Every time he thinks about this sentence in the novel, Scott gets excited. He is the person floating in the ocean. This sentence is the wooden board he grasped. It has almost become his life creed, at least the current life creed.

Because the story of the Count of Monte Cristo overlaps with the reef island, Scott also imagined that the story of the Count of Monte Cristo took place here.

He once felt ridiculous for his naive fantasies, but he didn't expect that one day would come true. The Count of Monte Cristo was really coming.

"Here! It's finally here!" Scott used his binoculars to look excitedly at the black spots appearing on the sea horizon. It was a big sailing ship.