ww.x.om (By the way, this is Lilina’s home court, and the whole process is high-energy...)
Entering the fourth area is very simple. There is a military outpost on the border of Dongcheng District. Through this outpost, you can accept space replacement. After the replacement, you will enter the "alienated shadow city" from the normal shadow city.
A second ago, there was busy traffic and people behind him, and it was a lively and bustling city scene. After passing through the replacement door of the outpost, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, as if the whole world had gone away. The originally clear sky was filled with a blur.
Chaotic gray haze covered it, and the surrounding light dimmed. The sky in the fourth area was monotonous, because there was no need to prepare any relaxing scenery for the prisoners here. I looked up at the sky, and saw the gray haze.
There is no sun, moon or starlight in it, and it is grey. This only color covers the entire field of vision in an absolutely even way. All the buildings and streets around are twisted, connected, and overlapped in strange ways, and the cracked roads twist toward the sky.
The entangled buildings turned back in mid-air at weird angles, and then were half buried in the ground. Hundreds of meters away, a skyscraper slowly rotated and floated high. Half of its building was shattered and cut into countless pieces.
There are neat and smooth small squares, and there are flickering lights flashing in these cut small squares. Next to the only flat road at the foot, a neon sign slants out of the tar pit.
He leaned out half of his body, and it read in bright red writing: Welcome to District 4.
This is the scenery of this "inner city".
"It's really Lilina's bad taste..." I looked at these absurd and twisted things around me. They were tried hard to shape into nightmares in reality, as if the thinking process of a mental patient was forcibly extracted and then carved into countless abstract symbols.
Stacked together, those twisted and broken buildings lead nowhere. All the roads to the buildings are deceptions. If you move towards them, you will never find any end.
I waited for a few seconds and saw a section of pipeline protruding from the ground not far ahead. It was as thick as an oil pipe. The surface was roughly painted with a layer of dirty dark green paint. What was exposed under the paint layer was suspicious.
With a dark red background, a dark hole suddenly opened in the pipe, and then a one-eyed ghoul wearing a plumber's uniform and a ridiculous red cloth hat emerged from it. This ghoul's red cloth
There was a big M written on his hat, and an ancient gramophone was slung across his body. A hoarse and unpleasant creaking sound came from the gramophone, which was a nursery rhyme compiled by Lilina - the story of the wolf and the spider.
I know this ghoul. It is said that he has been working as a receptionist in District 4 for more than a year. His favorite game is Super Mario, his favorite activity is cosplay, and he is also a music lover...
...There is nothing wrong with each of the above hobbies. But there is a problem when they appear on a ghoul. After the integration of various elements, the strange shape in front of you is born...
The twisted ghoul limped in front of me, and a hoarse voice came from his throat: "Your Majesty, the warden is interrogating the prisoner, are you..."
"Oh, I know, I'm just looking for her," I waved my hand. "Open the door - and can't you turn off this squeaky thing on your body?"
The ghoul split his head open, showed a big smile, and said while opening the portal: "This is a gift from the warden to Peppa. Peppa likes the story of wolves and spiders...the story of the wolf being eaten by the spider...
…”
I felt that I didn’t need to eat dinner today if I kept listening, so I quickly stopped and walked into the dark red portal opened by the ghoul guard. In a blink of an eye, I came to the place where Lilina was "working".
It looks unremarkable here, just a very spacious office. There is a large mahogany desk in the room. There is a large bookshelf that takes up the entire wall but is probably never used by anyone. There is a large bookshelf in the northeast corner of the room.
There is a solid wood carved steering wheel. On it is written in large gilt characters the words "boating on the business sea, riding the wind and waves". An antique ink painting hangs on the wall above the steering wheel, depicting the scenery of green mountains, green water and mist. This is a
This is an ordinary room that looks like the office of a CEO of a large company on earth. Apart from its spaciousness and nouveau riche-like decoration, there is not much worth paying attention to. If there is anything special about it, it is this.
There are no windows at all in the room. There is only a large floor-to-ceiling window with a height of two and a half meters painted on the east wall with crude watercolor pens. This floor-to-ceiling window painted with color pens looks like the handiwork of a child. Not only is it colorful, it is also
Moreover, the borders are crooked and uneven, and the outdoor scenery painted in the window is the outdoor scenery imagined by children: the gray-blue crayon sky, the sun grinning with a twisted smile, and the green lawn.
In such a well-decorated and spacious office, half of the wall is occupied by such a floor-to-ceiling window painted with watercolors. At first glance, it seems just weird and ridiculous, but soon, you will feel that all this is surrounded by madness and...
The weird atmosphere - and all of this was designed by the little man sitting behind the desk, with almost his entire body buried in the leather seat. The only purpose of designing these scenes was to satisfy her bad taste.
"Hey, boss, you're here, I'm busy."
Lilina jumped up from behind the large mahogany desk, jumped directly onto the table and ran over. I caught her and patted her twice to show my intimacy, and then my eyes fell on the corner of the office: there was something else besides
Apart from the watercolor floor-to-ceiling windows, another thing that is incompatible with the layout of this office is two cages surrounded by energy beams. Inside are two livid-faced men wearing some kind of military uniforms. Those should be Mei who was captured.
Lowa prisoner of war.
Out of curiosity, I took a few glances at the two prisoners. At first glance, their appearance seemed not much different from that of humans on Earth - of course, this is normal, as we all know that they are taller and have sunken eye sockets.
The skin color is dark, but I don’t know if every Merova is like this. Their eyes are the only obvious difference from humans: the outside of the pupils is not the white of the eyes, but has a dark blue tint.
It looks like it's reflecting fluorescent light. This is the Merova people. At first glance...it's nothing special.
But they were the first vassals to betray the empire in history.
When I observed these two people out of curiosity, the other person also raised his eyes and looked here curiously. There was no fear or hostility in the eyes of these two people. Maybe they didn't know who the person in front of them was, or maybe they didn't know who the person in front of them was.
Maybe you have given up hope?
"Are you from Merova?" I put Lilina on the ground and turned around and asked casually.
There was no answer, the two just snorted coldly. I found that there were no external injuries on their bodies. It seemed that Lilina, a bad guy, had not yet started the torture process that she loved to see.
"Don't like to talk?" I came to one of them, and I felt incredibly calm: These were enemies in front of me, real enemies. They rebelled against the country tens of thousands of years ago and demolished my sister's home in her previous life. They might even be here.
In the process, a large number of Xiling apostles who were in dormant facilities were killed. Each of them was a capital crime. However, I spoke to the other party so calmly. The man in front of me raised his head and looked at me, and suddenly opened his mouth and revealed a nasty expression.
Expression: "Your time has passed long ago, you son of a bitch."
Me: "...Oh, you have quite a temper. Well, you are also very courageous. Do you really think that treason is such an understatement?"
"Melova will go further than you bastards. Merova will replace you and become the real god. Merova will conquer every world. Merova will punish every heretic..."
"Is this guy crazy?" I was confused for a moment, and turned to ask Lilina. The little girl curled her lips: "There are traces of brainwashing, and his mind is extremely paranoid. I guess he has been modified from his genes to his body and soul. So he
He is not afraid of the Empire, even if the Empire could stop children from crying at night in the entire void, he would not be afraid. This type is the most difficult to deal with, and simple torture is useless."
"Torture?" Another Merova prisoner of war sneered, "After tens of thousands of years, you crazy people have really degenerated."
Speaking of clay figures, all clay figures are very angry. I chatted with these two prisoners of war calmly for a long time, but they didn't have a good word to say from the beginning to the end...Okay, I admit that no one seems to have a good word to say in this kind of situation, but these two people
His attitude is really unpleasant. I have seen treason, but I have never seen someone who is so confident and upbeat after being arrested for treason! At that time, I wanted to pull out a brick and knock it over first (it would have been Bingtis by now)
Both of them swung over). But before she did it, Lilina suddenly interjected: "What? According to the rules of the fourth area, we should first introduce the living environment here to the prisoners. After all, you have to be here.
Live for a long time, and have many neighbors—"
Lilina cleared her throat. Such a little girl who looked like she was just over 1 meter tall and wandering here arrogantly must have already attracted the attention of the two Merova prisoners of war, so the two really became quiet. Lilina nodded with satisfaction.
, with a sweet smile on his face, he introduced the living environment to the two new residents in District 4:
“First, in District 4, there are three long-standing ‘bills’.
First, the dual state. There are no citizens and laws in the fourth area. All life here has only two camps, the innocent and the guilty. The innocent have the right to freely enter and exit the fourth area, while the guilty do not pass through here.
The trial was deemed to be open to all punishments - because the guilty had already gone through all possible trials before being sent, and was judged to have to be sent to the Fourth District to be 'corrected'. Of course, like you two,
There are also those who are directly found guilty without going through trial, and you will see these inmates in the future."
Second, the human rights freeze. The guilty in the fourth area are declared to have no human rights, not even the right to property and the right to death. You have a new name here, called 'Dust'. This is your identity and
For all it's worth. Any form of torture on the guilty is allowed here, multiple deaths, soul extraction and torture, biochemical testing, weapons testing and anything you can think of, well, everything, your imagination will never match.
Don’t worry about the reality here, you will see it all soon.”
Third, end the state of control. All life in the fourth area is subject to control, including your survival and death. Before the approval of the superiors, no independent death is allowed here. The guilty here may be killed by millions in a row.
times, and then were resurrected millions of times - because they did not apply for death qualifications."
When Lilina said this, she suddenly raised her fingers and waved them in front of the two prisoners, and said with a smile: "By the way, let me tell you a little note. In the fourth area, 100% of the prisoners apply for death every day.
, but only one percent of people can get their wish every time. Here, death is the only thing worth pursuing, and the prisoners will even fight brutally for a death certificate... Of course you also have the right to apply for death.
But I hope you are strong enough. Every day at twelve o'clock at midnight, all the cells in the Central Prison will be opened. You have to fight until four o'clock in the morning. The person who has been killed the least number of times will be completely killed before dawn the next day...
...Or the qualifications for liberation. Therefore, if you want to die in this place, the competition is very fierce. Well, don't show that expression. Believe me, every prisoner...will shed tears within a few days of staying in the fourth area.
Just write a death application, haha~~~You guys do the same!"
Lilina had a sweet smile on her face, as if she was a child introducing her toys to her friends, but what she said was not interesting at all. I squinted at the expression on this guy's face. I really felt like her smile now.
I feel a long-lost familiarity - Lilina often smiles. When she is with me, she will pretend to be silly, act cute, and suddenly become happy for no reason, but every smile is different from the current one.
This simple, sweet, and seemingly innocent smile definitely does not come from her heart.
This is the most twisted of all Lilina's masks. She would never show such a clean smile to the dead.
The two prisoners listened blankly to Lilina's introduction. It seemed that they needed some time to understand this strange place. Then they looked at each other and sneered disdainfully. The taller man among them stared at Lilina, full of excitement.
He said contemptuously: "In the final analysis, it is just torture. The sacred Merova warriors can ignore any pain and use any number of tricks."
"Of course. It will happen sooner or later." Lilina had already expected the other party's attitude. She said nonchalantly. She waved her paw in front of the prisoner, and two green haloes appeared above the latter's head, and then slowly
Submerged into their bodies, "Anyway, I have the patience and time. Well, let's see which of the experts will crack your navigator first, or I will let you two speak first."
When the two prisoners saw a green light entering their bodies, they first subconsciously tightened their muscles. They thought this was some kind of punishment. However, nothing happened after the green light entered their bodies, so they showed confused expressions and heard
After Lilina's words, the tall prisoner suddenly grinned: "Ha, it turns out you just want the coordinates of Merova's home... just dream!"
After saying this, a strange squeaking sound suddenly came from the other party's head, like the sound of meat being burned. Along with this strange sound, veins appeared all over the prisoner's face, as if he was suffering from great pain.
My teeth were chattering, and filthy blood mixed with white blood slowly emerged from my eyes, nostrils, and even ears. Finally, even my eyeballs overflowed with thick, steaming slurry. I realized that the Merovian warriors actually had the ability to
The ability to self-destruct!
However, Lilina just watched the scene in front of her leisurely, as if watching a very interesting sideshow. The prisoner in front of her was twitching all over, and his head was glowing red as if it was cooked, and bursts of strong steam were emitting.
Obviously, he was already dead, and the other prisoner next to him gave us a mocking smile. Obviously, he was also ready. However, the second prisoner didn't even have time to activate his own self-destruction device.
Prisoner No. 1 suddenly sat up.
The resurrected prisoner looked normal, as if nothing had happened. Only the blood and heat on his face showed that the uncomfortable suicide just now was real. He woke up from the brief confusion, and his face gradually changed.
It's all gray.
"Uncle, you are so stupid, really." Lilina looked up at the other party, "You should know that the empire has resurrection technology... Well, it may not have been used on you back then. But has anyone told you that in fact, you two were
Was he already dead when he was sent here?"
The two prisoners were suddenly stunned.
"Well, he was already dead when he was brought here. I guess you committed suicide once when you were arrested. But it seems that you were in confusion at the time and forgot about it... This was the second time you were resurrected, uncle.
."
The prisoner's expression changed drastically with Lilina's words. It seemed that the suicide mentioned by Lilina did exist. Now they were finally able to be completely sure that death was not the way to escape in this place.
"I just put a little gift in your body," Lilina said with a smile, "It's that green light. From now on, you are blessed. You will not go insane, lose your five senses, or feel sleepy.
, and your senses will not be dulled for any reason. Today is your first day in District 4. Later, someone will take you to visit your new house and get to know the new neighbors here.
They are some very good people. Everyone is extremely evil and heinous. They are extremely cute. They like their new neighbors the most, because the rules of District 4 are that every time you kill a new person, you will get a rotten piece. Isn’t that disgusting?
Raw meat as a reward, in the eyes of those people... you are just living food... Sa, then in the following time, I wish you two a happy party... Jailer!"
Lilina snapped her fingers, and two skeletons wearing clown masks and costumes of medieval European kings and queens appeared out of thin air in the room. They pushed the cage holding the prisoners into the secret door that suddenly appeared in the wall. Two skeletons appeared in the room.
There was still no fear on the faces of the prisoners. It seemed that their brainwashing and transformation had given them amazing courage, allowing them to face the upcoming life in the fourth area with calmness. After the cage was pushed into the secret compartment, there was a burst of noise from the other side of the wall.
There was a faint whistling sound, and it seemed that she fell directly. A look of regret appeared on Lilina's face: "Ah, I seem to have forgotten to open the elevator... Well, anyway, there is an acid pool below, and you can't kill anyone if you fall."
After finishing, she said to the two skeletons in costumes: "Guard, these two prisoners are numbered Special 161 and Special 162. They are treated according to the standards of special prisoners. They are not allowed to give them food, and they are not allowed to eat human beings or their own excrement.
After they are resurrected, take them to visit Popokaka's carousel... Well, why don't you go?"
"Warden... Lord Warden," the skeleton in the king's costume trembled and took off his clown mask. Under the mask was a piece of white paper pasted on the skull, with rough watercolor strokes on the white paper.
Wearing a ridiculous king's face: bloated, dull, and with a mustache, "The humble prisoner 38755 wants to know how long it will take for me and my queen to..."
Lilina raised her eyebrows: "Oh, it's this question again? Didn't you order 78,000 'lower people' to be cooked alive just to watch an epic drama? Then each of you will die 78,000 times. Don't worry, there are people
Let me count you. As long as you have nothing to do, just go and lie down in the small restaurant No. 2. You can die seventy or eighty times a day, and you will be liberated sooner or later. In addition, I have heard enough of your questions. I will ask you again in the future.
Once, the number of deaths is equal to the square, if not, the number of deaths is cubed. Get out."
The two skeletons in costumes trembled all over, every joint creaking, then quickly put on their clown masks and disappeared into the room.
"Boss, look, the two tyrants who shocked the macro world at that time," Lilina giggled, pointing to the ripples in the air left after the two skeletons disappeared, "How friendly are they now?"