ww.x.om The fourth area is divided into several areas. The outer area is the twisted and absurd urban space when you first entered this space. It looks like an abandoned city in a crude horror movie. From the outer area to the distance
Looking everywhere, you can see a large black giant building, which looks like mountains in the shadow. It is the most important facility in the fourth area: the prison area. However, the prison area cannot be reached directly from the outer area.
, the two areas are separated by a twisted mathematical barrier. Without space teleportation, you will never be able to reach those black buildings in your lifetime: the distance between them is infinite, and your displacement will be reduced to zero. This is why
Entering the prison area from the outer area requires reception personnel: they are responsible for opening the space door.
In the prison area, 90% of the places are no-go zones, and prisoners are randomly piled up in cages. Each prisoner does not undergo any management except identification and tracking to ensure that they can be found at any time. There is no management here.
Nothing is prohibited, not fighting between prisoners, not killing each other, not forming gangs, not even escaping, because no one can escape and no one can really be killed. All prisoners are
Controlled by a continuous resurrection effect, they will never die until they pay for the sins they committed before coming here - this crime standard is judged by the Supreme Court of the Empire, and only that court can decide who is sent to prison.
The fourth district, and the judgment it makes, only the emperor can propose a cancellation case. The fourth district has only a few control personnel, and they basically only hold secondary jobs in the outer districts. There are no direct contacts with the prisoners.
Soul war puppets and various elemental servants, because only such wardens will not be affected by the atmosphere in the fourth area and go crazy. There are only four official senior personnel registered here, and that is Lilina, who serves as the warden.
Asato, who serves as the honorary warden, and Sandora and I - because the head of the empire is by default the supreme commander of all violent institutions in the empire. However, the only person who actually manages the fourth area for a long time and is responsible for the daily affairs here is actually Lilina
A shallow personality just came here to make a name for himself because of his hotheadedness, while Sandora and I were not very interested in the fourth area.
The only "peaceful" zone in the Fourth District is the so-called office area. Lilina's weird office is in the center of the office area. There are terminal devices that monitor the entire Fourth District, allowing people to understand the current status of the prisoners at any time. Lily
Na is now checking the surveillance windows one by one, running from one end of the projection wall to the other, mumbling something. I have been watching for more than ten minutes, and I really can't help but want to express my opinion: "I said
,Isn’t this place a little too chaotic?”
"Boss, don't worry," Lilina said nonchalantly as she ran around. "I am an expert. To manage different groups, I need to use different methods. The people in the fourth area are locked up from the macro world.
The most extreme criminals, if you knew why they were caught here, you wouldn't have any sympathy. People like Tojo Hideki who were placed in the fourth district all started out as moral models. King Zhou of Shang could have been twenty times more brutal.
It's not enough to stay here for one night. Think about it. Sometimes four or five universes can't produce a bastard who is worthy of being punished in District 4. The guys in this place are the kind of guys who are said to be shot in less than twenty minutes.
To relieve hatred... Besides, the one responsible for the trial is the Imperial Court established by Sister Sandora. I am the head of the cell. The court thinks that these people should be thrown into the fourth district. So what are the questions?
Right? Oh, there’s another fight in Prison No. 3.”
I feel like I can't argue with this guy, she's right. The existence of the fourth area is necessary, and this place is not just in such a mess because of Lilina's bad taste - in fact, the fourth area was originally established
It is Sandora, and the purpose of establishing this area is to punish those extreme crimes that occur in the macro world. It is just a prison and execution ground. The trial court corresponding to the fourth area operates independently, and the entire system is being established.
Basically nothing happened to Lilina when she got up. It was only after this place was established and we started to check the macro world that we discovered that sometimes the evil has almost no limit, and some evil deeds can cause profound pain to the entire world.
It's worse than the end of the world. Faced with such a situation, we feel a lot of pressure, and Shandora expressed confusion - because the old empire has never cared about the legal construction of "inferior races". Only the new empire can
Will consider maintaining the order of "inferior races".
It was under this circumstance that Lilina took the initiative to take over the management tasks of this place, and this place has since become a place where "the evil of this world" truly gathers.
It's just that even if you know that the existence of darkness is indispensable, but you really have to deal with these dark things all day long... I think only Lilina, a weirdo, can endure it.
"Someone has to do the dirty work," Lilina moved a chair and sat in front of the surveillance image, "I know what I am doing. A special institution like District 4 cannot be left in the hands of unreliable people, right? Here's
Every criminal is not only heinous, but also extremely dangerous, so I have to take care of it myself... After all, boss, you and the rest of the family are unlikely to be willing to come into contact with these..."
I glanced at Lilina. Her eyes were focused on the monitor in front of her. What she said just now was casual, but the touch her words brought to me could not be dissipated. The one who did the dirty work... Yes, Lilina has been there since...
From the beginning, I gave myself this definition: someone who does dirty work. Some things must be done by someone, some things must never be out of control, and some dirty things can only be handled by the most reliable people around me. Lilina once looked around, and on the first
There was no one in the family who could bear these shadows, so she happily took over everything and became the head of all extreme agencies and shadow agencies in District 4...and even the entire empire. She has now split herself into three, one
He is spreading the gospel of the goddess with a smile, gentleness and compassion; one is acting as a mascot at home, acting cute, ridiculous and out of touch; but the other is sitting alone in the darkest corner of the empire, with his hands covered in blood, cleaning up ordinary people and even
It's so filthy that I don't even dare to look at it. She has already been torn apart, but she looks more carefree than anyone else... I'm not a fool. If I don't even think about these things, my life will be in vain.
The Eighteenth Level of Hell also needs administrators...and Lilina took on this role in order to prevent this management power from getting out of hand, because she is very aware of her own mental state. In such a twisted place, there is only one who will not become more twisted.
Only people can control it.
I patted Lilina's head and put her shoulders around my legs. The curious loli rubbed her hard twice and muttered: "As long as the boss is willing to give me a hug once in a while, I will be able to do it forever."
Keep at it...Okay, boss, go back, this place is not suitable for a sane person like you, this is a paradise for lunatics, I still have to work for a while."
"By the way, those two Melovas shouldn't be so evil that they need the fourth district, right?" I said casually.
Lilina nodded: "Of course, although treason is serious, District 4 is not such a simple place, and those two prisoners are not qualified. But I heard that I need to torture the key from them as soon as possible.
Then it’s okay to take some extreme measures. It’s also good to let them scare them here for a few days. Oh, it’s time for Slaughterhouse No. 5 to be activated, boss, do you want to take a look?”
Me: "...I'd better leave, this place is too spicy."
After coming out of District 4, I felt that the whole world was clear. Of course, the main reason for this is that the outside world is indeed much fresher than the absurd and weird atmosphere in District 4, but it is undeniable that the atmosphere lingering in that area is clear.
A certain atmosphere called "living hell" in space does indeed exist, and that kind of atmosphere can make me feel depressed even though I have experienced hundreds of battles. I really don't know how to describe that guy Lilina.
...It is true that her nerves are a bit abnormal. But she was able to maintain her abnormality within an appropriate range in that kind of environment. This is really a psychological miracle. I can only comment on this: nothing
It is more difficult than making a madman mad again. Only Lilina can manage a place like District 4.
I took a deep breath of the fresh air outside and looked at the bustling streets of Shadow City in the distance. Most civilians didn't know what was going on in District 4, but everyone would subconsciously stay away from this military checkpoint - even though they would never
I won't be caught and sent to the fourth area - so the area a few hundred meters around here is quite quiet. The soldiers in front of the checkpoint gave me a military salute, and I waved in response. I teleported home directly.
Shandora came back first. She was lying on the coffee table and continued to mess with the data terminal that her sister used back then. She had almost read all the information in this thing. After using my identification code to unlock all the data terminals,
Sandora's power of gossip burst out, and Her Majesty the Queen, who used to appear serious and meticulous, would now let out a suspicious "oh ha ha" laugh while playing with the private diaries of her former colleagues. This made her sister keep showing her embarrassment.
I guess she must feel weird about her expression - after all, in her previous life, she was a narcissist who used her military uniform as her startup screen. This setting was enough to make her low-key sister's head as big as a bucket.
Hearing the sound of the portal opening, Shandora looked up at me and smiled: "Oh, Arjun... hmm? You don't look too good, as if you just watched the 80th episode of a Korean drama."
"It's worse than that," I waved my hand, hoping to adjust my mentality before dinner time came, "I just came back from District 4."
"Ah, did you really go and see for yourself?" Sandora said in surprise, "Where is Lilina torturing the two prisoners?"
"They don't need the punishment in District 4 yet, but I'm afraid they won't have an easy time in the next few days." I threw myself on the sofa, and the little bubble that was talking to the toys next to me immediately crawled over the edge of the sofa and got in.
In my arms, the little one didn't understand anything - maybe she knew everything, but just like Cyndia, she insisted on not wanting to grow up. I picked up this little girl who seemed to never grow up, and turned to look
Xiang Shandora, "You also know where the fourth area is. As long as you are locked up, you will die seven or eight times a day without being executed. The two Merova people seem to have been transformed, are mentally paranoid, have a reduced sense of pain, and seem to
Negative emotions such as fear are also suppressed, and ordinary interrogation methods will not work, so Lilina is prepared to take the route of psychological horror."
Sandora didn't even raise her head: "Well, it's her usual method, but it works every time. But the transformation you mentioned...have you noticed that it feels like a familiar sight?"
"What?"
"Mental paranoia, reduced pain perception, autonomous suppression of negative emotions, if you go further, it will be absolute goal logic, autonomous shutdown of some senses, and absolutely rational thinking. These are the abilities of the Xiling Apostle," Shandora was finally willing to put the data terminal
To the side, "It seems that they have learned a lot during the days of serving the empire... Their goal is to transform into a life form like the Xiling Apostles, and now it seems that this possibility is getting more and more likely.
It's just that they don't have the key original body technology at hand. So they can't create artificial souls, and they don't know how to inject souls. There is a limit to transforming based on their existing life forms... The two captives can't resist it.
Lilina’s interrogation, now it depends on when the girl can come up with the results.”
"It would be very difficult to crack the navigation computer."
"It's more troublesome than expected. The self-destruction device is extremely sensitive and highly intelligent," Sandora curled her lips. "That thing vaguely sensed that something was wrong from the surrounding environment, and now it has begun to check every step of the entire fighter plane.
A part. Fortunately, the Asida sisters got that thing back while ensuring that the fighter plane was intact, otherwise the navigation computer would have found itself captured. Now experts have suspended reading of its core to prevent
Something happened."
I understand, it seems that these things cannot be rushed. Now it seems that there is nothing I can do to help. What is left is to wait. In boredom, I began to think about the future of the empire, the balance of the void, and
The final layout of the empire - at least at first I felt like I was thinking about these things, but soon I started thinking about what to eat tonight... It seems that I am not someone who cares about the country and the people.
There were heavy footsteps from the entrance. I turned around and saw a golden fox that was nearly two meters tall and as huge as a jeep, walking over with its head swaying, looking lazy and leisurely. Behind its butt
The nine tails were dangling feebly in the air, with a little little Devin sitting on the tip of each tail. On the head of the giant fox lay a small black cat with a black body. The fox wandered to the sofa where I was sitting.
, rolled on the spot and turned into a girl. First, she swept my face with her tail as usual, then rubbed her nose towards the coffee table while raising her nose, rolled up two apples with her tail, and ran to the corner of the room to start a small stove alone.
Went. The whole behavior pattern looked more and more like a husky. And the little black cat jumped twice lightly, lay on the back of the sofa, and made a soft little girl's voice: "Meow--oh, no. Uncle."
I am going home……"
Well, this is Cyndia... By the way, when did she and the nine-tailed husky form a duo in the animal world?
"Going home now?" I was a little surprised. I raised my hand and scratched the little black cat's chin. The cat's reaction was as obedient as the cat: he raised his paw and shined it on the back of my hand, "Hey - what's wrong with this kid?"
?Are you bored here?"
"No," the little black cat twisted and purred from the back of the sofa. By the time it landed on the cushion, it had turned into a little lolita in a black dress. Cyndia leaned over to grab the snacks on the coffee table and was filled with excitement.
He muttered resentfully, "My mother asked me to go home and practice the harp... Oh, parents in the world are so stupid, why does the princess have to practice the harp! My mother is tone-deaf herself, okay!"
Me: "...So it turns out that the Gods also have the custom of enrolling their children in cram schools?"
Cyndia immediately gave me a resentful look: "Don't say that terrible word!"
Then the little girl rolled around on the sofa with a bag of potato chips: "I don't want to go back, I don't want to go back, I don't want to go back! There are a lot of delicious and fun things here, and there are big foxes. I have nothing at home and I have to learn something every day...Uncle
How about you write a letter to my dad and tell me that I have rebelled against the Protoss and decided to serve as a soldier in the empire?"
Me: "...Your dad must have a very optimistic attitude towards life."
Cyndia twitched the corner of her mouth and made a helpless expression in a very humane manner: "Okay, okay, I'll go home. Otherwise, my father will definitely send an army to escort me back to do my homework. By the way, uncle, can I take him with me?"
How many days will Sister Anweina stay back? I like the snacks she made! Jiadi will also like them!"
Before I had time to answer, I saw the little ghost suddenly emerge from the mirror not far away, and then rushed to the corner with a roar and hugged the big cabinet tightly: "No, no, I am the earthbound spirit here!
No renting, no borrowing!”
The whole family: "..."
This is the first time I've heard that Earthbound Spirits can be used like this!
Because Cyndia is going home, the little ones in the family are very sorry. Although it is only a few days, these little girls have already played together. How can I put it, after all, royal children are so lonely - although I feel that I
The weird kids at home and the two naughty kids raised by their father don’t seem to fit the typical characteristics of royal children, but there’s no problem with being lonely. For various reasons, these kids basically have a difficult time.
When they make ordinary friends, they will always have only a few playmates, and most of them are their own sisters. This time, after finally meeting new friends, it was very sad to say goodbye suddenly. We prepared the most sumptuous meal for Cyndia in the evening
A big meal as a farewell: After a few days of contact, I found that besides being weird, the biggest characteristic of this child is that she is a snack food. Although her appetite cannot be compared with Sandora, she is good for others.
The enthusiasm for eating is definitely that of a foodie.
A sumptuous meal served as a farewell, and then Anweina worked in the kitchen for a long time, preparing a mountain of snacks and various delicacies. This was Cyndia's request. She wanted to bring some delicious food to Jiadi.
:From this aspect, this is a very sensible child.
Then I just waited for the next day to send this little ancestor home...