Perhaps because he came very early today, Ash found that the entire restaurant was filled with prisoners who came to have breakfast. A closer look opened his eyes: in addition to humans, orcs, and goblins, there are many other species in the prison.
Those that crawl on the ground, those with two horns, those with four arms...
Ash even saw a very sexy and exposed woman with hooves and furry ears. He didn't know what race she was. This made him have a strong interest in and wonderful fantasies about the health care industry in this world.
He's not a free control, but...
"Do you want food?"
The restaurant aunt's soul questioning brought Ash's eyes back.
Ash randomly ordered a few portions that could fill his stomach. He saw at the window that there was a "limited to one per person" special food, which looked particularly tempting.
"Auntie, what is this?"
"The signature seafood Lala Fei is a seasonal delicacy, and the output is very small." Auntie said, "If you are later, it will be gone."
"Okay, come here..."
"Give me five!"
A loud shout from the side interrupted Ya Xiu's words. He turned around and saw a green-skinned orc preparing food. Upon hearing the sound, the aunt opposite him took away all the remaining five portions of seafood and poured it into the pan.
In its huge rice bowl.
"Ah? This? Why does it get five copies?"
Ash was stunned.
"It's an orc." Auntie said matter-of-factly.
"Why did the orcs get five copies?"
"Orcs can only get five copies. It's always been like this."
"It took five servings and I didn't have to eat it. How could it be like this-"
Ash's words were suddenly stuck in his throat. A light screen popped up, and a series of red warnings filled his field of vision:
"Warning: You are trying to say racist remarks! This is prohibited! In the Blood Moon Kingdom, racial equality is the first rule! Please pay attention!"
I think it’s racist to say that orcs eat too much!?
Ash depressedly took his dinner plate and looked for a seat. He found that everyone was full. He finally found an empty seat, but found a blue-skinned monster with a particularly big butt sitting next to him. He looked more sinister than an orc, so he sat down directly.
Two positions.
In his previous life, Ash would have turned around and left, but this was Broken Lake Prison, and the other party couldn't do anything to him, so Ash walked over bravely.
"Hey, you've taken up two seats, let me."
The blue-skinned monster who was picking up rice with his hands turned to look at him, then lowered his head to eat again.
"I am an ogre."
"Oh, what next? Even if you are an ogre, you can't occupy two positions——"
"Warning: You are trying to say racist remarks! This is prohibited! In the Blood Moon Kingdom, racial equality is the first rule! Please pay attention!"
Is it racist to say your butt takes up two spots?
Ash wanted to explode, but he couldn't because his words were stuck in his throat. He wanted to just dump the dinner plate over, but unfortunately he couldn't because his hand was frozen.
Under the control of the chip on the back of the neck, every prisoner is the most loyal follower of the law. When they do not violate any legal ethics, they have the greatest freedom, but as long as they touch the boundaries of legal ethics, even with a word or a look,
Invisible shackles will tightly bind them.
Suddenly there was a tap on the shoulder, and a tall and thick man next to him picked up the dinner plate and stood up, motioning for Ash to sit here.
Ya Xiu thanked him and found that the strong man looked familiar, as if he had seen him in the Death Fight Club yesterday.
"Desmond." He introduced himself and glanced at the ogres and goblins at the same table with disgust, "I'm going to the Deathmatch Club first. If you have a chance, I'll join you."
Hearing that they were from the Death Fight Club, the others looked up at them and moved their butts a little further away. Ash sat down, listening to the ogre chewing like a tractor next to him, and looked at the goblin squatting on the chair opposite
There were crumbs everywhere on the table, and a strong desire to escape grew in my heart.
It is different from escaping from prison because he knew he would die if he stayed there, while escaping was because he hated the environment.
The last time he had this feeling was when he met a stupid boss during his internship. If it was a stupid colleague, he could resist and do anything; but if his boss was stupid, he had no choice but to endure it.
Even verbal resistance is not possible.
He can be wronged and endure hardship, because patience is so that he will not have to endure it in the future.
But if your boss is stupid, it means you have to endure it from now on. Why do you still have to work? If you go to work overtime, it is not overtime. Just say goodbye and say goodbye. The next boss will be better behaved.
The current situation is much more serious than the stupid boss - the whole environment is stupid.
You are obviously very angry, but you can't say anything; you want to resist, but your body doesn't obey your orders.
Ash suddenly had a glimmer of understanding.
He thought Broken Lake Prison really treated prisoners well.
But in fact, locking such a group of hateful death row prisoners together, not allowing any transgressive actions among them, and letting them scramble to create value for the prison in order to escape the blood moon trial is actually a kind of spiritual insecurity.
.
extinguish their anger.
dash their hopes.
Destroy their courage.
Destroy their spines.
Let the seeds of despair, grievance, regret, fear, etc. take root and germinate in their bodies until they are completely broken, crazily collapse, and appear at the Blood Moon Trial as a 'perfect perpetrator' to meet the misery they deserve.
ending.
Ash can also understand why there are so many people in the Deathmatch Club.
It is the only place where death row prisoners can vent their anger. It is the only dog hole that exists in this prison where they can temporarily breathe fresh air.
Equivalent to a garbage collection station.
But what's interesting is that people like Ash who can't stand the environment are garbage, and these leisurely and contented death row inmates next to them are the model prisoners of this prison.
After finishing the meal quickly, Ash also quickly went to where the garbage should go.
There was no ongoing death match in the Death Match Club. It was bright inside, and Ash could see Rona lying in the arms of his boyfriend from a distance.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Ash always felt that his boyfriend seemed a little thinner than yesterday.
No, isn't it true that Rona belongs to the party that squeezes others dry?
"Ash." Ronna raised his hand in greeting: "You're here so early. Have you just finished breakfast? Do you want to eat something first? Varcas hasn't come yet anyway."
Ash nodded and found a place to sit down. Someone immediately sat next to him.
"Céline Dole."
"who?"
Ash looked at Igura next to him, his eyes a little wary.
Igura raised his eyebrows: "Don't be nervous, I have no interest in inviting you to a fight to the death - I will not participate in any uncertain battle, nor will I waste time on something worthless like face. I am willing to admit defeat.
, convinced."
"You have a dirty mind for playing tactics. I can't trust you."
"Then let's abandon the unnecessary prelude and proceed directly to the oldest interaction between human beings——"
"mating?"
"Deal, deal!" Igula spoke clearly as if he wanted to bite the words to bleed: "You answer me a question, and I will answer you a question."
"I don't have any questions to ask you."
"Really? Do you want to know why the elf of Varcas took the initiative to challenge you?"
Elf?
Ash was a little surprised in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.
"Okay, I'm a little curious, but how do I know you won't lie?"
"I don't know if you will lie to me." Igula smiled: "We all take the same risk."
"Then what's the point of this deal?"
"Because I am confident that I can tell whether you are lying, and even if you are lying, I can guess the truth. You can also-"
"I can't." Ya Xiu shook his head: "I haven't read enough books, you will definitely lie to me."
Igulla was choked. It seemed like it was the first time he saw such a self-aware person.
After a moment of silence, he said helplessly: "Then I will tell you the news directly. You can judge whether the news is valuable. If so, just answer my question, okay?"
This tone sounded aggrieved like a Sichuanese who agreed to the mandarin duck pot... Ya Xiu thought about it and felt that he should not be able to suffer the consequences or be fooled, so he nodded.
"Varkas Ur used to be a research scholar at Kemon University. He was imprisoned for allegedly stealing important patented technology, raising children privately, and killing colleagues. Because of his identity as an elf, he was the only one who did not participate in the month of imprisonment.
The criminals in the Blood Moon Trial were imprisoned for five years and never participated in a single Blood Moon Trial."
Ash sighed. He remembered that Lang Na said that every death row inmate must participate in the first blood moon trial. In the prison, this is called "going through the motions". Only by walking through it can you be qualified to create value in Broken Lake Prison.
If you can't get through it, you are only qualified to become fertilizer.
"Why can he escape the Blood Moon trial? Because of his identity as an elf? Isn't it said that racial equality is the first principle of the Blood Moon Kingdom?"
"Racial equality is of course the number one rule."
There was a mysterious smile on Igura's face.
"But some races are more equal than others."
Sure enough, equality is a horizon that exists everywhere, but cannot be reached anywhere... Ashi didn't sigh at all about this. After all, he had just arrived and didn't know much about how to implement 'racial equality' here.
"Then why did he challenge me?"
"This starts with the crimes he committed. Although stealing patented technology and killing colleagues are serious crimes, they will not send him to Broken Lake Prison. His crime that really aroused the anger of the upper class was that he raised children privately!
"
Ash looked confused.
What the hell?
“Why is raising a child without permission the most serious crime?”
"Because it's not allowed. No one can raise children privately."
Ash is getting more and more confused.
"No one raises children, so you...then how did we grow up?"
"We all grew up in nursing homes." Igula frowned tightly: "Socialized parenting is the basic national policy of the Blood Moon Kingdom. Are you looking for trouble by asking this question?"
Socialized parenting?
Ash tried his best to understand this unfamiliar vocabulary, "You mean, we are all raised by the country, everyone is..."
He wanted to say 'an orphan without a father and a mother', but the words stopped on his lips.
It wasn't the chip stopping him this time.
But Ash couldn't find the vocabulary at all.
He tried his best to search Heath's head, but found that there were no words similar to 'father' and 'mother' in Heath's native language dictionary! The only thing that could have some connection was the word 'guardian'!
There is no stronger evidence than this.
Even the word ‘parent’ does not exist, which is enough to prove that these two roles do not exist in the social relations of the Blood Moon Kingdom!
Wait, orphans raised through socialization, a chip on the back of the neck that can control everyone's words and actions...
Ash suddenly felt a little afraid of the world outside the prison.
