"Give me a piece of toast and a glass of milk... What is that? Braised Lala Fei? Give me one too."
Ash sat down with his plate in hand and observed the people eating in the restaurant.
In addition to the prisoners wearing classic skins, there are also many prison guards eating here. This prison does not seem to have a hierarchy system. The guards and prisoners seem to be equal. In other words, the guards do not care about the prisoners at all, and the prisoners will not deliberately offend the guards, creating a harmonious prison for each other.
It is understandable that the prison guards don't care about the prisoner Ash. After all, slacking off is human nature. But why do the prisoners also stay away from the prison guards
After all, no one with a good brain would break the law. Those who can go to prison must be fools who don’t know the current situation, such as a cult leader who was arrested by a few policemen (hunters).
By the same token, those prisoners must not be very smart, but why don't they provoke and tease the prison guards
“Because it’s locked.”
Jian Ji sat next to him, poked the braised Laba fat with her finger, and said casually: "The chips on the back of your necks are locked. You are not allowed to attack others, insult others, or hurt yourself. This is why Broken Lake Prison is so free—every bone and every nerve of yours is shackled and dragged with shackles."
"Look, there's a poster on the wall over there that says 'Creating a Civilized Prison'. There are photos of death row inmates and students on it. It looks like the results of this civilized prison construction are pretty good. There are even students coming here for spring and autumn outings."
Ash subconsciously touched the back of his neck and opened his eyes wide: "This - this is like a bomb in the neck -"
"Do you really have to speak so loudly?" Sword Lady pointed at the prisoners who came over after hearing the noise.
Ash immediately blocked his mouth with toast: "So as long as I wear this chip all day, it won't be possible to jailbreak? There must be a positioning function in the chip!"
"Not only that, if they want, they can even make the chip emit a strong current to stop your heart." Jian Ji spread her hands: "So you are right, theoretically it is impossible for you to escape from this prison. Not to mention escaping, when you want to dig a tunnel with a spoon, the chip will stop you from destroying public property."
"It's not possible in theory, but what about in practice?" Ash took a sip of milk and found it unexpectedly sweet.
"Actually... not really." Sword Princess rolled her eyes: "I'm not from here, how can I know so much?"
"Then where did you get the information you just mentioned?"
"There is also a copy of the Broken Lake Prison Encyclopedia in your light curtain folder. I took a look at it when I was free."
Ash was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, that's right, Sword Princess is just a paper character in the game, how could she know about this world
But now I'm in trouble. She can actually look through other files in my screen. I also want to see if there are any mysterious yellow and black websites in this world...
"I can't help you escape from prison, but if you want to become stronger, I have a few ways." Sword Princess said: "In short, you should find someone else to fight first. There is nothing easier to understand than fighting, don't you think, Observer?"
"Wait, so according to what you said, prisoners can't attack others, then how can I provoke someone to fight?" Ash finally realized at this time that this prison has fundamentally prohibited the possibility of prisoners fighting each other.
"You ask me about everything. Do you want to escape from prison or do I want to escape from prison?" Sword Princess sneered, "Then do you still have to call for your mother when you are hungry?"
"Mom! Grandma!"
"court death!"
Ash touched his forehead and thought to himself, this is so unfair. Sword Lady is clearly an illusion, but why did it hurt so much when she hit his forehead...
Ash looked around and found that the bald strong man was drinking a glass of milk, so he walked over and sat opposite him. After knowing that others could not hit him, Ash suddenly became bolder.
"Hi, my name is Ash, what's your name?"
"Hi, Ash, I have a boyfriend." The bald burly man was very friendly.
Ash was stunned. He felt the nearby guards and prisoners looking over at him. He quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I just have some questions for you!"
"I understand, I understand, really." The bald man nodded in understanding. "When you're chatting someone up, it's really embarrassing for you to meet someone like me who takes the initiative to confess that I have a partner. But my love for my boyfriend is pure and sincere, and I can't tolerate any suspicion. So I made my attitude clear from the beginning and treated everyone well. Ash, you're a good guy too, and I believe you can definitely find your own love."
"I... no... I just..."
"Ask." The bald man said with an encouraging look, "Don't be so embarrassed. It's normal to fail in a conversation. If you can't think of a perfunctory question for the time being, I can wait. But to be honest, Ash, your way of attracting my attention is too old-fashioned. You even deliberately knocked over my milk, like a primary school student..."
Now that there is evidence, there is no room for Ash to deny.
Ash suddenly felt that the looks around him became subtle. He opened his mouth, but finally gave up explaining: "I want to ask, if I want to fight, is there any way?"
The bald man was slightly startled. "Are you new here? Oh, now I remember, you are the leader of the Four Pillars Cult that has been very popular in the news these days?"
"Well, I'm actually quite interested in the Four Pillars of God. Unfortunately, I have a boyfriend, otherwise I could give you a chance..."
Ash couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to turn around and leave, but the bald man's next words forced him to listen: "If you want to stretch your muscles, then you've found the right person - ah, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Langna, a member of the Death Fighting Society."
"Death Fight Club?"
"Because of the chip, we are not allowed to hurt others. But the Death Fighting Club has obtained the permission of the warden. During the death fight, we can temporarily remove the chip restrictions and fight. This is an exclusive benefit for members of the Death Fighting Club."
Ash was quite surprised: "The prison even agreed to something like this? So humane?"
Langna shook his head: "But there is a price to pay for doing this. The biggest price is the origin of our club's name."
"Death fight?"
"That's right." Ronna drank up the milk, licked the milk stains on the corners of his mouth with his big tongue, and looked at Ash with calm eyes.
"If you fight to the death, it won't end until one of you dies. A fight to the death, fight to the death."
Ash blinked. "But... the prison uses so many methods to restrict us, will they allow us to kill people?"
"Just because someone dies doesn't mean you've killed someone." Lang Na said with a smile, "There's a medical room next to the death arena. As long as the body is intact and has been dead for no more than five minutes, we can bring it back to life by dragging it to the medical room. Of course, there's no telling what kind of sequelae it might have."
"Besides, even if a prisoner really died, the prison wouldn't care. After all, all prisoners here are going to die."
This sentence has a 'people will die if they are killed' feeling to it, and Ash echoed, "Yeah, yeah, people will die after all."
"Hmm? You seem to have misunderstood me." Langna was a little surprised: "Haven't you heard of the reputation of Broken Lake Prison outside? Haven't you watched the Blood Moon Trial on the first and fifteenth of every month?"
"ah?"
"All prisoners in Broken Lake Prison are sentenced to death," Langna said calmly. "No appeals, no escapes, and no political rights will be taken away for life."
"After entering the prison, all prisoners can eat and sleep well, exercise, watch movies and play games, but the only thing they are not allowed to do is to take their own lives - even their own lives. Because there is only one ending waiting for us -"
"Participating in the Blood Moon Trial, and dying miserably under the gaze of the public."