Although he had expected this, Ash couldn't help but feel a jolt in his heart when he heard that the Blood Moon Trial was indeed a death sentence.
In fact, he had some illusions in his heart. Maybe the people here could recognize that he was not the leader of a cult. Maybe he would have to go through a long trial period, or maybe he would have a two-year suspended death sentence...
This fantasy reached its peak after entering prison, because in Ash's opinion, how could a death row inmate have such a nice room with a private bathroom
How is it possible that death row inmates can move freely in prison
How is it possible for death row inmates to receive so much preferential treatment from prison
Langna's words completely shattered all his naive expectations - it was precisely because they were going to die that the prison was so good to them.
"The prison keeps us in captivity just to make our death more miserable?" Ash said with difficulty, "Isn't this a waste of resources?"
"Would you complain that the fireworks weren't bright enough?" Lonner said with a smile, "I'm surprised that you don't seem to know much about the Blood Moon Trial—it's a live broadcast in every city. Most citizens stay home at 8pm on the first and fifteenth of every month, turn on the screen, and watch the end of every sinner together. The ratings are close to 70%."
"By the way, compared to the advertising revenue from the show Blood Moon Trial, the cost of supporting us in the prison is simply not worth mentioning."
'Watching beheadings' is actually a popular program in this world...
Ash curled his lips and said, "It's ridiculous. How can 70% of people watch entertainment programs at 8 o'clock in the evening without working overtime? I think they are just not fully employed..."
Langna was not at all surprised by Ash's impotent rage.
He has seen too many ugly behaviors of death row inmates when the Blood Moon Trial was approaching, from denouncing the social system to scolding the ignorance of the world. As long as you stay in this prison long enough, you will naturally see everything.
"But if you want to escape the Blood Moon Trial, there are ways."
Ash suddenly stood up: "What method?"
Lang Na did not try to control him and said bluntly: "Although one person will die in every Blood Moon Trial, there will be eight people going, and the number of these eight people is not fixed, but is ranked according to 'contribution'."
"Each death row inmate starts out with 50 contribution points, and 10 points will be deducted every month. But it doesn't matter if it's deducted to 0, the prison won't do anything to the death row inmates because of this."
"But the higher the contribution, the later the judgment sequence will be, while the lower the contribution, the higher the judgment sequence will be. Theoretically, the first eight people at the top of the sequence will be the participants of the Blood Moon Judgment."
"There are many ways to earn contribution points, the simplest of which is to create value. Although a memory master retrieved all our memories before we went to prison and our intelligence is worthless, we still have many ways to create contributions:
Some people come here because of dereliction of duty and corruption. They can come up with plans to improve the system to reduce the possibility of dereliction of duty and corruption by later people.
Some people come in for illegal experiments, and they can continue to do legal experiments and write papers in prison;
Some people have all kinds of talents, and some even write best-selling books in prison, which can naturally be considered as creating value. "
"But in this prison, most people are murderers who come here for murder and have no other special creative talents - like me."
Langna pointed at Ash and said, "For example, you."
"So how do we gain contribution points? Death Fighting Club is our answer."
Ash realized something: "You just said that there is a price to pay for participating in a deathmatch..."
"Apart from death and pain, the biggest price of a deathmatch is the transfer of contribution points." Langna said: "In every deathmatch, both sides must put in a certain contribution point. The winner escapes the blood moon, and the loser is judged."
"If the Blood Moon Trial is the end of the road to death, then the Death Fighting Society is the sea of blood along the road to death - almost all death row prisoners will participate in the death fight in the end, gamble their last bit of contribution, bleed their last drop of blood, and then go onto the live broadcast room watched by thousands of people in the most desperate manner."
"This is how we contribute—eliminating the weak and maintaining our bloodiness!"
"This is also the reason why the prison allows the Death Fighting Society to exist." Langna's voice was calm, as if he was discussing someone else's business: "Before going on stage, actors always have to put on makeup."
Actors always have to wear makeup, otherwise the audience won’t like to watch them.
Even though he had never watched the Blood Moon Judgment, Ash understood what Ronald meant.
Just like they make exquisite character illustrations for mobile games, the so-called "death battle" is the process of turning the death row prisoner into a character illustration: gambling, fighting, despair, fear, pain... Nothing can arouse people's bloodiness more than a "battle with life at stake".
When a death row inmate becomes hysterical due to pain and desperate and crazy due to fear after losing many death fights, he becomes a "main course" that can be served on the table. What is presented to the audience is such a "beast" full of blood, fighting spirit, despair and fear.
Compared to a numb, withered and dull "person", it is naturally more entertaining to kill a "beast" that seems to dare to resist.
This is an open conspiracy, a conspiracy that the death row inmates cannot refuse.
Not only will the losers become products needed by the prison and be sold at a 'good price' in the live broadcast, but the winners will also be drinking poison to quench their thirst, and one day they will appear in the live broadcast and end up in the same situation.
From the beginning, there was only one ending for the death row prisoners: being squeezed dry by the prison and then dying. The dormitories with private bathrooms, good food, and comprehensive facilities were just to make them fatter.
The so-called trial sequence is actually an internal circulation mechanism. Everyone is in a zero-sum game. Either you go to trial or I am sentenced to death.
But this is actually reasonable. Who made them break the law and become death row prisoners
Moreover, if the death row inmate does not want to be exploited, then he can just lie down and wait to die. Only if he wants to live will he become inward-looking.
If Ash was outside the prison, he would definitely applaud and watch the show from the sidelines.
It's a pity that Heath is not only a cult leader, but also such a weak cult leader that he is imprisoned and can only find another way to make a living.
"After hearing this, do you still want to join the Death Fight Club?"
"certainly!"
Langna was not surprised. He burped after drinking the milk and said, "Then come with me. If you are lucky, you may be able to see a fresh and hot corpse if you go there now."
"Are there people fighting to the death so early in the morning?" Ash asked curiously.
"Although you have to bet on contribution points in a deathmatch, you don't have to bet a lot of contribution points at the beginning. Instead, you only need to bet 1 contribution point in the first game, and then each deathmatch must contribute a little more than the previous one. 2 points in the second game, 3 points in the third game, and so on."
"Although the stakes will gradually accumulate into a considerable amount, even if you lose the first five games, you still have a chance to turn the tables. Therefore, everyone will try to make use of the first five games to find out the strengths and weaknesses of others and judge their own strength in prison."
"So the frequency of deathmatches is quite high. One a day is normal. Now that the 15th is only a few days away, those who are at the bottom of the sequence must want to escape the trial through deathmatches. I estimate that the blood on the deathmatch arena will not dry in the next few days."
"By the way, do you want to buy some meat?"
Ash blinked. "Meat? What meat?"
"The meat that falls on the ring. This is one of the few ways for us to consume contribution points. The meat that falls on the ring already belongs to the prison, and we can buy it back from the prison."
Langna turned his head and glanced at Ash, revealing two rows of pale, neat teeth. "If you're lucky, you can buy thigh meat. Whether it's sashimi or cooked, it tastes very good. I highly recommend it."