After scrutinizing Xia Linyin's face for a moment, the cannibal opened the cell and pulled her out.

"Come with me!"

They followed the cannibals all the way to the top floor of the prison, where several cannibals were playing cards on the platform.

Seeing Xia Linyin behind her companion, the cannibals dropped their cards and walked over. "Newcomer?"

One of the cannibals frowned and asked, "A man?"

Xia Linyin had short hair that was only the length of her little finger. Due to malnutrition and her young age, her chest was flat. She wore dark, worn-out clothes, and unless you took off her clothes, you would generally mistake her for a thin boy.

"Why did you bring a man up here?"

The cannibal who led Xia Linyin up grabbed her hair and forced her to tilt her head back, saying, "As long as your face is pretty enough, that's enough."

"But he's still a man. If you throw him into a group of women, what if..."

"If he dares to do that, then cut off his genitals."

The cannibals laughed loudly and led Xia Linyin to a room on the top floor.

There were more than a dozen women in the room. Compared to the people locked in the cells below, their clothes were much cleaner and tidier, and their living conditions were many times better.

Bright sunlight streamed in, unlike the dark and damp cells below.

Upon seeing the cannibals enter, all the women knelt down, heads bowed, not daring to breathe.

“These women are slaves used by cannibals for their own gratification,” Number 83 said.

Even without Number 83 saying anything, Xia Linyin could see it: the exposed skin of these women was bluish-purple, indicating the rudeness and brutality of these cannibals.

"You stay here and wash yourself clean. If you dare to use your thing in front of you—" The cannibal patted Xia Linyin's cheek and sneered a few times.

After the cannibals left, Xia Linyin went straight to the window, sat down there, and closed her eyes to rest in the sun.

Most of the women were silent, their unfocused gazes fixed on a certain spot, lost in thought.

The room was quiet for several hours until the cannibal's voice broke the silence, "Hurry up! Get ready to come down!"

Xia Linyin was startled. "What's wrong?"

"These women not only had to satisfy the cannibals' needs, but they also had to work."

"What kind of work are you doing?"

Number 83 kept everyone in suspense, saying, "You'll find out soon enough."

In the spacious area, the hair was piled up into a small mountain, emitting a foul odor that attracted various small insects to swarm around it.

Xia Linyin stared at the pile of hair in front of her with a dark expression. The cannibals had made them weave clothes from hair.

No wonder the scalps of those heads were peeled off; besides using them to raise maggots, they also took human hair to weave things.

Just as No. 83 said, they don't let go of any value that can be exploited.

Number 83 also told her that they would use human skin to make water bags.

The methods used by cannibals are utterly appalling!

They are far more terrifying than the lurking creatures and insects outside!

The women, their faces expressionless, smoothed their hair with their hands and then began to braid it, their movements so practiced they bordered on mechanical.

Xia Linyin squatted down and pretended to braid her hair. "Number 83, how much longer until you're fully charged?"

Number 83 replied, "Three hours."

Just as Number 83 was about to be fully charged, a group of cannibals approached.

"Is this the new stock we got today?" A cannibal walked up to Xia Linyin, looked at the hair in her hand, and laughed.

"You've been doing this for hours? If you don't serve us well today, we'll feed you to the dogs!"

"Get down on the ground right now!"

"Lie down on the ground, do you hear me?"

"Did you hear me, you little brat?!"

With a muffled thud, Xia Linyin's fist slammed heavily into the other person's face.

Touching the blood flowing from her nose, the cannibal roared and charged at Xia Linyin.

Dodging the cannibal's menacing punches, Xia Linyin grabbed the cannibal's arm and pulled hard, while her other hand clenched into a fist and aimed at the cannibal's armpit.

Releasing the cannibal's arm, she swept her slender leg backward, striking another cannibal in the side of its neck.

A cannibal pointed a gun at Xia Linyin's head. Xia Linyin glanced coldly at the cannibal before lowering her eyes. Then, she was kicked in the knee and fell to her knees.

The cannibal pressed Xia Linyin's head firmly to the ground, smearing the blood from her nose onto Xia Linyin's cheek bit by bit. "You think you're so tough, kid!"

"He won't listen to reason, so he'll have to suffer the consequences! Throw this brat into the granary!"

The cold, damp basement was an even worse environment than the prison cell, with a dozen people huddled in a corner, the air thick and foul.

Upon hearing the sound, these people merely shifted their lifeless, dull eyes slightly.

"Go in!"

The iron gate slammed shut, and Xia Linyin looked at the people.

Fear could still be seen in the eyes of those women, but there was nothing left in the eyes of these people. Their bodies were still there, but their souls had disappeared. They were numb to the outside world, like walking corpses.

Suddenly, a disheveled woman began to convulse. Xia Linyin rushed over, but just as she got close, the woman suddenly opened her mouth and bit Xia Linyin's arm!

Xia Linyin quickly jumped back a step, looking at the woman with lingering fear. If she hadn't reacted quickly, given the woman's ferocity, she would definitely have had a piece of flesh bitten off.

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