103 Punishment Room

◎Wait for us to take you away◎

No one saw Liu Ge for the next two days.

This is not a good sign. Qi Qiuxue and the others go to the New World every day to pick up trash, gather information, and at the same time, they are always keeping an eye out for Liu Ge.

She no longer showed up at the bar, no matter what time, morning or night.

As time went on, everyone started to get worried.

Fortunately, Meng Yiyue was not there when Wu Shanyue met Liu Ge that day. Wu Shanyue did not dare to tell her the truth. She only said that she had not yet found out what kind of job Liu Ge was doing. But no matter what, at least her living conditions now must be much better than before.

Wu Shanyue is not good at lying, and even she knows this.

But fortunately, Meng Yiyue didn't seem to notice anything unusual. She just sighed softly after a brief silence and said sincerely: "I really hope that A Liu can live a happy life."

"I definitely will," Wu Shanyue replied with a broad smile. Out of Meng Yiyue's sight, she frantically sought out Qi Qiuxue to discuss the matter. "Axue, I'm so worried about A-Liu."

"She'll be okay, right?"

"At least she is still alive now." Qi Qiuxue paused and said.

This is not just speculation. In long-term hardship and despair, people's will and body will be endlessly tortured and thus changed.

For example, some old humans, even though they have always tried hard to defend their dignity and set an example by not wanting to become new humans and join the experiment, but when a huge gap between the rich and the poor is placed in front of them, and the new humans are well fed, warmly clothed, happy and blessed, while they themselves live in a dilapidated and shabby place, and even have trouble surviving, then intangible things like original intentions and dignity are no longer that important.

Perhaps Liu Ge's behavior of becoming a new human a few days ago stimulated them. Last night, two old humans pressed the button together. Qi Qiuxue paid special attention to their job assignments the next morning. One became a cleaner and the other a garbage collector.

——No one has filled the gap, which means that Liu Ge’s position is still reserved for her.

In this case, Qi Qiuxue believed that she would eventually come back, it was just a matter of time.

"It's getting late, go get some rest." Qi Qiuxue patted Wu Shanyue's shoulder to comfort her and said, "Let's go to the bar again tomorrow."

"I hope to see A Liu tomorrow." Wu Shanyue nodded helplessly, and returned to the room first after listening to Qi Qiuxue's words.

Qi Qiuxue looked outside the door. The night was beautiful tonight. The moon was hanging high in the sky, dotted with countless bright stars.

Li Yiqing and Qingqing were standing outside looking at the stars. From Qi Qiuxue's angle, she could just see their profiles. Although the two had different looks, hair colors, experiences and ages, they were surprisingly similar in some aspects.

For example, their expressions. No one knew what they were thinking, but their furrowed brows, serious eyes and pursed lips were exactly the same, as if copied and pasted.

Seeing this, Qi Qiuxue stood up and stepped forward: "Stop looking and go back to sleep."

"Okay~" Hearing Qi Qiuxue's call, Li Yiqing and Qingqing turned their heads together, raised the corners of their lips, and revealed a beautiful smile.

The two of them followed Qi Qiuxue, one on the left and one on the right, like two little tails that couldn't be shaken off, and obediently went back into the house with Qi Qiuxue.

"What were you talking about just now?" Qi Qiuxue asked casually.

"Nothing." Li Yiqing and Qingqing said in unison.

“…”

Qi Qiuxue looked at them both suspiciously.

How come even this point is exactly the same?

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Early the next morning, Qi Qiuxue, Li Yiqing and Wu Shanyue set out again for the new world.

This time they went straight to the bar and hid nearby, observing for a long time. Just when they thought they might not see Liu Ge today, the back door of the bar was pushed open. Just like that night, Liu Ge appeared in their sight again, carrying a garbage bag.

"A Liu is back!" Wu Shanyue finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. With the help of the telescope that Qingqing picked up yesterday, he looked around and found that there were no wounds on Liu Ge's exposed skin.

"She's unharmed." Wu Shanyue observed and conveyed his observations and thoughts to Qi Qiuxue and Li Yiqing, "But she doesn't look well and isn't in good spirits."

"What kind of punishment did she receive?" Wu Shanyue gritted her teeth. "Was it mental?"

Nothing is known yet.

"Let's come back to see her in the evening." It was still early and there were too many cars and pedestrians on the road, making it inconvenient to do anything. Qi Qiuxue temporarily gave up the idea of going forward to ask and decided to come back in the evening.

It was soon evening.

Qi Qiuxue stayed in the area until midnight and caught Liu Ge when she got off work. She forced her into an alley and forced her to obey in the name of "Qi Qiuxue" and truthfully tell her experiences of the past few days.

"I was taken to a very dark place." Liu Ge recalled her experiences over the past few days, her body and voice trembling. Her unfocused pupils were filled with fear and panic. Her back pressed tightly against the wall, trying to find a sense of security. "There were no windows, and the lights were extremely dim. I was locked in an airtight punishment room with no food or water for two whole days..."

"During that time, the chip was constantly releasing high-intensity currents in stages. I couldn't tell when the next wave would arrive or how long it would last. I was in extreme tension and fear. The currents often made me faint, and I was forced to wake up when the next wave arrived. The long-term electric shocks caused me to vomit, tremble, and have stomach cramps. I even had terrible hallucinations!"

Liu Ge began to dry heave again as beads of sweat streamed down her temples. Qi Qiuxue raised her hand and gently patted her back, trying to calm her down over and over again: "It's okay, it's okay. No one will hurt you again. You're safe now. Nothing that happened before will happen again."

"I'm still alive, right?" Liu Ge grabbed the corner of Qi Qiuxue's clothes tightly, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, and asked with a painful face.

"Yes." Qi Qiuxue looked at her seriously and said firmly, "You are still alive. You are safe."

"Scary, scared..." Liu Ge leaned against the wall and gasped for breath. His extreme fear gradually eased with Qi Qiuxue's long and patient comfort.

"Are you feeling better?" Qi Qiuxue handed her a bottle of water.

"Hmm..." Liu Ge unscrewed the bottle cap and took a few sips. He knew Qi Qiuxue must have more questions. "Is there anything else you want to know? I can tell you."

"Is there anyone else in that place?" Qi Qiuxue asked quickly.

"Yes." Liu Ge frowned, carefully recalling what he had seen and heard before walking into the punishment room. "It was huge, with many similar rooms. Each one seemed to contain someone. I could hear their painful groans and desperate cries."

"There was even... the sound of something heavy hitting someone, followed by the sound of something exploding."

Burst?

"Could it be that someone's head was smashed?" Wu Shanyue took a breath.

"I don't know, I don't know." Liu Ge held his head in his hands, his emotions out of control again.

Qi Qiuxue comforted her in time and skipped the topic at the right time: "Liu Ge, do you know where that building is located?"

"No." Liu Ge shook his head. "The moment I got in the car, I fainted from the stimulation of the chip. When I woke up, the car had already arrived there."

"During the days you were in the punishment room, did you hear any other sounds?" Qi Qiuxue continued, "sounds coming from outside the building."

After finishing his words, Liu Ge fell silent, as if he was trying to think of something. "I can't remember the details, but it must be a very remote place with few vehicles passing by. It was very quiet both day and night."

"But it seems... I heard the sound of machines running from afar."

"Machines?" Qi Qiuxue frowned. "How many are there, and how large is the scale and duration?"

"Maybe there are a lot of machines," Liu Ge said. "It's also very large. I don't know the time, but at least every time I was forced to wake up by the electric shock, those sounds were always there."

"Okay." Qi Qiuxue wrote down this information, and I understood.

"Go back and have a good rest." Liu Ge's current state was not suitable for reminiscing. Qi Qiuxue hoped that she could completely forget those painful experiences. "Everything will be fine after you wake up."

"Really?" Liu Ge asked in disbelief.

"Really." Qi Qiuxue said, "Leave everything from now on to us. We won't ask you to take risks again."

"Take good care of yourself and wait for us to take you away."

【Author’s words】

I didn’t update yesterday, so I’ll give you a small red envelope as compensation. I’ll post it before the next chapter.

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