Chapter 250 Minister, do you want to feed us to the zombies?
The prison guards' threats did not quiet the prisoners.
The ping-pong sounds of iron colliding with each other and the shrill voices made the prisoners inside even more excited. The noise became more intense, and the prison chief's brows were twisted like ropes.
This angered the prison guard who had just spoken. No matter how humble they were in front of their superiors, or how much others looked down on their profession outside, they were the bosses in prison. Any prisoner who dared to disobey the orders of the prison guards would be beaten with a stick.
The prison guard suppressed his anger and said politely to the captain: "I will go and teach those bastards a lesson."
After getting the captain's nod, he turned around and walked a few steps with great momentum, then turned on all the lights in the men's prison with a snap. After unlocking the door, he walked in while cursing, "Let me see who the hell you are, and I'll kill you!"
Shen Linglan, who was following the team, walked very slowly. She was paying attention to the movements of the prison guard who returned to the cell.
Sure enough, after the prison police rushed in with electric batons, the cursing stopped abruptly.
He stood outside the door, looking at the situation inside in disbelief, obviously frightened.
After a moment, he came to his senses, took a few steps back, and turned to the team he had just left and shouted: "There are monsters - no! It's zombies!!!"
The prison guard yelled uncontrollably and scrambled back to the crowd. The others, who had been walking without stopping, were startled by his movement and stopped to look back at him.
The captain said with dissatisfaction: "It may be that there is a lone zombie among the zombies we just released. Just kill it. Aren't you afraid of losing face after being so scared?"
He frankly admitted that the zombies that surrounded Shen Linglan just now were released on purpose.
But the prison guard's pants were soaked, and a foul smell of urine wafted from his crotch. He cried and said, "No, no! It's the prisoners. The prisoners have all turned into zombies!"
All of a sudden, the police officers on the scene became panicked.
"What?!"
"How could the prisoner turn into a zombie?!"
The man called "Captain" grabbed the prison guard by the collar and lifted him up rudely, asking in a sharp voice, "Really?"
The prison guard nodded and said yes, and the captain threw him to the ground again.
Then he walked into the cell with a gun in hand.
The lights were not turned off, and the situation in the cell was reflected in everyone's eyes.
Almost every cell was stained red with blood. Most of the cells accommodated four or five people, with only a very small number of cells being two or single.
In the cell, those who had metamorphosed early were eating the humans who had not yet metamorphosed. The zombies ate with gusto, while the humans were terrified and looked pale.
All I could see were the organs of the humans being pulled out by the zombies, and they would just chew on any flesh and blood they could find. Bright red blood was flowing from inside the cell to outside, and the few survivors were clinging to the iron door and shouting to the outside.
"Help—let me out—help—"
"Help! Help! Help!"
"Hurry up and save me——"
The soft-hearted prison guard grabbed the key and tried to open the door to save the man, but was stopped by the warden.
"There are zombies in there. They all ran out as soon as you opened the door. Do you still want to live?!"
"But..." The young prison guard still had some kindness in his heart, and hesitantly said, "If we don't open the door, won't they all be eaten?"
The captain slapped him in the face and snatched his keys.
"Go! Get out of here first!"
Just now, a dozen people were walking towards the conference room slowly as if they were shopping, but now they were walking faster than each other as if they were holding something back.
Shen Linglan followed at the end of the team and took a look at the cell before leaving.
There's basically no hope. Only a very small number of people in single cells, or in cells with a lot of people, have not been eaten by zombies and the remaining one or two people have not yet turned into corpses.
But most of them have turned into zombies.
If Xiang Tian had not come here on purpose, based on the reactions of the prison guards just now, they would probably not know why the prisoner turned into a corpse.
Shen Linglan boldly guessed that this prison was Xiang Tian's large-scale experimental field, so Xiang Tian believed it so easily when he learned about the zombie Xiao Liu's transformation.
"Mr. Shen!"
A prison guard urged Shen Linglan to hurry up. Shen Linglan nodded slightly and followed the team to the meeting room.
Minister Song arrived at the meeting room one step ahead. She did not see what happened in the cell just now, but a policeman came forward to explain the situation to her.
After the door of the conference room was opened, Minister Song was still outside answering the phone. Minister Song's assistant asked the prison guards and police officers to put the guns in the storage basket at the door and not to bring them in.
This rule has existed in meetings in the past, so no one took it seriously.
Everyone sitting in the conference room had a solemn look on their faces. Then Minister Song's assistant handed each person a confidential document, and then brought a cup of warm water in a disposable paper cup.
Minister Song's assistant was sensible. Not only did he pass the water to Shen Linglan, he also said, "Mr. Shen, are you thirsty? Drink some hot water to moisten your throat."
Shen Linglan didn't answer, she just said, "Thank you, leave it there."
Minister Song received a call and said something to everyone, "The plan has changed. In addition to signing a confidentiality agreement, I would like to ask you to stay here for observation for fourteen days. You can leave only if there are no changes in your health after fourteen days."
As soon as these words were spoken, the policemen who had just bowed their heads to sign were stunned and raised their heads to look at Minister Song.
Some people looked dissatisfied and contemptuous, while others were confused and afraid, but they all discussed the decision. "Fourteen days!? If we stay here for fourteen days, even if we don't change, we will become food for zombies!"
"Minister, are you planning to feed us to the zombies?!"
"My wife and children are waiting for me at home."
The conference room was filled with voices of opposition; even Minister Song's personal soldiers looked confused and distrustful.
Shen Linglan turned the pen around. She hadn't signed anything yet and didn't say anything at this time.
Minister Song over there asked someone to close the door of the conference room. After she patted the table, the bodyguard beside her immediately lifted up his coat and revealed his gun.
Everyone realized that their guns had been confiscated long ago, and the only person with a gun in the room was the bodyguard. Now, they had to suppress their impatience and listen carefully to what Minister Song said.
"Today's prison incident was originally intended to find out why a zombie suddenly appeared." Minister Song said meaningfully, but except for her, Shen Linglan and the young prison guard, no one knew that the zombie was fake at first.
Shen Linglan, who was sitting at the bottom of the conference room, was sending a message to Chen Mengxue:
[First, take Xiao Liu out of prison and settle him down in a safe place, then have Zhang Shengnan fly over.]
Minister Song at the conference table continued, "But as the saying goes, if there is one cockroach, there will be a bunch of cockroaches. The same is true for the zombies now. What the higher-ups mean is that the situation outside the prison is already very stable, and they are afraid that if we go out without permission, we will infect the citizens outside. After all, no one knows what the zombies are like."
After hearing the same words as before, the conference room became noisy again.
"Be quiet!"