Chapter 90
With a nurse, Cen Xun can save the remaining feather treatment times.
While 0002 was treating 0003 and 0024, he listened to 0001's brief introduction to the current situation.
He was silent for a moment: "It turns out that it has been so long since our last prison break."
"Ten years." 0002's throat choked, and his nose began to feel sore. "Will there still be someone waiting for me?"
0001 consoled him, "Whether there's someone waiting for you, you'll only know once you get out. We all need to look forward."
Cen Xun held his chin and casually pulled the puppet thread back from 0003's eyebrows, then inserted it into 0024's eyebrows. His thoughts were slightly distracted.
If the warden dies, can his lost memories be restored?
Would that person, the person he no longer remembers, want him to come back?
What kind of person would appear in his beautiful memories?
Cen Xun tried to recall, but the only memories left were like broken mirrors, scattered all over, and could no longer be pieced together to form a complete past.
Cen Xun thought with some self-mockery that he was a murderer with a long history of evil. If that person was a normal person, he would probably hope that he would die here.
After the treatment, 0003 and 0024 also woke up.
Cen Xun was too lazy to come up with a plot, so he made up the same bloody dream as 0002 for them, so the first thing they did after waking up was to frantically look for their wives.
"Wake up, you don't have a wife!" The irritable boy 0009 punched each of them: "Are you awake?"
0003 and 0024 covered their faces in confusion: "Huh?"
"We're out of prison?" 0003 was the first to react, overjoyed: "Ah! I'm finally out! God have mercy on me!"
0009 glanced at his fist and said, "It's broken. He beat me silly."
0096 sighed, placed his hands on the shoulders of the two men, and pressed them hard: "Bad news, you are not out of prison. Good news, we have found a way to escape."
"Come with us and escape from prison again." 0096 said firmly, "This time I will definitely get you out."
0003 and 0024 looked at him blankly, and it took them a long time to fully digest the news.
With 0002's treatment, their physical condition improved and they began to have the energy to think about the current situation.
0003 felt the strange yet familiar power within him: "My ability is Death, and my skills come with invisibility and the Death Scythe."
0024: "My ability is to manipulate metal."
Upon hearing this, 0001 immediately asked, "Can any metal be controlled?"
0024 nodded: "As long as it's metal, it's fine."
At this moment, Cen Xun, who was standing nearby, suddenly pressed his hands on his abdomen, his brows furrowed. His unusual behavior attracted everyone's attention. 0001 immediately stopped talking to 0024 and looked at Cen Xun with concern: "Is your stomach still full?"
Cen Xun closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "He started eating again."
0002 pushed 0009 aside from Cen Xun and handed him the newly prepared pills: "Digestive tablets and painkillers can speed up the digestion of energy and reduce the feeling of bloating."
Cen Xun took the pill and swallowed it, but his complexion still showed no signs of improvement.
The prisoner and the guard each carried half of their original strength. When Guard 0000 swallowed a guard, it was equivalent to swallowing half of their strength. Adding up countless halves would be a significant amount.
As prison guards 0002, 0003, and 0024 were successively preyed upon by prison guard 0000, the feeling of being overfed became stronger and stronger.
When prison guard 0000 ate the last prison guard, a pop-up window with red text on a black background suddenly popped up in front of Cen Xun.
[Awakening Progress: 34%]
Cen Xun: “?”
What is awakening progress?
Also, where did this pop-up come from?
Cen Xun pressed his sore brows and decided not to think about what the so-called awakening progress meant for the time being.
Anyway, there is still 66% of the progress bar left, so just keep eating.
Cen Xun said to 0113, "Little cat, go and get all the prisoners out of the prison."
"By midnight tonight at the latest, the warden should have discovered something was amiss in the prison."
Cen Xun said in a deep voice, "Before that, we have to create a new warden who can rival him."
In the vast open space outside the base, a magical assembly line scene appeared.
0113 was responsible for pouring the prisoners out of the space mirror, 0002 treated them, and the prisoners were then transferred to Cen Xun. A puppet thread pierced their heads, waking them up from their sleep.
As 0096 said, these prisoners do not look like humans, not only in terms of their strange human appearance, but also in terms of their empty minds that are close to nothing.
When they first woke up, they would just stare blankly at the sky and would not respond to any inquiries.
After their guards are eaten, they suddenly go berserk and attack everyone in sight.
0006, who possesses the all-seeing eye, explained it this way: "These are indeed not human. They are born with only the instinct to kill. Once the evil side dies, their killing desire will no longer be absorbed by the evil side, and will reappear in the good side."
"Then what should we do?" 0009 gestured with his hand knife: "Kill them all?"
"Well, it seems there's no point in keeping it." 0006 looked at Cen Xun: "Brother, what do you think?"
Cen Xun thought for a moment and said, "Put him in prison and keep him there."
There are a total of 114 prisoners in this prison. Excluding the ten-man escapee group, the remaining 104 prisoners were put back in their respective cells.
There were banging sounds, howling sounds, screaming sounds, and all kinds of noises. 0009 kicked the cell door and said angrily: "Stop yelling, it's too noisy!"
The prison was too noisy and it was difficult to talk, so everyone took the elevator to the base, sat around a conference table, and talked about the warden's kindness.
"The warden's good side has long been hidden by his evil side." 0006 frowned and said, "But I can't see where the warden's good side has been hidden."
0001: "Is it blocked, or is it due to level restrictions and can't see more?"
0006: "It's very blurry, probably blocked."
0002 gritted his teeth and said, "It's in this damn metal building!"
0003: "Maybe it's hidden in a secret room."
0096 suggested, "This building has three floors: a base, a prison, and an underwater mine. How about we split up and search for it?"
"According to horror movie rules, being left alone usually doesn't end well." 0006 crossed his legs and said, "Are you sure you want to search separately?"
Cen Xun, who had been silent the entire time, managed to speak out: "We can't be separated."
He raised his eyes, met everyone's puzzled gazes, and said calmly: "My prison guard might kill someone."
"So, it's best not to be alone." Cen Xun lowered his eyes: "Otherwise, I can't guarantee what he will do."
Others: ""
Silence stretched among the crowd until 0001 spoke again, breaking the silence: "My idea is to start searching in the mines. First, the mines are small, so the search won't take too long. Second, if I were the warden's evil side, I wouldn't want the good side to be awake."
"Based on this, where is the place that causes the greatest mental disturbance to the good side? Only the mine. What do you think?"
Everyone came to their senses and agreed.
0006 looked at Cen Xun: "Brother, what do you think?"
Cen Xun nodded, pressed his abdomen and slowly stood up, a thin layer of sweat covering his forehead: "Let's go."
0001 asked with concern: "Are you feeling uncomfortable? How about I carry you on my back?"
Cen Xun rejected his suggestion, took out the medicine bottle given by 0002, poured out a few pills and swallowed them.
[Awakening Progress: 41%]
After eating the evil faces of the other prisoners, the inexplicable awakening progress bar jumped forward another 7%.
The bitter taste of the pill spread across the tip of his tongue, and the feeling of fullness in his abdomen dissipated a little again. Cen Xun wondered what would happen if the progress bar jumped to 100%?
While thinking, they entered the elevator.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the seabed mine layer.
However, they were a step too late.
A large hole was dug out somewhere in the mine, and a metal cabin shaped like a coffin was exposed to the air. The door was wide open, and the people inside disappeared.
"Someone got there first." 0001 squatted beside the metal cabin, a heavy look on his face. 0096 began to inspect the interior and concluded, "This is a nutrient chamber. Running at the lowest setting, it can supply oxygen and nutrients for over ten years."
0096 said self-deprecatingly, "After ten years of mining, I never imagined the warden would be right under our feet."
0113 was shocked and said, "So the warden was stolen by prison guard 0000 first?"
0003: "It seems so"
As expected of the evil face of a top boss on the list, his mobility and IQ are both terrible, so terrifying.
At this moment, a red light suddenly enveloped the entire mine, and then a rapid alarm sounded, almost piercing the eardrums.
0002's expression changed. "Oh no! It's the prison escape alarm! The warden discovered we've escaped!"
0001 made a quick decision: "Get in the elevator and leave the base immediately!"
They quickly boarded the elevator, but unfortunately, the mine level was at the bottom of the sea, a long way from the prison level. It would normally take twenty minutes to ascend, and if the elevator ran at regular speed, it would definitely be too late.
Fortunately, 0096 happened to be an expert at this. He quickly operated the elevator panel a few times, breathed a sigh of relief, and said quickly, "This elevator has an emergency protection mechanism. If you encounter special circumstances, pressing the emergency button will cause it to rise at high speed. I'm going to start it now. The acceleration is quite strong, please bear with it!"
As soon as 0096 finished speaking, the elevator panel suddenly split in the middle and quickly slid to both sides. 0096 slammed the red button behind the panel!
A steady electronic female voice rang out in the elevator: [Emergency mode activated. All people in the elevator, please get into a prone position as soon as possible. Countdown 5, 4]
0009, who had never read any books, asked in confusion: "What is acceleration?"
Before he could finish his words, 0003 pushed him face down.
【2, 1.】
The moment the countdown ended, the elevator suddenly began to accelerate upwards. Due to inertia, everyone was knocked heavily to the ground of the elevator.
There were cries of pain one after another, but fortunately the prisoners present were not ordinary people and could bear it.
0009 fell on 0006 and couldn't get up. He gritted his teeth and said, "Is this acceleration? Such a strong force! I can't resist it at all!"
0006 grinned: "Please, read more books when you get out!"
The high-speed rising elevator rubbed against the steel frame structure in the passage, producing sparks visible to the naked eye.
The numbers displayed on the elevator panel jumped rapidly. I don’t know how long it took, maybe just a few minutes, before the elevator’s ascent speed gradually slowed down and finally slowly stopped on the first floor.
The elevator door opened, and 0096 scrambled out, yelling, "Hurry, hurry, everyone get out! This elevator's going to explode in a minute!"
Upon hearing this, everyone ignored their manners and rushed out. During this time, 0001, 0113, and 0088 noticed that Cen Xun was not moving, so they pulled and dragged him out.
With the help of 0006, 0001 carried Cen Xun on his back and rushed him out of the area before the elevator exploded.
The scorching air wave produced by the explosion hit their backs, causing the ground to tremble slightly. 0096 led the way in front, and everyone rushed blindly in the darkness, finally rushing out of the last password door before the entire building was completely sealed.
The sudden light of day made them squint their eyes subconsciously. Before they could feel too much joy at escaping death, 0001's quick shout attracted everyone's attention.
"0002, come and see 0000!"
0002, without even catching his breath, rushed to 0001, only to see 0001 putting 0000 down and letting him lean on his shoulder. 0000's eyelids were lightly closed, and his pale lips were stained with bright red blood.
0002 diagnosed him and said sternly, "He ate too much. His body can't handle it. He's about to burst from all that energy."
0024 said in disbelief: "But the prison guards have already been eaten! Besides the prison guards, what else can his evil face eat?"
What else can they eat? In this prison, apart from them and the guards, the only living things left are
"Those prisoners," 0024 muttered, "0000's evil face, ate the prisoners too?"
0006 asked 0002 urgently, "Can it be cured? Treat my brother first!"
0002 gave a positive answer: "It can be cured!"
He prepared the potion, gritted his teeth, added his own blood to it, and asked 0001 to feed it to 0000.
0113 He tore off the corner of his clothes and helped Cen Xun wipe the medicine that was dripping from the corner of his lips.
0002 held Cen Xun's wrist and checked his condition, his brows furrowed. "Although this potion can repair his damaged organs, unless his evil side stops absorbing energy, it will only treat the symptoms and not the root cause."
"You'd better think of another way," 0006's heavy eyes swept across the faces of everyone present: "If my brother fully awakens here, you don't want to know the consequences."
Whether it was because of 0006's words or some unknown fear, 0002 felt a chilling sense of oppression. He looked at the unconscious 0000 and said, "I'll try my best."
He racked his brains and used all his talents to prepare another bottle of life potion. 0001 carefully fed it to Cen Xun. This time, he only drank half a bottle and it took effect. Cen Xun's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he half opened his eyes. His amber pupils looked a little dim due to weakness.
The pop-up window that only he could see appeared again. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but the red words on the pop-up window were becoming more and more like blood.
[Awakening Progress: 49%]
Cen Xun watched it refresh and a new pop-up window popped up.
[Awakening Progress: 50%]
The smell of blood in his throat became stronger and stronger. Cen Xun suddenly leaned over and spat out pieces of meat mixed with blood.
The tinnitus drowned out the shouts coming from all around. Cen Xun looked up in a trance and saw that the semi-circular metal building of the base was pierced by several silk threads. Those silk threads easily cut across the metal surface like sharp blades, instantly cutting a large gap above the dome.
A dark figure lightly leaped onto the dome, its black cloak swept by the strong wind, fluttering behind it like butterfly wings.
Suddenly, the figure of prison guard 0000 retreated like a ghost. At the same time, thousands of silk threads in his palm pierced straight towards another black figure flying out of the gap.
Those silk threads seemed soft, but when they were actually thrust out, they were as hard as steel arrows. The warden was pierced by countless silk threads and nailed to the air alive. Prison guard 0000 stepped on the silk threads that were frozen in the air, his cloak fluttering, and he looked at the warden from a distance.
The warden, who was hit by several puppet threads, did not die. He paused for a few seconds and raised his hand. The gun barrels in the base turned their guns and aimed at the prison guard 0000 standing in mid-air.
In an instant, artillery fire broke out, and several shells were aimed directly at the prison guard 0000 in the air. However, the prison guard 0000 was not in a hurry. He raised one hand and grasped it in the air. The missiles rushing towards him disintegrated into metal particles and fell halfway.
0024 looked at the prison guard 0000 in the air, then looked at his own hands. As a person with the ability to manipulate metal, he knew at a glance that this was his skill.
0024 opened his mouth in shock: "How is this possible?"
The next second, the figure of prison guard 0000 suddenly disappeared from mid-air. The warden turned his head to look for him, but suddenly a sickle came from behind and locked his neck tightly.
0003 held his head in despair: "He can even copy my Death Scythe! He is a monster!"
The Grim Reaper's scythe failed to take the warden's life. The warden's neck was cut in half, but his movements remained steady. He grabbed the prison guard 0000's scythe with his backhand and activated the skill [Judgment of Sin].
This skill can replicate the killing methods used by the enemy to kill others, and then return them all to the enemy.
Several blood-red puppet threads exploded from the warden's body and entangled tightly with the black and white puppet threads of prison guard 0000. The remaining blood-red puppet threads whistled and stabbed towards prison guard 0000's face. At the same time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and several black thunders came down, pouring straight into prison guard 0000's head.
Prison guard 0000 did not dodge or evade, but used the skill [Solid Heart Like a Boundary] that he learned from 0001.
The blood-red puppet thread hit the transparent shield. Prison Guard 0000 took this opportunity to distance himself from the warden, and then grabbed half of the puppet thread with both hands. Using himself as a fulcrum, he swung the warden up with the thread that was tightly biting the blood-red puppet thread, and threw him heavily towards the black semicircular building.
The warden crashed into the surface of the building, leaving a deep dent on it, and was then thrown to the ground by prison guard 0000. A huge deep pit quickly formed where he landed.
The warden was obviously no match for the current prison guard 0000. Prison guard 0000 landed on the edge of the deep pit, and puppet threads spread out from his body like a tide, wrapping up the warden in the center of the pit layer by layer and dragging him towards himself. The warden was like an insect struggling in vain in a spider web, unable to break free from the shackles of the puppet threads, and could only sink into the body of prison guard 0000 little by little.
As prison guard 0000 began to devour the warden, Cen Xun's awakening progress bar jumped forward again.
[Awakening Progress: 55%]
[Awakening Progress: 56%]
Amidst the deafening thunder, Cen Xun closed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the bloody taste in his throat. He suddenly raised his hand, grabbed 0113's hand, and managed to utter a few words: "Mirror Space, kill the kind-faced warden, and leave."
0113 immediately did as he was told, opened the space in the mirror, and then discovered the kind-faced warden hiding inside.
Prison guard 0000 can copy the skills of prisoners. If he wants to carry the kind-faced warden with him, the best choice is the mirror space.
The only bad thing is that 0113 also has control over the space in the mirror.
0113 poured the warden 0001 out of the mirror space, and 0024 immediately pounced on him, ready to use the Grim Reaper's scythe to reap the life of the kind-faced warden.
But the next second, his Death Scythe stopped in mid-air.
The prison guard 0000 in the distance turned his head at some point and looked straight at them, his meaning was obvious.
Without his permission, no one can completely kill the warden and escape from the island.
No one would listen to him. 0001 used his skill [Solid Heart Like a Realm] to forcibly shake off the puppet strings that were restraining the Death Scythe. Then he carried Cen Xun on his back and said to everyone, "Let's go to the airport!"
0024 sighed, and without time to do anything else, he had to carry the kind-faced warden on his back and catch up with the team.
Just as the bomber from 0001 was parked not far away, a high metal wall suddenly rose from the ground and blocked their way.
Prison guard 0000 gracefully landed on the high wall and looked down at them condescendingly.
Everyone's heart sank.
Prison guard 0000 has completely devoured the evil side of the warden. Now, who else can match him?
However, prison guard 0000 did not make any further attacking moves.
He jumped down from the high metal wall and landed in front of everyone. Amidst several wary gazes, he suddenly chuckled.
"Don't be so nervous."
His slender fingers pressed down on the black mask on his face and removed it completely.
Beneath the mask was a familiar face. Compared to Cen Xun, he did not look weak, and there was even a faint smile at the corner of his lips.
"I have no intention of killing you."
0001 said calmly, "But you have the intention to kill 0000, right?"
"Yeah, you guessed it." Prison Guard 0000 extended his hand towards 0001 and said softly, "Give him to me, and then we'll leave here together."
0001 remained indifferent: "Do you think I would believe what an evil person said?"
He tightened his grip on Cen Xun, who was on his back, his eyes sharp. "Once Shanmian dies, you will lose your bottom line and go on a killing spree. Even if we can get out, we will eventually become your food."
Prison guard 0000 said calmly: "You humans are my food."
"But I just happened to develop a relationship with food." Prison Guard 0000 asked, half puzzled, "Isn't that ridiculous?"
He looked at Cen Xun, who had half-opened his eyes, and smiled maliciously: "In your impression, that relationship must have been very beautiful."
"But what's the truth?" Prison Guard 0000 said casually, "He was just a spy sent by humans to calm you down. When he discovered you'd regained your abilities, his first reaction was to betray you and protect humanity."
A dull rumble of thunder echoed from the dark-clouded sky. Prison Guard 0000 chuckled, "And you, only soft-hearted when it came to killing him, only letting him disrupt your original plan."
"That's so stupid."
"You will never be better than those who are insignificant, and you will never be ranked first by him."
"What's there to hold on to?" Guard 0000 lowered his eyelashes. "Didn't you shatter those memories yourself? That's how it should be. Those memories are actually worthless."
He took a step forward, looked at Cen Xun, who was suppressing his emotions, and extended his hand: "Come on, let's end this pain."
There was a loud rumbling sound in the sky and a strong wind blew. Prison Guard 0000's hood was blown off and his waist-length black hair was blown up by the wind.
Cen Xun was silent for a moment, then patted 0001's shoulder, signaling him to put him down.
0001 froze for a moment, then had to put him down and looked at him with pursed lips.
Cen Xun came up to prison guard 0000, ignored his outstretched hand, and said calmly, "Indeed, my so-called feelings ultimately became nothing more than an illusion, a fleeting illusion."
Prison guard 0000 looked at him expressionlessly.
"But I also cannot accept that I will eventually become a beast that only knows how to kill and eat."
Cen Xun slowly pulled off the necklace around his neck: "So, let's compare."
"Let's see who kills who first."
Cen Xun took out the black and white feather and pointed it in the air. A golden godless field unfolded, engulfing the two of them and enveloping them alone.
0006 pounced forward, slapped the outer wall of the godless realm, and cursed: "Damn! I can't see anything!"
0003 said with difficulty: "0000 is already so weak, can he defeat his evil side?"
0001 asked 0006 urgently, "Is there any way to break this realm?"
0006 shook his head, "It's useless. All skills are prohibited in this area, and the level is higher than our current level."
His expression was unusually solemn, and he said with great gravity, "If you want it to disappear, unless..."
At this moment in the godless realm, good and evil stood facing each other, and between them stood a lightsaber.
In this realm, those who open the realm can use lightsabers to ignore all rules and kill anyone with one blow.
After one strike, the lightsaber disappears and the field automatically dissipates.
But now the two people in the field are essentially the same person.
So theoretically, both of them have control over the lightsaber.
This also means that if they want to get out of the realm, they must make a choice and kill one of them with a lightsaber.
Cen Xun smiled: "Now things become much simpler."
"Who will walk out of here today?"
Fate arrived as promised, but no one present had seen it coming yet.
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