bookbashuk Chapter 124 Deputy Warden: Leng Meng
Chapter 124 Deputy Warden: Leng Meng
Wasim's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he immediately knelt down on one knee and bent over to examine him—
But the space under the bed was empty, and the floor, covered in a thin layer of dust, was completely exposed.
"Hahaha, I fooled you!" Tom jumped up, overjoyed.
Wasim slowly stood up, brushed the dust off his trousers, and his gaze swept across Tom's face like a cold blade.
Have you heard the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"?
"In a place like this, playing games with the rules is tantamount to gambling with your own life!"
Tom stuck out his tongue sheepishly: "Just kidding, why are you being so serious..."
Lin Feng coughed lightly and continued reading the rules:
"Rule 4: If you clearly hear someone calling your full name in the dorm, but your roommate insists that they didn't hear anything, ignore the first and second time."
"If it happens a third time, you must go to the cooling-off room immediately and stay for half an hour."
As soon as Lin Feng finished reading the rule, Tom's face suddenly turned pale, and his voice trembled slightly:
"Wait... no way? I think I just heard someone call my name, 'Tom Miller'... Did you guys hear that?"
Wasim frowned, his tone clearly impatient: "You're going to play these tricks again?"
Tom raised a hand to wipe his forehead, his fingertips glistening with cold sweat. "This time it's for real! I swear!"
Lin Feng's gaze sharpened: "How many times have you heard that?"
"That was... the second time."
Lin Feng spoke faster: "The rules say that if it happens a third time, you must go to the cooling-off room immediately."
"But where is the calming room?!" Tom looked around in a panic.
Lin Feng shook his head, indicating that he did not know.
In that instant, Tom abruptly covered his ears, his pupils contracting: "It's happening again... the third time! I heard it!"
Ryuichi Kamishiro's face turned deathly pale: "Go find the cooling-off room quickly! It'll be too late if we don't go now!"
However, the next second, Tom suddenly lowered his hand and burst into a triumphant laugh:
"Hahaha, I fooled you! I didn't hear anything at all!"
He clasped his hands together, grinned, and bowed deeply to the three of them.
"Sorry, sorry, I've gotten too caught up in rehearsing the comedy lately... I promise this is the last time!"
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Studio:
"I've seen people courting death, but I've never seen anyone courting death like this before."
"Teetering on the edge of self-destruction."
"A complete clown."
"A unique product of the Ugly Country."
"Was he doing this on purpose? Was he trying to mislead others?"
"What's confusing? They're clearly in a cooperative relationship!"
"This kind of joke could kill everyone!"
"I suggest tying him up directly."
"My fist is hard."
"Let's wait and see how the rules teach him a lesson."
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"Rule 5: When you look in the mirror for the first time each day in your dorm room, please make sure that the image in the mirror is completely synchronized with your movements."
"If the person in the mirror smiles at you, go to the infirmary immediately and ask the doctor to give you a standard dose of Rc-7 sedative."
All four of them turned their gazes to the four small mirrors on the desk.
Wasim picked up his mirror first, looked at himself expressionlessly, and the image and movements in the mirror were exactly the same.
Ryuichi Kamishiro's slender fingers lightly touched the mirror surface, then withdrew as if burned.
He tucked a strand of hair behind his ear uneasily, his voice tinged with hesitation:
"What if... what if I don't look in the mirror? Will this rule never be triggered?"
Lin Feng's gaze swept over Kamishiro's slightly trembling eyes, and he said calmly:
"Avoiding key actions may trigger even more dangerous hidden rules. I advise you not to try to exploit this loophole."
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Rule 5: If you hear a regular, metallic dragging sound outside your door late at night, don't panic; it's just the night patrolman doing his job.
"But if the sound stops at the dormitory door and starts knocking in the voice of any roommate, no matter how urgent the message is, all members must remain absolutely silent until the sound completely disappears and then starts again."
Ryuichi Kamishiro's slender fingers gently stroked his chin:
"There's one detail... what if your roommate happens to be on night patrol?"
"We should be prison guards, right?" He looked up at the row of dark gray uniforms on the wall. "According to their duties, prison guards should have night shifts."
Wasim: "It's simple. Night watchmen must carry their keys with them at all times. To get back to their quarters, they open the door themselves."
"What if the key is lost?" Kamishiro asked softly.
Wasim shrugged, his gaze sweeping over the crowd:
"Then you can only hope for the best!"
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Rule 6: The weather forecast will be broadcast daily at 06:30.
"If the broadcast content is significantly different from what you see outside your window (for example, the broadcast says 'heavy rain' but the sky outside is clear), please take the broadcast as the reliable source and immediately take one of the blue pills from your desk drawer."
Tom scratched his head: "This rule sounds like a trap, doesn't it? The purpose is to trick us into taking that blue pill. I bet there's something wrong with that stuff."
Lin Feng opened the desk drawer and took out a white plastic medicine bottle.
He unscrewed the cap, tilted the bottle, and a few cobalt blue pills slid into his palm.
The pills had an unnatural bright blue color, and each one was pressed into a perfect circle.
He gently fiddled with the pills in his palm and continued:
"Not necessarily. Perhaps taking medication is precisely to protect us—when sensory information conflicts with broadcast information, medication may help 'calibrate' our cognition and avoid falling into a more dangerous 'reality confusion'."
Suddenly, a cold, booming broadcast blared above the four of them:
"Welcome, chosen ones, to the Abyss Prison."
"For the next seven days, you will serve as trainee prison guards in this prison."
"During your tenure, please complete your daily tasks diligently to receive evaluations."
"A score of 85 or above (out of 100) over seven days is required to achieve an A-level pass; 70 to 85 is required for a normal pass."
Note: If you can uncover the hidden truth at the bottom of the prison and sever its root cause, you will receive an S-rank completion rating.
"Please put on your uniform and assemble in the central plaza on the first floor within five minutes. The warden will give you a pre-duty briefing."
Wasim was the first to act, quickly walking to the wall, deftly taking off a dark gray prison guard uniform, and swiftly putting it on.
Lin Feng followed closely behind without saying a word.
Ryuichi Kamishiro hurriedly put on his clothes. His slender figure made the uniform look a bit too big, which added to his frail appearance.
The four quickly checked each other to make sure their uniforms were worn correctly and that they had all their equipment.
After each person carefully put away their dormitory key, Wasim was the first to push open the door.
Outside the door was a dimly lit corridor extending to both sides, with dormitory doors bearing the same number on both sides.
Before leaving, Lin Feng glanced back at the number "107" on the doorplate, which gleamed faintly in the shadows.
Tom pointed to the end of the corridor on the right: "Over there!" There was a glowing sign with an arrow clearly pointing to the Central Plaza.
As they walked, several "prison guards" in brand-new uniforms, hurrying along, came out of their dormitory and joined their group.
The group passed through several heavy iron gates that required card access (their temporary access cards were kept in their uniform pockets) and finally arrived at the so-called "Central Square".
This is not an open-air plaza, but an extremely spacious indoor hall with a high dome that is illuminated as bright as day by stark fluorescent lights.
The surrounding area is a multi-story circular structure, filled with corridors covered with barbed wire and rows of tightly closed iron doors—that is the prison area.
The entire space gives people a huge, inescapable sense of oppression.
In the center of the hall, about twenty people, both men and women, were already standing scattered about. Their expressions varied, some were nervous, some were confused, and some were calm.
Lin Feng glanced around and, sure enough, spotted two familiar figures—
Anna from Grizzly Bear Country, and Evelyn from Fog City Country.
They also saw Lin Feng, their eyes met briefly, and they nodded slightly as a greeting.
Just then, a chilling cold suddenly spread out without warning, as if the air conditioning in the hall had been turned up to its maximum instantly.
Everyone instinctively shivered and looked in the direction from which the chill was coming.
Two people in high-ranking uniforms, surrounded by a group of cold-blooded, numb-eyed prison guards, slowly walked to a low platform in front of the group.
The man in the lead was the warden.
He looked to be around forty or fifty years old, tall and thin, with an extremely unhealthy pale complexion.
Deep-set eye sockets were surrounded by heavy dark circles, and the lips were thin and pale.
He was dressed in a meticulously tailored military green uniform, his fingers slender and long, crossed in front of him.
Although he didn't have any fangs or similar features, he exuded a cold, sickly aura, like a legendary vampire nobleman. Just by standing there quietly, he seemed to be able to absorb all the light and heat around him.
Standing half a step behind him was the deputy warden.
In stark contrast to her boss's sickly demeanor, this female deputy warden was stunningly beautiful.
She looked to be in her late twenties, tall and voluptuous. Her curves were accentuated by the well-tailored military green uniform, exuding the charm of a mature woman and a dangerous allure.
However, the moment Lin Feng's gaze fell upon her, a semi-transparent panel, visible only to him, appeared in his field of vision:
[Target: Cold Lemon]
[Position]: Deputy Warden
[Strangeness Level]: S-level
Overall Rating: 96 points
[Strategy Index]: ★★★★★
[Height]: 170cm
【weight】:? ?
[Three dimensions]: 88-58-90 (cm)
[Danger Level]: ★★★★★