Chapter 242 The goal is to starve us.Upon hearing this, the prison guard number thirteen sneered, "Trying to get a reduced sentence? Dream on."After he finished speaking, he locked the cell door, turned around and left to take the next prisoner out for some fresh air.Jiang Lengyu watched him walk away, raised an eyebrow, lay back on the iron-framed bed, pulled the sheets over her head, and went to sleep.——After memorizing the map, Pei Hening went to the sink, washed her hands, and destroyed the evidence.Xun Yingdong sat on the iron-framed bed, hugging his legs, his dark eyes silently watching her actions without saying a word or making any other move.After Pei Hening destroyed the note, her tense heart finally relaxed a little. She looked up at Xun Yingdong—this guy was actually spacing out!She weighed the options again and again: should she kill Xun Yingdong to eliminate any future trouble? She hasn't shown any threat yet."Hey! It's your turn to be out for some fresh air, come out here!"When the third prison guard saw that the eighth prison guard had not returned and it was time for the prisoners to go out for exercise, he reluctantly walked over and knocked on Xun Yingdong's door.Xun Yingdong reacted slowly. After a while, she turned her head to look at him, her eyes full of resistance.The third prison guard unlocked the cell door and said impatiently, "Hurry up!"Xun Yingdong hid in a corner and refused to come out no matter what. The third prison guard was annoyed. He went up to pull her, but he didn't expect that this girl would grab his hand and bite him hard. Her sharp teeth pierced the prison guard's skin and broke his blood vessels!The guards at Prison No. 3 were surprised that this guy was so crazy, and kicked Xun Yingdong in the stomach!She was kicked into a corner, where she curled up, hugging her legs with both hands.Just then, the eighth prison guard arrived. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but curse, "Number Three, what's wrong with you? Who are you to manage my prisoners?""It's because your grandpa's nowhere to be found. I was just following the rules and letting her go out for some fresh air. Who knew this woman would be so crazy and bite me!""She's about to bleed!"As Number Three spoke, he grew increasingly agitated, raised his gun, released the safety, and was about to kill Xun Yingdong, who was cowering in the corner, trembling with fear."Calm down, this guy's got something wrong with his head. If you hadn't messed up my work, would she have bitten me?"The eighth prison guard walked over to Xun Yingdong and said, "Stand up and come with me for a walk outside. I'll count to three: three—two—one—"Xun Yingdong's face was filled with fear. She glanced at the number three prison guard, then furtively looked away.Pei Hening only realized what was wrong with Xun Yingdong when the eighth prison guard said she wasn't mentally sound. So that's why she was behaving so strangely...Pei Hening watched Xun Yingdong walk out with the eighth prison guard. Every step she took was as precise as if it had been measured with a ruler. This was—stereotypical behavior?The scalded woman had disappeared. Ando Tomomi, who was locked up on the left, sat by the iron gate, gripping the door tightly with both hands, staring out."Dr. Partridge Joyce, shall we go into Section 04 and see if we can find a suitable living specimen?"Partridge Joyce pushed up his thick 800-degree glasses perched on his nose and said, "I think we shouldn't waste our time in a place like this.""You're right, this way please."Pei Hening's cell was the second one after entering. She heard a noise outside the door, as if a group of people had walked past.Half an hour later, it was Pei Hening's turn to go out for some fresh air. She walked forward silently, observing her surroundings with her peripheral vision as she went, matching the real environment with the route on the map to further reinforce her understanding of the map."We're here. Fifteen minutes for the activity. Behave yourselves and don't do anything funny."Pei Hening nodded silently and proceeded with her routine. The chains on her feet clanged against each other. The 04 Division's prisoner activity area was an open space near the 05 Division, with nothing in sight except for the high walls.Her ears twitched; the 05 section was quite lively.As far as she knew, the 05th district was full of cells holding 100 prisoners each. She thought she heard people talking inside, and it sounded very lively."With our food rations reduced to one-seventh, and the food shortage so huge, they're definitely going to cut our rations too. Bro, we'll fight those bastards to the death!""What's the rush? The other divisions haven't made a move at all.""Don't rush. Let those people in District 10 cause trouble first. Anyway, if they're going to confiscate food, they'll be the first ones to be confiscated."Although the people imprisoned in the Dachshund prison are all vicious criminals, there are different levels of bad guys. The later the area code, the more ruthless the prisoners are.There are no individual cells in the 05-10 divisions. They eat in batches at the canteen. They have more freedom than the 01-04 divisions, but also a higher mortality rate. After all, they can fight over food. Every day, at least 80 to 100 corpses are pushed out of the prison.While moving around, Pei Hening listened intently to the sounds coming from the slightly ajar window.Hearing their discussion, the eighth prison guard silently walked to the iron gate and pulled down the high-voltage switch.The discussion in section 05 immediately fell silent.A short while later, prison guards brought out seven or eight charred corpses on a cart.Pei Hening felt a chill run down her spine. She knew that there was a high-voltage switch outside each zone, which could electrocute people when turned on, but she had never seen it until now.Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the charred corpse, and a chill ran down her spine; it was too horrible.The prison guard pushing the cart couldn't help but curse when he saw Guard Number Eight: "You think we don't have enough work already? You're adding more to our workload!"The eighth prison guard said impatiently, "They deserved it, they were too noisy!""Too many people have died these past few days. Be careful, your superiors might give you trouble."The eighth prison guard sneered and said, "Do you think the higher-ups care about the life or death of this prison? This month's rations have been cut to one-seventh, aren't they just trying to starve us to death?""If you ask me, killing all this trash would save us some food. There's no point in keeping them around."Pei Hening listened to their conversation while moving around.They made no attempt to hide it from her. Yes, if they wanted her dead, they could easily find an excuse. Who would be wary of a dead person?The more nonchalant they were, the louder the alarm bells rang in her mind; the latest she could escape was tomorrow.If she doesn't escape soon, she's afraid she won't be able to get out."It's time, let's go."The eighth prison guard shouted at her.Pei Hening walked ahead of him back to his cell. The eighth prison guard locked the cell door and went to call Ando Tomomi with a cold face.Pei Hening was drawn to Xun Yingdong's actions. Xun Yingdong was raising her hand in the air, drawing something little by little, repeating it tirelessly. After seeing what she was drawing, Pei Hening felt a little uneasy—was this person really crazy or just pretending?
